What's In My Mouth?: What do you get when you have a phone camera, dental surgery and large amounts of drugs? A video like this: Daughter: "What's in my mouth?" Mom: "Gauze." Daughter: "What?" Mom: "Don't touch it!" Daughter: "Okay... What's in my mouth?" REPEAT. This poor girl might become famous with no recollection of how it happened. (6:00 p.m.) via Tumblr
Atheists To Rally: American atheists are sick and tired and aren't going to take it anymore! That's the message that up to 20,000 of them intend to bring to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., tomorrow. “We are the last group against whom it is politically correct to be bigoted,” said David Silverman, president of the American Atheists, in The Washington Post. “That is something that needs to change and I am very confident that we will within 20 years.” The event might be curtailed by powers above, though: Thundershowers are predicted for Saturday, which could shrink the crowd to only 5,000. (4:04 p.m.) via WashingtonPost.com
Big Bang: In the Chilean Atacama Desert today, a "boom" echoed through the mountains. No, it wasn't an earthquake, it was an explosion near the Las Campanas Observatory to make way for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). A screengrab of the blast from the live-streaming video is pictured right. This detonation marks the beginning of site preparation for the world's largest 'scope that is expected to be completed in 2018. (1:40 p.m.) via PhysOrg.com
Music Prevents Organ Rejection: Music has a calming effect and can reduce stress. Now researchers in Japan have found that music can reduce the rejection of heart transplants. The team, which published their results in the Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, found that opera and classical music increased the time before a transplanted organ failed in mice. The single frequency monotones of new age music did not do as well. (12:35 p.m.) via Eurekalert
The Doctor Is In: Announced today, the White House nominee to lead the World Bank is Dartmouth president Dr. Jim Yong Kim, a former director of the Department of H.I.V./AIDS at the World Health Organization. Trained as both an anthropologist and physician, Dr. Kim is also the co-founder of Partners in Health, a nonprofit that provides health care for the poor, reported the New York Times. “The leader of the World Bank should have a deep understanding of both the role that development plays in the world and the importance of creating conditions where assistance is no longer needed,” President Obama said Friday. “It’s time for a development professional to lead the world’s largest development agency.” (11:15 a.m.) via The New York Times
The Golden Apple: Apple has a lot of cash on hand, and we humans love to get together and compare sizes of our endowments. ThingsAppleisWorthMoreThan is a tumblr blog showcasing exactly what it says: who is bigger (or littler). If you thought the U.S. Government had access to a bit ‘o cash money, check this out: Apple is worth more than the entire U.S. highway system, or all our aircraft carriers -- depending on how long your measuring tape is. (11:04 a.m.) via ThingsAppleisWorthMoreThan
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