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Here are this morning’s:

* We have met the enemy, and it is us — great chart of behavioral vulnerabilities — do not send to marketers

* What makes a woman attractive? — when she looks at you — “Participants were more likely to select the face with direct gaze, when choosing the more attractive face from direct- and averted-gaze versions of the same face.”

* A predictions market for movies — I’m guessing anything with the word “Transformers” does well — anything with the word “disestablishmentarianism” does poorly

* Why do some people sneeze from the sun? — let’s slap ‘em in an EEG and find out — “photic sneeze phenomenon might be the consequence of higher sensitivity to visual stimuli in the visual cortex and of co-activation of somatosensory areas”

* Dispelling emergency room myths — “E.R. care represents less than 3 percent of healthcare spending, only 12 percent of E.R. visits are non-urgent, and the majority of E.R. patients are insured U.S. citizens, not uninsured, illegal immigrants” — and: no George Clooney

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