The mistake a lot of us make is thinking the state-appointed psychiatrist is our friend
“Where lipstick is concerned, the important thing is not color, but to accept God’s final word on where your lips end.” – – Jerry Sienfeld
Spoilers actually enhance enjoyment of films or books
Movies with surprise endings, like The Sixth Sense (starring Bruce Willis and Hayley Joel Osment) are not, it turns out, ruined by spoilers.
We’ve all dodged conversations about who shot JR to covering our eyes when the football results flash up and we go to enormous lengths to not have surprise endings spoiled.
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Mysterious new planet is blacker than coal
TrES-2b is so dark that it reflects less than one percent of the starlight falling on it.
TrES-2b, a planet orbiting a distant star is darker than coal, reflecting less than one percent of the starlight falling on it, according to a paper published on Thursday.
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Teeth tattoos are the latest fashion trend in Japan
Teeth tattoos
Teeth grills have been worn for years by rappers and hip-hop stars. But women in Japan are dropping the gold and ice and trading them in for Hello Kitty teeth decals. Yes, teeth tattoos are a fashion trend in Japan.
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Living in an Age of Hyper-Awareness
Futurist Thomas Frey: It’s amazing how a single newscast can set the world on fire.
The very second Standard & Poor’s announced they had downgraded the U.S. Credit rating, communications systems around the world began to boil. Reaction time was critical and those who could react the quickest were able to position the negative news into something less negative, perhaps even a positive.
42% of all Americans live paycheck to paycheck
42% of all Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
Almost half of American workers report that they usually or always live paycheck to paycheck to make ends meet. But finances of many workers are improving from just a year ago. (Infographic)
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Scientists grow functional anal sphincter in petri dish
A replacement sphincter grown inside a laboratory.
The loss of sphincter control is a common and humiliating problem for aging adults. Researchers led by Shreya Rhagavan of the University of Michigan Medical School may have developed a solution: a replacement sphincter grown inside a laboratory…
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The Boomerang Drone that’s based on a maple seed
Where will the drone take us next?
How do you make a maple seed cool? Turning it into a state-of-the-art single-wing helicopter drone that soldiers and police officers can carry into the field, and that they launch by hurling it like a boomerang, is a pretty good start…
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India takes Monsanto to court for biopiracy over development of GM eggplant
Biopiracy a Sensitive Issue in India.
Agri-giant Monsanto may be forced to take one on the chin in India: The nation’s first genetically modified food crop, a variety of eggplant known at Bt brinjal, has sucked its Big Ag developers into court. Monsanto, Mahyco, and “collaborators” have been accused of biopiracy by the National Biodiversity Authority of India.
NBA says the developers of Bt brinjal (the introduction of which was halted in 2010 by then environment minister Jairam Ramesh on the grounds that more tests were needed to prove its safety) used local varieties of eggplant in developing the GM crop “without prior approval of the competent authorities.”
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Chop Stick: Giant swing set and concession stand made from 100 foot poplar tree
Chop Stick
Architects Anders Berensson and Ulf Mejergren of VisionDivision from Sweden have been commissioned to design Chop Stick, a concession stand for 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. They “sacrificed” a beautiful 100 foot poplar, to demonstrate how to make something new efficiently and respectfully. (Pics)
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Hi-tech tattoo will monitor patients’ vital signs
The sensor is so thin it can be worn comfortably on the skin without the patient noticing it.
Monitoring a patient’s vital signs could soon be a simple as sticking on a tiny, wireless patch similar to a temporary tattoo. (Pic and video)
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Video game sales drops 20% in July
Total video game sales fell 20% from $855.3 million in July 2010 to $687 million last month.
Video game sales have been dropping monthly. But, between June 2010 and June 2011 the drop in video game sales has been really big.