Whether or not or how a woman achieves an orgasm was and continues to be a source of anxiety, misery and joy – as well as a matter of scientific scrutiny. Read the rest

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The youngs use "hehehe." Get with it

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Isabel writes, "Makarios Community School is the project of what is already a very successful and enthusiastic learning co-op of twenty homeschooling families in the Dallas Fort Worth area with thirty students ready to enroll." Read the rest

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Jason Little's comic about a downtrodden urban Candide whose misfortunes pile up at an alarming rate Read the rest

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I vividly remember the day I decided that I would use food to control my body. Read the rest

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In its opening screen, Royals describes itself as an "optimistic peasant simulator." This turns out to be a rather grim tagline, given how unlikely it is that your character will ever make it past age 30. Read the rest

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In my new Guardian column, I look at UK Prime Minister David Cameron's election pledge to eliminate strong crypto and point out that we already have a forerunner of this in the "TSA-safe" luggage locks -- and it's a disaster. Read the rest

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This $14, 100-second hourglass is filled with magnetized iron filings that form beautiful fans and other shapes as the sand drains into the bottom bulb. (via Canopy)

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3D printing giant Stratasys has asked the US Copyright Office to deny a proposal that would legalize jailbreaking your 3D printer in order to use your own feedstock. Read the rest

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Rep Ted Lieu (D-CA) is a USAF reserve colonel, former member of the Judge Advocate General Corps and holds a computer science degree -- he's one of the four members of Congress with any formal computer science qualifications. Read the rest

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According to the Transportation Security Administration's Instagram, back in 2012 "a traveler at the Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) placed his firearm in a toy police officer kit. He even went as far as sticking a dart in the barrel." (more…)

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Forty years ago today, North Vietnamese troops captured Saigon, ending a war that lasted thirty years. Read the rest

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From Matthew Kennelly. (more…)

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SOON.

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Reverse image search: one of the simplest and most powerful tools at your disposal for verifying whether a viral news image might be a fake. Read the rest

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Flora Borsi is a photographer and digital artist from Hungary. She created a series called The Real Life Models, in which she created the "real" people who posed for famous paintings by Modigliani, Picasso, and others.

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Kettlebells are out. Removing intramedullary nails with hammer is in. What a workout!

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This is as unsettling as a scopolamine overdose. [via]

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Nick Courage was lucky enough to score a blurb from literature-hero Daniel Pinkwater for his debut novel The Loudness: Read the rest

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They sold out fast. A designer at Apple who worked on the device's homescreen UI even bought one. Read the rest

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