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A salt assault 27 Aug 2013 | 04:43 pm
How to Charge $546 for Six Liters of Saltwater - a brief story of the humble bag of saline solution given intravenously at ERs and hospitals, and how one unit of it can be marked up from 86 cents to $...
why are my nipples itchy 27 Aug 2013 | 02:56 pm
If you start typing "why" into Google, the autocomplete gives you a glimpse at the various mysteries people want answers to, such as "why is space black?" or "why are people stupid?" or "why is there ...
If thermonuclear war takes place the future will not be worth discusion 27 Aug 2013 | 01:34 pm
Why not visit to the World's Fair of 2014, as envisioned by science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov in 1964? By 2014, only unmanned ships will have landed on Mars, though a manned expedition will be in th...
the Children of Charlemagne 27 Aug 2013 | 12:44 pm
The work of the statistician Joseph Chang in 1999 showed that it was almost certain that all Europeans are descended from Charlemagne. Now, a new genomic analysis of European populations titled The Ge...
The Prodigal Jon 27 Aug 2013 | 12:04 pm
I've got a lovely bunch of super cuts! (Deedle de dee!) To prepare for Jon Stewart's return to the Daily Show on September 3rd, the staff have seen fit to take a bit of a vacation and prepare some co...
Hubble Ultra Deep Field 3-D Fly-Through 27 Aug 2013 | 10:04 am
What would it look like to fly through the distant universe?
Sex, cats and introverts 27 Aug 2013 | 09:34 am
The Internet's Love Affair With Introverts Online might just be the introvert's natural environment, where conversations can be staged, staggered and stopped at their discretion – all from a distance....
Rocky's Road 27 Aug 2013 | 08:30 am
"Life is so difficult," reads one reply. "It breaks us down, challenges us, pushes us to the very depths of desperation and darkness. These are the times when we need each other the most." Via. Follo...
Support Neighborhood Public Schools 27 Aug 2013 | 07:05 am
While students return to class today, Tribune photojournalist Brian Cassella visits the buildings that sit empty after being shut down by the Chicago Public Schools. More on CPS closings on metafilter...
Fried Twinkies With a Side of Obamacare 27 Aug 2013 | 07:03 am
A middle-aged man in a red golf shirt shuffles up to a small folding table with gold trim, in a booth adorned with a flotilla of helium balloons, where government workers at the Kentucky State Fair ar...
