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January 14th, 2008
by Miss Cellania - January 14, 2008 - 1:42 AM

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The Moral Instinct. Science is struggling to clarify what morality is and how it should steer our actions. Just like philosophy has always tried to do.
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The most dangerous game reserve on earth. In Congo’s Virunga National Park, survival of the world’s gorillas depends on park rangers who risk their lives in a war zone.
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A scientist looks at the causes of the Black Plague, parts one and two. Forensic diagnoses of patients 500 years in the past leads to lots of questions and several theories.
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How a sewing machine really works. This simple graphic clears up what I’ve been wondering for many years.
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How well do you know landmarks? In this quiz, you must guess what famous site you’re looking down on from overhead.
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The World’s Highest Bungee Jump is 1108 feet! Watch the video if you dare.
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The Frogfather. Kermit puts a hit out on Statler and Waldorf in the classic Italian restaurant scene.
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The world’s first virtual pandemic. If we can have computer viruses, why not fantasy world viruses?

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Comments (6)

  1. oh man so stoked about the sewing machine thing. I have never really figured it out. Thank you!

    posted by Cary on 1-14-2008 at 3:13 am

  2. On the Guess The Location thing… #4 is supposed to be the Collosseum in Greece. Someone needs to inform the owner of the test that the Collosseum is in Rome not Greece.

    posted by Nell on 1-14-2008 at 5:49 am

  3. Thank you so much for posting the Moral Instinct article! I haven’t read it yet, but can absolutely use that as a resource for a class I’m in.

    posted by Eileen on 1-14-2008 at 6:03 am

  4. On the location quiz just guess 1 or 4 every time and you can get all but 2 right. They should be more random.

    posted by witty nickname on 1-14-2008 at 8:10 am

  5. I did pretty well on that quiz.

    I didn’t even have to look at then multiple choice to know a few (like Epcot).

    posted by beth on 1-14-2008 at 11:09 am

  6. The sewing graphic is correct but very simplistic. There are a lot of other things that go into the actual formation of a stitch (the needle design, for one, is a big deal), and the graphic is of a rotary hook, and oscillating hooks are far more common.

    I repair sewing machines for a living, so you know, I know these things.

    posted by Ian EBH on 1-14-2008 at 12:33 pm

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