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Zapping the Brain Improves Math Skills

- A mild electrical current improves a person's ability to learn math skills.

http://news.discovery.com/human/psychology/brain-electricity-math.htm

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21328501.600-zap-your-brain-into-the-zone-fast-track-to-pure-focus.html?full=true

I'm close to tears behind my thin cover of sandbags as 20 screaming, masked men run towards me at full speed, strapped into suicide bomb vests and clutching rifles.

Zap your brain into the zone: Fast track to pure focus - life - 06 February 2012

A satellite photo of a mesa in Cydonia, often called the Face on Mars . Later imagery from other angles did not contain the illusion.

Pareidolia

Tarek al-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi (29 March 1984 – 4 January 2011; Arabic : محمد البوعزيزي ‎) was a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire on 17 December 2010, in protest of the confiscation of his wares and the harassment and humiliation that he reported was inflicted on him by a municipal official and her aides.

Mohamed Bouazizi

The 1001 Films to See Before You Die « Instant Film Lists

Adult male Superb Fairy-wrens are among the most brightly coloured of the species, especially during the breeding season.

http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Malurus-cyaneus

Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus) - Birds in Backyards Fact sheet

“If we had been aware of his record,” says Maureen Kanka, “my daughter would be alive today.” She is referring, in a statement on the website of an anti-crime group she founded, to Jesse Timmendequas, a neighbor in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, who raped and murdered her 7-year-old daughter, Megan, in 1994.

Perverted Justice

Pilla Zamindar Pilla Zamindar Full movie Genre: Romance/Family Drama Type: Straight Banner: Shri Shailendra cinemas Cast: Nani, Hari priya, indu Madhavi, Rao Ramesh, Nagineedu, Srini Avasarala, MS Narayana, Sameer, Dhanraj, Jai Venu, Thagubothu Ramesh, Raghu Karumanchi, Ranadhir, Vennela Kishore, Dr. Siva Prasad, Subhashini etc Music: Selva Ganesh Cinematogr...

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Lists of fictional species

The Hardest Part by Jeremy R Frenette

The Misconception : You do nice things for the people you like and bad things to the people you hate.

The Benjamin Franklin Effect

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15179959

Folk musician Bert Jansch dies aged 67

5 October 2011 Last updated at 12:30 ET

Precordial catch syndrome

Precordial Catch Syndrome (PCS), also known as Texidor's Twinge , is a common cause of chest pain in children and adolescents. It also occurs, though less frequently, in adults.

Lotus effect

Water on the surface of a lotus leaf.

BBC Horizon: Do you see what I see? "The Himba tribe"

How Bad Do You Want It on Vimeo

On a recent trip to Italy, London-based writer and founding editor of Domestic Sluttery , Sian Meades, had the opportunity to visit Armin Blasbichler’s home in South Tyrol. Designed to look like the ubiquitous log stacks in local fields, Sian thought the home would be a perfect peek for Design*Sponge readers.