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Cracked.com - America's Only Humor & Video Site Since 1958. How to Get a Conversation Back on Track. The Onion - America's Finest News Source. Massive Earthquake Reveals Entire Island Civilization Called 'Haiti' PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI—Less than two weeks after converging upon the site of a devastating magnitude 7.0 earthquake, American anthropologists have confirmed the discovery of a small, poverty-stricken island nation, known to its inhabitants as "Haiti. " Located just 700 miles off the southeastern coast of Florida, the previously unaccounted-for country is believed to be home to an estimated 10 million people. Even more astounding, reports now indicate that these people have likely inhabited the impoverished, destitute region—unnoticed by the rest of the world—for more than 300 years.

Researchers believe this was once the capital, though it's unclear if the Haitian people ever had a truly functional government. "That an entire civilization has been somehow existing right under our noses for all this time comes as a complete shock," said University of Florida anthropology professor Dr. Added Oliver, "Had it not been for this earthquake, I doubt we would have ever noticed Haiti at all. " I Kept Playing — The Costs Of My Gaming Addiction. The 4 Most Important Things to Know as a Gamer Parent. In a Game, the Objectionable Content Can Be Buried Deep So, I realized then that being vigilant about my kids' gaming was going to require me to do some actual, strenuous parenting beyond simply trying to banish games from their lives and washing their eyes out with soap.

I needed to treat my games the same way I treat television. When my kids watch movies or TV shows, they do it in a room where I can easily supervise the content (it's one advantage of having a small place with one TV). And when inappropriate situations pop up, we talk about it. So, I put in Fable II and signed in. At first, it sure enough looked like a kids' game with cartoony graphics and some decent, offbeat humor.

Then the first big cut scene started, and just as Drew exited the bathroom, I witnessed my six or seven year old character get shot in the chest and blown out of the top of a castle tower. I turned and stared at him for a few concern-filled seconds and then told him to comb his hair and get dressed. "Oh. 5 Scientific Reasons Your Idea of Happiness Is Wrong. #2. Freedom of Choice Doesn't Always Make You Happier Getty If you're reading this, you probably live in some kind of a free society. And we're guessing that you place pretty high value on freedom, and that approximately zero of you stare out the window and long to move to North Korea.

But freedom to choose everything you do comes at a price. Getty"But which brand of hazelnut is the hazelnuttiest? " For instance, there are two kinds of people: those old enough to remember a world without the Internet, and those who are not. Thank goodness we had Vietnam to keep us occupied. Since then, the entertainment choices have gone up infinitely. Getty"If only I'd been a fry cook. " That everyday anxiety over making the wrong choice is why having a vast selection of choices tends to make people less happy in general.

Getty"I was this close to a spot on the cast of Mad TV, but I threw it all away for politics. " Hell, regret is the whole basis of the "midlife crisis" people go through in their 40s and 50s. What The Fuck Should I Make For Dinner? Vimeo, Video Sharing For You. The Think Tank. Akon Calls T-Pain - OFFICIAL VERSION. Funny Talking Animals - Walk On The Wild Side - Episode One Preview - BBC One. STEPHEN FRY: WHAT I WISH I'D KNOWN WHEN I WAS 18. 23 and 1/2 hours: What is the single best thing we can do for our health? ONE OF THE GREATEST POSTS ON YOUTUBE SO FAR! Aerostat. TED: Ideas worth spreading. Matthieu Ricard on the habits of happiness. Explore more. Web pages, photos, and videos | StumbleUpon.com.

Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide. Steve Jobs News, Videos, Reviews and Gossip - Gizmodo. SNEAKHYPE - your daily dose of dopeness. The Observatory House (16 Pics. Every house should come standard with a rooftop pool. Located in Roca Blanca, Mexico, the Observatory House was designed by Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco and built by architect Tatiana Bilbao. The design of the house was inspired by the Jantar Mantar Astronomical Observatory, which was built in Delhi in 1724. Via Fubiz. PLATFORM. Physics.org | Home. Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done.

How to Hack Your Brain. Io9. We come from the future. Michael Bay Finally Made An Art Movie. @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: You should be scared of this movie. It is a fucking mess. But it still was awesome. Seeing it on a real IMAX screen would probably actually blow your mind, for real. The combination of sensory overload as only the IMAX can deliver with complete logic deprivation as only Michael Bay can deliver would put the audience into a catatonic shock for a few hours. @sakeido: Actually, that sounds even more awesome. And before someone bitches about how summer blockbusters are all about 'splosions and mindless garbage and norks and ass, I'd like to justify MY going to see said tripe by stating that I haven't been in a theater in over a year and it's about damn time I get mineself over to an IMAX theater post haste.

@c0dek: Perhaps said hand holding will prevent said pants shitting. I really wouldn't want to watch this in a standard theater, if I want to catch all of the madness in its 30 story tall glory. SEEDMAGAZINE.COM. COSMOS magazine | The science of everything. Popular Science | New Technology, Science News, The Future Now. Science news and science jobs from New Scientist.

Bipolar kids: Victims of the 'madness industry'? - health - 08 June 2011. Read full article Continue reading page |1|2|3 THERE'S a children's picture book in the US called Brandon and the Bipolar Bear. Brandon and his bear sometimes fly into unprovoked rages. Sometimes they're silly and overexcited. A nice doctor tells them they are ill, and gives them medicine that makes them feel much better.

The thing is, if Brandon were a real child, he would have just been misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder. Also known as manic depression, this serious condition, involving dramatic mood swings, is increasingly being recorded in American children. The problem is, this apparent epidemic isn't real. How did this strange, sweeping misdiagnosis come to pass? Freudian slip The answer to the second question turned out to be strikingly simple. I met Spitzer in his large, airy house in Princeton, New Jersey. The trips were respite from Spitzer's "very unhappy mother".

DSM is simply a list of all the officially recognised mental illnesses and their symptoms. He paused. Recommended by. Body illusions: The virtual body - life - 21 March 2009. Cookies on the New Scientist website close Our website uses cookies, which are small text files that are widely used in order to make websites work more effectively. To continue using our website and consent to the use of cookies, click away from this box or click 'Close' Find out about our cookies and how to change them Life Log in Your login is case sensitive I have forgotten my password close My New Scientist Look for Science Jobs This is a preview of the full article New Scientist full online access is exclusive to subscribers.

Home|Life | In-Depth Articles Body illusions: The virtual body Read about all the tactile and body illusions in our special feature In another variant on the rubber hand illusion, Mel Slater of UPC Barcelona Tech, Spain, recently persuaded 21 people that a virtual arm was their own. She showed volunteers a computerised image of a right arm on a 3D display while their own right arm was stretched out in front of them but hidden from view. PrintWeb WebSmartphoneTablet. Tactile illusions: Seven ways to fool your sense of touch. Cookies on the New Scientist website close Our website uses cookies, which are small text files that are widely used in order to make websites work more effectively. To continue using our website and consent to the use of cookies, click away from this box or click 'Close' Find out about our cookies and how to change them Log in Your login is case sensitive I have forgotten my password close My New Scientist Look for Science Jobs Tactile illusions: Seven ways to fool your sense of touch Seven ways to fool your sense of touch It's surprisingly easy for your body to fool your brain.

The Aristotle illusion We kick off our special series on ways to fool your sense of touch with a classic: all you need is two fingers and your nose Perceptual rivalry One of the newly-discovered tactile illusions uses tapping machines to fool the brain – try the visual equivalent here Boxing clever Here's a way to confound your family and friends with just boxes and bricks I feel it in my fingers Change numbness Parchment skin 1.

Problems with a Global Flood, 2nd edition. Second Edition Copyright © 1998 [Last Update: November 16, 1998] Contents 1. Building the Ark 2. Reationist models are often criticized for being too vague to have any predictive value. References are listed at the end of each section. Two kinds of flood model are not addressed here. Second, the whole story can be dismissed as a series of supernatural miracles. 1. Wood is not the best material for shipbuilding. 2. Bringing all kinds of animals together in the vicinity of the ark presents significant problems. Could animals have traveled from elsewhere? Some, like sloths and penguins, can't travel overland very well at all.

Could animals have all lived near Noah? There is a reason why Gila monsters, yaks, and quetzals don't all live together in a temperate climate. How was the Ark loaded? 3. To determine how much space is required for animals, we must first determine what is a kind, how many kinds were aboard the ark, and how big they were. What is a kind? What kinds were aboard the ark? 4. 136 Creepy Wikipedia Articles.