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Male Guppies Hang With Their Ugliest Friends to Improve Their Own Chances of...
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, plenty of us are getting our annual harsh reminder that finding love can be really, really hard. We might like to say it’s not so, but the fact is, whether...
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It’s Really Happening, People! System Shock 2 Coming to GOG
A number of PC video games that came out in the late ’90s to early aughts are held in high esteem by the greater video game community. Deus Ex and Fallout come to mind, for example. Most of these have...
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Japanese Researchers Build Robotic Rat Literally Just To Terrorize Actual Lab...
Life as a lab rat isn’t exactly great. The digs are nice and the food is good, sure, but it’s a lifetime of being poked, prodded, put through mazes, having electrodes put in uncomfortable places, and...
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Beavers Help Geese Reproduce, But Not in a Gross Way
A new study done by a team at the University of Alberta shows that the increased activity around beaver dams helps create conditions more favorable for Canada geese mating. Essentially, the busier...
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Geekolinks: 2/13
Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker can really sing (HyperVocal) Will Ferrell poses as security guard, inches closer to becoming Bill Murray (SportsGrid) The film lover’s guide to bad romance...
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GameStop Says Most Customers Won’t Buy a Console That Can’t Play Used Games
Rumors abound that the next Xbox will be unable to play used games, and some people aren’t happy about it. GameStop is clearly against that because of the business they do in buying and selling used...
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Late to the Party: Australian Fire Authority Criticizes Apple Maps for Being...
The Australian Country Fire Authority in Victoria has come out against Apple Maps. They’re a bit behind the curve, since hating Apple Maps is a little 2012, but their complaint seems both specific and...
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Modern Warfare: New Medal Announced For Drone Pilots, Military Computer Wonks
On Wednesday afternoon, outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced a new medal would be added to the roster of decorations for American soldiers — the Distinguished Warfare Medal. Like most...
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Chris Hadfield’s #ValentineFromSpace Is Pretty Much The Most Adorable Thing Ever
People, can we acknowledge for a moment that Canadian astronaut and ISS Commander Chris Hadfield is absolutely blowing up right now? In the last couple of weeks, dude has hosted a Google Hangout...
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In what will most likely be the most Canadian thing you see today, unless there’s a Degrassi marathon on tonight, here’s a video of Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield playing a song with the Barenaked...
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Game of Thrones’ Peter Dinklage Officially Added to Already Impressive X-Men:...
I won’t lie: I’m not exactly thrilled to have Bryan Singer back for another round of screwing things up with X-Men: Days of Future Past. Even so, at least he’ll have an incredible cast with which to...
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How, Uh, Romantic? Name A Bronx Zoo Cockroach After Your Sweetheart For...
Looking for a last minute Valentine’s Day gift that’s really unique? For just a $10 donation to the zoo, you can immortalize your sweetheart by naming one of the Bronx Zoo’s 58,000 Madagascar Hissing...
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Chubby Checker Would Like You to Stop Using His Name to Guess Penis Sizes
Let’s say tonight you’re on a date with a handsome fella for Valentine’s Day. Things are going well, and you start to wonder what he’s working with downstairs. You pull out your HP Palm phone, fire up...
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Live Stream Obama’s Fireside Google Hangout Here
Was the State of the Union earlier this week fun, but just not enough President for you? Well, good news – Obama is doing a Google Hangout, and we’ll have the live stream right here. This isn’t...
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Can You Feel It? Neuroscientists Turn Off Ability to Feel Cold in Lab Mice
For many of us, Valentine’s Day is a wonderful time to celebrate the one we love. For others among us… well, we mostly just try not to hate all you cute couples too much and get through the day...
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Elon Musk and New York Times Duke It Out Over Tesla Supercharger Evaluation
In case you weren’t already aware, Tesla Motors’ Elon Musk and The New York Times‘ John M. Broder have been involved in something of a brouhaha ever since Broder published a rather damning evaluation...
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What Are the Odds an Asteroid Will Hit Your House?
Tomorrow the 143,000 ton asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass a mere 17,200 miles from the Earth. What does that mean for you? Nothing. There’s no chance of DA14 hitting the Earth. We’ll all be fine this time...
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Geekolinks: 2/14
14 weird and wacky vintage valentines (Mental Floss) 8 romantic cable news Valentine’s Day greetings to share with your loved ones (Mediaite) Unfortunate Pistorius Nike ad will live on forever...
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Linux and Valve Celebrate Valentine’s Day Together, Steam for Linux is Live
Hey, Linux users, Valve heard you love games, so they released the official version of Steam for Linux today. To make the deal even sweeter, they’re also offering 50 Linux compatible games at 50 to 75...
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College Student Starts Emergency Condom Delivery Service [Video]
Never fear, College of New Jersey students. If you find yourself without protection in the heat of the moment, one man has you covered, so to speak. TCNJ sophomore Kyle McCabe has started the company...
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