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1 year ago+13 13 0Fathom Events Will Screen ‘The Thing’ in Original Aspect Ratio After Fan Outrage
Fathom Events has planned screenings of John Carpenter’s 1982 horror film “The Thing” with projection in the original aspect ratio of 2.35:1 widescreen after previous screenings displayed the film in a cropped ratio of 1.85:1. Over this past weekend, ...
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1 year ago+19 19 0A YouTuber built his own PS5 Slim that's less than an inch thick
Sony typically follows up its PlayStation consoles with a slim version a few years later, but that time hasn't come for the PS5 yet. While we all wait for a slimmer PS5 that would fit in small spaces better, a YouTuber called DIY Perks already b ...
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1 year ago+16 16 0Stranger Things: A Reading List of Unsolved Mysteries
Tales of odd phenomena stoke our imagination even as they tease us.
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1 year ago+18 18 0Apple will allow Linux VMs to run Intel apps with Rosetta in macOS Ventura
One of the few things that Intel Macs can do that Apple Silicon Macs can't is run operating systems written for Intel processors inside of virtual machines. Most notably, this has meant that there is currently no legal way to run Windows on an A ...
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1 year ago+18 18 0The Only One Setting Back Abuse Survivors Is Amber Heard (And The Media That Propped Her Up)
Johnny Depp has finally won his defamation case against Amber Heard. The jury decided that he proved Amber Heard intentionally defamed him with malice on every count and awarded him $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damag ...
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1 year ago+16 16 0Would the World Be Better Off Without Philanthropists?
Critics say that big-time donors wield too much power over their fellow-citizens and perpetuate social inequality. But don’t cancel Lady Bountiful just yet.
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1 year ago+19 19 0Dyson's been secretly working on robots that do household chores
Dyson has been getting into more and more offbeat products these days, like the Zone noise-canceling headphones that blow purified air at your face. Now, the company has revealed that it has an entire division that's secretly been developing rob ...
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1 year ago+23 23 0Huge leak of Google Pixel Watch specs gives away the goods
Late last week, we heard that the upcoming Pixel Watch could have a years-old CPU in the Exynos 9110. This was, understandably, not the greatest news for those interested in the first wearable with a Google logo.
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2 years ago+14 14 0The Brains of Believers and Non-Believers Work Differently
Church attendance has sharply declined and the number of people who express interest in religion is decreasing. Why are atheism and agnosticism becoming increasingly popular? Is the human brain evolving away from religiosity?
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2 years ago+13 13 0Humans may have evolved to show signs of stress to evoke support FROM OTHERS
Showing signs of stress could make us more likeable and prompt others to act more positively towards us, according to a new study by scientists at Nottingham Trent University and the University of Portsmouth.
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2 years ago+12 12 0Apollo 13 astronaut on why preparation, not panic, is key to survival
In his new memoir “Never Panic Early: An Apollo 13 Astronaut’s Journey,” Fred Haise describes a life of hard work and exploration.
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2 years ago+21 21 0Meta’s VR roadmap reportedly has four new headsets, with both high-end and cheaper Quest units
Last month we took a deep dive into Mark Zuckerberg’s grand metaverse plan, and some of the hardware Meta is working on to deliver it, in the form of Project Nazare augmented reality glasses. Now The Information reports on a roadmap for virtual reali ...
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2 years ago+13 13 0Home that sold for $805K comes with stranger living in basement
A home in Fairfax, Virginia, sold this month above the asking price even though it comes with an unusual feature ... a stranger living in the basement. The five-bedroom, four-bathroom house sold for $805,000 to an unnamed buyer on April 15, public re ...
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2 years ago+20 20 0Game Changer: Supersonic X-59 One Step Closer to First Flight
The X-59 designers have big plans for the airplane. It will be able to fly at an altitude of 55,000 feet at Mach 1.4 (925 miles per hour).
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2 years ago+13 13 0Microplastics Found In Live Human Lung Tissue For The First Time
From the top of the tallest mountain to the depths of the ocean floor, this planet of ours is now pretty much covered in a thin layer of plastic. Tiny frag
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2 years ago+9 9 0FAA, Do Your Damn Job
The FAA has thrown up roadblocks to GAMI's unleaded fuel at every turn. They still are. It's time for the agency to stop and do its job on this one simple task required by law.
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2 years ago+12 12 0iPhone, AirPods, Apple Watch all dominate the teen technology market
The latest Piper Sandler teen survey shows an all-time record for teen use of AirPods, plus strong demand for the iPhone 13, as Apple remains the most popular device maker for teenagers.
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2 years ago+17 17 0What Can We Learn About the Universe from Just One Galaxy?
Imagine if you could look at a snowflake at the South Pole and determine the size and the climate of all of Antarctica. Or study a randomly selected tree in the Amazon rain forest and, from that one tree—be it rare or common, narrow or wide, young or ...
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2 years ago+15 15 0Airbus flew its A380 on 100% sustainable aviation fuel made from used cooking oil
As per a statement on Airbus’ website, the first A380 flight fueled by 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) took place on Friday (March 25). An A380 test aircraft flew for 3 hours with one of its four engines fuelled by 100% sustainable aviation fuel ...
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2 years ago+3 3 0The Sanctions War Is Just Beginning
The international sanctions campaign that countries and companies have mounted against Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine is a remarkable achievement of multinational diplomacy and corporate responsibility. Much of the world has voluntaril ...