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Universal's Halloween Horror Nights Is So Much Freaking Fun It's Scary

Lots of amusement parks have scary Halloween attractions that feature cameos by popular horror franchises. But very few are actually created with the help and permission of the people who created those...

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Is the Changing Definition of Autism Narrowing What We Think of as "Normal"?

The definition of autism is getting increasingly broader. As a result, we are building a new reality of the disorder that doesn’t accurately represent the most affected population. I first learned...

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The Weissenberg Effect Makes Liquid Climb Like Spaghetti Winding Up a Fork

The Weissenberg Effect happens when a fluid behaves in a very counter-intuitive way. Instead of being driven away from a spinning object, it starts climbing. Take a look at something you may have seen...

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Step Aboard the Enterprise-D in This Amazing Star Trek Virtual Reality Demo

The current VR boom in technology has given us some pretty spectacular moments. Headsets like the Oculus Rift or HTC’s Vive even have entertainment giants planning content using them to create...

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When Are You Going to Get Your Prescription MDMA?

Not long ago, the idea of walking up to a clerk behind a counter and getting a baggie of weed seemed ludicrous. Now, in states where recreational or medical marijuana is approved and regulated, it’s a...

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Which Character Did You Hate...Until They Became Your Absolute Favorite?

There really is a thin line between love and hate! Sometimes there’s a character on a TV show, or in a movie or book series, who shows all the signs of becoming annoying. Or worse yet, offensive. And...

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The Martian has premiered... just not on this planet.

The Martian has premiered... just not on this planet. The astronauts on the ISS managed to get the first exclusive screening of the upcoming Ridley Scott scifi movie about an astronaut who gets left...

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Hot Toys' Army of The Force Awakens Snowtroopers Are Here To Commandeer Your...

It’s been nearly three weeks since Force Friday came along and ravaged the wallets of Star Wars fans (myself included). Hot Toys nearly delivered a killing blow with the announcement of their first...

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Your Sex Education Data Sucks

The way we teach sex education in the United States is such a crazy-quilt of curricula that it’s hard to know what’s being taught to our high school students, or how accurately. And when we lack that...

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Deadspin I Peed My Pants At A Little League Game, And Other Tales Of...

Deadspin I Peed My Pants At A Little League Game, And Other Tales Of Urine-Based Humiliation | Gawker Pharmaceutical Greed Villain Martin Shkreli Will Fight the Whole Internet | Kotaku It Took 11,000...

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This Short Film Offers a Delightfully Evil Spin on the Classic Disney-Style...

In Cursed, a dialogue-free student short by Merel van den Broek and Nicole Derksen, a Disney-esque villain doesn’t quite know what to do with herself when she starts crushing on a dashing hero. Because...

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An Explanation for the Paradox of How We "See" Black Holes—Even Though...

One of the trickiest black hole concepts to grasp is also one of their most basic: Black holes don’t give off any light, so how do we still manage to “see” something that is functionally invisible?...

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Discovery the Melancholy Chemistry of the Salt Print

Salt prints are one of the earliest photographic processes. The good news is you can still make them at home with a few chemicals. The bad news is they won’t be around for that long.People have been...

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Poster Art Has Never Looked As Slick As in These Eye-Popping Images

Even if you don’t know the name “Craig Drake,” odds are you recognize his style. The artist spent a good chunk of his early career at Lucasfilm and the company still uses his designs today. Now, Drake...

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At Scotland's Crawick Multiverse Garden, You Can Look into the Void

Have you ever wanted to meander between two spiral galaxies, or follow in the footsteps of a comet? Now visitors to southwest Scotland’s Nith Valley can do just that. Welcome to the “Crawick...

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Nuclear Sausage Dog Demands Belly Rubs ... Or Else

Melbourne, Australia held its first-ever “Running of the Wieners” dachshund race in honor of Oktoberfest this weekend. There was also a costume contest, and while we don’t know where li’l Xena placed,...

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We're all Surrounded by a Personal Cloud of Bacteria

Bad news, hypochondriacs: You’re walking in a massive cloud of bacteria. In fact, it’s kinda an extension of your body, and no amount of showering will rid you of it. Even better: It grew out of your...

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This Speeding Exoplanet’s Shock Wave Has Just Been Detected on Earth

Astronomers from Wesleyan University have detected the shock waves produced by a high-speed “hot Jupiter” exoplanet caught in a tight orbit around its host star. It’s a potential indication of an...

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I'm Totally On Board With The Peanuts Movie After Watching The New Trailer

The first trailer for The Peanuts Movie was a bit jarring. All our favorite characters were there, along with the tone that made the franchise so popular. But the CG was so different and musical...

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