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  1. Visit Big Wendy the muscular whippet, by Kim Westad Big Wendy the muscular whippet, by Kim Westad

    http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/story.html?id=67f15c17-2717-4022-bb76-1b982456e793

    Rare genetic mutation increases muscles, weight of sleek breed

  2. Visit Annals of Innovation: In the Air, by Malcolm Gladwell - The New Yorker Annals of Innovation: In the Air, by Malcolm Gladwell - The New Yorker

    http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/12/080512fa_fact_gladwell?currentPage=all

    Who says big ideas are rare?

  3. Visit Seed: A New State of Mind, by Jonah Lehrer Seed: A New State of Mind, by Jonah Lehrer

    http://seedmagazine.com/news/2008/08/a_new_state_of_mind.php

    New research is linking dopamine to complex social phenomena and changing neuroscience in the process. The question, of course, is how to find this “what if” signal in the brain. Montague’s clever solution was to use the stock market. After all, W… More

  4. Visit Why are there no green stars? - Discover Magazine Why are there no green stars? - Discover Magazine

    http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/29/why-are-there-no-green-stars/

    Go outside on a dark, moonless night. Look up. Is it December or January? Check out Betegeuse, glowing dully red at Orion’s shoulder, and Rigel, a laser blue at his knee. A month later, yellow Capella rides high in Auriga. Is it July? Find Vega… More

  5. Visit Lost in Space, By Kris Hollington - Fortean Times Lost in Space, By Kris Hollington - Fortean Times

    http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/1302/lost-in-space.html

    What really happened to Russia's missing cosmonauts? An incredible tale of space hacking, espionage and death in the lonely reaches of space.

  6. Visit God and the government: Testing a compensatory control mechanism for the support of external systems. - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 2008 Jul Vol 95(1) 18-35 God and the government: Testing a compensatory control mechanism for the support of external systems. - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 2008 Jul Vol 95(1) 18-35

    http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=search.displayRecord&uid=2008-08084-002

    The authors propose that the high levels of support often observed for governmental and religious systems can be explained, in part, as a means of coping with the threat posed by chronically or situationally fluctuating levels of perceived persona… More

  7. Visit BBC NEWS | Health | Ovulation moment caught on camera BBC NEWS | Health | Ovulation moment caught on camera

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7447942.stm

    A human egg has been filmed in close-up emerging from the ovary for the first time, captured by chance during a routine operation.

  8. Visit Does Time Run Backward in Other Universes? By Sean M. Carroll - Scientific American Does Time Run Backward in Other Universes? By Sean M. Carroll - Scientific American

    http://http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-cosmic-origins-of-times-arrow

    One of the most basic facts of life is that the future looks different from the past. But on a grand cosmological scale, they may look the same.

  9. Visit TED | Talks | Mark Bittman: What's wrong with what we eat (video) TED | Talks | Mark Bittman: What's wrong with what we eat (video)

    http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/263

    TED Talks In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what's wrong with the way we eat (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too little home cooking). With vibrant visuals and historical detail,… More

  10. Visit Lots of Animals Learn, but Smarter Isn’t Better, By CARL ZIMMER - New York Times Lots of Animals Learn, but Smarter Isn’t Better, By CARL ZIMMER - New York Times

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/science/06dumb.html?pagewanted=all

    But the flies pay a price for fast learning. Dr. Kawecki and his colleagues pitted smart fly larvae against a different strain of flies, mixing the insects and giving them a meager supply of yeast to see who would survive. The scientists then ran … More

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