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15 Most Popular Torrent Websites

August 18th, 2007 jimer No comments

Here are the 15 Largest Torrent Websites ranked by a combination of Inbound Links, Google Page Rank, Alexa Rank, and U.S. traffic data from Compete and Quantcast. Although no traffic metrics are completely accurate we do believe the data below to be useful for gauging relative audience size. Read more…

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Do Brain Games Work?

August 16th, 2007 jimer No comments

Do Brain games work? In the last several years, video-game companies and so called “brain experts” have made millions and perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars selling brain games and programs that promise to help us reduce memory loss and perhaps even prevent Alzheimer’s disease.

The promoters of Brain games and brain game programs inform buyers that by “exercising their minds” they can reduce the effects of Age-Associated Memory Impairment (AAMI) in much the same way that regular physical activity can keep your body stronger and healthier. Read more…

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Why did Pluto get demoted?

August 15th, 2007 jimer No comments

pluto and earthPluto’s volume is about 0.66 percent that of Earth’s.
Courtesy NASA

Word came down in stages this summer. First, the rumor that our long-exclusive planetary club was ready to expand—not only renewing Pluto’s status, but adding three new members in the bargain. The world’s astronomers seemed to be sending a message of inclusion: There’s always room for one more.

Scratch that, they told us two weeks later. Never mind Charon and Ceres and Eris. And while you’re at it, forget Pluto too. Our solar system, from henceforth, would include only eight full-fledged planets, not the nine we had all memorized in elementary school.

What happened? Why the dramatic reversal? Why did poor Pluto have to get the ax? Last month, as part of the 2006 Friedman Lecture Series in Astronomy, a panel of Penn State experts convened to take up these questions.

Truth is, said Darren Williams, associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State Erie, Pluto was always a Read more…

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