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"Scientists Unlock Mystery in Evolution of Pitchers" - New York Times
Evolution of the Pitch: Humans can throw a lot faster than chimpanzees--one of our closest genetic relatives. But why? And when did we evolve a throwing arm?By JAMES GORMANPublished: June 26, 2013No...
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What the Rising Number of Single Dads Says About Fatherhood in General. (The...
Nearly a quarter of single parents in the United States are men—a sign of how all fathers are taking a more active role with their kids.Excerpt: "(A recent PEW report) shows a massive, ninefold...
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The Spectrum Of Psychopathy: Where Do You Lie? (TED Radio Hour)
The Unquiet MindWe've all had that moment. The moment where you might see or hear something and you wonder: Am I going crazy? In this hour, TED speakers share their experiences straddling that line...
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"Parasites" (RadioLab)
Season 6 | Episode 3ParasitesPlay00:00 / 00:00ListenAddDownloadEmbedStream m3uEnlargeSchistosome parasite (Bruce Wetzel and Harry Schaefer/Wikipedia Commons)PodcastsMoreWhat's gotten into you? In this...
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"Why Men Need Women" - New York Times
Rachell SumpterBy ADAM GRANTPublished: July 20, 2013 303 CommentsWHAT makes some men miserly and others generous? What motivated Bill Gates, for example, to make more than $28 billion in philanthropic...
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Iberian Lynx Soon to Be Extinct Due to Climate Change
Southern Europe’s lynx is facing extinction and researchers have predicted that climate change will totally wipe out the remaining number of the species. Described as a type of bobcat by Americans, the...
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"Egypt’s ‘democrats’ abandon democracy," Jackson Diehl
Esraa Abdel Fattah***By Jackson Diehl, Published: July 21 E-mail the writerIn the spring of 2008, a 27-year-old Egyptian woman named Esraa Abdel Fattah created a Facebook page to support a strike...
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Auticon: German Company Trains Autistic People To Be IT Specialists
GLOBALIZATIONGerman company trains autistic as IT specialistsGermany's job market needs IT specialists. People with Asperger's syndrome are often very skilled in this field, but companies shy away from...
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Black Males: Guilty 'Til Proven Innocent
Corey Bookerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Booker***Excerpt: "Newark Mayor Corey Booker fully accepts that there is a right to self-defense. “One of the things I learned from the good cops is that...
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Florida Legislators Propose "Don't Shoot Me For Absolutely No Reason" Law
TALLAHASSEE (The Borowitz Report)—Opponents of Florida’s Stand Your Ground law are attempting to mobilize support for a new law called Don’t Shoot Me for Absolutely No Reason.The proposed law, which...
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A Wealth Tax In Addition To Income Tax?
Tyler Cowen on July 21, 2013 That is my latest New York Times column, and it starts with this:IF you’d like to know where American political debates are headed, the data suggest a simple answer. The...
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Too Pig To Fail: "Banks Need Far More Structural Reform To Be Safe"...
Too Pig To Fail"Why People Hate Bank Of America"Matt Taibbihttp://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/07/heres-why-people-hate-bank-of-america.html***“This Is Why They Hate You And Want You To Die” Wall...
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King David's Palace?
Dear Fred,I looked at the quality of stone work in the following photo and my first thought was: "What primitive people!" As a student of Latin America, here is why I was conditioned to have that...
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When You Eat Is As Important As What You Eat
Published: Jul 22, 2013By Todd Neale, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage TodayReviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaAction PointsMen...
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Earth seen from 900,000,000 miles away
Enlarge photo athttp://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/1366x768_autoletterbox/public/20130722_annotated_earth-moon_from_saturn_1920x1080.jpg?itok=D6WPAdwkFull story and more...
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Eudora Welty and Medgar Evers' Murder
JULY 18, 2013A MURDER IN DEEP SUMMERPOSTED BY CASEY N. CEPAlthough she was in the thick of her novel “Losing Battles,” Eudora Welty paused from that long work to write a short story. “I don’t write out...
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Stand-Your-Ground, The Perception Of Threat, And Our Evolving Political Matrix
PERCEIVED THREATSBY JELANI COBBJULY 29, 2013The conflict over Stand Your Ground isn’t simply a matter of race; it’s a matter of differing trajectories in history and their implications in the...
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Obama and Bush adroitly photo-shopped
Except for Obama's obsession with "homeland security" and his desire for immigration reform, I don't see much similarity.But the photo-shopping is brilliant!
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New Yorker Review: Fruitvale Station - "What is the value of a young black...
What is the value of a young black man’s life? That question should have been settled long ago—or never asked—but it remains enragingly alive, and it has been posed again, with uncanny timing and...
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