From a young age I was introduced to what are still two of my favourite movie franchises of all time – Star Wars and Indiana Jones . I suppose it was inevitable, really. With parents who named me after a Doctor Who character, I would expect them to continue being awesome as I grew up. Read more…
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The Hidden Easter Eggs That Link Star Wars and Indiana Jones
Production has wrapped on the final episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars . Showrunner Dave Filoni has announced on Facebook that the episodes will be released in early 2014. Read more…
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Production has wrapped on the final episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
The latest science news out of Harvard and MIT sounds like a joke, but it’s not. A team of physicists were fooling around with photons when they managed to get the particles to clump together to form a molecule , one that’s unlike any other matter. And it behaves, they say, just like a light saber. Read more…
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Scientists Created a New Form of Matter and It’s Like a Light Saber
How many Roku models are there? Like, twelve? But it doesn’t matter: the newest one is here, and thankfully (predictably?) it’s the best one yet. So good that you’ll stop using other crap you own. So good you’ll use your cable box less. That good. More »
For the first time, the United States has officially disclosed plans to develop counterattack measures against foreign nations’ cyberattacks. General Keith Alexander, chief of the military’s Cyber Command and the NSA, told Congress yesterday the military is training 13 teams of programmers and computer experts to carry out offensive attacks. More »
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The NSA Is Training 13 Teams of Covert Hackers to Attack Other Countries
Spaceships can’t pull in foreign objects with a almost-magical tractor beam yet, but researchers have been making progress towards that goal. Scientists have now shown that tractor beams are possible, and can actually work . For microscopic objects over microscopic distances at least. More »
Generally, Facebook is making money of you (or at least trying) by collecting all your info and then parceling it all out for ads. But now the tables have turned, maybe kinda sorta. Thanks to an ongoing class action lawsuit, you may be entitled to up to 10 whole dollars from the social networking giant. Take that, Zuck! More »
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Does Facebook Owe You Money?
It’s official guys. Disney has just confirmed that the next Star Wars: Episode VII will be directed by JJ Abrams. One man in control of Star Wars and Star Trek . Amazing. Unbelievable. Crazy! More »
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It’s Official: Disney Confirms That JJ Abrams Will Direct the Next Star Wars: Episode VII
No offense to James Earl Jones, but I can’t imagine how anybody could watch the above video of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s little known tryout in the role of Darth Vader, and not see he makes the superior Sith Lord. I mean, it’s not even close. Come on, George. You know you have one more Special Edition left in you before you go. Tell you what — you include this vocal track, and I’ll forgive you for inserting Jar Jar into all the Dagobah scenes, or whatever other nonsense you had planned before we fanboys drove you screaming into retirement. More »
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Arnold Schwarzenegger: Great Darth Vader or the Greatest Darth Vader?
Caltech astronomer John Johnson, co-author of a newly published study on the formation of planetary systems , calls the distribution of planets in our galaxy “mind-boggling.” His team’s are the latest in a string of predictions that pin the number of planets in the Milky Way at upwards of 100-billion . And these are conservative estimates. More »
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The number of planets in our galaxy alone is downright staggering