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According to science: Is it better to speak to babies with baby talk? Or adult talk? Do babies learn language better and more effectively when we talk to them using high pitched vocalizations, and sounds such as "ga ga goo goo?" Or when we speak proper (or at least normal) adult sentences using...

I go to RIT, Rochester Institute of Technology, and on friday (the 13th), there is going to be a ghost hunter speaking. Apparantly this guy, Chris Moon, is going to talk about experiences, possibly show some equipment. It is being billed as "Technology and science meet the paranormal in Ghost...

Link. Some things are beyond satire. “Ethics of Tolerance in the Age of Violence...”

I got some junk mail from a company with this slogan: "The Peninsula's Favorite Mercedes Benz Repair Facility Alternative dealer quality service with 30% less!" What?!? Taking "30%" to be shorthand for "thirty percent", that's a total of fifteen words. Of those fifteen words, there are...

For those who enjoyed ACLU President Nadine Strossen's talk at TAM4 (Or those who weren't there) a "heads up". Ms. Strossen will be giving a keynote presentation at the Vermont Law School this Friday 16 March. It's part of a two day conference on women's rights. I believe her topic is titled...

http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/811 Fantastic!

This is really creepy. The professor at the U of Kansas that was going to start a class about mythology and include creationism in it was beaten up. http://www.kansas.com/mld/eagle/living/education/13337930.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp

How does scientific classification names work? What I'm wanting his how can I make up real classification names for creatures I make up? For instance a GE human that lives in the water would be Homo aquaticus wouldn't it? For anything beyond this though I'm stumped, how do I do it? Thanks. :)