March 2012
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The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for...
– Neil deGrasse Tyson (via nedhepburn)
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February 2012
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Infrastructure: America's subterranean malaise →
N.B. | WASHINGTON, D.C., economist.com
SALON’s Will Doig had a nice piece last week riffing off a common theme: why does it take so long and cost so much for America to complete infrastructure projects when China seems to complete them in mere months for a fraction of t…
Why do infrastructure projects in the US take so long and cost so much?
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How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy - The Atlantic →
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A tiny parasite called Toxoplasma gondii might be driving people crazy. That’s what Jaroslav Flegr believes, anyway. For years he has pursued the odd, yet increasingly realistic theory that this brain-dwelling parasite could be infecting humans via household cats and affecting the way they behave.
It’s not “crazy cat lady” syndrome, per se, but if Toxo can drive rats so nuts that...
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