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A cure for baldness ‘could be available in 5 years’ – “For the first time, scientists in Germany have grown hair follicles from stem cells. The feat has brought scientists a step closer to creating a cure for baldness…”
Broadband prices dropping around the world, but not US – “A new study suggests that the United States could do better when it comes to home ISP prices. The Technology Policy Institute’s latest survey of the global high speed Internet market finds that US residential broadband subscription rates have “remained fairly stable” over the last three years, rising by just two percent….”
This Great eBay Scam Will Warm Your Heart – “Writing on Reddit, BadgerMatt described how he used what’s known as the “glim-dropper” trick to convince a non-paying eBay buyer to cough up with the money…”
Snipers Will Soon Shoot Taliban Three Quarters of a Mile Away – “Starting next year, the snipers will be outfitted with the XM2010 rifle, capable of hitting a target from a 3,937-foot distance — about three quarters of a mile. The current sniper rifle, the M-24, has a range of 2,625 feet, by contrast. “You want to give guys the capability to do those things they need to do at those ranges,” Colonel Douglas Tamilio, the Army’s weapons program manager, told USA Today…”
Dynamic Eye LCD sunglasses blot out the sun, not the rest of your life (video) – “Those giant Chanel sunglasses you bought for $450 may make you look happening at the pool, but did you notice the extra squint-lines you’re getting thanks to their barely-there tinting? Not cool, and that wouldn’t be a problem with Dynamic Eye shades….”
Meet the woman without fear – “SM is a woman without fear. She doesn’t feel it. She has been held at knifepoint without a tinge of panic. She’ll happily handle live snakes and spiders, even though she claims not to like them. She can sit through reels of upsetting footage without a single start. And all because a pair of almond-shaped structures in her brain – amygdalae – have been destroyed….”
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DIY Biotech Hacker Space Opens in NYC – “A cadre of science entrepreneurs recently opened Genspace, the world’s first government-compliant community biotech laboratory. The bedroom-sized facility was two years in the making and, for a $100-per-month membership, anyone can use the space for whatever experiments they dream up….”
How a Man Caught UPS Tampering With His Package – “Richard Lynch sent his laptop for repairs from California to the East coast. When it arrived there, the box was full of soda cans and sheets. After getting no answers from his local UPS shop, he came up with a plan….”
Science of man-made life can proceed: White House – “The White House on Thursday said the controversial field of synthetic biology, or manipulating the DNA of organisms to forge new life forms, poses limited risks and should be allowed to proceed. An expert panel convened by President Barack Obama advised vigilance and self-regulation as scientists seeks ways to create new organisms that could spark useful innovations in clean energy, pollution control and medicine…”
How do you solve a problem like Yahoo? – “What is Yahoo? It’s the question successive chief executives seem to have been unable to answer in any convincing way. Despite defining the first online experiences of many through its email service and news portal, Yahoo has squandered that early start in 1995, with every restructure, every redesign, every reassurance that Yahoo is still in the game seeming less convincing…”
How Flipboard Turned Web Noise Into iPad Gold – “And this is why the Flipboard app for iPad is a godsend for readers, and why we’re excited that Wednesday’s new software update adds several new features. It grabs photos, text or video from links in a Twitter stream like Popova’s and stitches them into a magazine-like layout with neatly arranged panes, lots of white space and beautiful typography….”
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Free energy – Why won’t this work? – “One of the more interesting memes to come out of 4chan are posts of rudimentary drawings of inventions or scenarios that, at first glance, seem to violate the laws of physics and allow for something supernatural to occur. One of the most common types of of these posts are ones related to “free energy” or perpetual motion. We’ve taken ten of these images and asked STEVE NELSON, a Physics professor who holds a Ph. D. from Duke University in physics, to explain why these somewhat intuitive ideas fall flat in real life….”
Solar farm breaks ground in Pflugerville – “The planned $200 million solar farm, located on 720 acres in Pflugerville’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, will use more than 400,000 solar panels to generate 60 megawatts of solar energy—enough to power more than 40,000 homes….”
Retro DIY Tube Radio Kit is Plain Gorgeous – “This gorgeous old-style radio is actually a DIY kit, made from cardboard. The faux-wood case hides a hybrid of the modern and the ancient. The radio stage uses vacuum tubes to receive and produce the sound, whereupon it is sent to an IC, or Integrated Circuit…”
Ancient forest emerges mummified from the Arctic – “Researchers believe the trees — buried by a landslide and exquisitely preserved 2 to 8 million years ago — will help them predict how today’s Arctic will respond to global warming. They also suspect that many more mummified forests could emerge across North America as Arctic ice continues to melt. As the wood is exposed and begins to rot, it could release significant amounts of methane and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere — and actually boost global warming….”
The MacGyver Approach to Winter Biking (Zip Ties!) – “One of the cyclists at Dutch Bike Co was caught without studded tires when it started snowing in Seattle, but no matter, that’s nothing that a box of zip ties can’t fix! This MacGyver trick isn’t new, but now that winter is here, it’s worth bringing up once more…”
U.S. Rethinks Strategy for the Unthinkable – “Suppose the unthinkable happened, and terrorists struck New York or another big city with an atom bomb. What should people there do? The government has a surprising new message: Do not flee. Get inside any stable building and don’t come out till officials say it’s safe….”
Exclusive: Twitter Raises $200 Million at a $3.7 Billion Valuation; Adds McCue and Rosenblatt to Board – “Twitter has completed its latest round of funding–$200 million at a $3.7 billion valuation–with Kleiner Perkins as the lead investor, according to sources familiar with the situation…”
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Special Report: Is America the sick man of the globe? – “The subsequent downturn, the deepest and longest since the 1930s, merely exposed the extent of the hollowing out of America’s manufacturing sector. By one estimate, since 2003 up to 20,000 manufacturing plants have shut down. The trend is leaving the country with a legion of unskilled workers stuck on long-term unemployment benefits. “Over the past 20 years we have simply borrowed more money in order to prosper,” said Bill Gross, co-chief investment officer of the world’s biggest bond fund manager PIMCO. “We forgot that the more stable and safe way to go is to make things.” “Now we’re paying the price.”"
The Wall Street Pentagon Papers: Biggest Scam In World History Exposed: Are The Federal Reserve’s Crimes Too Big To Comprehend? – “Even the Financial Times, which named Lloyd Blankfein its 2009 person of the year, reacted by reporting this: “The initial reactions were shock at the breadth of lending, particularly to foreign firms. But the details paint a bleaker and even more disturbing picture.”..”
US sues BP over Gulf of Mexico oil spill – “America is alleging the oil major, its contractor Transocean, and its partners Anadarko and Mitsui violated environmental laws. The claim also names Lloyds of London, BP’s insurer. The US is seeking unlimited damages on top of the $30bn that BP has already paid for the clean-up and compensation….”
This Is, Quite Possibly, The Saddest Story Of The Year – “Not to depress the whole lot of you, but this story in USA Today — about how the United States Post Office is receiving more letters to Santa from children asking for basic needs instead of toys — is one of the most melancholic news blasts I’ve read in some time…”
A cemetery hidden in plain sight – “A little-known island just offshore from the Bronx in New York City serves as a massive cemetery, where around 800,000 bodies have been buried over the past 150 years. Those laid to rest at Hart Island typically are the poor, those without next of kin or the unknown….”
The 5 Pillars of Business Blogging Success – “There are a lot of obvious elements you need to include to make a blog reader-friendly: quality, compelling content, good navigation, a contact page, an about page, focus and clarity about the subject of the blog… and there’s a lot of not-so-obvious or overlooked things that can really help make a blog stand out if they’re implemented….”
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