conuly

When I heard it fall, I called out "what broke?"

Evangeline: I just waved my arm a little and it broke on the floor!
Me: Uh... You mean you waved your arm and knocked it down?
Eva: No!
Me: Yeah....

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The tourists flocking to the French Riviera or Spain’s Costa del Sol this summer will slather on sunscreen containing the latest ingredients for protecting against the sun’s most harmful ultraviolet rays.

But American beachgoers will have to make do with sunscreens that dermatologists and cancer-research groups say are less effective and have changed little over the past decade.

http://wapo.st/1gP4eU5

While pulling a late night once in a while isn’t great for your health, repeated all-nighters could lead to permanent brain damage.

http://bit.ly/1hyUxac

TYPICAL MIND AND DISBELIEF IN STRAIGHT PEOPLE

A hypothesis that could explain a minority of vehement homophobes, but probably doesn't explain most of them.

http://bit.ly/1gV1R21

"Slide down my cellar door"

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=11136

A decade-old legal battle over the Salvation Army’s discriminatory workplace policies has ended in a settlement that’s favorable to church-state separation.

http://bit.ly/1d08wZn

Back on July 23, 2012 a furious solar magnetic storm just grazed our planet. Had it erupted just nine days earlier, it would have hit us, causing extensive damage to our technological infrastructure. It would have been a geomagnetic catastrophe the likes of which we've never seen. Scientists say the close shave should serve as an important wake-up call.

http://io9.com/a-massive-solar-superstorm-nearly-blasted-the-earth-in-1547913445

Journalists’ and activists’ strange approach to low-wage workers

http://wapo.st/1nF6YZt

The Skinniest Building in Midtown

http://www.scoutingny.com/can-you-believe-this-exists-in-midtown/

Plastic shopping bags, an abundant source of litter on land and at sea, can be converted into diesel, natural gas and other useful petroleum products, researchers report. The conversion produces significantly more energy than it requires and results in transportation fuels -- diesel, for example -- that can be blended with existing ultra-low-sulfur diesels and biodiesels.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140212132853.htm