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Rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock is a five-gesture expansion of the classic selection method game rock-paper-scissors . It operates on the same basic principle, but includes two additional weapons: the lizard (formed by the hand as a sock-puppet-like mouth) and Spock (formed by the Star Trek Vulcan salute ). This reduces the chances of a round ending in a tie. The game was invented by Sam Kass and Karen Bryla. The game was mentioned in three episodes of The Big Bang Theory . According to an interview with Kass, the series producers did not ask for permission to use the game, but he was later referenced in an episode in the fifth season. Rules The rules of Rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock are: Scissors cuts paper Paper covers rock Rock crushes lizard Lizard poisons Spock Spock smashes scissors  Scissors decapitates lizard  Lizard eats paper  Paper disproves Spock  Spock vaporizes rock  Rock crushes scissors  There are ten possible pai...

An article by Leo Widrich Every one of us, on average, will be sleeping for 24 years in our lifetime. Still, there are many unanswered questions about sleep and how much we need of it. With this post, Leo Widrich sets out to uncover what the most important research has taught us about sleep. And of course, how you can use this knowledge to create an unbeatable daily routine. One of the biggest problems I've discovered is that sleep is such an overly-talked about topic. We get the general idea that we know all about it: how much we need of it, how it impacts us, and why this or that happens when we sleep. Once I took a step back to really think about where our knowledge about sleep comes from, I realized that nearly all of it is based on hear-say or what my mom told me when I was in elementary school. Eliminating the 8 hours per night sleep myth Everyone has an answer to "how much sleep do you need"? A common one—and one that I have given on many occa...

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