Attention, macho authors! Thanks to the application of stylometry to gender studies, you can now crush and dominate your literary adversaries by saying "You write like a girl!"

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Are "good" prions involved in long-term memory storage and maintenance of synapses?
Are "bad" prions involved in Alzheimer's Disease?
Are cases of CJD being misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's Disease and atypical dementia?

US ships jobs to India on the sly

Al Shahid Adnan Kherala Secondary School under Siege by US Forces. At least 26 Iraqi students, ages 10 to 18, are arrested for the crime of throwing rocks at U.S. Humvees.

Teen Webmaster sues after N.J. district punishes him for site

Tell your U.S. Senators to support the "Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2003" (S.1980)

Hey, baby... wanna be Friends ... ter? Then, if My Monster can Ryze to the occasion, we'll get LinkedIn... and maybe start our own Tribe.

Must read: Emblems of Eloquence: Opera and Women's Voices in Seventeenth-Century Venice, by Wendy Heller. Also available at Barnes and Noble and Amazon.

Ever look at a work of Modern Art and think "Heck, *I* coulda done that"? Well, here's your chance: Mr. Picassohead lets you channel the master through the "medium" of the internet (sorry), and sign your own name to the result.

Cast your vote in the American Family Association's Poll on Homosexual Marriage:

[ ] I oppose legalization of homosexual marriage and 'civil unions'

[x] I favor legalization of homosexual marriage

[ ] I favor a 'civil union' with the full benefits of marriage except for the name

Breasts vs. beer bellies: a lesson for GUI designers

Tell your congressdroids to support the "War Profiteering Prevention Act".

From Radical Christmas Carols (PDF) from baamboston.org -- a "general anarchist union in the Boston area":

Uh Oh We're In The Red, Dear
to the tune of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
from the Center for a New American Dream

Uh oh we're in the red, dear.
On our credit card it shows
Christmas is almost over,
But the debit line still grows.
Shopping like Santa's zombies,
Sent our budget down in flames
But all our Christmas spirit
Helped the giant retail chains.
I'm so foggy Christmas eve,
Wondering how we'll pay
Christmas doesn't seem so bright
When our finances are tight.
So here's a plan for next year
Let's forget the shopping spree
Let's give a gift of love, so
All our Christmas gifts are free.

MIT Technology Review: Software Paraphrases Sentences

New Scientist: Pretty women scramble men's ability to assess the future

Can you tell the difference between a gaussian distribution of data points and a mixture of 3 gaussian distributions with different mean and covariance?

Is your username or IP address on one of the subpoenas filed by the RIAA with the D.C. District Court? Are you sure?