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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Could Ovary Transplants Defy the Female Body Clock?
Women may be able to have babies later in life thanks to ovary transplants. A handful of women worldwide have undergone the experimental procedure and had babies after menopause. Did science just reset how we think about the female body … Continue reading
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A Really Simple Explanation of What This Higgs Boson Thing Is
So while you were out drinking beer and shooting guns at hamburgers yesterday, science found “the God particle.” But, uh, if you didnt already know what that was, you were probably too drunk or are too hungover to read anything … Continue reading
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Is Skyping Without a Headset in Public Obnoxious?
There are some perks to working as a blogger, and one of them is that anywhere with Wi-Fi is your office. Great! But often times, when working in a coffee shop for instance, you experience some outrageous behavior. Right now, … Continue reading
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This Message from NORAD Announced Global Nuclear War—In 1971
Ten bells, and not seven trumpets, announced the apocalypse on February 20, 1971. It was 10:33AM, and teletypes in every single radio and TV station across the country rang those bells to announce an incoming message that nobody had received … Continue reading
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Your Fat Thumb Could Let You Navigate Your Smartphone Single-Handedly
Thanks to researchers at the University of Calgary, you no longer have to be ashamed of your gigantic thumbs. In fact, their Fat Thumb smartphone interface takes advantage of your opposable digits monstrous dimensions to let you fully interact with … Continue reading
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What Caffeine Actually Does to Your Brain
For all of its wild popularity, caffeine is one seriously misunderstood substance. It’s not a simple upper, and it works differently on different people with different tolerances—even in different menstrual cycles. But you can make it work better for you. … Continue reading
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Small, Regular Doses of Caffeine Offer the Biggest Mental Boost
It’s not often that a neuroscientist comments on the topic of caffeine consumption and how to optimize it, but Chris Chatham, author of Caffeine: A User’s Guide to Getting Optimally Wired, shared some of his tips for those of us who like … Continue reading
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Red Cross First Aid Puts a Wealth of Emergency Information in Your Pocket
Android and iOS: Whether you’re preparing for an emergency or in the midst of one, the Red Cross First Aid app overs plenty of knowledge. It’ll help you get ready for a potential earthquake, handle a broken bone, survive a … Continue reading
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Practice Recall, Not Repeating to Memorize Large Blocks of Text
Memorizing a large block of text is incredibly hard, but the folks over on Productivity 501 show a simple method to practice recalling information instead of repeating it, by reducing large chunks of text to just a few letters. You … Continue reading
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Syre | Uncrate
Despite our obvious affinity for Apple gear, we’ll be the first to admit that Apple’s wrist-friendly iPod nano is lacking a key feature: Bluetooth. The Syre ($50) is the most sensible way we’ve seen to add this functionality yet. By … Continue reading
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