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DNA testing service will test your girlfriend's underwear to find out if she's cheating
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DNA testing service will test your girlfriend's underwear to find out if she's cheating

DNA testing company the Paternity Lab Center has come up with an ingenious (re: horrifying) way to identify unfaithful partners: for a mere $200… EJ Dickson   |   01.5.2012   |   Comments (11)
Science has invented a way to cloak time, or something like that
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Science has invented a way to cloak time, or something like that

What have the scientists over at Cornell University been up to lately? Oh, nothing much. Just inventing themselves a goddamn time… Rick Paulas   |   01.5.2012   |   Comments (2)
Scientists identify "Barry White Syndrome:" deep voices are attractive to women
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Scientists identify "Barry White Syndrome:" deep voices are attractive to women

Maybe it's because I grew up listening to The Hanson Brothers and not Motown, but this Scientific American study just doesn't speak to… Maura Hehir   |   01.5.2012   |   Comments (3)
France, Netherlands investigating reports of faulty breast implants
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France, Netherlands investigating reports of faulty breast implants

Last Thursday, French public health officials announced that they were considering a recall of faulty silicon breast implants implants made by… EJ Dickson   |   12.26.2011   |   Comments (9)
We prefer products placed beside our own Facebook photos than a picture of Beyonce
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We prefer products placed beside our own Facebook photos than a picture of Beyonce

Yet another notch in our Narcissistic Generation belt: according to a new study, advertising products on our Facebook pages seems to be the most… Maura Hehir   |   12.16.2011   |   Comments (3)
MIT develops camera that captures the speed of light
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MIT develops camera that captures the speed of light

When I was a kid and the concept of "the speed of light" was first introduced to me, I tried to see if I could catch it with the naked… Rick Paulas   |   12.13.2011   |   Comments (3)
Study assures tweaked-out students that ADHD meds don't pose risk of heart damage
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Study assures tweaked-out students that ADHD meds don't pose risk of heart damage

Good news if you're a college student who spent all night working on that paper about colonialist themes in The Tempest: according to a… EJ Dickson   |   12.13.2011   |   Comments (5)
Scientists discover new, Earth-like planet
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Scientists discover new, Earth-like planet

NASA has discovered the first ever officially-confirmed planet existing in a "habitable zone," meaning it's possible for liquid… Virginia Smith   |   12.6.2011   |   Comments (27)
David Lynch gives $1 million to veterans to teach them meditation
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David Lynch gives $1 million to veterans to teach them meditation

In what is probably the least weird thing director David Lynch has ever done with his money, the David Lynch Foundation is giving away $1 million… EJ Dickson   |   12.3.2011   |   Comments (3)
Steve Martin fact checks Fox News on astronomy
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Steve Martin fact checks Fox News on astronomy

Fox News viewers might know less than people who don't watch any news, but Steve Martin has their backs. After FoxNews.com ran a story titled… Marty Beckerman   |   12.1.2011   |   Comments (7)
World's first sex school opens in Vienna
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World's first sex school opens in Vienna

Let's all say one great big "danke schon" to Austria: the nation that gave us Mozart, Freud, and Pez (!) will soon bring us the… EJ Dickson   |   11.30.2011   |   Comments (9)
Your computer is (maybe) killing your sperm
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Your computer is (maybe) killing your sperm

Guys: if you are trying to father a child, you might want to unearth your '90s time capsule and reinstall the dial-up modem. Scientists in… Marty Beckerman   |   11.29.2011   |   Comments (4)
Study: Walking through doors makes you forgetful
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Study: Walking through doors makes you forgetful

The reason Christopher Nolan's Memento works so well — other than the perfect editing technique — is that it uses that classic… Rick Paulas   |   11.23.2011   |   Comments (5)
Study suggests that foster kids are being handed out antipsychosis drugs like candy
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Study suggests that foster kids are being handed out antipsychosis drugs like candy

Now, before we get into this, I'll make it known that I'm totally against giving children psychiatric prescription drugs, unless it's… Maura Hehir   |   11.21.2011   |   Comments (7)
Sex makes your grandma happier than baking cookies
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Sex makes your grandma happier than baking cookies

No one likes to think about this, except for AARP members and wrinkle fetishists, but old people enjoy having orgasms just as much as everybody… Marty Beckerman   |   11.20.2011   |   Comments (5)
Heterosexual rugby player has stroke, wakes up gay
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Heterosexual rugby player has stroke, wakes up gay

If you identify as having a sexual orientation, and you have no intention of changing it anytime soon, avoid trying to impress your friends with… EJ Dickson   |   11.8.2011   |   Comments (22)
Large asteroid to breeze past Earth today
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Large asteroid to breeze past Earth today

Today, our planet will narrowly avoid a large, summer blockbuster plot. Scientists have reported that a large asteroid, roughly the size of… Carlos Cabrera   |   11.8.2011   |   Comments (1)
Crazy earthquake rocks central Oklahoma
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Crazy earthquake rocks central Oklahoma

If crazy, sofa-faced doomsday predictor Rev. Harold Camping didn't give you reason to believe that the end of the world is rapidly… EJ Dickson   |   11.6.2011   |   Comments (8)
Ohio woman claims to have witnessed hot, hot ghost sex
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Ohio woman claims to have witnessed hot, hot ghost sex

If you heard the song "Grim Grinnin' Ghosts" at some point during your Halloween debauchery, you know from the lyrics that they… EJ Dickson   |   11.2.2011   |   Comments (12)
The Depo-Provera birth control shot could cause memory loss
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The Depo-Provera birth control shot could cause memory loss

Bad news for the women out there who prefer taking their birth control in shot form: Depo-Provera may actually cause memory loss.  A… Virginia Smith   |   11.2.2011   |   Comments (11)