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31.		US to build two new nuclear power stations (bbc.co.uk)
		37 points by RiderOfGiraffes on Feb 16, 2010 \| 18 comments
32.		In Brookhaven Collider, Scientists Briefly Break a Law of Nature (nytimes.com)
		37 points by cwan on Feb 16, 2010 \| 25 comments
33.		HLVM -- the High-Level Virtual Machine (ffconsultancy.com)
		37 points by njn on Feb 16, 2010 \| 33 comments
34.		Humour is a far more complex process than primeval pleasures like sex or food (newscientist.com)
		37 points by fogus on Feb 16, 2010 \| 23 comments
35.		Terry Pratchett has Alzheimer's, and is becoming an assisted suicide advocate. (smh.com.au)
		35 points by timr on Feb 16, 2010 \| 25 comments
36.		The Myth of Efficiency (baselinescenario.com)
		34 points by tdedecko on Feb 16, 2010 \| 17 comments
37.		In Praise of Online Obscurity (wired.com)
		34 points by cisforcody on Feb 16, 2010 \| 7 comments
38.		Typograph – Scale & Rhythm (lamb.cc)
		32 points by bramstein on Feb 16, 2010 \| 7 comments
39.		TSA apologizes for forcing 4-year-old to remove leg braces at airport screening (usatoday.com)
		31 points by jacquesm on Feb 16, 2010 \| 30 comments
40.		Greece Can Default & It Will be Fine, but the US & Britain are Really Screwed (blindreason.org)
		31 points by jboydyhacker on Feb 16, 2010 \| 24 comments
41.		Verizon to allow unlimited Skype calling over 3G starting next month (engadget.com)
		29 points by mshafrir on Feb 16, 2010 \| 12 comments
42.		Russian Pres. Medvedev is looking to build "Silicon Valley" near Moscow (rian.ru)
		29 points by helwr on Feb 16, 2010 \| 27 comments
43.		How I Raised $55M Of Venture Capital In Two Months (roachpost.com)
		28 points by shabadoozie on Feb 16, 2010 \| 3 comments
44.		20 Percent Of TechCrunch Readers Are Already Browsing With Chrome (techcrunch.com)
		28 points by ashishbharthi on Feb 16, 2010 \| 45 comments
45.		How to Raise Racist Kids (wired.com)
		27 points by alexandros on Feb 16, 2010 \| 29 comments
46.		Most malware in 2009 used Acrobat/PDF for exploits (zdnet.com)
		26 points by godDLL on Feb 16, 2010 \| 11 comments
47.		Replacing the office keys with iPhones, N1s and Twilio (sunlightlabs.com)
		27 points by cjoh on Feb 16, 2010 \| 10 comments
48.		Clay Shirky — Doing work, or Doing Work? (acm.org)
		27 points by yarapavan on Feb 16, 2010 \| 10 comments
49.		Is Google Referrer Spamming Too Now? (blogsblogsblogs.com)
		27 points by stakent on Feb 16, 2010 \| 10 comments
50.		A Hint of Hubris (engineyard.com)
		25 points by wifelette on Feb 16, 2010 \| 5 comments
51.		Jonathan Schwartz Blog (jonathanischwartz.wordpress.com)
		25 points by bgray on Feb 16, 2010 \| 7 comments
52.		Google admits Buzz social network testing flaws (bbc.co.uk)
		25 points by RiderOfGiraffes on Feb 16, 2010 \| 20 comments
53.		Ask HN: Review my first Rails app? Pitchforked (pitchforked.com)
		24 points by pstinnett on Feb 16, 2010 \| 24 comments
54.		How Startl Is Hacking Education From the Outside In (fastcompany.com)
		24 points by noahr on Feb 16, 2010 \| 3 comments
55.		A Year in the life of a SaaS accounting web app – Numbers and Strategy (kashflow.com)
		23 points by bensummers on Feb 16, 2010 \| 2 comments
56.		Studying open-source code brings immediate benefits to your own code. (factore.ca)
		25 points by adriand on Feb 16, 2010 \| 6 comments
57.		Merlin Mann interviews Appsaurus (YC S07) at Macworld (kungfugrippe.com)
		22 points by lukexi on Feb 16, 2010
58.		Twitter releases their in-house open-source projects (twitter.com/about)
		21 points by whargarbl on Feb 16, 2010
59.		Optimal Waist-to-Hip Ratios in Women Activate Neural Reward Centers in Men (plosone.org)
		21 points by cwan on Feb 16, 2010 \| 16 comments
60.		What's a Dress Worth? A $400M Fashion Startup founded by former Doubleclick CEO (nymag.com)
		21 points by blasdel on Feb 16, 2010 \| 3 comments
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