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	October 23rd, 2012 頂 Posted 1 day ago by Koichi Mitsui to s a s u r a u さあ次は何方へ。 Mind-blowing makeup meets the music in "Two Reasons" [video] Posted 1 day ago by Kate Rinsema to Holy Kaw! The magic that can be achieved with high tech effects these days is truly amazing, but for good, old-fashioned makeup artistry, we’re not sure if the work of James Kuhn can be beat. The artist met Canadian rock band Young Rival on Reddit and they agreed to collaborate on this mind-blowing music video that will leave you looking twice just to make sure that’s really a face under there. Embedded media -- click here to see it. Full story at YouTube via Laughing Squid. Makeup as art. Why we blush [video] Posted 1 day ago by Kate Rinsema to Holy Kaw! There aren’t many people who enjoy the vulnerability experienced when we blush, but has science explained why it occurs?,/p> Though we still lack a definitive answer, those brainiacs in lab coats do have some pretty good guesses, and it turns out, it isn’t such a bad thing, after all. Embedded media -- click here to see it. Full story at ASAPScience @ YouTube via Brain Pickings. The human side of science. FundersClub (YC S12) raises $6M seed round to change startup funding Posted 1 day ago by Garry Tan to Y Combinator Posterous If you need more proof that FundersClub wants to radically change startup funding by letting non-VCs invest, it just closed a $6 million seed round... There are still questions about its legality, but investors include A-listers YC, First Round, Chris Dixon, and Aaron Levie. Their support shows Silicon Valley is ready to disrupt itself by inviting the crowd to the cap table. For those unfamiliar, FundersClub is a website that picks promising startups and lets people invest in them over the web in return for real equity. Anyone who’s an “accredited investor” (earns over $200,000 a year or has a net worth over $1 million) can browse startups with open rounds ranging from a few hundred thousand to a few million dollars. They learn about the businesses, pick ones they believe in, and plop down as little a $1,000. The average investment so far is $2500. All the legal paperwork and money transfer happens right there online. Read the full article on Techcrunch GetGoing (YC S12) is now in private beta, saves vacationers 40% on flights with the flip of a coin Posted 1 day ago by Garry Tan to Y Combinator Posterous Press coverage on NBC News today: Eenie, meenie, minie, mo: Would you let a website pick where you’ll go? That’s the premise, more or less, of GetGoing.com, a new website now in beta and set for a consumer launch on Nov. 1. The site promises airfare discounts of up to 40 percent to users who are willing to let the website pick their final destination. Here’s how it works: Users conduct a flight search, either by regional destination (Europe, Asia, U.S./Canada, etc.) or by interest (family fun, beaches and sun, history and culture, etc.) and are shown, on average, 10 possible destinations, along with a full selection of flight options for each one. The site then asks you to narrow the options to two final choices and provide your booking and credit-card information. The good news is that only one of the two itineraries will be booked; the potentially nerve-wracking news is that you don’t find out which one until after you've clicked the "Complete this Purchase" button. It sounds crazy, but co-founder and CEO Alek Vernitsky insists otherwise: “Giving somebody the option of selecting two destinations instead of one fits with how people think about vacations,” he said. “People naturally think in terms of options — do I want to go here or there?” Read the full article at NBC News Genes 'moonlight' to gain new skills Posted 1 day ago by Futurity to Holy Kaw! 1 Scientists have long wondered how living things evolve new functions from a limited set of genes.  Experiments in John Roth’s UC Davis laboratory have led to a model for the origin of a novel gene by the process of “innovation, amplification, and divergence," in which the original gene first gains a second, weak function alongside its main activity—just as an auto mechanic, for example, might develop a side interest in computers. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Photo credit: Fotolia Sent by Posterous. Change your email settings or unfollow. Other questions? We'd love to help.