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AlphaGalileo: Wearing a helmet puts cyclists at risk
"Bicyclists who wear protective helmets are more likely to be struck by passing vehicles, new research suggests. Drivers pass closer when overtaking cyclists wearing helmets than when overtaking bare-headed cyclists, increasing the risk of a collision, th

Wikipedia: List of Fictional Worms
I love Wikipedia.

Guardian: Unemployment rate rises among recent graduates
"Graduates with degrees in computer science had the highest unemployment rate." Sweet sweet revenge. No longer can CS students taunt English Literature students.

Symantec labels vicars' software as spyware - ZDNet UK News
Hilarity ensues as an update deletes vital sermon-writing software, enraging vicars across the country and making one unnecessarily cancel all his credit cards.

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Visiting Liverpool for the 24 Hour Museum, which won the MGM 2004 Travel Writing Prize.

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