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We Will Probably Never Be Able To Predict The Next Big Earthquake
In the wake of the massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake that has devastated Japan, an obvious question arises… why didn’t we see it coming? The fact is that earthquake prediction has long baffled scientists, and the current consensus is that it’s actually impossible.
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How An Iron Rod To The Skull Changed Neuroscience Forever
On September 13, 1848, an accidental explosion drove a metre-long iron rod through the skull of Vermont railway worker Phineas Gage. Incredibly, Gage survived, but the lingering side effects provided science its first clues about how the brain affects our personality.
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People At The End Of The Alphabet Are More Impulsive Buyers Than Those At The Front
People waiting in line for days for the latest must-have product are probably a bunch of Zimmermans, Youngs, and, yes, Wilkinses, according to a truly bizarre new study. It’s apparently all the fault of elementary school teachers overusing alphabetical order.