12 May 2015

Obesity in the United States - a growing problem

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We all know that Americans tend to be overweight, but to appreciate the extent of the problem you need to view the data at The State of O...
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Elections in Alberta and Britain

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"Canada’s appetite for political change was demonstrated by the surprising win of the New Democratic Party (NDP) in Alberta’s electi...
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Table tennis "point of the century"

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YouTube link . Ma Long vs. Fang Bo at the 2015 Table Tennis World Championships in China

A new right-wing strategy - sue the government and its employees

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The view from the left, as expressed in an op-ed piece in Salon : "...within that narrow anti-government focus of low taxes is their ...
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10 May 2015

Divertimento

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A gif of a thirsty cow operating a pump handle. A report on the 38th annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament .  "Since late 2...
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08 May 2015

Cerbera odollam - the "suicide tree"

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The plant, whose scientific name is Cerbera odollam , is as infamous as it is ubiquitous in Kerala, India, where it grows wild along the...
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"Two Worlds, One Sun"

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As a thumbnail image, I thought this was a composite of two terrestrial sunsets.  At fullscreen the content of the captions was oddly sat...
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A postulated ending for "Mad Men"

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"Two years ago, Lindsey Green posted a theory that Don Draper is D.B. Cooper . Since then, nothing has happened on the show that blo...
07 May 2015

"Fat bloom" in chocolate

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An article at Chemistry Matters explains that chocolate tastes better if it is kept in a refrigerator . This is all to do with a pheno...
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Fracking chemicals detected in drinking water

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An analysis of drinking water sampled from three homes in Bradford County, Pa., revealed traces of a compound commonly found in Marcellus S...
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This is a "hollow heart" watermelon

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Hollow heart can happen due to poor pollination causing the watermelon to develop cracks internally. Cutting a watermelon, affected with...
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U.S. troops stealing millions of dollars

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Charboneau contributed to thefts by U.S. military personnel of at least $15 million worth of fuel since the start of the U.S. war in Afghan...
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"Human-shaped" mushrooms

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A newly discovered species of fungus with an uncanny resemblance to little humans has been found on the roadside in Norfolk. With fle...
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"Personalized pricing" of airline travel questioned

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Airlines may price seats based on your ZIP code , your travel habits or your marital status — a practice Sen. Al Franken on Tuesday urged ...

A Colonial-era teething whistle

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YouTube link . The senior curator at Jamestown (Virginia) lucidly explains the significance of a "teething whistle" recovered ...
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