Why effective scientific communication is crucial, and sometimes lacking 2010-09-06
Author : Ian Mahar
Blogue : State of Mind
An essential but often neglected aspect of science is the effective communication of scientific findings and principles to a general audience.

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Encaustic, what is it? 2010-08-20
Author : Francine Levesque
Blogue : Les Arts Santé
Did you know that encaustic is the oldest painting medium in the world? This portrait painted somewhere between the first and second century was placed on a sarcophagus containing the mummified body of an Egyptian person. The portrait has survived to our time with colors as fresh as contemporary works. Fascinating to say the least. But what is encaustic and [...]

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I think I jinxed my rabbit’s foot 2010-08-10
Author : Camillo Zacchia
Blogue : Psychospeak with Dr.Z
Why do we knock on wood or carry around a rabbit’s foot? It certainly isn’t because these things will prevent us from experiencing a disaster. What they do, however, is make us feel as if they will. “Don’t Jinx It,” my last column before my usual August break, dealt with superstitious behaviour. (For a real [...]

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Le bonheur planifié 2010-08-10
Author : Liette Desjardins
Blogue : Soigner entre les lignes
C’est bientôt les vacances, plus que quelques jours. Comme pour d’autres, mes vacances représentent du temps en famille ou encore des activités selon la météo . Pour moi spécifiquement, décrocher c’est surtout créer. Dans « L’habitude de création« , Francine Lévesque, parle de pistes possibles d’expressions et de la discipline d’en faire une priorité.   « … prendre de [...]

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Mémoire émotionnelle : le lien entre le traumatisme crânien et le trouble de stress post-traumatique 2010-03-19
Author : Alain Brunet
Blogue : Le blogue d'Info-Trauma
Les traumatismes crâniens (TC) apparaissent suite au heurt de la tête contre un objet, l’impact violent et la torsion du cerveau causant un dommage au tissu cérébral. Le traumatisme crânien est également souvent accompagné de pertes de conscience qui varient en durée selon la gravité du traumatisme crânien. Même légers, les traumatismes crâniens peuvent toutefois occasionner des trouble [...]

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New Year, no resolutions 2010-01-19
Author : Ian Hellstrom
Blogue : Mental Mechanics
There’s nothing particularly new about the New Year from a biological perspective. We have mechanisms inside cells that keep time on a day-to-day basis, but certainly nothing to keep track of the rhythm of the year. Our livers may have felt the consequences of celebrating the passage of 2009, but our DNA hardly records the [...]

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Whether the weather 2009-08-26
Author : Joseph Rochford
Blogue : The Rochford Files
Julius Caesar, and the Roman Empire Couldn’t conquer the blue sky… Everywhere you go, you always take the weather with you Neil & Tim Finn (Crowded House) Not sure how it’s been in your corner of the world, but I can state with absolute certainty that the weather over the past four months has been [...]

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