By Sami on February 11th, 2010

- Science – Neuroscientists discover brain area responsible for fear of losing money (PhysOrg).
- Science – The Evolution Debate Is Over; It’s Time To Move Forward (NPR).
- Science – Being bored could be bad for your health (Salon).
- Science – What came before the Big Bang? (The Daily Galaxy).
- History – Slavery in America: Historical Overview (Slavery in America).
- History – When electric doorbells were new (Wired).
- History – Indian man resurrects the East India Company (Times Online).
- Interesting – Does polygamy reduce the risk of AIDS? (Chris Blattman).
- Interesting – USA’s top pork producer is also one the worst polluters (Rolling Stone).
- Wikipedia – Edwin Howard Armstrong: The inventor of FM radio (Wikipedia).
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By Sami on February 10th, 2010

- History – Tycho Brahe to be exhumed (The Copenhagen Post).
- History – The tragedy of dying languages (BBC).
- History – World History Looks Different When Seen Through Islamic Eyes (VOA).
- History – The history of tipping (BillShrink).
- History – Founders of British obstetrics ‘were callous murderers’ (Guardian UK).
- Interesting – Why Do the Chinese Save So Much? (Columbia Business School)
- Interesting – Chinese attitudes about antiques 40 years after the Cultural Revolution (NY Times).
- Interesting – How the right to arms saved the non-violent civil rights protesters (The Volokh Conspiracy).
- Science – Our world may be a giant hologram (NewScientist).
- WTF – How to survive if you are buried alive (The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook).
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By Sami on February 05th, 2010

- Interesting – The Jihadist Next Door (NY Times).
- Interesting – Could Cars Have Caused the Mortgage Meltdown? (Wired)
- History – Josef Mengele’s diary up for sale (Telegraph UK).
- History – Early draft of the Constitution found (Philadelphia Inquirer).
- History – Adolf Hitler, the Irish folk music fan (IrishCentral).
- History – “Voodoo Histories”: When smart people believe dumb things (Salon).
- Science – Battle of the Viral Mutations (SEED).
- Science – Zoologger: ‘Living beach ball’ is giant single cell (NewScientist).
- Science – Physicist Discovers How to Teleport Energy (arXiv).
- Dinosaurs – Tiny dinos perished in footprint death pits (NewScientist).
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Tags: Dinosaurs, History, Interesting, Links, Science
By Sami on February 04th, 2010

- Science – Antarctica’s “Blood Falls” (Discover Magazine).
- Science – Volcanoes ‘destroyed ancient ocean life’ (Telegraph UK).
- Science – The Lost Turkeys of the New World (Wired).
- Science – The absolutely insane 1 Megajoule laser (ScienceDaily).
- History – Asian skeleton discovered in Roman cemetery (Independent UK).
- History – Birds Got Too Fat to Fly After Dinosaurs Vanished? (National Geographic)
- Interesting – The World’s Dirtiest Cities (Forbes).
- Interesting – Russia’s evolution as seen through McDonald’s (NY Times).
- Interesting – Shanghai’s cricket fighting subculture (WSJ).
- Wikipedia – Tama-Re, the Egyptian-themed Nuwaubian compound (Wikipedia).
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By Sami on February 03rd, 2010

- Interesting – A Year of Global Shipping Routes Mapped by GPS (Wired).
- Interesting – Why do high-end prostitutes make so much money? (bakadesuyo)
- Interesting – 15 Cute Animals That Will Cause You Horrible Harm (brainz).
- Interesting – The economics of child soldiering (Chris Blattman).
- Interesting – The Zero Rupee note (World Bank).
- Science – Moon May Have Formed in Natural Nuclear Explosion (arXiv).
- Science – Can planets reproduce by budding? (weird things)
- Art – The Most Famous Unfinished Works of Art (Bezbridge).
- History – The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon’s Greatest Army (TYWKIWDBI).
- History – Leonardo da Vinci’s Resume (stone).
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