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Friday 11 April 2014

Let's Get Weird. For Science.

What We Learned This Week, A New Batman Animated Short In Honor Of The Dark Knight's 75th Anniversary, Some Drones Can Land On Power Lines To Recharge, The Most Hated U.S. Airline Is Also the Most Profitable, How To Have An Out-Of-Body Experience
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Friday, April 11, 2014
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What We Learned This Week
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What did you learn this week? We learned why it's so hard to hit a Wiffle ball, how much it costs to have someone murdered in Baltimore, and that there are a scary amount of tigers owned by regular people.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BRUCE
A New Batman Animated Short In Honor Of The Dark Knight's 75th Anniversary
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A brand new short from producer Bruce Timm featuring a lost tale from Batman's past, the Dark Knight tracks a strange giant to the mysterious lair of Dr. Hugo Strange.
PIGEONS, BE JEALOUS
Some Drones Can Land On Power Lines To Recharge
dailymail.co.uk
An MIT student has shown off a prototype system allowing a craft to land on a power line and recharge itself. The smart system uses the magnetic forces emitted by the lines to find the perfect place to perch itself.
BET YOU HATE THEM MORE NOW
The Most Hated U.S. Airline Is Also the Most Profitable
businessweek.com
"The commitment to make the customer happy costs money."
GETTING WEIRD WITH SCIENCE
How To Have An Out-Of-Body Experience
kernelmag.dailydot.com
You can have an out of body experience right now, and it isn't even that hard.
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MAKES VOTING SEEM INTERESTING
Image: An Indian woman looks for her name in a voter list during parliamentary elections in New Delhi. Millions of people are voting in the third phase of the elections, covering parts of 11 of India's 28 states.
An Indian woman looks for her name in a voter list during parliamentary elections in New Delhi. Millions of people are voting in the third phase of the elections, covering parts of 11 of India's 28 states. Credit: AP Photo/Manish Swarup
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Thursday 10 April 2014

The Internet's Telltale Heartbleed

The Internet's Telltale Heartbleed, The Service-Obsessed Restaurant That Googles Every One Of Their Guests, The Right Date Can Bring Just About Anyone Together, What It's Like To Run 135 Miles, Which Games Have The Best Odds In Vegas?, Can You Identify These Cities From Their Light Signatures?
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Thursday, April 10, 2014
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ON A SCALE OF 1-10, IT'S AN 11
The Internet's Telltale Heartbleed
newyorker.com
Heartbleed is as bad as it is possible for a security flaw to be.
DEEP GOOGLING, HARDCORE CODDLING
The Service-Obsessed Restaurant That Googles Every One Of Their Guests
grubstreet.com
"If I find out a guest is from Montana, and I know we have a server from there, we'll put them together." Same goes for guests who own jazz clubs, who can be paired with a sommelier that happens to be into jazz. In other words, before customers even step through the door, the restaurant's staff has a pretty good idea of the things it can do to specifically blow their minds.
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The Right Date Can Bring Just About Anyone Together
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There's no reason you ever have to go on a bad date again. Whether you're single or in a relationship, HowAboutWe makes sure you go on wonderful dates.
HE WOULDN'T RUN 500 MORE
What It's Like To Run 135 Miles
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Josh ran 135 miles on the Caminho De Fe in Brazil, but the journey was just as taxing mentally as it was physically.
SO NONE OF THEM
Which Games Have The Best Odds In Vegas?
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For those heading to Las Vegas hoping to win vast amounts of money, use this graphic as a friendly reminder that things probably won't work out in your favor.
BRIGHT LIGHTS, WHICH CITY?
Can You Identify These Cities From Their Light Signatures?
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The light that a city emits is like its glowing fingerprint. From the orderly grid of Manhattan, to the sprawling, snaking streets of Milan, to the bright contrast of Kuwait's ring-roads, each city leaves its own pattern of tiny glowing dots. See if you can ID these cities based on the way they shine.
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HEY, HERCULES
Image: Two Israeli Air Force pilots watch the C-130J Super Hercules military aircraft as it lands during an unveiling ceremony upon its arrival in Nevatim Air Force base on Wednesday, April 9, 2014.
Two Israeli Air Force pilots watch the C-130J Super Hercules military aircraft as it lands during an unveiling ceremony upon its arrival in Nevatim Air Force base on Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Credit: AP Photo/Ariel Schalit
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Wednesday 9 April 2014

How Deep?

The Invention Of The Slurpee, The Depth Of The Problem, If You Try To Beat A Galaxy 5S To Death, It Will Fight Back, How To Detect A Liar, #CancelColbert, Meet 'The Heathen Chinee'
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014
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BRAIN-FROZEN IDEA
The Invention Of The Slurpee
priceonomics.com
They stain tongues green, red, and blue; they send blood sugar levels on Odyssean voyages; they induce brain-freezes that crumble even the most stoic men. Every year, 7,290,000 gallons of Slurpee are consumed worldwide — enough to fill 12 Olympic-size pools.
15,000 FEET UNDER THE SEA
The Depth Of The Problem
apps.washingtonpost.com
Why it's entirely possible we will never recover the black box from MH370.
WHAT WAS THAT THING?
If You Try To Beat A Galaxy 5S To Death, It Will Fight Back
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You know those paint bombs that end up in sacks of bank money during robbery movies (and probably real life)? We're wondering why Samsung would put a tiny version of those in a phone.
TRIAL BY FIRE?
How To Detect A Liar
theweek.com
Stop looking for anxiety and start looking for "cognitive load."
TIME IS A FLAT CIRCLE
#CancelColbert, Meet 'The Heathen Chinee'
politico.com
Stephen Colbert, viral racism and 150 years of not getting the joke.
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FOREGROUND
Image: In a photo taken through the cut out of a Masters' logo, Lucas Glover hits on the practice range during a practice round for the Masters golf tournament Tuesday, April 8, 2014, in Augusta, Ga.
In a photo taken through the cut out of a Masters' logo, Lucas Glover hits on the practice range during a practice round for the Masters golf tournament Tuesday, April 8, 2014, in Augusta, Ga. Credit: AP Photo/Matt Slocum
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Tuesday 8 April 2014

The Day The Earth Opened

The Culture Of Shut Up, Students Pull Off April Fools Prank On Professor Who Hates Phone Calls In Class, A New Way To Understand Your Dog, Reasons Why San Francisco Is The Worst Place Ever, The Day The Earth Opened, Nipple, Penis Or Nostril — What's The Most Painful Place To Be Stung By A Bee?
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014
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SAY WHAT?
The Culture Of Shut Up
theatlantic.com
American discourse is in a bubble of subprime outrage and subprime apologies — and it's having a chilling effect on free speech.
TURN DOWN YOUR SPEAKERS
Students Pull Off April Fools Prank On Professor Who Hates Phone Calls In Class
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Forcing your students to put any phone calls they receive in class on speakerphone is a great idea for the other 364 days of the year.
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A New Way To Understand Your Dog
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Whistle tracks your dog's activity so you can get a better picture of how they're doing whether you're with them or not. You can't read your dog's mind but you can get a little closer with Whistle.
YOU KNOW WHY
Reasons Why San Francisco Is The Worst Place Ever
vice.com
The end is nigh for a city that used to be a magnet for the counter-culture. San Francisco was strangled, so we decided to go over the numerous causes of death.
EARTH ISN'T ALL IT'S CRACKED UP TO BE
The Day The Earth Opened
nytimes.com
The great Alaskan earthquake cemented our understanding of the link between tectonic plate collisions and seismology, thanks to one geologist's observations of the damage.
THE ANSWER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU
Nipple, Penis Or Nostril — What's The Most Painful Place To Be Stung By A Bee?
blogs.discovermagazine.com
In the 1980s, a man named Justin Schmidt invented the Schmidt pain index, which measured the painfulness of stings from 78 species of insects on a scale of 0 to 4. Here are the results.
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SOMEONE FINALLY UPSTAGED PIPPA
Image: Britain's Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, chats with a Maori warrior at the official welcome for her and her husband Prince William, at Government House, in Wellington, New Zealand.
Britain's Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, chats with a Maori warrior at the official welcome for her and her husband Prince William, at Government House, in Wellington, New Zealand. Credit: AP Photo: SNPA, Ross Setford
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Monday 7 April 2014

India v Sri Lanka, Dhaka

     
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ESPNcricinfo @ESPNcricinfo

Shane Warne hands the Man of the Match award to Kumar Sangakkara. es.pn/1hidwtF #wt20

06 Apr

India v Sri Lanka, Dhaka

Cricket scores for World T20, Final: India v Sri Lanka at Dhaka, Apr 6, 2014

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Barack Obama @BarackObama

Too many Americans have gone without unemployment insurance for too long: ofa.bo/bVL #RenewUI

06 Apr

Organizing for Action

The next big step for our grassroots movement is being launched: Organizing for Action.

OMG Facts @OMGFacts

Cocaine and heroin aren't the most dangerous drugs. The stuff you find in your medicine cabinet is far worse! --> omgf.ac/ts/lk2

06 Apr

Cocaine and heroin aren't the most dangerous drugs. The stuff you find in your medicine cabinet is far worse!

The War on Drugs rages on, trying to protect everyone from their harming affects. But what if some of the most dangerous drugs were so easy to get your hands on, you could just pick them up off the shelf? Turns out that…

Felicia Day @feliciaday

.@wilw just announced that we'll be crowd funding season 3 of Tabletop! Go to ilovetabletop.com & support or spread word! #TableTopDay

05 Apr

Tabletop Season 3

Wil Wheaton needs YOUR help to make another season of adventures where friends gather to play their favorite board games.

Farhan Live @FarhanLiveBand

Simple pleasures of life! #chaitime between Allahabad to Varanasi instagram.com/p/mbwoIwE84J/

06 Apr

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Rashida Jones @iamrashidajones

Trying to start a trend as antidote to too many sexy selfies. #elegantselfie #girlsarewatching @evilhag @morningmika pic.twitter.com/NwrSiy7ZsG

05 Apr

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Giovanni Feroce @giovanniferoce

Father Daughter(s) Dance with my Isabella and Liliana...aka Bella and Lily! pic.twitter.com/b4X0fWayaz

05 Apr

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みかこ @mikako125

コンビニの店員さんがドジっ子属性持ちだとこういうものまで袋に詰めちゃうんだな…お姉さん、びっくりしたよ…… pic.twitter.com/40HZoNYfn6

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