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Are the N.S.A. and G.C.H.Q. Trading Webcam Pictures?
The New Yorker - Amy Davidson Sorkin
“Unfortunately, there are issues with undesirable images within the data,” a document from Britain’s General Communications Headquarters, a spying agency, says about its interception of citizens’ private
Artist’s Meticulously Detailed Paintings Play with Perceptions of Size
My Modern Met - Anna Gragert
Using canvases of all different dimensions, artist Michael Zavros is able to paint incredibly meticulous works of art. From paintings that can be held in the palm of your hand to those that are larger
Jeff Koons Is the Kanye West of the Contemporary Art World
VICE - Amelia Abraham
Meeting the man whose work can sell for more than any other living artist. Jeff Koons in front of one of his sculptures (Photo by Art Comments via) Sometimes, when I'm at the cashpoint, withdrawing the
The mind bending surreal photography of Achraf Baznani - Resource
resourcemagonline.com
Marky Ramone GoSeptember 24, 2014 The world of surreal photography, in which Moroccan photographer and filmmaker Achraf Baznani has created through …
4 Things You Didn’t Know About M.C. Escher
Fast Company - By Meg Miller
A new exhibition sheds light on an artist who, despite producing some of the most popular images in modern art, remains an enigma. Even if you don’t know much about the man, you know M.C. Escher’s work.
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Map Of The Developing Human Brain Shows Where Problems Begin
NPR - Jon Hamilton
A high-resolution map of the human brain in utero is providing hints about the origins of brain disorders including schizophrenia and autism. The map shows where genes are turned on and off throughout
Run When You're 25 For A Sharper Brain When You're 45
NPR - Maanvi Singh
If you're in your 20s, you might work out because it's fun, or because it makes you look better. But here's another reason to hit the gym or go for a jog — exercising now may help preserve your memory
Why Anthropologists Join An Ebola Outbreak Team
NPR - Linda Poon
When disease strikes in the developing world, like the current Ebola outbreak in Guinea, doctors, nurses and epidemiologists from international organizations fly in to help. So do anthropologists. Understanding
Time To Relax The Sodium Guidelines? Some Docs Say Not So Fast
NPR - Allison Aubrey
We've all heard the advice to go easy on the salt shaker. Or, perhaps, more importantly, to cut back on eating packaged, processed foods that often contain a lot of salt. And why? There's a lot of evidence
Vitamin C and E supplements hampers endurance training
medicalxpress.com
Vitamin C and E supplements may blunt the improvement of muscular endurance – by disrupting cellular adaptions in exercised muscles – suggests a new …
25 Things You Didn’t Know About San Francisco
mentalfloss.com
You know your bays and bridges, but here are 25 unreal facts you might not have known about the Golden City. 1. The Chinese fortune cookie was …
This Stanford Ph.D. Became A Fruit Picker To Feed California's Hungry
NPR - Sasha Khokha
By some estimates, we Americans throw away about 40 percent of our food, from the cabbage that's wilting in our refrigerators, to the fruit that's falling off the orange tree in our neighbor's backyard.
A Pen That 3-D Prints Bone Right Onto Patients
Popular Science - By Colin Lecher
The device could eventually let surgeons apply stem cells more directly One of the greatest promises of 3-D printing is that we'll one day be able to print organs on-demand. Need a new liver? There it
Second DNA Code Discovered Hiding Within DNA: Scientists
theepochtimes.com - Zachary Stieber
A second DNA code has been discovered by a group of scientists, hiding within DNA, or the genetic code. Information within the newly discovered second …
Mexico's Patron Saint Is Also Its Hello Kitty
NPR - Carrie Kahn
In Mexico, Dec. 12 is the day to celebrate the country's most revered religious icon: the Virgin of Guadalupe. As many as 6 million pilgrims have made their way to the Mexican capital to pay homage to
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10 Breathtaking South American Museums
mentalfloss.com - BY Jill Harness
We’ve seen some absolutely stunning museums in Europe and North America; now it’s time to head south to see what kinds of gorgeous gems are located …
Reinventing The Condom With Easy-On Tabs And Beef Tendon
NPR - Michaeleen Doucleff
When you hear the term "next-generation condom," beef tendon probably isn't the first thing that pops into your mind. But a condom made from the cow part is one of 11 ideas to win $100,000 from the Bill
This Is What America's School Lunches Really Look Like
NPR - Maria Godoy
School lunch has never been the stuff of foodie dreams. I'm still haunted by the memory of my elementary school cafeteria's "brain pizza" – a lumpy oval thing topped with fleshy white strips of barely
In Pregnancy, What's Worse? Cigarettes Or The Nicotine Patch?
NPR - Jon Hamilton
Lots of studies have shown that cigarette smoke isn't good for a fetus. So many pregnant women use nicotine gum or skin patches or inhalers to help them stay away from cigarettes. A few years ago, Megan
Born Wet, Human Babies Are 75 Percent Water. Then Comes The Drying
NPR - Robert Krulwich
Look at this baby. Lovely, no? Now think of this baby abstractly — as a sack of hundreds of millions of atoms. Here's the atomic formula for a new human being, arranged by elements, according to scientist
2009 Flu Pandemic Was 10 Times More Deadly Than Previously Thought
NPR - Richard Knox
Estimates of death rates from swine flu in 2009-10. The value is the upper limit for the rate in each country. Data from PLOS Medicine; map by Michaeleen Doucleff/NPR By the World Health Organization's
8 Surprising Ways Music Affects and Benefits Our Brains
HuffPost - Belle Beth Cooper
I'm a big fan of music, and use it a lot when working, but I had no idea about how it really affects our brains and bodies. Since music is such a big part of our lives, I thought it would be interesting
Male and female brains wired differently, scans reveal
The Guardian - Ian Sample
Scientists have drawn on nearly 1,000 brain scans to confirm what many had surely concluded long ago: that stark differences exist in the wiring of male and female brains. Maps of neural circuitry showed