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A reservoir of water three times the volume of all the oceans has been discovered deep beneath the Earth's surface. The finding could help explain where Earth's seas came from.

http://bit.ly/1lh7O7w

A better way to diversify Stuyvesant

Don't downplay the test, fix it

http://nydn.us/1kvsx7u

Volunteers flock to defend Baghdad as insurgents seize more Iraqi territory

http://wapo.st/1olxtnF

Russia on Iraq: ‘We told you so’

http://wapo.st/1loRzK7

Tesla wants to kill gasoline by sharing its electric car technology with everyone

http://bit.ly/1qbdura

Ukrainian forces reclaim port city from rebels

http://reut.rs/1lsQBMH

Hit by a car, an emergency doctor experiences firsthand the shortcomings in ER care

http://wapo.st/SFWpqX

ISIS, beheadings and the success of horrifying violence

http://wapo.st/UzdswO

Smithsonian asks judge's help with bug collection

http://buswk.co/1joBoIn

Tongues of Certain Frogs Stick to Objects with Force Three Times its Body Weight

http://bit.ly/1joBuQo

A new study shows the rotavirus vaccine has saved 100,000 hospital visits and nearly $1 billion in medical costs. When will anti-vaxxers wake up and smell the science?

http://thebea.st/1loUByf

Condom Companies: Twitter Is Censoring Us

http://bit.ly/1oXbvFe

Cigarette smoking among high school students in the United States has reached a landmark low in a survey health officials have been conducting every two years since 1991.

http://usat.ly/TShVKk

Gecko-inspired tech lets humans scale walls like Spider-Man

http://fxn.ws/UzeIzO

When people get together in groups, unusual things can happen — both good and bad. Groups create important social institutions that an individual could not achieve alone, but there can be a darker side to such alliances: Belonging to a group makes people more likely to harm others outside the group.

http://bit.ly/1itJdwo

Push to ban plastic microbeads from facial scrubs gains momentum

http://bit.ly/1kT4oMZ

The Government Can No Longer Track Your Cell Phone Without a Warrant

http://bit.ly/1pSCwsX

Turns Out Atheists and Christians Like Very Different Bible Verses… (Two links)

http://bit.ly/1pSDWDN
http://bit.ly/1xU3yVu

ABC, NBC Too Busy With O.J. Simpson Police Chase Anniversary To Cover V.A. Scandal

To make it worse, they were called on it by Fox News. Oh, the humiliation.

http://bit.ly/1lh9P3n

America's middle class: Poorer than you think

http://cnnmon.ie/1lsTX2b

Researchers have found that in addition to recognizing sweet, sour, salty, savory, and bitter tastes, our tongues can also pick up on carbohydrates, the nutrients that break down into sugar and form our main source of energy.

http://bit.ly/1kvzN39

Clever crows beaten by babies in causality test

http://bit.ly/1hQnJ1w

Lithium ion batteries that can be stretched by 600% have been unveiled by scientists in China. In the future, the fibre shaped batteries could be woven into textiles to satisfy the ever-growing requirement for wearable devices.

http://rsc.li/1lsUukV