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Source: arstechnica.com Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) stepped in front of a group of tech executives in Washington this morning to deliver a caffeinated and surprisingly sharp defense of network neutrality. Pledging to use “every ounce of my energy to protect network neutrality,” Wyden had a message for ISPs who might be pondering new charges for [...]
Source: cracked.com Psychologists know you have to be careful when you go poking around the human mind because you’re never sure what you’ll find there. A number of psychological experiments over the years have yielded terrifying conclusions about the subjects. Oh, we’re not talking about the occasional psychopath who turns up. No, we’re talking about [...]
PRIVATE CARS WERE RELATIVELY SCARCE in 1919 and horse-drawn conveyances were still common. In residential districts, electric streetlights had not yet replaced many of the old gaslights. And within the home, electricity remained largely a luxury item for the wealthy. Just ten years later things looked very different. Cars dominated the streets and most urban [...]
After enduring years of sub-par super hero movies in the 1980s and ’90s, comic book geeks everywhere finally got their wish when the first X-Men ushered in the new age of heroes on the big screen. Not only was X-Men the first super-hero film to truly do its comic justice, it paved the way for [...]
(CNN) — In the secretive, illegal world of American polygamy, life has been good to 67-year-old Wendell Loy Nielsen of Eldorado, Texas. By his own account, Nielsen has 21 wives — and 36 children. His oldest wife is 13 years older than he is, and his youngest wife is 43 years younger — she’s just [...]
“Life finds a way.” Thanks to a research time involving Princeton, Indiana University, and others, that isn’t just a sappy Disney quote – it’s an incredible fact. They found extremophile bacteria buried over two miles into solid rock, where the life-giving energy of the sun never reaches – the energy every other species on Earth [...]
Minneapolis (MN) – As a high-profile lawsuit against Best Buy’s Geek Squad technical support service gets ready for court, a new employee confession has come through detailing one of the company’s more questionable policies. The lawsuit, filed in Hennepin County, Minnesota, claims that when a computer comes into a Geek Squad center, the employees comb [...]
Scientists have discovered why fat people find it so hard to lose weight, which will lead to many new approaches to weight loss. Scientists find fatness gene Blood pressure drug could help weight loss Sleep can help obese children lose weight The difference in the number of fat cells between lean and obese people is [...]
Ricardo Sanchez, the commander of U.S. Forces in Iraq in 2003-2004, has written a new memoir, Wiser in Battle: A Soldier’s Story, an account of his life and his service in Iraq. Sanchez was a three-star general — and the military’s senior Hispanic officer — when he led U.S. forces in the first year of [...]
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