Now that the Voyager 1 space probe has officially left the solar system, it would be nice to know where it is, exactly, in the large scheme of things. This crafty map will help.
    
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13 Sep 17:43
A map of our solar system that puts it into proper perspective
by George Dvorsky
JmicalThis solves a question I've had, which is whether the heliopause existed before or after the Oort cloud. Yes, these are the things I think about.
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12 Sep 19:55
James Gunn says we can still "save the world through science fiction"
by Charlie Jane Anders
Author and science fiction scholar James Gunn has a new book out, Transcendental. And he gave a fantastic interview to SFSignal, in which he talks about the history of the genre. Including the never-ending battle between optimism and pessimism in science fiction.
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12 Sep 16:13
Do Not Link Links to Crappy Web Sites Without Improving Google Results
by Thorin Klosowski
We're all aware that every time you link to a web site, you inevitably push it up in search engine rankings. Over time, that means a site will appear at the top of a Google search result. Sometimes you want to link to those sites without helping them boost their search results. Do Not Link is a service for just that.
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12 Sep 16:04
JK Rowling Is Making More Harry Potter, Because Of Course She Is
by Jason Schreier
Did you really expect the Harry Potter movies to end at eight? JK Rowling has just announced that she's launching another franchise in the world of Harry Potter, and although it won't feature the scarred wizard, it will be transmedia: films, video games, the works.
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11 Sep 19:54
Don't Do Research When You Hit Your Writing Groove
by Eric Ravenscraft
Whether you're writing a research paper, a lengthy email, or TPS report, it's easy to get side tracked by a quick Google search to confirm that one detail you need. When that urge comes up, don't give in.
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11 Sep 17:39
Vintage NASA animations make us long for a fully funded space program
by Robert T. Gonzalez
From NASA's 1977 Aeronautics and Space Report comes this retro-tastic animation of the Agency's logo in spiral.
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11 Sep 15:55
Jurassic Park IV renamed Jurassic World, and it's coming in June 2015
by Charlie Jane Anders
JmicalYES CANNOT WAIT
As if summer 2015 wasn't already looking overloaded with huge movies, now there's one more. The fourth Jurassic Park movie, now titled Jurassic World, is coming out June 12, 2015. Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed) is officially directing from a script he co-wrote with Safety co-writer Derek Connolly.
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11 Sep 15:53
How To Clean Your Control Pads
by Luke Plunkett
I know you use control pads, and I know damn well you never clean them. Nobody does. Which is disgusting, so I'm here to try and convince you to change your disgusting ways.
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11 Sep 15:49
Perhaps The Corniest Game Trailer Of All Time
by Luke Plunkett
Hokey PC adventure series Tex Murphy is coming back with Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure (its Kickstarter having hit its mark), and it's celebrating with this trailer that is, well, a triumph. Of corn.
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11 Sep 15:34
A translucent snail has been found in one of the world's deepest caves
by George Dvorsky
Scientists working in the Lukina Jama–Trojama cave in Croatia — one of the 20 deepest cave systems in the world — have unearthed a completely new species of snail that's adorned with a beautifully shaped, dome-like translucent shell.
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10 Sep 16:16
How is the sequester affecting science in America?
by Robert T. Gonzalez and Joseph Bennington-Castro
The Federal Government's budget sequester has left the nation's science and technology funding at its lowest in years. As predicted, labs are ditching projects and scientists; researchers are looking overseas for jobs and funding; health initiatives are being hamstrung; and federal agencies across the board are floundering. Here's what you need to know about the state of science in America.
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10 Sep 15:55
Oh Look. Another Gorgeous Indie Game On The PS4.
by Luke Plunkett
Pavilion is a game that, having been first announced last year for phones and PC, will now be making the jump to Sony's PS4 (and Vita!) "sometime next year".
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09 Sep 20:25
Don't Fight Your Coworker's Battles if You Want to Enjoy Your Job
by Adam Dachis
We know we need to pick our battles, but sometimes we feel like we need to pick some on behalf of others as well. While you might feel like you're supporting a co-worker, you'll probably just make yourself hate where you work.
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09 Sep 16:13
Ancient Roman coins depict sundry sexual acts, but what were they for?
by Robert T. Gonzalez
The Romans loved sex. The wrote graphic poetry about it, and scrawled x-rated graffiti on their city walls. They even emblazoned currency with depictions of sexual acts. But what purpose did this coinage serve? Fair warning: numismatic pornography after the jump – potentially NSFW.
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09 Sep 16:02
Dear Gabe: I Don’t Hate You, but We Need to Talk
by Rosie
Trigger warning for discussion of rape. Dear Gabe, I’m going to write this letter as though you’re a friend, because that’s how I used to think of Penny Arcade—people on the Internet who got what it was to be a gamer and a misfit geek. Who got what it was like to be me. People […]
09 Sep 15:59
We've seen Gravity and it's even better than we'd hoped
by Meredith Woerner
JmicalFucking SOLD.
We've seen Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity and it is one of the best space films we have seen in ages. One part giant showcase of the cosmos and one part a deeply harrowing action thriller, Gravity is about to show Hollywood what a real white-knuckled audience looks like. And here is our spoiler-free first impression of the film.
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09 Sep 15:47
Spirit Deletes Time-Sensitive Tweets with a Simple Hashtag
by Shep McAllister
Some tweets just aren't meant to last forever. If you're posting something that won't be relevant after a certain period of time, Spirit can delete it from your account just by adding a hashtag.
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09 Sep 15:41
Xbox Music Syncs Libraries Across Platforms, Streams Free on the Web
by Eric Ravenscraft
Android/iOS/Windows/Web: Today, Microsoft announced brand new Android and iOS apps for its Xbox Music service available to subscription customers. With the simultaneous addition of the top two mobile platforms, Xbox Music joins the big dogs of music streaming.
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06 Sep 21:10
Meet the mysterious men behind Oklahoma's monument to Azathoth
by Rob Bricken
Eric Piper and J. David Osborne aren't cultists (that we know of), by they did build a 300-lb. monument to the dark Lovecraftian god Azathoth and left it on the lawn of the unsuspecting Paseo Grill in Oklahoma City two weeks ago. Curious whether this was some kind of art project or a sign of the end times in which humanity will descend into gibbering madness, we decided to get the answers straight from Piper and Osborne themselves.
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06 Sep 17:28
Was Jodorowsky's Dune the most ahead-of-its-time movie ever?
by Charlie Jane Anders
Alejandro Jodorowsky's never-made movie version of Dune is one of the great might-have-beens in science fiction history — featuring designs from some of the greatest artists and an appearance by Salvador Dali. Here's your exclusive first glimpse at the long-awaited documentary about this lost film.
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06 Sep 17:24
Assassin's Creed IV Is The Most Tropical Game Since Monkey Island
by Luke Plunkett
You know what I loved most about the first two Monkey Island games? The art style and colour palette were so damn sunny. Other games, like Far Cry, have tried to do the same, but they never felt like a summer's breeze in quite the way Monkey Island (and particularly Monkey Island 2) did.
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06 Sep 16:53
Watch a solar eclipse from the surface of another planet
by George Dvorsky
NASA's Curiosity rover recently turned its camera skywards to catch a glimpse of Phobos as it passed directly in front of the Sun.
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05 Sep 22:37
Astronomers say this Super Earth could have oceans of water
by Robert T. Gonzalez
At just 40 light years from Earth, Gliese 1214b is one of the nearest Super-Earths we've discovered in our search for planets beyond the solar system. Now, a team of Japanese researchers say it could well be an "ocean world," abundant in good old H2O.
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05 Sep 19:10
Sir Ian McKellen is your newest (and oldest) Sherlock Holmes
by Rob Bricken
Ian McKellan will reteam with his Gods and Monsters director Bill Condon for A Slight Trick of the Mind, in which McKellen will play the retired detective Sherlock Holmes. Based on a novel by Mitch Cullin, Holmes must solve his greatest mystery of his career without Watson, and with declining mental faculties.
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05 Sep 16:59
Holy Cow, It's Star Trek's USS Voyager, Recreated In Minecraft
by Patricia Hernandez
The things people manage to do in Minecraft never cease to amaze—case in point, this fantastic Star Trek creation by Maravrin—which used original deck plans such that the ship is at a 1:1 scale.
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05 Sep 16:50
A deeply unsettling horror-adventure game makes a return.
by András Neltz
A deeply unsettling horror-adventure game makes a return. I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, the '95 point-and-click adventure based on the sci-fi short story of the same name, is once again available via GOG. It's one of Kotaku's must-play classic PC games, so you might wanna take a look—but prepare to be depressed.
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04 Sep 22:47
CloudConvert Converts Almost Any File Type Between Formats
by Thorin Klosowski
Converting files between formats is never a fun thing to do. When you're working on different systems, it's a pain to do, and you often need a ton of software. CloudConvert is a web app that can convert 140 different file types.
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04 Sep 21:06
Here's what third-century China thought about the Roman Empire
by Rob Bricken
Third-century China got around the ancient world. They even made it to the Roman Empire, and wrote down their thoughts on these strange foreigners in the Weilüe, a third-century C.E. account of the interactions between the two nations. Here's what China had to say about their imperial neighbors!
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04 Sep 19:29
State-by-state map of America’s filthy pron searches
State-by-state map of America’s filthy pron searches
04 Sep 15:48
Map of the entire Internet - December 1969
Map of the entire Internet - December...
Map of the entire Internet - December 1969
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More maps of the evolution of the early internet (or ARPANET, if you prefer) here