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Sunday, May 17, 2009

Monkeying with our Mind

From Discovery Channel: Monkeys are able to learn from their mistakes and will take risks to potentially win better rewards when playing games, according to a new study. "This is the first evidence that monkeys, like people, have 'would-have, could-have, should-have' thoughts," said Ben Hayden, a researcher at the Duke University Medical Center and lead author of the study published in the journal Science.

On the Human Front:

Elections in India are over and the Congress Party has won- this despite the atrocious showing by the government during the Mumbai attacks, and the runaway inflation that the poor are facing.

Dalia Grybauskaite has been elected Lithuania's first female president, according to official results."I am grateful for the responsibility invested in me," said Ms Grybauskaite, the European Union budget commissioner. Now, Lithuania has joined the ranks of countries with at least one female leader at the top. One more picture to be added to my list.

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