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… why is sleep one of the first things we’re willing to sacrifice as the demands in our lives keep rising? We continue to live by a remarkably durable myth: Sleeping one hour less will give us one more hour of productivity. In reality, the research suggests that even small amounts of sleep deprivation take a significant toll on our health, our mood, our cognitive capacity and our productivity.
—Tony Schwartz: Why Sleep Is More Important Than Food
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Passport ownership prevents diabetes (via Passport ownership prevents diabetes - Boing Boing) (h/t Christina Mulligan)

Passport ownership prevents diabetes (via Passport ownership prevents diabetes - Boing Boing) (h/t Christina Mulligan)

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A handful of dilapidated roads cross the zone, half-overgrown with weeds and grasses, and the whole area is littered with pockets of intense radiation, but nature doesn’t seem to mind. All nature seems to care about is that the people, along with their domestic animals, are for the most part gone. The zone is reverting to one big, untamed forest, and it all sounds like a fantastic success story for nature: remove the humans and the wilderness bounces right back. Lured by tales of mammals unknown in Europe since the Dark Ages, we’re setting out on an atomic safari.
—Chernobyl Exclusion Zone | OutsideOnline.com
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xkcd: Nihilism

xkcd: Nihilism

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Not exactly an “idea,” but stil…. Baby Laughing Hysterically at Ripping Paper (via BruBearBaby)

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Little Red Riding Hood Retold (via dannyw1501)

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What Was a Disgraced Korean Cloning Scientist Doing in Libya? .
Daily chart: Global alcohol consumption: Drinking habits | The Economist

Daily chart: Global alcohol consumption: Drinking habits | The Economist

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Interactive graphic: visual evidence that our best movies are getting worse. .
Partial Meltdowns Presumed at Crippled Reactors - NYTimes.com

Partial Meltdowns Presumed at Crippled Reactors - NYTimes.com

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Space Shuttle Discovery’s Final Launch - Alan Taylor - In Focus - The Atlantic

Space Shuttle Discovery’s Final Launch - Alan Taylor - In Focus - The Atlantic

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photojojo: Cameras cleverly disguised as lumps of snow were able to catch some rare and amazing photos and vid of these endangered polar bears. They almost went by unnoticed ‘til one Polar Bear destroyed $200,000 worth of camera equipment (the whole thing was caught on photo and video). Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice

photojojo:

Cameras cleverly disguised as lumps of snow were able to catch some rare and amazing photos and vid of these endangered polar bears.

They almost went by unnoticed ‘til one Polar Bear destroyed $200,000 worth of camera equipment (the whole thing was caught on photo and video).

Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice

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danielholter: Functional Design – The iPhone Wallet I’ll take one of these pronto, please and thank you.

danielholter:

Functional Design – The iPhone Wallet

I’ll take one of these pronto, please and thank you.

(via apoplecticskeptic)

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Chief Justice Roberts to AT&T: This Time, It Isn't Personal [PDF]

A recently released Supreme Court opinion holds that AT&T does not have “personal privacy” under the Freedom of Information Act.

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Airport (via portablefilmfestival)

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