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Russia and the Curse of Geography
Want to understand why Putin does what he does? Look at a map. By Tim Marshall.
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They Burn Witches Here
The men pack the witch’s mouth with rags. The time for confessions has come and gone. Neighbors crowd into a circle around her, here on this hill of rubbish next to their settlement, Warakum. They watch as the men blindfold her before tying her arms, legs and stomach to a log. They watch as wood is stacked and gasoline poured. They watch as their witch is pushed facedown onto the pyre. Camera phones are held up and aimed. The match is struck and thrown.
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Life
Source: Too anecdotal for science ;-)
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Scientists Invent a Tractor Beam Made of Sound
Scientists have long been able to levitate small objects, like drops of water or plastic pellets, using only the power of sound. By sandwiching an object between two sets of speakers—or a speaker and a reflector—you can send precise, energetic blasts of ultrasonic noise to trap objects midair. But today, a fascinating new breakthrough can now accomplish this odd feat of levitation with a single array of speakers on just one side. It's like using sonic tongs with just one side instead of two.
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It Is Now Legal to Hack a Smart TV
Earlier this year, we covered the odd saga of Samsung's Internet-connected SmartTV, whose privacy policy raised concern that hackers might attempt to activate built-in microphones and cameras to spy on viewers. At the time, the Software Freedom Conservancy looked to take advantage of a triennial review conducted by the U.S. Copyright Office. Every three years, this government office hears petitions to exempt certain hacking...
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Nychos the Weird wholecar
Burner.
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The brain forgets in order to conserve energy | Lund University
Our brains not only contain learning mechanisms but also forgetting mechanisms that erase “unnecessary” learning. A research group at Lund University in Sweden has now been able to describe one of these mechanisms at the cellular level.
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Fang Od and the traditional art of Kalinga tattoo.
Fang Od is part of the last line of traditional Kalinga tattoo artists in the Philippines. This type of authentic tribal tattooing was once done for head hunters and to beautify women.
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Meat consumption and mortality
An article entitled “Meat consumption and mortality – results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer [EPIC] and Nutrition” was published on 7 March 2013 in the BMC Medicine Journal.
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NAWAS. Times two.
Two wholecars (in slang: a married couple) by one of the most prolific crews in Belgium.
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Wesam Shadid
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‘Fap to the Future!’ 10 best porn parodies of our favorite movies.
If a movie exists, there’s a porno about it.
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Millennials are still crushed by recession and could be for decades, experts say
Statistically speaking, 28-year-old graphic designer Amy Norris is somewhat of an anomaly. Twenty-eight percent of her fellow millennials don’t hold full-time jobs. But she has steady employment at Quartermaster Marketing in the Crossroads District. Nearly half of all millennials still live at home with their parents. But Norris and her teacher husband, Bryan, own their home north of the river.
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Japan's hidden caste of untouchables
Japan has a reputation of being a homogeneous, mostly harmonious society. There are few foreigners, linguistic differences are rare and on the surface class distinctions are largely absent. But, as Mike Sunda discovered, there is one, often hidden, exception: Japan's untouchables. In the corner of a pristine room tucked away in Tokyo's Shibaura meat market is a table topped with a stack of crudely composed hate mail - evidence of a prejudice that dates back to medieval times.
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Can You Get Smarter?
You can increase the size of your muscles by pumping iron and improve your stamina with aerobic training. Can you get smarter by exercising — or altering — your brain? This is hardly an idle question considering that cognitive decline is a nearly universal feature of aging. Starting at age 55, our hippocampus, a brain region critical to memory, shrinks 1 to 2 percent every year, to say nothing of the fact that one in nine people age 65 and older has Alzheimer’s disease.
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Scientists are developing “Chameleon” paint that changes colors.
If one day you’re feeling magenta and the next you feel more green, fear not, you can change the color of your wall paint with a remote control.
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The Saga Of Biorn
Biôrn, an old Viking, is determined to reach Valhalla, the warrior's afterlife full of excessive drinking and debauchery. To gain entry he has to die honorably in battle, but he discovers that the right death isn't so easy.
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How to Make a Country Rich
If you were setting out to make a country rich, what kind of mindsets and ideas would be most likely to achieve your goals? We invent a country, Richland, and try to imagine the psychology of its inhabitants.
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Art Crimes - The Writing on the Wall - Back Active!!
Graffiti art and style writing around the world. The first and largest online aerosol art archive, est. 1994. Links to many of the other sites devoted to modern graffiti.
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Walldogs and the disappearing art of painting signs on buildings.
Last generation of billboard painters.
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Peter Mulvey Performs "Vlad the Astrophysicist"
To me this is the most beautiful story ever told.
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Deadly Victorian fashions
The Victorians suffered for their brilliant arsenic gowns and flammable crinolines.
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The Lost Art of Getting Lost
Technology means getting lost is more unlikely than ever before. While for many this is a thing of joy. Are we missing out?
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LARPing Saved My Life
LARPing, or live-action roleplaying, is a game in which people create characters and act out storylines within fictional worlds, in real time, in costume. We go LARPing and meet Jon Gallagher, a LARPer with Asperger's syndrome, and see how LARPing helps him make friends, learn social skills, get a job, and in many ways, saves his life.
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NDTV camera catches Bengaluru lake bursting into flames (due to pollution)
"While covering protests by residents who live near a lake on the outskirts of Bengaluru, we witnessed the startling phenomenon of the water erupting in parts into flames. Untreated and toxic pollutants that pour into Lake Yamlur from homes and industries are the trigger. Authorities have indicated there is no instant fix and that cleaning up this lake and others around the city will be a long process."
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What a shaman sees in a mental hospital.
An interesting perspective.
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Ext Cap: how to make one in a few easy steps
A few years back a friend asked me how to create an ext-cap (also known as stencilcap). I made some photo's during "production". The purpose of this extention of the spraycan can be diverse: from ultra thin lines to sweet fine calligraphy. But it can make or break your day: if you use it for the first time(s), you'll probably end up with a mess. :-D
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Gramatik vs. The Beatles - Don't Let Me Down (2012) [HD]
At least tapping your feet. I'm sure of that. :-)
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6 Ways Brazil is Saving the Amazon
Deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon have plummeted 80% in the last decade thanks to the establishment of new protected areas, satellite monitoring of deforestation, cooperation by agricultu...
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Old Blackbook scans
From 1987 upto now - will update once in a while. All sketches / drawings by yours truly.
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