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MIT Researcher: Sex Robots May Sell In-App Purchases During Intercourse
Just imagine the targeted ads you’ll start getting. Read more at Futurism…
Soviet TV version of Lord of the Rings rediscovered after 30 years
Film posted on YouTube delights fans with its rudimentary sets and ludicrous special effects. Read more…
NASA Officials Are Worried That Pirates Will Steal the James Webb Telescope
“Why would you announce that you’re going to be shipping on a certain day something that…
Scientists Have Unlocked the Secrets of the Ancient ‘Antikythera Mechanism’
A digital model has revealed a complex planetarium on the ancient device’s face. “Unless it’s from…
Fukushima’s tragic legacy—radioactive soil, ongoing leaks, and unanswered questions
The ripple effects from one of the world’s worst nuclear catastrophes continue after a decade, with…
This Inmate Used Solitary Confinement to Learn Math. Now He’s Solving the World’s Hardest Equations
In 2010, Christopher Havens was sentenced to 25 years for murder. In 2020, his work in…
After 51 years, the Zodiac Killer’s cipher has been solved by amateur code breakers
More than 50 years after the so-called Zodiac Killer first began terrorizing the streets of Northern…
Ancient humans may have hibernated to survive brutal glacial winters
Signs of disease in the bones of hominins who lived in glacial Europe half a million…
How ’90s porn led to the internet’s foundational law
In a collaboration with Retro Report, Open Sourced by Vox looks at how today’s heated political…
Dave Prowse: Darth Vader actor dies aged 85
The former bodybuilder was also given an MBE for his long-running role as the Green Cross…