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This incredible image was captured using a scanning electron microscope. It's been colorized to provide contrast, but this is actually what it would look like if you balanced one red blood cell on a pin. Amazing.

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Earth is a vast and incredible place, especially when a falcon unknowingly picks up a camera disguised as an egg and then flies over a rockhopper penguin colony.

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In 1988, two fans of Star Trek: The Next Generation broke onto the Paramount lot and wandered through the Enterprise sets, filming a homemade documentary as they went along. They also caused a little accidental mayhem along the way.

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A mysterious rock suddenly appeared in front of the Opportunity rover's cameras on Mars, puzzling scientists who describe the rock as both "a total surprise" and "about the size of a jelly donut."

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Never, ever forget: the Silicon Valley insider crowd is exempt from the rules and norms of the rest of the citizenry. TechCrunch excitedly reports on a new app called "Fixed," which will help San Franciscans automatically kill parking tickets, whether or not they deserve it.

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The largest alien in an Alien video game is in Alien: Isolation, and it's the only one you'll face in the upcoming survival horror game from Creative Assembly. This looks like one of those games that will kill me about eleventy-billion times during the course of finishing it. So, get used to seeing a lot of this.

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Interacting with others in the online horror game DayZ is essential to survival, but it doesn't always need to be serious. We've already seen quite a few examples where random accidents created hilarious moments. You only have to go through the user reviews of the game on Steam to see that a normal day in DayZ is not as serious as intended, and it's actually quite messed up for everyone.

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What happens when a cat sneaks over and pees all over the precious manuscript that you've spent months of your life inscribing? If you're this 15th century monk, you leave a note cursing the cat and move on with your writing.

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He's gonna be sore tomorrow!

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What you are looking at is the word "butt," on television, unintentionally.

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Congratulations! You’ve survived the first two weeks of 2014; you should treat yourself. Indulge and buy a new t-shirt from WeLoveFine! They have several new Marvel designs to ring in the year, and you may need to add one or several of them to your t-shirt drawer. You can choose from designs featuring Deadpool (I adore the squirrel-riding style pictured above), Hawkeye, Galactus, Rogue and Gambit, and more.

Check out more new and shiny designs after the break.

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Apparently, the newest photo trend in the “Gal” subculture in Japan is not looking at the camera.

Gal women like to wear over the top, outrageous fashion that is pretty much the exact opposite of what’s considered proper for young Japanese woman. They tan, they have incredibly intricate nails and hair and they definitely go out of their way to make a fashion statement.

I kind of think they’re fabulous in that drag queen sort of way. I’m sure they put a lot of work into this look from what I can tell.

However, the whole shy camera thing is new and the Japanese media has dubbed it the “Face Down Pose”. However, we prefer Kotaku’s term “hair smiles”.

Check out more pics after the break.

(via Kotaku)

WeLoveFine has just announced the release of their Star Wars Tauntaun hoodie complete with a fully horned Tauntaun hood and blue lightsaber zipper-pull! But the best part? You can unzip it to reveal a lining covered in intestines.

Grab this one as fast as you can, they’re selling out quickly. More pictures after the break…

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A limited edition Titanfall Xbox One controller (that's it, pictured) will be available at the game's launch this March, Microsoft said this morning. It will cost $64.99.

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As a childless man, I have not had the pleasure of experiencing a video game truck — a giant mobile game trailer packed full of gaming consoles usually reserved for children's birthdays. Conan O'Brien on the other hand has, and points out how weird the concept is.

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Since at least 2008, the NSA has used a secret channel of radio waves transmitted from covertly installed computer hardware to monitor about 100,000 computers around the world, allowing the spy agency access to the computers even if they aren't connected to the internet.

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The greatest virtue of science is that it uses irrefutable facts, data, and evidence to force us to accept the harsh truths that we, flawed humanity, may wish to ignore. Like the fact that children are—scientifically speaking—small bundles of misery.

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A photojournalist was at the right place at the right time to capture the worst possible outcome for a woman standing on the beach during a thunderstorm.

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Fuck gravity, i’m a cat!

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison after stabbing a man to death with a sword outside of an Austin pawn shop.

The Austin American-Statesman reports that a Travis County judge on Monday sentenced 37-year-old Thomas Brock in the May 2012 slaying of 57-year-old Luis Hernandez Vigil. Brock pleaded guilty to murder last week.

Brock told the court he understood the charges against him but that his life had been altered when he was taken before Satan at birth and replicated by a machine.

District Judge David Wahlberg had ruled that Brock knew right from wrong and was competent to stand trial. The judge said Brock seemed to be responding well to the structured environment while in custody and the effort to treat his mental health.

Meth fans in the Southwest: Do not be misled. Despite what your tweaked brain may be telling you, the blue meth you're buying was not actually made by Heisenberg or Jesse Pinkman. In fact, it's likely more dangerous than regular meth.

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Babies: They do the darndest things! Especially when they're the animatronic spawn of fake Satan.

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