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Photo of the (Yester)Day That Was Actually Taken Today: Flower Face
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Etched in Time:
A gallery of amazing art created with an Etch-A-Sketch. (Via Drawn.)
The Tau Zero Foundation:
“Credible Research into Interstellar Flight.” Far out. Both literally and figuratively.
A pun! A pun! My keyboard for a pun!
Go. Look. Laugh!
A visit to Thog’s Masterclass
Every issue, Dave Langford’s popular science fiction fanzine Ansible includes “Thog’s Masterclass,” hilarious examples of…well, I won’t call it bad writing, because sometimes the examples come from generally excellent work by excellent writers (though not always), but even the best writer is occasionally guilty of infelicitious phrasing. The current issue has a particularly good selection …
New Study Shows People Sleep Even Less Than They Think
That’s because they’re still sitting up after midnight reading articles with headlines like New Study Shows People Sleep Even Less Than They Think, duh. I’m going to bed.
A cure for hemophilia A?
Says the headline: Novel gene therapy may lead to cure in hemophilia A patients. Maybe it’s time to revise this book.
Photo of the Day: A Light in the Trees
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Mosquito fickleness explained at last
There are people—I seem to be one of them—who attract mosquitoes like magnets attract iron filings. And then there are people who claim never to be bothered by them at all. It’s a phenomenon that has long been recognized but never understood—until now. British scientists from Rothamsted Research in Harpenden and the University of Aberdeen …
Practical? No. Expensive? Yes.
But man, does this magnetic floating bed look cool!

