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Alt-week 8.4.12: buckyballs, bosons and bodily fluids Aug 4th 2012, 17:00 Alt-week peels back the covers on some of the more curious sci-tech stories from the last seven days. Remember when we told you last week that we live in a strange world? Well, we had no idea what we were talking about. Seriously, things are about to get a whole lot weirder. High school is certainly a head-scratcher, no matter how old you are, but the mathematics of social hierarchies can't hold a candle to the mysteries of the buckyball. And, if the strange behavior of the familiar carbon molecule isn't enough for you, we've got an entirely new molecule to contend with, while the once-elusive Higgs Boson is getting us closer to unlocking the secrets of the universe. It's all pretty heady stuff, which is why we're also gonna take a quick detour to the world of human waste. This is alt-week. Continue reading Alt-week 8.4.12: buckyballs, bosons and bodily fluids Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Science Alt-week 8.4.12: buckyballs, bosons and bodily fluids originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 04 Aug 2012 13:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments IRL: Linksys E4200, Twelve South BookBook and Turtle Beach's XP400 headphones Aug 4th 2012, 16:00 Welcome to IRL, an ongoing feature where we talk about the gadgets, apps and toys we're using in real life and take a second look at products that already got the formal review treatment. Happy Saturday, kids. This week in IRL Dana and Darren each plunk down their hard-earned cash on some new gadgets, including a dual-band router for Dana, and BookBook's iPhone case for Mr. Murph. Rounding out the trio, Dan Cooper, a casual gamer at best, offers an informal mini-review of Turtle Beach's XP400 headset following some long-term testing. Continue reading IRL: Linksys E4200, Twelve South BookBook and Turtle Beach's XP400 headphones Filed under: Misc. Gadgets IRL: Linksys E4200, Twelve South BookBook and Turtle Beach's XP400 headphones originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 04 Aug 2012 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments

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