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Researchers Could Predict Eruptions By Taking A Volcano’s Pulse From Space
A new study from the University of Miami shows that satellite images of inflating magma balloons deep beneath the ground can predict the eruptions of some volcanoes. The groundbreaking study marks the...
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Bionic Whiskers Could Teach Humans A New Sense
Have you even wondered what life would be like if you could SEE with your BEARD? No? Us neither, until we came across a paper released recently in the Journal of Neuroscience. Researchers at the...
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Justice League of America Launch Includes Variant Cover for Each State,...
Comic books and variant covers go together like sandwiches and bread. Sure, comics could exist without them, but it just wouldn’t be the same. DC Comics knows this all too well, apparently. As part of...
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World’s Rarest Whale Seen for First Time When Mother and Calf Wash Ashore And...
The spade-toothed beaked whale is one of the ocean’s most mysterious creatures. Known to science only because of a trio of partial skulls that have washed up on beaches in Chile and New Zealand, the...
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Wreck-It Ralph Wrecks Box Office, Breaks Disney Animation’s Highest Opening...
For the most part, movies that deal closely with video games don’t tend to do so well commercially. Some mostly blame Uwe Boll for this, and they might be right. Disney Animation‘s Wreck-It Ralph...
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Captive Cockatoo Is First Parrot To Spontaneously Invent Its Own Cocka-Tools
This is Figaro, a Goffin’s cockatoo, using a tool he made himself to reach a delicious cashew placed just out of his reach. While more and more birds — like crows — are understood to use simple tools,...
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Geekolinks: 11/5
11 movie chess scenes where the board is set up wrong (Mental Floss) Have some space in your apps (GeekSugar) Instagram just had one of its biggest moments (The Daily Dot) Aladdin skateboarding on a...
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Microsoft Surface Has Much Less Free Space Than Advertised
Anyone who has gotten an SSD with the requisite smaller storage space currently inherent to the medium and installed Windows 7 on it knows damn well that Microsoft operating systems take up too much...
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Skyrim’s Dragonborn DLC Hits December 4th, Totally Lets You Ride Dragons
Other than the trailer and name, not much is known about the next expansion for Bethesda Game Studios‘ The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Titled Dragonborn, and available December 4th on Xbox 360, the DLC’s...
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Microsoft Wants to Count Number of Folks Watching Television, Could Charge...
When it comes to rentals and the like, most digital distribution avenues provide their content either for a limited period of time or only allow such things to be played a certain number of times....
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Ultimate Portable Game Player Comes Loaded With 80 Genesis Games
If you’re either one of those gamers that loves retro games, or you just really dig collecting odd gaming gadgets, At Games is sprucing up their line of devices that house multiple older games with...
View ArticleYou Can’t Predict Everything — Not Even Presidential Elections
We can offer predictions for a lot of things, as the pundits on your TV are no doubt reminding you as the presidential election winds down. What the talking heads will never cop to, though, is the...
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Low Levels Of Vitamin D Could Be The Key To A Long, Sad Life
A new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) suggests that lower levels of vitamin D may be associated with increased longevity. If the research pans out, diminished levels...
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Rumor: Disney’s in Talks to Buy Hasbro, Apparently Wants to Own Your...
Ever since Disney picked up Marvel back in 2009, rumors have run rampant as to what other companies they might gobble up. Until they grabbed Lucasfilm, all of this was just idle speculation, but now...
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Amazon Prime Matches Netflix Monthly Plan, Still Offers Everything From Before
Amazon‘s really wanting to bolster their Amazon Prime subscriptions, apparently. The annual subscription, which runs $79, wasn’t cutting it for them. If you’re the type of person that regularly...
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5 Stars, Would Elect In Real Life: Our Favorite Fictional Presidents
It’s just about over, folks. You’re one day away from not having to see another political ad for nearly 24 months. Now that you’ve made your voice heard — you did vote, didn’t you? — for the...
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Instagram Now Has Profiles Which Are Basically Just Image-Filled Facebook Ones
Instagram, known worldwide as That App Folks Use When Taking Pictures of Food, has just added profiles on the web that will showcase users’ recent photos. For the most part, this just provides an easy...
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Laser The Size Of A Virus Uses Nano Bow Ties To Create Tiny Laser Beams
Northwestern University researchers can put a tiny little feather in their hat today as they have announced the creation of the world’s smallest working laser — one about the size of a virus. The...
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Halo 4 Stays Classy, Reminds United States Gamers to Vote
For many people, November 6th, 2012 may prove to be a date they’ll recall for years to come. Some folks might immediately associate this with the presidential election — for good reason — but others...
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There’s Nothing Funny About Voter Fraud, Except Maybe This Reddit Thread
When a video purporting to be of a malfunctioning voting machine in Pennsylvania showed up earlier today, a pair of web-savvy CNN reporters were hot on the case, looking for assistance from the...
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