Reed Becker

Those bottom rung researchers at Stanley Research Medical Institute of Maryland have made some very disturbing discoveries about the increasingly pesky toxoplasma gondii bacteria. From the Times Online: Infected men, suggests one new study, tend to become more aggressive, scruffy, antisocial and are less attractive. Women, on the other... continue reading on Austinist

Bio-editor may very well be the next cross specialization after the astrobiologist, the geophysicist, or the stripper/french maid. Harvard University liberals have constructed the world's first bacterial printing press capable of printing out mats the width of a single bacteria. The process begins using a borrowed computer chip technique... continue reading on Austinist

It seems that for every 10 pieces of crap on television like "American Idol," there is maybe one good show. Good television is not lost, it just takes some searching to find it. Not all TV is directed at the great number of vastly undereducated and sedated Americans occupying... continue reading on Austinist

At the University of Haifa in Israel (of course), the finest of comedy research centers in the world, researchers S. G. Shamay-Tsoory, R. Tomer, and J. Aharon-Peretz have discovered how the brain processes sarcasm. Using people who are brain damaged, either with prefrontal or posterior lobe damage, as well... continue reading on Austinist

Congratulations Kenneth Y. Tomlinson! You are the Austinist Shit-Bag of the Month! For those of you that don't know, Kenneth Y. Tomlinson is the Chairman of the Board for the Corporation for Public broadcasting (CPB). Here's a short list of the good work he has done so far: -... continue reading on Austinist