- Online gamers crack AIDS enzyme puzzle: “Online gamers have achieved a feat beyond the realm of Second Life or Dungeons and Dragons: they have deciphered the structure of an enzyme of an AIDS-like virus that had thwarted scientists for a decade.” (From Mark and Michael.)
- A message to women from a man: you are not “crazy” (From Anna.)
- Indonesian women stage skirt protest over rape remarks: “Dozens of Indonesian women wearing miniskirts have protested in Jakarta after the city governor blamed rapes on provocative clothing.” (From Alethea.)
- The psychology of yogurt: “Though it might seem odd that a cup of yogurt can influence behavior, the phenomenon has been repeatedly confirmed, at least in rodents.” (From cerberus40.)
I thought the “you’re not crazy” blog post made a very valid point. There could be a similar discussion about how parents do and do not demonstrate equality in their relationships; and how this often sets the stage for what kind of relationships their children end up having.
Yes, and I think there’s definitely a link between the gender pejorative thing and the gaslighting, which is then being passed down to the offspring. The problem is that these behaviors are very pervasive and insidious. A lot of people don’t even recognize that they might be doing anything wrong, and then the children pick up on how relationships between people work from their parents, and on and on it goes.
I actually posted this link on my facebook page (before I sent it to skepchick), and all of the responses are from males, mostly denying that this is a problem. Depressing.
Amazing ridicules that men would deny this phenomena given I’ve hardly ever heard, “would you just calm down” from the lips of a woman to a man. (Okay, my son says this to me on occasion.)
So THAT’s why Micahel Weston eats so much yogurt….
Also, we can harness gamers to crowdsource the solution to the 9th chevron to activate the intergalactic stargate!
That yogurt article is fascinating. I’ve long been into the whole brain/gut relationship ever since I read Aiello & Wheeler’s small gut, big brain hypothesis. So cool to see there might be a link between the bacterium in your gut & your brain.
(http://discovermagazine.com/2011/jul-aug/06-body-fit-for-freaky-big-brain/article_view?b_start:int=1&-C=)
But I don’t like yoghurt!