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This Is What Happens When a Black Hole Eats a Black Hole

A super-computer simulation calculates what happens when two black holes merge

David Blaine at a recent NYC performance.

David Blaine’s Going to Have 1 Million Volts of Electricity Shot at Him for 72 Hours

Los Angeles could use more green space.

Foreclosed Homes in Los Angeles Will Be Transformed Into Parks

L.A. is transforming foreclosed homes into much-needed urban green spaces

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The Weather Channel Unilaterally Decides Winter Storms Should Have Names Like ‘Q’ and ‘Gandolf’

The private broadcaster laid out their plan to start naming blizzards

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UNESCO-Listed Medieval Souk in Syria Burned, Bombed

Aleppo, the site of an ancient UNESCO-listed souk in Syria, went up in flames on Sunday as clashes between troops and rebels infiltrated the market quarter.

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How Google Keeps Your Spam Out of Your Inbox

You’re probably not surprised to find that there’s some interesting math behind all of Google’s information crunching

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Blind Photographer Paints With Light, Creating Stunning Images

Her photos are modeled after walks through the park or moments on the street that she experiences through sound and smell

Are These Two Toes the World’s First Prostheses?

This is probably the world’s first prosthetic—a wooden toe that dates back to before 600 BC

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Plants Won’t Help Fight Global Warming As Much As We’d Thought

A long-running experiment has found that more carbon dioxide does not necessarily mean more plant growth

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This Camera Trap Snared a Bonanza of Indonesian Wildlife

Sit back and enjoy the stunning wildlife of northern Sumatra

The lower on this gun was made with a 3D printer.

It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone 3D-Prints a Gun

The 3D printing gun idea has taken off, but Stratasys, the company who’s printers are being used, isn’t happy about it. They want their printers back

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For Experts, Cars Really Do Have Faces

A recent study had auto experts look at the fronts of cars, the same area of the brain involved in facial recognition was activated

Fish to Shrink in Warming Waters

Climate change could lead to a sizable drop in fish sizes in coming decades

Every Day of a 21-Year-Old’s Life, in One Six-Minute Video

Twenty-one years of daily photographs in just over 6 minutes

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Isaac Newton’s Death Mask: Now Available in Digital 3D

Using a mask made upon the great physicist’s death, scientists created a 3D scan of Newton’s visage

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With Worm Science And Drivable Hammocks, Maker Faire Is an Epic Festival for Geeks

This weekend, hackers, hacks, parents, kids and unicorns that shoot fire all gathered at the World Maker Faire in New York City

California Governor Jerry Brown

California Bans ‘Cure The Gays’ Therapy

In California, it’s no longer legal to try to cure homosexual youth

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Watch From Inside a Mussel As It Gets Eaten by a Distended Sea Star Stomach

Watch from inside a mussel as a hungry sea star descends and dissolves it from the inside

Fossil Finding Goes High Tech

A new high tech approach to digging in the dirt is helping paleontologists dig smarter: artificial intelligence

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The Race for Element 113 Might Be Won

After a nine year experiment, scientists in Japan might have created a third atom of the element that would be 113

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