Big surprise: exercise can prolong your life. I wonder if there are similar studies out there o...
The work tracked 500 older runners for more than 20 years, comparing them to a similar group of ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7554293.stm
Aug 12, 2008
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I like how Doctorow frames the situation here. As the recording industry works harder and harde...
A decade of intransigence and stubborness has bred a killer strain of antibiotic-resistant files...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jul/29/internet.digitalmusic
Jul 31, 2008
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Pretty solid write-up about the kid who hacked Media-Defender and has done a lot to protect file...
"In the beginning, I had no motivation against Monkey Defenders," Ethan tells me. "It wasn't lik...
This is bad -- and its only getting worse.
Now comes word that rising precious metal prices for platinum and palladium have compelled thiev...
http://themessthatgreenspanmade.blogspot.com/2008/07/copper-wire-sewer-grates-and-now.html
Jul 07, 2008
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Just found the chart fascinating -- look how much land is owned by the Feds in the west! Geez! ...
http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2008/07/federal-lands-i.html
Jul 07, 2008
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Good news is that the Supreme Court is upholding the Constitution *for once*. It's absurd that ...
In a dissent he summarized from the bench, Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that the majority ''w...
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Scotus-Guns.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Jun 26, 2008
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Written in 2006, this is a solid op-ed about how American culture is now absurdly risk-averse. ...
But the diving-board dilemma is not just a legal matter; it's a cultural one. We Americans have ...
http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110008555
Jun 16, 2008
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Wow ... go science!
He means bugs. To be more precise: the genetic alteration of bugs – very, very small ones – ...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4133668.ece?
Jun 15, 2008
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Some good, albeit basic advice on how to find success in life: combine two or more top quartile ...
For every person who studies something specific, such as the law or medicine, and actually ended...
http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/07/career-advice.html
Jun 05, 2008
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This is great news -- and Patri's reasoning is pretty undeniable.
"My dad and grandfather were happy arguing their ideas and were happy influencing people through...
http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/news/2008/05/seasteading?currentPage=all
May 22, 2008
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No wonder its so hard to lose that spot of fat. Fascinating!
Aside from NPY, belly fat secretes tumor necrosis factor and a host of other hormones and messen...
http://www.arthurdevany.com/?p=1054
Apr 22, 2008
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Just awesome. Guy catches snapping turtles with his bare hands for eatin'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn8EQ0azXpQ
Apr 14, 2008
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Everythign I *didn't* know about Soy. I think the next time I see a soy bean I'm going to run i...
Most soya sauces (and misos) are not made this way any more, however. Instead of using the whole...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/food/Story/0,,1828158,00.html
Mar 15, 2008
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Advice from John Ross for firearm NOOBS. Its on the wayback machine, so I wanted to get it on h...
Defensive Firearms Advice for Those With No Experience by John Ross Copyright 1999, 2000, 20...
http://web.archive.org/web/20070113013101/www.john-ross.net/newbies.htm
Mar 14, 2008
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Some interesting findings regarding artificial sweeteners reducing the predicctive abilities of ...
We found that reducing the correlation between sweet taste and the caloric content of foods usin...
http://www.arthurdevany.com/?p=940
Feb 29, 2008
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A great discussion in its own right, one comment really struck me as insightful and it really ha...
I'm going to completely disagree with you here and explain why. I've found that any reasonably i...
http://piggington.com/bank_reserve_requirements_and_the_taf
Feb 27, 2008
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Gary Taubes lecture on fat. He covers a lot of the history on common views on what makes us fat...
http://www.honestylog.com/root/2008/02/big-fat-lies.html
Feb 23, 2008
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Sigh - I *just* started subscribing to this.
NEW YORK Nicholas Gurewitch's "Perry Bible Fellowship," the offbeat comic that ran online and in...
Feb 23, 2008
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Intermittent Fasting is something with which I'm experimenting. Martin Berkhan is a writer and ...
For the dieter, IF offers something very unique, in terms of enjoying physically and psychologic...
http://www.fatlosstroubleshoot.com/if.html
Feb 11, 2008
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Yes! A video game that actually teaches you how to play guitar! Die Rock Band and Guitar Hero!...
The cool thing about Guitar Rising is that it isn't a simple videogame, but combines the fun of ...
http://gizmodo.com/352800/guitar-rising-for-real-guitar-heroes
Feb 07, 2008
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Note: States that are likely more pro-freedom include: Minnesota, Alaska, Montana, N Dakota and ...
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/candidates/#302
Feb 06, 2008
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For his "misdeeds" (Creating a proxy website), he gets labeled a criminal by his public school. ...
Anyways, just a few weeks ago, I made a new proxy. A private proxy, nothing of commercial value,...
http://robertafnani.com/2008/01/31/fcps-its-illegal-to-make-websites/
Feb 02, 2008
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I didn't realize that the Pirate Bay is running off of servers not located in Sweden -- or even ...
The users of the site don’t have to worry that the site will be taken offline though, no matte...
http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-team-charged-080131/
Feb 01, 2008
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Some solid advice on dieting - in particular, low-carb dieting. I admit, this all resonates hea...
1-Best defense: Don’t be there. What his means is do not have crap in the house. NONE. We do n...
Gary Taubes has been studying the relationship to insulin and obesity. His conclusion seems to ...
'I got actively attacked, but I guess I had to be,' Taubes says. 'What are the chances of writin...