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[Bruwheresmycar]

http://theconversation.edu.au/wind-turbine-syndrome-a-classic-communicated-disease-8318

 

[matty_k]

Not a great article but an amazing video.
Make sure you put it on full screen.

 

[Zeno]

Not a great article but I need somewhere to put this.

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MasterChef Canine

After weeks of earnest competition, it all came down to the grand finale in the MasterChef kitchen last night. Finalists Audra, Andy and Julia put their best dishes in front of the judges and waited to learn their fate.

Audra plated up first. She engineered a typical fusion of East-West cuisines by putting a whole BBQ chicken through a blender and stirring soy, black bean and fish sauces into the mush. Gary Labrador, licking the sauce from his jowls, said it was 'bloody delicious!' and 'not one bit too salty!'

Andy played it safe with chunks of seasoned sausage mince, warmed up in bacon grease and served on kibble with the juices drizzled over. Roly-poly judge George Staffordshire had to be dragged from the tasting table so that his colleagues could get a taste of the dish. 'You have axcelled yourself!' he told Andy, when he had regained his composure.

Julia took a different tack, basing her dish on some decidedly green slabs of rump steak that had been left in a bag at the bottom of the fridge for ten days. Her approach was 'deceptively simple', said Matt St Bernard-Preston; everyone had been expecting her to cook the meat, and instead she dropped it on the floor and let the judges scrap and scuffle for their share.

Tasting over, it was time for the judges to deliver their scores. Gary awarded all the dishes 11 out of 10, as did George, and Matt followed suit. With the contestants tied on 33 points, the judges called for a sudden-death cook-off.

And on it went, late into the night....

 

[Joe Mac]

Unnatural Selection: Muscles, Genes and Genetic Cheats

Can specific genes cause muscles to grow faster or stronger, and can genetic tampering give athletes an unnatural edge?
http://www.readability.com/read?url...?id=muscles-genes-cheats-2012-olympics-london

 

[Joe Mac]

A Drop-In Looking for Signs of Company​

Right now, a spacecraft containing Curiosity — a car-size, nuclear-powered planet rover — is coasting at 8,000 miles per hour toward​

Mars​

, nearing the end of a journey that began in November.​

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/31/s...-ready-for-mars-landing.html?_r=1&ref=science

 

[Joe Mac]

How Silence Works: Emailed Conversations With Four Trappist Monks

http://www.readability.com/read?url=http://www.theawl.com/2012/06/how-silence-works-trappist-monks

 

[Joe Mac]

The greatest mystery of the Inca Empire was its strange economy

http://io9.com/5872764/the-greatest-mystery-of-the-inca-empire-was-its-strange-economy

 

[Joe Mac]

Usain Bolt: ‘Legends have come before me, but this is my time’

http://www.readability.com/read?url...ends-have-come-before-me-but-this-is-my-time/

 

[Joe Mac]

How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: A Remembrance

http://kieselaymon.com/?p=2131

 

[Joe Mac]

Is Depression Inherited?​

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/opinion/sunday/is-depression-inherited.html

 

[Joe Mac]

Sex: The Multiplicity of Desire


Short-stay motels, foot-fetish parties, lesbian role reversal, a hot date on Smith Street: Saturday night in the city.

http://www.readability.com/read?url=http://nymag.com/news/features/sex/2012/saturday-night-tour/

 

[Joe Mac]

A Day Job Waiting for a Kill Shot a World Away​

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/30/us/drone-pilots-waiting-for-a-kill-shot-7000-miles-away.html

 

[Joe Mac]

Genetically modified athletes: Forget drugs. There are even suggestions some Chinese athletes' genes are altered to make them stronger​

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2181873/Genetically-modified-athletes-Forget-drugs-There-suggestions-Chinese-athletes-genes-altered-make-stronger.html#ixzz22MDlVj4S​

 

[Joe Mac]

Torture or training? Inside the brutal Chinese gymnasium where the country's future Olympic stars are beaten into shape

• Nanning Gymnasium in Nanning, China, is one of many ruthless training camps in China
• Here children, some as young as five, battle to complete the demanding routines on bars, rings, and mats

By MATT BLAKE


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2182127/How-China-trains-children-win-gold--standing-girls-legs-young-boys-hang-bars.html#ixzz22S8fOJzp

 

[Vanuatu Chiefs]

Thanks JM, keep them coming. A very eclectic reading mix that I pick & choose depending on my mood.

 

[Bruwheresmycar]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...reacher-cures-cancer-kicking-people-face.html

An evangelist who kicks followers in the face, claiming his violence will cure them of cancer, is to tour Britain this month – but his proposed visit has provoked outrage and demands that he be banned from entering the country.

 

[Bruwheresmycar]

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/opi...-our-age-of-enlightenment-20120808-23uiq.html

 

[Bruwheresmycar]

The Measurement That Would Reveal The Universe As A Computer Simulation

If the cosmos is a numerical simulation, there ought to be clues in the spectrum of high energy cosmic rays, say theorists

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/429561/the-measurement-that-would-reveal-the-universe-as/

 

[Bruwheresmycar]

Not an article, but a great thought provoking lecture. Covering why logic and mathematics might be inconsistent.