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Science How to cut your self free in a frozen net: https://www.livescience.com/frozen-poop-knife.html When will this show up on HGTV: https://www.popsci.com/story/technology/mighty-3d-printed-houses/ Technology Can I get a side of MegaPixels please: https://www.engadget.com/fujifilm-gfx100-pixel-shift-210839408.html Is this what it's like in robot jail: https://gizmodo.com/computer-controlled-shackles-hold-you-prisoner-until-yo-1845754324 Other Cool/Weird Shit Not your father's nerf gun: https://gizmodo.com/the-only-thing-you-have-to-pump-on-a-gas-engine-powered-1845762143 Is this God's USB drive: https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/29/21725295/mysterious-utah-monolith-disappeared

Science The James Bond telescope is being decommissioned: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/11/famed-arecibo-observatory-to-be-decommissioned-in-wake-of-cable-breaks/ Space isn't really all black: https://www.npr.org/2020/11/18/936219170/scientists-discover-outer-space-isnt-pitch-black-after-all Technology Robots, Beets, Bears, Battlestar Galactica: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL4N2HX2PU Apple goes all in on custom: https://www.engadget.com/apple-silicon-m1-mac-181040846.html Other Cool/Weird Shit Can you record player play this: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/11/23/running-dos-off-a-vinyl-record-is-wildly-impractical-but-deeply-hip/ This week in "will it run doom": https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/23/21611884/nintendo-game-and-watch-doom-port-hack-homebrew-games

Science SpaceX sends more men to space: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/11/nasas-big-bet-on-spacex-and-commercial-space-pays-off/ Who swiped right for this hookup?: https://gizmodo.com/asteroid-apophis-could-one-day-hit-earth-heres-how-we-1845667626 Technology Convert your Chevy to an EV: https://www.engadget.com/chevy-ecrate-2021-174002305.html Making it real: https://www.engadget.com/cornell-stretchable-skin-sensor-for-vr-robots-155317989.html Other Cool/Weird Shit Sober up faster: https://gizmodo.com/simple-invention-helps-you-sober-up-by-exhaling-alcohol-1845655018 Gamestop, where winning means more work: https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/4/21549850/gamestop-tiktok-contest-prize-work-hours

Science Is it still alive: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/11/nasa-calls-voyager-2-and-the-spacecraft-answers-from-interstellar-space/ No more emissions: https://www.engadget.com/google-eliminates-carbon-legacy-161544433.html Technology AI isn't very smart: https://gizmodo.com/ai-camera-mistakenly-tracks-referee-s-bald-head-instead-1845548314 Kill it with fire: https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-internet-explorer-edge-migration-172121994.html Other Cool/Weird Shit Fish can play games too: https://www.polygon.com/2020/11/9/21556590/fish-pokemon-sapphire-stream-twitch Underwater museum: https://gizmodo.com/tourists-will-soon-be-able-to-visit-the-titanic-wreck-f-1845581670

Science Where did life come from: https://gizmodo.com/meteorite-that-crashed-into-michigan-contains-pristine-1845493603 Time for a swim: https://www.engadget.com/scientists-underground-lakes-mars-092555621.html Technology Meet your new butler: https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/1/21496692/toyota-robots-tri-research-institute-home-helping-gantry-ceiling-machine Don't delete your facebook account: https://www.polygon.com/2020/10/27/21536142/deleting-your-facebook-oculus-games-deleted Other Cool/Weird Shit How to improve a sculpture: https://jalopnik.com/dutch-train-wreck-ends-up-becoming-part-of-huge-sculptu-1845549059 Do you think you are allergic to the cold? https://gizmodo.com/a-man-with-an-allergy-to-cold-nearly-died-after-steppin-1845550555

Science We have touchdown: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-osiris-rex-spacecraft-successfully-touches-asteroid Super is always better: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/10/high-pressure-superconductors-reach-room-temperature/ Technology How many pixels do you have? https://www.engadget.com/samsung-stanford-10000-ppi-oled-display-200949600.html Top off your camera with water: https://www.engadget.com/lomography-panoramic-35mm-camera-lens-liquid-hydrochrome-suttons-panoramic-belair-160453246.html Other Cool/Weird Shit Time to change your twitter password: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/hacker-says-he-correctly-guessed-trumps-twitter-password-it-was-maga2020/ For when you get that craving: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/10/is-mcdonalds-ice-cream-machine-working-near-you-theres-a-bot-for-that/

Science That's a big boom: https://gizmodo.com/beirut-blast-ranks-among-history-s-most-powerful-accide-1845287564 NASA's first crew Dragon launch: https://www.digitaltrends.com/news/nasa-delays-launch-of-crew-dragons-crew-1-mission/ Technology Enter a new challenger: https://www.engadget.com/intel-xe-gpu-gamers-130000411.html A faster way to buy stuff from Amazon: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/07/amazon-gets-fcc-approval-to-launch-3236-low-earth-broadband-satellites/ Other Cool/Weird Shit I guess Subway is now selling candy subs: https://gizmodo.com/irish-supreme-court-says-subway-bread-cant-legally-be-c-1845237048 Free flights for life: https://gizmodo.com/baby-born-on-flight-to-london-gets-lifetime-ticket-from-1845128450

Science What did you do before breakfast: https://www.npr.org/2020/10/09/922065766/tennessee-teen-becomes-youngest-person-to-achieve-nuclear-fusion?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=science Let's start smashing things: https://www.engadget.com/us-brookhaven-electron-ion-collider-134040524.html Technology Look mom, no batteries: https://gizmodo.com/these-plastic-objects-can-talk-to-computers-without-ele-1845324111 Time to buy more storage: https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-project-hsd-holographic-cloud-storage-165242130.html Other Cool/Weird Shit I need more potatoes: https://gizmodo.com/doom-runs-on-anything-including-rotting-potatoes-1845345618 Today's lesson in where not to put your junk: https://www.engadget.com/qiui-chastity-sex-toy-security-flaws-132501037.html

Science It is possible to go back in time to meet yourself: https://www.npr.org/2020/09/27/917556254/paradox-free-time-travel-is-theoretically-possible-researchers-say?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=science It came come back to get us: https://gizmodo.com/new-mini-moon-might-actually-be-old-space-junk-coming-b-1845179504 Technology Computers powered by light: https://gizmodo.com/this-new-quantum-processor-is-made-of-light-1845158108 Faster internet coming to a town far away from you: https://www.engadget.com/google-fiber-starts-testing-2-gbps-speeds-123513626.html Other Cool/Weird Shit When was the last time this guy bought a new TV: https://gizmodo.com/18-months-of-mysterious-internet-outages-traced-to-vill-1845139844 Black licorice killed a man: https://gizmodo.com/too-much-licorice-stopped-man-s-heart-and-killed-him-d-1845168547

Science There may be life in our solar system: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/09/unexpected-chemical-found-in-venus-upper-atmosphere/ NASA will pay you to collect moon rocks: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/09/nasa-says-it-will-pay-private-companies-to-gather-moon-rocks/ Technology World's largest picture frame: https://www.engadget.com/worlds-first-3200-megapixel-digital-photo-185553820.html Apple fakes are better than this: https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/14/21436760/us-customs-statement-oneplus-buds-seized-apple-airpod-trademarks Other Cool/Weird Shit Chew while you game: https://www.engadget.com/razer-respawn-gum-202130103.html What's more popular, vinyl or cd's: https://www.engadget.com/riaa-streaming-vinyl-cds-mid-year-report-153215821.html

Science But who's controlling it: https://www.engadget.com/rocket-lab-secretly-launched-its-own-satellite-that-could-one-day-go-to-the-moon-122013065.html Thunderstorms, more than just a light show: https://gizmodo.com/thunderstorms-linked-to-breathing-trouble-for-older-peo-1844673835 Technology Move over solar power: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/09/first-modular-nuclear-reactor-design-certified-in-the-us/ The glass wars heat up? https://www.engadget.com/corning-gorilla-glass-victus-152221345.html Other Cool/Weird Shit How long have you held onto balloons: https://www.polygon.com/entertainment/2020/9/2/21418182/watch-david-blaine-balloons-stunt-stream-ascension How long until it can run Crysis: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/09/07/yup-a-pregnancy-test-is-the-weirdest-device-ive-seen-running-doom/

Science SpaceX makes history...again: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/08/nearby-storms-do-not-prevent-spacex-from-launching-its-100th-mission/ Cyberbrains are real: https://www.engadget.com/elon-musk-unveils-v-2-of-the-neuralink-brainmachine-interface-surgery-bot-231559145.html Technology Flying cars are a thing of the past - https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/29/us/flying-car-successful-test-in-japan-trnd/index.html?utm_term=15988690267715c66f548d096&utm_source=Five+Things+for+Monday%2C+August+31%2C+2020+NEW&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=239633_1598869026772&bt_ee=DKbPtsQ1cinP1MMtgc1Od0QSlaqg5Bg063UAKkXuaWd5gFzVCMNzvvJgc0UIJS51&bt_ts=1598869026772 If it's too hot in the kitchen, get out: https://www.engadget.com/toshiba-sells-laptop-business-to-sharp-192023877.html Other Cool/Weird Shit A weird game just got a weird soundtrack: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/07/20/untitled-goose-games-vinyl-soundtrack-is-double-grooved-for-random-tracks/ Sanitizer for your beer: https://arstec

Science Will we even make it to election day: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/24/21398868/nasa-asteroid-election-day-2018vp1-danger-hit-chance Let's use lasers to destroy space junk: https://gizmodo.com/scientists-spot-space-junk-with-lasers-in-broad-dayligh-1844623499 Technology AI is coming for us all: https://www.engadget.com/alphadogfight-ai-f-16-pilot-025617519.html This will make it happen even faster: https://gizmodo.com/researchers-at-university-college-london-set-a-new-worl-1844789699 Other Cool/Weird Shit It's Shredding time: https://www.engadget.com/circle-guitar-electric-motorized-171537722.html Must pitch come to life: https://www.engadget.com/covid-19-youtube-diy-mask-launcher-154046116.html

Science How long since you pooped? https://gizmodo.com/14-000-year-old-poop-found-in-oregon-cave-turns-out-to-1844389785 The real power brick: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/08/how-to-turn-regular-bricks-into-electricity-storying-supercapacitors/ Technology Did you feel that? https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/08/android-is-now-the-worlds-largest-earthquake-detection-network/ Will these shoes make you believe in VR: https://gizmodo.com/these-motorized-shoes-could-be-the-key-to-making-virtua-1844623221 Other Cool/Weird Shit Let's Have A Slumber Party At The Last Blockbuster Video On Earth! https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/blockbuster-airbnb-bend-oregon/index.html Just in time for baseball: https://gizmodo.com/an-explosive-piston-inside-this-baseball-bat-means-anyo-1844674691

Science Man returns to the ocean: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/2/21350663/nasa-spacex-crew-dragon-astronauts-bob-behnken-doug-hurley-splash-down Breath more, live longer: https://www.popsci.com/story/health/anti-aging-treatment-oxygen/ Technology One device to rule them all: https://www.engadget.com/south-koreans-can-now-store-their-driving-license-on-their-smartphones-094503272.html Google will backup your phone for free: https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/30/21347769/google-one-phone-backups-ios-android-free-account Other Cool/Weird Shit How to shoot a gun behind you: https://gizmodo.com/cartoons-were-right-bending-a-rifles-barrel-backwards-1844557686 Use more tongue: https://gizmodo.com/i-guess-a-joystick-for-your-tongue-is-better-than-licki-1844544921

Science https://www.labmanager.com/news/wireless-aquatic-robot-could-clean-water-and-transport-cells-23343 Chernobyl mold might help us get to Mars: https://www.engadget.com/international-space-station-radiation-mold-chernobyl-121856835.html Technology A Remote Control Commercial Jet!! Just What I Wanted For Christmas - https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2020/06/airbus-concludes-attol-with-fully-autonomous-flight-tests.html Inception-doom: https://www.engadget.com/play-doom-inside-windows-95-inside-minecraft-005937078.html Other Cool/Weird Shit Build your own spaceship: https://www.polygon.com/2020/7/27/21340481/snap-ships-lego-creativity-space-ships-augmented-reality Sexy librarian puzzles: https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/15/21324558/google-forms-virtual-escape-rooms-librarians-games-puzzles-homeschooling

Science The toughest stuff around: https://gizmodo.com/watch-this-non-cuttable-metal-destroy-saws-before-they-1844439584 ET phone home: https://www.engadget.com/nasa-spacex-crew-dragon-demo-2-return-161350834.html Technology How to install MS Flight Sim, only 10 easy to use discs: https://www.polygon.com/2020/7/16/21326943/microsoft-flight-simulator-box-discs Use your phone to unlock your car: https://www.engadget.com/apples-digital-car-key-arrives-on-i-os-175707750.html Other Cool/Weird Shit Scream all you want, nobody will hear you: https://lifehacker.com/scream-into-your-phone-and-have-it-played-on-a-speaker-1844417386 But how accurate are they: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/07/poopy-projectiles-penguins-can-fling-their-feces-over-four-feet-study-finds/

Science How many colors can you see: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/experiments-show-hummingbirds-see-colors-youve-never-dreamed-of/ How to hide your satellites: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/07/spacex-will-try-to-launch-starlink-satellites-with-visors-on-tuesday/ Technology How fast can you read hands: https://www.engadget.com/ucla-glove-sign-language-translator-134846711.html You can now enhance in real life: https://gizmodo.com/researchers-have-created-a-tool-that-can-perfectly-depi-1844051752 Other Cool/Weird Shit Mow your lawn in a tank: https://gizmodo.com/youll-look-forward-to-cutting-the-lawn-when-you-turn-yo-1844260096 Life sized robots: https://www.engadget.com/gundam-lifesize-statue-for-shanghai-in-2021-205958942.html

Science The history of Mars: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/how-nasa-s-new-rover-will-search-signs-ancient-life-mars Drones Help Plants Have Sex: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bubble-blowing-drones-may-one-day-aid-artificial-pollination Technology Apple plans to make new keyboard out glass, so you can: https://gizmodo.com/apple-might-make-future-mac-keyboards-out-of-glass-and-1844284515 Losing The Toilet Race: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2020/02/25/808791622/why-america-is-losing-the-toilet-race Other Cool/Weird Shit Smells like teen space: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/28/us/eau-de-space-fragrance-scn-trnd/index.html Best Women's Razors of 2020: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/26/cnn-underscored/best-razors-for-women/index.html

Science How to improve your vision with 1 payment: https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200629/Study-Staring-at-deep-red-light-can-significantly-improve-declining-eyesight.aspx Who's up for a walk: https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/25/21302941/roscosmos-space-adventures-tourists-spacewalk-2023-iss Technology Video games make you healthier: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/06/22/fda-approves-marketing-a-videogame-as-medicine-for-the-first-time/ No long on the top of mount olympus: https://www.engadget.com/olympus-selling-consumer-camera-business-093750446.html?guccounter=1 Other Cool/Weird Shit How much space does a tv take up: https://jalopnik.com/if-youve-ever-wondered-how-much-room-the-u-s-saved-by-1844119348 Can you make a better toilet: https://www.engadget.com/nasa-wants-your-help-designing-future-moon-toilets-130012151.html