OH MY GLOB. The voice of John DiMaggio will collide with the voice of John DiMaggio when Jake the Dog — and Finn, natch — make a guest appearance on the next episode of Futurama (airing Wednesday the 9th, at 10:00 pm EST). Read more…
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A Futurama/Adventure Time crossover is real and is happening
Ever stood at an intersection and prodded at, leaned on, elbowed and otherwise palm-slapped the ever-living hell out of a crosswalk button and wondered to yourself if the thing actually does anything at all, really? Well – chances are, it doesn’t. Read more…
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Placebo buttons do absolutely nothing, and they are everywhere
Man of Steel director Zack Snyder just came out and rocked our worlds at Comic-Con. Not just announcing that Batman will be in the Superman sequel — which he did with a cool-looking metallic Superman-Batman logo that drove the crowd nuts. But that was not the biggest deal. Read more…
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They’re doing a Superman/Batman movie… but that’s not the big news
Scientists have discovered a pair of viruses that defy classification. Bigger and more genetically complex than any viral genus known to science, these so-called “pandoraviruses” could reignite a longstanding debate over the classification of life itself. Read more…
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Newly discovered “Pandoravirus" could redefine life as we know it
It’s hard to let go of some memories, even if your head has been chopped off. Well, at least if you’re a flatworm. When these tiny critters are decapitated, their heads and brain eventually grow back. But more remarkable than that, so too do their previous memories. Read more…
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Decapitated worms regrow their heads with old memories intact
Bats hunt moths and other insects by using echolocation, where they emit ultrasonic calls and analyze the rebounding sound. So to avoid getting eaten by hungry bats, hawkmoths blast the flying mammals with their own ultrasound…which comes from their genitals. Seriously. Read more…
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Hawkmoths use their genitals to scare off bats
Japanese researchers have successfully cloned a mouse from a drop of blood taken from a donor’s tail. The breakthrough means that animals don’t have to be euthanized when extracting their cells, which could prove important if we’re ever going to clone endangered animals. Read more…
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Scientists Clone a Mouse From a Single Drop of Blood
Late last year, Canadian astronomer Philip Gregory made the controversial claim that there are three habitable zone super-Earths orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 667C. Now, in a separate study, a group of European astronomers are saying he was right. Read more…
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Confirmed: A Star System with Three Potentially Habitable Planets!
When it comes to hands-on learning, I can think of no classroom more compelling than a gross anatomy lab , where students of the human form dissect actual bodies from head-to-toe with their own hands. That being said, this virtual dissection table is an awfully impressive stand-in for the real thing. Read more…
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This virtual dissection table is incredible [potentially NSFW]
Imagine, with the wave of a hand, adjusting the thermostat without getting out of bed, or turning up the music in the other room while in the shower. WiSee, a new gesture-recognition system, aims to harness the ever-present wireless Internet signals blanketing people’s homes to allow remote control of all their electronics. Read more…
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WiFi gesture recognition lets you control objects through walls