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[conuly]

The Congress has just ended one of the worst and least productive sessions in the history of our country. At a time when the problems facing us are monumental, Congress is dysfunctional and more and more people (especially the young) are, understandably, giving up on the political process. The people are hurting. They look to Washington for help. Nothing is happening.

http://huff.to/1k0ff8s

I flew on a plane without going through security. It was amazing and no one died.

http://bitly.com/19ChS9X

In China, one in five children live in rural villages without their parents

http://wapo.st/1cEZIpd

217 years of homicide in NYC

http://qz.com/162289/217-years-of-homicide-in-new-york/

Afghanistan war more unpopular than Vietnam

http://bitly.com/1ltBrmW

Home electricity use plummets

http://bitly.com/1h9IBPO

NASA 'super ball bot' could one day bounce onto Saturn's moon Titan

http://lat.ms/1ckhlpE

Sense Of Smell Starts At The Genetic Level

http://bit.ly/1bz4DDo

Coney Island Community Garden Razed In The Dark

http://bit.ly/1eopi0g

Dolphins ‘deliberately get high’ on puffer fish nerve toxins by carefully chewing and passing them around

http://ind.pn/1cgqkfb

One-third of Americans reject human evolution

http://usat.ly/1eSNCw2

Beam of darkness makes objects invisible from a distance

Kinda sorta more or less, anyway. Suffice to say, it needs more work.

http://bit.ly/1gjYYX0

New view of microbes forces rethinking of what it means to be an organism

http://bit.ly/KiWZXK