If your vision is getting bad, squeezing in a little exercise never hurts!
Quote of the Week: “Misers aren’t fun to live with, but they make wonderful ancestors.” – David Brenner
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Maybe pigs can fly!
Quote of the Week: “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand
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Sharks use Twitter to warn Aussie swimmers
When a shark comes roughly within .6 mile to shore a transmitter triggers an alert to send a tweet.
Western Australia (WA) scientists have equipped at least 320 sharks with transmitters that update a Twitter feed when the shark nears shore, meaning that technology is one step closer to finally defeating sharks.
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Glow-in-the-dark pigs created using jellyfish DNA
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Scientists in China have used jellyfish DNA to create glow-in-the-dark piglets. A technique developed by the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Medicine allows the ten piglets to glow green under black fluorescent lights.
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Top 13 Photos of the Week
Clearly Van Damme has inspired people everywhere to do a knockoff of his Volvo “splits” ad!
Quote of the Day: “The tax code is now nine times longer than the Bible, and not nearly as interesting.” – Rob Portman
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Deer Hunter 2014: 40M downloads and 9.8B animals killed
Deer Hunter 2014 tally.
It is kind of a funny thing to celebrate during a season of good cheer, but Glu Mobile said today that 9,830,162,858 animals have been killed in Deer Hunter 2014. (Infographic)
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Top 13 Photos of the Week
Funniest joke ever!
Quote of the Day: “Just an FYI: If scientists invented the legal system, eye witness testimony would be inadmissible evidence.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Top 13 Photos of the Week
Help Wanted: Teachers in Afghanistan. Also Wanted: A School!
Quote of the Day: “A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.” — Baltasar Gracian
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Top 13 Photos of the Week
Now, for my next trick, I present hoover cat!
Quote of the Day: “Just the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.” – Carl Sagan
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PetChatz – a video phone for dogs and cats
PetChatz
PetChatz is an innovative communication system designed for cats, dogs, and people that allows you to interact with your pet from anywhere in the world. (Pics and video)
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Even before they hacked your emails and phone calls, the NSA had you under serious scrutiny!
Quote of the Day: “Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.” — Dame Edna Everage
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3D printed human cells could end animal testing within 5 years
3D-printed human tissue could very soon begin saving millions of lives — those of the humble lab mice.
A hundred million animals are killed in labs and classrooms across the U.S. every year. Many of these mice, rats and rabbits are needed in part to develop the early stages of new vaccines and medicines, which might later go on to treat human illnesses. It is a harsh reality for the animals involved, but one which may be about to change.
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