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Saturday, January 7, 2012

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Monster Rat Found In New York Will Haunt Your Every Dream

You know those urban legends about 3-foot rats roaming the streets of New York? Yeah, turns out those are true. This destroyer of worlds was found in a Foot Locker in the Bronx. It's probably a Gambian pouched rat, not the first found in New York, and it wants to eat your babies.

Arizona Girls' Racist YouTube Rant

These are some classy ladies.

20 Pictures Of People Pissed Off By Piers Morgan

Can you really blame them? Piers Morgan is known for many things. Asking good questions of his guests on "Piers Morgan Tonight" is not one of them. What is good, though, is that--when he does ask something dumb--Morgan's guests are usually not shy about shooting him a dirty look. To illustrate, I captured images of 20 such instances. (h/t Dave Weigel)

10 Pictures Of What Justin Bieber Is Going To Look Like In 10 Years

Take a look into the future. A bellybutton tat is on the horizon...

Michael Cera Looks Like Hitler's Mom

The next logical step, of course, is for Michael Cera to have a daughter who bears a striking resemblance to Mein Führer. (via Reddit)

New Years Resolution Was To Get Rippling Abs

Mission accomplished.

A Gym In Dubai Used A Picture Of A Concentration Camp For An Ad

This is beyond absurd. Check out this ad a gym in Dubai is using to entice new customers to join their gym. I'm speechless.

Kathy Griffin Posing With A Protester At The People's Choice Awards

Well isn't this nice?

200-Pound Tumor Successfully Removed From Man's Leg

Whether or not you can successfully remove these horrifying images from your eye holes is as yet undetermined. But thankfully, again, the 10-hour operation was a success. Nguyen Duy Hai of Vietnam, who has had the tumor since he was 6-years-old, raised the nearly $12,000 for the operation through charitable donations.

The Huntsman Daughters: A Guide

The other day we gave you a breakdown of the sons Romney. Today we'll tell you everything you need to know about the daughters of Republican hopeful Jon Huntsman.

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ScienceDaily: Top Health News

ScienceDaily: Top Health News


Tobacco company misrepresented danger from cigarettes, study suggests

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:49 PM PST

A new analysis of tobacco industry documents shows that Philip Morris USA manipulated data on the effects of additives in cigarettes, including menthol, obscuring actual toxicity levels and increasing the risk of heart, cancer and other diseases for smokers, study says.

Master controller of memory identified

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:49 PM PST

One gene appears to regulate the brain's ability to form new memories.

Patterns of connections reveal brain functions

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:49 PM PST

Neuroscientists have identified face-recognition areas based on what parts of the brain they link to.

Drug to treat HIV in children shows promise via national clinical trial

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 10:58 AM PST

For children with HIV infection, the FDA approval of the use of raltegravir, an antiretroviral drug that slows the spread of HIV infection, offers a new weapon to treat HIV infection in children.

Hopes for reversing age-associated effects in MS patients

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 10:03 AM PST

New research highlights the possibility of reversing aging in the central nervous system for multiple sclerosis patients.

Malignancy-risk gene signature for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer found

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 08:30 AM PST

A malignancy-risk gene signature developed for breast cancer has been found to have predictive and prognostic value for patients with early stage non-small cell lung cancer.

How poor maternal diet can increase risk of diabetes: New mechanism discovered

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 08:05 AM PST

Researchers have shown one way in which poor nutrition in the womb can put a person at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes and other age-related diseases in later life. This finding could lead to new ways of identifying people who are at a higher risk of developing these diseases and might open up targets for treatment.

Cancer treatment with minor side effects

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 08:02 AM PST

Side effects are currently the biggest problem with any cancer treatment. A new company is drawing closer to the goal of creating a treatment which kills only cancer cells, leaving other cells unaffected.

Measuring the dialogue between cortical areas in non-communicating patients

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 08:02 AM PST

Measuring the level of internal brain communication allows single-subject discrimination between vegetative state patients and patients who recover a minimal level of consciousness, study suggests. Crucially, this can be obtained at the bedside and does not rely on the integrity of sensory and motor pathways nor on the subject's ability to comprehend or carry out instructions.

Moderate red wine drinking may help cut women’s breast cancer risk, study suggests

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 07:59 AM PST

Drinking red wine in moderation may reduce one of the risk factors for breast cancer, providing a natural weapon to combat a major cause of death among U.S. women, new research shows.

Research demonstrating link between virus and MS could point the way to treatment and prevention

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 08:20 AM PST

A new study from researchers at Queen Mary, University of London shows how a particular virus tricks the immune system into triggering inflammation and nerve cell damage in the brain, which is known to cause MS.

The Cynical Girl: F@%k It Friday: Window Treatments

The Cynical Girl: F@%k It Friday: Window Treatments

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F@%k It Friday: Window Treatments

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 03:45 AM PST

My dream house has big windows with no window treatments.

Nothing.

Let the sun shine into the windows and wake me up. That’s awesome. I don’t want to sleep too late, anyway.

Until I get my dream house, I have Hunter Douglas honeycomb duette shades because I want neutral window treatments that let in light but keep out the UV. I don’t want drapes. I don’t want curtains. I don’t want plantation shutters. I just want privacy because I have a fear that some gross dude is peering into my windows.

It’s not a crazy fear, by the way.

My grandmother slept with blackout shades. Her bedroom had the feel of a crack den. The darkness was weird and her room felt so stuff to me. She said, “I need it dark to sleep.”

Hm. It’s dark at night. When it’s light, you wake up.

I wonder — what’s on your windows? Do you need it pitch black to sleep? Or do you like to wake up naturally to sunlight?

And what does your dream house look like?

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ScienceDaily: Top Technology News

ScienceDaily: Top Technology News


First hint of the Higgs boson particle

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 10:03 AM PST

The answer to one of the most exciting questions in particle physics seems almost close enough to touch: Scientists have observed first signs of the Higgs boson and now believe that they will soon be able to prove the existence of the elementary particle they have been trying so hard to isolate.

Hybrid silkworms spin stronger spider silk

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 08:30 AM PST

Silk produced by transgenically-engineered silkworms in the lab exhibit the highly sought-after strength and elasticity of spider silk. This stronger silk could possibly be used to make sutures, artificial limbs and parachutes.

Now you see it, now you didn't: Researchers cloak a moment in time

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 08:13 AM PST

Think Harry Potter movie magic: Researchers have demonstrated a "temporal cloak" -- albeit on a very small scale -- in the transport of information by a beam of light.