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The wild fantasy artist who won Ron Howard’s photo contest
This photo by Los Angeles artist Claire Oring looks like a still from a post-apocalyptic sword-and-sandal movie – and now that it’s won Ron Howard’s photo contest, it’s set to be the basis of a short movie directed by Jamie Foxx or Eva Longoria. This photo was one of 91 selected photos in Canon’s “Project … Continued
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Chris Anderson Is no Longer Editor-in-Chief of WIRED (UPDATED)
Well this is surprising. After 10 years at the helm, Chris Anderson is leaving WIRED Magazine to focus on his startup, 3D Robotics. Here’s the official note sent out by Conde Nast CEO Chuck Townsend: We’ve reached out for an official comment, but the likely move would be for Executive Editor Thomas Goetz to take … Continued
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There Are 20 Million Tweets About the Hurricane (And Counting)
Twitter decided the time is right to finally release some storm stats, and they are predictably mammoth: According to the company, There have been well over 20 million Tweets sent about the storm between Saturday, October 27th and today (November 1). That’s probably a conservative estimate as we only tracked Tweets with the terms “sandy,” … Continued
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We are one step closer to nerve regeneration
One of the great tragedies that goes along with spinal injury is paralysis. This happens because our damaged nerve cells can’t fully regenerate. But what if we could unlock the key to neural rejuvenation? Now, a team of neuroscientists have discovered a gene in fruit flies – somewhat similar to a human gene – that … Continued
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Remains Of World War II Military Pigeon Ignites Code Mystery
Back in 1982, David Martin discovered the remains of a pigeon while renovating his chimney. Upon closer inspection he noticed that the dead bird had a red capsule attached to its leg, what has now been confirmed as a top secret message that was en route to an unknown location in Britain during World War … Continued
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5 Best Quotes from the Star Trek Captains Reunion
By Meredith Woerner. All five Star Trek Captains reunited on stage at Destination Star Trek London a week or so ago. Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, William Shatner, Scott Bakula and Patrick Stewart were all there, talking Trek and taking questions from the fans. Wired posted a great recap of the whole event, and we’ve gleaned … Continued
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Don’t Instagram Natural Disasters
Instagram is a nice thing. It’s fun to peek at the lives of others, and it’s fun to make our photos look fun. But there’s nothing fun about a hurricane people are dying in, and scenes from a horrific crisis don’t deserve to be drenched in your sepia. In the 90s, in our youths, when … Continued
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Check out the complete run of OMNI magazine, free online!
OMNI magazine blended science and science fiction, and was one of the most influential publications in the history of both. We draw on the influence of OMNI Magazine every single day, and so do a ton of other people, whether they realize or not. So there’s great news – pretty much the entire run of … Continued
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R.I.P. Lebbeus Woods, Cutting-Edge Architect Who Inspired Futuristic Visions
Lebbeus Woods, the architect who died this past week in New York, might be best known by science fiction fans for suing Terry Gilliam’s Twelve Monkeys for allegedly copying one of this designs – that weird suspended chair that Bruce Willis sits in. But his strange designs were science fictional in so many other ways, … Continued
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Ridley Scott will make 6 low budget genre films in 3 years
Mixed Prometheus reviews certainly haven’t stopped director Ridley Scott from climbing back on the genre movie horse. In fact, he’s just signed a huge deal to produce and or direct six more genre films in Ireland. Slashfilm is reporting that Scott signed a deal with Focus Features International, linking Scott Free London to a large … Continued
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Like Hurricane Sandy on Facebook for Official News, You Weirdo Masochist
I just noticed that one of my friend’s shared Hurricane Sandy‘s photo on Facebook. In order to follow official Sandy news on the book you have to, uh, like it. And that just feels weird. I mean, no one really “likes” Sandy. Actually wait. More than 166,000 people like her. People also like a lot … Continued
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A Cobb Salad In a Crouton Cone Is a Fantastic Way To Eat Healthy
The unrecognized geniuses over at DudeFoods.com have come up with an absolutely brilliant way to eat healthy. Or at least kind of healthy, depending on how you dress this Cobb salad served in a crouton cone. It sounds pretty easy to make too. All you need to do is mix some crushed store-bought croutons with … Continued
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Living walls and self-healing concrete are the future of architecture
Concrete is the most widely used structural material on the planet, but it has a niggling habit of breaking down over time, giving rise to cracks, pits and holes that require expensive repairs or replacement. But what if concrete could mend itself? It turns out such a material already exists – and it could be … Continued
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Curiosity finds no sign of methane on Mars — but does that mean there’s no life?
NASA’s Curiosity rover has been sniffing out Mars’ atmosphere in search of methane. Methane is a precursor chemical for life. It’s also thought that 95% of the methane in Earth’s atmosphere is organismal in origin. Methane on the Red Planet would therefore be suggestive of past or present life. But in a press conference held … Continued
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The Best Videogames You’ve Never Played
On this episode of the io9 show, Annalee and Esther discuss their favorite fictional videogames in movies and on TV. Plus, we make a drinkable rainbow – which is about as disgusting as it sounds. All that and more on this episode of We Come from the Future! Remember you can subscribe to the io9 … Continued
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Veteran New York City Rat Hunter Dismisses Post-Sandy Rat Invasion, Shares Rat Wisdom
gawkercom: Since Sandy flushed New York City’s subway system like a filthy urinal in the Times Square T.G.I. Fridays there has been much anxiety over the fate of our city’s prodigious subway rats. Would New York streets now be overrun by disease-ridden rats driven from their subterranean lairs? No, says a guy whose singular passion … Continued
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Everyone standing in line to get an iPad Mini in New York and New Jersey should get a punch on the throat
“Everyone standing in line to get an iPad Mini in New York and New Jersey should get a punch on the throat,” says Jimmy Kimmel. He’s completely right, except they should be cockpunched too when they are on the ground. Several times. Damn sycophantic fanboys. Anyway, watch his video. It’s actually quite funny.
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