What You Should Be Reading

An article discussing five ways that militaries have used Christmas to their advantage.

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As Iraq seeks to leave behind the legacy of Saddam, its leaders are currently at odds over what to do with a Qur’an written in Saddam Hussein’s blood.  

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Several studies suggest upper class individuals have difficulty picking up non-verbal cues of strangers.

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“The United States holds tens of thousands of inmates in long-term solitary confinement. Is this torture?”

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Lifehacker has compiled all their photography tips from 2010 into one handy guide.  Ring in the holiday season and the new year with some fantastic photos!

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A good summary of William McGaughey’s “Five Epochs of Civilization.”  

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This is the first in a series of articles that cover how to do on-the-fly lie detecting. 

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A landmass the size of Great Britain that may have been home to humans 75,000-100,000 years ago has been discovered in the Persian Gulf.  

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New study reports that birth-season may explain differences in frequency of neurological disorders between individuals born in different seasons.  

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Charles Babbage, the man who is the father of computing finally has his “difference engine,” a mechanical calculator, built 150 years after its design.

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