January 2012
“Somewhere something incredible is waiting to be known.”
– Carl Sagan
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Year in Review: The Biggest Science Stories of... →
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Is This Really the World's Funniest Joke?
Back in 2002, researchers at the University of Herfordshire wanted to find the “world’s funniest joke.” To find the answer, Richard Wiseman a Professor of Psychology at the university started a program called LaughLab to ascertain the answer to that very complex research question. The question was designed to find the funniest joke across all cultures, regions, demographics...
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The Best Tumblrs We've Ever Seen, This Year →
nationaljournal: NJ didn’t make the list, but 2012 will be our year! At least, The Atlantic will be receiving lots of Edible Arrangements in an attempt to sway their judgement in our favor. It helps that they work one floor below.   Disclaimer: Ryan Gosling VS Puppy did make the list & happens to be a NJ newsroom favorite.
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Greatest Screw Ups of 2011 : Discovery News →
trce: Who doesn’t love it when someone looks like a fool on the Internets?  I decided to give the viewers a gift this week and compile all my screw ups into one massive crazyfest. Our own Trace Dominguez gets a little humble with a showing of a few months of his own *bloopers,* as well as a plethora of ‘dos and t-shirt and blazer combos. Happy Eve of the Eve! (also, you should follow...
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The mystery of skinny jeans and thick-rimmed... →
Science? And does a scientific study mean that the word hipster will finally be deemed passé?
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Does the calendar really have to be so confusing? →
sciencecenter: The dates fall on different days of the week every year. The months all have different numbers of days, with no rhyme or reason. There’s plenty of inefficiency built into the modern calendar. But according to Johns Hopkins astronomer Richard Conn Henry, that doesn’t have to be the case. According to his proposed calendar, eight of the months would have 30 days, with 31 days every...
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Exploding churros are newspaper's fault, Chilean... →
Chile’s Supreme Court has ordered a newspaper to pay $125,000 to 13 people who suffered burns while trying out a published recipe for churros, a popular Latin American snack of dough fried in hot oil.
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Now We Are Six - The Hormone Surge of Middle... →
stoweboyd: Middle childhood is where the social is put into the social animal: Natalie Angier via NYTimes.com In middle childhood, the brain is at its peak for learning, organized enough to attempt mastery yet still fluid, elastic, neuronally gymnastic. Children have lost the clumsiness of toddlerhood and can become physically gymnastic, too, and start practicing their fine motor skills....
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Five Futuristic Ways to Cook a Holiday Meal →
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Food scientists have found the best way to sew up... →
Chefs and food scientists alike have long debated the merits of various methods for cooking the Christmas bird. Now, a new study weighs in on an equally important matter: how best to sew a turkey up after pulling out its bones and shoving in the stuffing.
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theatlanticvideo: 1950s Kodachrome Christmas Jeff Altman, a professional film colorist, revived his grandfather’s beautiful 16mm Kodachrome footage and gave it a second life on Vimeo. Don’t miss his films from Las Vegas in 1962 and San Francisco in 1958.
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Earth Must Have Another Moon, Say Astronomers →
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