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Impossible anti-gravity balls

See the video in the link. You will notice the balls rolling uphill!

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Junk food can give you an "addicted brain"!?

In the experiment, a group of rats were allowed unlimited access to junk food. And after a while, they were given a painful electric shock if they eat junk food. The rats contiunes to eat even though they would be shocked. This behaviour is similar to rats addicted to cocaine. It is likely that junk food is as addictive as drug, and it may as well applicable to human.

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If you think you are unpredictable, think again!

An analysis of 50,000 cellphone users over three months proves that people are easily predictable.

The study used cellphone network to track the cellphone towers each person's phone connected to each hour of the day, which reveals the person's approximate location. And the study conclude that people's movement are theoretically predictable as much as 93 per cent of the time. ...

ross_tang 22 Feb 10
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