60 Elvises flee hotel during fire alarm.

Man spent 30 years eating only roadkill. The conservationist makes owl curries and rat stir fries because he doesn’t like the way farmed animals are treated.

New York couple tries to trademark ‘Occupy Wall St.’ [Thanks Tim]

STD rates are on the rise in Greenwich Village. The number of female gonorrhea diagnoses in the Village has skyrocketed by 57 percent between 2008 and 2010, making it the highest spike in the city.

Doctor Visits Plunge 8% Year-Over Year.

A captive rattlesnake has given birth after five years alone and her offspring carry a male snake’s genes, suggesting she stored sperm before she was caught.

Positive words carry less information than negative words.

Why You Should Keep Your Goals Secret. Making a public commitment to your goals reduces motivation.

Overconfidence pays when the audience knows the least.

People with lots of Facebook friends have denser grey matter in three regions of the brain, a study suggests. More: Amount of Facebook friends is reflected in human brain structure.

Despite the proliferation of social networks, many Americans feel alone and isolated. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, lonely individuals behave differently in the marketplace than people with strong social networks.

The biggest ever study on the personality of sperm donors has just been published.

Ratings of infant facial attractiveness fail to predict ratings of adult attractiveness.

‘Never married’ men still more likely to die from cancer.

Are sexualized women complete human beings? Why men and women dehumanize sexually objectified women.

What defines life satisfaction for consumers living in poverty?

Why you can’t individually control your toes.

Why does explaining why a cupcake is delicious make us love it less?

The plant world has evolved numerous ingenious ways to distribute seeds. But one of the least known and least celebrated is raindrop dispersal.

Making water look realistic in computer simulations is devilishly hard. How to simulate an ocean.

Alan Turing and the Origins of Complexity. [PDF]

Distinguishing manipulated stocks via trading network analysis.

Many studies suggest people have a habit of simply ignoring web banners on Internet sites.

“I see street signs, restaurant menus, objects while I’m walking along, and I’m just reversing them all the time.” Duncan is a master palindromist.

America’s highest-rated bridge players are overwhelmingly composed of Wall Street guys. Bridge is a complex card game that fits the analytic side of finance, as poker appeals to instincts.

WikiLeaks’ tsunami of revelations from U.S. government sources last year did not change the world, but it did change WikiLeaks.

Hulu Plus, the paid subscription offering from the premium video streaming site Hulu, will be available on the Nintendo Wii console and 3DS handheld system by the end of the year.

How Russian Tycoon Yuri Milner Bought His Way Into Silicon Valley.

Dropbox: The Inside Story Of Tech’s Hottest Startup.

Marketing managers for major orchestras had always assumed that convincing people to give the symphony a try was the key to gaining subscribers. But when they actually studied the numbers, they discovered that getting new people wasn’t the problem.

Edison vs. Westinghouse: A Shocking Rivalry.

The History of 8 Hallucinogens.

6 Laws You’ve Broken Without Even Realizing It.

Never ask a busy person to lunch. Here’s why.

A Videocamera That Captures 360 Degrees of Action.

Kirgiz, Kyrgystan, 2000. More: A Visual Anthropology of the World’s Last Living Nomads.

Mr. T USB drive.

Inside a gremlin.

Inside John Lenon. [John Lennon and Yoko Ono photographed the day before Lennon was assassinated]

That’s me with Matteo outside the Abercrombie and Fitch poster. [via copyranter]

every day the same again | October 26th, 2011