Using images captured at a variety of wavelengths by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express Orbiter, Riding with Robots creator Bill Dunford has crafted a composite image of the Red Planet’s south polar cap that’ll make you stop and stare. Read more…
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The Southern Pole of Mars is more beautiful than we ever imagined
When left to its own devices, liquids form into spherical drops. But add a little electricity, and you get “electrospraying” and “electrospinning, ” and you can watch electricity play Rumpelstiltskin. Read more…
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How to use electricity to spin liquid into nanostring
What started as an investigation into developmental mouse biology has become a lot more than that. Biologist Katsuhiko Hayashi discovered a way to turn mouse skin cells into sperm and egg cells — and actually used these modified cells to create a living baby mouse. The question is, can it work in humans? Read more…
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New research suggests women can make sperm, and men can make eggs
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
With so many flavors of Linux and the awesome apps in their repositories, finding the right app for getting things done can be tough. In our fifth annual Lifehacker Pack for Linux, we’re highlighting the must-have downloads for better productivity, communication, media management, and more. Read more…
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Lifehacker Pack for Linux 2013: Our List of the Best Linux Apps
Did you know that Netflix is cropping the hell out of movies? I didn’t. But even if you had noticed, it’s unlikely you realize just how bad it gets. A semi-new Tumblr called What Netflix Does has pointed out the extent of the trimming. And it’s atrocious. Read more…
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You Won’t Believe How Much Netflix Crops Your Movies
It’s not really hard to find subtitles online for your digital movie collection, but you can save a couple of steps with the VLSub extension for VLC media player. Read more…
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
Amazon Prime just added hundreds of Miramax titles in its instant video library, including award winners like Good Will Hunting and The English Patient , as well as cult favorites like Pulp Fiction , Kill Bill , Trainspotting and Reservoir Dogs . It’s a good get for the streaming service, especially after having lost so many of its greatest hits at the end of last month. Read more…
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Amazon Prime just added hundreds of Miramax titles in its instant video library, including award win
Microsoft’s Xbox One home-entertainment console, available later this year, has ties to Windows 8 and Windows Azure. [Read more]
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Windows’ role at the core of Microsoft’s Xbox One