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Higgs Boson Research Might Unlock Mysteries of Particle Physics, Scientists Say

The presumed existence of the Higgs boson particle- or as it is known colloquially and much to the chagrin of proper scientists, the God particle- promises to bestow upon humanity a huge level up when it comes ... continue

Maurice Sendak in Short Documentary, Still a Badass

As a parent, Maurice Sendak's post-Where The Wild Things Are interviews totally make me regret not reading my kids more Maurice Sendak books when they were little-little. Back when Where the Wild Things Are was adapted for the ... continue

Louis CK Sells New Stand-Up Special Without DRM, Asks You Nicely Not to Torrent It

Comedian Louis CK is arguably the web's most shared and revered comic of the modern era, with his bits being posted and reposted prolifically on sites like Reddit and Fark. CK appeals to a broad base of comedy ... continue

The 2011 Orionid Meteor Shower: Coming To A Sky Near You (Maybe)

The 2011 Orionid meteor shower will be visible on earth just before dawn (at around 5am) on Friday October 21st and Saturday October 22nd - but don't expect a spectacular show. The Orionids are an annual phenomenon that ... continue

Wait, What? Movie Studio Options Thread on Reddit

This is the craziest (but coolest) thing I've read all week. Have you ever read someone's musings or writings online and think it's better than a lot of the published or produced work you've seen in the realm ... continue

Tyrannosaurus Rex Bigger Than Originally Thought, Probably Scarier

Scientists from Britain and the US have been studying the Tyrannosaurus rex, and made some interesting discoveries about the beast with which all five-year-old boys are obsessed. Using super-cool computer modeling and three-dimensional laser scans, the team made ... continue

[Video] 29-Year-Old Hears Herself For the First Time, Onion Cutting Ensues

This 29-year-old woman took a video of her reaction hearing herself with an implant for the first time in her life, and was nice enough to share it with all of us on YouTube. Amazing and uplifting. ... continue

Maurice Sendak Defends ‘Scary’ New Book

Kids' writer Maurice Sendak- never one to parse words- is back with a book that has unsurprisingly gotten some flak from the overprotecting parents brigade. Sendak most recently made news after the film adaptation of Where the Wild ... continue

Stephen Colbert… in Space? [Video]

After an appearance on The Colbert Report, MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis and Stephen Colbert challenged fans to send Stephen Colbert's head into space due to the host's fascination with 3-D renderings of his likeness. The DIY outfit Maker Industries ... continue

[Travel] The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas is Vegas For the Vegas-Weary

A Vegas virgin, it was with much trepidation and apprehension that I took my first trip to Sin City earlier this month. Inevitably, the question lobbed constantly when I disclosed the loss of my Vegas purity to ... continue

Boston Globe: New Abigail Adams Letter Found in Desk

A previously unknown letter written by Abigail Adams has been discovered in a desk and donated to a Massachusetts historical society. Adams, wife of founding father John Adams and mother of John Quincy Adams, was the first Second ... continue

1939 World’s Fair Photos Recently Uncovered in Manhattan Apartment

Historians are getting history wood in New York with the addition of a massive, previously unknown collection to the New York Historical Society's stable of photos. The existence of the cabinets full of very rare images from the ... continue

Woolly Mammoths, Giant Elephants May Have Gotten Busy

Snuffleupagus, you are the father. Scientists have discovered that the ancient species the Woolly Mammoth- which we basically know as a hairy elephant- could have interbred with a completely different elephant species that was much larger- which is ... continue

Lil Kim and Nicki Minaj Need To End Beef, Says Eve

Rapper Eve has weighed in on the feud between Lil Kim and Nicki Minaj, essentially saying the female rappers have to knock it off. The beef started when Nicki Minaj went off on Kim in her track with ... continue

Epic Supermarket Mario Display

Proof positive that art can really come from anything. Also, I want a Diet Coke, but OMG, it's perfect! continue

Hey Mr. RIAA, this is how you treat pirates

There was a great post over at Techdirt the other day about an iPhone developer, Chris Baker, who found out that someone was trying to find a cracked version of his app: F***ing Word Of The Day. Typically ... continue

[Cool] ‘Balloon’ earbuds fit your ear, don’t fall out every three seconds

Hands up if as soon as you got your first Game Boy, you were a lifelong earbuds convert. Perhaps I'm dating myself. [/foreveralone] But earbuds have always offered a more desirable personal listening experience, unless you're a DJ ... continue

Would you make out with a machine?

As soon as we got an internet to send email, pictures and eventually video, people started using it to get their rocks off, send titillating texts and cybersex was immediately invented. While the genre of web-gratification has remained constant ... continue

[VIDEO] D’awww!: Developer makes Borderlands-themed proposal video for superfan

Videogame proposals? They've been done before - but never quite like this. Gamer Ben is a huge fan of Borderlands, the popular (and might I say excellent) FPS/RPG hybrid from Gearbox. So when he met girlfriend Tora, he ... continue

Mayor Bloomberg declares April 16th ‘Foursquare Day’ in NYC

Mayor Mike Bloomberg has extended an official honor to everyone's favorite location aware mobile game Foursquare, declaring April 16th "Foursquare Day" in Gotham. Bloomberg explains the date for the unmathematically inclined, saying "4/16, the fourth sixteenth of the ... continue

Incestuous: The videogame controller family tree

They're a randy bunch, those videogame controllers. Leave a NES pad with a SEGA SG-1000 stick for five minutes and before you know it you've got a litter of NES Advantages on your hands. This awesome poster is ... continue

Want a WPIX Yule Log on your computer screen ALL DAY?

Loop this one, below. The 9am-1pm stretch of replacing regular programming with a video of a crackling fireplace is a time-honored Christmas tradition in the New York Metro area, but you can have a bit more control over ... continue