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Neuroscientists discover brain area responsible for fear of losing money (Links)

By Sami on February 11th, 2010

neurons e1265911784172 Neuroscientists discover brain area responsible for fear of losing money (Links)

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

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Tycho Brahe to be exhumed (Links)

By Sami on February 10th, 2010

tycho brahe 290 Tycho Brahe to be exhumed (Links)

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

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The Jihadist Next Door (Links)

By Sami on February 05th, 2010

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

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Antarctica’s Blood Falls (Links)

By Sami on February 04th, 2010

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

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A Year of Global Shipping Routes Mapped by GPS (Links)

By Sami on February 03rd, 2010

1yrglobalshipping e1265144641715 A Year of Global Shipping Routes Mapped by GPS (Links)

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

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