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  How the sights and sounds of 'The Avengers' were made

  By Andrew Webster on May 9, 2012 03:08 pm + 9 comments

  If the 143 minute runtime of The Avengers wasn't enough to satiate your appetite for the superhero Continue reading…

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  Kepler Spacecraft's data visualized: an interactive exploration of Earth-like exoplanets

  By Evan Rodgers on May 9, 2012 02:10 pm + 2 comments

  Data visualization artist Jer Thorp has teamed up with Oblong Industries to create an interactive, Continue reading…

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  How the success of 'FarmVille' forced Zynga to build its own data centers

  By Andrew Webster on May 9, 2012 12:33 pm + 1 comments

  Prior to the launch of FarmVille in 2009, Zynga didn't have much trouble when it came to its IT Continue reading…

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  Surfaces wants to turn your entire living room wall into a television

  By Andrew Webster on May 9, 2012 09:57 am + 11 comments

  Television sets keep getting bigger, but for the folks at NDS they just aren't big enough — so Continue reading…

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  What if 'the man who declared war on gravity' had won?

  By Adi Robertson on May 9, 2012 08:42 am + 16 comments

  Like many other wealthy businessmen, early Twentieth Century entrepreneur Roger Babson wanted to use Continue reading…

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  Inside OpenLeaks: the WikiLeaks defectors working on 'the future of whistleblowing'

  By Sam Byford on May 9, 2012 05:02 am + 1 comments

  OpenLeaks is an organization that seeks to achieve the same ends as WikiLeaks by different means. It Continue reading…

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  The scientists who want to reverse global warming

  By Adi Robertson on May 8, 2012 05:02 pm + 69 comments

  Despite the continuing political controversy over anthropogenic climate change, scientists worldwide Continue reading…

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  Future Mars expedition gear tested in icy Austrian cave

  By Andrew Webster on May 8, 2012 04:09 pm + 2 comments

  A group of scientists recently took to an icy cave in Austria in order to test equipment that could Continue reading…

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  '______.jpg': a series of 125 ceramic JPEG icons

  By Adi Robertson on May 8, 2012 03:07 pm + 22 comments

  The ubiquitous Apple Preview JPEG icon is symbolic computer shorthand for an image, but artist Alan Continue reading…

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  Watch this 1950s short film explain the first accurate atomic clock

  By Adi Robertson on May 8, 2012 09:46 am + 24 comments

  We've had atomic clocks for so long that we take them for granted, putting them into preamps and Continue reading…