Five different people have taken a stab at creating lists of the top 50 most essential epic fantasy novels of all time. And their different lists reveal that... nobody's quite sure how to define "epic fantasy." And there's been a noticeable shift in the parameters of the genre lately.Read more...    
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Thomas Drake may know better than anyone what NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden faces in the days to come. In 2010, the former Agency official was prosecuted for allegedly revealing classified information about the NSA's warrantless wiretapping program.Read more...    
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One of the stories about China you see cropping up a lot in U.S. media is that the nation is conducting a eugenics project to engineer a generation of hyper-smart kids who can conquer the world with their genius. The truth is a lot more interesting than that.Read more...    
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Every matchbox needs a little decoration on the outside. But sometimes package designers go the extra mile to make your moment with fire a truly trippy experience. Here are some of the weirdest matchboxes we've ever seen.Read more...    
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Behold the International Linear Collider — a proposed 31-kilometer electron collider that could shed light on new areas of physics — including dark matter. Read more...    
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What if Disney movie titles were a bit more honest? Basically, you'd be left with this beautiful collection of bullshit-cutting movie posters. Read more...    
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While in their eggs, turtle embryos move around to find the perfect spot that's not too hot, not too cold, but just right. And because temperature determines what sex unborn turtles become, the embryos might be able to "choose" their own sex by staying in cooler or warmer areas of the egg, according to a new study.Read more...    
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JADS international, makers of fine colognes inspired by the Avengers, has lost their fucking minds is releasing a cologne based on Stan Lee. The scent is called 'Nuff Said. I am not making this up.Read more...    
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I don't want to freak you out, but I think Seth Rogen's new comedy of dickish manners about the Apocalypse may be one of the Great American Stoner Epics. I'm talking Harold and Kumar level, OK? Maybe even Up in Smoke level. This is the real shit, man.Read more...    
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Staight from the Captain America: The Winter Soldier set is a spoilery image of two major characters locking lips. But what does this big reveal mean for the future of these Marvel stars? Pictures and spoiler talk ahead. Read more...    
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Rumors have been flying about casting for Star Wars: Episode VII, which claim some characters from the Expanded Universe will be in the new movie. It's too soon to know anything about characters in the new film, but it's fun to speculate. Which people from the books, comics or cartoons do you wish would appear in the new films?Read more...    
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In 2057, android cops created by Lunarcorp will patrol the streets and send the many, many criminals they arrest to the the company's prison on the moon, where they are never seen or heard from again. One man tries to escape and become the first man to return to Earth in Tyson Wade Johnston's Lunar.Read more...    
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Man of Steel hits theaters this weekend, and you're going to want to see more of the insane new designs in this film. The visions of Kryptonian technology, including the spaceships and the battle armor, are amazing. And we're happy to present an exclusive look at concept art of General Zod's armor.Read more...    
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The latest and greatest Wolverine trailer finally shows us what we want, hot mutant action. Watch as the mutant Viper reveals all of her hidden talents.Read more...    
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As our technologies take us from the theoretical to the practical, a number of thorny moral quandaries remain unanswered. Here are important unresolved ethical questions that are on the verge of becoming highly relevant.Read more...    
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In case you've never seen it before, here's quite possibly the greatest fast food tie-in commercial of all time: Star Wars joining forces with Burger Chef to shill some posters. Which, to be fair, are really nice, as you can see below.Read more...    
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Warner Bros. just optioned a huge alien-invasion movie, based on a novel that hasn't been published yet. But you don't need to wait to get your first look at Defenders — you can read Will McIntosh's short story, which launched both the novel and the movie, right now.Read more...    
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For years, the top speed of the world's fastest land animal has been listed as 64 miles per hour – but that record is based on a single measurement, taken all the way back in the 1960s. So researchers flew to Botswana, where they outfitted wild cheetahs with motion- and acceleration-tracking collars. After measuring hundreds of runs, the researchers had a new top speed.Read more...    
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A human. An android. Will they be friends? Foes? Who knows? My first thought after seeing this image from the official Super Smash Bros. site: “A million slashfic stories start here.”Read more...    
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Korean pop music is rigorously produced, stunningly choreographed and filled with beautiful people. Most K-Pop groups are manufactured through contests and production companies looking to capitalize on swoon-worthy heartthrobs. So when this effervescent music turns to dystopian and post-apocalyptic motifs, things get weird.Read more...    
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A group of scientists and entrepreneurs has created the world’s first continuous message beacon to communicate with extraterrestrial civilizations. And for a fee, people can use it to transmit their own messages into space. But not everyone thinks this project is a good idea.Read more...    
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There's a brand new movie retelling Superman's origins, coming to theaters this weekend. But we'll always have a warm place in our hearts for Superman: The Movie... even though bits of it are hella bizarre. Here are the 12 weirdest moments from Superman's first ever movie.Read more...    
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Good news for Terminator fans! Paramount is sniffing around the franchise rights, which means the long-whispered-about script Arnold Schwarzenegger has been bragging about could actually get made, with real studio money.Read more...    
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In Bong Joon-Ho's scifi movie Snowpiercer, the last remnants of humanity live on a single train, upper class up front and lower class in the back. This first international trailer reveals the revolution that will rock the train to its caboose, at least if Chris Evans ever figures out what time it's supposed to start.Read more...    
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The future of the city may be the country. At least, that's what a group of future-minded architects and city designers now believe. To make cities sustainable and carbon neutral, we will have to design buildings to be more like ecosystems or living organisms.Read more...    
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