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Missouri Wants to Use Military-Grade Sound Cannons to Slow Drivers Down
The LRAD sound cannon has been used to subdue protests, deter pirates and, now, slow down speeding drivers.
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Online Food Reviews Say As Much About the Author As the Restaurant
These brief write-ups are surprisingly personal
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This Adorable Robot Is Like a Roomba That Prints Documents
Rather than feed the paper through the printer, why not just put the printer on wheels?
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Future Buildings Could Use Lasers to Fight Off Lightning
Shooting a laser beam in the path of lightning could help divert it from the building
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Thanks to New Shipping Guidelines, the Ocean Might Finally Become a Quieter Place
Noise from the shipping industry can stress and harm marine animals
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Microsoft Is Killing XP, But 75 Percent of ATMs Still Use It
420,000 ATMs are about to become easy targets for hackers
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States Don’t Have to Disclose Where They Obtain Lethal Injection Drugs
First Missouri and now Texas has refused to disclose the origins of lethal injection drugs used in recent executions
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Rwanda Has Become a Poster Child for Health Equity
Life expectancy has doubled, and child vaccinations rates are higher than they are in the U.S.
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The Majority of Web Traffic Comes From Robots
While humans may be very good at surfing the internet, this is yet another thing that robots do better
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Crummy Weather Can Lead to Harsher Online Restaurant Reviews
Are you sure you didn’t like the food? Maybe it was just the weather…
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No-Kill Caviar Could Make Luxury Less Expensive
Given a particular protein and a nice massage, sturgeon give up their eggs without giving up their lives
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Once 2,000 Tibetan Refugees Came to Nepal Each Year; Now It’s Fewer Than 200. Why?
Nepal is caving to pressure from China to ostracize and persecute Tibetans
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Children Have to Worry About Identity Theft, Too
The rate of identity theft is five times higher among children than among adults
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Google Play Kicks Porn of All Types Out of Its Store
The store has never allowed straight-up pornography, but it’s now getting even stricter about what’s allowed
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This Hospital Door Handle Doubles As a Hand Sanitizer
This way, infections don’t spread as easily—and no one has to remember to Purel their hands
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Japan Has Been Ordered to Stop Whaling Near Antarctica
The United Nations called foul on Japan’s claim that whaling is done for scientific purposes
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The Golden Gate Bridge Will Soon Get a Suicide Net Add-On
After record suicide numbers last year, the city will vote in May whether or not to install the net
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Young Men Often Deal With Unwanted Sexual Advances From Women
Nearly half of the male students surveyed said they had been on the receiving end of an attempt at sexual coercion
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Take a Tour of Pritzker Winner Shigeru Ban’s Paper Tube Structures
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has been awarded the Pritzker prize, one of architecture’s top prizes
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Iraq’s Impressive New Trains Can Zip Passengers Across the Country at 100 Miles Per Hour
The new trains will connect Baghdad with another major city
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