Mitchell Tsai

Canadian runner Meredith Fitzmaurice took a wrong turn on a half-marathon course and mistakenly continued the full marathon. She ended up winning, and even qualified for the Boston Marathon. - Mitchell Tsai

Scientists are finding that it’s quite common for an individual to have multiple genomes. Some people have groups of cells with mutations that are not found in the rest of the body. Some have genomes that came from other people. - Mitchell Tsai

Now that scientists are beginning to appreciate how common chimerism and mosaicism are, they’re investigating the effects of these conditions on our health. “That’s still open really, because these are still early days,” Dr. Urban said. Recent studies on chimeras suggest that these extra genomes can even be beneficial. Chimeric cells from fetuses appear to seek out damaged tissue and help heal it, for example. - Mitchell Tsai

The latest revelations also disclosed limited details about the highly classified 2013 intelligence "black budget," which previously only provided a topline of nearly $53 billion. The $52.6 billion intelligence budget described by the Post discloses that the NSA's portion was $10.5 billion in 2013 - outstripped only by the CIA's $14.7 billion. - Mitchell Tsai

Aftergood said the CIA's budget growth from $3 billion in the 1990s to nearly $15 billion likely reflects its post-Sept. 11 push into drone warfare and paramilitary operations overseas. - Mitchell Tsai

A top secret National Security Agency program allows analysts to search with no prior authorization through vast databases containing emails, online chats and the browsing histories of millions of individuals. - Mitchell Tsai

So do they have a working search engine on FriendFeed? - Amit Patel

I hear the NSA can't search their own email. (http://www.propublica.org/article...) - CAJ was here

The move toward waste-to-energy (WTE) plants was kick-started in 1999, with a European Union directive requiring member states to greatly reduce the amount of garbage going to landfills. As of 2010 (the most current year for which statistics are available), there were 451 WTE facilities in Europe, up from 390 in 2001. - Mitchell Tsai

There are currently just 26 in the United States, which has 56 times the population of Denmark, where there are 30 operating WTE facilities. - Mitchell Tsai

Countries that are the biggest users of waste power tend to have very impressive recycling rates, too. Germany produces more waste power than any European country—a total of 26 MWH in 2010—and it recycles 62 percent of its municipal solid waste, while incinerating 37 percent of it. Denmark, meanwhile, recycles 43 percent of its rubbish and burns 54 percent of it. Across the EU, on average, 40 percent of urban refuse is recycled and 23 percent is used for energy. Meanwhile, the U.S. manages to recycle just 23 percent of its garbage. - Mitchell Tsai

Women should look friendly and approachable to get the most favorable attraction response from the opposite sex, and men should look proud. That’s the clear finding of a new study: Happy Guys Finish Last: The Impact of Emotion Expressions on Sexual Attraction. [Science Daily] http://sciencedaily.com/release... http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/wp-cont... - Mitchell Tsai

Older women didn’t fall for the shame routine, and older men liked more proud women - Mitchell Tsai