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Deus Ex: The Fall’s a Mobile Game, Cue Massive Disappointment From Internet
Deus Ex: Human Revolution brought back the franchise in a big way when it was first released in 2011, and since then fans have been clamoring for more. Well, you will get more, but unless you enjoy...
View ArticleDoes Math Exist? Well, It’s Complicated [Video]
I was never a “math kid” in school, so I appreciate this deeply philosophical look at the invention of mathematics as explained to us by the always-amazing PBS Idea Channel. Math as a concrete...
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NASA Announces New Satellite To Study Sun’s Mysterious Interface Region
Later this month, NASA is set to launch their spanking new solar study satellite, the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), a tool meant to capture data about the interface region, an area...
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The NSA Is Getting Daily Updates Of Your Phone Records From Verizon
This morning in “I’m pretty sure you’re not actually allowed to do that” news, the NSA is collecting the telephone records of millions of Americans on a daily basis. The Guardian newspaper in the U.K....
View ArticleHow Do You Turn Sound Into Light? Turns Out, We Don’t Exactly Know
When bubbles underwater cavitate — collapse under negative pressure — the result is a shockwave of sound like the one that mantis shrimps use to blast their prey. That shockwave isn’t the only result...
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Kangaroo Poo DNA Test Helps Researchers Count And Manage Species
Researchers in Australia have developed a fast, easy, and kind of gross way to to track populations on different species of kangaroo and wallaby across the continent with a quick and dirty DNA test...
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Drunk Fish Reactions to Robotic Lady Fish Help Scientists Study Alcohol
Typically when studying how alcohol affects the brain, scientists use rats and mice, but it could be last call for rodents. The Polytechnic Institute of New York has a new solution about how to study...
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Google’s Killing Reader Because It Wants You to Use Google+
Google’s RSS Reader is finally getting the ax next month on July 1st, and few folks in the blogging community are happy about it. Though we’ve all had time to scrounge together a suitable replacement...
View ArticleNew Mister Rogers Remixed: “Sing Together” [Video]
John D. Boswell, aka melodysheep, is back together with PBS Digital Studios to bring you another fantastically soothing and inspirational remix of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. This time around the...
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Northlake Library’s Getting a Giant Hulk Statue With or Without Crowdfunding
In May, I wrote about the Northlake Library’s Indiegogo campaign to raise money for a nine-foot-tall Incredible Hulk statue. There are still four days left in the campaign, but they’re woefully short...
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How the Chicken Lost Its Penis
Researchers have long wondered why evolution robbed many bird species – like the chicken — of a piece of anatomy considered pretty key in most of the breeding we’re familiar with — the penis. A new...
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Depressing Leak Indicates Titanfall From Respawn’s a Microsoft Exclusive
Word on the Internet’s been that the sci-fi shooter coming down the pipeline from Respawn Entertainment would be an Xbone exclusive, and a recent leak seems to confirm this. Thanks to an early copy of...
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Verizon Perfects the Non-Statement Statement, If They Said Anything at All,...
The Guardian in the U.K. published a copy of an order from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that requires phone company Verizon to hand over daily records of all calls within the U.S. as...
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Amazingly Complex Battlestar Galactica LARP Plots Jump to America
A Battlestar Galactica-inspired live-action role-playing game that featured 140 characters, detailed costumes, and the interpersonal conflicts and relationships that defined the rebooted Galactica...
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Geekolinks: 6/6
The best TV shows for binge-watching (Flavorwire) Girl Scout cookie-flavored coffee creamer is now a thing (The Mary Sue) 8 endangered languages that could soon disappear (Mental Floss) There is...
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Snake? SNAAAAKE!: Konami Confirms Kiefer Sutherland as New Voice of Metal...
Welp. It’s officially official. David Hayter, long-time voice actor of Snake and Big Boss in the Metal Gear Solid franchise is out, and Kiefer Sutherland of 24 and The Lost Boys fame is in. This...
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New Man of Steel Trailer’s Frankly Rather Impressive [Video]
Man of Steel is flying fists-first into theaters on June 14th, so to get us even more pumped for the Nolan-produced gritty Superman reboot, Nokia just put out this final trailer for your viewing...
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Why Isn’t This Steampunk AT-AT Liquor Cabinet Already in My Posession?
Oh my God. Would you look at this thing? This gorgeous piece of art that amazing woodworker Colin Johnson has produced. It’s a steampunk-inspired liquor cabinet made to resemble the walking AT-ATs...
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How Are Used Games Going to Work With Xbox One? Microsoft Finally Offers...
For months, pretty much the entirety of the Internet has been devoted to clearing up the rumors — Always on connectivity? No more used games? — surrounding the Xbox One. In the past couple of days,...
View ArticleFriday Morning Cartoon: How Geography Could Help You Survive The Zombie...
Pop quiz, hotshot: If tomorrow found the streets of your town crawling with human corpses shambling around in a horrible mockery of life, what would you do? If you don’t have a hideout planned to...
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