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9 years ago+13 16 3Scientists have synthesized a new compound that ‘mimics’ exercise. Could a workout pill be far behind?
Ever fantasize of being able to see the benefits of exercise without having to, you know, work out? If so, research from Britain's University of Southampton published this week gives a glimpse of what may be possible in the future. Ali Tavassoli ...
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9 years ago+15 15 0Official Homefront: The Revolution 'Thank You' Trailer
Homefront: The Revolution is an open-world FPS where you must lead the Resistance and wage guerrilla warfare against a superior military force.
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9 years ago+16 16 0For Mark Zuckerberg, The Future is Immersive
In a conference call today to discuss the company’s latest earnings, Facebook cofounder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined the current state of the company along with COO Sheryl Sandberg and CFO David Wehner. While they emphasized video’s growing role ...
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9 years ago+15 15 0A New York City Airport is Building a Luxury Terminal Just for Animals
It’s hard enough for humans to stomach air travel these days, with long delays, lost luggage, and dwindling amenities. But what about animals? After all, they have to travel, too — often under seats or in an uncomfortable and scary cargo hold. Soon, ...
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9 years ago+11 11 0How parole boards keep prisoners in the dark and behind bars
Reynaldo Rodriguez was 19 with a young son, a good job and no criminal record when he shot and killed a man. As part of an ongoing family feud, someone — Rodriguez believed it was a man named Robert Cuellar — had shot at Rodriguez’s mother and brothe ...
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9 years ago+12 12 0Cannibal killer has dating profile seeking 'prince charming'
Be his “prince charming” – at your own risk. A Canadian cannibal pornstar doing life behind bars for killing, then cutting up his Chinese lover’s body and mailing dismembered body parts to politicians and schools around the country, is back in the da ...
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9 years ago+11 11 0The bare naked etiquette of nude recreation
There are a lot of misconceptions around nudism. Isn't it a sexual thing? No. Won't everybody be staring at my body? Nope. Do I have to be totally naked all the time? Not at all. The nudists – also known as naturists – around Oregon are d ...
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9 years ago+14 14 0Unilever's CEO says he is 'ashamed' of his pay and has the company's 'simplest job'
What do Ben & Jerry’s, Dove, Hellmann’s and Lipton all have in common? Each is among the 400 brands owned by Unilever, an Anglo-Dutch company run by CEO Paul Polman that brought in more than €48 billion in revenue last year. When Polman took over ...
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9 years ago+15 15 0The Untold Story of Silk Road, Part 2: The Fall
THE DESCENT WAS stunning. Chris Tarbell, a special agent from the New York FBI office, was in a window seat, watching a green anomaly in a sea of blue as it resolved into Iceland’s severe, beautiful landscape. On approach to Keflavík International Ai ...
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9 years ago+13 13 0Man with Pinocchio penis tattoo banned from flying
A man has been banned from flying with an airline after waving a sex toy around and exposing his penis Pinocchio tattoo. Tom Washington, 22, of Grimsby, boarded the Jet2 flight dressed up as a female cabin crew member for the lads’ holiday to Majorca ...
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9 years ago+9 9 0Avocado Caprese Wrap
Whether its a celebratory lunch for a crowd or just a quick bite for one, making Avocado Caprese Wraps are a filling and healthy way to take a bite out of summer. I’m guessing I’m like a lot of you round about this time of summer. Fresh flavors are b ...
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10 years ago+14 14 0Here Is Google's Internal Response to the Imminent EU Charges (Memo)
On Wednesday, the European Union is expected to drop the hammer on Google, charging the company with violating antitrust rules with its search dominance. It’s the tail end of a five-year investigation from the EU’s competition commission, and a prolo ...
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10 years ago+21 21 0Malaysian helicopter crash kills PM's senior aide and former envoy to U.S.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's chief of staff and a former ambassador to the United States, who was also a senior member of Najib's party, were among six people killed in a helicopter crash near the capital, officials said on Sunday ...
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10 years ago+15 15 0We've Been Making Exoskeleton Super-Legs All Wrong
Earlier this week, a team of scientists revealed he first unpowered wearable exoskeleton that decreases the energy required to walk. The ankle exo, as they call it, is stunningly simple: It acts as an auxiliary calf muscle, using little more than a s ...
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10 years ago+11 11 0Take a private jet to your college tour, for $43,000
If you're one of the lucky few for whom college won't break the bank -- or even make a dent -- a private jet company is offering to whisk you to all the colleges you wish to visit in a ten-hour span, for $43,500. That's nearly $15,000 ...
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10 years ago+15 15 0What Happens When Apple Buys a Company You Depend On
Travis Jeffery is a software developer who’s been using a database system called FoundationDB for a project at his startup. Earlier this week, he noticed that the software had been pulled from the web. He soon received a terse email confirming that t ...
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10 years ago+11 11 0Terrifying video shows just how distracted teens can be when they drive
Oh man, this video is absolutely horrifying. Put together by AAA, it shows how distracted teenagers are when they drive. You see drivers take their eyes off the road to text, people ignoring cars while they're on the phone and a lot of them just ...
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10 years ago+16 16 0 x 1The Rise of the Mile-High Building
If you’ve sat in an airplane’s window seat, you know what the world looks like from a mile up. It’s that point during takeoff and landing when you can pick out an individual car beetling along a highway; when, on a clear day, you can see the city ble ...
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10 years ago+23 23 0 x 1Did a Human or a Computer Write This?
A shocking amount of what we’re reading is created not by humans, but by computer algorithms. Can you tell the difference? Take the quiz.
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10 years ago+12 12 0Philadelphia officer shot to death while buying a gift for his son
He was proud of his son for making good grades. So Officer Robert Wilson III climbed out of his squad car in snow-bound north Philadelphia to get him a gift. While shopping for a game, he died in the line of duty. Wilson was standing at the counter a ...