…small. Really, really small.

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…you see the headline “Denmark to Set Up Ice Cap Stations” and just for a second, you think, “The Danes have just now discovered the joys of iced cappuccinos?” Mmmm…iced cappuccino…

From The Guardian: According to a report from New Scientist, this sort of petty distraction – emails and phone calls from colleagues and family, people dropping by your desk, computer-generated reminders – take up more than two hours of the typical working day. *** In fact, the study showed that due to various distractions their …

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And it looks like a really cool device I wouldn’t mind owning myself. Just think, turning pages while playing the piano by pressing a foot pedal–that alone would be worth the price. UPDATE: Or maybe not. Looks like it currently costs $1,199 U.S. Maybe I’ll wait a while.

…on how our grip on reality is slim. Or maybe I just imagined it.

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…whose soft tissues have been at least partially preserved is undergoing extensive testing with medical imaging equipment, and giving up secrets that are 77 million years old.

Canada now boasts the “world’s most technologically advanced research facilities” in the National Nanotechnology Institute, which apparently also features “Canada’s quietest space,” achieved through the joint efforts of 3,287 of Canada’s best school librarians.* *I made that last part up.

…is this scarf for techno-addicts.

…but then, in space, no one can hear the soundtrack anyway.