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Escher For Real: 3D Printing M.C. Escher’s Drawings
What makes M.C. Escher’s drawings so fascinating? The fact that they’re incredibly realistic drawings of impossible structures, right? Apparently, they’re not as impossible as they seem. Researchers...
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Hollywood Interest Group Oversees Investigation, Arrest, Prosecution of...
This week in Profoundly Scary News: Anton Vickerman, the man behind TV-streaming link-a-palooza Surf The Channel has been sentenced to four years in jail. That’s not the scary part, though. The scary...
View ArticleToday’s Weather Forecast: Cloudy With A Chance Of WTF [Video]
A little after midnight, the peaceful inhabitants of Nashville, Tennessee were kicking back, watching Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on WSMV-TV, Channel 4 News. Cue the weather forecast. Looks like it’s...
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OnLive Bought by Mysterious New Company, Hopefully Using Powers for Good
Yesterday was just a giant roller coaster ride for for video game streaming service OnLive. After rumors that the company would be shutting its doors for good, a company statement revealed that it’s...
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Picture of New Apple Dock Connector is Cool, But Not Conclusive
As iPhone 5 and iPad Mini rumors continue to build in the days leading up to the Apple’s likely reveal event next month, images of Apple’s new iPhone and iPad connector, a much smaller 9-pin plug that...
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Curiosity Goes on First Road Trip Looking for Rock Samples
NASA announced that they’re getting ready to send Curiosity out on it’s first driving mission on the surface of Mars. The little rover that could is heading from it’s landing point in Gale Crater to...
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Watching Television Can be Good for You, Says Science
Interesting research out of the University of Buffalo’s Research Institute on Addictions suggests that regularly watching a TV show can help maintain our ability to fight temptation. The study,...
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Geekolinks: 8/18
A geiger counter inspired by H.R. Giger (Geeks are Sexy) First teaser for American Horror Story: Asylum (YouTube) Why yes, there is a burlesque show based on The Avengers (Bleeding Cool) Learn to bake...
View ArticleJoin Andrew Ryan for a BioShock Sing-Along [Video]
I think it goes without saying that everything is better with a theme song. Comedy or drama, parable or parody, people just like it better when you explain things to them with a little ditty. BioShock...
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Find the Nicest Tweeters and the Asshats with This Heat Map
Twitter can be a pretty nasty place sometimes. That’s what happens when you give everyone a place where they can immediately post their reactions on impulse. When people don’t like what they hear, or...
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The U.S. Military is Designing Anti-Suicide Spray
A scientist from the Indiana University School of Medicine has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Army to design a nasal spray that should suppress thoughts of suicide. Unfortunately, it makes perfect...
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Photosynthesizing Bugs Can Channel the Power of the Sun
A new study has revealed that the pea aphid may be the only type of animal to use photosynthesis to collect and store energy. Alain Robichon, an entomologist from the Sophia Agrobiotech Institute in...
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Would You Buy A House Built on Top of a Shopping Mall?
When I was kid, I thought it would be awesome to live in a mall. My family and I stayed in a hotel built in or on top of one: We could go get Starbucks for breakfast in our PJs and if I ever needed...
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Geekolinks: 8/19
Ten Disney songs that didn’t make it into the movies (The FW) Fringe: Season 5 Teaser (YouTube) Julius Ceasar is going to play Mance Rayder on Game of Thrones (EW) Darth Vader, H.R. Giger-style (Super...
View ArticleNew Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Trailer Revs You Up for More
Valve has released a new trailer for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, which is coming to Steam, PSN, and Xbox Live Arcade on Tuesday. While some folks may never let go of whatever specific version of...
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Square Enix Teasing a New The World Ends With You Project
The World Ends With You was a surprisingly well-received title from Square Enix for the Nintendo DS back when it released in 2007, with both positive reviews and commercial success. The company used...
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Meet Chef Cui, China’s Noodle-Slicing Robot
Chef Cui is a noodle-slicing robot developed by Cui Runguan, a Chinese restaurateur, that is now being mass-produced and sold in China. The robot only has the single task of slicing noodles into a...
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Microsoft Once Threatened to Sue E.piphany Over the Letter “E”
Business law is tricky, especially when it relates to copyright and trademarks. Steve Blank, co-founder of what was then E.piphany, recently posted about a time when Microsoft threatened to sue his...
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Science Finds That People Hate Most Workdays, Not Just Mondays. Thanks, Science
As you’re fighting for dear life to stay afloat at your desk right now, you probably don’t care much for work or school on Mondays. You probably don’t really care for much of anything on Monday except...
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PopCap Launching Plants vs. Zombies Sequel in Spring 2013
PopCap Games still kind of owns when it comes to the casual and mobile spheres. The company, now owned by Electronic Arts, has managed to build a deal of goodwill with video games like Bejeweled,...
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