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The demon core: A scary story of sloppy science from the Manhattan Project
2014-08-20 19:41:49| Extremetech
I think we can all agree that the physicists, engineers, and chemists who worked on the Manhattan Project -- which ultimately ended World War II -- were consummate geniuses and paragons of professionalism. Except they weren't. The demon core of plutonium claimed numerous lives at Los Alamos due to sloppy science.
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SE Uplift looking for neighborhood story tellers
2014-08-19 21:13:50| PortlandOnline
SE Uplift is hosting another fun, live community story-telling and improv comedy event on September 24, 2014. This year's theme is "Mistakes of Neighborly Proportions." Contact Ashe Urban at SE Uplift to share your story ideas.
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a Us manufacturer who fought back: Book tells gritty story of fight against Chinese imports
2014-08-19 17:15:29| Furniture - Topix.net
Much of U.S. manufacturing has been decimated in the past decade by less expensive imports from China, but it didn't necessarily have to be that way, according to a compelling new book by journalist Beth Macy.
Young Brits admit to using cling film as contraceptive. True story
2014-08-18 12:46:54| Chemicals - Topix.net
If the results of a recent survey on contraception are to be believed, some young Brits need to go back to sex ed - ASAP.
The True Story Behind Dog Day Afternoon Gets Its Own Stranger-Than-Fiction Documentary
2014-08-15 10:07:41| Apparel - Topix.net
Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon , his second true-crime drama with Al Pacino after 1973's Serpico , stands tall among the motion pictures of the 1970s .
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