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How a College Party Led to a $500K Invention (Newser Daily Digest)

How a College Party Led to a $500K Invention

(Newser) - When a pair of college roommates were cleaning up after a party, there were bottle caps everywhere, so they picked them up with a magnet. Fast forward a few years, and the two have turned the magnet trick into a simple $60 invention—and they've sold $500,000 worth... More »

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Lemonade Tale Has Sweet Finish

(Newser) - A lemons-into-lemonade lesson and a teen who turned his worry about his grandfather into a prize-winning invention are among the week's most uplifting stories: Town Helps Boys After Lemonade Stand Is Robbed : When a not-very-classy guy walked off with all the money from two kids' lemonade stand, it seemed... More »

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Cult of Parenting Is Destroying Marriage

(Newser) - In the US, parenting today is comparable to a religion: "Nothing in life is allowed to be more important than our children, and we must never speak a disloyal word about our relationships with our offspring," write Danielle and Astro Teller at Quartz . As evidence, they point to... More »

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Teen's Invention May Save Alzheimer's Patients' Lives

(Newser) - When Kenneth Shinozuka's grandfather, who has Alzheimer's, was found wandering on a freeway at night, it left a deep impression on the 15-year-old; now he has been recognized for an invention to make sure it never happens again. The device is a pressure sensor that can be worn... More »

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JPMorgan Attack Hit 10 Financial Firms

(Newser) - The hacking of JPMorgan Chase—which was on par, size-wise, with the attack on Target —affected about nine other financial companies, too, the New York Times reports. Exactly which banks and brokerages those were isn't clear, nor is it certain if those breaches were as extensive as JPMorgan'... More »

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Scientist Unlocks a da Vinci Secret

(Newser) - Among Leonardo da Vinci's most famous paintings is a portrait of a woman holding an ermine, but a new analysis shows there's a lot more to it than that. The portrait features Cecilia Gallerani, the mistress of the "white ermine," as da Vinci patron the Duke... More »

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Fisherman's Catch Has 'Human Teeth'

(Newser) - A fisherman in Russia has come upon a scary-sounding creature: a fish with teeth that look like our own, UPI reports. "I opened its mouth and was horrified to see human-like teeth in there," Alexander Korobov says. He caught the fish in the city of Arkhangelsk and took... More »

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Curiosity Changes Brain, Helps You Learn Better

(Newser) - Curiosity isn't just the sign of a healthy mind—a new study suggests it actually helps the mind get stronger. Researchers in Australia found that people were better able to remember something if they were naturally curious about the subject, reports LiveScience . That wasn't too surprising. The more... More »

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Scientist Trying to Resurrect King David's Wine

(Newser) - If a scientist in Israel is successful, we could someday taste the wine described in the Bible. In 2011, Elyashiv Drori sent students throughout Israel in search of wild grapes, which were tough to find in an area that saw alcohol banned for centuries under past Muslim rulers, the BBC... More »

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