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Bill Gates and how he hopes to reduce the death toll by 80% in 25 years

I’m not paid by Forbes to say this, but if you have a chance, you should try and pick up the current issue of Forbes Magazine. It’s the one with Bill Gates on the cover (see above) and the cover … Continue reading

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The Smithsonian Wild photo project

This is pretty remarkable to sift through. The Smithsonian has put online their massive Smithsonian Wild image collection which includes many camera traps used by scientists and researchers to study animals in their natural habitat with the least amount of … Continue reading

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Can you beat a computer at Rock, Paper, Scissors?

If you are truly bored at the computer, you can head on over to The New York Times website and play a game of rock, paper, scissors with a computer. If you play at the Veteran level, the computer takes … Continue reading

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The Skin Gun

This is amazing. A new medical device called “The Skin Gun” is capable of using the healthy skin cells from a skin burn victim to radically reduce healing time of a burn injury. The Skin Gun is so effective in … Continue reading

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NASA makes fake vomit to test new trash bags

Though the video shows a bunch of scientists at NASA mixing various liquids and chemicals to create authentic vomit, the real exciting news coming from this sort of research is the fact that one day we will have trash bags … Continue reading

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Who took the snow leopard photo on the Mac OS X Snow Leopard box?

PDN Pulse did a bit of research and found out that photographer Tim Davis is responsible for the snow leopard photo used on Apple’s Mac OS X Snow Leopard packaging. As it turns out, it was very hard to track … Continue reading

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