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Nerds and Words: Week 31

Explore the science to read, write, and watch about everything from pain illusions in The Princess Bride to brain-eating amoebas.

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I have dug through the Internet this week and uncovered all this geeky goodness. You can find the thousands of links from previous weeks here.

I have marked my favorite links with a. Enjoy.

Science to Read, Write, and WatchWhat if you were swallowed by a whale

? Just hope it doesn't dive... How to take off your socks in space

because is very gross Pain illusions in The Princess Bride

? Most of those crosswalk, close-door, and thermostat buttons you push are useless

, you salivating dog you What if other planetary bodies orbited our world at the same distance as the moon? What would it look like

? Curiosity's first year rovin' and drillin' in a two-minute video

The best example of the up/down optical illusion

the Bad Astronomer has ever seen A Treatise on Miracles

by History’s Most Famous Atheist ∞ Why is ...

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