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Disposable Paper Plane UAV Prototype Designed to Help With Forest Fires
Australia has more than just abundant natural predators, and what I would assume is very expensive life insurance: The robotics team at the University of Queensland has created prototypes of...
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Good News, Everyone: Watsky Wrote a Spec Script for Futurama That You Can...
Putting together spec scripts for already-existing television shows is a great way for young and budding television writers to practice their skills — kind of like fanfic that you can use to get a...
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EarthBound Finally Rereleases on Wii U Virtual Console
Well, the impossible is now possible: Nintendo of America has finally rereleased EarthBound. It’s been a whopping 18 years since the beloved RPG was released on the Super Nintendo, and it’s back to...
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Oh No! Stolen Picasso and Other Paintings Potentially Burned to Ash
Theft in the real world isn’t all Thomas Crowne and Daniel Ocean. It actually tends to be kind of terrible. For instance, one of the Netherlands’ biggest art thefts in recent history might have come...
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Later Retirement Could Lower Risk of Dementia, So Maybe Put That Off a Few Years
It might feel like work is killing you, but it’s also giving your brain mental exercise that could help keep you sharp in the future. A wide-ranging study from France has found that those who retired...
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Geekolinks: 7/18
10 parody books that will crack you up (Flavorwire) Vancouver man arrested for firing his gun blames Biden (Mediaite) 15 awesome comic book tattoos (Guy Code Blog) Tara Strong to reprise role as...
View Article8-Bit Cinema G.I. Joe: Retaliation is Probably Better Than the Real Movie...
G.I. Joe: Retaliation might have been better than the previous G.I. Joe movie, but that’s not saying much. Yeah, it made a lot of money and explosions and such, but we’re sure a whole bunch of you...
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Ratings Grab? What Do You Mean, Ratings Grab? Simpsons/Family Guy Crossover...
Great news for people who really enjoy once great television now rendered mediocre by time! Fox has announced that next year, The Simpsons and Family Guy will be teaming up for a crossover to be aired...
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Because People Are Terrible, Here is a Nazi-Themed Cafe in Indonesia
Because people will do anything for money, one Henry Mulyana has opened a Nazi-themed cafe in the Indonesian city of Bandung. An entire wall is decorated with swastikas and Hitler memorabilia, and the...
View ArticleWatch These Drops of Liquid Dance and Split to the Beat of a Magnetic Pulse...
Researchers and manufacturers alike both have a lot of hope for self-assembly, a new school of technological development that could one day lead to items that build themselves — or at least build...
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10,000 Live Turtles Found Packed in Luggage at Indian Airport
Two passengers have been detained at an airport near Kolkata, India on charges of smuggling wildlife. The evidence against them? A staggering total of 10,043 baby sea turtles found stashed in their...
View ArticleEnder’s Game Clip Shows Off a Bit More Dogfighting [Video]
Exclusively premiered at San Diego Comic-Con, this clip of Ender’s Game gives us the a much longer glimpse of alien battles, with Harrison Ford explaining why exactly humans can and will do some...
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Gubernatorial Candidate Apparently Not a Fan of Oral Sex, Wants to Ban It
Ken Cuccinelli, the Republican candidate for governor in Virginia, has apparently decided that the only way to protect children from being raped is by outlawing oral and anal sex for consenting...
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Would You Like Some Steven Yeun in Your Legend of Korra? Because That’s...
Book 2 of The Legend of Korra is shaping up to be pretty dang cool, if the casting choices are any indication. First we found out that Aubrey Plaza will basically be playing a waterbending version of...
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Say Cheese! Cassini Wants to Take Your Picture From Space This Afternoon
If you love photos from space but are always secretly bummed out that you’re not in them, today is your lucky day. NASA’s Cassini probe is snapping a picture of Saturn today, and hundreds of millions...
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Steam Summer Sale: Day 9 Deals
We’ve reached the ninth day of the Steam Summer Sale, and the hits keep on coming. What should you buy? Should you just wait? All that and more below. Well, at least “all that.” Today’s Daily Deals,...
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Colorado Town Could Soon See Residents Collecting Unmanned Drone Bounties
The adorable-sounding town of Deer Trail, Colorado, has drafted an ordinance to create hunting licenses specific to drones and put a bounty on downed UAVs. While the townsfolk haven’t actually seen a...
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2 Mello Releases Nas/Castlevania Mashup Album Nastlevania
Can we agree that music mashups are the best? You know, when they’re done right – and I think we can all agree that 2 Mello, the guy who brought you that mashup of Jay-Z and Chrono Trigger back in...
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No, I Don’t Even Lift, Because Science Has Finally Created a Pill That Can...
Going to the gym is a great idea in theory. Once you get there, though, I think we can all agree that it almost always seems like a terrible idea. A terrible idea full of grunting and being sore where...
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Homestuck’s Andrew Hussie Clearly Knows His Target Audience, Now Working on...
Oh, Homestucks. We see you doing your thing and we’re often very confused, but we deeply admire your passion nonetheless. Hopefully the shippers among you (read as: all of you) will be pleased to know...
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