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- Chilly at Work? A Decades-Old Formula May Be to Blame http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/04/science/chilly-at-work-a-decades-old-formula-may-be-to-blame.html 48 comments
- The Times of India: 'Stick and chilli powder inserted': Nurse alleges gang-rape on way to work in Uttar Pradesh's Jalaun https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/shocking-allegations-of-gang-rape-against-nurse-in-kanpur-a-disturbing-incident-unfolds-during-morning-commute/articleshow/115779987.cms 13 comments india
- Physicists have created silicon-based quantum computers that work under warmer conditions. It operate more than a degree above absolute zero. Although still chilly, that temperature is much easier to achieve than the approximately 10 millikelvin temperatures typical of quantum computer. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-quantum-computers-can-operate-higher-temperatures 11 comments science
- A Stanford team has designed an entirely new form of cooling panel that works even when the sun is shining. Such a panel could vastly improve the daylight cooling of buildings, cars and other structures by radiating sunlight back into the chilly vacuum of space http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/april/fan-solar-cooling-041513.html 331 comments science
- China clears murderer after 'victim' shows up alive -- 10 years later. Apparently torturing for 'confessions' with chilli water and fireworks doesn't always work. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8671577.stm 87 comments worldnews