Friday, August 28, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Drinking may reduce dementia risk
Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol later in life may prevent the development of dementia, according to new research by the Australian National University.
Drinking may reduce dementia risk
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3quarksdaily
Hopes to present interesting items from around the web on a daily basis, in the areas of science, design, literature, current affairs, art, and anything else they deem inherently fascinating.
3quarksdaily
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Top 5 Worst Productivity Ideas
Here are some of the top five traps people fall into when they try to increase their productivity. Most of them aren’t bad things in and of themselves. However, if they become your focus, you can be sure you aren’t going to be getting the benefits you are striving for.
Top 5 Worst Productivity Ideas
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Recorded Crime - Offenders, Selected states and territories, 2007-08
Recorded Crime - Offenders collection and how it fits within the criminal justice system. A summary view of offenders proceeded against by police for the seven available states and territories and selected data about offenders for each of the respective states.
Recorded Crime - Offenders, Selected states and territories, 2007-08
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Keeping Up with the Smiths
The data Wolfram|Alpha uses to compute surname statistics is largely drawn from name results from the U.S. Census. The United States is sometimes referred to as a “melting pot” because of the number of people who move to it from all corners of the world, bringing and melding their native cultures. Because of this, surnames found in the U.S. have origins from all over the world.
Keeping Up with the Smiths
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
The Definitive Guide to Backing Up and Ditching Your Discs
Whether you're moving, short on cash, or running out of storage space, you've got plenty of reasons to ditch your physical media. Hard drives are cheap; here are Lifehacker's recommended methods of saving, selling, and trading your CDs, DVDs, and video games.
The Definitive Guide to Backing Up and Ditching Your Discs
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Venezuela's "continuous" lightning storm
The folks in the video above aren't watching a fireworks show but rather the near-constant lightning strikes that occur over Vaenezuela's Catatumbo River almost half of the year.
Venezuela's "continuous" lightning storm
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Why we walk in circles without directional cues
When people don't have signs or other external cues for direction, we will probably end up walking in circles. That's according to a new psychological study.
Why we walk in circles without directional cues
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50 Best Websites 2009 - TIME
TIMES's 2009 selections of the best.
50 Best Websites 2009 - TIME
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Sunday, August 23, 2009
The 10 Essential Social Media Stories This Week
Here are the top 10 social media stories this week.
The 10 Essential Social Media Stories This Week
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Saturday, August 22, 2009
Top 10 YouTube Fail Videos
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times — but in the age of both wisdom and foolishness, somehow it always seems like the latter is what gets caught on video.
Top 10 YouTube Fail Videos
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From The Tips Box
Lifehacker readers show us how to escape the limitations of university (and work) e-mail accounts, turn a dryer rack into a file holder and remind us that music is a great timer in a pinch.
From The Tips Box: Ditching Email Limitations, DIY File Holders
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Friday, August 21, 2009
Bing - Genealogical Mapping with Bing Maps and Ancestry
Ancestry’s new Family Tree Maker 2010 released yesterday and it includes integration of Bing™ Maps right in the software. Software plus services? I think so… Bing™ Maps is a great new feature to help you map out significant events and people to the places they are respectively associated with.
Bing - Genealogical Mapping with Bing Maps and Ancestry
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Use The Same Gmail Account for Multiple Online Accounts
If you've ever tried to sign up for more than one account somewhere but needed a second email address, the Digital Inspiration blog has the brilliant solution: taking advantage of Gmail ignoring periods in your email address.
Use The Same Gmail Account for Multiple Online Accounts
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
Top 7 Sites for Parenting How-To Videos
Learning how to parent is a skill that comes more naturally to some than to others. Regardless of how high the feelings of competency are, regardless of the differences in the ways in which we discipline and the methods we use for rearing our young, there is usually one constant among parents everywhere: we never really know what we are doing. Whereas previous generations had nothing to rely on but parenting books, family, friends, and pure instinct, ours is the first parenting generation to have the luxury of the Internet at our fingertips to answer any question, anytime, anywhere.
Top 7 Sites for Parenting How-To Videos
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Why Skate but Scathe? Or, The Oddest English Spellings
Wherever one turns, one discovers that sc versus sk is not a safe guide for an amateur etymologist.
Why Skate but Scathe? Or, The Oddest English Spellings
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How to Tell if Gold Is Real: 3 steps
A 2004 investigation revealed that more than half of 22 jewelry stores around the US were selling "fool's gold" and passing it off as real.[1] By American standards, fake gold is anything less than 10 karats. If you're wondering whether your gold is real, the most reliable way to know is to take it to a jeweler, who will charge a fee for the answer. If you're just curious, however, these tricks will expose some--not all--gold impostors.
How to Tell if Gold Is Real: 3 steps
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Household Income and Income Distribution, Australia, 2007-08
The economic wellbeing of individuals is largely determined by their command over economic resources. People's income and reserves of wealth provide access to many of the goods and services consumed in daily life. This publication provides indicators of the level and distribution of after tax (disposable) household income, after adjusting for household size and composition.
Household Income and Income Distribution, Australia
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
California Wildfires: August 2009 Edition
Yes, parts of California are burning again — and the map makers are at work. Via Google’s Lat Long blog, there’s a new comprehensive map of the Lockheed Fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains. More on that below, along with other resources to monitor as fires inevitably appear elsewhere in the Golden State.
California Wildfires: August 2009 Edition
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