Washed crayons with clothes.

[conuly]

*wince*

Wish me luck as I try to fix the unfixable.

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Magnetic 'game-changer' device used to treat acid reflux patients

http://bit.ly/1rAQXR7

Improved technology and better designs have made the repurposing of used hearing aids more feasible, said Margaret McCabe, an instructor and audiologist at the University of Maryland in College Park.

“People can, indeed, think of today’s digital aids as little computers in their ears, with software that can be tweaked over time,” said David Myers, a psychology professor at Hope College in Holland, Mich., and author of “A Quiet World: Living With Hearing Loss.”

http://bit.ly/1mU3iSR

No, gourmet dog food isn’t necessarily better — for your dog or for the planet

http://wapo.st/S5vfdy

75 million Americans under threat of severe weather

Stay safe, guys.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/29/us/severe-weather/

Syria conflict: Dozens die in explosions in Homs

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27203039

Scientists create world’s tiniest 3-D glasses to show bugs 3-D movies

http://to.pbs.org/1m66p69

Efforts to zap bacteria in food are slow to catch hold

http://wapo.st/QUqanz

Power of the Pardon

Obama may finally use his. But can mass clemency fix a broken criminal justice system?

http://slate.me/1iw77vx

Ants Swarm Like Brains Think

A neuroscientist studies ant colonies to understand feedback in the brain.

http://nautil.us/issue/12/feedback/ants-swarm-like-brains-think

5 Insane Lessons from My Christian Fundamentalist Childhood

http://bit.ly/PNKYMt

Camels Confirmed As Source of MERS Virus

http://nbcnews.to/1ltd3Fc

Disarray in eastern Ukraine as protest is attacked, mayor is shot

http://wapo.st/1iw3p57

More than two years after the repeal of the law that barred gay men and lesbians from serving in the military openly, transgender service members can still be dismissed from the force without question, the result of a decades-old policy that dates back to an era when gender nonconformity was widely seen as a mental illness.

http://wapo.st/1mTY5ub

Alabama, Mississippi Brace for 2nd Hit as Tornado Toll Reaches 28

http://nbcnews.to/1ixl3Q0

Lab mice fear men but not women, and that's a big problem for science

http://bit.ly/1k9Z4Qw

Silicon Valley’s Coddled Caste System Has Been Exposed

http://nym.ag/1foOut8

In the early morning darkness 70 years ago today, a convoy of eight ships packed with American servicemen crept along the English coast for a D-Day dress rehearsal.

Twenty-one-year-old sailor Joe Sandor stood at the stern of LST 496, squinting into the darkness. Suddenly, one of the other ships went up in flames, its sides turning into "red molten lava."

A group of nine German boats had stumbled upon the secret operation, dubbed "Exercise Tiger," and the training session had become real. And deadly.

http://touch.sun-sentinel.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-80008448/