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NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On May 16

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Barry Petchesky

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Science

The Most Exciting Thing In Science Is When We Find Out We Were Wrong

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Animals

Folks, We’ve Got A New Animal Friendship

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Sabrina Imbler

Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse avatar waving a bland hello except his bottom half is long trailing jellyfish tentacles

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The Machines

We Can Do So Much Better Than Legs

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Justin Ellis

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Life's Rich Pageant

Humanity Can, Should, And Must Keep Hucking Shit Against The Stars

A general view of Trix the female the T-Rex exhibition at the Naturalis or Natural History Museum of Leiden on October 17, 2016 in Leiden, Netherlands. The skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex was excavated in 2013 in Montana, USA, by Naturalis Biodiversity Center. The fossil is part of the Naturalis collection and is more than 80% of the bone volume present. All essential and high­volume bones are in place. This places Trix in the top 3 ranking of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons in the world. In addition, all the bones are extremely well preserved. The quality of this fossil is unmatched by any other large T-Rex find in the world.

T rex named Trix at Naturalis Museum of Leiden

Creaturefector

The T. Rex Species Saga, Explained

Title Earth glinting in the sun Released 17/07/2014 1:15 pm Copyright ESA/NASA Description Earth seen from space. ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst is sharing his incredible views from 400 km above on the International Space Station. Alexander will run over 100 experiments for all space agencies during his six-month Blue Dot mission.

German Astronaut Alexander Gerst Aboard The International Space Station

Earth, The True GOAT, Breaks Longstanding Speed Record

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Rays Week

The Universe Came To Us

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Patrick Redford

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What Are Those? Norwegian Archeologists Reveal Iron Age Hooper’s Malformed Kicks

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Chris Thompson

Good News For Species Sick Of Existing: Scientists Have Taught An AI How To Manipulate Jillion-Degree Plasma

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Scientists Move Another Step Closer To Harnessing The Unfathomable Power Of A Star

When The International Space Station Dies, We’ll Lose More Than A Big Hunk Of Metal

Ganymede Global Geologic Map and Global Image Mosaic

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NASA Would Like You To Check Out These Spooky Space Noises

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Could My Entire Family Fit Inside Kyle Kuzma’s Large Pink Sweater With Enough Room Left Over For Rations To Survive The Winter? An Investigation

Kat Brewster is a PhD candidate in Informatics at UC Irvine. Researching the internet (sad parts only).

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Kat Brewster

Workers haul part of a fibre optic cable onto the shore at the Kenyan port town of Mombasa on June 12, 2009. An undersea fibre optic cable bringing broadband Internet connectivity to east Africa, reached the Kenyan coast from the United Arab Emirates on Friday, the president said. The East Africa Marine Systems (TEAMS) fibre optic submarine cable project is a joint venture of the Kenyan government and Emirates Telecommunication Technology (Etisalat) and a consortium of local investors. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)

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How The Internet Works

The roof of the stadium, during the storm.

Impressive Bolts Victory Delayed By Impressive Bolts

Could A Handful Of Swallowed Metal Ball Bearings And Exposure To The World’s Strongest Magnets Cause My Torso To Explode Into A Cloud Of Viscera? A Scientific Examination

A view of the interior of the National Ignition Facility target chamber.

Fusion Researchers Achieve Energy Breakthrough Capable Of Almost Powering One Easy-Bake Oven

TOPSHOT - A car drives past a crack in the road on Highway 178, south of Trona, after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit in Ridgecrest, California, on July 4, 2019. - Southern California was rocked by a 6.4-magnitude earthquake Thursday morning, the US Geological Survey said, with authorities warning that the temblor, the largest in two decades, might not be the day's last. (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

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What Earthquakes Can Teach Us In The Search For Extraterrestrial Life

VAN HORN, TEXAS - JULY 20: The New Shepard Blue Origin rocket lifts-off from the launch pad carrying Jeff Bezos along with his brother Mark Bezos, 18-year-old Oliver Daemen, and 82-year-old Wally Funk prepare to launch on July 20, 2021 in Van Horn, Texas. Mr. Bezos and the crew are riding in the first human spaceflight for the company. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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The Billionaires Did It. They Made Spaceflight Uncool.

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A woman rests and tans near a lake in the Bois de Boulogne near Paris, in June 1946, during a heat wave at the beginning of the 1946 summer.

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Life Lessons

Can I Point You To The Dew Point?

Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including Point B. Handsomest man in the world.

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Drew Magary

Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos talks about his 'Blue Origin Space Program' during a keynote session at the Amazon Re:MARS conference on robotics and artificial intelligence at the Aria Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 6, 2019. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP) (Photo by MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images)

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You Call This Going To Space, Jeff Bezos?

Taal Volcano Erupts In The Philippines

Is Lightning A Fraud? Sadly, Yes [Update]

Please, Brood X Cicadas, I Beg You, Shut The Fuck Up

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It Is Not Yet Tomato Time, Blasphemers

Terrifying New Record Achieved In Humanity’s Quest To Manufacture A Literal Star