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Mundelein, Illinois: Carpal tunnel syndrome was once largely the domain of middle-aged secretaries who spent all day typing. Now we are starting to see people develop the debilitating condition from other finger-based activities, like texting. Take the example of 16-year-old Annie Levitz, who sent more than 100 text messages...
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New Moore Island, Bay of Bengal:The fate of an island in the Bay of Bengal may be a preview of what is to come for other low-lying islands around the world. Recent satellite images show that it has sunk beneath the sea. The island is believed to have emerged...
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Bone screws are described by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons as being “used for internal fixation more often than any other type of implant.” They are a versatile little piece of technology that has helped many people recover from painful injuries only to need surgery again because many...
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Ottawa, Canada: Thanks to its immense size, Jupiter’s force of gravity is 2.5 times that of Earth. Neil Fraser set about testing whether this extra gravity would affect the functionality of a common lava lamp, but first he needed equipment that would allow him to replicate the gravity of...
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The recent cold weather in South Korea is reportedly responsible for the recent spike in sales of CJ Corporation’s snack sausages – they are selling like hot cakes, but not because people are hungry. The electrostatic properties of the meaty edibles allow them to be used as a stylus....
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When NASA announced the release of the most detailed pictures of Pluto that have ever been seen, I must admit to having experienced a certain level of excitement. After all, it is not very often that one gets a chance to get a good look at the distant dwarf...
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This object, which was first picked up by MIT’s LINEAR, was so incredible that it demanded a second look. NASA repositioned the Hubble and captured a beautiful shot of a debris cloud orbiting between Mars and Jupiter that bears more than a passing resemblance to a Klingon Bird of...
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A giant television screen used as a billboard was hacked to turn a street in central Moscow into a makeshift pornographic theater. Metro reports that the saucy display caused a traffic jam as motorists stopped to take a look. Viktor Laptev, commercial director of advertising firm Panno.ru who owns...
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South African “electrosensitive” activists who claimed to have experienced terrible symptoms caused by their local packet-data radio tower seem to have ended up with a little egg on their faces. The tower that allegedly triggered their symptoms was actually switched off during the time that they experienced them, suggesting...
Ottawa, Canada: Thanks to its immense size, Jupiter’s force of gravity is 2.5 times that of Earth. Neil Fraser set about testing whether this extra gravity would affect the functionality of a common lava lamp, but first he needed equipment that would allow him to replicate the gravity of...