Cool Finds
Brain Surgery Performed on a Bear for the First Time
Champa the bear has made a swift recovery following surgery at her bear sanctuary in Laos
Can Architects Prevent Gun Deaths?
Architects wonder if they can design gunman-proof buildings
Thousands of Roman Artifacts Have Just Been Sitting Under London’s Financial District
A trove of Roman artifacts, dug up from a London construction site
There’s a Reason This Classic New Orleans Hangover Cure Works
According to Big Easy folklore, soldiers stationed in Korea in the 50s discovered the hangover cure and brought the recipe back with them to New Orleans
This New App Lets You Hide Secret Messages in Your Facebook Photos
Tweet-length password-protected messages, hidden within seemingly innocuous Facebook photos
The Definitive Guide to Bedbug Sex
The last thing you want in your bed is bedbugs. But here is an even grosser thought to handle: bedbugs have sex in your bed.
Genius.box Is Like a Fruit-of-the-Month Club for Awesome Science Experiments
This start up wants to deliver a new science experiment each month
Hyperlapse Is the Coolest Thing to Happen to Google Maps Since Street View
Hyperlapse photography is super hard to do, but the results are just incredible
Can We Use Umami to Get People to Eat Better?
Research into umami has unlocked answers about our preferences, our recipes, and perhaps how to correct our crash course with obesity
Spelling Bee Champs Will Actually Have to Learn the Meaning of the Fancy Words They Spell
Kids will have to define words in addition to spelling them, which the competition hopes will help the process of identifying finalists
Hurricane Katrina Kicked Off a Startup Renaissance in New Orleans
Within three years after Katrina, the rate of new start-up launches in the city doubled
How to Turn a Paper Image of a Record Into a Beautiful Music
You can't make sounds from books, except when you can
Can a Computer Really Grade an Essay?
One company is developing an essay grading computer program that can take the load off professors and standardized test graders
The World’s Oldest Photography Museum Goes Digital
From 19th century daguerrotypes to photos of Martin Luther King Jr., some of photography's history goes online
Thieves Break Into Safe to Steal $3 Million Worth of Rhino Horns
Right now the going rate for rhino horn (just about $30,000 a pound) is higher than for gold
There Is Now a Hypothetical Species Named Shrewdinger Because of You
Last week, the public voted, and named a hypothetical placental ancestor Shrewdinger
A Few Rare People Hallucinate Musical Scores
Musical hallucinations are the rarest form of 'text hallucinations'
Wildlife Managers Are Poisoning Rhino Horns to Stop People From Eating Them
The poison, a mix of parasiticides and pink dye, now fills more than 100 rhinos' horns
Google Autocomplete Isn’t the Same in Every Country
Chronicling the ways google autocompletes your searches can be both enlightening and horrifying
Need to Build a Functioning Neuron?
In Minecraft, a player creates a functional neuron
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