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Scientists create 'power plants' by building circuits inside living flowers

Scientists create the world's first electronically augmented plant, building circuits inside living flowers.

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How to create a super-secure password you’ll never forget: Use poetry

Iambic pentameter may be the answer to your sucky passwords.

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Dreaming of a White Halloween?

Analysis of Halloween GHCN climatology data for major station with 20+ years of snow data.

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TANZANIA ROLLS OUT BIRTH REGISTRATIONS BY MOBILE PHONE

DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Tanzania has launched a nationwide drive to help parents register their children’s births by mobile phone so the government can better plan health, education and other public services.

The country has one of the lowest rates of birth registration in eastern and southern Africa. Some 80 percent of Tanzanians - and more than nine in 10 under-fives - do not have birth certificates, according to the 2012 census.

Full story: cnbcafrica

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Inside China’s plan to give every citizen a character score

New Scientist looks at China's Social Credit System - a monumental rating scheme for all based on online shopping, social media activity, even job performance

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Everyone thinks the South Park gentrification episode was about their city

Denver? Portland? The other Portland? Boise, Idaho?

SoDoSoPa....HoMA

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The gnarliest beards and mustaches you've ever seen

"How long did it take you to grow that?"

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Is there anything wrong with men who cry? – Sandra Newman – Aeon

History is full of sorrowful knights, sobbing monks and weeping lovers – what happened to the noble art of the manly cry?

“Until recently, grown men actually forced themselves to cry publicly in the hope of impressing their peers”

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Liar Robot - Aeon Video

How do you make a robot seem more like a human? According to researchers at Yale’s Social Robotics Laboratory, you make it a liar robot

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Life without boredom would be a nightmare – Andreas Elpidorou – Aeon

Just like pain, boredom is an aversive and unpleasant experience that we need to have in order to truly live well

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Infento Self-Built Vehicles Empower Children to Be "Makers Instead of Consumers"

Photographer Spencer Rutting was volunteering for a youth organization when he had an activity idea: To organize a race where the kids would build their own self-powered vehicles. It was a success, as "The kids loved building real stuff and they were really creative with the material that was available."

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How Africa’s Film Industry Stacks Up

Ed’s Note: I question the comparison with Bollywood as its only ONE of the many Indian regional cinema centers.

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The Correlation Between Arts and Crafts and a Nobel Prize

Highly-accomplished scientists are more likely to have an artsy hobby than the average scientist. And Nobel prize winners are even more likely.