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    Nick Cave Planning New Bad Seeds Album for 2011

    In a recent interview with Spinner, Nick Cave revealed that his next project will be a new Bad Seeds record, out sometime next year….

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    Stop-Motion Video: Laura Marling - “The Needle and the...



    Stop-Motion Video: Laura Marling - “The Needle and the Damage Done”

    Not sure if this is an official video, but it’s fabulous nonetheless, and, hey, unofficial vids are giving the…

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    Super Sad Super Crunching

    Gary Shteyngart’s new novel, Super Sad True Love Story (more here), paints a compelling but amazingly bleak picture of a future ravaged by the twin evils of predictive analytics and texting….

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    Help Scientists Hunt for Exploding Stars

    A new crowdsourced science project uses thousands of human eyes to identify stars in their death throes. The first report shows that armchair astronomers can catch a new supernova just…

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    Is this the end of caffeine/alcohol drinks?

    A wall stacked with Four Loko alcoholic energy drinks is seen at a convenience store in Seattle last week. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) The party may be over for the makers of alcoholic energy drinks.

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    What generation do you belong to?

    Talkin bout your generation

    In this interactive, USA Today guesses your age, based on what influenced you as a teenager:

    The year you were born partly determines what generation you belong to, but so do your…

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    Ray Charles Foundation sues the singer's eldest son over book

    Ray Charles book You Don't Know Me The Ray Charles Foundation has filed a lawsuit charging the late soul singer’s eldest son, Ray Charles Robinson Jr., with copyright infringement stemming from the use of a photograph and…

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    QE2

    Several people have asked my opinion of the Federal Reserve’s new round of quantitative easing. In particular, some have noted that I did not sign the open letter by conservative economists…

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    Skull of a fetal dinosaur

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    Reader Keith took this shot at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. He’s not sure about the species, but digging around the AMNH website, I think it might be an…

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    12 Ancient Landmarks on Verge of Vanishing

     Picture of columns from a ruined church in Ukraine, with a recently renovated building in the background.

    A Haitian palace, a Swahili port town, and a Maya complex are among the ancient sites disappearing due to modern neglect, a new report says.



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    Crapgadgets anonymous

    A mouse in the shape of a gilded turtle? A human skull that doubles as an MP3 player? A USB-powered stapler that doubles as a USB hub? Those catastrophes, and many more thanks to people (more or less) like you.

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    [Disputable] $75,000 Is the "Perfect Salary for Happiness"

    Click here to read $75,000 Is the "Perfect Salary for Happiness"

    According to a study focusing on 450,000 Americans and how they evaluate their happiness, a salary of $75,000 a year is the magic number after which people’s day-to-day happiness nods off. 

    I am a little skeptical of the news myself. What do you think?

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    FAIL blog makes me so happy.

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    Space Food: The Best and Worst

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    Astronaut foods during the Gemini and Apollo programs were highly processed, because “low-residue” food meant fewer encounters with the dread fecal bag.

    I’ve had cotton candy once and it was pretty good, albeit a little crunchy. Can’t say the same would work for savory meals though.

    In the future, perhaps meals will be ingested via pills (or laser beams?!). Who knows…

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    Armor for Cats

    Is your cat ever really safe enough? For those warrior cats who need additional protection during their wartime pursuits, artist Jeff de Boer has created these stunning (and hilarious) …