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WTF? Wickr goes cat crazy to keep photos under cover The Guardian: Tech (Today) - Secure messaging app introduces new feature to allow iOS users to display pictures on Facebook without giving up their rights. Continue reading...... -
The Intriguing New Science That Could Change Your Mind About Rats Wired (Today) - Some people have non-human neighbors of the usual, inspiring kind: Bald eagles and bears, sea lions and salamanders, the sort of creatures found in nature documentaries intoned by deep-voiced narrators... - New In Last 25 minutes
- What lightning looks like from space - timelapse video Guardian Unlimited science (Today) - The European Space Agency (ESA) has released timelapse footage of lightning striking earth, as seen from the International Space Station. The footage, filmed in 2012, is made up of 49...
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Hezbollah claims responsibility for attack near Israel border LA Times World (Today) - The region was tense Wednesday as word spread of the reported cross-border fire involving Israel and Hezbollah, a dominant military and political force in Lebanon. Hezbollah and Israel waged a... - Kenya Christian broadcaster hacked BBC World (Today) - Suspected hackers briefly hijack a popular Christian radio station in Kenya, and play Islamic verses before it went off air....
- US warns of more sanctions on Russia BBC World (Today) - US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew threatens a possible extension of sanctions on Russia because of the escalation of violence in eastern Ukraine....
- Does time pass? New book says it does—but not in the way you may think Phys Org (Today) - "If you walk into a cocktail party and say, 'I don't believe that time passes,' everyone's going to think you're completely insane," says Brad Skow, an associate professor of philosophy...
- Arthropod 'family tree' gets bigger through evolution studies Phys Org (Today) - Would you be just as comfortable nibbling on a cricket or cockroach as you would be eating a crab?...
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- Cluster-grappling kids clash: Battle of the Big Iron in the Big Easy The Register (Today) - Bring your HPC weapons to the MississippiHPC Blog Two hundred years after the first Battle of New Orleans*, we saw the third, and perhaps most important, tussle the city has...
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Why All Three Game Consoles Have Now Ditched the TV Wired (Today) - Can't imagine a world without televisions? It may sound crazy now, but it's not impossible. The post Why All Three Game Consoles Have Now Ditched the TV appeared first on... -
Well That Didn’t Work: The Rolling Rocket Bomb Designed to Kill Nazis Almost Killed a Dog Instead Wired (Today) - War has a long history of sparking and accelerating invention. But while many of those ideas change history---the bayonet, aerial combat, the nuclear bomb---there are just as many that flop.... -
Forget Virtual Reality. Are You Ready for Virtual Sushi? Wired (Today) - A gastronomical virtual reality experience that uses head mounted displays, 3-D printers, and food science to trick our taste buds. The post Forget Virtual Reality. Are You Ready for Virtual... -
Fantastically Wrong: The Bizarre Mirages That Once Scared the Bejesus Out of Sailors Wired (Today) - Jesuit priests aren’t especially known for their heavy drug use, but it would seem that Father Domenico Giardina was tripping pretty hard on August 14, 1643. Looking out over the...
