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By David Pescovitz on Aug 13, 2012 12:57 pm UC Santa Cruz researchers developed a new way to print photographs on special "reflectance paper," covered in dimples that reflect light as if the image is a 3D object. From UCSC: "If the paper is flat, it will always look flat no matter what you print on it. So the question became how to get ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Aug 13, 2012 12:20 pm Doc Marten's were the iconic footwear of my adolescence, both a subcultural marker and a dare to Toronto's skinheads, whose sport was beating up other kids and taking their Docs. There was a whole hanky-code for the laces, a million different meanings for the leather colors. Today, they're just another made-in-China high-street brand, surrounded by ...
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By David Pescovitz on Aug 13, 2012 11:05 am On the Jersey Shore during the summer of 1916, four people were killed and one injured by what was likely a single great white shark. The attacks and panic that ensued in the seaside towns inspired Peter Benchley's novel Jaws which, of course, Steven Spielberg brought to the big screen. Since then, great whites, whose ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Aug 13, 2012 10:39 am [Video Link] "On July 5th, 2012, my 11-month-old son, Noah, was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor," writes Mike Masse in the introduction to this YouTube video, a beautiful performance of the Beatles' "Let it Be." Details on the fundraiser here. In America, little boys have to start lemonade stands when their fathers get cancer. ...
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By David Pescovitz on Aug 13, 2012 10:28 am Over at our sponsor Intel's My Life Scoop site, I wrote about several apps to make chores and fitness more like a game: For the last year, gamification has been on an accelerated hype/hope/backlash/spin cycle. If you believe the buzz (and you mostly shouldn't), there's not much in life — from boring business tasks to ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Aug 13, 2012 09:47 am Jeffrey from 360 Cities sez, "Fresh from the Rover! Our member Andrew Bodrov stitched this interactive version of the 360ยบ photo from Mars together. Be sure to go FULLSCREEN for the maximum awesomeness." Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2 (Thanks, Jeffrey!)
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By Cory Doctorow on Aug 13, 2012 09:10 am On our family holiday this summer, we had the great good fortune to be shown around Alcatraz Island by Ranger Craig Glassner -- among other things, the Ranger responsible for the excellent documentary about the Occupation by Indians of All Tribes that is screened in the visitor center there. Craig let slip that his favorite ...
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Aug 13, 2012 09:03 am Covariation theory is a psychological idea that helps explain why we instantly suspect some record-breaking athletes of doping, while giving others the benefit of the doubt. (Via Melanie Tannenbaum)
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Aug 13, 2012 08:38 am This is probably the most amazing thing I learned all weekend. The Amazon rainforest—with all its plant and animal life, and all its astounding biodiversity—could not exist as we know it without the patch of African desert pictured above. The rainforest is amazing, but the soil it produces isn't very nutrient rich. All the minerals ...
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Aug 13, 2012 08:35 am From Merit Ptah—Chief Physician of ancient Egypt—to 1st-century BC alchemist Mary the Jewess, the Science Chicks from History Tumblr is dedicated to introducing you to all the science-y ladies you didn't learn about in school. The image above is titled "Woman teaching geometry". It comes from an early 14th century translation of Euclid.
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Aug 13, 2012 08:30 am I'm with Steve Silberman, who tweeted this image, taken by the Mars Curiosity rover. Silberman, a science journalist, pointed out how amazing it is to be able to have access to photos of Mars that look totally ordinary, decidedly un-exotic, and even a little dull. There is a delightful irony here. Think of all the ...
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Aug 13, 2012 08:20 am It is very hard, and very weird to try to get a handle on how human health has changed between the 19th century and today. Obviously, the way we live has changed dramatically. But understanding how that impacts health (or doesn't) is complicated by the fact that healthcare, science, and public health research changed dramatically ...
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Aug 13, 2012 07:10 am So a bunch of guys go fishing, and they take a long an underwater camera, encased in a mobile, waterproof housing. Basically, their camera can move around underwater, like a little RC car. Then this happens ... I have a sneaky suspicion that this video might be an advertisement for camera equipment. But whatever. It's ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Aug 12, 2012 10:38 pm My neighbourhood in East London has a lot of very nice street art, and a fair number of hipster entrepreneurs who lead tourist parties on "Street Art Tours." Artist Dr D combined the Olympic police-state with the Street Art Tour phenomenon to make this great prank notice, which I snapped on the way to our ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Aug 12, 2012 09:05 pm Fez-O-Rama sell a D20 fez. How cool is a D20 fez? Marvel at Wil Wheaton modeling the item in question and stand agog with me. The D20 Fez (via Wil Wheaton) (Photo: Atom Moore Photography)
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By Cory Doctorow on Aug 12, 2012 07:34 pm A redditor called zacch asked his mom to paint him a pair of Batman Converse. She came through with flying (and suitably gloomy) colors. I couldn't afford a pair of Batman Converse that I wanted so my talented mom said she would paint on some existing shoes. She did not disappoint. (x-post r/batman) (imgur.com)
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By Cory Doctorow on Aug 12, 2012 06:27 pm Steve sez, "Amazing Stories magazine is in the process of being resurrected. In order to satisfy trademark registration requirements, have some content to capture a bit of attention and to help get the ball rolling for a future fund raiser, the publisher - The Experimenter Publishing Company - is offering anyone and everyone the opportunity ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Aug 12, 2012 05:48 pm Sgt. Rock and Easy Company are saluting comic book legend Joe Kubert, who passed away today at the age of 85.
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Aug 12, 2012 05:33 pm Here's some random old dude at the library playing The Clash's "Train in Vain." (Via Open Culture)
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By Cory Doctorow on Aug 12, 2012 04:31 pm A White House petition about the TSA's screening procedures was 90 percent of the way to completion when Wired ran a story giving it a final push. The White House's petition site went down for unannounced maintenance, and when it came back up, the petition had "expired" -- though the Electronic Privacy Information Center says ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Aug 12, 2012 03:02 pm Paul Ryan wants to kill all tax on capital gains, interest, and dividends -- income you get from owning things, rather than doing a job. Under this plan, Mitt Romney's $21,000,000 in 2010 income would be largely tax-exempt. Only his speaking and author fees -- $593,996 -- would be taxed, and only at 25%, for ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Aug 12, 2012 02:21 pm Ryan sez, "We recently went out on the streets of Manhattan to photograph bikes around the city that have been abandoned, destroyed or otherwise left for dead, and how they contrast with the many vibrant scenes that surround them. The bikes tend to take on a surreal shape after being twisted and rusted for so ...
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