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Some of the Most Beautiful Astronomy Photos That Anyone Has Ever Seen

Our cosmos is freaking wonderful. And a few talented and patient photographers have managed to capture all of its glory. It’s time to celebrate them, by ogling some of their most brilliant photos.Every...

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Minority Report Shows Us a World Where the "Smart City" Is Real

The new FOX series Minority Report debuted on Monday, and it promises to be a crazy future tech playground — though whether the plots can sustain the amazing worldbuilding remains to be seen.Set 20...

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Speed Across Jakku in This Awesome Star Wars Virtual Reality Demo

Now this is awesome. It’s only a scant few months before we get to see Rey race across the sands of Jakku in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. But why wait when you can do it yourself with this awesome...

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How a Futuristic Super-Assassin Deals With Obnoxious Coworkers

Koko Martstellar, the assassin-turned-brothel-owner, has starred in two futuristic adventure novels thus far, Koko Takes a Holiday and Koko the Mighty. But what was she like back when she was just a...

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Here Are Some Essential Survival Skills We've Lost From Our Ancient Ancestors

The basic structure of the human brain has remained essentially unaltered for tens of thousands of years, but the information processed within it has changed dramatically over time. Today, we require...

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Prometheus 2 Won't Connect to Alien, but Prometheus 4 Might. Wait, What?

When Ridley Scott’s Prometheus hit theaters, it was polarizing for a bunch of reasons. Some of the biggest were its connections to Alien, which created more questions than they answered.The...

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The 19 Worst Movies Mystery Science Theater 3000 Ever Riffed

Although Mystery Science Theater 3000 was dedicated to making fun of bad movies, not all the movies the show featured were truly awful. Many were merely crappy, but some of them were so ineptly made,...

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Despite a Constant Plague of Gremlins, This Lady Earned 104 Aviation Records

Everyone has heard of the daring Amelia Earhart, but her British piloting peer Sheila Scott did her part to bust boundaries for ladies in aeronautics. Along with her numerous speed records and first...

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Woman Fools Local News Into Believing She Crossed a Watermelon With a Tomato,...

A woman in Kansas claimed she crossed a watermelon with a cherry tomato plant in her backyard garden to create a “mystery fruit” and the local news was on it—and baffled. Don’t worry guys, we’re here...

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Proof That a Live-Action Crisis on Infinite Earths Is Just Too Awesome to...

Some unknown artist assembled what a promotional poster for a live-action version of the seminal comic saga Crisis on Infinite Earths might look like, if it incorporated all of DC’s live-action...

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What's the Best Way to Tie Your Shoes? Physics May Have the Answer.

The most common mistake when tying your shoelaces is accidentally making a weaker granny knot instead of the stronger square knot. Now, physics can help you tie the perfect knot that stays tight no...

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How The Vietnam War Brought High-Tech Border Surveillance to America

From 1968 until 1973, the US military spent about $1 billion a year on a new computer-powered initiative intended to end the war in Vietnam. It went by many names over the years — including Practice...

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Who's the Killer on Scream Queens? We Round Up All the Top Suspects So Far

Scream Queens made its debut last night, and between all of its Heathers worship and “tee-hee, I’m edgy!” deliberately offensive jokes, it introduced a serial-killer mystery ripped straight from the...

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The Red Lady of Paviland Has Been Causing Arguments for 200 Years

The Red Lady of Paviland has been the foremost trouble-causing woman of Wales, despite having been dead for thousands of years. And not being a woman.We’ve talked about William Buckland before. Equal...

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Gawker White Jogger to White Stroller-Pusher: People Like You Live in...

Gawker White Jogger to White Stroller-Pusher: People Like You Live in Brooklyn Because I “Settled” It | Gizmodo What’s the Best Way to Tie Your Shoes? Physics May Have the Answer. | Jalopnik What To Do...

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How The Hell Did They Screw Up The Muppets So Badly?

Seriously, I’m asking, because I don’t know the answer. It’s not that the jokes aren’t funny—some of them were super funny, although last night’s series premiere was definitely hit and miss. It’s more...

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The Human Friends and Enemies Of Ash Are Revealed In A New Ash vs. Evil Dead...

When you hear Ash vs. Evil Dead, you know who the star of the show is. It’s Bruce Campbell in the role that made him a cult icon: the chainsaw-armed, wise-cracking, shotgun-toting Ash Williams. But...

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A small federal program that sends fresh fruits and vegetables to the...

A small federal program that sends fresh fruits and vegetables to the lowest-income schools for snack time has become the site of a large food fight. Politico details the efforts of the lobbies for...

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Rare Spectacled Bear Takes An Interest in the Camera Trap That's Filming It,...

The spectacled bear is the real-life inspiration for Paddington Bear, but as we see here, the spectacled bear is capable of making a great live-action movie of its own. Enjoy a fun few seconds of a...

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Sex: The Kotaku Review

If you’re already a fan of Sex—and there are plenty of you out there—you probably don’t need this review. But if you find yourself on the fence about whether to try this much-heralded, much-argued-over...

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