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New screensaver tests for synaesthesia
1pointsI can kill you with my brain*. Sorry, wrong superpower. Synaesthesia is when the brain crosses sensory information with sensations of another kind, like hearing colours, or smelling numbers. Now you can take the test. (*May be a lie)
Geek's marriage proposal on Google Street View
1pointsA LOVESTRUCK geek has asked his girlfriend to marry him - again - and the whole world can witness the proposal using Google Street View.
Eat Roo, Save the Planet
1pointsWhat's that Skip? You're better suited to our environment, degrade the land less, require less maintenance to farm and produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions than sheep or cattle? And you're damn tasty?...
Psychiatry via iPod?
1pointsIn what appears to be a classic case of correlation implying causation, medics are being encouraged to use their teenage patients' music preferences as diagnostic indicators for mental illness. Strangely, country music doesn't get a mention.
Fostering – it’s not just for kids!
1pointsMaybe you'd love a pet, but due to work, travel or situation you aren't able to make the 10-15 year commitment. Foster caring could be the answer!
TV overrides brain, makes kids fat, study suggests
1pointsWatching TV at mealtime can make children overeat, as the distraction overrides signals that normally make a person feel full, Canadian research has found.
New campaign shows family comes first
1pointsWant to know more about the newest epidemic, mumnesia? Having trouble taming your toddler? Interested in tapping into hints and tips from a network of local cyber mums?
BMW Gina - a car with no metal, just fabric!
1pointsBMW has come up with a concept car built from stretchable fabric that moulds into any shape. The fabric covers a strong metal structure which is controllable by the driver.
The Irish can now make good espresso
1pointsSTEPHEN MORRISSEY Made 4 espressos, 4 cappuccinos, and 4 'original drinks which he created himself' to win Barista of the Year. David Makin from Australia was runner-up.
They had sex where?
1pointsJust a light hearted article about Italy and inappropriate places to have sex.
The myth of a gene for every disease is busted!
1pointsA new branch of science called Epigenetics moves medicine from simple mechanics to the Quatum Science level. Epigenetics proves that our health is NOT predetermined by genes and that we have control over how our genes express themselves thus deter...
Your drinking water causing depression?
1pointsA New York org whose members are raising alarms about the damage from fluoride in America's water supplies says a government study available online suggests the additive can be blamed for a multitude of problems stemming from thyroid imbalances.

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