Saturday, March 21, 2015

Stuff around the web

A collection of photos of the recent eclipse can be found HERE

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How Hirsi Ali's life was changed...by reading Nancy Drew as a young girl.

well, Nancy Drew drove around with her friends in her own car...something that is still illegal for women in Saudi...

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'Coconut flower' mushrooms growing on the base of a young babassu palm in Brazil. (IP-USP-2008: Michele P. Verderane)

Glowing mushrooms get the bug

an explanation of why fungi glow in the dark.

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gift item of the day:

This zero gravity cocktail glass, designed by Cosmic Lifestyle Corporation, uses a unique system of grooves to keep liquids under control in microgravity.
Credit: Cosmic Lifestyle Corporation


A Zero Gravity Cocktail glass.

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why is insulin so expensive?

Innovation and patents.
Of course, old fashioned animal pancreas insulin is cheaper and still sold outside the USA.

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Crossbow found in the terracotta Chinese Army?

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hunting not only increases testosterone, but increases the level of the "love hormone".


via Instapundit.

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