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Why Do People Take Selfies In Emergencies?
When a United Airlines flight made an emergency landing this summer due to medical situations on board, as the oxygen masks fell down, some passengers’ phone cameras went up. But psychologists say the...
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Food and science have always had a significant overlap. The Guardian has a series of articles summarizing all the advances being made in the growth, production, cooking, and eating of food. All of it...
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Choo Choo Crash Bang! The Golden Age of Juvenile Trainwrecking
In mid-20th century America, a heartwarming Rockwellian drama played out in living rooms every Christmas Day. Presents were opened, and the room became a happily confused welter of ribbons and wrapping...
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Does Canned Food Ever Really Go Bad?
Why, hello! We’re so glad to see you made it past the velociraptornadoes, sinkhole maze, and fire ants made of literal fire to join us here in our Survival Week bunker. Please help yourself to a single...
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Charlie's Angels is Coming to the Big Screen (Note: Not a Headline from 15...
About 20 years elapsed between the original TV version of Charlie’s Angels and its first, spy-fi film adaptation. Now, it’s taken less than five. The franchise, which had a short-lived TV reboot in...
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Michelle Gomez Wants To Keep Playing Missy on Doctor Who For Years
Doctor Who’s biggest innovation in recent years is probably transforming the Master, that evil Time Lord, into an evil Time Lady named Missy. And the show obviously aims to capitalize on that surprise,...
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Seriously, Hunger Games Marketing Department? Seriously?!
So there’s a new The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part II trailer out today, and it’s fascinating. It’s fascinating because it’s awful, and it’s awful because—well, well, to explain it would be to spoil a...
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These Butterflies Put Only A Minimal Effort Into Avoiding Interspecies Mating
Closely related butterflies all look so alike that they often confuse lepidopterists. In fact, they even confuse each other—and they have special adaptations to make sure they’re not actually breeding...
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Which Supposedly Lame Superpower Could Actually Be Awesome?
Flight, invisibility, and super-strength are all well and good, but it’s also really easy to make them look cool. And then there are things like “rodent manipulation” and “color absorption.” Which...
View ArticleWhat can ancient stories tell us about modern disasters?
What can ancient stories tell us about modern disasters? Hakai magazine took a look at the history of indigenous stories about long-ago earthquakes, and what they can reveal to us about the long...
View ArticleDeadspin Ta-Nehisi Coates Needs An Editor, Says Editor Who Edited Like One...
Deadspin Ta-Nehisi Coates Needs An Editor, Says Editor Who Edited Like One Blog Post In 18 Months | Gizmodo Super fun video mixes phone call scenes from movies into one long game of telephone |...
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The Latest Stephen King Book To Become A Fatally Disappointing TV Show Is...
Stephen King and TV haven’t always had the best relationship. In fact, the track record of adapting the author’s work to the small screen is, overall, pretty bad. Sure there’s a good miniseries here...
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Behold the Completely Absurd Insanity of Marvel Comics' 1990s "Cool-O-Meters"
It’s well known that the 90s were a very strange time for comics. Bizarro plots, ridiculous artwork—some of the best “Comics are weird!” moments come from the decade. But these “cool-o-meters”, ripped...
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Why the CIA Invented Cough Syrup
Much of the cough syrup on the shelves today owes a little something to the US Navy and the CIA. One of its main effective ingredients was developed by a project funded by both agencies. Learn...
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14 Dumbest Ways That Humans Will Survive The Apocalypse
The whole point of a post-apocalyptic story is that someone survives. But when you have a calamity that wipes out 99.9 percent of all humans, then how exactly do you explain the survivors? In honor of...
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This Art Showcases the Adorable Side of Mutant Animals
Artist Robert Armbrister’s newest series of “weird, somewhat off” creatures: they are as adorable as they are scary.“A lot of my work is inspired by 1960s ads, UPA-style people and creatures, street...
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All of the Ways Last Night's GOP Debate Was Dangerously Wrong About Science
For every elected official who carefully educates themselves on the facts and research prior to making an informed decision, there are a dozen more who have no problem shooting their mouths off on...
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Tribbles Invade NASA's Flying Telescope During Nichelle Nichols's Observing Run
When NASA’s airborne telescope was invaded by Tribbles, Nichelle Nichols was on-hand to keep them in check so the team could focus on with their observing run.NASA brought Star Trek’s Nichelle Nichols...
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We Finally Know What Is Sending These Weird Black Hole Light Flashes
When scientists spotted this pair of black holes, it was a rare chance to observe black holes in the process of colliding. Soon, however, as they looked closer, scientists were consumed with a brand...
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Sunset on Pluto is Beyond Gorgeous in Latest Photos from New Horizons
New Horizons released a fresh batch of photographs from its collection today, and I’m in love all over again. Bask in the glory of a hazy dusk, then join me to dive into the awesome new science of...
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