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Rachel Cernansky


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Attention Poachers: That Deer Just Might Be a Robot

Discoblog | May 7th, 2009 in Crime & Punishment, Technology Attacks! | 1 Comment »

Afghanistan’s Lone Pig Quarantined for Swine Flu

Discoblog | May 6th, 2009 in Diseases, Injuries, & Other Ailments | 2 Comments »

An Edible Race Car? New Formula 3 Car Made Out of Vegetables

Discoblog | May 5th, 2009 in Pollution Solutions (& Disasters) | 3 Comments »

The Incredible Shrinking Baby Keeps Shrinking, Baffles Doctors

Discoblog | May 5th, 2009 in Diseases, Injuries, & Other Ailments | 15 Comments »

Using Nuclear Tests on “Aged” Whiskey Could Save You $30,000

Discoblog | May 4th, 2009 in Crime & Punishment, Technology Attacks! | 1 Comment »

Styrofoam Ups Biodiesel Performance, May Not Be Evil After All

Discoblog | May 4th, 2009 in Pollution Solutions (& Disasters) | 5 Comments »

Weird Science Roundup: Non-Sick Pigs, Nutty Humans, and Dancing Polar Bears

Discoblog | May 1st, 2009 in Blog Roundup | 1 Comment »

Worried About Swine Flu? Perhaps Your iPhone Will Save You

Discoblog | April 30th, 2009 in Diseases, Injuries, & Other Ailments, Scat-egory | 2 Comments »

Can’t Touch This: Cockatoo Jams to Techno, Supports Animal Research

Discoblog | April 30th, 2009 in The Wide (& Strange) World of Animals | 2 Comments »

Need to Deliver a Baby? Let YouTube Show You How.

Discoblog | April 30th, 2009 in Sex & Mating, Technology Attacks! | No Comments »

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