DNA taken from trash used to map features of litterbugs in Hong Kong

Published 6 years ago in Science. Submitted by Kopi

An environmental group in Hong Kong has gone high-tech in its fight against street littering. It actually collects human DNA from rubbish to recreate the faces of those who left it, believing that public shaming will do a better job than government fines.

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Can Video Games Make You Smarter?

Published 5 years ago in Other. Submitted by thundersnow

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A short introduction to philosophy

Published 1 year ago in Awesome. Submitted by Judge-Jake

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The Deadliest Being on Planet Earth – The Bacteriophage

Published 2 days ago in Awesome

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Tigers in China Massacred to Make Bone Wine

Published 5 years ago in Weird. Submitted by sux2bu

These tiger farms are serving up tiger steaks and starving tigers to death so their bones can be used to brew medicinal wine.

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