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Diving Ant Fighting A Mosquito Larva Inside A Carnivorous Plant Is The Battle...
Holy crap, you guys, nature is amazeballs. If you need a reminder, and we all do sometimes, the above video should do the trick. It’s footage of a diving ant, Camponotus schmitzi, hunting a mosquito...
View ArticleDARPA’s Warrior Web Suit Aims To Lighten Loads For Soldiers In The Field
It’s not Iron Man armor quite yet, but the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has released video of the latest tests of their Warrior Web undersuit, which they hope will one day be worn...
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We’re Not Getting A RiffTrax For Twilight, But Starship Troopers Is A Pretty...
First, the bad news: the MST3K alums at RiffTrax couldn’t lock down the rights to make a RiffTrax version of Twilight. The good news, of course, is that you don’t need to watch Twilight now or ever...
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Matternet Promises to Use Its Autonomous Drone Network for Good Not Evil
The Internet is a great way to transport things like information, but what if you need an easy way to transport physical things — actual matter — to places without a reliable road infrastructure?...
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Drawings Against Humanity Tumblr Offends Everyone in the Best Way Possible
If you’ve ever played the wondrously reprehensible Cards Against Humanity, then it’s definitely your favorite card game. How can we know for sure? Because you’re on this website, so naturally you must...
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You Can’t Play Call of Duty: Ghosts Just Yet, But You Can Play Call of...
Arguably the best part of the Xbox One, or Xbone, reveal event was the amount of time spent discussing the addition of a dog to the squad in Call of Duty: Ghosts. The lack of any real gaming-related...
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Lightning Roaches and Tiny Frogs and Itty-Bitty Violets, Oh My: The Top 10...
New species are being discovered every day, all around the world. Some, like the tiny frog above, are hidden among debris on the forest floor, while others are hiding in plain sight on museum shelves,...
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George Takei Continues to Win at the Internet, Posts Hilarious Amazon Reviews
It’s a well-known fact that former Star Trek star George Takei loves the Internet. No, love is not strong enough a word to describe how Takei clearly feels. He adores the Internet. He knows all the...
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A Bunch of Restaurants Promise Charles Ramsey Free Burgers for Life, Also...
Charles Ramsey, the Cleveland man who intervened to help three women escape from the man who allegedly kidnapped them and held them captive for a decade, was famously eating a Big Mac when he was...
View ArticleWatch LEGO Voldemort and LEGO Gandalf Go At It in Wand to Staff Combat [Video]
While sometimes we long for the days when LEGO sets didn’t always tie in to popular franchises and children had to use their imaginations to play with them, we’re generally in favor of themed sets —...
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Jennifer Lopez Launches Mobile Phone Company for Latino Reasons
Superstar celebrity and awesome-butt-haver Jennifer Lopez is very invested in bettering the lives of her fellows in the Latino community. To that end, she’s announced a partnership with Verizon...
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Geekolinks: 5/23
Graduation inspiration from geek leaders (GeekSugar) President Obama’s prom photo from 1979 (Mediaite) 11 shows that wouldn’t exist without Arrested Development (Flavorwire) Cincinnati’s college...
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ComiXology Pulls Even More Comics From Their iOS App to Appease Their Apple...
Not more than a month after comiXology faced criticism for preemptively removing a installment of the critically acclaimed series Saga from their iOS app to comply with Apple App Store policies,...
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Quicksilver Cast in X-Men Movie, Internet Grapples With Intellectual Property...
Today Bryan Singer announced on his Twitter that actor Evan Peters will be joining the cast of X-Men: Days of Future Past…as Quicksilver. Curious, considering that about a week ago Joss Whedon...
View ArticleHonest Trailer for Fast Five Pulls No Punches, Shifts a Bunch of Gears [Video]
I’ve never been a huge Fast and the Furious fan. So, I didn’t see Fast Five, but Screen Junkies has done an excellent job of breaking it down in such a way with their latest Honest Trailer that I’m...
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Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble Explained With Cats
When I woke up this morning, I was largely ignorant of the work of American philosopher Judith Butler. I didn’t exactly lose a lot of sleep over this, but I wasn’t proud of it either, if only because...
View ArticleFairphone Tries To Figure Out How To Build A Smartphone Without Screwing Anybody
When you’re shopping for a smartphone, “Was it sourced and built using fair, sustainable business practices?” probably isn’t question high on your list of priorities. Don’t feel bad, though — even if...
View ArticleTED-Ed Explains Why Your Fingers Get Pruney When They’re Wet in a Cartoon...
As far as mysteries of the universe go, “Why do our fingers get pruney when they’re wet?” isn’t exactly the most pressing. It is, however, among the most persistent and just plain weird. After all,...
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Ring Nebula Apparently Less Like a Bagel, More Like a Jelly Doughnut
You’ve no doubt seen images of the Ring Nebula before on college textbooks and astronomy websites. After all, it’s so pretty looking! Astronomers have long theorized that the gas emitting from this...
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New Jersey Bars Busted Selling Rubbing Alcohol and Dirty Water as Top Shelf...
When you’re out drinking with some friends, it can pay to stick to well liquor. Why? Because it’s a fairly common practice for unscrupulous bar owners to fill bottles of expensive, top shelf booze...
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