Jimmy's Interesting Things: 2014

Otto the octopus wrecks havoc - Telegraph: "Once we saw him juggling the hermit crabs in his tank, another time he threw stones against the glass damaging it. And from time to time he completely re-arranges his tank to make it suit his own taste better - much to the distress of his fellow tank inhabitants."

Monday, December 15, 2014

Introducing the One-Minute Workout | TIME

http://time.com/3633639/one-minute-workout-exercise/

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Friday, December 12, 2014

The Fastest Stars in the Universe May Approach Light Speed | WIRED

http://www.wired.com/2014/12/superfast-stars-black-holes/

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Thursday, December 11, 2014

Project is launched to ensure AI can follow rules and make ethical decisions | Daily Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2865728/How-prevent-robot-world-domination-Project-launched-ensure-AI-follow-rules-make-ethical-decisions.html

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Psychologists Have Uncovered a Troubling Feature of People Who Seem Nice All the Time - Mic

http://m.mic.com/articles/92479/psychologists-have-uncovered-a-troubling-feature-of-people-who-seem-nice-all-the-time

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The Science Of Misheard Lyrics or Mondegreens

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

8 Mistakes Our Brains Subconsciously Make Every Day - Business Insider

Mystery of Bulgaria's green cat finally explained - Weird News - News - The Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/mystery-of-bulgarias-green-cat-finally-explained-9905005.html

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Big Bang May Have Created a Mirror Universe Where Time Runs Backwards — NOVA Next | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/physics/big-bang-may-created-mirror-universe-time-runs-backwards/

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Return of the Rhythm Method - Atlantic Mobile

http://m.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/12/return-of-the-rhythm-method/383545/?single_page=true

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Bouncy Gait Improves Mood - Scientific American

http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bouncy-gait-improves-mood/

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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Dutch trains get lasers to zap track debris

Harbours of the Sea of Galilee | Ritmeyer Archaeological Design

Math versus maths: How Americans and Brits deploy the collective noun.

Math versus maths: How Americans and Brits deploy the collective noun.: Why Beards Have Always Been and Always Will Be Funny

Why Calories Don't Matter�|�Mark Hyman, MD

The origin of laughter, smiles and tears – Michael Graziano – Aeon

http://aeon.co/magazine/science/should-we-ever-take-a-smile-at-face-value/

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There is no language instinct – Vyvyan Evans – Aeon

http://aeon.co/magazine/culture/there-is-no-language-instinct/

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Is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Curable? | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2014/12/09/is_ocd_curable_108976.html

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Monday, December 8, 2014

A paper by Maggie Simpson and Edna Krabappel was accepted by two scientific journals - Vox

http://www.vox.com/2014/12/7/7339587/simpsons-science-paper

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A paper by Maggie Simpson and Edna Krabappel was accepted by two scientific journals - Vox

http://www.vox.com/2014/12/7/7339587/simpsons-science-paper

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How to Restore Old Versions of Word Documents - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/12/04/technology/personaltech/how-to-restore-old-versions-of-word-documents.html?referrer=

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Can Moons Have Moons? | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/12/can_moons_have_moons.html

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Saturday, December 6, 2014

How Charles Dickens Fueled a World of Spontaneous Combustion Truthers

http://m.mentalfloss.com/article.php?id=60468

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Engineering Now — More at Industry Tap

http://engineeringnow.tumblr.com/post/71821045125/more-at-industry-tap

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Intelligent life have turned to AIby the time we make first contact, expert claims | Daily Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2859104/Will-aliens-ROBOTS-Intelligent-life-turned-AIby-time-make-contact-expert-claims.html

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How Common Is It For A Man To Be Shorter Than His Partner? | FiveThirtyEight

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/how-common-is-it-for-a-man-to-be-shorter-than-his-partner/

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Friday, December 5, 2014

DARPA Is Getting Closer to an Iron Man Suit - Popular Mechanics

What color is the Sun? - SciGuy

BBC News - US chimpanzee Tommy 'has no human rights' - court

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30338231

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9 Lies About Fat That Destroyed The World's Health

http://www.businessinsider.com/9-lies-about-fat-that-destroyed-the-worlds-health-2013-11

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The exercise that predicts your DEATH: Struggling with 'sitting-rising test' means you're 5 times more likely to die early, study claims | Daily Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2858804/Can-exercise-test-predict-DEATH-People-struggle-sitting-rising-test-five-times-likely-die.html

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Shocking news: Electric eels exert remote control over prey

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0JI27W20141204?irpc=932

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Thursday, December 4, 2014

Learning the science behind silencers on the range with SilencerCo | Ars Technica

Cable-free elevator moves you in any direction

Harvard Economist: Lefties Earn Less Than Righties « CBS Boston

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/12/03/harvard-study-lefties-earn-less-than-righties/

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This Cute Little Creature Can Kill You With A Cat Allergen

http://io9.com/this-cute-little-creature-can-kill-you-with-a-cat-aller-1665915899

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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

World's Oldest Art Identified in Half-Million-Year-Old Zigzag

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/12/141203-mussel-shell-oldest-art/

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Brain Training Doesn’t Make You Smarter - Scientific American

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/brain-training-doesn-t-make-you-smarter/

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The Divorce Surge Is Over, but the Myth Lives On - NYTimes.com

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Six 'Star Wars' Technologies That May Not Be So Far, Far Away | Popular Science

http://www.popsci.com/six-star-wars-technologies-may-not-be-so-far-far-away

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Watch a Dog Dressed as a Bear Run on a Treadmill Video - ABC News

Spacecraft Bound for Pluto Set to Awake Nine Years After Launch - ABC News

Spacecraft Bound for Pluto Set to Awake Nine Years After Launch - ABC News: Watch a Dog Dressed as a Bear Run on a Treadmill

The progressive war on science - The Globe and Mail

http://m.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/the-progressive-war-on-science/article21821297/?service=mobile

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Monday, December 1, 2014

8 Ways You Can See Einstein's Theory of Relativity in Real Life

Remove Your Data from Tons of "People Search Engines" with This List

The smart mouse with the half-human brain - health - 01 December 2014 - New Scientist

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26639-the-smart-mouse-with-the-halfhuman-brain.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.VHzkiSY76nP

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Wanderers - a short film by Erik Wernquist on Vimeo

Study finds evidence of some form of life after death

How Eating 'Healthy' Can Be Unhealthy | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/12/how_eating_healthy_can_be_unhealthy.html

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The Astronomical Wonder of Multi-Star Systems | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/12/multi-star_systems_bend_stellar_rules.html

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Time cloak used to hide messages in laser light - physics-math - 28 November 2014 - New Scientist

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26627-time-cloak-used-to-hide-messages-in-laser-light.html#.VHxQhiY76nP

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Were bangs heard over Britain and in New York caused by US stealth jet? | Daily Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2854551/What-loud-bangs-heard-Britain-Twitter-bombarded-reports-mysterious-noises-military-denies-RAF-jets-cause.html

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Sunday, November 30, 2014

BBC News - Deep sea salvage: Finding long lost treasures of the deep

Saturday, November 29, 2014

New targeted, noninvasive treatments for mental illness to combine TMS and ultrasound | KurzweilAI

Friday, November 28, 2014

Retro Report Video Channel - NYTimes.com

Strange thrust: the unproven science that could propel our children into space - Boing Boing

Mica�l Reynaud - Google

10 British Shows You Need to Stream on Netflix This Thanksgiving | WIRED

http://www.wired.com/2014/11/bbc-shows-netflix/

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What It'd Look Like if Star Wars Spilled Into the Real World | WIRED

http://www.wired.com/2014/10/thomas-dagg-star-wars/

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Mind-Bending GIFs Push the Limits of the Format | WIRED

http://www.wired.com/2014/07/micael-reynaud-gifs/

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The Teen Brain “Shuts Down” When It Hears Mom’s Criticism | WIRED

http://www.wired.com/2014/11/teen-brain-shuts-hears-moms-criticism/

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You're More Likely To Inherit Your Dad's Social Status Than His Height

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6211734

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Thursday, November 27, 2014

'Off switch' for pain discovered: Activating the adenosine A3 receptor subtype is key to powerful pain relief -- ScienceDaily

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141126132639.htm

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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Superheroes and sci-fi stars given 16th-century makeover - Telegraph

How the Polish Buried Their Vampires | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/journal_club/2014/11/26/how_the_polish_buried_their_vampires_108955.html

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Strange thrust: the unproven science that could propel our children into space - Boing Boing

Pentagon working on battlefield 'hibernation' treatment for wounded troops - Washington Times

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/26/pentagon-working-battlefield-hibernation-treatment/

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A Tree That Flowers With 40 Different Fruits

http://m.mentalfloss.com/article.php?id=60243

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Shun the Atheist Boyfriend - Atlantic Mobile

http://m.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/06/shun-the-atheist-boyfriend/372709/

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The Origins of Aggressive Atheism - Atlantic Mobile

http://m.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/11/the-origins-of-aggressive-atheism/383088/?single_page=true

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'Beam' of static electricity raises man's hair outside Google offices in London - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/11250884/Beam-of-static-electricity-raises-mans-hair-outside-Google-offices-in-London.html

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Monday, November 24, 2014

Four Weird Ways Animals Sense the World

Complex life may be possible in only 10% of all galaxies | Science/AAAS | News

http://news.sciencemag.org/physics/2014/11/complex-life-may-be-possible-only-10-all-galaxies

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How Much Can You Really Change After 30? -- Science of Us

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2014/11/how-much-can-you-really-change-after-30.html

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Renewable energy 'simply WON'T WORK': Top Google engineers • The Register

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/11/21/renewable_energy_simply_wont_work_google_renewables_engineers/

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Sunday, November 23, 2014

Why Have Our Brains Started to Shrink? - Scientific American

Friday, November 21, 2014

The hyper-real robots that will replace receptionists, pop stars... and sex dolls: Unnervingly human androids coming to a future very near you | Daily Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2841273/The-hyper-real-robots-replace-receptionists-pop-stars-sex-dolls-Unnervingly-human-androids-coming-future-near-you.html

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Thursday, November 20, 2014

Gecko-inspired tech allows man to climb glass wall

http://www.breitbart.com/system/wire/upiUPI-20141119-120615-1967

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Exercise in a Bottle Is Next Food Frontier for Nestle - Bloomberg

http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-18/exercise-in-a-bottle-is-next-food-frontier-for-nestle.html

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The Chameleon in the Vacuum Chamber — Starts With A Bang! — Medium

https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/the-chameleon-in-the-vacuum-chamber-ebf164e2d79e

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Is dark energy eating dark matter? - physicsworld.com

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2014/nov/18/is-dark-energy-eating-dark-matter

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US hotel fines guests $500 for bad reviews - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/leisure/11011278/US-hotel-fines-guests-500-for-bad-reviews.html

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Hotel guests ‘fined’ for leaving bad review on TripAdvisor - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/11239413/Hotel-guests-fined-for-leaving-bad-online-review.html

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Shakespeare’s Secrets: A Hidden Cipher in Literature’s Greatest Works?

http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2014/11/shakespeares-secrets-a-hidden-cipher-in-literatures-greatest-works-2.html

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These Two Magic Tricks Were Designed by AI Machines | WIRED

http://www.wired.com/2014/11/ai-magic/

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Grimm brothers’ fairytales have blood and horror restored in new translation | Books | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/12/grimm-brothers-fairytales-horror-new-translation

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Why Are Our Brains Susceptible to Body Illusions? | Mental Floss

Monday, November 17, 2014

Vegetable Haters: How to Start Eating Vegetables | Nerd Fitness

Chicken Pad Sew Ew | Paleo Leap

'Darwin's Dilemma' May Be Solved - ABC News

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/darwins-dilemma-solved/story?id=26791766&singlePage=true

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Sunday, November 16, 2014

The Unbelievable Skepticism of the Amazing Randi - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/11/09/magazine/the-unbelievable-skepticism-of-the-amazing-randi.html?referrer=

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Saturday, November 15, 2014

Why Are So Few Blockbuster Drugs Invented Today? - NYTimes.com

Talking to Aliens

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6159330?utm_hp_ref=science

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This Injury Could Blind You While Making You Believe You Can See

http://io9.com/this-injury-could-blind-you-while-making-you-believe-yo-1658721638

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Is Quantum Entanglement Real? - NYTimes.com

Friday, November 14, 2014

Why waking up in a morgue isn’t quite as unusual as you’d think | Carla Valentine | Comment is free | The Guardian

Thursday, November 13, 2014

First measurement of the ancient solar system's magnetic field | Science/AAAS | News

http://news.sciencemag.org/space/2014/11/first-measurement-ancient-solar-systems-magnetic-field

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Depression: A change of mind : Nature News & Comment

http://www.nature.com/news/depression-a-change-of-mind-1.16325

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Amazon Dash

https://fresh.amazon.com/dash/

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With Amazon’s Echo, You Are Never Alone - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/bits/2014/11/12/with-amazons-echo-you-are-never-alone/?_r=0&referrer=

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Assertions of Scientific Certainty Are Greeted With Skepticism - Pacific Standard: The Science of Society

A study with 78 participants? The sample size of this study might tell you something about why the public feels this way. Stop publishing lame results that are swiftly contradicted and the public might have more confidence.

http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/assertions-scientific-certainty-greeted-skepticism-94269/

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Yeah, but they're tiny monsters, aren't they? Bees Wage Surprisingly Violent Wars

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/11/141110-bees-warfare-hives-australia-insects-animals-science/

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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Of gods and men | Science Codex

http://www.sciencecodex.com/of_gods_and_men-145258

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The Ten Million Dollar Diet | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/11/the_1_million_dollar_diet.html

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

New Advent: Australia's lyrebird sounds exactly like a laser gun

It’s Official: Mormon Founder Had Up to 40 Wives - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/11/11/us/its-official-mormon-founder-had-up-to-40-wives.html?_r=0&referrer=

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Trouble In Transtopia: Murmurs Of Sex Change Regret

http://thefederalist.com/2014/11/11/trouble-in-transtopia-murmurs-of-sex-change-regret/?utm_source=The+Federalist+List&utm_campaign=23d0544c79-RSS_DAILY_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cfcb868ceb-23d0544c79-83773797

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Rasterschlüssel 44: The Stencil on Steroids

http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2014/11/rasterschlussel-44-the-stencil-on-steroids-2.html

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Mind Control Is Real | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/lists/3_methods_of_mind_control/mind_control_is_real.html

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Multiverse Proof Possibility From Colliding Universes | Quanta Magazine

https://www.quantamagazine.org/20141110-multiverse-collisions-may-dot-the-sky/

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Monday, November 10, 2014

LOL if you must, but the internet is actually making English better – Quartz

http://qz.com/293105/heres-how-the-internet-is-making-english-better-not-worse/

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For a Lasting Marriage, Marry Someone Your Own Age - Atlantic Mobile

http://m.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/11/why-to-marry-someone-your-own-age/382520/

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52 Of The World's Most Widespread Myths And Misconceptions, Debunked

http://io9.com/52-of-the-worlds-most-widespread-myths-and-misconceptio-1656550980

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Nasa spots mystery light as bright as ALL known galaxies combined | Daily Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2824563/Nasa-spots-mystery-light-bright-known-galaxies-combined-say-change-call-galaxy.html

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Venezuela's everlasting lightning storm enters book of records - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/venezuela/11217889/Venezuela-everlasting-lightning-storm-enters-book-of-records.html

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Photographer captures Northern Lights, Milky Way and erupting volcano…in ONE photo | Metro News

http://metro.co.uk/2014/11/07/photographer-captures-northern-lights-milky-way-and-erupting-volcano-in-one-photo-4939631/

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Texas Man Turns Dirty Car Windows into Art - Yahoo Autos

https://autos.yahoo.com/news/texas-man-turns-dirty-car-windows-art-183009773.html

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Coyotes would massacre zombies, especially up east - Boing Boing

http://boingboing.net/2014/11/09/coyotes-would-massacre-zombies.html

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Want to live to 120? Exercise more, eat healthily and take statins, say panel of experts | Daily Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2827314/Want-live-120-Exercise-eat-healthily-statins-say-panel-experts.html

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News from The Associated Press

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CESAREAN_SECTION_SURVIVOR?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-11-09-14-22-32

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These Males Are Cheating Animals - Issue 19: Illusions - Nautilus

http://m.nautil.us/issue/19/illusions/these-males-are-cheating-animals

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Computers Are Writing Novels, But Do You Really Want To Read Them? | Singularity HUB

http://singularityhub.com/2014/11/09/computers-are-writing-novels-but-do-you-really-want-to-read-them/

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Computers Are Writing Novels, But Do You Really Want To Read Them? | Singularity HUB

http://singularityhub.com/2014/11/09/computers-are-writing-novels-but-do-you-really-want-to-read-them/

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Is Teaching Psychology a Waste of Time? | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/11/is_teaching_psychology_a_waste_of_time_108902.html

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Myopia: Losing focus | The Economist

http://www.economist.com/news/china/21631113-why-so-many-chinese-children-wear-glasses-losing-focus

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Liberals are more emotion-driven than conservatives

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-11/sfpa-lam110314.php

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Maybe it wasn't the Higgs particle after all

http://sdu.dk/en/Om_SDU/Fakulteterne/Naturvidenskab/Nyheder/2014_10_29_technihiggs

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Sunday, November 9, 2014

Found: The viral infection that makes nearly HALF of us more stupid (and it lasts for YEARS) | Daily Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2827518/Found-viral-infection-makes-nearly-HALF-stupid-lasts-YEARS.html

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Virus that 'makes humans more stupid' discovered - Science - News - The Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/virus-that-makes-humans-more-stupid-discovered-9849920.html

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How man’s best friend could hold the key to anti-ageing | Science | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/nov/08/anti-ageing-drugs-tested-on-dogs-cancer-heart

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Saturday, November 8, 2014

Biscuit Monster visits the UK with John Oliver - Boing Boing

http://boingboing.net/2014/11/07/biscuit-monster-visits-the-uk.html

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Why Thousands Of People Are Willing To Die On Mars | Popular Science

http://www.popsci.com/article/science/why-thousands-people-are-willing-die-mars?dom=PSC&loc=slider&lnk=1&con=why-thousands-of-people-are-willing-to-die-on-mars

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Five Ways to Lie with Charts - Issue 19: Illusions - Nautilus

http://m.nautil.us/issue/19/illusions/five-ways-to-lie-with-charts

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These microscopic robots can swim through your eyeball fluids - Mirror Online

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/science/microscopic-robots-can-swim-through-4588415

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European Space Agency wants to 3D-print a moon base - CNET

http://www.cnet.com/news/the-european-space-agency-wants-to-3d-print-a-moon-base/

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Friday, November 7, 2014

We All Used to Be Geniuses - Facts So Romantic - Nautilus

http://m.nautil.us/blog/we-all-used-to-be-geniuses

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Why Scientists Think Completely Unclassifiable and Undiscovered Life Forms Exist | Motherboard

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/why-scientists-think-completely-unclassifiable-and-undiscovered-life-forms-exist

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A Feather and a Bowling Ball Dropped Together Inside the World’s Largest Vacuum Chamber

http://laughingsquid.com/a-feather-and-a-bowling-ball-dropped-together-inside-the-worlds-largest-vacuum-chamber/

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It’s Now Possible for One Person’s Brain to Control Another Person’s Movements | Betabeat

http://betabeat.com/2014/11/its-now-possible-for-one-persons-brain-to-control-another-personss-movements/

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Early replicator technology: Foodini 3D Printer Makes Pizza and Other Edible Treats | Maximum PC

http://www.maximumpc.com/foodini_3d_printer_makes_pizza_and_other_edible_treats_2014

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Can love make us mean? - University at Buffalo

http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2014/11/002.html

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Best-Ever View of Alien Planet Birth Caught by Giant Radio Telescope

http://m.space.com/27673-best-alien-planet-birth-view-ever.html

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Thursday, November 6, 2014

A Universe of Stars May Exist Outside Galaxies | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/journal_club/2014/11/06/up_to_half_of_stars_may_be_outside_galaxies_108929.html

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Hidden animal sonar wars! Bats Make Calls to Jam Rivals' Sonar—First Time Ever Found

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/11/141106-bats-science-animals-echolocation-prey/

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10 Things You Didn’t Know Your Microwave Could Do - Popular Mechanics

How Gravity Explains Why Time Never Runs Backward | WIRED

http://www.wired.com/2014/11/time-gravity/

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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

How One Soviet Submarine Commander Averted World War III

http://io9.com/how-one-soviet-submarine-commander-averted-world-war-i-1654569891

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Explaining Rare 'Hole Punch' Cloud With Rainbow in the Middle

The Surreal Task of Landing on a Comet | Life, Unbounded, Scientific American Blog Network

New research reveals what to discuss near life's end

http://fhs.mcmaster.ca/main/news/news_2014/end_of_life_care_discussion_study.html

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Should You Really Be Drinking All That Water? | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/11/athletes_are_drowning_in_hydration_advice.html

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Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Can we test for parallel worlds? | Cosmos

https://cosmosmagazine.com/physical-sciences/can-we-test-parallel-worlds

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Birdsongs and People-Songs Share the Same Math | Motherboard

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/birdsongs-and-people-songs-share-the-same-math

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Listening to sad music tunes lift our moods, finds researchers at University of Berlin | Daily Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2820606/Feeling-listen-SAD-music-Melancholy-tunes-lift-moods.html

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Comet Emits Cosmic Stench, Rosetta Spacecraft Reveals

http://m.space.com/27607-comet-has-awful-stench-rosetta-spacecraft.html

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Monday, November 3, 2014

There Is No ‘Healthy’ Microbiome - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/11/02/opinion/sunday/there-is-no-healthy-microbiome.html?referrer=

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Gamergate and the politicization of absolutely everything - Vox

http://www.vox.com/2014/11/1/7136343/gamergate-and-the-politicization-of-absolutely-everything

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Sunday, November 2, 2014

Ambulance drone: TU Delft student develops a live-saving UAV (VIDEO).

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/10/31/ambulance_drone_tu_delft_student_develops_a_live_saving_uav_video.html?wpsrc=fol_tw

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Saturday, November 1, 2014

This Headline Will Totally Mislead You -- Science of Us

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2014/10/this-headline-will-totally-mislead-you.html

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The Flynn effect: are we really getting smarter? - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/11200900/The-Flynn-effect-are-we-really-getting-smarter.html

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If You Think You’re a Genius, You’re Crazy - Issue 18: Genius - Nautilus

http://m.nautil.us/issue/18/genius/if-you-think-youre-a-genius-youre-crazy

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5 Science 'Facts' That Are Plain Wrong | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2014/11/01/5_science_facts_that_are_plain_wrong_108925.html

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Friday, October 31, 2014

How Planets Get Multiple Suns Like 'Star Wars'' Tatooine

http://m.space.com/27589-alien-planets-multiple-suns-tatooine.html

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Why the ‘panic broadcast’ myth lives on | Media Myth Alert

http://mediamythalert.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/why-the-panic-broadcast-myth-lives-on/

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What happens when your friend’s smartphone can tell that you’re lying - The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2014/10/31/what-happens-when-your-friends-smartphone-can-tell-that-youre-lying/

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Feast Your Eyes on This Beautiful Linguistic Family Tree | Mental Floss

What’s the Difference Between Hair and Fur? | Mental Floss

Did Mammals Sleep Through Cosmic Impact That Ended Dinosaurs?

http://m.livescience.com/48389-did-mammals-hibernate-through-extinction.html

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Who made the laws of nature? | plus.maths.org

http://plus.maths.org/content/laws-nature

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How Sneeze Particles Travel Inside An Airplane | Popular Science

http://www.popsci.com/article/science/how-sneeze-particles-travel-inside-airplane

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Brain decoder can eavesdrop on your inner voice - tech - 29 October 2014 - New Scientist

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22429934.000-brain-decoder-can-eavesdrop-on-your-inner-voice.html#.VFN7xqa9LCQ

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There’s a giant spot on the sun, and it’s acting weird | PBS NewsHour

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/theres-giant-spot-sun-acting-weird/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pbsofficial&utm_campaign=newshour

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Thursday, October 30, 2014

Government Diet Advice Makes You Fat And Unhealthy

Advice Goddess Blog

Fantastically Wrong: The Real-Life Journey to the Center of the Earth That Almost Was | WIRED

http://www.wired.com/2014/10/fantastically-wrong-journey-to-the-center-of-the-earth/

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London museum planned to ‘shoot and steal Nessie’ - Heritage - The Scotsman

http://m.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/london-museum-planned-to-shoot-and-steal-nessie-1-3584637

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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Why Middle-Class Americans Can't Afford to Live in Liberal Cities - Atlantic Mobile

http://m.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/10/why-are-liberal-cities-so-unaffordable/382045/

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

These Two Genes Are Linked to Murder | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/journal_club/2014/10/28/these_genes_may_make_a_murderer_108915.html

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How to remove a stuck ring with dental floss

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/LDIlQ8A5Xio

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Northern Lights: 8 Dazzling Facts About Auroras

http://m.livescience.com/48463-facts-about-northern-lights.html

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Why Your Cat Thinks You're a Huge, Unpredictable Ape | WIRED

http://www.wired.com/2014/10/cat-thinks-youre-huge-unpredictable-ape/?mbid=social_twitter

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Monday, October 27, 2014

Why Your Cat Thinks You're a Huge, Unpredictable Ape | WIRED

http://www.wired.com/2014/10/cat-thinks-youre-huge-unpredictable-ape/?mbid=social_twitter

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No Big Bang without God, Says Pope Francis

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/10/27/No-Big-Bang-Without-God-Says-Pope

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Does Amazon's Monopoly Really Matter? - Bloomberg View

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-10-24/does-amazon-s-monopoly-really-matter

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Sunday, October 26, 2014

Plants Can Tell When They're Being Eaten - Modern Farmer

http://modernfarmer.com/2014/10/plants-can-tell-theyre-eaten/

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Watch the world's health crises in REAL TIME: Outbreak map reveals spread of deadly diseases around the globe | Daily Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2806737/Watch-world-s-health-crises-REAL-TIME-Global-outbreak-map-reveals-spread-deadly-diseases-globe.html

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Saturday, October 25, 2014

The Sobering Facts About Egg Freezing That Nobody's Talking About | WIRED

5 Healthy Foods You Think Are Unhealthy — Health Hub from Cleveland Clinic

http://health.clevelandclinic.org/2014/01/5-healthy-foods-you-think-are-unhealthy/

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BBC News - Surgeons transplant heart that had stopped beating

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-29751880

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How 1,000-year lifespans could remake the economy

http://m.theweek.com/article/index/266182/how-1000-year-lifespans-could-remake-the-economy

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Friday, October 24, 2014

Decades-old scientific paper may hold clues to dark matter | Science/AAAS | News

http://news.sciencemag.org/physics/2014/10/decades-old-scientific-paper-may-hold-clues-dark-matter

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Historical death rates: The cruellest months | The Economist

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21627561-cold-times-year-have-not-always-been-most-lethal-cruellest-months

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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Yes, Tractor Beams Are Real... And Getting Better

Ketamine Restores Ability to Experience Pleasure in Depressed Patients Within Minutes

http://www.newsweek.com/ketamine-restores-ability-experience-pleasure-depressed-patients-within-minutes-278943?utm_content=1413928871&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Social_Post&utm_source=twitter&piano_d=1

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This is the kind of music you should listen to at work - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/11179017/This-is-the-kind-of-music-you-should-listen-to-at-work.html

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Alejandro Almaraz creates composite images of world leaders in his series, “Portraits of Power.”

http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2014/10/22/alejandro_almaraz_creates_composite_images_of_world_leaders_in_his_series.html

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Hundreds of 'Exocomets' Around Nearby Star Come in Two Flavors

http://m.space.com/27508-exocomets-flavors-alien-solar-system.html

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Disputed results a fresh blow for social psychology : Nature News & Comment

http://www.nature.com/news/disputed-results-a-fresh-blow-for-social-psychology-1.12902

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Another Big Psychology Theory Fails to Replicate | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/10/another_leading_psychology_theory_fails_to_replicate.html

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California Outlaws Plastic Bags And Ignores The Scientific Evidence - Forbes

http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/10/22/california-outlaws-plastic-bags-and-ignores-the-scientific-evidence/

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Protecting Faith from Pseudoscience: A Review of The Principle | Truth & Charity

File:Solar System Barycenter 2000-2050.png - Wikimedia Commons

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Gamer Gate: Three Stages to Obit | Popehat

http://www.popehat.com/2014/10/21/gamer-gate-three-stages-to-obit/

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Animal deception illuminates the human variety – Dan Jones – Aeon

http://aeon.co/magazine/science/animal-deception-illuminates-the-human-variety/

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

King Tut's 'virtual autopsy' reveals surprise

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/21/world/king-tut-visual-autopsy/index.html

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Barbie's Dream House through the years

2014: Stop everything: Barbie's latest pink pad has two elevators.... Photo-7029505.95994 - Houston Chronicle

Google releases set of beautiful, freely usable icons - Boing Boing

http://boingboing.net/2014/10/20/google-releases-set-of-beautif.html

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‘Red Effect’ sparks interest in female monkeys : NewsCenter

http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/red-effect-sparks-interest-in-female-monkeys/

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Could Life Exist 15M Years After Big Bang? | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2014/10/21/could_life_exist_15m_years_after_big_bang_108909.html

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How To Create Curved Spacetime In The Lab — The Physics arXiv Blog — Medium

https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/how-to-create-curved-spacetime-in-the-lab-c03107623468

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MIT Wristband Could Make AC Obsolete | WIRED

http://www.wired.com/2013/10/an-ingenious-wristband-that-keeps-your-body-at-the-perfect-temperature-no-ac-required/

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Vegetarians have much lower sperm counts - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/mens-health/11172519/Vegetarians-have-much-lower-sperm-counts.html

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Monday, October 20, 2014

Jack the Ripper: Scientist who claims to have identified notorious killer has 'made serious DNA error' - Science - News - The Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/jack-the-ripper-id-hinges-on-a-decimal-point-as-scientists-flag-up-dna-error-in-book-that-claims-to-identify-the-whitechapel-killer-9804325.html

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Women Dislike Having Female Bosses More Than Men Do - Businessweek

Women Dislike Having Female Bosses More Than Men Do - Businessweek: How Apple Pay for iPhone 6 Works in Real Stores

Cosmic Megastructures - The Shkadov Thruster or How to Move an Entire Solar System - Popular Mechanics

10 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do With Coffee - Popular Mechanics

If You Laid Down Between the Tracks, Would a Train Pass Right Over You? - Popular Mechanics

Earth's Magnetic Field Could Flip Faster Than We Thought | Popular Science

How can you use technology to make you happier?

Roger’s Rules � Why Sam Harris Is Wrong about Islam

UCSF Study Links Soda To Premature Aging, Disease, Early Death � CBS San Francisco

The Exact Perfect Amount of Time to Take a Break, According to Data | TIME

Sunday, October 19, 2014

To Siri, With Love - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/fashion/how-apples-siri-became-one-autistic-boys-bff.html?referrer=

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Nine real technologies that will soon be inside you - Yahoo!7

Season of birth affects your mood later in life - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/11171567/Season-of-birth-affects-your-mood-later-in-life.html

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Super-Intelligent Humans Are Coming - Issue 18: Genius - Nautilus

http://m.nautil.us/issue/18/genius/super_intelligent-humans-are-coming

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DOGHOUSE | Just the way it is...

http://thedoghousediaries.com/

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Mindsuckers - National Geographic Magazine

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/11/mindsuckers/zimmer-text

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Man flies past Airbus full of passengers over Macclesfield in Manchester | Daily Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2798083/is-bird-plane-no-s-mystery-man-flying-past-airbus-passengers-flew-macclesfield.html

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Saturday, October 18, 2014

Study: Elephants may know when it's raining 150 miles away

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/10/18/newser-elephants-know-when-its-raining/17497275/

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Suspended Animation In Space Travel: What Scientists Still Need To Learn | Popular Science

http://www.popsci.com/article/science/suspended-animation-space-travel-what-scientists-still-need-learn?dom=PSC&loc=topstories&con=suspended-animation-in-space-travel-what-scientists-still-need-to-learn

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Radioactive coyotes and poisoned apples: The strange history of the Manhattan Project - Vox

http://www.vox.com/2014/10/17/6993305/manhattan-project-facts-wgn-manhattan-interview-sam-shaw-season-finale

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Self-Promoters Don’t Know How Annoying They Are -- Science of Us

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2014/10/self-promoters-dont-know-how-annoying-they-are.html

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BBC News - Is reheated pasta less fattening?

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29629761

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Who owns the moon?

http://m.phys.org/news/2014-10-moon.html

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weather.com

http://www.weather.com/news/science/russia-mystery-holes-bermuda-triangle-20141016

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X-37B Military Space Plane Lands After Record-Shattering Secret Mission

http://m.space.com/27427-x37b-space-plane-air-force-landing.html

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Friday, October 17, 2014

Vitamin D for pain management?

Vitamin D 'could make childbirth less painful'� | Daily Mail Online

Scientists call for exercise data to be printed on food and drinks packaging instead of calories | Daily Mail Online

Index - Vampires are still part of Bulgarian folklore - Standart

Index - Vampires are still part of Bulgarian folklore - Standart: ia's Indiana Jones

Bulgaria’s Vampire Graveyards - The Daily Beast

Bulgaria’s Vampire Graveyards - The Daily Beast: recently

Science Left Behind 2014: The Anti-Vaccination Update

http://www.science20.com/science_20/science_left_behind_2014_the_antivaccination_update-146746

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Plasma 'bombs' and tornadoes detected on the Sun › News in Science (ABC Science)

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2014/10/17/4108485.htm

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New Technique Helps Find Hidden Consciousness in Coma Patients

http://m.livescience.com/48317-hidden-awareness-in-coma-vegetative-state.html

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Thursday, October 16, 2014

A Leap in Lifespans - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/newoldage/2014/10/10/as-diseases-are-managed-lifespans-keep-getting-longer/?ref=health

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First Photos of Water Ice on Mercury Captured by NASA Spacecraft

http://m.space.com/27450-messenger-mercury-water-ice-photos.html

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Male brains wired to ignore food in favour of sex, study shows - Telegraph

This is a surprise?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/11167441/Male-brains-wired-to-ignore-food-in-favour-of-sex-study-shows.html

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Which Job Is Most Unique to Your State? | Mental Floss

How Technology Is Killing Off Lame Financial Advice - Bloomberg

http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-15/how-technology-is-killing-off-lame-financial-advice.html

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Search for Mars life starts on Earth | Fox News

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/10/13/search-for-mars-life-starts-on-earth/#.VD-vXX4v760.mailto

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These Tiny Animals Live Only on Driftwood - Inkfish | DiscoverMagazine.com

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/inkfish/2014/10/14/these-tiny-animals-live-only-on-driftwood/#.VD-XtKa9LCR

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Volcanoes on the Moon May Have Erupted During the Dinosaur Age

http://m.space.com/27424-volcanoes-on-moon-dinosaur-age.html

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In Interrogations, Teenagers Are Too Young to Know Better - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2014/10/13/in-interrogations-teenagers-are-too-young-to-know-better/?ref=science

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Beyond the Bell Curve, a New Universal Law | Simons Foundation

http://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/20141015-at-the-far-ends-of-a-new-universal-law/

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The Surprising Problem of Too Much Talent - Scientific American

Spiders Break Through Our Blind Spots | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2014/10/15/spiders_break_through_our_blind_spots_108900.html

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Why Do We Spare Civilians in War? | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2014/10/15/why_do_we_spare_civilians_in_war_108901.html

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When judging art, men and women stand apart | MSUToday | Michigan State University

http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2014/when-judging-art-men-and-women-stand-apart/

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Local Cow Holds Guinness World Record

http://www.wifr.com/home/headlines/Local-Cow-Now-Holds-World-Record-279064071.html?device=phone

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Humans may only survive 68 days on Mars - Yahoo News

http://news.yahoo.com/humans-may-only-survive-68-days-mars-220955518.html

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

WATCH: An Optical Poem (1938) - Boing Boing

http://boingboing.net/2014/10/13/watch-an-optical-poem-1938.html

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Phobias may be memories passed down in genes from ancestors - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10486479/Phobias-may-be-memories-passed-down-in-genes-from-ancestors.html

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Getting Cancer at San Francisco Airport | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/10/getting_cancer_at_san_francisco_airport.html

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This Woman Sees 100 Times More Colors Than The Average Person | Popular Science

http://www.popsci.com/article/science/woman-sees-100-times-more-colors-average-person

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Sunday, October 12, 2014

The Placebo Effect Doesn’t Apply Just to Pills - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/10/07/upshot/the-placebo-effect-doesnt-apply-just-to-pills.html?_r=0

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Whales synchronize their songs across oceans, and there’s sheet music to prove it. — Medium

https://medium.com/@dealville/whales-synchronize-their-songs-across-oceans-and-theres-sheet-music-to-prove-it-b1667f603844

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This Is How America's Spies Could Detect Lying in the Future - Defense One

http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2014/10/how-americas-spies-could-detect-lying-future/96245/

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Nobel Prizes By Country Since 1901

http://www.businessinsider.com/nobel-prizes-by-country-since-1901-2014-10?utm_content=buffer22626&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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Cosmic rays offer clue our universe could be a computer simulation (Wired UK)

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-10/11/universe-computer-simulation

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Saturday, October 11, 2014

Obscure Object of Desire: Missing Digits Spartan Knife Block | The Truth About Knives

Commemorate the Battle of Thermopylae in your very own kitchen!

Obscure Object of Desire: Missing Digits Spartan Knife Block | The Truth About Knives

Drinking fruit juice daily increases risk of heart disease warn experts | World | News | Daily Express

I've said it for ages: Fruit is just vegetables with added sugar. If you squeeze the juice out of the fruit, what you get is a concentrated sugar drink, stripped of almost all the fiber you find in vegetables. This stuff is *not* healthy for you.

Drinking fruit juice daily increases risk of heart disease warn experts | World | News | Daily Express