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Error Correction or Information Control?
Great piece by Anthony Gottlieb over at The Economist on one potentially big upside for e-readers over books–the ability to correct errors in real time, without the expense of pushing out a new set of copies. From a purely fiscal…
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Science Saturday
We begin with death today, specifically the smell of it. Apparently, insects all emit the same blend of fatty acids when they die, and that smell sends them scurrying. High cholesterol may reduce sexual arousal in women. Geckos can self-amputate…
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Flyover State
Brendan Ross is insane, or at least, I’m betting he will be at the end of this month. He had a month or so to kill, so he got Wired to buy him a JetBlue unlimited travel pass, and has…
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Saturday Morning Links
Morning everyone. Here are some truffles I rooted up for you. Well, truffle-shaped at the very least. Rep. Joe “You lie!” Wilson has hired a professional tweeter. I may have found my new calling in life. If you’re not already…
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The Eyeball #28: Movie Binge
My family was recently out of town for a five days, leaving me home alone with over 800 pages (no exaggeration) of student work to read and comment upon. My reward for getting through a day of writing about free…
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Check Out The Updated Funny Women Submission Guidelines
Here. You’ll notice a few more helpful directives and corrected spellings.
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The Scribd Sower
Scott James, who writes under the pen name Kemble Scott, has a new book out: The Sower. Scott originally self-published The Sower on Scribd, an online “social publishing” site that hopes to democratize the bookselling industry. But after gaining popularity…
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Failed Algorithm: Beautiful Women Aren’t Funny
Tom Sales recently wrote an article for the Washington Post about the female cast members of Saturday Night Live. He says things like:
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Morning Coffee
Twelve things left on the moon. Grace Kim’s Love Hotel series takes you inside pay-by-the-hour hotels. Wikipedia has a list of inventors killed by their own inventions. A new twist on urban decay photography: Mike Tyson’s abandoned Ohio mansion. My…
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Little Old Riding Hood
Speaking of evolution, it turns out that many common fairy tales are older than originally thought. Dr Jamie Tehrani has studied “35 versions of Little Red Riding Hood” and has been tracking them back to their origin. Previously thought to…
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Morning Coffee
Have you been trying to find someone to date who shares your love of Sean Hannity? Despite all of our advances in technology, sometimes pigeons are the way to go. Department of questionable science: Scientists levitate mice using magnetic fields.…
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Biological Identity Theft
We live in a time where fake DNA has a place in the market! Nucleix, a company specializing in forensic DNA analysis, has uncovered the possibility of falsified DNA evidence at crime scenes. Based on a given sample or generated…