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  Inside the instrument landing system that keeps the tarmac safe for planes

  By Justin Rubio on December 10, 2012 01:10 pm + 19 comments

  Every day, tens of thousands of planes land on airport runways in the United States — fortunately, Continue reading…

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  How researchers cured a little girl's leukemia using HIV-infected cells

  By Kimber Streams on December 10, 2012 12:24 pm + 35 comments

  Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have been developing and testing a new cancer Continue reading…

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  eBay seller creates the 'Taxi Driver' action figure you've always wanted

  By Chris Welch on December 10, 2012 12:05 pm + 4 comments

  Finding toy memorabilia for many film classics of the '70s and '80s isn't all that difficult. Star Continue reading…

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  Exposing the US military's 'diabolical' drug experiments on its own soldiers

  By Amar Toor on December 10, 2012 05:52 am + 26 comments

  The New Yorker this week published an extensive and utterly fascinating piece on Colonel James S. Continue reading…

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  Stop playing vintage games on new monitors

  By Aaron Souppouris on December 10, 2012 03:58 am + 36 comments

  The problem with playing old games with new technology, argues Textfile's Jason Scott, is they're Continue reading…

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  South Korea's volunteer army wages war against internet porn

  By Amar Toor on December 10, 2012 02:58 am + 34 comments

  In South Korea, volunteers known as "Nuri Cops" are waging what might be the most futile war Continue reading…

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  An inside look at the Criterion Collection's cover design for 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'

  By Adi Robertson on December 9, 2012 09:40 am + 6 comments

  The Criterion Collection is responsible for selecting and packaging notable films, but how does it Continue reading…

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  How the controversial box art of 'Bioshock Infinite' was made

  By Kimber Streams on December 8, 2012 05:12 pm + 59 comments

  After box art for the highly-anticipated BioShock Infinite was unveiled just last week, fans of the Continue reading…

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  How the FBI nabbed Jeremy Hammond, Anonymous member and radical anarchist

  By Amar Toor on December 8, 2012 01:25 pm + 188 comments

  In a recent piece for Rolling Stone, Janet Reitman recounts the tumultuous story of Jeremy Hammond Continue reading…

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  This 1983 Radio Shack catalog is a peek into computing's past

  By Bryan Bishop on December 8, 2012 12:36 am + 35 comments

  There's nothing quite like looking at a decades-old catalog to remind us how far we've come in the Continue reading…