Good Reads/Random Cool Sites (6/30/2012)

Income inequality in America.

Revisiting John Roberts.

What people died of 100 years ago vs. what they die of today. (The full NEJM article is interesting too.)

The relative dangers of drugs.

Buildings made of books.

School evacuated for "chemical spill" after mercury thermometer breaks.

An exchange of letters between Gene Roddenberry and Isaac Asimov.

Mother Theresa in the 1920s (surprisingly pretty, but very serious-looking).

The Soviet Hobbit.

DO NOT PUT ON KNOB AND BOLLOCKS.

And apropos of that last link, how pain relievers work:



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Good Reads/Random Cool Sites (6/24/2012)

Voyager reaches the edge of the galaxy solar system.

The physics of Ray Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder."

The wonder of breasts.

Photos of life off the grid.

Nothing like a great internet takedown.

Twenty-one pictures that will restore your faith in humanity.

A Game of Thrones world map.

Pulp Fiction in chronological order.

Fifteen ways to spot a lesbian.

So... the London Olympics mascot is a cyclopian police-creature, of which you can buy toys on Amazon...?

I don't know why I find this so hilarious, but I do.



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