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Get Paid $18,000 to Stay in Bed for Two Months, For Science

If your skill is staying in bed for extremely extended periods of time, well the perfect job for you has just opened up

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China’s Tianducheng Is an Eerie Ghost Town Version of Paris

If and when Shanghai spills far enough into the countryside, Tianducheng and its neo-Classical apartments will be waiting

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What Colorado’s Floods Looked Like to Drones

Flooding took down power lines, took out sewage systems, and shut down entire towns. Here's what all that looks like from the perspective of a drone

Your Facebook “Likes” Are an Expression of Free Speech

'Like' away, Facebook activists. Your thumbs ups are constitutionally protected

Hurricane Usagi as of 8 am eastern time, 8 pm local time

The Strongest Hurricane of the Year Is About to Hit Taiwan

The strongest hurricane of the year, Super Typhoon Usagi, is set to hit China over the weekend

The top five contestants in the 4–6-year-old section wait on the judges' final decisions during the Little Miss Perfect competition at Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa at the Convention Center in Montgomery, Alabama.

France Bans Child Beauty Pageants, America Unlikely to Follow

But, even in America, the land of Honey Boo Boo, the question of whether these contests should be banned has been percolating for years

This Guy’s Stomach Made Its Own Beer

At first doctors thought he was lying and drinking in private, but it turns out that his stomach was actually brewing beer

The University of Coimbra’s grand old Biblioteca Joanina houses both books and bats.

Bats Act As Pest Control at Two Old Portuguese Libraries

It's not clear how long the bats have been doing this important job

Chen Lihua is a self-made and worth $6 billion.

China Has More Self-Made, Female Billionaires Than Any Other Country

Although most women in China now hold jobs and account for about 20 percent of the country's entrepreneurs, they are still largely subservient to men

Why Some Autistic Kids Don’t Catch Yawns

Researchers once thought it had something to do with their troubles empathizing with others, but new research suggests something different

Once a Toxoplasma Parasite Infects Mice, They Never Fear Cats Again

Toxoplasma is estimated to infect nearly one-third of humans worldwide, but what these results mean for humans remains to be seen

Good Cop, Bad Cop Might Not Work

By combining brute force and gentle understanding cops can get the criminal to confess to his crime. The problem is, that might not actually work

Game Over: Former Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi Dies at 85

The man who oversaw Nintendo's transformation into a video game company died today

“The Eight Years of the War of the American Revolution,” wood engraving by John Warner Barber c 1871. You’re really going to want to zoom in on this one.

This Engraved Infographic of the Revolutionary War Is From 1871

This engraved infographic from 1871 shows the major events of the Revolutionary War, and some beautiful subtle additions

Women Can Now Map Street Harassment, One Catcall at a Time

Some, however, are doubtful that the app will actually enact any change

Rosetta eyeing the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Europe’s Space Agency Is Going to Harpoon a Comet And Ride It Into the Sun

A three billion mile hunt will climax soon when Rosetta, quite literally, harpoons a comet

Legos Helped Restore a 3,000-Year-Old Sarcophagus

Lego platforms propped the sarcophagus in place from the inside, allowing the researchers to work on the ancient materials without fear of collapse

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This Crazy, Hacker-Friendly 3D Scanner Helps Make a Copy of Anything You Can See

A 3D scanner, similar to Microsoft's Kinect, is coming to your mobile device

The bartending robot James is here to serve.

Bartending Robot Can Tell If a Customer Wants a Drink or Is Just Standing Around

Using videos of thirsty customers lining up for bar-side drinks, they created algorithm equivalents for "I want a drink" body language

Was Beethoven’s Metronome Wrong?

Mathematic and musical detectives have discovered that perhaps Beethoven's tempo was so strange because his metronome was broken

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