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The myth of the eight-hour sleep

22 February 2012 Last updated at 06:50 ET By Stephanie Hegarty BBC World Service We often worry about people who lie awake in the middle of the night - but it could be good for you. Scientists have been making the case for 20 years that the eight-hour sleep may be unnatural, and now historians are backing them up.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16964783 - Health [Article]

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The Swedish Armed Forces – The team test

A team is never stronger than its weakest link. Do you have what it takes?

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http://www.team.forsvarsmakten.se/english/ - Entertainment [Game]

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China is Linsane. It's Trying To Claim Jeremy Lin.

If you're a basketball fan, or a New Yorker, you've definitely heard about Linsanity. It's the underdog story of a Chinese American Harvard graduate being undrafted and cut from NBA teams before exploding, in well "Linsanity". And for the past two week, it has been the talk of the sports world.

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http://www.kotaku.com/5886461/china-is-linsane-... - Sports [Article]

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Steve Jobs Solved the Innovator's Dilemma

In the lead up to today's release of the Steve Jobs biography, there's been an increasing stream of news surrounding its subject. As a business researcher, I was particularly interested in this recent article that referenced from his biography a list of Jobs's favorite books.

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http://www.blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/10/steve_jobs_... - Business [Article]

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First Brain Image Of A Dream Created - Science News

First brain image of a dream created Feat opens the door to probing the stuff of nocturnal dramas The contents of a person's dream have been revealed by brain scan for the first time, scientists report in the Nov. 8 Current Biology.

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Singapore Still the Best Place for Entrepreneurs [Infographic] | Tech in Asia

The Infographic of the Day series visually expresses important stories from Asia and the world of technology. New information from the International Finance Corporation and the World Bank confirms what we've been talking about on this blog for some time now. Singapore is one of the friendliest environments on the planet for entrepreneurs.

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http://www.penn-olson.com/2012/02/16/singapore-... - Business [Image]

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The Cinnamon Challenge ... by GloZell and her big behind earrings

THANKS A LOT! MY FANS TRIED TO KILL ME

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyk7utV_D2I - Entertainment [Video]

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Designing better user interfaces

Designing better user interfaces sets out to teach interface design by talking through concrete examples: what works, what doesn’t work. A good interface cons

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http://www.slideshare.net/Wolfr/designing-bette... - Education [Article]

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7 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Outbreak Would Fail (Quickly)

Let's pretend for a moment that zombies are real (as if half of you weren't already daydreaming about that very thing). Have you noticed how most zombie movies take place only after the apocalypse is in full-swing? By the time we join our survivors, the military and government are already wiped out, and none of the streets are safe.

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http://www.cracked.com/article_18683_7-scientif... - Entertainment [Article]

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Canadian Digs Out Basement Using Only Radio Controlled Scale Tractors and Trucks...Since 2005! - Carscoop

Excavating a basement using professional machinery is nothing new but doing it with radio controlled (RC) scaled models is something unheard of. Welcome to the little big world of Joe, from Saskatchewan, Canada. For the past 7 years (!), Joe has been digging out his basement at an average annual rate of 8 to 9 cubic feet using nothing more than RC tractors and trucks!

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http://www.carscoop.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/can... - Entertainment [Article]

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