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23/11/2012

Pebbles, Vol. 39: Fingers 'n' Pipes

1. Rushdie remembers the Rushdie affair

2. Knuckle cracking does not lead to arthritis (n=2) (via).

3. Evidence that the unconscious can work on math problems (via)

4. Popular science book cover of the year

5. Cool photos of Google's data centre
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Posted by LemmusLemmus at 08:47
Labels: Fiction, Health and Medicine, I'm Not Making This up, Nonfiction, Pebbles, Photography/Design/Painting, Psychology, Social Sciences

1 comment:

Jeremy Norton said...

I can relate to #2 - Knuckle cracking does not lead to arthritis. I had that habit since I was in High school.

23/11/12 15:14

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