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Today's Best Deals: Solar USB Chargers, Yoga Gear, Fitbit Sale, and More
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Everything That's Wrong With Star Wars: The Force Awakens
We pretty much loved Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The things this movie got right were so much more important than the things it got wrong. That said, it did get some things wrong. Allow us to...
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Raymond Chandler Mocked Science Fiction, But He Also Inspired It
Raymond Chandler was one of the greatest writers to come out of pulp fiction, but he also had some snobbish tendencies of his own. Notably, in a 1953 letter to his agent, he makes fun of science...
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J.J. Abrams Explains Why The Force Awakens Isn't Just a Carbon Copy of A New...
A droid carrying important information is jettisoned on a remote desert planet. A mechanically inclined loner with a mysterious past finds it, setting them off on an adventure that will see the...
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The Abandoned Has Yet Another Horror Protagonist Who Is Too Dumb to Live
Horror movies have plenty of annoying habits—remaking sacred classics with gobs of CG, for instance. But the most annoying thing in horror has got to be when the protagonist is so utterly dumb that he...
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Watch the Horrifying Spectacle of Three Million Bats Going Night Hunting
Bats are fascinating creatures—both from the point of scientific research and their place in the canon of the horror genre as spooky creatures of the night. So whether you’re a science person or a...
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This Kinetic Sculpture Was Inspired by the Flocking of a Murmuration
Murmurations are large flocks of birds, most notably starlings, that zip through the sky at high speeds without ever breaking formation. And those formations can be pretty spectacular. Small wonder...
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Help Support The Launchpad Astronomy Workshop!
A couple of years ago, I got to attend a really magnificent writer’s workshop: the Launchpad Astronomy Workshop, held each year in Wyoming. One of its supporters has launched a crowdfunding campaign to...
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Kim Petersen's Jaw-Dropping Images Take Us To New Worlds
We love some fantastic concept art, and one artist who we came across recently is Kim Petersen, who’s put together some jaw-dropping images that transport us to some fantastic worlds. Peterson hails...
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What Makes Star Wars So Damn Special?
The new Star Wars movie made enough money to fund a Death Star because basically any human with access to a movie theater went to go watch it. Or so it seemed like it. In truth, there are still a lot...
View ArticleThese TFA-Style Trailers For The Original Star Wars Films Makes Us Wish They...
There’s something undeniably awesome about that first Force Awakens trailer that lends itself really well to remixes. Youtube user Tom F has gone an recut the trailers for the Original Trilogy in the...
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Travel Back To The 1960s With James Franco In The Trailer For 11.22.63
Hulu just dropped the first trailer for their adaptation of Stephen King’s novel 11.22.63, and it looks like it’ll be quite a bit of fun. The show stars James Franco as Jake Epping, a teacher who...
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Things Go Wrong When A Group Of Friends Create A Teleporting Rocket Ship In...
This is a cool short film: Traveler. In it, a team of friends create a jet-powered vehicle that can teleport. Once they succeed, however, the problems begin.The synopsis has a little more by the way of...
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What It Looks Like When a Dam Releases 13,000 Cubic Feet of Water Per Second
Water is a powerful mother and our dams do all their might in trying to control it but sometimes they need to pump some of that out. This is them doing that in the video. Or well, that’s what the dam...
View ArticleEver wanted to see Turkish Star Wars?
Ever wanted to see Turkish Star Wars? Are you in Seattle? Do you have plans tonight? Head over to Grand Illusion in Seattle to check it out.
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MesoGlue Hopes To Eliminate Electronics Soldering
Soldering has been around for thousands of years: it’s an essential component to electronics around the world. But, there’s some limitations: high temperatures can damage delicate components. Now, some...
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Zach Snyder Just Dropped A New Batman v. Superman Teaser On Twitter
Zach Snyder just dropped a new teaser for Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice on Twitter, showing off a bit of new footage that we’ve seen hinted at in earlier teasers. Bottom line? Don’t try and hit...
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Saturday's Best Deals: PS4 Fighting Controller, MicroSD Cards, Desk Lamp, and...
A specialized PS4 controller, a popular kitchen thermometer, and ultra-cheap microSD cards highlight today’s best deals. Bookmark Kinja Deals and follow us on Twitter to never miss a deal. Commerce...
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Giuseppe Penone's Hidden Life Within Shows Off A Tree Within A Tree
Italian artist Giuseppe Penone is renown for his art that incorporates nature and humanity, and his 2012 exhibition, The Hidden Life Within, excavates a massive tree’s early form. The Hidden Life...
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Don't Hold Your Breath For A The Force Awakens Extended Cut
There’s clearly been some material cut from of Star Wars: The Force Awakens: and J.J. Abrams was asked if that means that there’ll be an extended cut of the film when the DVDs hit. According to Abrams?...
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