February 2012
Submit your art to SFMOMA →
latimes:
sfmoma:
Submitting to SFMOMA’s Tumblr
We’re trying something new: Submission Fridays! We get a ton of really great original artwork submitted to our Tumblr, and we’d like to share more of it. SO, now we’ll be taking some time on Fridays to share a few of our favorite submitted works from the past week. Thanks to everyone who makes great art and shares it with us!
You can submit your...
Why Astronauts Crave Tobasco Sauce →
discoverynews:
Part of the reason may be that after arriving in space, astronauts lose their sense of smell, which largely governs the pleasurable taste of food. An example of this is coffee. “If you hold your nose and sip your coffee, you’re getting just a bitter liquid,” says Jean Hunter, a food engineer at Cornell University.
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5 Reasons You Should Never Agree to a Police... →
harmreduction:
Scott Morgan, Associate Director, FlexYourRights.org
Whether or not you ever break the law, you should be prepared to protect yourself and your property just in case police become suspicious of you. Let’s take a look at one of the most commonly misunderstood legal situations a citizen can encounter: a police officer asking to search your belongings. Most people automatically give...
Gay spouse given health benefits in U.S. court... →
reuters:
A U.S. judge ruled unconstitutional part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, saying that a plaintiff court employee’s same sex spouse should be allowed to enroll in her government health insurance program.
Read more of this report filed by Dan Levine
The Jerusalem Syndrome: Why Some Religious... →
There’s a joke in psychiatry: If you talk to God, it’s called praying; if God talks to you, you’re nuts. In Jerusalem, God seems to be particularly chatty around Easter, Passover, and Christmas—the peak seasons for the syndrome. It affects an estimated 50 to 100 tourists each year, the overwhelming majority of whom are evangelical Christians. Some of these cases simply involve tourists becoming...