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Jul 21, 2014

Scientists Can Now Cut HIV Out of Human DNA

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HIV is a sneaky virus. Its MO involves integrating its own genes into your DNA, so that even as antiretrovirals hold everything in check, ...
Jul 19, 2014

After 150 Years, Scientists Finally Know How Barnacle Glue Works

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Over a century and a half ago, Charles Darwin first described the remarkable adhesive capabilities of barnacles. He couldn't figure ou...
Jul 7, 2014

Scientists Have Located the Brain's On/Off Switch for Consciousness

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Every one of us loses consciousness on a daily basis: it's called sleep. But scientists have never understood which part of the brain ...
Jun 8, 2014

New Android Feature Wakes You Up For Your Bus or Subway Stop

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Android Police just discovered a cool new Google Now feature: when you're taking public transportation, you can set an alarm to make s...
May 30, 2014

The First Cheap 3D Printed Food Is Delicious Nursing Home Mush

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Go to the cafeteria of a nursing home and you'll see elderly residents noshing on pureed food. It's necessary for patients for who...
May 27, 2014

MIT Breakthrough Makes Tiny Apartments Feel Three Times Bigger

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searchfeed If you live in a big city, there's a decent chance your apartment feels cramped. Enter CityHome, a closet-sized de...
May 26, 2014

Meet the Man Who Makes WWE's Official Championship Belts in His Garage

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searchfeed Though they're often used as impromptu grappling weapons and concussion delivery devices, these championship belts...
May 13, 2014

Of Course an Apple Engineer Has an iPhone Business Card

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You'd assume that if any company on Earth had a well-designed business card, it would be Apple. But apparently one of their engineers ...
May 11, 2014

These new skyscraper tilting windows are designed to freak you out

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searchfeed Holy crap. The John Hancock Tower in Chicago rolled out a snazzy scary new attraction for people who visit the top of ...
May 4, 2014

This is what fireworks do when you fire them inside your living room

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searchfeed Dumt & Farligt (Stupid & Dangerous) is a Danish TV program that really lives up to its name: They do lots of d...
May 3, 2014

This one-cent stamp is 'The Mona Lisa of stamps' and worth $20 million

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There is art in everything. Value in trash. Millions in the tiniest of things. Take this stamp. Known as the One-Cent Magenta from Britis...
Apr 29, 2014

Scientists Have Reconnected Severed Nerves with Liquid Metal

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To test the alloy, the engineers applied an electric pulse to nerves in a frog leg so that the calf muscle would contract. They then se...

A Waffle Made from ice Cream Means you get to eat Dessert for Breakfast

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Dominique Ansel, the Willy Wonka of desserts and creator of the Cronut, has announced his latest imagination busting, tastebud oozing crea...
Apr 22, 2014

Your Internet Connection Is Almost Certainly Slower Than Advertised

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Does your internet always seem too slow? Chances are, it is: a study by the Wall Street Journal suggests that the majority of ISPs delive...
Apr 21, 2014

The Game Boy Turns 25 Today

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You've almost certainly played a game on your phone today. Some beautiful, high-res game with a rainbow of colors and fluid animation...

A $15 USB Adapter That Fixes an Annoying iMac Design Flaw

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searchfeed The J-shaped Jimi extender makes one of the USB ports on the back of a latest-gen iMac easily accessible from the fron...
Apr 14, 2014

This Side Table Gobbles Up Your Clutter Like a Hungry Animal

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We all have a surface somewhere in our home which is covered in clutter: phones, wallets, coins, keys, pens, cables, tickets and all othe...
Apr 13, 2014

44% Of All Twitter Accounts Have Yet To Send A Tweet

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searchfeed A new report from Twopcharts has found that 44% of the world's Twitter accounts have yet to send a Tweet. With app...
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Apr 8, 2014

This Clever Newspaper Ad Hides a 3D Kitchen in the Classifieds

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As far as newspaper ads go, the classifieds are an especially boring section of tiny text and identically spaced columns. But it doesn...
Apr 6, 2014

Tomorrow's Cancer-Blasting Wonder Drug Could Come From a Tobacco Plant

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Australian researchers published findings this week on a newly-discovered plant compound that destroys cancer cells, but leaves healthy ce...