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July 3
Teen with upside-down feet takes first steps A Filipino teenager who came to New York so doctors could perform surgery to untwist her severely clubbed feet took her first unaided steps Wednesday in pink and white sneakers — the first shoes she…
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Caloric Restriction Comes in a Pill Scientists have provided the strongest evidence yet that the anti-aging benefits of calorically restricted diets can be duplicated — minus the near-starvation — by a pill.
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Checking out @teleject’s kick-ass American flag in CSS! http://icanhaz.com/CSSflagUSAUSAUSA
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14 Science Questions the Next President Should Answer What exactly do John McCain and Barack Obama know about science? That’s what the folks behind Science Debate 2008 want to know, and to find out, they’ve developed 14 questions they sent to the…
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The cutthroat business of making rosters for EA Sports games Brian Kaldenberg sees NCAA rosters also as a very profitable business, and that makes him one of the most despised figures in a community where reputation and motive have as much currency as the…
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America Rules England Sucks Fourth of July is here, a day where we all take a moment to remember that America rules and England sucks.
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Providing documentation of why I’m not allowed to travel to Wisconsin: http://is.gd/LtE
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Art Authentification (PBS Nova scienceNow segment) Clever computer algorithms can distinguish a master fake from a masterpiece. See if you can tell a fake from a genuine van Gogh, and hear more about how one team of computer scientists did it….
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Gasoline demand down 3% in May No surprise here, but I found especially interesting that they point the fingers to Wall Street. Has anyone ever thought about investigating whether those Goldman Sachs analysts predicting new record…
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Feel The Burn The sun hates us all, and we want to see just how much it hates you. Send us your worst, most irregular, most painfully blistering sunburns of the summer, and you could win $50, $100 or even $150.
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Man found in WI basement covered in BBQ sauce APPLETON, Wisc. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - A couple telephoned police in the middle of the night after finding a man in their basement covered head to toe in barbecue sauce.
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WALL-E Demonstrates the New Canadian DMCA A short article using some of the actions performed by WALL-E in the new hit Pixar film to demonstrate the level of restrictions created by the newly proposed Canadian DMCA.
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July 3, 1999: After 20 Years, A Perfect Score on Pac-Man After nearly 20 years and millions of quarters, someone attains the unthinkable: a perfect score on Pac-Man.
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Rock Band 2 Preview Shows Journey, Foo Fighters, Motörhead + Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Who, Journey, Motorhead, Foo Fighters, System of a Down, Cheap Trick
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Best Phone Number Ever? Blackpulp has the best phone number in the world. They’re also good at what they do.