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Hospitals Earn More For Mistakes Than For Flawless Surgeries
SurgeryU.S. Department of DefenseWhy health care reform must include changes to how people pay for hospital care Hospitals make more money when they make mistakes during surgery, and reducing mistakes...
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In 1884, A Popular Science Writer Got Way Too Stoned
Actress Dorthy Short as Mary Lane in the film "Reefer Madness," 1936Louis J. GasnierFrom our archive, a dramatic first-hand account of marijuana overdose. "An Overdose of Hasheesh," by Mary C....
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FYI: What Is Anhydrous Ammonia, The Chemical At The Site Of The West, Texas,...
West, Texas ExplosionCulture Map AustinOne of agriculture's most dangerous substances, anhydrous ammonia requires several precautions to handle. At least five people are dead and more than 160 injured...
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A Box With A Hidden Video Camera Documents Its Own Journey Through The Mail
From Here To ThereRuben van der VleutenWhat happens to your package after it leaves your arms Recently I found myself in need of shipping several valuable and highly breakable items, and I dreaded what...
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Why It's So Hard For Scientists To Study Medical Marijuana
Marijuana MadnessDreamstimeThe nation's research-grade cannabis is controlled by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, whose mission to curb use is at odds with that of researchers looking to study...
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Super-Fast New Telescope Solves Star Birth Mystery
ALMA Galaxies This image shows six of the most fertile galaxies in the early universe as seen by ALMA (in red). The red circles indicate the regions where galaxies had been detected by a less-sensitive...
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New App Tells Icelanders If Their Hookup Qualifies As Accidental Incest
Don't Kiss Strangers In IcelandDreamstimeIn a small country, you've got to be careful about keeping it in the family. The world can seem like a mighty small place, but nowhere more so than in Iceland,...
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Kepler Search Finds Two New Cozy, Possibly Watery Planets Around Faraway Star
Kepler-62f Kepler-62f, which is 1.41 times the size of Earth, is in just the right spot for liquid water to exist--if it is rocky and has an atmosphere. NASAScientists can't know for sure if the worlds...
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Find Out, For Better Or Worse, What Music Your Twitter Friends Like
Twitter #Musicscreenshot by Dan NosowitzTwitter's new music app creates a playlist of the music that's blowing up on your Twitter feed. But is that the kind of music you want to listen to? Twitter...
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Zetas Cartel Is Recruiting Americans
Treasury Department chart of Los Zetaswikimedia commonsLos Zetas, an infamous Mexican cartel, is apparently lowering its standards--it's now recruiting Americans.Previously, Zetas recruited largely...
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Life Inside The Most Densely Populated Place On Earth [Infographic]
A former military fort controlled by the Triads, Kowloon Walled City was demolished 20 years ago. Here's what life was like there. Manhattan has the highest population density of any city in the United...
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A Monkey-Bird Mashup And Other Amazing Images From This Week
Monkey-Bird Reddit user gyyp posted a series of Photoshop collages merging different animals. We're particularly fond of this one, the Proboscird: half proboscis monkey, half bird. The nose is...
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5 Crazy Machines Smugglers Use To Get Drugs Across The Border
A drug-smuggling submarine found in EcuadorDEA, via wikimedia commonsCatapults, cannons, submarines, and more! Prohibition is the mother of criminal ingenuity. When the U.S. banned alcohol, bootleggers...
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Just Seeing Hillary Clinton's Face Improves Women's Public Speaking
Encouraging HillaryLawrence JacksonA new study finds women give longer and more confident political speeches when they are exposed to images of female role models. What do women in politics need?...
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Can Virtual Reality Treat Addiction?
Drug WeekPopular ScienceResearchers are plugging in smokers, alcoholics, and even crack addicts to expose them to a relapse environment--and teach them how to deal with it. Will it work? When the...
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Watch Live As ISS Cosmonauts Go On A 6-Hour Spacewalk
For your viewing pleasure: a space-station installation. Streaming by UstreamRight now, on board (or off board, technically) the International Space Station, two Russian cosmonauts are installing the...
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The Video Tech That Helped Find The Boston Bombing Suspects
One of the Boston bombing suspects, from a video the Federal Bureau of Investigation released yesterdayFederal Bureau of InvestigationSoftware that spots colored cars and hats, and even specific the...
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Shark Attacks On Humans Vs. Human Attacks On Sharks [Infographic]
Shark Attacks By The NumbersJoe Chernov/Robin Richards via Adventure JournalYou seriously have no idea how many more sharks are killed by people than people are killed by sharks. Sharks have been...
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BigPic: What's This Smoky-Looking Photo From Space?
Icy PatternsChris Hadfield on TwitterMysterious blue-and-white marbling These are swirls of ice photographed off the northern coast of Japan. This image was taken from the International Space Station...
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Should Police Scanners Be Public?
Police Scanner: Bad?UnidenSeveral innocent people have been accused of being responsible for the Boston Marathon bombing thanks to misinformation originating from police scanners. Why are these even...
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