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22.jpg Man arrested after bringing chain saw to bar fight.

1,000 men caught trying to pay a CGI child to perform sex acts online.

Tomahawk-throwing champion who chased thief from home: ‘I hit what I aim for.’ [Thanks Tim]

China discovers that pollution makes it really hard to spy on people.

Tests of Google’s autonomous vehicles in California and Nevada suggests they already outperform human drivers.

Alligator shows up at Chicago airport baggage claim.

A new study reveals how Somali piracy is financed.

Are you more likely to click headlines that are phrased as a question?

Cheerleader effect: Why people are more beautiful in groups.

The cheater’s high - how being bad feels good.

6 Psychological Effects of Washing Your Hands.

The incidence of most cancers increases with age but then mysteriously drops. Now one biomedical engineer has worked out why.

New ligament found in humans’ knees.

Japanese scientists create Rock-paper-scissors robot that wins 100% of the time.

The number of smartphones shipping with fingerprint sensors will rise from 46 million this year to 525 million by 2017, the report says. Only four companies of any scale operate in this industry.

50 Tough Books for Extreme Readers.

Overview of the New Patent Law of the United States.

The Prison Guard With a Gift for Cracking Gang Codes.

Introduction to Game Theory [PDF] [more]

Analysing the Bond movie — three approaches.

Umberto Eco, The Narrative Structure of Ian Fleming, 1969 [PDF]

Steven Soderbergh: For me there’s no question that cinematically ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE is the best Bond film and the only one worth watching repeatedly for reasons other than pure entertainment.

Increasingly, people expect to get all their social needs met by their spouse or partner. This is a prescription for disaster.

The Widow Who Created the Champagne Industry.

Five Reasons why Mermaids Can’t Physically Exist: 4: They would be constipated.

Michael H. Rohde, From Below

Lost Unicorn. [Thanks Tim]





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