Orchids that mimic female wasps may not only waste the time of the male wasps they lure into spreading their pollen — they also seduce them into wasting valuable sperm, Australian researchers reported on Wednesday.
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More than 43,000 U.S. troops listed as medically unfit for combat in the weeks before their scheduled deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan since 2003 were sent anyway, Pentagon records show.
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DIY R2-D2 Is Even Better than the Real Thing
http://gizmodo.com/387947/diy-r2+d2-is-even-better-than-the-real-thing” rel=”dc:source” property=”dc:title
At Lancaster University, they’re unraveling the secrets of how to build a universe. In fact, they have already formed one, or something very much like it. This scientific breakthrough lies in the bottom of a chamber no larger than your pinky finger, filled with helium and cooled to 0.0003 degrees Fahrenheit above absolute zero.
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/physicists-create-universes-smaller-than-a-marble/1148″ rel=”dc:source” property=”dc:title
As the House Committee on Energy and Commerce considers the Internet Freedom Preservation Act, testimony from the interested parties reveals that opinions on ‘Net neutrality may tell us more about those doing the testifying than what a neutral ‘Net entails. For the ISPs, at least, it appears that neutrality is a threat to their ability to innovate
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080506-riaa-piracy-fight-more-important-than-net-neutrality-bill.html” rel=”dc:source” property=”dc:title
The death toll from the Myanmar cyclone is more than 15,000 people, Myanmar’s government has said, with at least 10,000 killed in the township of Bogalay alone, according to the Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua.
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After reading this post, you’re gonna want to reach for the Purell.
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More than 200 economists, including four Nobel prize winners, signed a petition rejecting proposals by presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and John McCain to offer a gas-tax holiday.
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Some 21% of Americans have no clue that the country is about to go through a wrenching technological change with its most massive of mass mediums, the switch from analog to digital signals. What does this mean, and what are we doing about it?
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4262231.html” rel=”dc:source” property=”dc:title
This is so true! They always make sure they have pictures taken while kissing babies, when in reality most of the time their kids grow up totally fucked up. Can we stop with this already?
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