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American vice: mapping the 7 deadly sins

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

We're gluttons for infographics, and a team at Kansas State just served up a feast: maps of sin created by plotting per-capita stats on things like theft (envy) and STDs (lust).

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What Beef Should Taste Like

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

In 1950, the editor Judith Jones rescued Anne Frank’s diary from the reject pile.

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Obama would curtail summer vacation

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

WASHINGTON – Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way. Obama says American kids spend too little time in school, putting them at a disadvantage with other students around the globe. “Now, I know longer school days and school years are not wildly popular ideas,” the president said earlier this year

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Darwin’s Rottweiler

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Newsweek's Lisa Miller: In his controversial bestseller The God Delusion, evolutionary biologist and atheist Richard Dawkins attacked religious belief. He spoke with me about his new work, The Greatest Show on Earth, and his inimitable style

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Can Art redeem the G20?

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

A fenced-off block in downtown Pittsburgh made opaque by a huge wraparound sheet has been rumored to be the designated internment area for protesters nabbed by police. In reality, the sheet is a canvas hung to display a welcoming mural for the world leaders at the G20 Summit

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Sometimes, TV and superheroes don’t mix

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Fanboy site io9, has compiled the 14 examples of why Superheroes and TV don't mix. Such as 1974's “Shazam!”, the 60's Batman, Wonder Woman, The Incredible Hulk, The new adventures of Superman (featuring a particular 'Desperate Housewives' cast member), Power Rangers, the 'Captain America' TV movies… to name a few.

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New study detects oral cancer Via RNA in spit

Posted on September 26, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

I can’t believe the number of things you can find out about yourself by spitting in a cup. A recent study at UCLA demonstrated that certain strands of micro RNA (miRNA) found in your saliva could indicate the presence of oral carcinoma.

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Enough with calling women ‘Cougars’

Posted on September 26, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

“Cougar,” as used to describe an older woman with an interest in younger men, is one of my least favorite words (right after “coleslaw,” right before “moist.”) The idea that a woman’s desire is akin to a snarling murderous animal with claws and teeth, who hides behind rocks and then rips your face off, is both unflattering and outrageously sexist. I’ve heard there are some who claim to see this word as empowering, but I think they’re men

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Disclosure of secret nuclear plant further divides Iran’s hard-liners, opposition

Posted on September 26, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, member of the Iranian parliament's Foreign Policy and National Security Committee, said his country would not abandon its endeavors, no matter what the consequences.

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Spanked kids have lower IQs

Posted on September 26, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

– American children whose parents use spanking for discipline have lower IQs than those who aren't spanked, a new study finds. Researchers assessed about 800 2- to 4-year-olds and 700 5- to 9-year-olds and revisited them 4 years later, reporting a dropoff of up to 5 IQ points in kids whose parents engaged in corporal punishment, the Los Angeles Times reports. “The more spanking, the slower the development of the child's mental ability,” the lead researcher says.

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