Darwin’s creepiest experiment: To test how humans perceived emotion through facial expression, he shocked a test subject with electrical current and showed the photos to his friends. Great images at Wired through the link.What do trees and manta rays have in common? The excellent Carl Zimmer on how land ecosystems are connected with the sea.California’s in the middle of a vast budget crisis, but two towns are so eager to get Amazon warehouses that they’re offering most of the sales tax they collect back to the company.The White House has hired a new cybersecurity boss. Longtime chief Howard Schmidt has been replaced by Michael Daniel, who spent 17 years in the Office of Management and Budget’s national security division.What’s up with those petri dishes? Yeah, it’s living photography, and it’s incredible.More than worth a few hours of your time: _Science_’s special issue on human conflict is free with registration.An IT guy at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation wasn’t fired after hijacking the company’s vast computer network to mine Bitcoins.
That tiny sphere is all the world’s water. Seriously. Makes you regret that 45 minute shower, doesn’t it?Paleofuture is awesome as usual, discussing psychedelics during the Cold War.Dumb: a company in San Francisco is using facial recognition software to offer real time updates on demographics (guy/girl ratio) at clubs. Bars are backing out of the service like crazy.Could the U.S. prosecute Wikileaks under copyright law? Here’s the argument.Pulsating brain or “placental jellyfish?” It’s the latter and it’s totally weird and awesome.This is TOTALLY JURASSIC PARK. Insects found fossilized in amber show evidence of the earliest acts of pollination. Amazing!Why octopuses should be in charge of our national security: Marine biologist Rafe Sagarin is featured in a great interview with io9.There are more than 1,200 species of shark out there. Awesome, right? Here are 11 that you need to know.Genetically modified crops have a big problem on their hands: herbicide-resistant “superweeds” have started to appear. Superweeds and antibiotic-resistant bactera will be our downfall.Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, a psychiatry “giant,” has apologized for suggesting that there’s a gay cure.Julian Assange is poised to win a senate seat in Australia.Mark Zuckerberg becomes a billionaire, then gets married at a surprise wedding.
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