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Small animals see the world in slow motion, or why your puppy is so hyperactive
2013-09-17 16:32:09| Extremetech
New research indicates that smaller animals, such as birds, dogs, and human children, perceive the world at a higher frame rate than the rest of us. As a result, these smaller animals may live life in a permanent state of Matrix-like bullet time, where everything around them appears to be moving in slow motion. This is explained evolutionarily by the need for smaller animals and insects to avoid larger, but slower, predators.
Going global? Not so easy
2013-09-16 08:40:04| Food - Topix.net
Chasing opportunities: Domestic and foreign visitors attend the 17th China International Fair for Investment and Trade in Xiamen, Southeast China's Fujian province, on September 8. The three-day annual event is the country's largest investment fair.
State officials continue talks to save International Paper but without 'any success so far'
2013-09-14 18:51:59| Paper - Topix.net
After further exploration of options in a conference call Friday, State Sen. Roger Bedford is "not optimistic" state officials can save International Paper in Courtland, according to The Decatur Daily .
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United Kingdom: Fracking protesters march in Sussex in biggest show of strength so far
2013-08-18 21:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Thousands of people marched through the Sussex countryside on Sunday in the biggest show of strength to date for the UK's anti-fracking movement, the start of a three-day campaign against exploratory drilling near the village of Balcombe in west Sussex. Organisers had hoped to attract about 1,000 people but as supporters from around the country arrived in coaches and by train, police estimated that there were more than double that number. The march comes before direct action demonstrations that...
Longmont Humane Society receives $54,000 in mortgage donations so far
2013-08-13 06:44:15| Apparel - Topix.net
The Longmont Humane Society has received more than $54,000 in donations since announcing two weeks ago that the nonprofit needs to raise more than $772,000 by Nov. 30 to avoid possible foreclosure.
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