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Screengrabber Fox Sports Live Relaunches; Spends Most Of Time Mocking Show’s...

Screengrabber Fox Sports Live Relaunches; Spends Most Of Time Mocking Show’s Low Ratings | Jezebel Author of SB Nation’s Sympathetic Daniel Holtzclaw Story Says He Made ‘A Grave Mistake’ | Gizmodo Bill...

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How Does a Game Boy’s Brain Work?

Despite a huge library of successful games, the Gameboy was deeply underpowered, even for its time. At its heart was a modified version of the same CPU that’s still used in some graphing calculators....

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Stop Buying Coffee Pods

It’s time! This week, news that Hamburg banned coffee pods from government buildings set off a larger conversation about why we’re still giving our money to companies like Keurig and Nespresso. Let’s...

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Why Scaring Animals Shitless Is Good for the Environment

Credit: ShutterstockBig carnivores are scary, both to humans and the animals they prey upon. But as a new study demonstrates, the fear that these predators instill among their prey can have a positive...

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Today's Best Deals: Smart Home Hub, Cordless Vacuum, Quick Charge 3.0, and More

A surprisingly-great $20 kitchen knife, Quick Charge 3.0 accessories, and a cordless vacuum lead off today’s best deals. Bookmark Kinja Deals and follow us on Twitter to never miss a deal. Commerce...

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Margaret Atwood's Next Book Is a Prison-Bound Take on The Tempest

This year marks 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare, and to commemorate the bard, acclaimed authors are taking some of the most popular plays and retelling them with weird and wonderful...

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The Most Essential Daredevil and Punisher Smackdowns in Comics History

Next month, Frank Castle and Matt Murdock will battle each other for the soul of Hell’s Kitchen in Daredevil season 2, but it won’t be the first time the Man Without Fear has gone up against the...

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Tesla Powerwalls Just Got a Gorgeous Competitor

The future has a pretty glow.Tesla Powerwalls could change your whole home (and your power bill), but they’re still difficult to buy. Fortunately alternatives are slowly appearing on the market. Orison...

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How Agent Carter Created One of the Most Fascinating Villains on Television

Agent Carter has given us one of the most fascinating villains in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Whitney Frost is a classic femme fatale, who’s also a science genius, with extradimensional death...

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Stop Netflix, YouTube, Spotify (and More) From Eating Up Your Mobile Data

If you stream videos or listen to music over a cellular connection, you probably want to keep your data usage down, so that you don’t end up with an ungodly phone bill at the end of the month. Luckily,...

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China's Ban on 'Weird' Architecture Is a Damn Shame

China’s become known for some of the zaniest, prettiest, most daring architecture of the 21st century. Sadly, that’s all coming to a halt, as the government is now banning any new buildings that are...

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5 Utterly Bizarre Real-Life Crimes That Were Predicted by Science Fiction

Surf Nazis Must Die DVD cover detailPeople talk all the time about whether science fiction accurately predicted the technology and science of the 21st century—but what about crime? It turns out,...

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The Real Reason a Million Acres of America's Farmland Disappeared Last Year

One million acres of farmland basically vanished from the United States last year alone. Was it due to the weird weather, condo uberplexes, a blip in the space-time continuum? Nope, it’s something else...

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Dogs and Certain Primates May Be Able To See Magnetic Fields

Some animals are capable of magnetoreception—an added sense that helps them detect magnetic fields. European scientists have now learned that the molecule responsible for this trait is also found in...

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Here's Who the Flash and Supergirl Will Be Battling in Their TV Crossover

New set pictures from Supergirl’s highly anticipated crossover episode with The Flash reveal that Barry will end up helping Kara fight not one but two villains: Livewire (who Kara has tussled with...

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Maze Finally Shows Her True Face (And Kicks Some Serious Ass) on Lucifer

The silly mystery on “Sweet Kicks” concerned dueling street artists, a shooting at a fashion show, and posturing gangsters. But the episode was mostly notable for all the ways Maze made it great:...

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Harry Potter's Latest Theme Park Is Designed to Feel Like a Living Movie

Hogwarts Castle at night at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Universal Studios Hollywood.It’s taken several years, but Hogwarts is finally ready to open its doors in California. The Wizarding...

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The Flash Finally Reveals Who's Behind Zoom's Mask

It’s taken quite a while, but the evil speedster from Earth-2 finally revealed his true identity on last night’s excellent episode of The Flash. Spoilers!*[Ed: Sorry, figured I needed a bit of distance...

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The 10 Worst Examples of Movie Whitewashing From the Last 15 Years

Gods of Egypt is finally premiering this week, but no matter how weel it does (or how poorly) it will always be remembered mainly for causing such an uproar, the director was forced to apologize. But...

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Player Discovers Secret Menus In Mortal Kombat Games After Over 20 Years

Through a series of button inputs, a player has found previously undiscovered menus that lay dormant in the arcade versions of Mortal Kombat 1, 2 and 3. How did they last so long without being...

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