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The 'Harry Potter Effect': Books for Young Readers Got 115 Percent Longer in...
It’s not just your imagination—kids’ books are getting longer and longer. Booklist’s Briana Shemroske surveyed middle-grade books (aimed at grades three-eight) and found their average page length was...
View ArticleJezebel Teen Girl Being Tried for Manslaughter After Texts Encouraging...
Jezebel Teen Girl Being Tried for Manslaughter After Texts Encouraging Boyfriend to Commit Suicide | Deadspin This Rick Reilly Thing Sucks So Much | Gawker Another Layer to the Bristol Palin Pregnancy...
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Yep, That Was 1990s Tough Guy Tom Sizemore on Lucifer Last Night
Tom Sizemore, Tom Ellis, and Lauren German on “Lucifer.” Photo by Michael Courtney/FOXRemember Tom Sizemore? He was in True Romance, Natural Born Killers, Heat, and Saving Private Ryan. In Lucifer, he...
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Loki Is Running for President in Marvel's New Comic
Donald Trump, or the trickster god? You know what, actually, still not even a difficult choice.In the timeliest of moves, given that it’s “Super Tuesday” in the U.S. Presidential garbage fire election,...
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No, Scientists Have Not Created a Matrix-Like Interface That Instantly...
Remember that mind-blowing scene in The Matrix when Neo had jiu-jitsu and kung fu uploaded directly into his brain? Researchers from HRL Laboratories are now saying they’ve developed a similar device...
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Zack Snyder Wants to Make a 300-Style George Washington Movie, Because of...
Horatio Greenough’s ‘Enthroned Washington’ sculpture, 1840. Photo taken by Wally Gobetz, licensed through Creative Commons.Oh, Zack. Never change.This delightful/petrifying news comes from an...
View ArticleThe Fourth Wall Gets Demolished in This Amazing Supercut
What’s better than characters acknowledging the audience directly? Not much. Maybe spit-takes, but that arguable. Still, since no one has made a supercut of 400 movies in which characters doing spit...
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Today's Best Deals: FoodSaver, Roomba, Running Shoes, and More
A discounted FoodSaver, Saucony running shoes, and the world’s largest microSD card lead off today’s best deals. Bookmark Kinja Deals and follow us on Twitter to never miss a deal. Commerce Content is...
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Actual Dogs Don't Like Robotic Dogs Either
Boston Dynamics’ line of robotic dogs creep the hell out of me and other sensible humans on this doomed planet. But at least my gut call is partially justified by this probably world-first meeting of...
View ArticleWell, it looks like that season-ending cliffhanger was not in vain: Zoo is...
Well, it looks like that season-ending cliffhanger was not in vain: Zoo is returning for a second season. NBC’s James Patterson-adapted thriller about a global animal uprising will be back this summer,...
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Ms. Marvel Is Going To Be Educating Your Kids About Bullying and Discrimination
Even though Kamala Khan has only been around for a few years, it feels like she’s been Ms. Marvel for ages—inspiring kids all over the world with her amazing comic book. So really, it shouldn’t come as...
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Watch Astronauts Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko Plummet to Earth
Image: European Space AgencyIf the thought of turning your gaze to a TV screen for election news this evening makes you want to vomit, then you might have some empathy for what two men will feel as...
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Canceled Sci-Fi TV Show Continues Today In Video Game Form
Fans of SyFy’s Defiance were disappointed when the show was canceled late last year after three seasons of Earth-based alien conflict. But the TV show was only half of the battle. In the video game...
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Watch These Two Rattlesnakes Battle It Out in Elaborate 'Combat Dance'
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaA Phoenix woman hiking along a trail stumbled across a couple of male rattlesnakes locked in an elaborately orchestrated “combat dance.” Frankly, it looks...
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The 9 Most Unforgettable Moments in Last Night's Supergirl
Last night’s episode of Supergirl was a weird mixture of hacker hijinks that even CSI: Cyber would have been ashamed of, with actual great character drama. This show is often incredibly silly, but it’s...
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Scientists Are Still Arguing About That Chopra Bullshit Study
Jason Kempin/Getty ImagesRemember last November when Canadian scientists published a study using the tweets of Deepak Chopra to demonstrate how some people can interpret utter bullshit as deeply...
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HBO Desperately Wants to Stop Game of Thrones Season Six Leaking
Game of Thrones, leaks, and online piracy in general have a... tumultuous relationship. Not only is the show regularly the most-pirated TV show on the Internet, last year, nearly half of the show’s...
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Mysterious Cosmic Radio Bursts Just Got Even More Interesting
Artist’s concept of Arecibo telescope and its suspended support platform of radio receivers. Image Credit: Danielle FutselaarFast radio bursts, or FRBs, are a source of endless fascination. But despite...
View ArticleA third season of Agent Carter may have gotten a bit more unlikely, as the...
A third season of Agent Carter may have gotten a bit more unlikely, as the ratings for last night’s season finale matched an all time series low. Ratings for Peggy’s sophomore season haven’t been...
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This Video From a 1976 Star Trek Convention Proves How Little Has Changed
This segment from what has to be local news on a 1976 Star Trek convention being held in Northglenn Mall in Denver, Colorado, is fairly amazing. Not just for the fans, who are awesome, nor for the...
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