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What is the Monkeysphere?
“Want to know the answer to all the world’s problems? Look inside a monkey.”
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Straight Out of SciFi Movie, 6 People Die From Brain-Eating Amoeba in Lakes
“A killer amoeba living in lakes enters the body through the nose and attacks the brain where it feeds until you die. Even though encounters with the microscopic bug are extraordinarily rare, it’s killed six boys and young men this year.”
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Fact or Fiction?: Black Is Better than White for Energy-Efficient Screens
“The green computing movement demands that all computer users shed the energy-wasting practices to which they’ve grown accustomed”
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16 Lovely Image Sets of Abandoned Places
“These will be fun and relaxing to browse over the weekend …”
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Best Computer Rigs EVAH Contest
“Gizmodo is running a computer rig contest. Some pretty amazing multi-monitor rigs in the gallery (and some quite cheesy too.) The contest will be open for new entries until the end of Sunday.”
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Availability of Pot (pic)
“This map shows the availability of Marijuana throughout the Continental United States.”
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NASA’s Ion Engine Breaks Performance Record
“An ion engine prototype developed at NASA’s Glenn Research Center has now accumulated more than 12,000 hours of operation and processed over 245 kilograms of xenon, setting a record for most propellant throughput ever demonstrated by an ion engine.”
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New Treatment Brings Patients Back From The Dead
“Doctors in Philadelphia are testing a revolutionary new treatment that is restoring life and bringing people back from the dead. CBS Station KYW-TV in Philadelphia Medical Reporter Stephanie Stahl has details.”
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Test Your Old-School Nintendo Knowledge
“Well before the Wii, Nintendo burrowed its way into our pop culture with classic games like The Legend of Zelda, Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out! and Metroid. How well do you remember the little details? Match the element to the game in which it played an admittedly minor role.”
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This Must Have Hurt (pic)
“I can’t get this image out of my head.”
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