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Saturday, February 8, 2014

DIY Your Wanderlust

Because there is literally nothing better than getting yourself in the right state to travel.

maybe it's time for a change

19 DIY Projects For The Travel Obsessed

Turn the leftover coins from your trip into a new accessory. It's an awesome way to always keep your adventures close.

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The Valentine's Day Cards You Need

Forget Hallmark. Forget American Greetings. You need passive aggressive cards like these.

15 Passive Aggressive Valentine’s Day Cards

Move over, Hallmark. These are the cards you really need this V-Day.

says it all, really

WTF

The Sochi mascot is a bear. But this particular bear will give you nightmares.

FAIL

Meanwhile, an Olympic ring failed to open during the Opening Ceremony. It made everything kind of awkward.

WIN

This teen replaced every family photo in her house with a picture of Kanye West, just to see if her family would notice. It took them three days.

LOL

Hey, mom? These jokes are just for you.

LOL

This man has an ingenious solution for avoiding boredom on the train. Well done, sir.

OMG

You've believed in sugar rushes. You've believed that there are only five human senses. You've been told LIES.

CUTE

And finally: This is the Rocky Ridge Refuge. For needy animals, it's a magical place.

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The Biggest Smile Ever?

Has anyone ever been as happy as this little girl seeing rain for the first time?

CUTE

Now that's a smile!

WIN

Right. In. The. Feels.

LOL

Celebs Read Mean Tweets About Themselves

Jimmy Kimmel sometimes catches celebrities up on what people are saying about them. It isn't always so nice. (3:05)

Poor Joseph Gordon-Levitt!

OMG

A Tightrope In The Sky

A group of daredevils tried to walk a tightrope between two hot air balloons. This will take your breath away. (4:25)

Don't look down!

LMAO

Hieroglyphics don't apply to many of us.

CUTE

It's just a song, little guy!

WIN

Canada's Awesome Answer To Russia's Anti-LGBT Policies

The Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion makes an excellent point. You will never see the luge the same way again. (0:33)

LOL

The Things Dads Say In Cars

There are certain things your dad only says to you in the car. It's probably best that they stay there. (1:56)

Aw, really, dad?

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ScienceDaily: Top Science News

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Social or stinky? New study reveals how animal defenses evolve

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 12:13 PM PST

Some animals are "eww" while others are "aww." Why do some animals use stinking secretions for defense, while others are social? In a new study, researchers found that noxious spraying was favored by animals that were nocturnal and mostly at risk from other animals, while sociality was favored by animals that were active during the day and potentially vulnerable to birds of prey.

Europe's oldest footprints uncovered on English coast

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 10:45 AM PST

The earliest human footprints outside of Africa have been uncovered, on the English coast, by a team of scientists. Their discovery offers researchers an insight into the migration of pre-historic people hundreds of thousands of years ago when Britain was linked by land to continental Europe.

'Steak-knife' teeth reveal ecology of oldest land predators

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 05:39 AM PST

The first top predators to walk on land were not afraid to bite off more than they could chew, a study has found. Researchers suggest that Dimetrodon, a carnivore that walked on land between 298 million and 272 million years ago, was the first terrestrial vertebrate to develop serrated ziphodont teeth.

Opening 'the X-files' helped researchers to understand why women and men differ in height

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 05:38 AM PST

Given its unique nature, the X chromosome has often been neglected when performing large-scale genetic studies. Because women have two copies of this chromosome and men only one, identifying genetic associations with X chromosomal genes can be particularly valuable in helping us to understand why some characteristics differ between sexes. Researchers have now identified novel X-chromosomal genetic variants that influence human height.

Fish biomass in the ocean may be 10 times higher than estimated: Stock of mesopelagic fish changes from 1,000 to 10,000 million tons

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 05:38 AM PST

With a stock estimated at 1,000 million tons so far, mesopelagic fish dominate the total biomass of fish in the ocean. However, scientists have found that their abundance could be at least 10 times higher. The results are based on the acoustic observations conducted during the circumnavigation of the Malaspina Expedition.

Click chemistry could provide total chemical DNA synthesis, study shows

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 05:38 AM PST

An interdisciplinary study has shown for the first time that 'click chemistry' can be used to assemble DNA that is functional in human cells, which paves the way for a purely chemical method for gene synthesis. Human cells can still read through strands of DNA correctly despite being stitched together using a linker not found in nature.

Toxin in seafood causes kidney damage in mice at levels considered safe for consumption

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 05:36 AM PST

Domoic acid accumulates in seafood and is toxic to the brain. Research indicates that the toxin damages kidneys at concentrations that are 100 times lower than what causes neurological effects.

Substance in photosynthesis was in play in ancient, methane-producing microbes

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 05:36 AM PST

A process that turns on photosynthesis in plants likely developed on Earth in ancient microbes 2.5 billion years ago, long before oxygen became available, according to new research.

Study shows yogurt consumption reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes

Posted: 05 Feb 2014 03:47 PM PST

New research shows that higher consumption of yogurt, compared with no consumption, can reduce the risk of new-onset type 2 diabetes by 28 percent. Scientists found that in fact higher consumption of low-fat fermented dairy products, which include all yogurt varieties and some low-fat cheeses, also reduced the relative risk of diabetes by 24 percent overall.

ScienceDaily: Top Technology News

ScienceDaily: Top Technology News


New application of physics tools used in biology

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 10:30 AM PST

A physicist and his colleagues have found a new application for the tools and mathematics typically used in physics to help solve problems in biology.

Computer models help decode cells that sense light without seeing

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 10:30 AM PST

Researchers have found that the melanopsin pigment in the retina is potentially more sensitive to light than its more famous counterpart, rhodopsin, the pigment that allows for night vision. Scientists have leveraged supercomputers to study melanopsin, a retina pigment capable of sensing environmental light changes, informing the nervous system and synchronizing it with the day/night rhythm.

Bottom-up insight into crowd dynamics: Preparing for stampedes, mass evacuations

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 08:41 AM PST

Stampedes unfortunately occur on too regular a basis. Previously, physicists developed numerous models of crowd evacuation dynamics. Now, a new study outlines a procedure for quantitatively comparing different crowd models, which also helps to compare these models with real-world data. In a new paper, researchers have demonstrated that these crowd evacuation dynamics models are a viable decision-making tool in safety preparation and planning concerning real-world human crowds.

Ranking disease-causal mutations within whole genome sequences

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 08:41 AM PST

Researchers have developed a new method for organizing and prioritizing genetic data. The Combined Annotation–Dependent Depletion method will assist scientists in their search for disease-causing mutation events in human genomes.

Social media, self-esteem and suicide: Nations with more corruption demonstrate more social media, less suicide

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 06:40 AM PST

In nations where corruption is rife, it seems that citizens these days find an escape from the everyday problems that trickle down to their lives by using online social media more than those elsewhere. Research also suggests that these two factors -- more corruption, more social networking -- also correlate with lower suicide rates.

Efficiently harnessing low frequency vibrations as infinite power source for miniature electronic devices

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 06:40 AM PST

Researchers have conceptualized a novel strategy to efficiently harness low frequency vibrations as infinite power source for miniature electronic devices.

Click chemistry could provide total chemical DNA synthesis, study shows

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 05:38 AM PST

An interdisciplinary study has shown for the first time that 'click chemistry' can be used to assemble DNA that is functional in human cells, which paves the way for a purely chemical method for gene synthesis. Human cells can still read through strands of DNA correctly despite being stitched together using a linker not found in nature.

Large thermoelectric power from a combination of magnets and superconductors

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 05:37 AM PST

Thermoelectric devices can cool materials by passing currents, or convert temperature differences into electric power. However, especially metallic structures have a very poor thermoelectric performance, and therefore most thermoelectrics are made of semiconductors. Now researchers have shown how a proper combination of magnetic metals and superconductors could allow reaching very strong thermoelectric conversion efficiency.

Synthesized sponge chemical shows promise for cancer

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 05:37 AM PST

A promising compound for cancer treatment has been synthesized in a laboratory by a PhD student.

United States lead in science and technology shrinking

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 01:45 PM PST

The United States' predominance in science and technology eroded further during the last decade, as several Asian nations -- particularly China and South Korea -- rapidly increased their innovation capacities.

Nanoparticle pinpoints blood vessel plaques

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 01:45 PM PST

A team of researchers has developed a multifunctional nanoparticle that enables magnetic resonance imaging to pinpoint blood vessel plaques caused by atherosclerosis. The technology is a step toward creating a non-invasive method of identifying plaques vulnerable to rupture -- the cause of heart attack and stroke -- in time for treatment.

Excrement collected worldwide shows co-evolution of herbivores, their gut microbes

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 11:20 AM PST

An extensive study on excrement and rumen fluids in plant-eating mammals from all over the whole world shows that the ciliates in their guts have evolved in parallel with them. This is the result of a five-year research project performed by evolution biologists, microbiologists and computer scientists.

Scientists use 'voting' and 'penalties' to overcome errors in quantum optimization

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 10:39 AM PST

Seeking a solution to decoherence -- the "noise" that prevents quantum processors from functioning properly -- scientists have developed a strategy of linking quantum bits together into voting blocks, a strategy that significantly boosts their accuracy. In a new study, the team found that their method results in at least a five-fold increase in the probability of reaching the correct answer when the processor solves the largest problems tested by the researcher, involving hundreds of qubits.

Virtual-reality 'assisted' flying? Helping airline passengers experience comfort, space and altered self-perception

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 08:13 AM PST

Does this sound familiar? After a long check-in procedure you are finally sitting in your assigned seat on the aircraft. But the seat is too narrow, the foot-well is too tight, you have neighbors using both armrests, and the family with small children in the row in front increases the noise level considerably. If only there was a way to hide the environment or perhaps even create an illusion of comfort and relaxation! This illusion could soon become a reality, leading to a significant improvement of airline passenger comfort.

First leadless pacemaker in U.S. implanted into patient

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 07:07 AM PST

This February during American Heart Month, a surgeon implanted the United States' first miniature-sized, leadless cardiac pacemaker directly inside a patient's heart without surgery.

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