The Guardian reviews a selection of fun kids' electronic kits, including littleBits Space Kit, and the Raspberry Pi based Kano computer. Read the rest

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Here's a short tease for our full-length, Charlie-Rose-style sitdown smackdown, which we'll be publishing on March 6, the same day CHAPPiE hits theaters. Read the rest

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Pretty adorable. (more…)

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It's hard to tell who's chasing who, but we could watch this video of a cat chasing a turtle chasing a cat pretty much forever. (more…)

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“They arrange themselves in an orderly queue, the biggest at the front, the smallest at the back; they're lining up with one aim: to exchange properties. But none of the crabs can make a move because the chain is not yet complete. They're all waiting for the right-sized crab to come along.” Read the rest

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Jesus needs your money because Y2K. This television ad for Jack and Rexella Van Impe's Y2K scare video combines the exploitation of Christ for cash, computer scares, the end is near, and hacker graphics. It's pretty great.

[Video Link, via christiannightmares.tumblr.com]

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We're just asking. Read the rest

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Astronomers have discovered the second known case of a planet residing in a quadruple star system. The planet was known before, but was previously thought to have only three stars, not four. Read the rest

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An elegant sample, for a more civilized age. (more…)

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Joe Sabia got some crazy Russian animators to make a web video series recapping the lives of major characters who died in Game of Thrones. It's great stuff. Read the rest

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You don’t want to mess with your phone much while driving, period. Read the rest

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I love these old Star Trek comic book covers, posted by AstroDevil in memory of Leonard Nimoy. The title lettering is fantastic! Read the rest

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"The Justice Department largely backed up Mr. Wilson’s account and said there was no basis for criminal charges." Read the rest

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Some of these glow in the dark, and they're available as tshirts, hoodies, swimsuits, scarves, dresses, and more. Read the rest

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Firefighter Jostein Alvestad built this igloo in his backyard by filling 32 plastic buckets with colored water each night. In a Chicago magazine story, he describes the fun of sleeping and hanging out inside by candlelight.

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Herds of beefalo (a bison-cattle hybrid) are causing massive damage to vegetation, water supplies, other animal species, and American Indian cliff dwellings in the Grand Canyon.

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Victoria Prismall and her pet land-octopus Otto starred in 2013’s delightful all-ages picture book, Walking Your Octopus. Two years later the Octo-Victorian duo are back, and they’re taking a trip around a steampunk-inspired alternate world. Read the rest

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"We have the ability to approach our race like ants, or we have the ability to approach our race like crabs." Read the rest

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CBS reports that a "top level employee accused of viewing porn two to six hours a day" can't be fired, even after he was caught watching porn, because of the civil servant protection system.

He was found with over 7,000 porn files on his computer. Read the rest

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The new Avengers movie is out May 1. Here's the third official trailer. Read the rest

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