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Is EA The Worst Company In America?
SimCityEAThe Consumerist says yes. We say otherwise. Gaming company Electronic Arts (nee EA) is unhappy right now. The launch of the much-anticipated SimCity got botched, after server demand overloaded...
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Why Are Monkey Butts So Colorful?
MandrillWikimedia CommonsPlus, the best colored monkey butts on the internet! Click to launch the gallery.If you're anything like me, you may have wondered why some monkeys have bright blue skin. Even...
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Holy Crap, Saturn's Rings Are Raining Water
Saturn's Ring Rain This artist's concept illustrates how charged water particles flow into the Saturnian atmosphere from the planet's rings, causing a reduction in atmospheric brightness. Wow!...
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From DARPA, A Navigational Device That Fits On A Penny And Works When GPS...
TIMUDARPADARPA's new on-the-go navigation chip can measure orientation, acceleration, and time. GPS is great, but it isn't always reliable. The signal can be interrupted by, say, a tunnel, or something...
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Brain Scans Offer Precise Measurement Of Human Pain
Pain In The Brain Regions in the brain researchers found are activated when someone is experiencing pain from heat. The yellow regions are active when someone is in a lot of pain, while the blue...
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What Were Offices Like Before Computers And The Internet?
The 32B Secretary Treasurer's office in 1937Wikimedia CommonsOld-timer Reddit users explain what work was like before the information age. Sometimes while browsing Reddit (the land of aww-inspiring...
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How It Works: The Earthquake Machine
Earthquake Simulation MachineGraham MurdochThe fundamentals of earthquake mechanics are simple: Pieces of rock slip past one another along a fault to release pent-up energy. Some of that energy ripples...
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Is Everyone Really Staring At You?
I SEE THROUGH YOUR SOULWikimedia Commons*Checks zipper repeatedly.* Do you ever walk down the street, convinced everyone you pass is staring you right in the face? First of all, it's possible they are,...
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Somebody Just Shelled Out $5.3 Million For A Francis Crick Letter Describing DNA
Francis Crick's Letter To His SonChristie's via io9Which makes it the most expensive letter ever sold at auction Describing the double-helix structure of DNA was arguably the most important scientific...
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An Illustrated Tour Of Australia's Museum of Copulatory Organs
An art museum dedicated to the reproductive organs of fruit flies, spiders, snails and more    Â
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The Dubai Police Are Getting A Lamborghini
Police LamboDubai PoliceAnd we are understandably jealous Are the Dubai police looking for additions to their squad? Because we could use an excuse to drive this Lamborghini Aventador, which the city...
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9 Percent of Americans Say They'd Bonk A Sexbot
Sex Robotvia VH1Can a married person ethically use a sex robot? Is that cheating? And more questions answered by today's best poll (about people having sex with robots). A poll conducted by the...
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Iranian Scientist Says He Has A Future-Predicting Machine
Looper's Time MachineCopyright of Looper, LLC, and courtesy of Sony PicturesWe see no reason to doubt this. Ali Razeghi, a 27-year-old businessman and scientist in Tehran, has registered "The Aryayek...
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Who Or What Left This 60,000-Ton Ancient Artifact Under The Sea?
Underwater Cairn Sonar The conical pile of rubble is approximately 70 meters (230 feet) in diameter. Shmuel MarcoShall we take bets on how the ancient-alien conspiracy theorists will spin this one? Put...
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Brassiere Support Is A Lie, Say French Scientists
Unnecessary Boob-Ruining Contraption?Pedula Man via FlickrStrapping breasts down won't keep them from their inevitable journey south, according to the preliminary results of a 15-year study. In a...
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Experiment Gives Phantom Limb Syndrome To People Who Have All Of Their Limbs
A simple illusion caused subjects to mentally process an extra hand. You've probably heard of phantom limb syndrome. Because of odd wiring in the brain, a majority of amputees get the (frequently...
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5 Ways Hackers Could Kill You Right Now
Artificial PacemakerWikimedia CommonsYou will never want to fly again. Click to launch the gallery.The internet is abuzz with news that it is now possible to hijack an airplane with an Android. This...
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Cash Raised Through Crowdfunding Tripled In Three Years [Infographic]
Crowdfunding By The NumbersstatistaIn 2012 alone, money raised for crowdfunding projects grew 81 percent. Do you remember the moment when crowdfunding became A Thing? Sites like Kickstarter have been...
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Long-Necked Giant Was Fastest-Growing Dinosaur
Lufengosaurus Wikimedia CommonsThe Lufengosaurus grew like a 30-foot weed. During the Jurassic Period, nearly 200 million years ago, a dinosaur called Lufengosaurus roamed what is now the Yunnan...
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Oh, Lord: Samsung Announces Enormous Phone Called "Galaxy Mega"
Samsung Galaxy MegaSamsungThe inside story of how this toboggan of a phone came to be Somewhere at Samsung's sprawling campus, deep in the headquarters of the mobile phone division, there is a...
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