Sea nettle (2/5) Ouch! Their transparent look makes them hard to spot, but a surprise encounter with one of these beach bodies can really hurt your seaside enjoyment. Penguin (3/5) …
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Beyonce the Biochemist
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenSatire site The Onion recently launched a sister site called Clickhole. It’s a parody on Upworthy, Buzzfeed, and other such sites, but of course the content on Clickhole is all …
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1. Realise that your turn to bring cake to work is coming around, and everyone still remembers that DNA cake you made last year. 2. Try to think of another …
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One thousand people, six degrees of separation
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenOne thousand people There are only one thousand people in the world – or so I say when joking about coincidental encounters. How else can you explain that I constantly …
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Google Doodle Moog
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenGoogle has a wonderful tradition of adapting its logo to current events. There is a pattern to the days that get Doodles: they are usually national holidays, human rights or …
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Dancing scientists cure cancer at McGill
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenDancing scientists in Canada are curing cancer. Well, they’re trying, at least. Researchers of the Goodman Cancer Research Centre at McGill University in Montreal have made a YouTube video of …