Why We Do the Things We Do

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I feel for tears -- they're usually looked down upon or feared, their producers shunned or coddled, but I guess that's also part of their power. A neuroscientist has conducted an experiment that gives a little more insight into how people respond to and interpret the sight of tears.

In today's "duh" news, sitting there at your desk reading this on your lunch break is making you a little bit fatter.

This is really where technology gets us: to the efficient production of delicious Easter candy. (Plus, bonus Easter candy item! How to make a Peeps wreath. I kind of really want one of these.)

Also in today's links: parasites breed and library patrons read.

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• Maybe this will be the next frontier for Green Porno: parasite sex. It's pretty interesting. Researchers have found that the parasite that causes a horrific skin disease and other vile symptoms or death does in fact reproduce sexually, exchanging genes.
• Scientists believe that the first farm in the eastern U.S. may have been planted motivated by taste, rather than a need for food. The abundance of wild food sources suggest the sunflowers and gourds being grown at the site in Illinois were not a necessity.
• Yet another new ethical debate prompted by new technology. Librarians are debating whether it is okay to lend out a Kindle.