More boring stuff from the Net :|

• nrc.nl – International – Features – Female rats, like women, need each other to relieve stress
  Exposure to stress increases brain activity in both sexes, but females have more difficulty sustaining that activity. At a certain point they overload, after which their brain sort of shuts down and psychiatric disorders can develop.

  "There is a limit to brain activity", Ter Horst explains. "And because the natural level in the female brain activity is closer to that saturation point, they reach it sooner when suffering from stress."

  (tags: females)
• Figures of Speech – Teach a Kid to Argue
  Why on earth would any parent want that? Because persuasion is powerful. Rhetoric originated in the lawsuits of ancient Greece, when citizens who weren’t good at persuading could lose their houses — or their lives. It was a staple of education until the early 1800s, teaching society’s elite how to debate, make public decisions, and reach consensus. It probably explains how the founding fathers managed to carve a nation out of 13 squabbling colonies.
  (tags: arguments)