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There’s Something Very Strange Lurking In the Space Between Galaxies
In the starless void of intergalactic space, there are clouds of cosmic gas as old as the Milky Way. They produce no visible light, and they barely radiate heat. Now, for the first time, astronomers...
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How Much Power Does It Take to Actually Blow Up a Planet?
Like, a lot of power. Scott Manley delves into the science of the planet destroying business and came up with the numbers that it would take to destroy a planet in Star Wars. To destroy an Earth-like...
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Holy Shit, NBC Is Really Gonna Make That "The Office But With DC Superheroes"...
Hey, remember how DC and NBC were looking into making a workplace sitcom about regular people working at an insurance office inside the DC universe? Apparently they liked what they saw, because NBC has...
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How Connected Cars Will Transform Our Lives at Home
Let me put this bluntly: Smart homes are pretty dumb. Or at least historically, connected devices for the everyman’s house have seemed gimmicky at best. This week at CES, however, we saw new technology...
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RIP Crypt Keeper, the Superstar That Won’t Return to Tales From the Crypt
When you say “Tales from the Crypt” most people immediately think of the Crypt Keeper. He didn’t have the most screen time but the gross, frightening, cheeky host of the 90s HBO anthology series was...
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BBC America's Dirk Gently Series Is Really Going Forward
We’ve known since last year that BBC America were working on bringing a new version of Douglas Adam’s holistic detective to U.S. shores—but now it’s official: BBC America have announced that they’ve...
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This Bison Was Struck by Lightning and Emerged Ugly But Alive
If you’re ever in Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge, keep an eye out for the ugliest bison alive. That’s not an insult. Taking a direct hit from a lightning bolt and staying alive is something to be...
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The Forest Is a Genuinely Scary Horror Movie About the Burden of Guilt
Game of Thrones’ Natalie Dormer stars in The Forest, a decent horror movie that offers plenty of shriek-worthy moments. But its more interesting aspects are the repressed guilt and sorrow at its core,...
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America Was Hot, Fiery, and Full of Climate Denial in 2015
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced yesterday that 2015 was the second hottest year ever recorded in the United States, with a major last-minute boost from our freakishly warm...
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Energize! Captain Kirk's Autobiography Is Just $1 on Kindle.
If you’re a Star Trek fan, this $1 Kindle book should be an insta-buy. [The Autobiography of James T. Kirk (Kindle), $1]http://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-...Commerce Content is independent of...
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Marvel's New Falcon Is a Latino Falcon Man-Hybrid
Ever since Sam Wilson took on the mantle of Captain America, his former superhero alter ego of the Falcon has lain dormant. That is, until next week, when The Falcon returns… as Joaquin Torres, a man...
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9 Reasons to Be Excited About Pop Culture in 2016
War. Racism. Global warming. Donald Trump. There are so many reasons to fear the future, but there are also a few reasons to continue getting out of bed in the morning for the next 12 months— they all...
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Diabolical Falcons Trap Living Birds in Rocks For Future Meals
A team of ornithologists were working on a small Moroccan island when they observed some rather bizarre behavior in adult falcons. The raptors appeared to be imprisoning tiny birds in the crevasses of...
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Stepmania Played At Super Speed Is Just Not Human
“So this is very, very stamina-intense,” said a commentator watching the Stepmania run at Awesome Games Done Quick 2016 yesterday. “On really hard songs... you actually become mentally tired as well....
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Adventure Time's Stop Motion Episode Looks Totally Mathematical
Eat your heart out, Anomalisa. Adventure Time is doing its first ever stop-motion-animated episode, as part of a whole week of episodes starting next Monday. PLUS there’s a new Ice King episode!The...
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View ArticleClaire and Jamie Go Undercover in Paris in Outlander's Season Two Teaser
Outlander returns to Starz in April, and “this season changes everything for Claire and Jamie,” according to the trailer above. The duo travels to France to try and change the course of history, and...
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On Steven Universe, Peridot Finally Makes a Big Decision
Ever since Peridot entered a tentative alliance with the Crystal Gems, the question of just what would happen to her has been on the lips of Steven Universe fans. Would she betray them? Join them?...
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Columbia Just Digitized a Bestselling Anatomy Flipbook From the 1610s
People in the past were as interested in how the world worked as we are. Authors and illustrated produced works to cater to that interest—including an incredibly bizarre “flap book” that shows what...
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A New Novel About a Pandemic of Spontaneous Human Combustion Is Becoming a Movie
At the movies, we’ve seen the world end almost every way imaginable: disease, zombies, meteors, natural disasters, and the list goes on. But author Joe Hill has a new one—and the idea is so hot, pun...
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