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A Visual Consideration of How We Relate to Death
A gigantic human skull, representing death, spewing out poison in the form of warships armed with poison gas. Color lithograph, early 1920s.This morning, the Wellcome Library followed in the steps of...
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The Dogecoin Community Raised $30,000 for the Jamaican Bobsled Team
For the first time since 2002, Jamaican bobsledders have qualified for the Olympics, and it's one of those feel-good news events that sends waves of nostalgic, feel-good vibes through any and every...
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Martin Luther King Proves We Need Snowden
Martin Luther King with the man who authorized spying on him. Image: WikimediaToday brings not only celebrations of Martin Luther King, Jr, but also, on this particular Monday, a cautionary tale. The...
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Why Seismic Surveys Still Threaten Whales
via Mike Baird/FlickrNew guidelines just came out on how oil and gas companies can reduce the impact that searching for fossil fuels offshore makes on marine animals, specifically for whales and...
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How Marijuana Can Save the NFL
A super (bong) bowl, via Flickr/CC. Former All-Pro defensive back Dave Duerson committed suicide in 2011 by shooting himself in the chest. Why choose such a painful and uncertain method of self...
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Ebay Is Embracing Bitcoin—Almost
12 physical Bitcoins are going for $9,000 on eBayWhenever eBay makes a move suggesting it's ready to embrace Bitcoin, ears perk up throughout cryptocurrency circles. That's because the e-commerce giant...
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Astronomers Used Quasars as Flashlights to Illuminate the Dark Matter Between...
A macro image of dark matter simulation, with an inset of a high-resolution section of the cosmic web. Background image via Anatoly Klypin and Joel Primack, inset via S. Cantalupo.Dark matter is...
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"Password" Is No Longer the World's Most Common Password, But the New One...
Enter your bad password. Image: FlickrSeeing how concerns about personal privacy and security rose to a fever pitch in 2013, you'd think that we would have become just a teensy bit more cautious about...
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Amazon Says Jumping Sharks Will Soon Deliver Packages
Amazon's Fife fulfillment center, courtesy the Scottish government's Flickr pageAmazon knows that when a customer needs a copy of Sting's Brand New Day tour DVD, he or she probably needs it right the...
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YouTube Thinks "I Have a Dream" Is Lounge Music
For decades the "I Have a Dream" speech has been a rallying cry for civil rights everywhere. It's also been the centerpiece in a quiet, long and unfortunate copyright war, caught between those who...
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The War Photography of Grand Theft Auto
An example of Grand Theft Auto war photography. Images: Grand Theft Auto screenshots, framed by Christopher MurrieTaken at its most basic level, a video game like Grand Theft Auto V can appear to be...
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If Francis Bacon Animated Your Face in 3D, It Might Look Something Like This
"PORTRAIT" by Donato Sansone aka MILKYEYES via VimeoNot many people may know Donato Sansone's video work, but after dropping "Portrait," a digital acid-trip of a video, that should change. Sonato, who...
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A Federal Judge Won't Stop Idaho from Trapping Wolves in Protected Wilderness
Photo: Greg Smith/FlickrDespite urging from conservationists that allowing hunting of gray wolves on protected federal lands is "asinine," a federal judge has denied the request for an injunction...
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Free-To-Play Video Games Earned $2.8 Billion Last Year
via deviant artThey say if you love something, give it away. Well, if you wanna make bank on a video game, the same rule applies.You might never pay a dime to play League of Legends but by utilizing...
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The Rich and Their Robots Are About to Make Half the World's Jobs Disappear
A tech titan surveys his robotic workforce. Image: WikimediaTwo hugely important statistics concerning the future of employment as we know it made waves recently:1. 85 people alone command as much...
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The Sex with Glass App Would Be Better Without Glass
Image via Flickr/Wilbert BaanGoogle glass app development has reached the logical next step with the rather self-evidently titled “Sex with Glass.” That’s right, after you’ve Facebook-stalked your...
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The Sharing Economy Gets Accused of Racism
Photo via AirBnbFor all the techno-utopian promise of the sharing economy, it's not free from accusations of discrimination. A new study out of Harvard Business School found that African-American hosts...
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Graphene's Three-Dimensional Cousin Could Render Our Hard Drives Obsolete
This is the structure of regular old 2D graphene. image via Flickr/Argonne National LaboratoryRemember graphene, that super-strong, super-conductive two-dimensional material that’s poised to make tiny...
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The US Patent Office Approved an App Company's Application to Trademark 'Candy'
The battle over intellectual property rights in the tech industry can often assume epic, if not outright comic, proportions. But just when you thought it couldn't get any worse than Apple patenting the...
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The NSA Sent Daily Metadata Reports to the FBI for Years
Current FBI Director James Comey (left) with President Obama and former FBI Director Robert Mueller at an event last June. Via the FBIIn 2011, former FBI general counsel Valerie Caproni testified about...
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