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Santa Gets Some Help: 5 Most Uplifting Stories (Newser Daily Digest)

Santa Gets Some Help: 5 Most Uplifting Stories

(Newser) - It's almost crunch time for holiday shopping, so no surprise that some examples of generosity make this week's list of uplifting stories: Woman Pays $20K in Others' Layaway Costs : Shoppers who couldn't pay for items on the spot at a Massachusetts Toys 'R' Us no longer... More »

Newser located this story for you on Sunday, December 14, 2014 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.

How to Make Your Monitor Way More Useful

(Newser) - Browsing the web on a desktop? You're probably not making the most of your monitor, writes Mike Wehner at the Daily Dot . Fortunately, it's very easy to fix the problem: Rotate the thing vertically. Computer monitors have long adhered to same format as TV screens, meaning that these... More »

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How Birds Stopped Growing Teeth

(Newser) - Yesterday was a big day for bird lovers: Twenty-three new papers revealed all kinds of scientific information about the animals, ranging from how they learn to sing to how they got their feathers, Australia's ABC reports. Among the reports was one looking into how the creatures lost their teeth.... More »

Newser located this story for you on Sunday, December 14, 2014 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.

Facebook Could Offer Reactions Beyond 'Like': Zuckerberg

(Newser) - When a friend posts a sad piece of news on Facebook, you may want to show your emotional support—but clicking "Like" clearly isn't the right way to do so. "Often people tell us that they don't feel comfortable pressing 'like' because 'like' isn'... More »

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5 Most Incredible Discoveries of the Week

(Newser) - The mystery of skeletons found in shackles make the list this week: Scientists Near Creepy Ancient Arena Make Even Creepier Find : In France, there's an old Roman amphitheater that once hosted gladiator fights and had a "Door of the Dead" through which people would be carried to their... More »

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How Lasers Can Spot the Perfect Apple

(Newser) - It can be tough to tell, without biting into an apple, whether it's unripe, just ripe enough, or its tastiest days are behind it. Fortunately, scientists in Lebanon and France are working on a new way to determine ripeness, and instead of using their teeth, they've opted for... More »

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Archaeologists Exhume Thousands of Nazi Victims

(Newser) - Over the course of six weeks, archaeologists have exhumed the remains of an estimated 3,000 men from eight mass graves in southeastern Poland—bones belonging to nearly-impossible-to-identify soldiers who were victims of the Nazis. The Soviet and Italian troops were interned in a German stalag near the city of... More »

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