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Solar Panels Made From Hair - 18 year old Milan Karki of Nepal has invented a new type of solar panel that uses human hair as a conductor, replacing the much more pricey silicon.
- 3,847 views | 10 Sep 2009
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5 key freedoms... - ...that Americans will lose under Obama's proposed healthcare plan.
- 7,002 views | 10 Sep 2009
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Facebook ruins friendships - Amidst all this heightened chatter, we're not saying much that's interesting, folks. Rather, we're breaking a cardinal rule of companionship: Thou Shalt Not Bore Thy Friends.
- 7,608 views | 09 Sep 2009
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Molecular gastronomy - What if we could eat just by breathing?
- 7,138 views | 09 Sep 2009
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Bookend? - The beginning of the end of the library. A truly tragic moment in literary history.
- 6,683 views | 09 Sep 2009
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Fat Boy Slim - Christopher Walken can move.
- 5,171 views | 09 Sep 2009
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Paper World - A world made out of notebook paper and ballpoint pen.
- 6,736 views | 08 Sep 2009
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15 creative book cases - From snowflakes to yin and yang.
- 8,225 views | 07 Sep 2009
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Bachelor of the week - Some guys just know how to blend.
- 6,370 views | 07 Sep 2009
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Doctor reveals 'cello scrotum' hoax - A top doctor has admitted her part in hoodwinking a leading medical journal after inventing a medical condition called "cello scrotum", which she claimed added to the "gaiety of life".
- 6,736 views | 07 Sep 2009
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The Beauty of the Worn - Anthropologie's newest catalog celebrates the beauty that can be found in the worn and the imperfect -- from chipped benches to charmingly shabby cottages.
- 7,176 views | 06 Sep 2009
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Could president Bush end up behind bars? - A bit unlikely given how things happen in the higher circles, but an investigation of CIA's practices could, in principle, lead there.
- 945 views | 05 Sep 2009
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13 more things that don't make sense - New Scientist makes a list.
- 1,017 views | 04 Sep 2009
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Like we didn't know - "Men lose their heads talking to pretty women."
- 962 views | 04 Sep 2009
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The reason a Hula Hoop was invented - A caper from CDS shows why.
- 3,587 views | 03 Sep 2009
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Boeing Boing - Some stunts should never be attempted again.
- 3,321 views | 03 Sep 2009
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Her soul traveled to Venus on a UFO - That is Japan's new First Lady, Mrs. Miyuki Hatoyama.
- 3,622 views | 02 Sep 2009
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United Prosperity: new spin on microfinance - A traditional microloan or donation of US$ 100 delivers roughly that same amount to the entrepreneur in need, but providing a *loan guarantee* instead, of the same amount, can result in a much larger loan from a local bank. As much as US$ 666.
- 3,940 views | 02 Sep 2009
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Metallica finds new fans - Although birds, dolphins, whales and other animals produce what we call "songs," this study is among the first to show that a non-human animal can truly appreciate music.
- 4,201 views | 02 Sep 2009
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"Lactivists" - Dozens of mothers openly breast-fed their children on the NY subway as a yearly reminder that doing so in public is perfectly legal. (In other news, coincidentally, the number of male commuters during this time tripled.)
- 4,027 views | 02 Sep 2009

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