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A large-scale study of brain development pinpoints the anatomical changes that are linked to IQ. (MIT Tech Review). My sympathies to KWC for all the silliness raining down him from The Discovery Channel. There are thin clients and there are thin clients. How about a PC taking the form of a wall jack? I realized today that one can get RSS feeds of new DVD releases from Netflix. Nice! Bad marketing ideas is a topic to which I've considered devoting time. Washington State's new slogan: Say WA! Thinkers at Crooked Timber have been debating Chris Mooney's The Republican War on Science. Scientific American: Why Are Some Animals So Smart? (via 3QD). MIT invents a device that determines if you're boring (via BoingBoing). One explanation Why Ugly Web Sites are Successful (via Design Observer). And, finally, actually saying something remotely on topic given the alleged mission of this blog, MIT Tech Review on new photo-sharing sites with The Photo-Sharing Bubble. (Wow! Three MIT links in one post!) Also, Stewart and Caterina on the cover of the Rolling Stone, um, I mean the cover of Newsweek. (Also, there's yet another How Geeky Are You? quiz in the issue as well.) Scientists discover T. rex soft tissue (MSNBC).