Haters May Have a Natural Disposition to Hate
The researchers coined the term “dispositional attitudes” as a new means of assessing a person’s baseline outlook on the world
Can Wikipedia Edits Predict Box Office Success?
How do you quantify the buzz around a movie? One group of researchers suggests looking at Wikipedia edits
The Housing Bubble’s Latest Victims Are Doomed Desert Tortoises
The Bureau of Land Management funded the center through mandatory fees for housing developers, but money dried up after the housing bubble burst
Drones Could Carry Defibrillators Straight to Heart Attack Victims
For heart attack victims, life expectancy decreases by about 10 percent for every minute that ticks by after an emergency
Wildfires Now Could Mean Floods Next Spring
By burning down trees, wildfires open the door for future flooding
The Moon Had Water Since the Day It Was Born
The Moon was birthed from the Earth—a blob of molten rock sent spiraling off into space in the aftermath of a massive collision 4.5 billion years ago
Boston Children’s Hospital Once Relied on the Opera to Power X-Rays
In the 1880’s the Children’s Hospital in Boston didn’t have electricity, so it couldn’t use X-rays. But the nearby Opera House did
This Company Just Added Auto-Pilot to Their Bulldozers
Construction equipment operators have to go through apprenticeships and training to learn to maneuver machines. But one company thinks that’s all too hard
Lyme Disease Is Ten Times More Common Than We Thought
A recent CDC release says 300,000 Americans get Lyme disease each year
Listen to the Pig Music Box Titanic Survivors Played While Waiting for Rescue
This was the song that those on Lifeboat 11 heard while the Titanic sunk
Atropine Is the Simplest Treatment for Nerve Gas Attacks, And Syria Is Running Low
For doctors on the ground, the question is less who used chemical weapons, and more how they are going to treat the victims
The U.S. Knew Iraq Was Using Chemical Weapons, Helped Out Anyway
Recently declassified documents detail the CIA’s knowledge of Iraq’s chemical weapon program in the 1980s
One Million Cockroaches Escaped from a Traditional Chinese Medicine Farm
The greenhouse where rochaes were being raised was destroyed by an unknown vandal - perhaps a neighbor not pleased about millions of cockroaches next door
How Old Are Dumplings?
Were cavemen making them?
Computer Programmer Creates Beautiful Watercolor Paintings With Code
Sometimes it’s astonishing how good computer programmers are at making computers do a whole number of things you might never imagine a machine should do
Yosemite Is Burning, And California Hasn’t Even Hit Peak Fire Season
The peak of California’s fire season is usually in September and October
Muriel Siebert, First Woman With a Seat on the Stock Exchange, Dies at Age 80
Siebert bought her seat in 1967, but she remained the only woman on the exchange for almost 10 years after that
The Lame Reason NASA Gave Up on Sending Astronauts to Venus in 1973
We had the technology, but not the will
Football Team Losses Make Fans Eat Their Feelings
A fan’s closeness to his team may be so tied up in his personal identity that his body interprets the loss as an effrontery to his own psyche
Luca Parmitano Shared Exactly How It Feels to Start Drowning in Space
During a spacewalk, the Italian astronaut’s helmet filled with water
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