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New study sheds light on what happens to women who are denied abortions
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New study sheds light on what happens to women who are denied abortions original article by Annalee Newitz , Ars Technica -------------------------- They often have difficulty making...
Why do people keep coming to this couple’s home looking for lost phones?
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9 years ago
It started the first month that Christina Lee and Michael Saba started living together. An angry family came knocking at their door demanding the return of a stolen phone. Two months later, a...
Why haven't we found aliens yet? Maybe they're all dead
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9 years ago
Source The number of stars in the universe is uncountable. The number of planets potentially even higher. Earth is just one small, pale blue dot orbiting a very average star. The...
Worrying about inflation. There isn't enough.
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9 years ago
The econoblogosphere hasn't stopped second-guessing, since the Fed raised its rates a couple weeks ago. Here are three more examples, including one from the ultra-conservative Wall Street...
Updating Paul Krugman, “Evolution Groupie”
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9 years ago
Updating Paul Krugman, “Evolution Groupie” original article by David Sloan Wilson, evonomics ------------------------------------------------ Two decades of changes in evolutionary...
2015 was hottest year ever, with records set around the globe
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2015 was hottest year ever, with records set around the globe original article by Michael Casey , Fox News -------------------- Residents carry packs of water during a heat wave...
Scientists revive microscopic water bears after 30 years of deep freeze
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9 years ago
Scientists revive microscopic water bears after 30 years of deep freeze original article by James Vincent , The Verge -------------------------------- Share on Facebook Tweet...
What's really standing in the way of drone delivery?
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9 years ago
What's really standing in the way of drone delivery? original article -- by Ben Popper -- The Verge ----------------------------------- Amazon, Google, and the FAA all...
Earn $13,000 a year by selling your poop
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9 years ago
Earn $13,000 a year by selling your poop OpenBiome, a Massachusetts health company, pays healthy donors for brown stuff that is up to snuff. The fecal matter is used for transplants that...
Penis Transplants For Wounded Wounded Troops
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9 years ago
By DENISE GRADY DEC. 6, 2015 Photo From left, Dr. W.P. Andrew Lee, Dr. Richard J. Redett and Dr. Gerald Brandacher at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore this month. They...
Electric Scooter Maker Gogoro Is Sidestepping a Big Obstacle
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9 years ago
Electric Scooter Maker Gogoro Is Sidestepping a Big Obstacle -- original article by Alex Davies -- Wired -------------------------------------------------------- Click to...
The Sojourn of Science
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9 years ago
This essay is an excerpt from The Ascent of Humanity by Charles Eisenstein At its purest, the purpose of science is to better understand the world; or, we could say, it is to bring new...
How small.
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10 years ago
How vast these Orbs must be, and how inconsiderable this Earth, the Theatre upon which all our mighty Designs, all our Navigations, and all our Wars are transacted, is compared to them. A very...
Are Bananas Fattening?
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10 years ago
When something is good, we sometimes find ourselves feeling suspicious that it’s not only good, but too good to be true. Bananas are delicious. They are good . They’re rich, creamy, and...
New HIV infections in gay black men may be leveling off
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10 years ago
LINK : http://news.yahoo.com/hiv-infections-gay-black-men-may-leveling-off-002237760.html By MIKE STOBBE December 6, 2015 7:22 PM NEW YORK (AP) — New HIV infections in gay...
"Please Amputate My Size 16 Foot"
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10 years ago
Jeffrey Ortega has Proteus syndrome, which also afflicted the Elephant Man. His feet are so big they only fit 10-year-old Crocs. A man with a size-16 foot is so miserable he's raising money...
Scientists: Ted Cruz Understands Less About Climate Than A Kindergartner
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10 years ago
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ted-cruz-climate-knowledge-kindergartener Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has the poorest understanding of climate science of all the 2016 presidential...
Crib Bumpers Could Be Killing More Babies Than Ever
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10 years ago
Despite warnings, new report says bumper-related deaths may have tripled By Michael Harthorne , Newser Staff (Newser) – Despite warnings from groups like the American Academy...
CHARLIE SHEEN Threats of Lawsuits UNRAVELED HIV SECRET
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10 years ago
http://www.tmz.com/2015/11/16/charlie-sheen-hiv-lawsuits-settlement/ Charlie Sheen: Threats of Lawsuits Unraveled HIV Secret EXCLUSIVE Charlie Sheen kept his HIV status under wraps,...
What's Wrong with the Medical Profession Today
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10 years ago
Matthew and I went back to his orthopedist to get the stitches out of his knee, where he had surgery. He is doing very well, thank you, and ready to start physical therapy! All is well in that...
In unsettling case, CDC says tapeworm may have infected man with cancerous cells
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10 years ago
Source Scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have identified a puzzling and unsettling new cancer-like illness in a 41-year-old man, who is believed to have become...
Why Are Middle Aged White People Dying More Than They Used To ?
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10 years ago
The U.S. death rate has been falling for decades, but researchers have detected one group in which the rates have been steadily ticking up — middle-aged white people. Suicides and deaths from drug...
The Ethics of Driverless Cars – Who Lives and Who Dies?
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10 years ago
With the introduction and growth of Driverless Cars (or Autonomous Vehicles “AVs“) a pressing ethical question has arisen over how to program these cars in situations that will clearly result in...