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Scientists Discover Children’s Cells Living in Mother’s Brains

They don’t know why, but they have seen cells from a mother’s child in her brain. Perhaps the cells pass through the placenta. This could also mean those same cells could pass the other way from mother to a child she bears later. The might find the cells of your older brother sibling in you!

The most amazing, humbling idea for me to contemplate is that beyond what my relationship with Vicky is, a profound merging of souls on the intellectual level, our becoming parents means some of my DNA may have traveled from Tre and Henry into her body to stay forever.

Scientists Discover Children’s Cells Living in Mother’s Brains

The link between a mother and child is profound, and new research suggests a physical connection even deeper than anyone thought. The profound psychological and physical bonds shared by the mother and her child begin during gestation when the mother is everything for the developing fetus, supplying warmth and sustenance, while her heartbeat provides a soothing constant rhythm.

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Minecraft: The Story of Mojang seeded on Pirate Bay by the authors

The guys who produced the Minecraft documentary, available tomorrow to buy on DVD, just released a torrent of it on Pirate Bay. Kudos to them!  It’s a powerful demonstration of freedom, and I’m sure it will be a huge success.

You can buy the film here: redux.com/minecraft-movie

Minecraft: The Story of Mojang

Greetings Pirate Bay!

This is 2 Player Productions here, and we hoped we could be the first to upload our new movie “Minecraft: The Story of Mojang”. We’ve never uploaded a torrent before so hopefully this isn’t all screwed up.

We wanted to come here first because we knew the movie would end up here eventually, and the best thing to do seemed to be opening a dialogue. Torrents and piracy are a way of life and it probably won’t be going anywhere anytime soon. There are many people that want to punish you for that, but we have a more realistic outlook on things.

We’ve been there. We’ve all needed to do it at some point. Maybe you don’t have the money. Maybe you want to try before you buy. Maybe you’re pissed at us for premiering the movie on Xbox Live. These are all fine reasons. But if you feel that piracy is, in Gabe Newell’s words, “a service problem,” please consider that we are selling DRM free digital downloads that you can watch in whatever manner you please.

We’re just three guys trying to make a living doing what we love. We love the world of video games, and we love making it real. If you buy the movie, you support those efforts. The reason we Kickstarted this movie in the first place was that we didn’t have enough money to make it ourselves, and even then, we still put A LOT of our own money into it. Not to mention nearly two years of work.

Watch the movie. Hopefully you’ll like it, and understand what we’re trying to do. Please consider supporting us by buying the $8 DRM-free digital download of the movie at www.theminecraftmovie.com, or the $20 DVD from www.fangamer.net.

We’ve worked with a lot of amazing people in the games industry and had the incredible fortune to make some great films the way we wanted to make them. Please consider helping us continue on this path. The best has yet to come.

-2pp

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23andMe drops to $99

For only 99 bucks, it could be fun to see what 23andMe comes up with. Check out Mark Sisson’s Should You Get Your Genome Sequenced? before you order, though.

23andMe’s Anne Wojcicki announces new million customer goal | The 23andMe Blog

Today we’re announcing some big news. I don’t want this moment to go by without a note of gratitude to our customers and those who have been advocates for 23andMe over the years.

We have come a long way together.  Because of you we pioneered the use of personal genetics.  You are helping us establish a new medical era that is defined by wellness, disease prevention, and personalized care.  You also helped us create a novel research platform.  By leveraging online tools, social networking and crowd sourcing, and combining them with genetics, we created a platform that has set the stage to transform the way pharma companies and academics do health and wellness research.

We want to do more.

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Philosophy

Ayn Rand chats with Jim Henson

The site does not make this very clear–it’s fiction. It’s still fascinating.

The ARPANET Dialogues » Blog Archive » Vol. IV

17 April 1976 – The transcript presented here records a conversation between four figures from the broad spectrum of culture: puppeteer Jim Henson; Russian-American writer, philosopher and playwright Ayn Rand; painter Sidney Nolan; and artist and musician Yoko Ono. A few months after the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War, The Agency’s tests with the ARPANET convened these four individuals, each with a distinct sense of, as well as the potential means for, a competing world-view. These individuals, who cross different hemispheres, were to help with considerations towards the viability of broadly implementing Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.* Please note that the respective computer terminals for each participant were identified by the names of gods from Roman mythology and have here been changed to reflect the actual names of the participants. The application, still in its early stage of development, had limited syntax capability, thus punctuation was limited to the full stop. Also, the original timestamps for each transmission have been removed for the sake of legibility.

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Above And Beyond

The newly-hired principal at Tre and Henry’s school has a blog. (+) He shared this video that promotes individualism on the blog, twice. (++) He’s personally teaching a before-school class on programming. (+++) The class was full immediately. (++++)

 

Above And Beyond

Created through collaboration by members of Partnership for 21st Century Skills and the talented folks at FableVision, Above & Beyond is a story about what is possible when communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity take center stage in schools and transform learning opportunities for all kids.Visit www.p21.org, www.p21.org/4Cs and www.fablevisionstudios.com for more info.