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Quantum Entanglement Visible to the Naked Eye | Wired Science | Wired.com

By linking the electrical currents of two superconductors large enough to be seen with the naked eye, researchers have extended the domain of observable quantum effects. Billions of flowing electrons in the superconductors can collectively exhibit a weird quantum property called entanglement, usually confined to the realm of tiny particles, scientists report in the September 24 Nature.

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Quantum Effects You can See

This Music's For the Birds

Birds on the Wires from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo.

René AUBRY-Philippe GENTY "FLOPPIENNCO"

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I'm not quite sure what to make of this...

LSD's long, strange trip back into the lab

Nearly 40 years after widespread fear over recreational abuse of LSD and other hallucinogens forced dozens of scientists to abandon their work, researchers at a handful of major institutions - including UCSF and Harvard University - are reigniting studies. Scientists started looking at less controversial drugs, like ecstasy and magic mushrooms, in the late 1990s, but LSD studies only began about a year ago and are still rare.

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It's about time

Judge Rules Against Gmail User After Bank Screws Up

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This seems crazy to me

The Associated Press: UEFA investigating 40 cases of match-fixing

Peter Limacher, head of disciplinary services at UEFA, told The Associated Press on Friday that the cases involved early qualifying matches of clubs "mainly from eastern Europe" over the last four years.

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Limacher said UEFA is building a network of informers across Europe to clamp down on match fixing.

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What do you put on your resume? Soccer Narc?

Venezuela to fine networks that air 'Family Guy' - Yahoo! News

CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan authorities plan to impose fines on cable television companies that refuse to stop airing the animated television series "Family Guy."Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami says the program should be pulled from the airwaves because it promotes the use of marijuana.El Aissami was outraged by a recent episode in which the show's characters started a campaign to legalize marijuana.He said Thursday that cable networks that broadcast "Family Guy" would be fined by Venezuela's telecommunications regulator if they refuse to dump the program.The government of President Hugo Chavez is preparing to impose new regulations on cable television. Among other rules, cable providers could be forced to carry Chavez's frequent speeches.

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What Budweiser's Failure can Teach Us about News Branding

The Bud Light "drinkability" advertising campaign has become one of Madison Avenue's biggest disappointments of the year.  After decades of beer spots devoted to fun and product identification, Bud's agency decided to try a more cerebral product-feature approach.  The goal - to convince beer drinkers that Bud Light had substantial product differences that made it a better food companion.  But the campaign never connected and sales dropped.  Few were convinced that Bud Light was any more drinkable than other light beers.  Bud Light is backing off on "drinkability" and is heading back to its more familiar fun approach.

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Robert Anton Wilson

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Inside the Apocalyptic Soviet Doomsday Machine

Valery Yarynich glances nervously over his shoulder. Clad in a brown leather jacket, the 72-year-old former Soviet colonel is hunkered in the back of the dimly lit Iron Gate restaurant in Washington, DC. It's March 2009—the Berlin Wall came down two decades ago—but the lean and fit Yarynich is as jumpy as an informant dodging the KGB. He begins to whisper, quietly but firmly.

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If a flock of geese could bring down Sully's plane, could another flock end the world?