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Kraft has invented a vending machine that analyzes your face to predict what you want to eat. It combines facial recognition with other data to give you a snack, or email a recipe and shopping instructions. Creepy or cool? More »
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The Thierry Mugler men's show—featuring Lady Gaga's new single and co-designed by her stylist Nicola Formichetti—opened Paris Fashion Week today. All the models wore plastic bags and one even looked like a zombie. Did we expect anything less? More »
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It wasn't easy convincing the network bigwigs that Star Trek was a sure thing but Roddenberry was on a mission. Here Shatner talks about how the show moved on from its rough start to become a vehicle for social commentary. More »
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While watching the Lord of the Rings movies—or reading the books, I suppose—did you ever wonder if the ring was really only able to be destroyed in the fiery pits of Mordor? This alternate ending answers the question. More »
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The new year has arrived and it is awful, what with bird/fish/crab death, floods, freezing temperatures, and zombie ex-Vice Presidents. So let's just put it all out there and list the reasons why this is already the worst year ever. More »
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When making Back to the Future II, as I'm sure you know, the final scene of BttF had to be reshot to include Elizabeth Shue as the new Jennifer. Here, just because, is a side-by-side comparison of the two. More »
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The classic 60s' TV series Batman causes a number of people to recall bright, poorly timed sound bubbles with ridiculous words like "ZOK" written in them, but that wasn't all they should remember. Batman was dropping knowledge left and right. More »
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Watch a "lost" blooper reel containing the iconic 80's wise cracking extra terrestrial puppet dropping the N-bomb and more. The footage comes from a YouTube user that bought the footage as a VHS tape off of Ebay ten years ago. More »
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In case you haven't noticed, a pasty fugitive hacker has been at war with the U.S. government for the past few weeks while his minions use the net to attack global corporations. So what's all the fuss about? More »
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Last night at dusk, a mystery missile was launched near Los Angeles, as reported by LA's KCBS. Neither the navy nor the military have claimed the missile yet, so far its origin remains unknown. Their report inside. More »
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Back to the Future and its sequels have been quite the rage this week, certainly around these parts. But with the good must come the bad. While we love it, here is a collection of some of the film's mistakes. More »
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Five years from now, Marty McFly will show up in Hill Valley to save his kids. We wanted to see just how prophetic Zemeckis was in 1989, when he designed Hill Valley: 2015. Find out after the jump! More »
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On August 2nd, 2010, College Humor posted an original video: a parody of Inception written by Dan Gurewitch and David Young. Two days ago, South Park aired a new episode: a parody of Inception that seemed strangely familiar. More »
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Board-track racing was a popular event in the early days of automobiles, but once the cars got too fast and the centrifugal forces too strong, it became an attraction for only the craziest motorcycle daredevils... at least in the US. More »
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Watch this video outlining the creation of the DARPA hoodie, which is made with the help of advanced military applications. These tech nerds have figured out a way to make a hoodie with a computer? Mind blowing stuff, inside. More »
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American design and architecture firm Choi + Shine has entered a design for giant electrical pylons in the shape of humans into the Icelandic High-Voltage Electrical Pylon International Design Competition. Now Iceland just needs some cash to pay for them. More »
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This is incredibly epic: a never-before-screened scene cut from Return of the Jedi in which Darth Vader tempts Luke Skywalker to join the dark side, paired with footage of Luke constructing/activating his green lightsaber and officially becoming a Jedi Knight. More »
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They walk among us—average citizens who don capes and masks at night to battle evil-doers. They call themselves Real Life Superheroes, and they are, of course, deeply nerdy. More »
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In this truly incredible footage, a giant swath of dark clouds advance so rapidly on a sunny beach that the bathers barely have time to get their stuff together before it's upon them. It's beautiful and frightening. More »
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Mauricio Mendez Lopez was discovered by his niece holding a knife and drinking a glass of his roommate's blood after killing him in their Florida home. Is Twilight to blame for all of this? More »
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A New Zealand company called Rex Bionics has created a robotic device that allows people in wheelchairs to walk, sit, stand, and go up steps. And it doesn't even cost $6 million dollars like the man on TV! Here's video: More »
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Cross your fingers: BP and the government will put a new containment cap over The Leak this weekend that could fully contain—not "stop"—the oil. There will, however, be a period of free-flowing oil during the transition. More »
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In this mesmerizing new video by Justin Johnson, a split screen tracking shot down Market Street in San Francisco shows what things looked like both before and after the Great Earthquake of 1906—putting the damage into grim perspective. More »
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These days we use celebrities for everything, so why not get one to clean up one of our greatest natural disasters? Kevin Costner's gizmo that separates oil from water might be just what BP needs to save Louisiana's shores. More »
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Feeling young and free while blowing lines in the bathroom of some glitzy LES rat hole? Well, you won't look young for long. Scientists are finding that 80% of impure cocaine in the US contains a chemical that rots flesh. More »
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A tipster was having dinner at a Honolulu restaurant last night and found this discarded piece of paper. He noticed the word "Lost" and looked closer. It appears to be a call sheet for the series finale shoot. Spoilers ahead. More »
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Visiting the Hollywood Scientology Celebrity Center, J.D. Shapiro just wanted to meet girls. Instead, he wound up writing Battlefield Earth. After winning the "Worst Picture of the Decade" Razzie, Shapiro is apologizing. He blames it all on his penis. More »
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All the nerds are in one place this week at SXSW, but, let's face it, we all have a little bit of nerd in us. These days geekdom is large and diverse enough for everyone. Where do you fit in? More »
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Tyrannosaurus Sex isn't just a great name for a porn star, but also the name of a special on Discovery Channel that told us everything we didn't want to know about dinosaur sex. Sensitive readers, avert your eyes: dino-on-dino ahead! More »
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Mack Elder, Star Trek fan extraordinaire (putting it lightly), listed all 79 episodes in chronological order at a World Record Appreciation Society event that took place at Joe's Pub earlier this month. More »
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Does the world need Superman? He's probably the most iconic comic book hero ever created, but it seems his invulnerability has a cost. There is buzz about another attempt at rebooting the franchise, but is there any point? More »
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Our friends at Movieline noticed that the sex scene between Jake and Neytiri that was axed from the movie is in the script Fox posted online. The Na'vi don't have sex like humans—they have "the ultimate intimacy." More »
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