Jimmy's Interesting Things: June 2014

Monday, June 30, 2014

Have We Been Interpreting Quantum Mechanics Wrong This Whole Time? | Science | WIRED

“No Boy Left Behind?” – an impressive infographic based on Tom Mortenson’s “For Every 100 Girls” | A Voice for Male Students

Gigantic Ocean Vortices Seen From Space Could Change Climate Models | Science | WIRED

Gigantic Ocean Vortices Seen From Space Could Change Climate Models | Science | WIRED: Have We Been Interpreting Quantum Mechanics Wrong This Whole Time?

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Supplements Found to Ease Gestational Diabetes - NYTimes.com

Supplements Found to Ease Gestational Diabetes - NYTimes.com: m and vitamin D

The Brave New World of Three-Parent I.V.F. - NYTimes.com

Studies: Religious Identity May Hurt Job Applicants’ Chances | Daily News | NCRegister.com

5 Gifs That Surprised Even the Gif’s Inventor | TIME

http://time.com/2928183/gif-inventor/

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Saturday, June 28, 2014

Barney Fife Meets Delta Force | National Review Online

How the Sugar Industry Gums Up Science - Pacific Standard: The Science of Society

http://www.psmag.com/navigation/politics-and-law/sugar-industry-gums-science-84564/

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A Physicist's Explanation of Why the Soul May Exist - The Epoch Times

http://m.theepochtimes.com/n3/757910-a-physicists-explanation-of-why-the-soul-may-exist/

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Striking! Astronaut Video Shows Lightning Storm as Viewed From Space - NBC News.com

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/striking-astronaut-video-shows-lightning-storm-viewed-space-n143076

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Stonehenge was the work of cowboy builders, historian claims - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/10929632/Stonehenge-was-the-work-of-cowboy-builders-historian-claims.html

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Sky Cars Coming to Tel Aviv in 2015 : Discovery News

http://news.discovery.com/autos/future-of-transportation/sky-cars-coming-to-tel-aviv-in-2015-140626.htm

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Theory suggests the speed of light is SLOWER than first thought | Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2672092/Was-Einstein-wrong-Controversial-theory-suggests-speed-light-SLOWER-thought.html

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Friday, June 27, 2014

Fast Food's New Trend: 'Stealth Health' - Companies don't always tell us when our food gets healthier

Two giant planets may cruise unseen beyond Pluto - space - 11 June 2014 - New Scientist

Butter Makes Comeback as Margarine Loses Favor - WSJ

Why Diet Soda Will Never Top the Real Thing | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/06/were_fat_because_were_addicted_to_food.html

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Vampire Bats Gain the Taste of Blood, Lose Their Taste of Bitter – News Watch

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2014/06/25/vampire-bats-gain-the-taste-of-blood-lose-their-taste-of-bitter/

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Dangers of the Hajj, Kumbh Mela, and other religious gatherings: Fire, MERS, disease, drownings, stampedes.

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2014/06/dangers_of_the_hajj_kumbh_mela_and_other_religious_gatherings_fire_mers.html

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Earth's Magnetic Field Is Weakening. Time to Worry? | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/06/earths_magnetic_field_is_weakening_time_to_worry.html

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Cosmic Fluke Made Life on Land Possible? | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2014/06/27/cosmic_fluke_made_life_on_land_possible_108718.html

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Thursday, June 26, 2014

Secrets of the Creative Brain - The Atlantic

http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/06/secrets-of-the-creative-brain/372299/

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Close encounters: Everything you need to know about UFOs | The Economist

http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21605918-everything-you-need-know-about-ufos-0

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You Know How They Say The Divorce Rate In The Church Is 50%? Prepare To Be Shocked...

Aspirin May Cut Pancreatic Cancer Risk - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2014/06/26/aspirin-may-cut-pancreatic-cancer-risk/?ref=health&

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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Criminal offending as part of an alternative reproductive strategy: Investigating evolutionary hypotheses using Swedish total population data

PLOS ONE: The Distance Between Mars and Venus: Measuring Global Sex Differences in Personality

Developmental psychology’s weird problem: Children from rich, educated families have different skills.

http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/06/developmental_psychology_s_weird_problem_children_from_rich_educated_families.single.html

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The Dark Knight of the Soul - Atlantic Mobile

http://m.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/06/the-dark-knight-of-the-souls/372766/

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Continents May Be Key Feature of 'Super-Earth' Alien Planets

http://m.space.com/26330-super-earth-alien-planets-continents.html

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Mystery object in lake on Saturn's moon Titan intrigues scientists | Science | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jun/22/mystery-object-lake-saturn-titan-scientists-nasa

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Human Language Is Biased Towards Happiness, Say Computational Linguists — The Physics arXiv Blog — Medium

https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/data-mining-reveals-how-human-language-is-biased-towards-happiness-773df682c4a7

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

World's Tallest Mountain Is in the USA: 5 Reasons Why Mauna Kea Trumps Everest | RealClearScience

http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/06/5_reasons_why_mauna_kea_trumps_everest.html

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Monday, June 23, 2014

tips russians mentalfloss - Yahoo Search Results

http://search.yahoo.com/mobile/s?rewrite=72&.tsrc=apple&first=1&p=tips+russians+mentalfloss&pintl=en&pcarrier=AT%26T&pmcc=310&pmnc=410&fr=onesearch

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4 Russian Travel Tips for Visiting America

http://m.mentalfloss.com/article.php?id=54461

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The scandal of fiddled global warming data - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/10916086/The-scandal-of-fiddled-global-warming-data.html

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Step 1: Wear Mentos Suit. Step 2: Fall Into Vat of Diet Coke - Popular Mechanics

The Military Now Has X-Ray Guns - Defense One

http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2014/06/military-now-has-x-ray-guns/86965/

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Scientists explain stress-heart attack link - Yahoo News

http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-explain-stress-heart-attack-191500218.html

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BBC News - Nepal's living goddess who still has to do homework

http://m.bbc.com/news/magazine-27885141

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Remains of 'End of the World' Epidemic Found in Ancient Egypt

http://m.livescience.com/46335-remains-of-ancient-egypt-epidemic-found.html

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Sunday, June 22, 2014

PJ Lifestyle � 10 Things Everybody Gets Wrong About The South

Is That a Pilot in Your Pocket?

2,000 mice parachute into Guam to kill snake invaders | Grist

'Enigma Man' may be new human species that lived until 11,000 years ago

http://m.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/enigma-man-may-be-new-human-species-that-lived-until-11000-years-ago-20140616-zs9dz.html

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Free will could be the result of 'background noise' in the brain, study suggests - Science - News - The Independent

Friday, June 20, 2014

Christof Koch and Gary Marcus Explain the Codes Used by the Brain | MIT Technology Review

10 Scientific Ideas That Scientists Wish You Would Stop Misusing

A Mysterious Sound Is Driving People Insane — And Nobody Knows What's Causing It - Mic

http://m.mic.com/articles/91091/a-mysterious-sound-is-driving-people-insane-and-nobody-knows-what-s-causing-it

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Is the Internet killing religion? – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs

48 Things You Didn't Know Had Names | Mental Floss

Vatican says no cause for alarm as Pope Francis to miss procession - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/the-pope/10912189/Vatican-says-no-cause-for-alarm-as-Pope-Francis-to-miss-precession.html

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Thursday, June 19, 2014

Whole Health Source: Search results for non alcoholic fatty

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Stephen Hawking on How Artificial Intelligence Could Kill Us All | RealClearTechnology

http://www.realcleartechnology.com/video/2014/06/17/stephen_hawking_on_how_artificial_intelligence_could_kill_us_all.html

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More Protein in Diet May Lower Stroke Risk - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2014/06/13/more-protein-in-diet-may-lower-stroke-risk/?_php=true&_type=blogs&ref=health&_r=0

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Monday, June 16, 2014

When science gets it wrong: Let the light shine in | The Economist

Watch a star explode 20,000 light years away in time-lapse | Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2657110/Watch-star-explode-20-000-light-years-away-Time-lapse-reveals-beautiful-burst-sent-light-echoes-universe.html

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RealClearScience - The Lies that Whole Foods Tells

http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/06/the_lies_that_whole_foods_tells_108701.html

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PJ Lifestyle » 3 Studies About Fatherhood that Will Shock You (But Shouldn’t)

http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2014/06/15/3-studies-about-fatherhood-that-will-shock-you-but-shouldnt/?singlepage=true

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Sunday, June 15, 2014

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Saturday, June 14, 2014

Why Dads Matter, According To Science

Why Earth's Most Abundant Mineral Only Just Got Its Name

The Largest Black Hole In the Known Universe — Medium

https://medium.com/@startswithabang/the-largest-black-hole-in-the-known-universe-67b792a1d856

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Absurd Creature of the Week: The 120-Foot-Long Jellyfish That’s Loving Global Warming | Science | WIRED

http://www.wired.com/2014/06/absurd-creature-of-the-week-lions-mane-jellyfish/

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Green puppies shock Spanish dog breeders - The Local

http://www.thelocal.es/20140611/green-puppies-shock-spanish-dog-breeder

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Thursday, June 12, 2014

Lowe's builds the Holodeck of home improvement | The Verge

http://mobile.theverge.com/2014/6/12/5802960/lowes-augmented-reality-holoroom

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Star next door may host a 'superhabitable' world - space - 31 January 2014 - New Scientist

Massive 'ocean' discovered towards Earth's core - environment - 12 June 2014 - New Scientist

Two giant planets may cruise unseen beyond Pluto - space - 11 June 2014 - New Scientist

How Marvel's API Will Change Cultural Criticism | Fast Company | Business + Innovation

http://www.google.com/gwt/x?u=http://www.fastcompany.com/3031686/marvel-api-cultural-criticism&ei=jr-ZU5CZL-eNsQLK2YDwBw&wsc=oa

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

This Catfish's Whiskers Are Like Ultra-Sensitive pH Strips | Science | Smithsonian

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/catfish-whiskers-are-ultra-sensitive-ph-strips-180951665/

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New Advent: Amazing video: This is why you should never drive a Chevy pickup in Alberta during a lightning storm

Engage warp drive! Nasa reveals latest designs for a Star Trek-style spacecraft that could make interstellar travel a reality | Mail Online

Personalized Medicine Meets Cancer Immunotherapy | MIT Technology Review

John XXIII in the midst of war: “We could scream louder but it would only bring more trouble” - Vatican Insider

A stroll in the city of La Maddalena as it was in the time of Jesus - Vatican Insider

RealClearScience - Climate Change: Reason We Haven't Found E.T.?

http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2014/06/11/climate_change_the_reason_we_havent_found_et_108696.html

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Intelligent Crows Flunk Causality Test (But Babies Pass) – Phenomena: Not Exactly Rocket Science

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/06/10/intelligent-crows-flunk-causality-test-but-babies-pass/

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Map of universe questioned; dwarf galaxies don’t fit standard model - RIT News

http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50841

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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Chicago Public Schools prom slogan: ‘This Is Are Story’ - EAGnews.org powered by Education Action Group Foundation, Inc.

http://m.eagnews.org/?url=http%3A%2F%2Feagnews.org%2Fprom-slogan-highlights-cps-failures%2F&dm_redirected=true#2656

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The Breakthrough Institute - Polarizing Bears

http://thebreakthrough.org/index.php/programs/conservation-and-development/polarizing-bears

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Monday, June 9, 2014

What 1939 Thought Fashion in 2000 Would Look Like | Mental Floss

The LBJ missal: Why a prayer book given to John F Kennedy was used to swear in the 36th US President - Americas - World - The Independent

The mind readers | Mosaic

Watercress tops list of ‘powerhouse fruits and vegetables.’ Who knew?

Rats are capable of feeling regret, scientists say - Science - News - The Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/rats-are-capable-of-feeling-regret-scientists-say-9510038.html

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Friday, June 6, 2014

The Revolutionary Quantum Computer That May Not Be Quantum at All | Enterprise | WIRED

PJ Lifestyle � VIDEO: Where Does the Phrase ‘Rule of Thumb’ Actually Come From?

NEW ADVENT: Home

How to Quack-Proof Yourself Against Pseudoscience

What Happens If You Apply Electricity to the Brain of a Corpse? | Science Blogs | WIRED

http://www.wired.com/2014/05/what-happens-if-you-apply-electricity-to-the-brain-of-a-corpse/

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Here’s How People 100 Years Ago Thought We’d Be Living Today | Science | WIRED

http://www.wired.com/2014/05/victorian-postcards-predict-future/

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BBC News - Traces of another world found on the Moon

http://m.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27688511

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Death map: The most common causes of death in each state of the union

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2014/06/death_map_the_most_common_causes_of_death_in_each_state_of_the_union.html

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The Bat Men Before Batman - Atlantic Mobile

http://m.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/06/the-original-bat-man/372100/

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

World's Oldest Pair of Pants Found - They were probably worn by ancient horse riders in China

RealClearScience - It's Your Health. Be Skeptical.

http://www.realclearscience.com/lists/bogus_health_tips/

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Has The Roman Dodecahedron Mystery Been Solved? - The Gralien Report

http://gralienreport.com/ancient-mysteries-2/man-solved-roman-dodecahedron-mystery/

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Zoo Vet Mistakes Employee In Gorilla Suit For An Actual Ape, Shoots Him With Tranquilizer

https://www.thedodo.com/zoo-vet-mistakes-employee-in-g-578204140.html

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Found! Oldest Known Alien Planet That Might Support Life

http://m.space.com/26115-oldest-habitable-alien-planet-kapteyn-b.html

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Monday, June 2, 2014

Kids will eat veggies if you start early and don't give up | Futurity

http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.futurity.org/kids-will-eat-veggies-start-early-dont-give/?utm_source=feedly&utm_reader=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kids-will-eat-veggies-start-early-dont-give

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Private Group Makes Contact with 36-Year-Old NASA Spacecraft

http://www.space.com/26075-nasa-isee3-spacecraft-contact-success.html

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Radar Picks Up Grasshopper Swarm Over Albuquerque « CBS Las Vegas

http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2014/06/01/radar-picks-up-grasshopper-swarm-over-albuquerque/

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Sunday, June 1, 2014

Google: People Trusted Our Self-Driving Cars Too Much | MIT Technology Review

The Big Bang’s Identity Crisis - The Nature of Reality

http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/blogs/physics/2014/05/the-big-bangs-identity-crisis/

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Saturn’s Moon Wears the Weirdest Mountain Range in the Solar System – Phenomena: No Place Like Home

http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/05/30/saturns-moon-wears-the-weirdest-mountain-range-in-the-solar-system/

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Author Says Earthquakes Are Predictable « CBS Pittsburgh

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/05/29/author-says-earthquakes-are-predictable/

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For Libertarian Utopia, Float Away on ‘Startup’ Nation - Bloomberg

http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-30/for-libertarian-utopia-float-away-on-startup-nation.html

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Jacques Cousteau's grandson aims for record 31 days undersea - Yahoo News

http://news.yahoo.com/jacques-cousteaus-grandson-aims-record-31-days-undersea-130712964--spt.html;_ylt=AwrBJSAh2IlTnV8AFUzQtDMD

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