2 Days into Winter

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/grid-cells-how-the-brain-finds-its-way-video/
This is a video of two discoveries about the brain which were awarded the Nobel prize in 2014.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/29693-higher-education-and-the-politics-of-disruption
From one of my heros, Henry Giroux, about how higher education is becoming a business. This is from Truthout, from March 2015.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28704-sleep-isnt-needed-to-create-long-term-memories-just-time-out/
From the New Scientist about how it is important to take breaks, not necessarily to sleep, in order to encode long term memories. Note to self.

http://labor411.org/411-blog/840-here-is-the-hourly-wage-you-need-to-afford-a-2-bedroom-rental-in-each-state
From a blog called Labor 411, a graphic showing the hourly wage needed to afford a 2-bedroom apartment in each state.  Glad to be off the rental market and it's tougher than it was when I was renting.

http://www.sciencealert.com/it-looks-like-a-worldwide-coffee-shortage-is-inevitable
Science Alert predicts a world coffee shortage. Brazil produces a third of the world's coffee and is undergoing a drought.


http://www.livescience.com/53193-kangaroo-style-care-newborns-health.html
Livescience is reporting on "kangaroo care" and health outcomes in low birth weight newborns.

http://www.sciencealert.com/asthma-drug-appears-to-rejuvenate-elderly-brains-a-study-in-rats-has-found
From Science Alert, Monteleukast, an asthma drug, was shown to reduce brain inflammation and promote growth of new neurons in rodents.

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/44898/title/Genes--Cycles-Change-with-Age/
This report, in The Scientist, on the cycles of expression of genes in human brains, shows that certain genes lose their rhythmic cycles of expression while others gain rhythmicity. These were mainly genes that work in a circadian (daily) cycle.The report was in PNAS.

http://news.sciencemag.org/scientific-community/2015/12/top-10-images-2015
Science magazine top ten images of 2015