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How the Descriptive Camera Out Instagrams Instagram

05.05.12

By Michael Byrne
Tech

Tim Berners-Lee, CERN, and the Memo That Opened the Web

04.30.12

By Brian Anderson
Tech

Centron Corp. Explains Why Everyone is Laughing at You

04.27.12

By Ana Tiwathia
Tech

The Rise of Wikipedian Statecraft: How Azawad, Spurned by the U.N., Earned Its Recognition Online

04.24.12

By JONATHAN LIU
Tech

The Idea Con: At the $400 Mental Day Spa for Techno-Intellectuals

04.16.12

By Cole Stryker
Tech

The Genius of Old People on the Facebook Pages of Our Corporate Masters

04.12.12

By Michael Byrne
Tech

Want to Look Bigger and Stronger? Buy a Gun

04.11.12

By Michael Byrne
Tech

Free Will Can’t Possibly Exist, So Feel Free to Do Whatever You Want

04.11.12

By SAM MCDOUGLE
Tech

Crisis of Monotheism: Is Committing Acts of Yoga Heresy?

04.09.12

By JONATHAN LIU
Tech

People in Poor Countries Are More Interested in the Past Than the Future

04.05.12

By Michael Byrne
Tech

With Lo-Tech Pink Slime Gone, Where’s the Synthetic Beef?

04.04.12

By Miriam Simun
Tech

Hot Links: Robots Defeat Fire and Jungle, Groupon Fails, 90s Facebook

04.03.12

By Derek Mead

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10 Songs Most Likely to Get You Pulled Over for Speeding, According to Science

Looking to avoid another speeding ticket? Don’t listen to these 10 songs whenever you’re behind the wheel.

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News

Ancient Romans Used Poop as Medicine, Researchers Confirm

There is now archaeological evidence that the ancient Romans were using poop as medicine thousands of years ago.

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Health

Is Going Commando Bad for Your Health?

Is going commando, a.k.a. living your life with your balls out, good or bad for your health? We finally have some answers.

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How Bird Poop Helped Make Ancient Peru a Superpower

Researchers have long suspected that bird droppings may have helped nations like Peru dominate their regions in ancient times.

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Did Volcanoes on Mars Erupt During the Last Days of the Dinosaurs?

While Earth was still in its dinosaur era and edging into mammal history, Mars still had volcanic activity in the Tharsis region.

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