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It’s Alive!

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May 26, 2010 10:43 PM

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Congratulations, mankind. We have officially created the first-ever cell with a self-replicating synthetic genome.

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Nokia and Yahoo! Announce New Partnership

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May 24, 2010 07:01 PM

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Two of the world's largest companies--Nokia and Yahoo!-- recently teamed up to bolster their numbers in the U.S. But... who cares?

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Monkey Reflections

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May 18, 2010 12:35 PM

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For over three years, a Puerto Rican rhesus monkey nicknamed "The King" ruled his troop with an iron fist, intimidating potential challengers into upholding his unusually stable social order. Then, one day, The King was gone. Alex Kell tells the story of lust, betrayal, and love in an animal civilization all too similar to our own.

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Reading in the Library of Babel: Hyperlinks, Tabs, and The Quest for Totality

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May 17, 2010 03:19 PM

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To say that college students "frequently use the internet" is to state the obvious.  But what kind of impact does this have on our attention span and reading ability? What does the internet's quest to become a comprehensive Guide To Everything really mean? Calvin Woodring goes in-depth.  

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The Fusion of Science and Modern Art

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May 17, 2010 12:30 PM

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Hmm....

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Changing the Image of Homelessness

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May 16, 2010 11:28 PM

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Problems of homelessness and extreme poverty strike far closer to home than we may imagine. 

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Facebook, Watch Yo’Self

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May 16, 2010 11:18 PM

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According to Consumer Reports, over half of all social network users post risky information online. Do you?

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