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Darth Vader Bagpipe Unicycle
| March 16, 2012
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A dog’s gotta do what a dog’s gotta do – Video
| March 16, 2012
Google Maps Help Predict Meth Labs Before They Open
| March 16, 2012
The same maps that can help you find your way to the mall can help the police predict where meth labs will pop up next. Here’s a look inside the strange, fascinating world of geospatial predictive analysis.
Google Maps is a lifesaver. But the mapping technology behind Google Maps isn’t just good for highway directions and bike routes; it can also find methamphetamine labs and track gang activity. Experts in the growing field of geospatial predictive analytics use cutting-edge algorithms and data analysis techniques that can do everything from predicting terrorist activity to preventing auto theft.
Student Received a Bag of Cocaine with Her Amazon.com Order
| March 15, 2012
Talk about getting more than you bargained for. A student ordering a textbook from Amazon received the book, plus a bag of white powder.
Sophia Stockton, who ordered a book on terrorism for one of her classes at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Kansas, received the Amazon shipment and discovered a bag of cocaine that fell out of the pages of the book.
The myth of the eight-hour sleep
| March 15, 2012
We often worry about lying awake in the middle of the night – but it could be good for you. A growing body of evidence from both science and history suggests that the eight-hour sleep may be unnatural.
In the early 1990s, psychiatrist Thomas Wehr conducted an experiment in which a group of people were plunged into darkness for 14 hours every day for a month.
It took some time for their sleep to regulate but by the fourth week the subjects had settled into a very distinct sleeping pattern. They slept first for four hours, then woke for one or two hours before falling into a second four-hour sleep.
The Penguin Cam – Live
| March 15, 2012
In celebration of Frozen Planet, premiering Sunday, March 18, at 8PM e/p, Penguin Cam will be live 24 hours a day throughout March and April — plenty of time to get to know SeaWorld San Diego’s nearly 300 penguins, representing all five Antarctic species: emperors, kings, Adélies, gentoos and macaronis.
