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Fred Wilson: We invested in DuckDuckGo for the Reddit, Hacker News anarchists | VentureBeat

venturebeat.com - Fred Wilson, managing partner at Union Square Ventures, shed some light today on why his VC firm invested in search engine startup DuckDuckGo, even as it pales next to Google and Bing.

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House Democrats calls for Gov. Walker to clarify testimony in light of new video

www.rawstory.com - Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform have asked Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) to obtain a clarification from Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R).During a congressional testimony last year, Walker had denied that his act...

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You Built What?!: A Portable X-Ray Machine

www.popsci.com - In his free time during high school, Adam Munich built himself a machine to see inside other machines

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Not magic, motion control: The Leap controls your computer with a flick of a finger | VentureBeat

venturebeat.com - Anyone who has wanted to point their finger at their computer to make something happen will appreciate the Leap, a new motion control peripheral from startup Leap Motion. The small aluminum device uses finger waves and hand gestures to i...

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Bain and Financial Industry Gave Over $565,000 To Newark Mayor Cory Booker For 2002 Campaign

thinkprogress.org - Yesterday, Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker (D) attacked the Obama campaign for making an issue of Mitt Romney’s tenure at Bain Capital during an appearance on Meet the Press. While the progressive leader later backed off the criticisms, Repub...

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Fossil Ink Sacs Yield Jurassic Pigment—A First

news.nationalgeographic.com - Still soft ink sacs from 160-million-year-old squidlike animals have yielded pigment matching that of modern cuttlefish.

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Researchers aim to assemble the tree of life for all 2 million named species

phys.org - A new initiative aims to build a grand tree of life that brings together everything scientists know about how all living things are related, from the tiniest bacteria to the tallest tree.

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Did You Miss the Solar Eclipse? Check Out This Gorgeous Time Lapse Video

gizmodo.com - Cory Poole—science teacher at University Preparatory School in Redding, California, and Gizmodo reader—has composed this 60-second time lapse video made from 700 frames captured by a Coronado Solar Max 60 Double Stacked Hydrogen Alpha Solar Telesc...