Gosh, we Ns seem to love reading new exciting things!

In the interests of sharing the knowledge (and extending procrastination possibilities) I propose a thread containing links to interesting articles, research etc that we come across. Maybe spark some discussion/debate

warning: I find a lot of stuff regularly

Today's article from the field of Evolutionary Psychology:

"Red Suits Her: Men show increased sexual desire for women when exposed to the colour red"

Psychology Today write-up: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog...-suits-her

Original article abstract: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/psp/95/5/1150/

This is kickass:

Navy's newest warships top out at more than 50 mph

A lot of fascinating stuff coming from Evolutionary Psych lately:

Receptivity to Men’s Courtship Advances and the Menstrual Cycle

Have definitely noticed when the so-called "beautification-related behaviours' are more likely to occur

I was curious how much damage a nuclear-armed Hezb'Allah could do, and found this nifty application:

HYDESim-- High-Yield Detonation Effects Simulator

The most powerful nuclear bomb ever developed was by the Russians, a 50000kt yield. Most nukes are designed to be placed on missiles and are much smaller.

Aaagh!! Gosh, that map really puts things into perspective!

Apparently, Microsoft Researchers Developing Muscle-Based PC Interface

(contains video)

Here's a fascinating article:

Bachelorhood And Its Discontents

Oh, brilliant! Consider that article bookmarked.

Came across Darwin Tunes: a Music Evolution program

Evolution starts with two original Adam & Eve songs which "had sex" and exchanged bits of their code so that their daughters are unique mixtures of their parents’ codes. These daughters then “mutate”, with random changes in their code.

The result is that every generation of songs is subtly different from the one that preceded it. The selection process comes from us, the listeners, who rate the "attractiveness" of random songs. Songs with the highest scores "reproduce" and make new, better songs.

Can't wait to track the progess and listen to the progression.

Amazing. Go participate!!

We need to amend domestic law in the US. Marriage just isn't what it used to be.

What's almost as good is that love is fair-- every person gets what they deserve. It is almost like karma. Sexual desire reveals exactly who people are. What Jung wrote about the anima and the animus perhaps has been under-appreciated.

Ayn Rand perhaps had it right when she wrote

Tell me what a man finds sexually attractive and I will tell you his entire philosophy of life. Show me the woman he sleeps with and I will tell you his valuation of himself.

Heart disease found in mummies...

 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125...st_Popular

and my personal fav of the week 

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/...s-anxious/

Hope everyone has a good Friday!  

100 Year-old Tortoise acts as Mom to Baby Hippo

Recession or Mancession?

The Jobless Gender Gap

excerpt:

As of the end of October, the U.S. had lost 7.3 million jobs in this Great Recession. Men account for 5.3 million of that loss. The shift is so dramatic that women now constitute 49.9% of the work force and will soon outnumber men.

okay, second try

The Jobless Gender Gap

jw -- Makes sense, there can't be patriarchy when patriarchs are an endangered species.

Feminists won't declare victory though until employed women are making more than employed men, though that won't happen until women select remunerative careers. This might happen by default though-- as manufacturing becomes more efficient, it will become like farming, once believed to be essential but now only a small percentage of the economy. The service sector will reign supreme, complete with office ettiquete, pretending to be nice to customers, sensitivity training, and other nauseating aspects of corporate life like casual Fridays and decorating for holidays. In my nightmare feminist apocalypse, everyone will talk to each other in an indirect, evasive, unmanly way, like Lumbergh from Office Space. The horror! The horror!

Thank you for the article link.

I'm gonna need you to come in on Saturday...

haha I love that movie!

I wonder if part of the stats have to do with some American men not wanting to take lower paying jobs, which most women find the salaries okay or standard? I'm not saying that's the key to all the change but more so think it's a multifaceted abyss taken up by many different opinions and possibilities. I'm not the kind of woman who believes in the traditional feminist movement per se whereby taking over or infringing on a man's rights is okay, that's hogwash. Gender equality in the workplace sounds nice, though with everything you gain, you loose something and vice versa. I believe there is a place for traditional roles regarding home, work, child-rearing and probably a good medium too, though I don't think we've gotten that balanced yet with this. Unfortunately, there are politicians who've used this subject as a catalyst for their own agendas and it makes it such a bloody mess, pins females and males against one another (and not in a good way haha! gutter ball, sorry)