Police in North Dakota can now use drones armed with tasers

A portable toilet with a woman inside was accidentally carried across a festival site by a forklift truck.

“Asking drug dealers to turn in other drug dealers,” Sheriff Melton said. “It’s comical, and it’s working.” [NY Times]

Researchers help identify neural basis of multitasking

Of 100 studies, more than half could not be reproduced using the same method

Women who exercised during their teen years were less likely to die from cancer and all other causes during middle-age and later in life

Scientists have discovered why running makes you happy

People’s “coming out” experiences are related to their psychological wellbeing years later

More than eight out of 10 people surveyed online admitted to sexting in the prior year, according to new research

Ashley Madison created more than 70,000 female bots to send male users millions of fake messages

Electrical engineers demonstrated a new wireless communication technique that works by sending magnetic signals through the human body

Google’s self-driving cars WON’T have windscreen wipers

How Google Could Rig the 2016 Election [Thanks Tim]

The Effect of Country Music on Suicide [PDF]

Largest of the Five Mass Extinctions Caused By Microbes

Panspermia is a process where life is somehow transplanted from planet to planet.

Four Centuries of Development Surprises on a Single Stretch of a New York City Street [PDF]

Useless Press has obtained a dataset of ten years worth of official reports about decapitated animals discovered in New York City public parks

Scientists discover that Earth has 2.64 trillion more trees than previously thought. But there’s a dark side to the discovery.

First Written Use of “Fuck” (1528)

TYOP (tell you on phone), TOL (talk offline) and LDL (let’s discuss live) are red flags for prosecutors combing through the e-mail transcripts of Wall Street traders suspected of illegal activity

Our analysis provides evidence that journals which publish papers with shorter titles receive more citations per paper

Why Do So Many Hot New Restaurants Have Names That Sound the Same?

Inside the Fondazione Prada

Mount Rushmore before carving

Xiao makes a living by imitating US president Barack Obama

RIP Jamiroquai [Thanks Tim]

every day the same again | September 2nd, 2015