conuly | OMG this morning was whine central.

And nobody ended up having any breakfast. I am ready for the end of the school year. And oh look, it's April, so we are right on schedule! If we started earlier they'd get out earlier, but that wouldn't help. I'd just be done by March.

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No, your economic fortune isn't just based on work ethic and idea quality. It's also a gaping inheritance disparity

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UN: Extreme weather soars, Australia's record heat was 'virtually impossible' without human impacts

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National Review: Black children have 'weak impulse control' compared to white children

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Creationism Is Not Being Ignored On ‘Cosmos’ — It’s Actually The Focus

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New proposal in NYC to charge for plastic bags

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Turkish Court Overturns Twitter Ban

http://time.com/38340/turkish-court-overturns-twitter-ban/

Warm, Wet Times Spurred Medieval Mongol Rise

http://bit.ly/1dr7Mgc

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE FOOD RUNS OUT?

http://www.vice.com/read/what-happens-when-the-food-runs-out

Polio in Syria: An outbreak that threatens the Middle East

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26734465

New findings show that much of the mineral from which bone is made consists of 'goo' trapped between tiny crystals, allowing movement between them. It is this flexibility that stops bones from shattering.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140324154013.htm

Despite a commonly held belief that LGBT Americans tend to live it up in classy urban neighborhoods, they struggle with disproportionately high levels of poverty compared to straight people.

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Little-known scores rank consumers’ value based on data from Web, mobile apps, loyalty cards

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Dragonflies Lack 'Smell Center,' but Can Still Smell

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Climate change to make downpours more violent: expert

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Science Compared Every Diet, and the Winner Is Real Food

Researchers asked if one diet could be crowned best in terms of health outcomes. If diet is a set of rigid principles, the answer is a decisive no. In terms of broader guidelines, it's a decisive yes.

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Star Wars and the 4 Ways Science Fiction Handles Race

http://bit.ly/1fXTxtY

Goats are far more clever than previously thought

http://phys.org/news/2014-03-goats-clever-previously-thought.html

With their galleries full of paintings and sculptures, museums are a treat for the eyes. So after suffering optic nerve damage, Bobby Jackson of Fort Worth wasn’t sure he’d ever visit one again.

But here the former forklift operator was at Southern Methodist University’s Meadows Museum, taking in some of the museum’s extensive Spanish collection using senses other than sight — tracing tactile versions of paintings with his fingers, immersing himself in their place and time with the help of regional music and food.

Using techniques that extend beyond sight, the Meadows is on the cutting edge of efforts not only to reach out to the visually impaired but also to offer multisensory experiences that appeal to a wide range of audiences through touch, sound and taste.

http://dallasne.ws/1ePkfsw

Obama, Congress working on changes to NSA

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/25/politics/white-house-nsa/

Neonicotinoid, common pesticide associated with bee die-off, doesn’t help yields, according to an environmental group's analysis.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/252104351.html

In the same way that America’s fast-food industry fooled us into accepting that a burger must come with a pile of fries and a colossal Coke, the agricultural industry has convinced farmers that seeds must come coated with a side of pesticides.

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