The Very Early Urge To Short Message?

Cave symbols hint at 30,000-year-old origins of written communication - The Globe and Mail: "A graphic code uncovered by researchers at the University of Victoria suggests that written communication may have started 30,000 years ago."

Biphasic Sleep and Intelligence Connected

Having memory problems. Trouble concentrating?

Midday nap markedly boosts the brain's learning capacity:

ScienceDaily (Feb. 22, 2010) — If you see a student dozing in the library or a co-worker catching 40 winks in her cubicle, don't roll your eyes. New research from the University of California, Berkeley, shows that an hour's nap can dramatically boost and restore your brain power. Indeed, the findings suggest that a biphasic sleep schedule not only refreshes the mind, but can make you smarter.

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Thoughts On Peak Oil

"Why Peak Oil Is The Only Thing That Can Stop The Chinese Export Deluge"

This is a thoughtful and detailed article that adds some perspective to thoughts of a world with less oil.

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Global Connectivity

Newsroom • ITU StatShot

Some very fresh and interesting numbers from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU)

Note: CIS stands for 'Commonwealth of Independent States' and refers to Russia and her former dependent states. Note also that many countries have more than 100 percent mobile penetration: more than one number per person. (Estonia has reportedly recently broken 200 percent.)

Pavlov 2010

Brain scans track hoop fans' happy memories: "brain researchers at Duke have found that fans remember the good things their team did much better than the bad."

Go Google!

Google Ultrafast Broadband May Shake Up Fiber Market - PCWorld: "Google Wednesday announced on its blog that (it) is constructing an experimental fiber network that the company says will 'deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today with 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home connections.'"