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The Dapper Killer Who Took Gruesome Revenge On His Romantic Rival
His colorful name—Mandeville Zenge—was memorable, but the lurid horror of his 1935 crime eclipsed all other details in the newspaper articles that eagerly chronicled it. He was the jilted corner of a...
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Two Of DC's Greatest Recent Comics Are Coming To An Early End
DC have been killing it lately with their range of awesome, enjoyable “Digital First” comics. That range is getting a little less awesome and enjoyable at the end of the year, with the cancellation of...
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A Collection of Six-Word Stories From a Dark Digital Future
We don’t know much about the future that these very, very short stories come from. But we do know that they have zombies, a robust Craigslist’s Missed Connections section, and very, very few words.Last...
View ArticleIn The First Allegiant Teaser, Tris' Messiah Complex Goes Up To 11
Tris Prior is a complicated person in a crazy world. And this teaser trailer for Allegiant, the third movie in the Divergent series, shows you just how nutty it gets. Actually, the first half of this...
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The Slow Process of Proving That You've Found a Mass Grave
In 2013, while digging a foundation for a library café at Durham University, workers uncovered human remains. Over the next two years, researchers began the process of proving what they suspected—that...
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Feral Cats Can Destroy the Environment
Cats kill billions of small mammals, reptiles, and birds every year. In environments where cats have natural predators, like coyotes, this isn’t a problem. But left unchecked, cats can become an...
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Woody Harrelson's Playing the Human Evil in the Next Planet of the Apes
The only real danger in casting Woody Harrelson as your bad guy is that there’s every chance he runs away with the whole movie and we end up rooting for him instead of the apes.The next installment of...
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Destiny's New Missions Are Way Better Than The Old Ones
I spent this morning powering through the first main story quest of Destiny: The Taken King, a video game about how cool Nathan Fillion is. I am happy to declare that everything about it is...
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Inside "Left for Dead," A Fascinating Project That's Bringing New Awareness...
Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting’s latest project is “Left for Dead,” an ongoing series of deeply-researched articles and accompanying podcasts addressing a fascinating and tragic...
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In Marvel's Comics, the Inhumans Are About to Become the X-Men's Biggest Enemy
Ever since Marvel announced an Inhumans movie, the superpowered sub-race has gotten an increasingly prominent role in the comics... even in comparison to the similar plight of the X-Men. But it looks...
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Meanwhile in the Future: We Just Made Alien Contact
Humans spend a lot of time and energy wondering if there’s anybody else out there. But what if we got unequivocal evidence that there was?In this week’s future, a probe that is extremely similar to the...
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Life in Space Is a Giant Science Experiment
Space isn’t a very human-friendly environment to put things mildly. That’s why, as NASA has grown fond of saying, we’re sciencin’ the shit out of our astronauts so that we can learn how to keep them...
View ArticleBefore-and-After Images Reveal Astounding Urban Growth in China
Since 1988, the population along China’s Pearl River Delta has grown by a whopping 32 million people. Now boasting a total population of 42 million, it’s the largest urban area on the planet. To put it...
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Here's an 1844 Recipe for Making Your Own Condoms!
What could be more American than the can-do pioneer spirit? If you set your mind to it, you can do anything, including making your own condoms. A nineteenth century practical recipe book tells us...
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We've Never Filmed a Blue Jet from Space, Until Today
Lightning is beautiful and sprites delightful, but pulsating blue jets are even more fascinating when zapping out the top of an epic storm. Astronaut Andreas Mogensen captured the first-ever video of...
View ArticleA Truly Horrifying Nightmare Creature Menaces Mia Wasikowska in a New Crimson...
If nothing else, Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming Gothic horror movie Crimson Peak is using special effects to great effect. This thing is just terrifying. Update: Clip appears to be down now. Crimson...
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Go Back To 1985 With These Awesome Back To The Future Minimates
With the 30th Anniversary of Back To The Future next month, we’re about to get a whole lot of cool goodies to play with celebrating the adventures of Marty McFly and Doc Brown—starting off with these...
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Ruthless Driver Charged With Felony After Playing Death Race 2000 with Seagulls
If it’d been pigeons, he might have gotten away with it. But a 19-year-old Rhode Island man who mowed over three seagulls in a beach parking lot is facing felony charges for “maliciously killing or...
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How To Handle Rejection of Your Writing, Without Becoming a Basket Case
Rejection is part of being a writer. Unless you’re that one-in-a-billion wunderkind who gets “discovered” while you’re still in high school and goes on to become a literary sensation. Almost everybody...
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