The Boston Globe has some absolutely breathtaking images of what Douglas Adams liked to call our “small, unregarded, yellow sun.” Very, very cool.

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Any parent with young children has probably heard about the potential dangers of some vaccines. It’s hard to get to the bottom of what vaccines you should give and what you shouldn’t, even if you have good Catholic pediatricians on your side.
The link between certain vaccines and autism has long been a concern for many [...]

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After years of trying to find a mattress that was comfortable for both of us, my wife and I finally buckled down and spent the small fortune on a Select Comfort bed. Our size difference is substantial - she’s half my weight and 14 inches shorter - so the ability to adjust each side was [...]

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From a funny little comic I just found called xkcd:

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PUN ALERT: This gives new meaning to the term, “eye tooth”:
An Irishman blinded by an explosion two years ago has had his sight restored after doctors inserted his son’s tooth in his eye, he said on Wednesday.
Bob McNichol, 57, from County Mayo in the west of the country, lost his sight in a freak accident [...]

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The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works released a report today indicating that over 400 prominent scientists have disputed man-made global warming claims in 2007.
This blockbuster Senate report lists the scientists by name, country of residence, and academic/institutional affiliation. It also features their own words, biographies, and weblinks to their peer reviewed studies [...]

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Robots are, in my Transformers-loving opinion, one of the best things ever invented because they are simultaneously heart-stoppingly scary and unfathomably cool.
What escapes the notice of most of us regular schleps is just how prevalent they’re becoming. I’ve even encountered an advanced robotics project in some of my client work.
Let’s be clear what I mean [...]

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