Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Sep 04, 2013)

Harmless?



Marvin and Loren are exploring a forest in Queensland. They spotted a nice rainbow earlier, and then decided to go see the wildlife near the river. Loren spots a weird but harmless looking mammal and goes for a closer look. Marvin yells to be careful because it is venomous. Loren laughs, thinking Marvin must be joking. Unfortunately Loren gets too close and is stung in the hand. Loren starts to cry out in pain. Marvin comes over to Loren to tell him how stupid he is, but at least the venom is not lethal. What did Loren get stung by?





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Today's Daily Trivia Quiz (Sep 04, 2013)

French Colors

Do you know all your basic colors in French? Type in the correct English spelling of these colors that are in the masculine/singular form of the French language.



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Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Quotidian

quo-tid-i-an



adjective :: Occurring or returning daily.

adjective :: Commonplace.



"There's nothing quite like a real train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute" --Anita Diamant.

Memory : Do the Little Things First

When people get overwhelmed with tasks, a common problem is that the mind gets paralyzed because it can't decide what to do first. Often, the mind jumps from task to task to task without making much progress with anything. This can lead to a cycle of ever increasing stress about the growing list of things to do.



A simple strategy is to do all the little things first. Find all the tasks that can be completed in only a few minutes and do them in sequence without letting your attention get diverted. Once you have weeded out all the easy stuff your mind will feel less cluttered and it will be easier to concentrate on the bigger tasks



This strategy is even more useful when you apply it to your daily life because it can prevent you from getting into a cluttered mindset in the first place. As a benefit, you will also have fewer problems with forgetting to do something because you do it right away. Anytime you have a short task presented to you, instead of putting it off, just do it and get it over with. One example of how to do this is with email. Whenever you get an email that you need to reply to, just reply to it right then and there. Leaving it in your inbox for later just leads to an overwhelmingly full inbox.

Creativity : Icebreaker: Love me Baby

Icebreakers are little exercises that help relax tension and loosen up a formal atmosphere in a meeting where you want to have creative ideas and group participation.



For this one, have everyone sit in a circle. One person is picked to start. They turn to their neighbor and say, "If you love me, baby, please smile." They then must try to get their neighbor to laugh or smile, without touching them, by making faces or other actions. If the neighbor smiles, then it is the neighbor's turn to make the next person smile. If the neighbor does not smile, they must say, "I love you baby, but I just can't smile" and the first person must move on to the next neighbor and try again. The game is over once the entire circle has had a chance.

Cheetahs Move Like Race Cars

Cheetahs are the fastest terrestrial animals, and yet they don't try to outrun prey. They mix handling with speed. Continue reading →



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10 Animals That Can Speak for Themselves

How do the calls of monkeys, dolphins and gorillas -- among others -- resemble human language?



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DNews: How Fruit Came to the New World

Would it surprise you that the fruit in all-American apple pie isn't American at all? It originates from parts of Asia! The same goes for many fruits and vegetables we eat. Trace shows us the Old World foods that became staples of New World diets.



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Worlds Align: Venus, Moon Conjunction on Sept. 8

On many occasions, objects will appear very close to each other in the sky during events known as conjunctions -- one such conjunction will occur between the moon and Venus on Sept. 8.



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Sweet Fuse: At Your Side Review - Cinema Blend

Sweet Fuse: At Your Side Review Cinema Blend If they fail any of the puzzles, that attraction and its participants will be blown to smithereens. There's also the added danger that each of the game's puzzles typically has a deadly component of its own, meaning the contestants are always in danger ...

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New Flu Shot Options Ease Sting

Will new options mean less flu, especially for kids and the elderly? Continue reading →



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DNews: Haters Gonna Hate

Some people are just that pessimistic, unhappy type of person determined to dog on... pretty much anything. Laci explains the science of why haters are just gonna hate.



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DNews: Taste Test: How Spicy Works

There are some foods out there that seem as though they'll burn a hole through your tongue. What's spicy food got that causes such a reaction? And why does it make you sweat? Trace explains how spicy foods work.



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Magnetic Levitation Train Hits 310 MPH

A Japanese railway is testing the fastest passenger maglev ever built. Continue reading →



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Celestial Treats Hide Inside the Summer Triangle

The Summer Triangle is one of the most easily recognized groups of stars in Northern Hemisphere skies -- Let's dive right in!



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Your Heartbeat Is Your New Password

A wristband that captures the unique signature of a wearer's pulse could be the future of securing online accounts. Continue reading →



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Let's Plan For a Rendezvous With Halley's Comet

By the mid- 2060's, will we send an advanced probe on a stalking expedition of the most famous of all comets? Continue reading →



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The Scoop on Space Poop: How Astronauts Go Potty

NASA tries to leave nothing to chance on its missions, and that includes astronauts' bowels.



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Log Your Life: An Always-On Minicam

Log your life -- all the time -- with a camera strapped to your chest. Continue reading →



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America's Invasive Species 450 Million Years Ago

The formation of mountains 450 million years ago may have allowed invasive species to storm the continent that gave rise to North America.



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8 Things That Don't Go Together

Some things are better kept separate, but the universe manages to combine them anyway.



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DNews: Manly Men Chop Down Trees

Folklore says there's no man manlier than Paul Bunyan. And they're right. Turns out chopping down trees produces a particularly interesting biological reaction in men. Trace explains.



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Young Inventors' Best Tech: Photos

Kids are tackling big problems with impressive technological inventions.



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Historic Seafood Menus Show Move to Deep-Sea Cuisine

The abundance of fishes on restaurant menus provide clues to the quantities of fish species in the ocean. Continue reading →



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DNews: Mini Human "Brain" Grown in Lab

Scientists have made another huge stem cell breakthrough, this time growing a human brain tissue in a lab! Laci explains how this work might revolutionize treatment for currently untreatable conditions.



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Weird! Tiny Frog Uses Its Mouth to Hear

A small frog native to the Republic of Seychelles uses its mouth cavities to pick up on noise.



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Industrial Age Soot Melted Glaciers During Cold Climate

Soot in the smoke billowing from Industrial Age coal-burning factories seems to have sullied the glaciers, causing them to melt, although average temperatures in Europe were dropping. Continue reading →



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NFL Football: Could New Tech End Blown Calls?

The NFL strikes a balance between new technology and tradition.



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Japan to Freeze Fukushima Water Leaks

Tokyo unveiled a half-billion dollar plan to stem radioactive water leaks at Fukushima, creating a wall of ice underneath the stricken plant.



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