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The Asteroid Flyby and Russian Meteorite Conspiracy Theories Are Terrible
What an asteroid flyby might look like if you were closer to the asteroid than the Earth. via For astronomers, February 15 was a rather exciting day: We were buzzed by asteroid DA14 and had an...
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A Tour of the Internet from a Thousand Feet Up
Like most of the machinery that keeps the world 2.0 running, data centers are for all intents and purposes invisible amongst the fabric of our highly stationary, web-addled lives. That explains why we...
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Passive-Aggressive Shame Apps Are Multiplying, Because People Are Lazy As Hell
If you can't wake up without being embarrassed on the Internet, then there might be something flawed in your work ethic. Nonetheless, there's a growing list of start-ups hocking passive-aggressive...
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Just a Little Heads Up: China Can Also Kill People with Drones
Some of the dead were blindfolded. Others were gagged. Some bore the telltale markings of having been cut down point-blank, execution style. When images of the scene hit the Internet, the public was...
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Look at What Google Glass Can Do
Nearly a year after the world learned about the existence of Project Glass, the search giant and wannabe device manufacturer showed the world what the head mounted-display can do on Wednesday. Well,...
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Real Scientists Are Creating the Best Hangover Cure Ever
Don't pretend you haven't been there. Image via Warnet.ws Everyone has a favorite, sworn-by method. A full glass of water before bed. Coconut water in the morning. A greasy plate of bacon and eggs...
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China's Going to Tax Carbon: That'll Hit Half the Coal Plants in the World
China, the world’s second largest economy, and number one worldwide polluter of greenhouse gases, has announced that it is instating a carbon tax. Yes, China. The country that currently consumes half...
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Why Does Iceland's Proposed Porn Ban Matter?
This Icelandic housecat may have to deal with a porn-free web soon. Via Flickr Iceland, land of hot springs and jerk youth hockey teams, is not down with porn. The normally-left-leaning country is...
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Immortality, Sponsored by Mark Zuckerberg
A band of tech billionaires just announced a new foundation set up to reward the super smart scientists who are working on the toughest problems in life science. Put quite simply, the so-called...
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Video: How Keyboard Cat Failed Its Way to Internet Fame
It is, without a doubt, one of the most pivotal thefts on the web. In 2009, Brad O'Farrell, a 22-year-old video-maker and content farmer for MyDamnChannel, was making the rounds on YouTube when he...
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The Newest Copy of the Pirate Bay Still Fits in Your Pocket
Despite its founder's jailing, The Pirate Bay remains the most famous and resilient torrent site around. Largely, that resiliency is due to site's ability to distribute copies of itself beyond the...
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You Can Win A Trip To San Francisco To Party With Silicon Valley Royalty
Hey, you all seem like the kind of folks who'd be interested in a free trip to San Francisco for an insider's look at Silicon Valley. Our friends over at General Assembly have managed, likely through...
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Did a Robot Botch Your Surgery? These Lawyers Will Sue It For You
We are committed to helping victims of robot surgery receive the medical care and compensation they deserve … As both a lawyer and a licensed medical doctor, Dr. Francois Blaudeau has made it his...
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How to Blow Up a Museum: Diller Scofidio + Renfro's Bubble-techture
Via Creators Project: When Richard Koshalek, Director of the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C., started thinking about a unique space within the museum that could house a cultural think tank, he...
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Your Body is a Spaceship: A Cyborg History
Hubert Vykukal demonstrates mobility of the Hardsuit AX-3 Space Suit design in 1977. A spacesuit is a spaceship for one. Bridging fashion, architecture, and engineering, it's a portable environment, a...
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We Can 3D Print Anything, Including Moon Habitats
What a 3D printed Moon base might look like. via We’re getting to the point where we can make just about anything with 3D printers – weapons, food, art, pieces of humans, even cells in seconds. But...
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Rupert Murdoch Is Against the Keystone XL Pipeline
The more time you spend on the internet, the lower its capacity to genuinely surprise you. This proportional relationship explains why nearly every WTF you read in a headline or in a blog post was...
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There's a Big Problem with the Newest Clean Coal Promise
A pair of Ohio State doctoral students show off coal and the iron oxide beads (right bottle) used in the new process. Via Ohio State Researchers at Ohio State have come up with a clever breakthrough...
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In Estonia, Every Electric Car Is Half-Priced and There's Always a Charging...
Estonia is a tiny ex-Soviet nation, home to just over 1 million people. It is also the best place in the world to buy and drive an electric car. It's John Broder's worst nightmare. And it's because...
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The Future of Poop
There are a lot of things to detest about poop. It's poop, for one. It smells. It carries disease. It never stops being produced. But that aside, there's a lot to like about poop. It's one of the the...
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