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  'Multiplication Waterfall' visualizes math we would never otherwise do by hand

  By Ryan Heise on March 14, 2012 01:21 am + 3 comments

  It's commonplace today to throw long, complex calculations at a computer. But for designer Stefanie Continue reading…

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  A brief history of the videophone in film

  By Adi Robertson on March 13, 2012 10:48 am + 8 comments

  Despite the advent of FaceTime and Skype, video calling has yet to replace traditional telephony. As Continue reading…

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  Bahrain and Belarus new 'Enemies of the Internet,' says Reporters Without Borders

  By Sam Byford on March 13, 2012 03:09 am + 9 comments

  Reporters Without Borders has added Bahrain and Belarus to its annual list of countries that it Continue reading…

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  Revisit Jean Giraud's career with 'Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures'

  By Sam Byford on March 13, 2012 02:19 am + 5 comments

  Moebius, who passed away last week, was one of the most influential comic book artists of the 20th Continue reading…

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  Did a bad trailer kill Disney's 'John Carter'?

  By Chris Welch on March 13, 2012 12:51 am + 72 comments

  Need proof that a trailer's reception can make or break a movie at the box office? Take Disney's J Continue reading…

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  Drones that capture infrared orchard pictures could spell an end to ugly oranges

  By Adi Robertson on March 12, 2012 02:12 pm + 9 comments

  A new method for managing irrigation with drones may be easier and more effective than anything used Continue reading…

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  Five decades of NASA 'Blue Marble' photography in 16 images

  By Andrew Webster on March 12, 2012 11:52 am + 2 comments

  NASA's recently released "Blue Marble" images managed to capture our collective imaginations (the f Continue reading…

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  Hector Xavier Monsegur: LulzSec leader, FBI informant, and cyberpunk antihero

  By Adi Robertson on March 12, 2012 09:42 am + 10 comments

  With the arrest of several alleged members of Anonymous offshoot LulzSec, court documents have r Continue reading…

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  Colossus: how the first programmable electronic computer saved countless lives

  By Sam Byford on March 12, 2012 04:00 am + 15 comments

  Google has posted a look back at Colossus, the world's first programmable electronic computer. Continue reading…

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  Ant colony living in a scanner for five years: time lapse video

  By Laura June on March 9, 2012 10:35 pm + 34 comments

  Ant colonies are amazing, beautiful, complicated things. Flatbed scanners, on the other hand, well, Continue reading…