Random links
- Study: Domestic Violence Increases After Major Sporting Events
- There's a history of dubious claims relating to the prevalence of domestic violence - one of the reasons that Snopes has a page stating that it's false that there are higher rates of domestic violence around the Superbowl - but this study at a glance seems at least somewhat credible (and also somewhat more cautious in its conclusions).
- Woman added insurance coverage while on way to hospital after accident
- Should she really have been surprised that this got investigated?
- Man divorces & sues wife for being ugly, wins
- Umm. Wow. "The northern Chinese man, Jian Feng, married his wife and was reportedly absolutely in love with her. ... she became pregnant and gave birth to a baby girl, which was when the problems arose for Feng. He thought the baby was incredibly ugly, to the point where it horrified him. ... his wife ... had spent $100,000 on intense plastic surgery to severely change how she looked before she met him. ... Feng ... divorced and sued her, claiming that she got him to marry her under false pretences ... that she was good looking ... he won $120,000 in the case."
- Stanford scientists build the first all-carbon solar cell
- Less than 1% efficiency now, but very interesting nonetheless.