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Every day, the same, again

321.jpg9-year-old sneaks onto flight without boarding pass, flies to Vegas alone.

Google wants a patent on splitting the restaurant bill.

Chicago eatery serves burger with communion wafer garnish. [Thanks Tim]

How to make (and where to eat) the best dim sum.

A robot that hunts the coastline for swarms of jellyfish and destroys them has been developed by scientists in South Korea.

Korea’s plan to shred a jellyfish plague with robots could spawn millions more.

Dolphins are one of the few animals that can truly imitate.

Canadian researchers have worked out how to send text messages using chemical spray.

How four car companies are forging ahead on fuel efficiency.

No other vertebrate is known to have green blood.

Algorithm writes people’s life histories using Twitter stream. And: How your Facebook profile reveals more about your personality than you know.

A new study claims to identify the times of the week that women are feeling the most insecure about their bodies, and recommends that brands “concentrate media during prime vulnerability moments.” [Thanks Tim]

FBI profiler talks serial killers, deception and danger.

A spoon for people with Parkinson’s.

The older $100 notes will eventually get returned to the Federal Reserve, where they will be destroyed.

Signage for the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine.





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