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    Gravitational forces that affect us

    I was thinking about the way gravity affect us. Now we all know that gravity is the force that keeps us grounded. That is the most obvious effect gravity has on us. But isn't it true that it isn't the only one nor even greatest? We, all of us, are currently being affected by the gravity of the...
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    Erepublic

    It's an online game somewhat similar to nation states (or at lest there seems to be a lot of people from NS playing it). http://www.erepublik.com/en/referrer/Homunclus - try it out, comment
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    Trial by jury or by panel of judges?

    Discuss Personally, I tend to think a panel of judges would be more qualified to make this type of decisions than a random group of people.
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    internets

    ^ Click on it...you know you want to ;)
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    Can Dolphins Imagine the Future? Expert Says "Yes"

    http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/06/can-dolphins-imagine-the-future-expert-says-yes-a-galaxy-insight.html Partly because their brains are roughly the same size as humans, and are similarly or superiorly complex (although differently evolved in structure), some marine biologists have...
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    Unnatural Evolution: Fishing Eliminates Cod Adapted for Shal

    http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/06/01/unnatural-evolution-cod-fishing-drives-fish-to-deeper-waters/ An example of evolution on action and of the impact of men on the ecosystems. A perfect two on one ;)
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    Entire ecosystems on the surface of your skin

    http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/28/your-bellybutton-is-a-lush-oasis-for-bacteria-and-thats-a-good-thing/ Science is awesome :D
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    The Future of Farming: Reaching for the Sky (and down in the

    http://memebox.com/futureblogger/show/76 http://www.verticalfarm.com/
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    The Personality Defect Test

    A fun personality test: http://www.okcupid.com/tests/the-personality-defect-test Post your results: Apparently I lack a personality :D If you want to see the descriptions of the personalities...
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    Acupuncture

    This is a technique often recommended by hospitals and stuff, so I assumed there was something to it. However after extensive online research (browsed through the wikipedia article) and many first person accounts (one person mentioned it to me) I came to the conclusion that the evidence that...
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    Organ/Full body donation

    Definitions: Mandatory donation - donations are mandatory regardless of the individuals opinions Dissenting donation - donations are made unless the individual specifically requests they are not Extended dissenting donation - similar to dissenting donations but the right to deny the donation...
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    Electronic Evolution

    http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/05/a-robot-hitler.html A curious simulation of "natural selection" applied to behavior: "...built a swarm of mobile robots, outfitted with light bulbs and photodetectors. These were set loose in a zone with illuminated "food" and "poison" zones which...
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    Fun little online game

    Try it out: http://homunclus.mybrute.com Have fun :D
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    You know how you have those guys who like to think ahead?

    You have those...and then you have these: http://www.aspcr.com/ I mean...you gotta apreciate that
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    The BioDaVersity Code

    http://www.daversitycode.com/ I ran into this site a while back and thought it was very well thought out, particulary since I belive this is a issue of great importance and one that tends to be somewhat ignored. Enjoy :D
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