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A Cult Murder Emerges from the Darkness in True-Crime Tome Death on the...
The year was 1972; the place, suburban Springfield, New Jersey. One September day, a bizarre murder shattered the town’s sense of safety, and set in motion a cult-tinged mystery that’s become a local...
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Meanwhile in the Future: One Agency Controls All Border Crossings
Every time you go from one country to the next, you cross a border. And that usually means dealing with some kind of border agency that enforces each country’s idiosyncratic rules and regulations. But...
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Time Capsule Found at 1950s Mental Hospital, Contains Film With Message For...
Construction crews in Indiana were shocked to discover a time capsule from 1958 at a former mental hospital. The most exciting part? It contains a film with a message to the future–a message about...
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On Blindspot, the Mystery Is an Enigma Wrapped Inside Weaponized Typhoid
Who am I? Where am I? Is it... an actually compelling ‘A’ plot on this week’s Blindspot?Spoilers for Blindspot episode 4, “Bone May Rot,” and since a commenter pointed out that all the titles are...
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The Exact Moment Star Wars: Battlefront Made Me Feel Like I Was Inside the...
Outside of my work here on io9, I tend to live and breathe two things: video games and Star Wars. Naturally, Star Wars games are right up my alley, and I was excited to try out the beta for the...
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Gawker The Extremely Shitty Way One Man Learned He’d Been Fired From Twitter | Gizmodo Time Capsule Found at 1950s Mental Hospital, Contains Film With Message For the Future | Kotaku Here Is A Silly...
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Is War Becoming More Humane?
Devices like laser-guided bombs and nonlethal weapons have the potential to reduce civilian casualties and wanton suffering. But as these new technologies emerge, are humans actually becoming more...
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Minority Report Introduces Dash to Love, Finally Delivers a Decent Episode
In “Fredi,” we got a very predictable mystery and some time with Dash. It was a totally capable episode almost too boring to recap.Spoilers...Dash and Vega are officially partners, with Wilmer...
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The Navy Is Teaching Celestial Navigation Again as a Backup Plan Against...
The Naval Academy hasn’t taught midshipmen how to navigate by the stars in nearly 20 years, but it’s reintroducing the old-school approach to maritime travel. Why use a sextant instead of computers and...
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In This Week's New Comics, Rocket Raccoon Takes Charge Of The New Guardians...
It’s all change in this week’s all new comics—Marvel is continuing its “All-New, All Different” reboot with new comics for the Guardians, Captain America, Spider-Gwen, and more. Chewbacca begins his...
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New Hubble Video Shows Jupiter in Glorious Ultra High Definition
Using data acquired by the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists at NASA have updated their maps of Jupiter. The new images—shown in 4K ultra high definition—reveal changes to the Great Red Spot and rare...
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A Street Fighter Hadoken Cushion Takes Pillow Fights to the Next Level
The next time a pillow fight breaks out at a sleepover, don’t bother reaching for a heavy feather-filled cushion. No, if you truly want to dominate the battle, make sure you have this Street Fighter...
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How 17th Century Artists Helped Make the Microscopic World Visible
Science fans love to nerd-gas when it comes to popular culture. Witness the countless recent articles analyzing the science versus the storytelling of The Martian. That tension between accuracy and...
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The Alarming Tale of a Stalker Whose Violent Urges Weren't Tempered By Time,...
In May 1980, Taiwan-born, Minnesota-raised Ming Sen Shiue acted on a sick fantasy he’d been having for 15 years, kidnapping and sexually assaulting his former high-school math teacher, Mary Stauffer....
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Where’s the Wookiee? Has Kids Searching For Chewbacca Instead of Waldo
Martin Handford’s Where’s Waldo (or Where’s Wally if you were in the UK) were some of the most popular children’s books of the late ‘80s. Not surprisingly there have been countless knock-offs which are...
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Who Is Your STEM Hero?
Today is Ada Lovelace Day, and people have been celebrating pioneers in STEM (science, tech, engineering, and math). Which got me thinking: who is your favorite innovator?My current favorites are...
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Californium: The Element That Kickstarts Nuclear Reactors
This element is one of many first made at UC Berkeley in the 1950s. Unlike most manufactured elements, though, this one is actually useful. This is how it starts up nuclear reactions.Researchers first...
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Last Night, Someone on iZombie Had the Greatest Alibi Ever
Look, a lot of important things happened on “Zombie Bro,” but the best part of the episode was the truly epic alibi for murder one couple had. I love it and this show. Everyone should be watching...
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Star Wars Showerheads Let You Bathe In Vader's Tears
With a new Star Wars movie on the horizon, the Disney/Lucasfilm marketing machine is finally fully operational. How do we know? Because in addition to toys, video games, and other random crap, you can...
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Wonder Woman's New Comic Will Explore Her Amazonian Origins
Recently, DC axed its wonderful digital-first Wonder Woman series Sensation Comics. Now, it’s going to try and fill the Diana-shaped hole in our hearts, with a new series that focuses on the earliest...
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