Man picks up iron instead of telephone.

“There have been no systematic studies of the safety of tattoo inks,” says Howard, “so we are trying to ask—and answer—some fundamental questions.” For example, some tattoos fade over time or fade when they are exposed to sunlight. And laser light is used to remove tattoos. “We want to know what happens to the ink,” says Howard. “Where does the pigment go?” [Thanks Tim]

The American Psychiatric Association: Being transgender is no longer a disorder.

Myers-Briggs is the world’s most widely used personality test and is beloved by Corporate America. But does it actually work?

People live more than a decade longer on average today than they did in 1970, but spend much of these boon years battling diseases like cancer, according to a global health review.

For the first time, a scholarly study has investigated the effects (in an organizational context) of not just one – but four – types of festive headgear.

The web was an interesting and different place before links got monetized, but by 2007 it was clear that Google had changed the web forever, and for the worse. The Web we lost.

The TseTse fly is unique to the African continent and transmits a parasite harmful to humans and lethal to livestock. This paper tests the hypothesis that the presence of the TseTse reduced the ability of Africans to generate an agricultural surplus historically by limiting the use of domesticated animals and inhibiting the adoption of animal-powered technologies. [PDF]

every day the same again | December 14th, 2012