Toshiba unveils Japan’s “most eco-friendly” super toilet
9th November 2007
Read it. What, after all, is life without an eco-friendly super-toilet?
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Telomeres Shorten Quicker If You Have Less Vitamin D
9th November 2007
Read it. You really don’t want to be caught with short telomeres. Trust me on this.
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3D medical display utilizes gesture-controlled interface
8th November 2007
Read it. And the hits just keep on coming.
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We Knew FiOS Was Fast, But Why Is It Always Setting People’s Homes On Fire?
8th November 2007
Read it. Verizon is Spanish for “Firebug”.
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Trust Your Medial Temporal Lobe Memories
8th November 2007
Read it. Of course! I always do.
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Google gas pumps: the savior of lost men
7th November 2007
Read it. What a marvelous idea.
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Scientists develop sticky tape inspired by insect feet
6th November 2007
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Russian spy plane to be re-purposed as cellphone tower
6th November 2007
Read it. I like it. It has texture, and scope.
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Violence: A Micro-sociological Theory
5th November 2007
Read it. I may have to take a look at this book.
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Hearts Eject Less As We Get Older
5th November 2007
Read it. Even our hearts get tired.
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How to improve meetings
4th November 2007
Read it. Just in case you thought it was all doom-and-gloom here. (Well, yeah, it’s mostly that, but….)
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Join the Fight for an Honest Media
1st November 2007
If that’s not a contradiction in terms.
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Folding@Home recognized by Guinness World Records
1st November 2007
Read it. In case you were wondering. I know I was.
This is certainly more useful than that stupid SETI nonsense.
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Vibrated Mice Form More Bone And Less Fat
31st October 2007
Read it. Just in case you’re in the market for bonier mice. And who isn’t?
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Expressing Economic Ideas
29th October 2007
Arnold Kling. Good stuff. Read it.
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Gastroanomalies: Questionable Culinary Creations from the Golden Age of American Cookery
29th October 2007
So buy it already.
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GPS Tracking: Drivers’ New Best Friend?
26th October 2007
Read it. A very interesting notion.
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New England and the Bavarian Illuminati
26th October 2007
Read it. Adam Weishaupt, call your office.
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Toyota’s i-Real: wrap yourself in a killer whale
24th October 2007
Read it. I’m not sure whether this is cool or just silly. Wouldn’t mind having one, though.
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Sleep Deficiency Causes Emotional Overreaction
23rd October 2007
Read it. And take a nap already.
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Defending “Islamofascism”
22nd October 2007
Christopher Hitchens explains, “It’s a valid term. Here’s why.”
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Samsung’s 40-inch 1080p LCD TV panel — just 0.39-inches thin
22nd October 2007
Read it. Very nice. The TV looks good, too.
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Poll finds Thompson appeals to churchgoers
20th October 2007
Read it. Gee, I wonder why.
Go, Fred.
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A science journalist makes the case for low-carb diets
19th October 2007
Read it. Oh, if only Dr Atkins had lived to see this day….
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Researchers develop artificial nerve
19th October 2007
Read it. And the hits just keep on coming.
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UC Irvine researchers tout first nano-scale radio
19th October 2007
Read it. How about a radio that clips to your ear like an earring? It’s coming.
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Silicon nanowire could convert light into electrical energy
18th October 2007
Read it. This would be rather handy.
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Checking Out Tomorrow’s Library
18th October 2007
Read it. Can’t wait for the DRM and other intellectual property folks to get their lawyers into this one.
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Mechanism Design for Grandma
15th October 2007
Read it. How to be a Nobel Laureate in Economics.
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NEC shows off cloth antenna: receives OTA, clears nostrils
14th October 2007
Read it. Clever, however much it sounds like a joke advertisement from an old Monty Python sketch.
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Overwatch
13th October 2007
Safire on language.
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Toyota takes another stab at personal mobility with the i-REAL
12th October 2007
Read it. Needs weapon mounts but otherwise a fine machine.
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Verbal (ir)regularity
12th October 2007
Read it. Out of the mouths of cartoons….
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Nissan’s Around View arrives in the US December
12th October 2007
Read it. This is seriously cool. It will also encourage all those tedious people who insist on backing into parking spaces.
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Raytheon’s Silent Guardian keeps crowds under control
11th October 2007
Read it. Oh, I like this one.
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Blood Vessels Grown From Human Skin Tissues
11th October 2007
Read it. And the hits just keep on coming.
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Low Glycemic Index Diet Delays Macular Degeneration
9th October 2007
Read it. But bear in mind that if you don’t eat potatoes and pasta, you WILL go to hell. Trust me on this.
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Rentokil’s RADAR super-mousetrap texts you when the pests are dead
9th October 2007
Read it. Well, really, don’t you want one of these?
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LG touts first converter box approved for 2008 digital changeover
9th October 2007
Read it. I have no idea what they’re talking about, but it sounds very erudite.
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Blusens intros GPS units with satellite imagery
8th October 2007
Read it. And the hits just keep on coming.
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Nissan takes wraps off conceptual Pivo 2 electric car
7th October 2007
Read it. Aw, it’s so cute. Of course, anyone who has reached puberty will refuse to ride in one, but there it is.
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The Doctr Is In
7th October 2007
Read it. Where can I find one of these?
Couple this with the retail store-space clinics that are opening up….
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Fuel Efficiency Decline Reverses In United States
5th October 2007
Read it. Markets work, whether you want them to or not.
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Extraction Of Carbon Dioxide From Atmosphere Seen Possible
4th October 2007
Read it. We have the technology.
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Common sense as a school of thought
3rd October 2007
Read it. Steve was a couple years behind me at Yale, and a very bright and personable guy. His father was Guido Calabresi, a professor at Yale Law, so I suppose it’s the family trade.
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Expect less Mr. Nice Guy from Fred
3rd October 2007
Read it. Go, Fred.
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Scott Adams on the Economic Way of Thinking
2nd October 2007
Read it. Dilbert would recognize it.
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Suddenly Everyone Wants An Online Office Suite
2nd October 2007
Read it. I use Google’s. The Web is good enough for me.
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Purdue’s carbon nanotubes could trump heat sinks
2nd October 2007
Read it. Nanotubes are becoming more and more useful.
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The Five Sorry Rules of Lateness
1st October 2007
Read it. Here’s a taste of why:
Incompetent people believe they are busy, but they are just inefficient.
There’s an eternal truth for you.
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