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By Brendan Scott
Tech

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Tech

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By Emiko Jozuka
Tech

Everybody Run: We’ve Created a Self-Aware Robot (But Also It’s Kind of Cute)

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By Adam Estes
Tech

RoboSlop: The Future of Automated Eateries Is Now

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Life

A Sunken Nuclear Submarine Is Leaking Radiation Into the Ocean. How Worried Should We Be?

Repairs or just outright cleanup would be expensive, extremely difficult, slow, and, of course, quite dangerous.

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By Luis Prada
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Life

A Fireball Dropped Meteorites Over Texas, and One Punched Through Someone’s Roof

The fallen meteorites sparked a city-wide trasure hunt.

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By Luis Prada
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Life

The Exact Number of Times You Can Clone a Clone Before Things Go Horribly Wrong

For all of its sci-fi promise, cloning, whether it be for agricultural or biotech, may have a ceiling.

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Give your relationship (or situationship) a spicy upgrade.

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Music

Sublime’s First Album in 30 Years Is on the Way and Drummer Bud Gaugh Told Us About It

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