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http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/01/to-know-but-not-understand-david-weinberger-on-science-and-big-data/250820

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-compass-within
Expts show birds seems to use it but hard to get at molecular cause of magnetic sense.

http://www.newscientist.com/special/impossible-chemistry
quasixtal, oscill. BZ rxn, XePtF6, 3-atom carbocat., QM tunnels

…and a longer version:
(1) quasicrystals & Shechtman Nobel;
(2) BZ reaction as wave via autocatalytic intermediate synthesis, damped so not to violated 2nd law; (3) Bartlett’s XePtF6 via super oxidizer (i.e. electron grabber) PtF6;
(4) Olah’s carbocation spread over 3 atoms (causes reaction to join on a different C than predicted)
(5) odd tunneling effects with intermediates push reactions to seemingly unfavorable products

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21328482.000-driller-killers-turning-bacterias-weapons-on-them.html?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-57370642-250/from-dell-hell-to-genius-bar-a-customer-service-journey/

http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/flying-people-stun-yorkers-promote-movie-chronicle-194823215.html Didn’t this set up terrorist alarms ?

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2012/01/31/ebooks-more-boon-to-literacy-than-threat-to-democracy/

Should People Know About the Results of Their Genome Screening?
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/survey-gauges-opinions-genetic-information/story?id=15474911

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Russian Scientists Poised to be First to Reach Ice-Buried Antarctic Lake
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=russian-scientists-poised

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Philippe Kahn’s First Camera Phone Set to Star in Best Buy Super Bowl Ad
http://allthingsd.com/20120203/philippe-kahns-first-camera-phone-set-to-star-in-best-buy-super-bowl-ad/

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