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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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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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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

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

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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

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New York City Wants to Build the World’s Largest Ferris Wheel

The big apple is building the world’s tallest ferris wheel

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The Right Dashboard Font Could Make Driving Safer

MIT’s AgeLab (better known for their age empathy suit) worked with text and graphic company Monotype Imaging to figure out what worked and what didn’t when it comes to fonts used in car displays, like GPS

A toothbrush floats in the International Space Station.

It’s Now Legal for Early American Astronauts to Sell Their Space Toothbrushes

A new law lays out the details of who owns souvenirs from the early space era

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Went on His Own Adventures—to the Arctic

When he was a 20-year-old medical student, Conan Doyle became the ship’s surgeon on board a whaling ship, the Hope

A bog oak floor.

Giant Tree Trunk Unearthed After 5,000 Years in a Bog

A 44 foot-long piece of a 5,000 year old tree trunk was uncovered on September 25 in the UK

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Stressed Out Species Aren’t Adapting in the Ways We Think They Should

Some animals are adapting to habitat destruction, but not always in the way that we would like

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Your State Border Might Not Be Where You Think

The boundaries of your state might not be as solid as you imagined

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Motor-Powered Mario Lets You Play Old-School Donkey Kong in Real Life

Laser-cut figurines and metal balls recreate the early 80s classic

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The World Beard And Moustache Championships: Where the Competition Gets Hairy

Last Saturday, more than 100 mustachioed and bearded participants gathered in Wittersdorf, a town in eastern France, to strut their scruff at the 2012 European World Beard and M0ustache Championships

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To the Bat Cave!

One conservation group, the Nature Conservancy, has decided to take action against white nose syndrome by setting up a refugee bat cave

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