7-year-old Liam Porter got his prosthetic StormTrooper arm thanks to e-NABLE, an online community of 3-D printer enthusiasts who make prosthetics for those in need.

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The Paderno spiral vegetable peeler is made of plastic and it looks like it would snap into pieces as soon as the crank is turned, but don't let its appearance fool you.

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Typing random thoughts into Google image search is always delightful, but "pets in lion manes" was especially delightful. Read the rest

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Architect Alireza Taghaboni designed Shafri-Ha House with three rotating rooms, to take advantage of nice weather and close off the rooms on wintry days. Read the rest

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After unusually heavy rains, Hugo Clouzeau directed this great short with the DK Boys kayaking rarely-navigated mountain rivers in Morocco. Read the rest

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Rivers of melting glacier ice that flow over Greenland's frozen surface may be contributing as much to global sea level rise as all other processes that drain water from the melting ice sheet combined. Read the rest

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Recent changes made weaken the scientific integrity of what kids learn, argue teachers. Read the rest

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This video is four years old, and the 16-month-old kid in the video is now more than 5 years old. Wonder how his reading and comprehension continued to evolve! Read the rest

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Ross Ulbricht, the 29-year-old man accused of running billion-dollar drug bazaar Silk Road, gets his day in court today. Read the rest

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Los Angeles' annual emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas, are 18 to 61 percent higher than common estimates. Read the rest

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Mark has curated an incredible collection of Boing Boing inspired art which our pals at Neatorama turn into shirts, messenger bags and moleskine notepads.

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One fairly big giveaway: they seem to be into American indie folk-punk. Read the rest

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The Crayola Facebook page enjoyed a flood of new followers after someone hacked its Facebook page and began posting immature sexual jokes. Many commenters said that while the jokes were inappropriate for children, they were kind of funny.

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This is brutal. [via]

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Social media accounts for CENTCOM, the U.S. military’s Central Command, appeared to have been taken over today. CENTCOM's Twitter and YouTube accounts posted threatening messages to American troops. Read the rest

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New York City's Department of Investigation released a report on 10 illegal NYPD chokeholds since 2009. Former Commissioner Ray Kelly rejected all 6 that were recommended for disciplinary action. Read the rest

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Metal Cats is Alexandra Crockett's collection of brutal dudes and their cute fluffy cats. As we learned watching Metalocalypse, metal musicians love their cats.

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The Austrian Times says Bao Yu was inebriated when he picked up a tortoise in a market stall so he could eat it alive.

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Hodor from Game of Thrones manifests a condition called Broca's aphasia. Here's a real-life example of a man who communicates only using the word "tono." Read the rest

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