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Four Corners Is Still Not Four Corners

By Kurt | Published: May 2, 2009
Four Corners error brings spike in tourism - AZ Central Public domain image: Four Corners Monument, May 13, 1965 Johnson believes the monument appeals more to visitors ideas of entering native land than of standing on the accurate intersection of four states. Dwayne Johnson is the Park Manager of the famous tourist spot known as Four Corners Monument, [...]
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Quick Takes 04.29.2009

By Kurt | Published: April 29, 2009
• Dietary fats trigger long-term memory formation – U. C. Irvine via EurekAlert! “OEA is part of the molecular glue that makes memories stick,” Piomelli said. “By helping mammals remember where and when they have eaten a fatty meal, OEA’s memory-enhancing activity seems to have been an important evolutionary tool for early humans and other mammals.” Dietary [...]
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Quick Takes 04.25.2009

By Kurt | Published: April 25, 2009
• Hoping Mezcal Can Turn the Worm – New York Times Most tequila is made by big companies with marketing budgets that have helped send its sales soaring. Fine mezcals, with a sliver of the market, are still made by Oaxacan villagers in virtual backyard operations. • Satellite watching with GoSatWatch for iPhone – TUAW If you’re going [...]
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Quick Takes 04.17.2009

By Kurt | Published: April 17, 2009
• Are we organisms or living ecosystems? – SEED As soon as we are born, bacteria move in. They stake claims in our digestive and respiratory tracts, our teeth, our skin. They establish increasingly complex communities, like a forest that gradually takes over a clearing. By the time we’re a few years old, these communities have [...]
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