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  1. Sal Khan‘s “no-frills, faceless videos on everything from algebra to French history” are “sparking a revolution” in ... bit.ly/KusR8H
  2. A team of physicists “claim to have identified universal laws governing the birth, life course and death of words." bit.ly/N0siph
  3. "The neighborhood 7-Eleven has become recreational." bit.ly/Lew9L3
  4. Some of the best cafes in New York City are in supermarket basements and back patios. bit.ly/LetXTN
  5. Follow the Money. An insight is only as good as the money it makes. By Sharon Love. bit.ly/Kg3Yxt
  6. A combination of the “buy-local movement” and a “political push against big corporations” is driving double-digit . . . bit.ly/KXBwxB
  7. The New York Historical Society has built a bar inside its museum in Manhattan, but calls it a “gallery." bit.ly/K9g2CT
  8. As a buzzword, “innovation” may be going the way of “synergy” and “optimization." bit.ly/KQstT4
  9. The teenage urge to tinker is often driven by “the desire to circumvent a rule-setting, safety-conscious mother." bit.ly/KxTWXX
  10. Other retailers may be downsizing, but Uniqlo sees bigger stores and more of them as essential to its American success. bit.ly/KddDou
  11. “Understanding China’s consumer culture is a good starting point for understanding the nation itself." bit.ly/KhTH2c
  12. Hormel’s “canned, spiced lunchmeat” continues to sell well despite its unfortunate association with “unwanted email." bit.ly/LfC1Tk
  13. The bent and tangled quince trees at the Cloisters Museum in NY could be a metaphor for the fruit’s long-lost charms. bit.ly/Kolzms
  14. A group of IBM inventors has built “a computer program to make shedding pounds as geekily fun as playing Xbox." bit.ly/K8hnGo
  15. A “team of German psychologists and designers” have introduced “a transformational product to improve self control." bit.ly/JCMJaS
  16. Advertisers may not be sold on social media, but innovators are already using it as a platform to launch new ideas. bit.ly/LtSvgq
  17. “Facebook’s big payday should be cause for celebration” but has instead provoked “two kinds of anxiety” that “imply... bit.ly/KCkZ1U
  18. Little Big Data: Don't confuse digital dialing for dollars with building brands. By Spencer L. Hapoienu. bit.ly/KbGwz3
  19. Psychologist Larry D. Rosen suggests “that all these new personal gadgets may be making some of us mentally ill." bit.ly/JcmDen
  20. A newly launched social-network intends to bring neighborhoods closer together. bit.ly/Ku7jWW