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io9Watch Two Stranger Things Actors (Somehow) Sing Along to the Show’s Theme Song
Netflix’s Stranger Things has been receiving a lot of positive criticism for a number of reasons, one being the soundtrack, which features a mix of 1980s pop hits and synth rock. The theme song follows this trend. It isn’t especially catchy, but it’s fun and encapsulates the rest of the series very well. But did … Continued
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Tech NewsThis is Why Sunflowers Turn to Face the Sun
Sunflowers may look like the sun if you squint your eyes a bit, but they also do this weird thing where they turn to face the sun, hence the name. But how and why these plants move over the course of a day has stumped scientists for over a century. However, a new study published … Continued
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Tech NewsPhotos of These Bolivian Salt Flats Perfectly Reflect the Night Sky
Since finding a perfectly dark sky is rare in our electrically-powered world, we at Gizmodo like to highlight the areas that still remain and the photography projects that explore them. This week’s photo series comes from the Altiplano salt flats (Salar de Uyuni) in Bolivia, where a team journeyed to the site and captured some … Continued
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Tech NewsIf You Hate People, Get a Tattoo From a Robot
There is a certain intimacy that comes with getting a tattoo. Not only are you decorating your own skin in a unique way, but you’re also sharing that experience with the artist who is essentially making you bleed over and over again. But let’s say that you don’t want to go to a tattoo artist. … Continued
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US Government May Lift Ban on The Funding of Chimeras
For most of us, chimeras are a common aspect of mythology and the most tragic parts of our favorite anime, but for the science community, they hold both incredible research value and ethical concerns. This is why the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposed new guidelines Thursday in dealing with animal-human hybrids. In the … Continued
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Rats Bred Over Several Decades To Get Wasted For Science
It’s tough to say whether studies that show there is an “alcohol gene” hold any weight, but a new study does attempt to drive home that genetics can play a role in somebody’s desire to get totally trashed. It’s all thanks to some drunk rats. In a recent study published in PLOS Genetics, scientists at … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Sensor Can Be Implanted In Your Body and is the Size of a Grain of Sand
Many Americans may not be ready yet for transhumanist body implants, but a recent study at UC Berkeley promises that future may be one step closer regardless. Engineers at the university have designed a tiny, sensory transplant the size of a grain of sand, which was implanted successfully in the muscles and peripheral nerves of … Continued
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After Just Two Weeks, Gravity Falls Fans Complete Incredible Global Cipher Hunt
Early on August 3, multiple groups—some families with young children—gathered in the small city of Reedsport, Ore., with a population of just over 4,000 people. In the middle of a wood, in the dark of night, they stood with their phones, taking photos and live-streaming the discovery of a triangular, humanoid statue. One Periscope of … Continued
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Stranger Things Is a Nerdy Story That Is So Much More Than Its References
One of the first scenes in Stranger Things is the nerdiest imaginable: four boys—maybe around 11 or 12—sitting around a table playing Dungeons & Dragons. And they are loving it. The dungeonmaster, Mike, puts out monster after monster, knowing it’s a task that his friends probably won’t able to conquer. Will, the smallest one, doesn’t … Continued
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No, Niantic Isn’t Making a Harry Potter Version of Pokémon Go
Since Pokémon Go hit the app stores, people have been wondering what other fictional universes they could be fun in augmented reality. Of course, Harry Potter is one that keeps showing up. This weekend, reports on websites such as UPROXX and HelloGiggles claimed that Niantic, the company behind the famous app, were planning on releasing … Continued
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Worrying About Money Is Tough on Wallets and Wrinkles
As someone who often struggles to make ends meet, I often feel like I want to just curl up in a ball and never leave my house. During the worst months, I often found that it took a toll on my appearance. The dark circles under my eyes started to sag, my face would break … Continued
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Warner Bros. Targets Streaming Subreddit Over Piracy, Fails
You can find almost anything on Reddit, including free, pirated movies, which is why one movie studio has started to not just go after the sources of these videos, but the places that aggregate them. Warner Bros. filed a copyright claim against a popular subreddit, r/BestOfStreamingVideo, asking for that community to get removed from Google’s … Continued
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Olympic Athletes Are Complaining They Can’t Play Pokémon Go And It’s So Sad
Dear Niantic, you could’ve done better. Rio was in trouble. Out of all the improvements they could’ve made to prepare the city for the Summer Olympics, or the care they could’ve put into ensuring that the Athletes’ Village met safety requirements, they still couldn’t get Pokémon Go available for competitors. So yes, the city has … Continued
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Tech NewsHow This Man Survived a 25,000-Foot Jump Without a Parachute
Skydiving is pretty terrifying on its own, even when you take into account necessary safety precautions. But what if you were to jump from an airplane without a parachute? If Luke Aikins’ stunt is any indication, you’d have to be highly skilled and train for two years before even attempting it. There’s also the issue … Continued
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This Machine Hopes To Make Engineering Pharmaceuticals More Portable
If you’re a doctor working in a remote area or on the battlefield, getting access to medications can be tough. That may sound like the start of a commercial, but it’s a sometimes tragic fact. As far as we’ve come in the history of medicine, treatment isn’t as portable as we would like. A team … Continued
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At Least 16 Dead After Hot Air Balloon Crashes in Texas (Updated)
At least 16 people are dead after a hot air balloon caught on fire and crashed into a pasture in Texas, according to the Associated Press. The crash happened in the town of Lockhart, around 30 miles south of Austin in Texas. An official with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the crash happened at … Continued
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Tech NewsWatch A Robot Possibly Discover Weird Shit on The Ocean Floor
Space may be called the “final frontier” but what about unexplored areas that are on our very own Earth? The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has been using the Okeanos Explorer to document uncharted waters since 2010 and it’s off to do it again, this time at the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Photo Editing Software Hopes To Make Your Selfies Look More Attractive
Science has already proven that certain camera lenses can distort your face (so don’t worry if you just can’t seem to look right in photos), but there’s more that can go into your appearance in a selfie. For instance, the closer the camera is to your face, the larger your nose looks, the smaller your … Continued
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You Can Watch 8 Minutes Of That Cheesy Mr. Robot Horror Film Online
The previous episode of Mr. Robot finally gave us an origin story for the F Society, specifically where the group got its weird, Monopoly Man-inspired mask that has become its symbol—it comes from a fake 1980s horror film that you can watch online. Darlene and Elliot apparently have a shared love of a particularly shitty … Continued
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Tech NewsArtificial Intelligence
A New Yahoo AI Can Detect Online Abuse, But Automation Isn’t the Answer
Online harassment is a serious, but tough problem to try and solve. There is a need for a new system that can ease the burden on moderators who have to comb through those reports. As someone who was once responsible for doing that for a local news station (a much smaller venue than, say, Twitter), … Continued
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