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Watch Curious Alice, Perhaps the Worst (Best?) Anti-Drug Film Ever Made
Released in 1971 by the National Institute of Mental Health, “Curious Alice” was supposed to educate children on the perils of drug abuse. Instead, through a series of creative missteps, it managed to equate a drug trip with a phantasmagoria of whimsy and discovery, missing its intended mark in truly spectacular fashion. Media Matters’ Audrey … Continued
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The Price of Electricity In The U.S. Is About to Skyrocket
Here’s the sad, dark truth about our aging electrical grid: The way we generate power is not sustainable and needs to change. Here’s the other sad, dark truth: As the U.S. becomes more reliant on renewable energy like solar and wind, our electricity bills are going to go up. Way up. In fact, you might … Continued
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A 1956 Plane Crash in the Grand Canyon Made Flying Safer for Americans
In 1956 two planes collided over the Arizona desert, killing all 128 people on board and scattering the debris deep inside the Grand Canyon. This week, the National Park Service designated the crash site a National Historic Landmark—even though they don’t actually want you to go visit it. At the time, the tragedy was the … Continued
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New York on the Floors of Athens
A small corner of Athens, pays homage to the city that never sleeps. In our latest example of science-inspired design, the carpets of this marketing firm are a satellite image map of New York City, bringing the harbour city to Greece. In 2008, ValueCom hired Stage Design Office to create “an expressive atmosphere” for their … Continued
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Even More Mind-Blowing Cosplay From Calgary Expo 2014!
The Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo has grown massively in the past few years, to over 80,000 attendees this year. And that means one thing: astonishingly great cosplay. The highlights in our second batch include Skeksis, a whole family of Princess Leias, and tons more. Top image: Will Box Thanks again to Undiscovered Photography for … Continued
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Code Dicks Parody Site Is Your Equal Opportunity Answer to Code Babes
It was only a matter of time. Just a few days after the internet got good and outraged over the wildly absurd, porn-based learn-to-code site Code Babes, we present to you its satirical, equal opportunity cousin. Say hello to Code Dicks. While an otherwise dead-ringer for the widely scorned original, Code Dicks doesn’t actually offer … Continued
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New Vulnerability Found in Every Single Version of Internet Explorer
According to a confirmation by Microsoft late last night, a new zero day vulnerability has been found to affect every version of Internet Explorer. In other words—over a quarter of the entire browser market. Attacks taking advantage of the vulnerability are largely targeting IE versions 9, 10, and 11 in something called a “use after … Continued
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Parks And Recreation‘s Next Season Will Be “Very Gently Scifi”
Where does the sitcom about city government in small-town America go after last week’s season finale? Spoilers ahead if you haven’t gotten a chance to watch the episode yet. In an interview with HitFix, Parks and Recreation co-creator Mike Schur talked about the episode’s final minutes, which sees Leslie Knope and her friends three years … Continued
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The Life-Saving Science Behind Sunscreen
Every summer we slather layers of sunscreen with the highest SPF we can find, and bravely venture outside hoping our slimy cloak will shield us from the sun’s death rays. So how does this work? TodayIFoundOut.com’s resident medical expert, Scott, and a buddy of his recently started The Medicine Journal, where you can learn all … Continued
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Ain’t No Poodle Skirt Like a K-9 Poodle Skirt
‘Cuz a K-9 Poodle Skirt’s got a ROBOTIC DOG ON IT. When Sabrina (above) needed a poodle skirt for an upcoming sock hop dance, her parents (and fellow Whovians), Denise and James, decided to surprise her with a twist on the classic, wide-swing attire. “We found an image of K-9 on the internet that we … Continued
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Space This Week
It’s time for another link-round-up of space-related stories that we didn’t cover this week! Consequences of the impending El Niño for 60 locations around the United States. Science history! How Apollo 12 Helped Solve the Skydiver Meteorite Mystery Building the Giant Magellan Telescope Astronomy graduate students can apply for a summer school on Education & … Continued
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Thousands of Tons of Nazi Chemical Weapons Are Hiding in the Baltic Sea
When the Nazis surrendered their weapons at the end of World War II, the Allies got rid of them in a way that made sense in the 1940s: they dumped it all into the water. Mustard gas and other chemical weapons—estimates ranging from 13,000 to 300,000 tons—are now slowly leaking into the Baltic Sea. The … Continued
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Okay, Why Wasn’t This Iron Man 3‘s Credit Sequence?
Seriously, what’s better than Iron Man credits, set to the “The Stripper,” that feature a dancing animated suit coming apart? Nothing. The answer is nothing. Higher quality video can be found at Art of the Title’s interview with creative director Danny Yount, who says of this bit of concept art: The first presentation I did … Continued
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Game of Thrones Creator Says Drones Are Worse Than The Dothraki
Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin has definitely come up with some of the most shocking ways to kill people, from gasp-inducing beheadings to blood-spattered Red Weddings. But in an interview with Rolling Stone, Martin says the way we engage in modern warfare is far more brutal. When speaking about the remorse that some … Continued
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Pro-Science Religious Terrorists Are Orphan Black‘s Creepiest Foes Yet
Wow. Our clones had four very separate threads last night, and the biggest moments took place far from the Dyad. Secrets were revealed, quips were quipped, and one of our clones has found herself in deep, deep trouble. At first, it looked like this episode was going to be slower and quieter than the premiere, … Continued
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Nine Eyes in the Pacific Ocean
Mataiva Atoll is a single island in the Tuamotu Archipelago, a small part of the longest chain of atolls in the world. An atoll is just a ring-shaped island, a sandy reef with a central lagoon, but Mataiva is a little bit strange. Mataiva’s lagoon has internal structure. Along with that whole evolution-thing for animals, … Continued
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That Time Scientists Secretly Used Spanish Fly to Give Kids Blisters
“Spanish fly” refers to an actual chemical – one that is much more likely to cause blisters than arousal. It’s still not okay to expose kids to it, but a secret experiment in the 1950s did exactly that. Spanish fly, the drug that is supposed to induce uncontrollable arousal in those who eat it, comes … Continued
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Adorable Tokyo Metro Posters Remind Passengers to Be Polite
Since 1974, Tokyo’s Metro has created cute, quirky posters for their subway system to remind passengers of proper etiquette. Each fiscal year they roll out a new set of characters as the ambassadors of good manners, and for 2014 they’ve just revealed a new mascot (he’s the lion in the center poster). New posters appear … Continued