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The World's Best Science Fiction, Chosen By Scientists
Tales of strange alien worlds, fantastic future technologies and bowls of sentient petunias have long captivated audiences worldwide. But science fiction is more than just fantasy in space; it can educate, inspire and expand our imaginations to conceive of the universe as it might be. We invited scientists to highlight their favourite science fiction novel or film and tell us what it was that captivated their imagination – and, for some, how it started their career.
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'Monster' new species of Daddy Longlegs discovered in Oregon
There is a group of arachnids called Cryptomaster, known for being comparatively huge. Scientists recently discovered another species of this large group in Oregon forests.
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The 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2015
A year’s worth of highlights from an increasingly vibrant genre.
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Stories that force us to think about our deepest values activate a region of the brain once...
Everyone has at least a few non-negotiable values. These are the things that, no matter what the circumstance, you'd never compromise for any reason...
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Rebuild The Universe
You start with a single Atom... where you end is up to you.
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How Real Is Reality?
Reality seems pretty stubborn, pretty fixed — and pretty much independent of whatever is going on in your head. But is it, really? Astrophysicist Adam Frank explores the scientific debate.
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2015 at Snapzu – The year Reddit “refugees” started arriving (and much more)
2015 was a year unlike any other! A year filled with ups and downs – literally. It was definitely another successful year that we can consider a great step forward for the Snapzu community.
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Have a Creepy Little Christmas with These Unsettling Victorian Cards
Anthropomorphic cats, murderous frogs, and insects dancing by the moonlight aren’t exactly part of our Christmas card tradition today.
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How ‘South Park’ Perfectly Captures Our Era of Outrage
If “South Park” were a person, it would be old enough to vote, though it probably wouldn’t. That scabrous cartoon has been a one-stop shop for anti-partisan satire and blasphemy on Comedy Central since 1997. Few comedies can stay first-rate for that long. (Sorry, Homer.) Early in the current season, the show’s 19th, the creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone seem to wonder how well the show’s offend-at-all-costs ethos has aged. “It’s like I’m a relic,” a recurring character says.
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When Tipping Was Considered Deeply Un-American
Imported from Europe, the custom of leaving gratuities began spreading in the U.S. post-Civil War. It was loathed as a master-serf custom that degraded America's democratic, anti-aristocratic ethic.
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China ‘cloning factory’ to produce cattle, racehorses and pets
World’s largest cloning facility in China aims to produce a million cattle a year, along with other animals. By Neil Connor.
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Meteorite impact turns silica into stishovite in a billionth of a second
The Barringer meteor crater is an iconic Arizona landmark, more than 1km wide and 170 metres deep, left behind by a massive 300,000 tonne meteorite that hit Earth 50,000 years ago with a force equivalent to a ten megaton nuclear bomb. The forces unleashed by such an impact are hard to comprehend, but a team of Stanford scientists has recreated the conditions experienced during the first billionths of a second as the...
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Earth-like planets around small stars likely have protective magnetic fields, aiding chance for life
Earth-like planets orbiting close to small stars probably have magnetic fields that protect them from stellar radiation and help maintain surface conditions that could be conducive to life, according to research from astronomers at the University of Washington.
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Rosetta's comet is actually a partnership that's lasted billions of years, study says
How did Rosetta's rubber-duck-shaped comet get its funky, two-lobed look?
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Giant Sinkhole Opens up on Australia Beach
A massive sinkhole in Queensland has swallowed vehicles and a caravan after suddenly opening beneath a coastal campsite.
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Electric is the new black: New tech will make you rethink gas power
There's nothing romantic about a gas station. There's nothing sexy about coughing up a cloud of exhaust every time you open your garage. And even though we love the roar of an engine, there's nothing glorious about shelling out at the pump. Gasoline is dirty business. But truth be told, it's been a necessary evil. Try starting up your car with wind power, or relying on solar cells to power your lawn mower. Not only are alternative energy sources farfetched and impractical...
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Glitches In the Matrix
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10 Ad Blocking Extensions Tested for Best Performance
Blocking advertisements on web pages is becoming increasingly popular and an ad blocker is now one of the most installed browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox. To see how an ad blocker performs while blocking ads and how many resources it uses while doing so, we have decided to put several to the test.
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Your brain is still 30 times more powerful than the best supercomputers
While we can't completely dismiss the idea of an AI-driven robot revolution in the distant future, a new study has found that even today's most advanced supercomputers are only one-thirtieth as powerful as the human brain, so we should be able to out-think the robots we're sharing our lives with for some time yet.
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Hannibal: The TV show that went too far
The US TV series based on Thomas Harris’s novels about the cannibalistic psychiatrist was among the most acclaimed by critics in years. So why didn’t you watch it, asks Keith Uhlich.
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Real Life First Person Shooter (Chatroulette)
A group of people created a live action first-person zombie shooter in their garden and then invited unsuspecting people on Chatroulette to take control of them.
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50% of the children born in 2015 will probably never see the Milky Way
Astronomer Tyler Nordgren talks about the plethora of stars in the sky above national parks, so rarely witnessed in the city.
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"Super Metroid Intro Screen" by Mark Van Haitsma
Metroid fan art
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Exercise is NOT the Key to Weight Loss
Last week I talked about the many ways exercise is awesome. This week I want to focus on one way it's not. Weight loss. Sorry, but that's the topic of this week's Healthcare Triage.
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Wormhole Created in Lab Makes Invisible Magnetic Field
Physicists have created a so-called magnetic wormhole that transports a magnetic field from one point to the other without being detected.
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'Artificial leaf' could power communities of the future
The world could one day be powered by photosynthesis from artificial leaves, say researchers from Monash University in Melbourne. Their system to turn water into fuel, using nothing but solar energy, could be used to run cars, houses and even whole communities. The 'artificial leaf' created by researchers is actually more of a solar-powered device that is able to produce hydrogen with a record-breaking degree of efficiency.
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Stephen Hawking's speech program has been open-sourced to inspire further development for...
Intel has announced the release of Stephen Hawking's speech program as an open source platform to help better the technology and serve a wide range of people with disabilities.
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Researchers Find a Novel Way to Potentially Double Solar Cell Efficiency
Researchers looking into new and sustainable energy have achieved a breakthrough in solar cell technology by reporting the development of a “green antenna” to potentially double the efficiencies of certain solar cells and significantly, make them more affordable. Solar energy is a proven, inexhaustible source of energy and is slowly findings its way into communities.
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Weekend Warriors
Bobby Reddick's fun-filled weekend in the Canadian part-time army comes to a halt when his camp receives an urgent distress call.
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Everything we've learned about Pluto this week
NASA’s New Horizons has sent back a trove of new data about the dwarf planet - from ice plains to atmospheric haze.
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