May 2013
59 posts
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How Different Cultures Handle Personal Space : NPR →
May 23rd
Minimalist-ish pop culture: http://needledesign.bigcartel.com/
May 23rd
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Nobody Throws Balls Like Yu : NPR →
May 23rd
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Definitely →
May 22nd
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Document Deep Dive: What Was on the First SAT? →
May 22nd
May 22nd
Legal pot-farming made over $1.2 billion in 2012 (via @WSJ)
May 21st
May 21st
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Important End-of-Life Perspective →
May 21st
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The Boomerang Rocket Ship: Shoot It Up, Back It... →
May 20th
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Why do people say 'um'? →
May 20th
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How to Walk Away: http://www.readability.com/articles/qwhmry9h
May 20th
Big Cats playing with cardboard boxes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=J11uu8L8FTY #EnoughSaid
May 19th
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How to Raise a Kid: Thomas Jefferson vs. Abigail... →
May 19th
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The Women Who Scooped Michael Pollan by 200 Years →
May 19th
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Mysterious Silly Putty Devours Innocent Magnets :... →
May 18th
The Art of Data Visualization →
May 18th
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Why the New Google Maps Is the Most Honest Form of Cartography: http://bit.ly/10K7vJ8
May 18th
Who says? http://www.ted.com/talks/jay_silver_hack_a_banana_make_a_keyboard.html?utm_source=direct-on.ted.com&awesm=on.ted.com_BananaPiano&utm_medium=on.ted.com-static&utm_content=awesm-publisher&utm_campaign=
May 17th
Feel-Good Library Stories (you can even add your... →
May 17th
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5 Extremely Emo Scientific Phenomena: http://bit.ly/10z4jiw
May 17th
US income inequality explained. http://www.upworthy.com/9-out-of-10-americans-are-completely-wrong-about-this-mind-blowing-fact-2
May 16th
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36 Unusual Units of Measurement - mental_floss on YouTube (Ep.10): http://bit.ly/17vUZVb
May 16th
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Surprise! The US will borrow $200 billion less than expected this year: http://www.readability.com/articles/lszispwi
May 15th
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How an Australian hospital is bringing clinically dead people back to life: http://www.readability.com/articles/96s5iccb
May 15th
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5 reasons the U.N. wants you to start eating insects: http://bit.ly/ZXxeOn
May 15th
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How Humans Are Changing the Planet—in 7 Dramatic... →
May 14th
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Everybody Needs a Hobby: http://bit.ly/ZXxf4J
May 14th
I support her decision to do this and write about it, but I worry that she thinks so many people can afford gene testing. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/opinion/my-medical-choice.html?hp&_r=2&
May 14th
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The price of money in politics. →
May 14th
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Honey can be dangerous for little ones. →
May 13th
WARNING: Will suck away more time than you imagine. Worth it. http://www.geoguessr.com/
May 13th
I don’t usually like to hawk wares here, but if you haven’t seen Cubby … https://cub.by/i/01_S6HjJWtKuWW
May 13th
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Why Segregation Is Bad For Everyone →
May 12th
Male vets of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have a 76% higher rate of death by car accident than non-vets. (via @washingtonpost)
May 12th
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Why we shouldn't idolize the president →
May 11th
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The Price of Safety: Why Cheap Regulation Creates... →
May 11th
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Congress's Doomed, Misguided Attempt to Help... →
May 10th
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The search for a better battery →
May 10th
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Transparency and Accountability Don't Hurt... →
May 9th
Yeesh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7iMAMj59CQ&feature=share
May 9th
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Our Very Normal Solar System Isn't Normal Anymore... →
May 8th
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10 Contestants for Earth's Next Superpower →
May 8th
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Meet the Man Who Rescued Three Women Missing for a... →
May 7th
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It's time to stop treating politics as a sport →
May 7th
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Electric Buzzaloo - How Bees See the Invisible →
May 7th
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America's gay-marriage evolution: A timeline →
May 6th
May 6th
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Smith College to form committee addressing... →
May 5th
Walking in love as transgender: NPR http://www.npr.org/2013/05/03/180628239/after-years-of-hiding-walking-in-love-as-transgender
May 5th