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Dr Obvious reveals: kids don't do as much walking when it rains & there's nowhere worth going within walking dist. http://pmid.us/19699443

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ninjas? ninjas and *lasers*? http://pmid.us/11475403 - "Severe penetrating ocular injury from ninja stars in two children." - ouch.

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Dr Obvious strikes again! RT @SciencePunk #awesomepapertitles "Handguns and children: a dangerous mix" http://is.gd/2A1KL

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ASCII art (plain text) figures in a scientific paper. that's crazy awesome. this dude has skilz. http://www.vixra.org/abs/0907.0028

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RT @SciencePunk "Mathematical modelling of an outbreak of zombie infection" published in journal of infectious disease: http://is.gd/2fNrm

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"Breastfeeding does not appear to have an adverse effect upon breast appearance." http://pmid.us/19083576 well, that's the main thing, then.

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the graphical abstract strikes again: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ic0352250 (via @bp_serene)

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Tim sez: "This is just navel gazing." http://pmid.us/19231087 Yay for Med Hypotheses.

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oh, aye, it was an accident? just happened to trip and fall and land on the toilet brush handle? a case report. http://pmid.us/19255713

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provocation accepted. RT @CasesNetwork Eye-watering new case: man with allen key stuck in the urethra for 2 d. Incl figs! http://is.gd/1FaYf

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*dirty* http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nl901380u (HT @noahwilliamgray)

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RT @f1000 'vibrator lodged in the anorectal area': 1st report on sexual device-related injuries http://bit.ly/4GGWA http://pmid.us/19466665

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via @mocost: Dr Obvious reports: blankets can keep people warm http://tr.im/rg4P -- congrats to @F1000 for highlighting that one.

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tehe two cases of farting. RT @bengoldacre @charltonbrooker sorry what was that? i got distracted. http://bit.ly/w2sD3 http://bit.ly/AUPrz

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You should test everything: your assumptions about something's effect might be wrong. But this trial is just mean: http://pmid.us/17647055

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"Pigeons can discriminate "good" and "bad" paintings by children." http://pmid.us/19533184

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Breaking - from the desk of Dr Obvious - kids who sit in front of the TV all day are out of shape (http://pmid.us/19420390).

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RT @mocost Case rpt of a cyclopic baby in a Columbian medical journal. Extremely rare, very severe; scroll down for photo http://tr.im/paWh

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a friend sez: spot the difference: http://tinyurl.com/qoqx8k and http://tinyurl.com/n7ay5k

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great names in science #94: Chen WN (http://is.gd/UDpt). It's Wei Ning Chen. Hallelujah. It's Wei Ning Chen. Amen.