City bills cyclist $1,200 for damage to police car that struck him.

In San Francisco, if you ever leave your bike unlocked, it will be stolen. If you use a cable lock to secure your bike, it will be stolen at some point. Unless you lock your bike with medieval-esque u-locks, your bike will be stolen from the streets of most American cities. Even if you take these strong precautions, your bike may still get stolen. What Happens to Stolen Bicycles?

The fat and cholesterol found in steak may not be the only components bad for the heart, according to researchers who have found another substance in red meat that can clog the arteries.

In Oregon, unintentional drug overdoses now kill more people than car accidents. The drugs that are driving up those numbers and killing most often are opiates—heroin and prescription pain medication, including methadone.

“Higher levels of carbon in the ocean are causing oysters to grow slower, and their predators — such as blue crabs — to grow faster.”

Exceptional mathematical fluency is required in only a few disciplines, such as particle physics, astrophysics and information theory. Far more important throughout the rest of science is the ability to form concepts, during which the researcher conjures images and processes by intuition. Many of the most successful scientists in the world today are mathematically no more than semiliterate.

Internal document from the Drug Enforcement Administration complains that messages sent with Apple’s encrypted chat service are “impossible to intercept.” And: DEA Accused Of Leaking Misleading Info Falsely Implying That It Can’t Read Apple iMessages.

New Skype malware spreading at 2,000 clicks per hour makes money by using victims’ machines to mine Bitcoins.

Viewers who tag shows using Shazam’s iOS and Android apps will be served cast information, trivia and news, feeds from Twitter, links to show data on sites including IMDB and Wikiepdia, and song details from the soundtrack.

Kids in England aren’t using Facebook. They’re all on a chat program you’ve never heard of, called Kik, which has roughly 40 million users. [Kik.com]

Why aren’t we all using Japanese toilets?

Why Do We Hate Certain Words?

How common are prostitute-seeking men and how much do they differ from men in the normal population?

The first sociological study of pimps was published in February 1931.

The XXX-rated activity was found out because IP addresses from Vatican City downloaded pornographic torrent files.

Drawings from the Gulag.

15 Mid-Century Modern Dream Homes that will Kill Your Children. [Thanks Tim]

every day the same again | April 8th, 2013