Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Another Blame

According to " 'Binge-drinking gene' discovered", BBC NEWS reports that scientists found the gene,RASGRF2, which is detected in people whose happiness are stimulated by drinking alcohol.

Finally, we have discovered another big blame when someone ask why you are alcoholism instead to claim that because of themselves or society.  But your addiction cause from your great grandfather or grandmother or father or mother. It sounds reasonable, doesn't it?

Reference
'Binged-drinking gene' discovered.(2012, December 4).BBC NEWS. Retrieved December 4, 2012 from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20583113 .

Sleep is Important

According to " Why do we need to sleep?", Tom Stafford reports that one living activity is important as breathing or eating is sleep because it helps us to improve our memories by reorganizing, refreshing, and saving energy, especially a day time nap.

This article remind me when I was in university because I always spent ten minutes after lunch for taking a nap. While napping, I felt like I slept for long hours. Of course, this habit was appeared while I was working. But, not today.

Reference
Tom Stafford.(2012, February 28). Why do we need to sleep?.BBC FUTURE. Retrieved December 4, 2012 from http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120228-why-do-we-need-to-sleep?selectorSection=health.

Love induce clever


According to "What makes us intelligent?", Tom Stafford reports that our mind affects directly our memories;according to memorization experiment, the pairs who were a couple in relationship could remember more items than the pairs who did not know each other.

I quite agree with this article because when people work together at first time or just know each other, their minds might be full of worries because there are many carefulness when they communicate with one another. Their minds could not concentrate on any work and the result of work might be not as equal as their usual standards.

Reference
Tom Stafford.(2012, November 20). What makes us intelligent?. BBC FUTURE. Retrieved December 4, 2012 from http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20121120-what-makes-us-intelligent.

Everybody Can Count


According to "Animal that can count", Jason G. Goldman reports that our mathematics skills transcend other species because of our language which connect between us and mathematics;however, other species can also us this skills. For example, chicken which in experiment it knew what is the subtraction because it knew something missed from the test screen. Chimpanzee knew what is the addition because in experiment it could  combine two bowl of chocolates and this chocolate quantity is bigger.

This article warn us to be careful thinking about other species especially their intelligence. Many species cause large number of death and we concern them that they have no brains.

Reference
Jason F. Goldman.(2012, November 28). Animals that can count. BBC FUTURE. Retrieved December 4, 2012 from http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20121128-animals-that-can-count.

Monday, December 3, 2012

Nail house.

This news minded me to think about my thought that I have when I saw this news first time

According to “China home marooned in middle of road is bulldozed '” article, the five floor townhouse in the middle of a new road in China was demolished by bulldozers after the local governor and the owner house completely made new agreement for higher compensation offer. The house took more than a year marooned in the middle of the road.

When I saw this nail house on BBC News last month, I thought that these pictures of the house might be created by the computer graphic professor who would like to make a joke for people, but when I read the article, I found that it is a truth. I amazed that how the owner lived in their nail house without the infrastructure, such as electricity and water.

Moreover, I thought about their safety when the road is used by traffic on because the house stay at the middle of the road and when the driver drive a car passed the house they have to make a half circle around the house.

The owner should rethink carefully about their living standard and their safety before they care about the high compensation offer.

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Reference
China home marooned inmiddle of road is bulldozed, (2012, December 1) BBC News China. Retrieved December 3, 2012 from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-20566295