Psychological torture manual, dark energy research, line editing in ten easy steps, conservative and liberal brains differ …

• 1 – Psychological torture manual available online

  “The Manipulation of Human Behavior, a manual for psychological torture techniques written by leading psychologists and psychiatrists, is now available online.”

  (tags: ethics psychology behaviour human manipulation torture psychological online books)

• 2 – SNAP: Probing Dark Energy

  “It hasn’t even been a decade since the discovery was announced, but now we routinely discuss a dark energy force that seems to account for three-quarters of the density of our universe…”

  (tags: probe SNAP theory science energy dark universe physics astronomy space)

• 3 – Web 2.0 Status for Google Books – With Possible Charges in Effect

  “… the New York Times also reports that the company has decided to charge users for full access to online books. If so (Google has yet to comment) publishers will be able to set the price of their books and share the income with Google.”

  (tags: publishing web2.0 business charge sharing profit online books Booksearch Google)

• 4 – Line Editing in 10 Easy Steps

  “Here are ten easy steps you can take on that nearly-done manuscript that will significantly tighten up your prose and improve your final product.”

  (tags: advice tips polish editing line stories prose fiction writing)

• 5 – The Electric Eclectic – Jims Word / Writer’s Links

  Big old collection of writerly resources, collected on a page that looks like it was designed in 1993. Content is king, after all …

  (tags: links literature language dictionaries resources writing)

• 6 – Brains of liberals and conservatives differ

  “Neurons in the brains of liberals and conservatives fire differently when confronted with tough choices, suggesting that some political divides may be hard-wired, according to a new study.” this should polarise opinion. Arf!

  (tags: response habitual attitudes politics psychology research neuroscience brain)