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Emil Rupp spent the late 1920s and early 1930s being lauded as the most impressive experimental physicist in the world. He managed to pull off experiments that no one else could. He worked with Einstein. And he'd made it all up. Read more...    
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Joss Whedon reveals what Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch will bring to The Avengers 2, while Edgar Wright explains why he’s waited so long to make Ant-Man. Aaron Eckhart really wants you to know about the hardcore stick fighting in I, Frankenstein. Plus Karl Urban previews Fox’s new robot cop show Almost Human! Spoilers alive!Read more...    
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Let us close out the weekend with this striking piece from artist Jemma Salume. Here's hoping your week will be filled with beautiful dreams.Read more...    
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The correct answer is: It's Brave's Merida. The more correct answer: It could be any of the white ones (so... almost all of them?) with a wavy — it's not even curly! Jesus! — red wig on. Ugh!Read more...    
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Nina Katchadourian borrows the words she uses for her unusual poetry from the spines of books. She arranges those spines, book upon book, so that they form brief poems that are often insightful and surprising.Read more...    
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When Dr. Leekie comes to town, things are not looking so good for our clones. The cops are closing in on their secret, and Alison has set her life to self-destruct. So Sarah and Alison wonder: What would happen if they came out of the clone closet? Spoilers ahead.Read more...    
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This is easily the clearest and most defined example of a tornado on radar that I've come across. This is from the tornado in Oklahoma that struck Carney not long ago. Started out smallish and grew into a mile-wide wedge shaped tornado.Read more...    
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The history of rapid-transit began 150 years ago, with the opening of the Metropolitan Railway in London in 1863. In the next century and a half, dozens of architects and engineers have worked on underground tunnels and stations. Some are abandoned now, but others are as good as new. Here are some of the most wonderful underground railway stations. Read more...    
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Earlier today, we got a peek at the script for Alfonso Cuarón and J.J. Abrams' Believe. Now, NBC has released the first trailer, giving us a look at Believe's superpowered ten-year-old girl in action.Read more...    
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In the human genome, only about 2% of our DNA are genes involved in coding the proteins essential to our existence. The other 98% is noncoding DNA, often called junk DNA because there's no clear purpose for it. That name might seem a bit pejorative, but a new study of the bladderwort genome suggests it's oddly accurate.Read more...    
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There are tons of great crowdfunding projects running this week, from tiny robot sculptures to a book by the Godfather of Anime. You can also crowdfund a short film about dinosaurs on the hunt, simple programmable robots, and much more.Read more...    
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Seriously, you know what would have been awesome on last night's Doctor Who? If Sarah Connor had popped up, preferably the Lena Headey version, and told the Doctor and his friends there's "no fate but what we make." And then blown up the Great Intelligence with a pipe bomb or something. That's not what happened, though.Read more...    
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These are the remnants of the last supernova known to explode in our galaxy whose light has reached Earth. It lit up the night sky in 1604 and attracted the attention of Johannes Kepler himself. But it's only in the last couple of decades that we've developed the technology to understand exactly what kind of supernova this is.Read more...    
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One of our most highly anticipated TV shows coming this fall is Believe, the Alfonso Cuarón-scripted series about a young girl with remarkable powers. Now it appears that the entire pilot script has popped up online.Read more...    
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In addition to being a world-renowned physicist, Richard Feynman was also an amateur artist, one who was fascinated by the power of lines and forms. He felt that his appreciation of art was deeply connected to his love of physics, representing an appreciation of the complexity and beauty of the world.Read more...    
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Retronaut has a neat pair of photos today of a proposed desert crossing vehicle. It was designed in the early 1930s to safely cross Central Asia. I wasn't able to find any additional information about the vehicle that wasn't in German. However, I was struck by how similar it was to the Khetanna, Jabba's sail barge in Return of the Jedi. Take a look for yourself.Read more...    
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We all have one: a character from an otherwise great piece of media who is obnoxious or horrible in some way. Is there a character that you don't usually admit to liking? Confess your terrible character love here. We'll understand.Read more...    
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In the late 19th century, the Howell torpedo was an incredibly advanced piece of military equipment, a breakthrough device in the United States' quest to achieve naval dominance. But only one surviving Howell torpedo was known to exist—until Navy dolphins nosed up another.Read more...    
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The latest 60-second Speedrun through a science fiction movie takes us through the action-packed mayhem of Aliens, from Jonesy to Ripley's power loader. Those Xenomorphs are still vicious in this format, so watch out.Read more...    
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Kasia Jackowska's Drawing Mathematics series takes an unusually adorable approach to illustrating mathematical concepts. The Pythagorean Theorem and Sierpinski triangles are conveyed through drawings of elephants, snakes, and deer.Read more...    
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Did you know that working around a certain chemical can make your jaw glow green and have to be chopped off? Not your teeth. Not your bones. Not your head. Your jaw. Learn what happens when biochemistry gets terrifyingly specific.Read more...    
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Ami Thompson's cartoon Basilisk clocks in at just over a minute and a half, but there's plenty of great animation packed into that short time span. Watch as a water-running treasure hunter flees a tentacle-tongued monster.Read more...    
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Last night, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America announced the winners of the 2012 Nebula Awards. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners!Read more...    
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Chris Preksta has come up with a perfectly simple poster series to represent each of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, boiling each pizza-loving warrior down to a color and a weapon.Read more...    
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