Extreme El Niño expected to wreak havoc on weather this year

Extreme El Niño expected to wreak havoc on weather this year - environment - 12 May 2015 - New Scientist (via #newsdeskapp)
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27509-extreme-el-nino-expected-to-wreak-havoc-on-weather-this-year.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.VVJSxJS9LCQ

Smartphone Lock Pouch!

Great idea! I think we need this!! For theaters, schools, concerts, etc.

Smartphone Lock Pouch Leaves Students to Their Own (Unusable) Devices - Scientific American

http://www.scientificamerican.com//article/smartphone-lock-pouch-leaves-students-to-their-own-unusable-devices/

Syphilis, sex and fear | How the French disease conquered the world

Syphilis infected 20% of the world population with no cure until penicillin came out in the 1940s.  Freud's hysteria and other symptoms were most likely related to this terrible disease.  The origin was mostly likely the new world from the soldiers that came back to Europe with Colombus.

http://gu.com/p/3fpbq/sbl