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The number of US workers skipping bus or car and bicycling to work jumped 60% in the last decade.

Men were more than twice as likely to take a two-wheeled commute as women and bicycle commuting also was more common in college towns and in a few cities that promote it, the US Census Bureau reports today.

Overall, bicyclists account for just 0.6 % of all commuters, but in Portland, Oregon, they were 6.1% and in college towns Santa Cruz, California, and Cambridge, Massachusetts, it topped 7%.

People with a graduate or professional degree or those with less than a high school degree—0.9% and 0.7% of them, respectively—were most likely to pedal to where they collected their paychecks. The report called Modes Less Traveled also looked at walking to work, which was most prevalent in Boston. Workers with incomes of $200,000 or more walked to work at higher rates than those in three income categories below them, the Census researcher wrote, reflecting the pedestrian-friendly cities of New York, San Francisco and Washington, DC.

The median commute time for walkers took 11.5 minutes, for bicyclists 19.3 minutes versus 25.9 minutes for all other workers (except those who work from home). Bicyclist and walker numbers may be understated because those who combine people-power with a bus or other mode of travel are not counted.

Five major US cities highest portion of workers bicycling in:

At college towns such as Boulder, Colorado, 10.5% and in Berkeley, California, 8.1% bicycle to their jobs.

“It does everything: You save money, you get exercise, you’re outside,” says Carol Goodloe, a US Department of Agriculture senior economist who rides eight miles each way. “And you’re not messing with traffic every day.”

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Vermont governor signs GMO labeling bill Daily Mail MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin has signed a new law that puts the state on the path to become the first in the U.S. to require labels on genetically modified foods. The law takes effect in mid-2016 but the food industry is widely expected ... and more »

A visitor stands in front of QR-codes information panels during a ceremony to open an information showroom dedicated to the Zaryadye park project in central Moscow on April 29, 2014. The showroom, shaped as a dome which houses exhibition halls covered with QR-codes information panels and displaying digital illustration of the project, was opened by Moscow’s Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on Tuesday on the site of the future park in a few minutes walk distance from Red Square and the Kremlin.

Photo for Reuters, by Maxim Shemetov.

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Camels, SARS, And First US Case: MERS Coronavirus Picks Up Steam Read more at http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1113137530/mers-update-us-case-confirmed-050314/#I7qeY5TZ3ZLQh5LO.99:

By Lawrence LeBlond, writing at redOrbit.com.

With the ongoing threat of the dangerous Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus, experts have been feverishly looking for a source of the infection, which has so far claimed the lives of more than 130 people since first being detected in June 2012 – and first reported three months later in September 2012.

Studies on the virus have revolved around bats, goats, sheep, and camels, with the most reliable sources having been camels, based on several recent reports. A study conducted by scientists at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna shows that the MERS coronavirus in man and camels from a single region are most identical. Their findings, which indicate the virus has been transmitted from camels to humans, is published in the journal Eurosurveillance.

While it has been confirmed recently that the Arabian camel is the origin of the infectious disease, the transmission pathways of the disease have not been clear until now.

Norbert Nowotny and Jolanta Kolodziejek, virologists from the Institute of Virology, have been investigating the transmission pathways of the MERS coronavirus and found that the virus from infected humans and Arabian camels from the same geographical region share nearly identical RNA sequences.

“This indicates transmission between animals and man. The process is referred to as zoonosis. With this knowledge we can specifically react to the spread of the virus. Vaccinations of camels are currently being discussed. We will thus be able to halt the spread of the virus,” Nowotny said in a statement.

MINNEAPOLIS—A study published Thursday in The American Journal Of Criminal Psychology has found a nearly perfect statistical correlation between children who were denied a toy they wanted when visiting a store with their parents and the later...

Last year, director James Merendino first announced plans to develop a sequel to SLC Punk!, his 1998 film that unflinchingly captured the punk scene as the After-School Special with brief forays into romantic comedy that it is. Just a couple days ago, Merendino confirmed that SLC Punk 2: Punk’s Dead would begin shooting next month, with the return of original cast members Devon Sawa (Sean), Adam Pascal (Eddie), James Duval (John The Mod), and even Michael Goorjian as Heroin Bob, whose character is so punk he not only [spoiler alert] won’t let his death from a drug overdose keep him from appearing in a sequel, he also apparently managed to father a son, Ross, who will be a central part of the new cast. That new cast also includes The Amazing Spider-Man’s Hannah Marks, Twilight’s Sarah Clarke, and rapper Machine Gun Kelly, because this is ...

After last week’s hamster went out for a formal burrito dinner, this hamster stuck with a casual picnic…

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This is what happens when you play street basketball Cleveland, Ohio.

The Basketball Police show up ...

... and drag the hoop away.

"I just felt sad." — local child

Here's a dramatic recreation, from @BrianMFloyd

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Epic wants the community to be involved in every facet of the game: artwork, mechanics, weapon balancing, game modes, and even the core deathmatch experience. All of the code will be freely available to any Unreal Engine 4 developer via Github.

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While you’ve been thinking about volume 3 of Princeless, Emily Martin has been creating this for volume 4.

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There's a lot to celebrate about science fiction romance novels — apart from anything else, they're one of the fastest-growing areas of the genre, and they're getting a lot of people reading science fiction. But there's one trope in the genre that writer C.E. Kilgore finds really repulsive: "dubious consent."

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The names of police officers who died from ground zero-related illnesses now outnumber the 60 killed in the 9/11 attacks engraved on the New York State Police Officers' Memorial in Albany.

The most Republican-leaning company in the country, based on political donations, isn’t Koch Industries. It’s the company that makes Wonder Bread.

Comedians are famously peevish about the expectation that they’ll always be “on,” and yet it has to be said: On the Web, like many of his established comic peers, he’s just not very funny.

We're pretty invested in news of net neutrality here, for obvious reasons. So it's good to see a wonderful explanation of the complicated situation from one of our favorite YouTubers, Vihart. Previously in Vihart

Entertainment Weekly did an interview with Gotham showrunner Bruno Heller, and there are a lot of interesting tidbits in there—how Gotham will compare visually to the Batman movies, whether the Joker will show up eventually, comparisons to Agents of Shield, the bold claim that ickle Bruce Wayne actor David Mazouz (he of the "tragic gravitas") is better than all other Batman actors in the history of ever. But I've put my favorite bit in the headline. How do you do a Batman movie without Batman, Bruno Heller? "Most stories that people tell don’t have Batman in them," so back off his jock, OK? I'm in love.

Hayao Miyazaki: Anime Suffers Because the Industry is Full of "Otaku":

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Lauded animated film director Hayao Miyazaki says anime suffers when the people making it can’t stand observing real people.

Gotta say, I completely agree with him, having basically lived with anime since I was…what…five?

I think this could be why I have trouble getting into anime more than I used to. I still enjoy some anime movies (Studio Ghibli work of course and movies like Summer Wars, Steamboy and Metropolis). 

Basically.  Because holy shit, so much moe anymore.  So much ‘harem’ animation.

Last animes that I watched all the way through were Soul Eater and Princess Tutu which both had great stories and great animation in them.