Blinking
as an indicator of whether someone is lying.
In praise of reality TV.
I never use IE in any version.
Another post on just one of the reasons why one does not click on the blue E.
Shape-shifting, remote resonance powered robots. Via
catsidhe.
Reminder
of the importance of clean drinking water and how much of the world does not have it. Via
mishymoocow.
Fertility rates and the status of women.
The US has notoriously high infant mortality rates by developed world standards. What you do (and do not) count as a live birth
rather affects the numbers.
The
difficulties of (pdf) typesetting Arabic. Via comment by
catsidhe.
About
the devastation of the American chestnut and attempts to restore it.
Study concludes that World Trade Center 7
collapsed due to fire.
US Presidents since Truman
have been wildly disproportionately left-handed. Since both McCain and Obama are left-handed, the trend is just getting stronger.
Cyber attacks on Georgia
might be politically motivated hackers.
More. Both via comment from
dputiger.
Obama’s text message system
did not perform, but the database involved is very useful.
Arguing that not being fat
is about eating less and exercising more.