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Five Threatened Shark Species Will Receive Protections After 20 Years of Trying
An oceanic whitetip out for a cruise, by Michael Aston on Flickr A footnote to the findings last week that 100 million sharks are killed each year was that five key species were up for additional...
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New Book: Botox Makes You Happier Because It Keeps You from Frowning
There’s a new idea making the rounds about Botox—that funny little version of botulism poison we inject into our faces to make us look “younger.” It says that using Botox can improve our mood, make us...
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The Planet's First Floating City Will Be Made of Wood
A floating wooden school that will soon join the world's first truly floating city. Image: NLE The world is warming, the Arctic is melting, and the seas are rising. So we'd best get with the tides....
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For Eight Minutes, John Conyers Stood with Rand Paul on Drones
Rep. John Conyers has been serving the state of Michigan admirably since 1965, having earned himself a spot on Nixon’s Enemies List and released a number of damning reports during the Bush years --...
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The Sick World of Webcam Slaves Is Expanding
Stop what you're doing right now and peer into your webcam. Is the little green light on? If so, smile! You're on hacker camera. If indeed you notice that little green light flickering when it's not...
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China's Next Big Export Will Be Nuclear Reactors
An EPR reactor being built in China, via Areva How do you get power to the largest population on Earth? Well, first you burn a lung-scorching amount of coal. But the sooty stuff's death grip on China...
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Two Years After Fukushima, a Culture of Mistrust Grows in Japan
A new documentary sheds light on the aftermath of the Fukushima crisis. Fukushima is the new shorthand for 'nuclear crisis.' Two years ago, it displaced Chernobyl as the most visceral example of a...
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Investors Are Getting Hoodwinked by Fake Twitter Accounts
Yup. You got suckered again. Image via The Australian Things are looking good for the stock market. Really good. Just last week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit an all time high, capping out at...
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Participate in The Great Brain Experiment by Downloading an App
The Great Brain Experiment sounds like an excellent idea in theory. Created by a team of British neuroscientists from University College London, the ambitious project intends to be a global effort to...
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Residents of Affluent California Suburb Protest Solar Panels, Say They'll...
A gorgeous parking lot. Whither else hath thou seen such beauty? Image: Washington Wheels “The parks in Ventura County are absolutely spectacular, and parking lots are beautiful, and the district is...
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Groupon, Aaron Swartz, and the Failings of the Second Great Tech Boom
Former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason, left, and Aaron Swartz. Andrew Mason’s resignation from Groupon comes up over beers. “Feels like the end,” my techie friend tells me. Five years after a crew of ragtag...
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Killer Ukrainian Dolphins Are Reportedly on the Loose
Until just recently, the US Navy “employed” dolphins for bomb-sniffing duties. The dolphins stayed mostly out of harm’s way, but not entirely, and the Humane Society and others naturally had some...
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North Korea Says a Second Korean War is "Unavoidable"
Kim Jong-un tours front-line army detachments at the South Korean border, via KCNA The tensions on the Korean peninsula don't appear to be easing any time soon: According to North Korea's official...
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China Is Using US Research to Take the Lead on Thorium Reactor Development
In the fracking-dominated and carbon-obsessed United States, we often forget that carbon-neutral energy doesn't have to simply be solar and wind. There's also nuclear power, of which alternative, safe...
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David Bowie Explains How Ziggy Stardust Became the First Science Fiction Rock...
David Bowie just released The Next Day, his first studio album in nearly 10 years. The cover is a sly homage to his Heroes album, to his alter egos, and to a bygone era of rock and roll pageantry. Now...
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The Ferocious Race to Build the World's Fastest Robot Cheetah
MIT and DARPA have found themselves in a curious stand off, one that would've been unthinkable a few years ago. Each of the institutions, in their own unique way, are trying to build the world's...
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The "First Tablet Specifically For Ladies" Comes with Shopping Apps...
Worry not, fragile and gentle ladies of the digital world. You have surely long been intimidated, nay, terrified, of the Internet, and by all those complicated gadgets your big strong man is always...
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Babies Form Taste-Based Alliances from as Early as Nine Months
When we look for the causes of prejudice in society and, most of us take it for granted that prejudice is taught, not learned. But you don’t have to have grown up with overtly bigoted parents to have...
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The All-Time Best University Hacks
This morning news emerged of a Florida State University Panama City student who hacked his school’s wifi network and redirected all traffic to the notorious Meatspin.com. Benjamin Blouin, the student...
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How to Make a Million Dollars Pushin’ Pixels: An Interview with The Million...
Tew, via his About.me page When I was in college Alex Tew’s story was one of mere folklore. I mean, who really makes a million bucks online? No effin’ way, man. Not in 2005. Well, Tew did. The creator...
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