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Jezebel I’m So Damn Tired of Slave Movies | Gizmodo Google Just Beat Facebook...

Jezebel I’m So Damn Tired of Slave Movies | Gizmodo Google Just Beat Facebook in Race to Artificial Intelligence Milestone | Gawker Remaining Militiamen Are Hungry for Blood | Jalopnik Honda’s Lawyers...

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Theranos Lab Poses 'Immediate Jeopardy to Patient Safety,' According to...

The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has delivered a strongly worded letter to blood testing startup Theranos, saying its California facility poses “immediate jeopardy to patient safety,”...

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Today's Best Deals: 5.1 Surround Sound, Nixon Watches, Kitchen Thermometer,...

A complete 5.1 surround sound system, a popular kitchen thermometer, and Nixon watches kick off today’s best deals. Bookmark Kinja Deals and follow us on Twitter to never miss a deal. Commerce Content...

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The Tragedy of Apollo 1 Reshaped the Future of NASA

Today was supposed to mark a step forward in human flights for the Apollo program. Instead, flames exploded inside the capsule during a pre-flight test. The fatal accident changed the nature of...

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The Old Wolverine Has a Killer 'To Do' List 

By which I mean, he has a lot of people to kill. What, you thought a new comic starring the angry, bitter, elderly Logan would be about his grocery needs or something?Spoilers ahead for Old Man Logan...

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LA Celebrates Science Fiction Legend Octavia E. Butler With a Year of Events

Octavia E. Butler died 10 years ago, but the power of her work and her inspiring life story haven’t dimmed one bit. Los Angeles arts nonprofit Clockshop has organized a yearlong series honoring the...

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This Woman Was a Bored Button-Pusher Before Jane Jetson Was Even Born

Today Cory Doctorow tweeted out a fascinating image showing an RCA computer room in 1959. I can’t stop staring at it.There’s a peculiar artifice to the clearly-staged promotional photo that’s so...

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Harrison Ford is going to clue us into the upcoming Disney Star Wars theme...

Harrison Ford is going to clue us into the upcoming Disney Star Wars theme parks on February 20. During a Wonderful World of Disney TV show celebrating the 60th anniversary of Disneyland, Han Solo...

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In the Future, a Single Corporation Owns All the Oxygen

Grow is a short film that’s all about the premise: What if you had to buy oxygen to stay alive? One of points that I love from this short is that not only did a company take advantage of a global...

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Seeing One Day Pass on Earth from Space Is Beyond Stunning

This is what one day looks like on Earth from space. The footage condenses 24 hours of imagery from Japan’s Himawari-8 satellite into 12 seconds and shows us how the our beautiful blue marble peels...

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Star Wars Rebels Went Full Western in a Mandalorian-Filled Episode

Made famous by Boba Fett, the Mandalorian race has long been a Star Wars mystery. On the latest episode of Star Wars Rebels, not only did we learn more about them, we learned more about our new...

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Kevin Smith's Dogma Hasn't Aged Well, But It's Still a Minor Miracle

Kevin Smith’s Dogma is a star-studded, religious themed, highly offensive, violent and gross R-rated road trip comedy about a descendant of Jesus Christ saving the world from two fallen angels. That...

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Hot Toys' Next Batman v Superman Collectable Is Armored and Awesome

Admit it. The first time you watched the trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, you fell in love with the Frank Miller-inspired, armored version of Batman. I know I did, and now Hot Toys is...

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Neil Gaiman's American Gods TV Series Has Cast Its Shadow Moon

The Starz TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s award-winning fantasy novel American Gods just cast its lead, Shadow Moon: English actor Ricky Whittle, who’s probably best-known as Lincoln on The...

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Outlander Has Finally Cast Its Brianna

Ever since it was confirmed that Outlander’s second season would follow the plot of the second book in Diana Gabaldon’s series, all fans have cared about is who would be playing Brianna. We finally...

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This Babylonian Astronomy Text Changes History

More than a thousand years before the first telescopes, Babylonian astronomers tracked the motion of planets across the night sky using simple arithmetic. But a newly translated text reveals that these...

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An Energetic, Colorful New Popeye Poster Definitely Ate Its Spinach

Popeye is a character that has been interpreted in almost every possible way. The most popular though, is the lovable, animated version and that goofy, fun tone comes across in this brand new poster by...

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Thirty Years Ago, the Challenger Crew Plunged Alive and Aware to Their Deaths

On January 28, 1986, America watched on television as the space shuttle Challenger—carrying six astronauts and one schoolteacher—disappeared in a twisting cloud of smoke, nine miles above the launch...

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Christopher Walken Turns Kevin Spacey into a Cat in the First Nine Lives Trailer

There is nothing in the world that can keep me from watching this movie. This movie is where Kevin Spacey’s punishment for working too hard and ignoring his family is being turned into a cat by...

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Oliver and Felicity's Relationship on Arrow Finally Makes Sense to Me

Last night was a pretty action-packed episode of Arrow. Felicity rejoined the team after her horrific accident; she finally got her own superhero name; a major character died; and more. But all I can...

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