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• Steve Jobs is just like an ancient Japanese Emperor — you can have an audience with him but only with “fear and trembling.”

• The coldest place in the universe.

• Top 10 products discovered by accident. Viagra included.

• Japan’s idea of pure, unadulterated fun: fly folded paper planes from the International Space Station to Earth.

• Polymer Vision is set to launch the “Readius” — the first cellphone-like device with a 5-inch fold-out display.

• The world’s most advanced heart model was created by a supercomputer.

• The wind is getting more and more important.

• Behold the MS Beluga, the kite-powered ship.

• The world’s weirdest are also the world’s most endangered: Amphibians! Including our most favorite frog in the whole wide empty universe.

• We never thought we’d say this, but scientists have created a form of Ebola virus that won’t actually turn you into worm food.

• Sculptors live longer than painters, say scientists. Probably has something to do about humping statues.

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