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State seizes 11-year-old, arrests his mother after he defends medical marijuana during a school presentationwashingtonpost.com
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The Hidden Ocean Patch That Broke Climate Records - Issue 23: Dominoes - Nautilusnautil.us
Nothing has caused climate scientists quite as much recent trouble as the so-called “global warming hiatus.” Not only did this… - mikeash.com
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The Hidden FM Radio Inside Your Pocket, And Why You Can't Use Itnpr.org
Most smartphones have a built-in FM chip. But whether or not it's activated is in the hands of the mobile carriers, who profit when you stream radio. The broadcast industry is pushing to change this. -
Autistic Traits Aren't Linked To Brain Anatomy? - Neuroskepticblogs.discovermagazine.com
According to a large study just published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, there’s no correlation between brain anatomy and self-reported autistic traits. Dutch researchers P. Cedric M. P. Koolschijn and colleagues looked at two sa... -
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Fateful Phone Call Spawned Moore’s Law [Excerpt]scientificamerican.com
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Bytecode features not available in the Java languagestackoverflow.com
Are there currently (Java 6) things you can do in Java bytecode that you can't do from within the Java language? I know both are Turing complete, so read "can do" as "can do significantly faster/b... -
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First in Flight? Not Wright Brothers, Says Connecticutnytimes.com
Ohio and North Carolina have long fought over which could lay claim to aviation’s pioneers, the Wright Brothers. But a report that someone else got aloft first has a third state entering the fray. -
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The Woman in Green: A Chinese Ghost Tale from Mao to Ming, 1981-1381—Vol. 1, No. 2theappendix.net
In 1965, a Chinese playwright named Meng Chao fell afoul of the cultural revolution because of a fictional ghost named Li Huiniang. In 1381, that ghost came to life, challenging a tyrant for the love of another poor writer. Maggie Greene follows Li Hui... -
When a Phillips is not a Phillips!m.instructables.com
Cross-head, Cross-Point, Cruciform, Square Drive Screws and Drivers These screw types have a + shaped recess on the head and are driven by a cr...
