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Important Facebook Research: Where To Go To College If You Want To Find A Spouse
Social Media

Important Facebook Research: Where To Go To College If You Want To Find A Spouse

Because no one goes to college to learn.

The Drive to Win
Science

The Drive to Win

How Low Is The Sky? And More Questions A Drone Legal Case Might Resolve
Drones

How Low Is The Sky? And More Questions A Drone Legal Case Might Resolve

An upcoming trial could change the way the FAA deals with unmanned aircraft.

Utah Reopens National Parks, Government Shutdown Be Damned
Environment

Utah Reopens National Parks, Government Shutdown Be Damned

We don't need a government! We just need all the things the government normally pays for!

OMP’s Friday Link Roundup
Diseases

OMP’s Friday Link Roundup

40 Years Of U.S. Nutrition Data Is “Fatally Flawed” and “Physiologically Implausible”
Nutrition

40 Years Of U.S. Nutrition Data Is “Fatally Flawed” and “Physiologically Implausible”

Turns out people lie about how much garbage they eat. Even to the government.

Scott Carpenter, The Second American To Orbit Earth, Dies At 88
Space

Scott Carpenter, The Second American To Orbit Earth, Dies At 88

What Would Happen If You Drank Water From The Gowanus Canal?
Pollution

What Would Happen If You Drank Water From The Gowanus Canal?

The story of how one of the most polluted waterways in America came to be located in one of the country's most expensive neighborhoods. Also: dysentery, cancer, and arsenic poisoning.

What Will It Take To Find Life Elsewhere In The Universe?
Space Telescope

What Will It Take To Find Life Elsewhere In The Universe?

The Hubble and James Webb space telescopes won't find life beyond the solar system. With funding and support, here's what might.

Planet Made Of Diamond May Not Be So Bling After All
Space

Planet Made Of Diamond May Not Be So Bling After All

Don't give up hope! It could still be diamond, but new data show that's less likely.

Science Explains Why You Love A Slow Caress
Psychology

Science Explains Why You Love A Slow Caress

People just need to be petted to know who they are.

If You Can Smell This, You May Not Have Alzheimer’s
Health

If You Can Smell This, You May Not Have Alzheimer’s

A new diagnostic test involves a dollop of peanut butter.

NFL Concussion Expert Rich Ellenbogen: ‘I Really Don’t Care Who’s To Blame. We Just Have To Move The Science Forward’
Science

NFL Concussion Expert Rich Ellenbogen: ‘I Really Don’t Care Who’s To Blame. We Just Have To Move The Science Forward’

Ellenbogen, the co-chair of the NFL's Head, Neck and Spine committee and a neurological surgery professor at the University of Washington, talks to us about the NFL's efforts to make football safer, the future of concussion research, and the technology that will get us there.

The Countdown to Android Brains is Underway
Technology

The Countdown to Android Brains is Underway

Scientists Are Bad At Identifying Important Science, Study Finds
Science

Scientists Are Bad At Identifying Important Science, Study Finds

'We're all sort of stumbling around in a fog,' one of the study authors says.

The National Ignition Facility Just Got Way Closer To Fusion Power
Energy

The National Ignition Facility Just Got Way Closer To Fusion Power

In a major first, an experiment in the California lab got more energy out of its fuel than went into the fuel. We're one step closer to ignition, when the reaction becomes self-sustaining.

A Very Simple Explanation Of The Higgs Boson
Particle Physics

A Very Simple Explanation Of The Higgs Boson

François Englert and Peter Higgs just received the Nobel Prize in Physics for laying the groundwork for the discovery of the Higgs boson. But can someone please explain what a Higgs is? Like, really simply.

Nielsen To Use Twitter To Try To Make Ratings Less Wrong
Social Media

Nielsen To Use Twitter To Try To Make Ratings Less Wrong

Would "Arrested Development" have been cancelled if Twitterers were heard?

Big Pic: 820-Foot-High Tunnels Discovered Under Antarctic Ice
Global Warming

Big Pic: 820-Foot-High Tunnels Discovered Under Antarctic Ice

The hidden channels are nearly as tall as the Eiffel Tower.

Science Indicates That Sprite Might Be A Great Hangover Cure
Science

Science Indicates That Sprite Might Be A Great Hangover Cure

Thank you, Chinese researchers.