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Venus' Atmosphere Has Strange Magnetic 'Ropes'
Strange, newly discovered structures in Venus' atmosphere are redrawing scientists' perceptions of the planet's magnetic environment.The European Space Agency's Venus Express spacecraft spotted these...
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Astronomers Have Found The Largest Spiral Galaxy
Astronomers have crowned the universe's largest known spiral galaxy, a spectacular behemoth five times bigger than our own Milky Way.The title-holder is now NGC 6872, a barred spiral found 212 million...
View ArticleMeet The Hyrax, A Little Mammal With A Lot Of Stomachs
These swarthy little mammals hang out in Africa and the Middle East and have been blowing up in the news recently.They are in the family Procaviidae which is the only living family in...
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7 Investing Facts Your Broker Doesn't Want You To Know
The New Year is here, which always inspires me to resolve to make positive changes in my life.You can do the same with your investing.You can elect to continue to rely on the recommendations of brokers...
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15 Bizarre Facts About The Human Body
1) The human brain uses about 20% of the entire body’s oxygen and caloric intake, despite accounting for only about 2% of an adult body’s mass.2) Around 85% of humans primarily breathe out of one...
View ArticleLunar Probe Got A Close Up Look At The Moon's Surface Before Crashing Into It
On December 14, as NASA's GRAIL mission came to a close, the mission's Ebb spacecraft flew above the northern hemisphere of the far side of the moon. The little spaceship -- a vehicle about the size of...
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Why Booze Makes You Feel All Warm And Fuzzy
Daven Hiskey runs the wildly popular interesting fact website Today I Found Out. To subscribe to his “Daily Knowledge” newsletter, click here.Here's something tailgaters, ice skaters, skiers and other...
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5 Hostess Bread Brands Will Be Saved (FLO)
(Reuters) - Flowers Foods Inc <FLO.N> on Friday said it has agreed to buy Wonder and other well-known bread brands from Hostess Brands Inc for $390 million, as part of the latter company's...
View ArticleThe Disastrous Consequences Of Not Raising The Debt Limit
As we face another brutal fight over the federal debt ceiling at a time when the economy still remains fragile, the stock market is oddly complacent. Even if the debt ceiling crisis is resolved, the...
View ArticleBalance Transfer Credit Cards For A 'Simpler' 2013
If you are looking to simplify your personal finances in 2013, one of the ways to get this new year off to a solid start is to pay off high interest credit card debt—and if that's not possible, another...
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How 31 People In Hollywood Reacted To Their Oscar Nominations This Week
Tim Burton is honored, the “ParaNorman” directors are in shock, and Harvey Weinstein is blown away!!!!!!!Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone announced the 2013 Oscar nominees Thursday morning and, in the...
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Some Simple Accounting Can Give Us A Few Trillion Dollars Worth Of Debt...
Happy New Year to all.A lot of fanfare and hoopla about a non-existent debt ceiling has captured the imagination of the press, the Tea Party, and even the President. The United States of America is...
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AIG Sues The New York Fed
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group Inc has filed a lawsuit against a vehicle created by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to help bail out the insurer, in a bid to preserve its right...
View ArticleGoldman's Top Economist Answers 10 Key Questions About The Economy In 2013
Some short excerpts from a research note by Goldman Sachs chief economist Jan Hatzius:1.Will the 2013 tax hike tip the economy back into recession? No. To be sure, it will likely deal a heavy blow to...
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Deaths From All Causes: The Short (But Not Necessarily Happy) Life Of Americans
Americans under fifty are paying the price. We don’t know exactly why. Even the panel of experts that authored the massive report, U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer...
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Ten Proven Ways to Create Better Stories And Persuade People
Stories are a very integral part of being persuasive. You’d think that as a guy that loves research and data, I’d be averse to storytelling as a whole.As a marketer though, I can’t be: those in sales...
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Global Warming Is Changing Life In the US
WASHINGTON (AP) — Global warming is already changing America from sea to rising sea and is affecting how Americans live, a massive new federally commissioned report says.A special panel of scientists...
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What 'Arrested Development' Will Be Like When It Hits Netflix In May
Update: Wednesday afternoon's TCA panel revealed plenty of new info about Arrested Development's return on Netflix this May.You won't call it season four, if Jason Bateman has anything to say about...
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'The Birthday Problem' Shows How Terrible We Are At Estimating Probability
In business school I had to take an introductory class in statistics that we colloquially called "D&D." The official course name was Data & Decision-making.In retrospect, it was a truly...
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There Was ANOTHER Bus Gang Rape In India
Six men have been arrested over the rape of a passenger on a coach in India, police said Sunday, weeks after the gang-rape and murder of a student on a bus in New Delhi sparked nationwide protests.The...
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