E=mc2 is Incomplete [Video]
What is perhaps the most famous equation in the world, e=mc2 (sorry, Pythagorean theorem), also happens to be incomplete. MinutePhysics is here to show you the missing pieces, which, much to the...
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George Lucas to Use $4 Billion From Disney Sale Toward Funding Education
Just two days ago, The Walt Disney Company announced they acquired Lucasfilm, and that the next Star Wars trilogy would begin in 2015 with Episode 7. The deal was said to cost $4.05 billion, a...
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We Knew It! Doing Math Can Literally Hurt Your Brain
Warning: do not look at the image above if you have math anxiety. A new study by researchers at the University of Chicago has found that for people who get anxious at the idea of doing mathematics,...
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Hey, Everybody, Watch This Elephant Speak Korean!
I mean, not speak it like terribly well or anything, but still! This is Koshik, an elephant at a South Korean theme park who has picked up a couple words of korean language that he can vocalize to his...
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Striking Image of Virus Wreaking Havoc
The striking image above, captured by University of Sydney researchers, shows the vaccinia virus — the vaccine used to beat smallpox — spreading from one cell to a whole layer of cells in a monkey’s...
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Meth Vaccine Shows Promise, Could Finally Shut Down This “Heisenberg” Character
A team of scientists at the Scripps Research Institute have reported promising early results in efforts to develop a vaccine against the effects of methamphetamine. The researchers have succeeded in...
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The Papercraft Biology Art of Julie Dodd
Papercraft is always a mainstay here at Geekosystem, and when we came across the environmental and biological papercraft artwork of Julie Dodd, we were mightily impressed. From illegal logging...
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Geekolinks: 11/1
Your guide to cable TV apps for iOS and Android (GeekSugar) 15 offbeat holidays you can celebrate in November (Mental Floss) The wild tweets of a hobo taxi driver (The Daily Dot) 8 GIFs to kick off...
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5-Year-Olds are Generous, but Only When Being Watched
It’s good news, bad news time again, everyone! The good news? Five-year-old kids can be very generous and inclined to share their toys. The bad news? They’re only likely to do so if they know they’re...
View ArticleNow That Disney Owns Star Wars, This is What They Did With Darth Vader
For those of you worried about Disney’s purchase of Lucasfilm, they didn’t ruin comics when they bought Marvel, right? They certainly didn’t ruin sports by owning ESPN either, so if you’re worried...
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Apple’s Lost the Ability to Sell Under the iPhone Name in Mexico Thanks to...
Part of the whole trademark nonsense is the idea that they have to be aggressively enforced lest they be lost to the company that filed them. It’s why a number of lawsuits are filed about brand names...
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Want to Rule the World? Man Attempts to Auction Off Earth
Much more valuable than your Crayola collector’s tin, a Japanese man is attempting to auction off the Earth on Yahoo Auctions. Even weirder, at the time of this writing, the auction has 2,772 bids,...
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BitTorrent Porn Pirate Slapped With Excessive $1.5 Million in Damages for...
The way in which damages are calculated in piracy cases has long been known to be ridiculously inflated, but that hasn’t stopped them from being applied haphazardly. Media companies often try to...
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A “Just Right” Asteroid Belt Could Be Key to Extraterrestrial Life
The map for seeking out life elsewhere in the cosmos may have just gotten a new must-have accessory. A new study from NASA suggests that having an asteroid belt like our own solar system’s could be a...
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This Is the Coolest Self Portrait of Curiosity You Will See Maybe Ever
If the Curiosity rover had an OKCupid profile picture, this awesome self portrait would totally be it. Thanks to its reflective surfaces and rotating turret arm, the Curiosity rover can photograph...
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Internet in Mourning After Nyan Cat Passes Away, Sad Keanu Now Even Sadder
Nyan Cat, the rainbow cat meme we all know and love, was originally an image created by Chris Torres. It is known. Torres based the lovable image on his cat, Marty. Unfortunately for Torres, Marty was...
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Hunter Hospitalized After Being Mauled By Bear He Thought He’d Killed
We’ll admit it — we’ve never really gotten the point of hunting. Driving way out into the woods to kill a thing when there are any number of fine grocery stores and restaurants just a short walk from...
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Gmail Finally Overthrows Hotmail, Now World’s Largest Email Provider
Though it might be a surprise to some, Gmail hasn’t always been the juggernaut it currently is. In fact, the email service wasn’t even the largest email provider in the world until very recently....
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Target Demographic Bullseye: Oprah Makes Microsoft Surface One of Her...
The Microsoft Surface, or Surface RT, is a tablet that boasts Windows 8 in a lot of ways but fails to deliver in many others. The limitations are such that most technology pundits consider the device...
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Bipartisanship Could Be Achieved By Printing Everything In Papyrus, Not Worth It
Even in an election season, most politicians can agree on one thing: partisan gridlock is tearing this country apart. Of course, what most of them mean by this is “I’m right and everyone who doesn’t...
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