Jimmy's Interesting Things: July 2014

Thursday, July 31, 2014

The New Space Race, and Why Nothing Else Matters | The Fiscal Times

Dedication: The octopus that spent nearly 4 1/2 years sitting on her eggs, a record for any species - The Washington Post

http://m.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/07/31/dedication-the-octopus-that-spent-nearly-4-12-years-sitting-on-her-eggs-a-record-for-any-species/

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9 Things to Know About Reviving the Recently Dead | Science | WIRED

http://www.wired.com/2014/07/revive-the-dead/

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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

How Risky Is It to Be Uninsured? — The American Magazine

http://www.american.com/archive/2014/july/how-risky-is-it-to-be-uninsured

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Less Water on Exoplanets than Expected | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/07/how_do_we_detect_water_on_exoplanets.html

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Oestrogen gel can banish depression in women | Mail Online

Revolutionary new blood test 'could detect ALL types of cancer' | Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2709708/Revolutionary-new-blood-test-detect-ALL-types-cancer.html

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Cryogenic Preservation Is Changing What It Means to Be Dead | New Republic

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118746/cryogenic-preservation-changing-what-it-means-be-dead

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Map of Pangea With Current International Borders | Mental Floss

5 of the Scariest Streets in the World | Mental Floss

Monday, July 28, 2014

Lawsuit Filed To Prove Happy Birthday Is In The Public Domain; Demands Warner Pay Back Millions Of License Fees | Techdirt

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/11165823451/filmmaker-finally-aims-to-get-court-to-admit-that-happy-birthday-is-public-domain.shtml

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The Dark Psychology of Being a Good Comedian - Atlantic Mobile

http://m.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/02/the-dark-psychology-of-being-a-good-comedian/284104/

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Is One of the Most Popular Psychology Experiments Worthless? - Atlantic Mobile

http://m.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/07/what-if-one-of-the-most-popular-experiments-in-psychology-is-worthless/374931/

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Turkish Researcher Claims that Virgin Mary Was a Hermaphrodite and Souls Are Dark Matter | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/07/dark_matter_souls_and_virgin_mary_the_hermaphrodite.html

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Low Education Makes Brain Age Faster | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2014/07/28/low_education_makes_brain_age_faster_108766.html

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What’s Up With That: Why Does Sleeping In Just Make Me More Tired? | Science | WIRED

http://www.wired.com/2014/07/whats-up-with-that-why-does-sleeping-in-just-make-me-more-tired/

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The Greatest Double Agent in History

Picture of the Day: Crystal Clear Canoeing �TwistedSifter

The Fasinatng … Frustrating … Fascinating History of Autocorrect | Gadget Lab | WIRED

http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.wired.com/2014/07/history-of-autocorrect/

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Solar "superstorm" warning: One in 10 chance new blast will "black out" civilisation - Yahoo News UK

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/solar--superstorm--warning--one-in-10-chance-civilisation-wrecking-blast-will-hit-062431070.html

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Saturday, July 26, 2014

Study Finds That Men Like Nice Women, But Not the Other Way Around

http://www.newsweek.com/study-finds-men-nice-women-not-other-way-around-261269

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Friday, July 25, 2014

Detecting biomarkers on exoplanets

The Ends of the Earth

False Signs of Life on Alien Worlds | Science/AAAS | News

Is Every Speed Limit Too Low?

http://priceonomics.com/is-every-speed-limit-too-low/

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In the future, this screen could correct your eyesight problems | Digital Trends

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/future-screens-may-correct-eyesight-problems-glasses/

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Watching TV after work makes you feel 'guilty and like a failure' - Health News - Health & Families - The Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/watching-tv-after-work-makes-you-feel-guilty-and-like-a-failure-9626840.html

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Problems of gravity | plus.maths.org

http://plus.maths.org/content/problems-gravity

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Thursday, July 24, 2014

Give forests to local people to preserve them - environment - 24 July 2014 - New Scientist

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25943-give-forests-to-local-people-to-preserve-them.html#.U9GN6aa9LCQ

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13 YouTube Tricks for True PowerYOUsers

http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/325658/13-youtube-tricks-for-true-poweryousers

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Superheroes: And Why Marvel is Running Circles Around DC | A Creative Act

Anyone can learn to be a polymath – Robert Twigger – Aeon

http://aeon.co/magazine/world-views/anyone-can-learn-to-be-a-polymath/

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Philip Ball - Science fictions

http://aeon.co/magazine/world-views/philip-ball-history-science/

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Why is Einstein the poster boy for genius? – Matthew Francis – Aeon

http://aeon.co/magazine/nature-and-cosmos/why-is-einstein-the-poster-boy-for-genius/

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Black Holes Aren’t Black After All, Say Theoretical Physicists — The Physics arXiv Blog — Medium

https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/black-holes-arent-black-after-all-say-theoretical-physicists-d0758c7c88b5

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Cats Rule and Dogs Drool | RealClearScience

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

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Dogs Bark, Leave Cats in the Dark | RealClearScience

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

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BBC News - India doctors remove 232 teeth from boy's mouth

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-28437829

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

No more `permanent' emails with new service | Boston Herald

Historical Slang Terms For Having Sex, From 1351 Through Today

Historical Slang Terms For Having Sex, From 1351 Through Today: The Visual Storytelling In This Short Cartoon Is Oscar-Worthy

Why So Many People Care So Much About Others' Sex Lives - Cari Romm - The Atlantic

Newfound World Has Longest Year of Any Transiting Alien Planet

http://m.space.com/26596-transiting-exoplanet-longest-year-kepler.html

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Transistor Successor Set to Bring on "The Machine" Age Soon - Scientific American

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/transistor-successor-set-to-bring-on-the-machine-age-soon/

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Why tech is on the verge of changing the political process forever | News | TechRadar

http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.techradar.com/us/news/world-of-tech/management/technology-is-on-the-verge-of-changing-the-political-process-forever-1258199?

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Self Intelligent Design Proves Human Exceptionalism | National Review Online

7 things the world's happiest people do every day - The Week

This pill could give your brain the learning powers of a 7-year-old - The Week

This pill could give your brain the learning powers of a 7-year-old - The Week: for

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

Animal lovers use biotech to develp milk made by man instead of a cow - The Washington Post

http://m.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/animal-lovers-use-biotech-to-develp-milk-made-by-man-instead-of-a-cow/2014/07/21/c79e4ea6-0d07-11e4-b8e5-d0de80767fc2_story.html

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Monday, July 21, 2014

Outbreak of Political Correctness in Science Media | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/07/an_outbreak_of_political_correctness_in_science_media.html

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The perfect Las Vegas day trip: Nevada’s Valley of Fire State Park | Roadtrippers

Come to the dark side with this map of America's most infamous Villain Lairs | Roadtrippers

See the grave that scared road workers so much they paved around it | Roadtrippers

Space aliens walk among us? Indeed, claims retired Temple prof - Philly.com

http://articles.philly.com/2014-07-16/entertainment/51549419_1_jacobs-aliens-abductees

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The Atlantic: How Colors Smell

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http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/07/how-colors-smell/374624/

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The Atlantic: The Creativity Pill

Read this:
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/07/creativity-and-dopamine-pills/374599/

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BBC News - 'Biological pacemaker' tested in lab

http://m.bbc.com/news/health-28325370

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Saturday, July 19, 2014

How much water is there on Earth, from the USGS Water Science School

Roko’s Basilisk: The most terrifying thought experiment of all time.

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/07/roko_s_basilisk_the_most_terrifying_thought_experiment_of_all_time.single.html

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Meet the electric life forms that live on pure energy - life - 16 July 2014 - New Scientist

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25894-meet-the-electric-life-forms-that-live-on-pure-energy.html#.U8nplLEzRjb

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Fruits and Vegetables Are Trying to Kill You - Issue 15: Turbulence - Nautilus

http://m.nautil.us/issue/15/turbulence/fruits-and-vegetables-are-trying-to-kill-you

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Friday, July 18, 2014

The Things We Think Make Us Happy... Don't | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/07/the_things_we_think_make_us_happy_dont.html

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Who really talks more, women or men? And should we still be caught up in that question? - Science - News - The Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/who-really-talks-more-women-or-men-and-should-we-still-be-caught-up-in-that-question-9613709.html

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Thursday, July 17, 2014

Peter Diamandis — Does Tech Improve Your Quality of Life?

Microbes with mind-control | Cosmos Magazine

http://cosmosmagazine.com/features/microbes-mind-control/

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Scientific Heretic Rupert Sheldrake on Morphic Fields, Psychic Dogs and Other Mysteries | Cross-Check, Scientific American Blog Network

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/2014/07/14/scientific-heretic-rupert-sheldrake-on-morphic-fields-psychic-dogs-and-other-mysteries/

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3 Things to Know About Niacin and Heart Health - NYTimes.com

4.4 billion-year-old crystal is oldest piece of Earth - CNN.com

Pre-diabetes label ‘unhelpful and unnecessary’

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0714/160714-Pre-diabetes-label-unnecessary-and-unhelpful

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

An Investigation Into the Delicious Origins of Ice Cream - The Daily Beast

Why Do We Laugh When We're Tickled? | Mental Floss

Restaurant Menus Spend More Money - Business Insider

Brazilian who turned 126 years old last week could be oldest living person - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/brazil/10968734/Brazilian-who-turned-126-years-old-last-week-could-be-oldest-living-person.html

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The Myth of Wealthy Men and Beautiful Women - Atlantic Mobile

http://m.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/07/the-myth-of-buying-beauty/374414/

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Research: Human friendships based on genetic similarities beyond the superficial - The Washington Post

http://m.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/research-human-friendships-based-on-genetic-similarities-beyond-the-superficial/2014/07/14/8aea04fe-0ab5-11e4-8c9a-923ecc0c7d23_story.html

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Secrets of a great 'radio voice' revealed › News in Science (ABC Science)

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2014/07/15/4042624.htm

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To change attitudes, don't argue — agree, extremely - LA Times

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-paradoxical-thinking-20140715-story.html

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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

The Advanced Metrics of Attraction - NYTimes.com

Genome-wide analysis reveals genetic similarities among friends

Inside TheBlaze Magazine: Marriage Makes Us Stronger | TheBlaze.com

Man records nightmarish attempt to cancel cable, Comcast apologizes - WTOP.com

NASA: Humans Will Prove ‘We Are Not Alone In The Universe’ Within 20 Years � CBS Connecticut

Monday, July 14, 2014

Cut Alzheimer's risk by walking for 20 minutes 3 times a week | Mail Online

Studying May Make You Nearsighted - NYTimes.com

Eavedropping on ET: Two New Programs Launching to Listen for Aliens - Yahoo News

Flying & Sex? What People Dream About in Lucid Dreams

http://m.livescience.com/46755-flying-sex-lucid-dream-content.html

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The Confederacy Almost Had a Helicopter During the Civil War

http://io9.com/the-confederacy-almost-had-a-helicopter-during-the-civi-1603788364

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How much water is there on Earth, from the USGS Water Science School

The Technology That Will Have Us Hearing with Our Skin — NOVA Next | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/body/haptic-hearing/

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Crack Down on Scientific Fraudsters - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/07/11/opinion/crack-down-on-scientific-fraudsters.html?referrer=

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Blackest is the new black: Scientists have developed a material so dark that you can't see it... - Science - News - The Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/blackest-is-the-new-black-scientists-have-developed-a-material-so-dark-that-you-cant-see-it-9602504.html

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Sunday, July 13, 2014

This Eye-Opening Map Shows The Reason Gas Is More Expensive In Some States Than Others

Saturday, July 12, 2014

The Fermi Paradox - The Washington Post

http://m.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/07/12/the-fermi-paradox/

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Your Brain Is On the Brink of Chaos - Issue 15: Turbulence - Nautilus

http://m.nautil.us/issue/15/turbulence/your-brain-is-on-the-brink-of-chaos

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Scientists ‘Have No Handle On’ Radio Bursts Coming From Deep Space « CBS Tampa

http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2014/07/11/scientists-have-no-handle-on-radio-bursts-coming-from-deep-space/

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Where has all the light in the universe gone? - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/10955749/Where-has-all-the-light-in-the-universe-gone.html

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Friday, July 11, 2014

Does Birth Control Coverage Pay for Itself? Maybe Not - NYTimes.com

The REAL reason why children fidget

Girls' school chief: pupils and teachers need diversity in the staffroom - Telegraph

The sinister cult of the Singularity (and how it's shaping your future) » The Spectator

http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/9252311/the-sheer-stupidity-of-artificial-intelligence/

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Empire of Rock | National Geographic

Can Psychopaths Be Cured? | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/07/can_psychopaths_be_cured.html

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Vasectomy may increase risk of aggressive prostate cancer | Harvard Gazette

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/07/vasectomy-may-increase-risk-of-aggressive-prostate-cancer/

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Thursday, July 10, 2014

Were Giant Viruses the First Life on Earth? | Simons Foundation

http://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/20140710-hints-of-lifes-start-found-in-a-giant-virus/

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Were Giant Viruses the First Life on Earth? | Simons Foundation

http://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/20140710-hints-of-lifes-start-found-in-a-giant-virus/

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How Do Movies Get Their Ratings? | Mental Floss

11 Insane Features of Normal Human Anatomy | Mental Floss

Environmentalists Almost Killed My Friend

http://www.science20.com/pfired_but_still_kicking/environmentalists_almost_killed_my_friend-139727

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12 Wonderfully Quirky Words with No English Equivalent

http://m.mentalfloss.com/article.php?id=57660

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Like All Animals, We Need Stress. Just Not Too Much : Shots - Health News : NPR

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/07/09/325216030/like-all-animals-we-need-stress-just-not-too-much

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The Elephant Art Gallery - Authentic Paintings by Elephants

http://www.elephantartgallery.com/

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Do Elephants Even Like to Paint? | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/journal_club/2014/07/10/do_elephants_even_like_to_paint_108740.html

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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Missing Light Crisis: The Universe Seems a Little Too Dark

http://www.universetoday.com/113092/missing-light-crisis-the-universe-seems-a-little-too-dark/

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5 Reasons Modern-Day Parenting Is in Crisis, According to a British Nanny

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5552527?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000037

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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Why Some People Get Enraged When Women Have Sex -- Science of Us

The Surprisingly Strong Case for Colonizing Venus - CityLab

The Problem with Science | National Review Online

The Driverless Car Tipping Point Is Coming Soon

http://mashable.com/2014/07/07/driverless-cars-tipping-point/

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Science Still Doesn't Understand Video Games - Pacific Standard: The Science of Society

http://www.psmag.com/navigation/nature-and-technology/science-still-doesnt-understand-video-games-84165/

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How Working on Multiple Screens Can Actually Help You Focus | Gadget Lab | WIRED

http://www.wired.com/2014/07/multi-screen-life/

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Why Teenagers Today May Grow Up Conservative - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/07/08/upshot/why-teenagers-may-be-getting-more-conservative.html?_r=0&referrer=

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Hidden Perks of AAA You May Not Know About

Why Does Red Mean Stop and Green Mean Go? | Mental Floss

This Day in History: Sliced Bread Made its Debut. Americans Loved It! The Government Banned It. - Hit & Run : Reason.com

http://reason.com/blog/2014/07/07/the-government-once-banned-sliced-bread

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Sunday, July 6, 2014

If There Are Microbes on Mars, We Might Have Put Them There | Motherboard

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/if-there-are-microbes-on-mars-we-could-have-put-them-there?trk_source=recommended

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Saturday, July 5, 2014

11 words that are much older than you think | David Shariatmadari | Comment is free | theguardian.com

At 116, Arkansas woman named oldest American - Yahoo News

The best way to lose weight? A diet filled with protein | Mail Online

How Some People Can Be Obese and Healthy | RealClearScience

http://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2014/07/05/how_some_people_can_be_obese_and_healthy_108731.html

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Plants can hear themselves being eaten - and become defensive when attacked | Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2677858/Bad-news-vegetarians-Plants-hear-eaten.html

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Why Thousands Of Men Like JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Are Getting Throat Cancer - Forbes

http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2014/07/02/why-thousands-of-men-like-j-p-morgan-ceo-jamie-dimon-are-getting-throat-cancer/

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The Sex Paradox | The Scientist Magazine®

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/40333/title/The-Sex-Paradox/

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Why Doctors Order Too Many Tests « Science-Based Medicine

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/why-doctors-order-too-many-tests/

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Did Federal Climate Scientists Fudge Temperature Data to Make It Warmer? - Reason.com

http://reason.com/archives/2014/07/03/did-federal-climate-scientists-fudge-tem

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The African country where compasses go haywire - Ideas - The Boston Globe

http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/06/21/the-african-country-where-compasses-haywire/siQF9ba6tXD40oMdKvwPoL/story.html

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Friday, July 4, 2014

Tibetans didn't get their genetic advantage from Homo sapiens | Fox News

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/07/03/tibetans-didnt-get-their-genetic-advantage-from-homo-sapiens/

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The art gallery problem | plus.maths.org

http://plus.maths.org/content/art-gallery-problem

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BBC News - Chimpanzee language: Communication gestures translated

http://m.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28023630

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Thursday, July 3, 2014

Why can't you remember being a baby? Science explains - Vox

http://www.vox.com/2014/5/8/5695500/why-cant-you-remember-being-a-baby-science-explains?amp

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What does alien life look like? — Starts With A Bang! — Medium

https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/what-does-alien-life-look-like-c330304c62ab

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Top 10 Worst Giant Movie Monsters - Listverse

10 Incredibly Insane UFO Religions - Listverse

PCMAG

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The 9 Best Out-of-Office Emails to Get You Ready for Vacation

http://mashable.com/2014/07/02/out-of-office-funny-emails/

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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

A Mystical Forest in Spain �TwistedSifter

New Weapon in Fight Against 'Superbugs' - WSJ

Future cars may give themselves dimples to reduce drag

http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/29/mit-morphing-surfaces/

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Researchers Now Able To 3D Print Working Blood Vessels | TechCrunch

http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/01/researchers-now-able-to-3d-print-working-blood-vessels/

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