10 things we didn't know last week
18:15 UK time, Friday, 12 April 2013
Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience
1. Tears do not fall in space.
More details (Daily Telegraph)
2. Employees who install new web browsers on their computers perform better on average than those who use the default pre-installed browser that came with their machine.
More details (The Economist)
3. Methane eating micro-organisms carry out a deep clean of the oceans after an oil spill.
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4. Scientists are conducting searches for signs of extraterrestrial engineering.
More details (New Scientist)
5. The most popular place to hide valuables is a sock drawer.
More details (Daily Telegraph)
6. Fractions of virtual currency Bitcoin are known as satoshis.
More details (The Economist)
7. People in China hold "fake funerals" for themselves, so they can "enjoy" the day.
More details (Metro)
8. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak belonged to a group of hackers and hobbyists called the Homebrew Computer Club.
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9. Brains can be rendered transparent.
More details (Smithsonian Magazine)
10. Countries with the death penalty are now outnumbered by about five to one, by those who have abolished it.
More details (Guardian)
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