Putting Paris aside for the moment

Thank you everybody for your book suggestions :) I meant to thank everybody individually, and probably will, but this will do for now.

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The Origin of Flight--What Use is Half a Wing? (Really cool video - did you know baby birds can run practically vertical!?)

Mormons plan 'mass resignation' over policies for gay people

Your Unwashed Bras Are Growing (Mostly Harmless) Bacteria

15 Non-Sex Uses for Condoms

A network of artificial neurons learns to use human language

Court Says Tracking Web Histories Can Violate Wiretap Act

Student Protesters Nationwide Demand Free Tuition, $15 Minimum Wage, No Student Debt

Windows 3.1 Is Still Alive, And It Just Killed a French Airport

5400mph winds discovered hurtling around exoplanet

Thousands to be sterilised in global 'vasectomy-athon'

Humans have minded their own beeswax for thousands of years

Why New York Subway Lines Are Missing Countdown Clocks: “I honestly just wanted to know why the F train didn’t have clocks. I never expected it to be so complicated.”

Researchers shed new light on the origins of Earth's water

U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on Abortion Limits

The Mad Hatter's Secret Ingredient: Math

As rate of women dying in childbirth falls globally, US sees rise

Autism cases in U.S. jump to 1 in 45: Who gets the diagnosis, in 8 simple charts

Walmart workers group plans 15-day protest leading to Black Friday

US Navy edges back to Subic Bay in Philippines – under new rules

Charity claims it now owns lucrative “Happy Birthday” copyright

Sometimes Toes Spontaneously Fall Off and Nobody Knows Why

Hong Kong bookstore disappearances shock publishing industry

Voters unlikely to support atheists because religiousness seen as sign of trustworthiness

US guards 'taunt hunger-striking asylum seekers'

South Sudan thought it had solved its child soldier problem. It hasn’t.

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