February 2012
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Faster-than-light neutrino results were due to a... →
theweekmagazine:
And not just any mistake. A LOOSE CABLE.
“There was a good reason the measurements and reality weren’t lining up: a loose fiber optic cable was causing one of the atomic clocks used to time the neutrinos’ flight to produce spurious results.”
oops
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WatchDogs communicate through growls, say researchers who recorded dogs growling while playing, in fear of a stranger, and guarding food.
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When Exactly Did It Get Cool To Be A Geek? →
Geek’ makes its first printed appearance in F.K. Robinson’s Glossary of Yorkshire Words and Phrases with this definition: “Gawk, Geek, Gowk or Gowky, a fool; a person uncultivated; a dupe.” Parked there between “gawk” and “gowk,” geeks have always been, like freaks, positioned as a spectacle. Indeed, as everyone who loves Katherine Dunn’s Geek Love knows, for the first half...
vonnegutchild asked: I'm vaguely aware of Turritopsis nutricula, the "immortal jellyfish". Obviously it's not invulnerable to danger. But is it firmly verified that is has no natural end to its lifespan, or is it still a theory?
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The Naked Face →
tetw:
by Malcolm Gladwell
Face-reading depends not just on seeing facial expressions but also on taking them seriously.
This is a really great classic New Yorker piece from 10 years ago. Worth a read.
BREAKING NEWS: R.L. Stine publishes a horror story... →
wired:
[via imremembering]:
[AV Club]
Greatest use of Twitter since… ever.
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dizon asked: Can you give me an update on Nibiru?
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kateoplis: “They call it the widows’ basement.... →
kateoplis:
“They call it the widows’ basement. Crammed amid makeshift beds and scattered belongings are frightened women and children trapped in the horror of Homs, the Syrian city shaken by two weeks of relentless bombardment. Among the 300 huddling in this wood factory cellar in the besieged district of Baba Amr is 20-year-old Noor, who lost her husband and her home to the shells and...
ifyouneedme-illbeinspace asked: I have a question my astronomy teacher did not know the answer to was wondering if you guys did! So for a barred spiral galaxy they call it barred because of the "bar" like shape at the center of the galaxy. In order for it to keep its shape while rotating does that mean that the stars on the very outer part have to be going the same speed as the ones on the inner part of the bar? I...
pinealglands asked: Have you ever seen an unidentified flying object? Or a "star" in the sky that was moving and flashing in strange ways?
levibuck asked: I've seen so many documentaries about how to tell a liar from y'all that I can call a bluff with confidence any time. Now I just need to learn to play poker.
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jtotheizzoe asked: Plastic fungus is cool, but that's not new. It IS cool that it was a citizen science project in Ecuador though. No one ever talks about the byproducts of digesting polyurethane, though. Wouldn't they be just as bad as the polymer?
ofilhode-netuno asked: i love the tumblr of Discovery =D
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Preschoolers Are Learning To Tweet Before They Can... →
French teachers are turning Twitter into an educational tool.
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Underwater Video Raises New Concordia Fears →
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Solar Tornadoes Dance Across Sun’s Surface in NASA Video
