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A Guy Found a Dozen Lost Carl Sagan Tapes in a New York Thrift Shop

Nov 11, 2:10PM

A Guy Found a Dozen Lost Carl Sagan Tapes in a New York Thrift Shop

Carl Sagan was an inspirational figure to many of us, but he may not have had his last word just yet—because a dude on MetaFilter is claiming to have unearthed a box of his personal dictations on cassettes bought in a thrift store.

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The empire of sites in the Curbed family—including the Racked and Eater networks, dishing up fashion

Nov 11, 2:02PM

The empire of sites in the Curbed family—including the Racked and Eater networks, dishing up fashion and food, respectively—have been bought by Vox Media for what's described as "$20-$30 million in cash and stock."

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26 Stunning Cartoon Backdrops That Deserve To Be Hung on a Wall

Nov 11, 2:00PM

26 Stunning Cartoon Backdrops That Deserve To Be Hung on a Wall

Have you ever found yourself watching a cartoon and noticing the illustrations behind the characters? Those backgrounds can often be prettier than the action in the foreground. If only those pesky mice and long-nosed boys would get out of the way! If so, the upcoming Beverly Hills Animation Art Signature Auction is for you.

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Is BlackBerry Getting the Android Google Play Store?

Nov 11, 12:30PM

Is BlackBerry Getting the Android Google Play Store?

I think at this point we can pretty safely say that BlackBerry's BB 10 relaunch was a bit of a disaster for the once-mighty Canadian smartphone makers. I mean, you don't give your CEO the boot for nothing right? And it now seems the company is ready to fully capitulate to its Android rival.

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Typhoon Haiyan Even Looks Terrifying From 22,000 Miles Away

Nov 11, 12:00PM

Typhoon Haiyan Even Looks Terrifying From 22,000 Miles Away

Haiyan was probably the strongest recorded typhoon to ever make landfall when it crashed through the Philippines on November 8th—and it looks just as intimidating from 22,000 miles away.

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NASA's Robonaut Is Getting Some Weird-Looking Legs

Nov 11, 11:10AM

NASA's Robonaut Is Getting Some Weird-Looking Legs

NASA's Robonaut spacefaring robot has already taken over a fair few of the ISS crew members' more menial tasks, and next year it's going to get even more useful, as NASA kit the guy out with a pair of giant legs. Where was this guy when Sandra Bullock needed him?

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You Don't Need a Smartphone to See These Instagram Pictures

Nov 11, 10:22AM

You Don't Need a Smartphone to See These Instagram Pictures

Instagram has it lovers and haters—but either way you can't deny that it's crazy successful. For those without a smartphone, though, Brazilian artist Bruno Ribeiro's art installation Real Life Instagram provides a taste of the retro-themed photography service on the streets of London.

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The Truth About New Technologies

Nov 11, 9:32AM

The Truth About New Technologies

Will [INSERT NEW TECHNOLOGY HERE] make us richer, poorer, dumber or smarter? Probably not. Will it ruin industry, arts, creativity and culture? Wouldn't have thought so. Will it corrupt the young? Um, maybe.

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WSJ: Amazon Is Going to Start Sunday Deliveries

Nov 11, 8:44AM

WSJ: Amazon Is Going to Start Sunday DeliveriesThe Wall Street Journal claims that Amazon is planning to start delivering packages on Sundays, to customers in Los Angeles and New York, in a new partnership with the United States Postal Service.

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Oddly Compelling Visualizations Of CGI Musical Instruments

Nov 11, 2:00AM

I remember watching Animusic videos on PBS in the early 2000s. I was always vaguely fascinated by them, even though the graphics looked kind of cheesy. I like the idea that every single note in the composition is supposed to be produced by a specific collision, like a ball bouncing on a percussion instrument. Also, where is this supposed to be taking place? Weird pneumatic pipe/music room? Imagination land? Who knows.

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Awesome biologists rescued a deer by removing an arrow from its head

Nov 11, 1:22AM

Awesome biologists rescued a deer by removing an arrow from its head

Reminder: There are smart, caring, fantastic people in this world who try to right as many wrongs as possible. Like the incredible biologists from the Department of Environmental Protection in New Jersey. The Star-Ledger reports that they somehow removed a hunting arrow from a deer's head. The arrow had completely pierced through its head but with the help of the biologists the deer is alive and well now and back in the wild.

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Keyfleas Don't Actually Bite While You Type

Nov 11, 1:19AM

Keyfleas Don't Actually Bite While You Type

A lot of things can bother you while you're trying to work, but what about things that you only perceive as nagging? In Keyfleas, little lights follow your fingers around a keyboard like a swarm of fleas, and can create the sensation that something is nipping at your fingers.

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An Unknown Disease Is Turning Starfish Into Goop

Nov 11, 12:24AM

An Unknown Disease Is Turning Starfish Into Goop

Starfish may be flexible, but they're also tough. Yet a mysterious "wasting syndrome" is making starfish from Southern California to Alaska decay while still alive. Populations are being decimated up and down the west coast.

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You Wouldn't Think To Set Up Such Clever Domino Destruction

Nov 10, 11:25PM

At 20,000 to 25,000 dominoes total, what you're seeing in this video doesn't come close to the world record. But that doesn't matter, because these domino setups are incredibly involved and creative.

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China installed more than 60 security cameras on one street light

Nov 10, 10:10PM

China installed more than 60 security cameras on one street light

Paranoid much, China? Cause it sure as hell looks like it when you have more than sixty security cameras strapped onto a single street light. This photograph, taken at an intersection in Shanghai by NetEase, hilariously captures the personal privacy be damned, big brother monster attitude that everyone imagines China to have. It's perfect, really.

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The Top Words of the Year Are "404" and "Fail"

Nov 10, 9:20PM

The Top Words of the Year Are

No matter how you feel about 2013 it's depressing to learn that the two most popular words of the year, according to the Global Language Monitor, are "404" and "fail". You can't paint a clearer picture than that.

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The Best Deals And Gear This Week

Nov 10, 8:15PM

The Best Deals And Gear This Week

Another week of great deals and product coverage has come to an end. Next-gen consoles, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Christmas shopping are right around the corner, but take a moment to catch up on what you missed this week, whether it's a good deal, a great gift idea for someone else, or a really great gift idea for yourself. See you all tomorrow for our regular deals coverage.

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Do You Lock Your Phone?

Nov 10, 7:43PM

Do You Lock Your Phone?

Confession time: I don't lock my phone. No password or key, no swipe pattern, no fingerprint scan. Nothing. It's really stupid and I will probably regret it someday.

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If Brand Slogans Were Brutally Honest

Nov 10, 6:36PM

If Brand Slogans Were Brutally Honest

Since advertising is all about the power of suggestion, it's fun to see what happens when the conceits of well-known campaigns are totally undermined. Honest Slogans takes well-known advertising and turns the slogan into some real talk about the product, or at least designer Clif Dickens's take on it.

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Bill Gates Unveiled Windows 30 Years Ago Today

Nov 10, 4:38PM

No matter what you think of Windows 8, it's certain that Windows is both iconic and significant in the evolution of personal computing. It's a series of operating systems, of course, but it's also been a concept, a way of thinking, an influencer, and a touchstone for 30 years since Bill Gates introduced it on November 10, 1983.

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The Phones Worth Buying This Holiday Season

Nov 10, 4:15PM

The Phones Worth Buying This Holiday Season

The best smartphone for most people this holiday season is the iPhone 5s. The candy-coated 5c is tempting from afar, but the 5s is worth $100 more for a device you'll use dozens of times per day for two years. That small premium gets you a better camera with burst mode and slow motion video, a TouchID sensor that actually works pretty reliably, and a faster, more future-proof processor. The 5c is for people who don't know better, but now you do.

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People Should Really Stop Trying To Sell Their Kids Online

Nov 10, 3:45PM

People Should Really Stop Trying To Sell Their Kids Online

We all know that there's some seedy stuff on Craigslist. This is the internet, after all. But it's so sad that desperate parents keep trying to sell their kids through Craigslist posts and connections. Just don't do that.

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Report: Apple Working on Two Big iPhones, For Whatever That's Worth

Nov 10, 2:20PM

    Report: Apple Working on Two Big iPhones, For Whatever That's Worth

    There is a long, proud lineage of Apple product rumors, reaching back to before the original iPhone. Some come true, most do not. The latest, from Bloomberg, seems likely to split the difference: Two new, bigass iPhones being developed in some Cupertino subbasement, ready for release next fall.

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    Enjoy the delicious eye candy in this cool sci-fi short

    Nov 10, 2:55AM

    Enjoy the delicious eye candy in this cool sci-fi shortAzarkant—a 3D short by Andrey Klimov—doesn't have much of a plot, but it's delicious computer generated eye candy for lovers of spaceships, robots, dead cosmonauts and Haloesque things in general.

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    Apartment Hunting in NYC Is So Bad, I'm Considering This $8,000 Bus

    Nov 10, 1:59AM

    Apartment Hunting in NYC Is So Bad, I'm Considering This $8,000 Bus

    I've been on a grand tour of wacky apartment sublets since moving to NYC this past summer. For a guy who grew up in the Pennsylvania suburbs, it's an eye-opener. Things that would once have seemed completely unreasonable are starting to look promising—like this $8,000 four-bedroom schoolbus. It's got its own toilet. It's got a lot of crumpled bedsheets. It's very dusty.

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