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It’s Gonna Cost at Least $110,000 to Repair King Tut’s Damaged Mask
Earlier this year, King Tut’s famous burial mask was damaged during a botched cleaning attempt. Experts are now contemplating the best way to restore the ancient relic. Back in January, the Egyptian...
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The Martian Had It Easy Compared to the Shipwrecked Scientists of Venus
Sorry, Mark Watney. You may be the star of Andy Weir’s The Martian, but Mars is a tropical vacation compared to Venus, where Captain Pauline Manashe and her crew find themselves in Rick Loverd and...
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What's the One Weird Fact That You Learned in School And Never Forgot?
It’s never the big, important things that stick in your memory. It’s always the weirdest details or most bizarre bits of information. I, for example, will always remember that the state bird of Utah is...
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Everything We Know About Star Wars' Post-Return of the Jedi Future
Last week’s “Force Friday” wasn’t just about the release of new Star Wars toys. It also heralded the start of “Journey To The Force Awakens,” a planned series of stories detailing the 30 years between...
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Every Fast Food Restaurant in America, Mapped
Just how far out would you have to go to really escape the sight of Golden Arches?This per capita distribution map of fast food restaurants across the country comes from the USDA’s newly-updated Food...
View ArticleThe First Krampus Trailer Reveals the Dark Side of Santa
It’s kind of amazing that there hasn’t been a Krampus-based horror movie released during the Holiday season. But this? This seems pretty perfect.The trailer hits the horror elements, but the interplay...
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Researchers Are Making 3D-Printed Penises to Test What Women Think About Size
Previous studies of how women perceive penis size and shape relied on 2D drawings and photographs of flaccid penises. Now, a research team of psychologists from UCLA and the University of New Mexico...
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Our Apple iPhone Liveblog Is Right Here
Just like you, we weren’t invited to the Apple Day frenzy at San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. So we’ve got a completely candid liveblog of the keynote, bringing you Apple without the Kool...
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The 12 Best Nerdy Moments From All Five Seasons of Key and Peele
Brilliant Comedy Central show Key and Peele debuted in 2012, and it ends tonight (sniffle). Over the past five seasons, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele have hinted at their not-so-secret geeky...
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Today's Best Deals: New iPhone Cases, DIY Bread, Fresh Water, and More
Here are the best of today’s deals. Get every great deal every day on Kinja Deals, follow us on Facebook and Twitter to never miss a deal, join us on Kinja Gear to read about great products, and on...
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Let Us Brighten Your Day By Reminding You The Happening Happened
Later this week, M. Night Shyamalan is releasing a new movie called The Visit. And it’s actually pretty great. Scary, unpredictable, kind of like the movies that made him a household name. It’s unlike...
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World's Largest Camera Will Show Us the Universe Like We've Never Seen It
The U.S. Department of Energy has green-lit the construction of a 3.2-gigapixel digital camera for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). Once complete, the instrument will be used by astronomers...
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The Truth About Real-Life Dire Wolves
Game of Thrones has put direwolves back on the map—but they really existed. If you’d been walking through a glade 15,000 years ago, and noticed a really big wolf coming out of the forest, followed by...
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Apple Pencil: The Stylus Steve Jobs Warned Us About
This afternoon we met the iPad Pro, a giant iPad that’s aimed at professionals. With it comes the Apple Pencil: A stylus that Phil Schiller called “one of the most advanced technologies we’ve ever...
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The Truth Is Here At Last: "Manta Ray" UFO Spotted Over Costa Rica
A photographer in Costa Rica observed a “Manta Ray”-shaped UFO, which had no visible means of propulsion. Which means it’s not a drone! In fact, it appears to be using some kind of anti-gravity drive....
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Write Some Six-Word Science Fiction for Us!
Tell me a science fiction story, io9—and do it in only six words.What kind of tale will you this time around? Perhaps a doomed time travel romance (Time Traveler seeks partner; have met.—purdyjpurdy)?...
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What To Do (And Not Do) This Week In Destiny 2.0
Playing Destiny after yesterday’s 2.0 patch is a little bit like waking up in a just-barely parallel universe. Everything has shifted a little, but you can’t always put your finger on how. Did that...
View ArticlePlastic Cthulhu Demands Tribute In This Awesome Legends Of Cthulhu Retro TV Spot
Last month, we brought you a first look at Warpo’s cool, old-school advertising for its 12” Cthulhu action figure. Now the Great One is back, and this time he hungers for the minds of his action figure...
View ArticleAMC’s adaptation of the amazing comic book Preacher will air in May 2016.
AMC’s adaptation of the amazing comic book Preacher will air in May 2016. Or, at least we think it might. Producer Seth Rogen tweeted the premiere date, along with the first official poster, but then...
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If Only One-third of Published Psychology Research is Reliable, Now What?
The ability to repeat a study and find the same results twice is a prerequisite for building scientific knowledge. It may surprise you to learn, then, that scientists do not often conduct—much less...
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