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31 Jul 09
'Rosetta stone' offers digital lifeline
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Researchers working in Japan say they might have the breakthrough archivists are praying for - a sealed permanent memory bank that will be easily readable now and far into the next millennium.
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17 Nov 08
Futurist Top Ten for 2009 and Beyond
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1. Everything you say and do will be
recorded by 2030. By the late 2010s, ubiquitous, unseen nanodevices
will provide seamless communication and surveillance among all people
everywhere. Humans will have nanoimplants, facilitating interaction in
an omnipresent network. Everyone will have a unique Internet Protocol
(IP) address. Since nano storage capacity is almost limitless, all
conversation and activity will be recorded and recoverable. -Gene
Stephens, "Cybercrime in the Year 2025," July-Aug 2008, p. 34
01 Nov 08
Red LEDs could make anti-ageing device - tech - 28 October 2008 - New Scientist Tech
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Andrei Sommer and Dan Zhu of the University of Ulm in Germany have been investigating how water molecules in the skin interact with different substances. They found that water molecules close to a hydrophobic, or "water-hating", substance formed a slippery crystalline layer, while those surrounding a hydrophilic, or water-loving, substance were glue-like.
29 Oct 08
How to Backpack
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Pack your clothes inside of a garbage bag with the top folded over. Put
the heaviest items closer to the small of your back. Keep your rain
gear, snacks, and whistle easily available. Use ziplocks and stuff
sacks liberally. Keep all of your smellable things in a small number of
places so you don't miss any when it's time to pack up things in the
bear keg/bag.
24 Oct 08
Conscientiousness is the secret to a long life - health - 23 October 2008 - New Scientist
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Howard Friedman and Margaret Kern at the University of California at Riverside found that people who were less conscientious were 50 per cent more likely to die at any given age, on average, than those of the same age who scored highly (Health Psychology, DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.27.5.505). This exceeds the effects of socioeconomic status and intelligence, which are also known to increase longevity.
20 Oct 08
They write you up, your mum and dad | Life and style | The Guardian
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Of course, it wasn't Sawalha's fault. She was just reading the lines written by my mother, who had clearly decided that giving birth to me automatically gave her copyright on my life.
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And there is no richer source of inspiration than your own family.
21 Aug 08
Polygamy is the key to a long life - being-human - 19 August 2008 - New Scientist
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After accounting for socioeconomic differences, men aged over 60 from 140 countries that practice polygamy to varying degrees lived on average 12% longer than men from 49 mostly monogamous nations, says Virpi Lummaa, an ecologist at the University of Sheffield, UK.
27 Jul 08
31 Simple Ways to Prevent Cancer: Reduce Your Risk | Living Healthy | Reader's Digest
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1. Serve sauerkraut at your next picnic. A Finnish study found that the fermentation process involved in making sauerkraut produces several other cancer-fighting compounds, including ITCs, indoles, and sulforaphane. To reduce the sodium content, rinse canned or jarred sauerkraut before eating.
02 Apr 08
老公的快乐(by 漏丹) - 思维的乐趣BLOG
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老公精心照料培育的癌细胞，今后大半就都要变成风流鬼了。
"所以说红颜祸水。"
这台东西装完了，就这么演示了一把，他又要把各个部件都拆下来，放回别的机器。因为这一台机器和其他机器都还有别的用处，实验室里其他人几乎天天都要用到。所以老公每次做这个实验，必然又要东拆西补。经济不景气的时候，只好自己多劳动了。但老公乐此不疲，我也因而觉得他并非受了老板的压榨，竟也觉得开心起来。
25 Mar 08
The Secret To Google’s Success: Free Beer And Sushi
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The Secret To Google’s Success: Free Beer And Sushi
Duncan Riley
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Google’s original chef Charlie Ayers claims in a new book that much of Google’s success comes from free beer and sushi.In Eat Yourself Smart, he argues that Sushi made Google’s engineers work better: “The fat found in fish helps make the cell membranes round the brain more elastic and more able to absorb nutrients easily.”
In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, he explains how Google got top results out of it’s employees
06 Mar 08
BBC China | 英国生活 | 完美妻子 厨艺当先
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时代在变、好妻子的标准也在变。可无论花样如何翻新，要想征服一个男人的心，还得先征服他的胃。
20世纪50年代，英国出版的一本“贤内助指南”（Good Wife Guide）手册就曾明确告诉主妇们，精湛的厨艺是“搞定”老公的终极武器。
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