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Europe’s Big, Bad Dino

Scientists have discovered the biggest, baddest dinosaur that roamed the hinterlands of Europe. Joe Bereta and Lee Newton tell us how this mega-dino feasted on overmatched herbivores in Jurassic Europe.

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Stress On the Job

There are a variety of factors that comprise a stressful job. Among the most intense on-the-job factors that want to make you pull your hair out are deadlines, working in the public eye, risk and hazards on the job. Joe Bereta and Elliott Morgan delve out the 10 most stressful jobs–and a few of the less stressful jobs–as determined by CareerCast.com in this edition of SourceFed.

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Brrr! -135.8 Below Zero!

It was recently revealed that the coldest moment ever recorded on Earth occurred in 2010 in East Anarctica, when the temperature dipped to an agonizing -135.8 below zero, shattering the old mark of -128.6 in Vostok, Antarctica. Only one problem: The number was measured by a weather satellite, which apparently doesn’t fly with organizations such as the Guinness Book of World Records and The World Meteorological Organization. Says Elliott Morgan of SourceFed, “Those uppity groups require thermometer measurements for authentication.” Join Morgan and co-host Joe Bereta as they review the coldest thermometer readings across the globe.

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2 Billion Earthlike Planets

Turns out that their are a lot more Earthlike planets out there than we originally thought. How about 2 billion more! Lee Newton and Joe Bereta explore the revelation in this edition of SourceFed.

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Defense From Space Rocks

The United Nations has formulated plans to go the Team Human route. On the drawing board is the creation of the International Asteroid Defense League, where U.N. members can identify, seek out and alter the path of possible asteroid threats. Joe Bereta spells out the details in this episode of “SourceFed.”

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Avoiding Dumb Ways to Die

Popular Mechanics reports that more than 148,000 Americans die every year in accidents–some mostly avoidable, sometimes comical and others embarrassing. In this edition of SourceFed, Joe Bereta highlights some situations to avoid … if you want to live longer.

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The Eyes Don’t Have It

Cultural lore about the persuasive powers of eye contact has been debunked by a professor at the University of British Columbia. Studies by assistant professor and psychologist Frances Chen indicate that direct eye contact make skeptical listeners less likely to change their minds–not more–as previously believed. Elliott Morgan and Joe Bereta spell out the goods on the study in this edition of SourceFed.

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Sex and the Shutdown

The House of Representatives voted unanimously to grant back pay to laid off federal workers as the result of the government shutdown. But there’s more, according to Joe Bereta and Elliott Morgan from SourceFed. It appears an entrepreneur from Detroit is offering free vibrators to these same federal workers to help them pass the time. Get the rest of the story on the sex toys in this edition of SourceFed.

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Missing Link Discovered

The discovery of a fossil dating back 419 million years has thrown paleontologists and evolutionary scientists into a frenzy. Turns out that the fossil, known as entelognathus, is a crucial missing link of the sea. SourceFed’s Joe Bereta sorts out the details.

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Racists Tweet Miss America

In this episode of SourceFed, Joe Bereta and Elliott Morgan discuss the Twitter backlash directed at Nina Davuluri in Atlantic City over the weekend. Ms. Davuluri became the first contestant of Indian descent to win the Miss America Pageant, igniting a wave of racist tweets.

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