Microscopic worms could hold the key to long-term space living

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NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander’s solar panel and the lander’s robotic arm.

Microscopic worms which are biologically very similar to humans may be the key to helping humans colonize other planets like Mars by giving clues on coping with long-term space living, according to British scientists.

 

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Companies pay bigger salaries when the risk of sexual harassment is high

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Many employers are now paying more when the risk for sexual harassment is high.

A new study shows that when the risk of workplace sexual harassment is high, companies pay bigger salaries. And that may just be because it’s cheaper to give a bump in pay than it is to banish bad behavior.

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Urinal video games are a ridiculous reality

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Pee n Play.

This urinal video game allows you to control a slalom skier via *ahem* your stream, as you try to reach the finish line before you’re finished emptying your bladder. And while this might sound like fun after lifting a few pints, I can’t imagine it’s going to last long in the typical men’s bathroom, what with all the graffiti artists and *ahem* wetness everywhere…

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Rawporter turns everyone into a reporter

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See it. Report it. Right here, right now.

What an amazing new way to get the news from where it is happening to you. Crowdsourcing is becoming the catalyst for all kinds of innovations and this is the one that tops our list today!

Media outlets spend a lot of money, time and effort to dispatch news crews and helicopters to catch breaking news — but often, they arrive too late and wind up covering the aftermath instead of the actual event…

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The man who busted the ‘Banksters’

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Ferdinand Pecora

The economy was tanking. Millions lost their jobs. Stocks were down. And since bankers seemed to be riding out the bad times better than anyone, the government appointed a commission to look into who was to blame for the crash. But this was 1933, and Ferdinand Pecora was chief counsel to the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Banking and Currency…

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Nanoparticle batteries could make technology like solar and wind power more practical

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Large batteries could be used for storing excess power from the electrical grid for future use.

New Stanford University research could point the way to large-scale, long-lasting power grid batteries. These kinds of batteries would be especially useful for making technologies like solar and wind power more practical, allowing vast amounts of storage to be stored for periods of time in which the skies are calm or overcast.

 

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Men DO think about sex more often than women but only 19 times a day: study

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Men also think about sleeping, eating and other basic biological functions more than women.

That old cliche about men thinking about sex more often than wome is true and researchers have proven it by sending students out into the world to ‘log’ what they are thinking about.

 

 

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