Speaking last night, Digg CEO Andrew McLaughlin explained that Digg's Reader won't be a standalone app, and will allow you to sort and rank content, unlike a normal RSS reader.
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If you have to explain a joke, that usually means it's not a very good joke. But, if you're telling a math joke, maybe it just means your audience never enjoyed algebra as much as you did. Either way, these videos help explain to the less able mathematicians out there why they're funny.
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You've probably heard of genetically modified food, but if you're like most of us, you're probably confused. If you're still asking "what is GMO?" look no further: Well+Good NYC has a great primer on what GMOs, GMO labeling, and why it all matters for your health. More »
The GMO Primer: GMOs...
...miscegenation? Like could they all just be an admixture of different races with other (but fewer) racial predecessors that formed the variation in external morphological features we discover during non-prehistoric times in anthropoid fossils
And if this recently thought out question I posed...
groin attacks. Why? This seems to be an almost universal laugh riot, what am I missing about it? Why doesn't seeing men rolling on the ground in pain, or ending up in the hospital, hit me with bouts of uncontrollable laughter as it does most of society?
Par 4: Falling on your face doesn't...
Part 2 of 3: Roy Masters, Steve Grow and Ken Wayne continue their discussion about relativity and having a “relative point of view.” If you have good intuition, how does it help you view things differently? Roy Masters book Gravity Driven Universe can be found HERE. To find out more about the...
Swedish researchers at Uppsala University have, together with Brazilian collaborators, discovered a new group of nerve cells that regulate processes of learning and memory. These cells act as gatekeepers and carry a receptor for nicotine, which can explain our ability to remember and sort...
A pioneering report of genome-wide gene expression in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) finds genetic changes that help explain why one person has an ASD and another does not. The study, published by Cell Press in The American Journal of Human Genetics, pinpoints ASD risk factors by comparing...
We first got a look at the Google Doodle celebrating Robert Moog's 78th birthday on Google.jp yesterday, and now it's live in the US. Synthtastic! But, uh, how do all of those knobs and sliders work? Here's an excellent explainer on how to play the synth by Moog Music Chief Engineer Cyril Lance...
Rihanna took the sick day heard 'round the world last weekend, but she was back, recovered and better than ever at last night's premiere of her presumptive summer blockbuster...
From Science Insider, there is a possible explanation for the recently observed "faster than light" neutrinos. The Neutrinos were clocked at faster-than-light speeds on their way form CRN in Switzerland to a detectors site in Italy. I had originally proposed that the neutrinos were merely very...
In the original anime, Bill, who is supposed to be an amazing researcher, says there are only 150 Pokemon. I understand that as the series evolved they just added more, but I'm wondering if that was explained in the course of the series. I played the games and I know a pretty good deal about...
...reader strike them as interesting? Whether or not you truly believe in astrology, do you as a woman like having your horoscope read to you by an astrology guru? Do you find the horoscope reader interesting?
Researchers at National Jewish Health have discovered a type of cell that may contribute to autoimmune disease. The findings also suggest why diseases such as lupus, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis strike women more frequently than men. The cells, a subset of immune-system B cells...
Researchers have provided the first thorough mechanistic account of how a genetic defect leads to malignant hypothermia (MH) and central core disease (CCD), rare genetic skeletal muscle disorders. The study appears in the January issue of the Journal of General Physiology. Mutations in the type...
misrepresent baseless beliefs as fact?
Slaen: it's not clear that this applies. First, what exactly constitutes "bearing false witness"? Second, who exactly counts as a neighbor? Sorry, you'll have to do better.