The 25 Most Influential Movie Scenes of the Past 25 Years

The 25 Most Influential Movie Scenes of the Past 25 Years
While many of the last quarter-century's films have awed, inspired and offered up iconic entries into the cultural canon, only some — and particularly, only a few individual moments — have genuinely influenced how future films were made.

January 31, 2019 at 10:54PM
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What Is Wind Chill, And How Does It Affect The Human Body?

What Is Wind Chill, And How Does It Affect The Human Body?
While wind will not change the ambient temperature of the air, it will change the temperature of your body.

February 1, 2019 at 04:51AM
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Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps

Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps
Apple has now shut down Google's ability to distribute its internal iOS apps, following a similar shutdown that was issued to Facebook earlier this week.

February 1, 2019 at 02:49AM
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Here's An Illustration Of How Insanely Cold It Is In Chicago

Here's An Illustration Of How Insanely Cold It Is In Chicago
​How long does it take water to freeze solid on a pane of glass in -40°F windchill?

January 31, 2019 at 07:28PM
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Scientists Turn Birds Into Activity Trackers For The Sea

Scientists Turn Birds Into Activity Trackers For The Sea
This cheaper, easier way to map surface currents could be a boon to the renewable energy industry.

January 29, 2019 at 07:09AM
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The Biggest Ever Data Dump Just Hit A Colossal 2.2 Billion Accounts

The Biggest Ever Data Dump Just Hit A Colossal 2.2 Billion Accounts
Thought Collection #1 was big? Collection #2-5 just dwarfed it.

January 31, 2019 at 07:37PM
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Inside The Experiment That Could End Infertility

Inside The Experiment That Could End Infertility
In the future, we may be making eggs and sperm from our skin. A lot has to happen first.

January 31, 2019 at 06:59PM
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At Least 10 Dead As Temperatures Drop To Record-Breaking Lows

At Least 10 Dead As Temperatures Drop To Record-Breaking Lows
Chicago hasn't been alone in experiencing wild weather as a breakdown in the polar vortex brought the coldest air in a generation to several parts of the US and created dangerous and, at times, deadly conditions.

January 31, 2019 at 05:59PM
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Ending The Age Of Animal Cruelty

Ending The Age Of Animal Cruelty
Billions of animals die each year for our plates. What if they didn't have to?

January 30, 2019 at 01:00AM
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A Neuroscientist And A Therapist Get Their Brains 3D-Printed

A Neuroscientist And A Therapist Get Their Brains 3D-Printed
Now you can finally see what's going inside someone's head.

January 31, 2019 at 05:18PM
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The Case For Professors Of Stupidity

The Case For Professors Of Stupidity
Bertrand Russell's observation that "the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt" prefigured the scientific discovery of a cognitive bias — the Dunning–Kruger effect — that has been so resonant that it has penetrated popular culture.

January 31, 2019 at 11:00AM
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The Closeness Of Different Kinds Of Relationships Over Time, Visualized

The Closeness Of Different Kinds Of Relationships Over Time, Visualized
If there's one thing everyone can agree on about relationships, it's that they're complicated. Here's a perfect visual depiction of their complexity.

January 30, 2019 at 10:21PM
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Google's Also Peddling A Data Collector Through Apple's Back Door

Google's Also Peddling A Data Collector Through Apple's Back Door
It looks like Facebook is not the only one abusing Apple's system for distributing employee-only apps to sidestep the App Store and collect extensive data on users.

January 31, 2019 at 12:17AM
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Apple blocks Facebook from running its internal iOS apps

Apple blocks Facebook from running its internal iOS apps
The shutdown comes in response to news that Facebook has been using Apple's program for internal app distribution to track teenage customers with a "research" app.

January 30, 2019 at 09:58PM
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The British Antarctic Survey does the hard, cold work of Antarctic research, and we get to see the cool stuff, like a GoPro dropping 3000 feet into a borehole.

January 30, 2019 at 09:45PM
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How Much Prices Have Changed For Different Goods And Services Over The Last 20 Years, Graphed

How Much Prices Have Changed For Different Goods And Services Over The Last 20 Years, Graphed
This visualization really says a lot about why it's harder to get by today than it was in 1999.

January 30, 2019 at 03:19AM
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Robocallers blasted Americans with 26.3 billion spam calls last year

Robocallers blasted Americans with 26.3 billion spam calls last year
Spam monitoring service Hiya has been analyzing calls, and found that many people are just simply not picking up calls anymore.

January 30, 2019 at 07:05PM
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The Futuristic Art Of NASA

The Futuristic Art Of NASA
In 1975, scientists at NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, dreamt up ideas for habitats that could house human civilization in space. Rick Guidice was a freelance illustrator with a background in architecture when NASA tasked him with creating the artistic renderings.

January 30, 2019 at 04:26AM
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The All-American Nightmares of Jordan Peele

The All-American Nightmares of Jordan Peele
How do you top a movie that shook Hollywood? The auteur behind "Get Out" has a simple plan: Scare the hell out of you.

January 29, 2019 at 11:54PM
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Scientists Identify Key Neural Mechanisms Behind An LSD Trip

Scientists Identify Key Neural Mechanisms Behind An LSD Trip
LSD appears to cause information to disintegrate as it is passed through a neural circuit that determines how we process internal and external stimuli.

January 30, 2019 at 03:51PM
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A Security Company Cashed In On America's Wars — And Then Disappeared

A Security Company Cashed In On America's Wars — And Then Disappeared
Sabre International Security employed guards for the Canadian embassy in Kabul. When a bombing left many of them dead or wounded, the company vanished.

January 30, 2019 at 04:26AM
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Why Chinese Science Seems So Secretive – And How It May Be About To Change

Why Chinese Science Seems So Secretive – And How It May Be About To Change
China's recent scientific achievements — including its embryo gene-editing research and historic moon landing — appear to be surrounded by secrecy.

January 30, 2019 at 08:30AM
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My Crazy Kurdistan Road Trip

My Crazy Kurdistan Road Trip
The Kurdish region of Iraq is home to spectacular peaks, wild rivers and fiercely hospitable people, and it could be the Middle East's next big adventure tourism destination. But there's one small catch: it's still dangerous as hell.

January 30, 2019 at 06:24AM
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Neuroscientists Translate Brain Waves Into Recognizable Speech

Neuroscientists Translate Brain Waves Into Recognizable Speech
To devise such a speech neuroprosthesis, neuroscientist Nima Mesgarani and his colleagues combined recent advances in deep learning with speech synthesis technologies.

January 30, 2019 at 06:24AM
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Historian Confronts Historian Confronts The Super Wealthy At Davos: 'No One Raises The Real Issue Of Tax Avoidance' Wealthy At Davos:

Historian Confronts Historian Confronts The Super Wealthy At Davos: 'No One Raises The Real Issue Of Tax Avoidance' Wealthy At Davos:
"It feels like I'm at a firefighters conference and no one's allowed to speak about water."

January 29, 2019 at 09:19PM
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Police Investigating Report Of Horrifying Attack On 'Empire' Actor Jussie Smollett

Police Investigating Report Of Horrifying Attack On 'Empire' Actor Jussie Smollett
According to police, two people allegedly attacked Smollett and poured an unknown chemical substance on him, according to police. At some point, one of the offenders wrapped a rope around the man's neck before both offenders fled the scene, police said.

January 29, 2019 at 11:23PM
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Scientists Solve The Mystery Of Why The Northern And Southern Lights Don't Match

Scientists Solve The Mystery Of Why The Northern And Southern Lights Don't Match
A leading explanation for the different patterns seen in Earth's northern and southern auroras has been ruled out.

January 29, 2019 at 09:25PM
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How Dirty Air Could Be Affecting Our Gut Health

How Dirty Air Could Be Affecting Our Gut Health
As countries industrialize, their air becomes dirtier — and this could have some far-reaching effects on the beneficial bacteria inside us.

January 29, 2019 at 09:25PM
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After Hearing U.S. Veteran Had No Family, Huge Crowd Attends His Funeral In Texas

After Hearing U.S. Veteran Had No Family, Huge Crowd Attends His Funeral In Texas
Joseph Walker served in the US Air Force, and he died of natural causes in November at the age of 72. When the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery announced funeral plans for him last week, the facility said it didn't expect anyone other than staff members to be present.

January 29, 2019 at 08:05PM
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Can You Life-Hack Your Way To Love?

Can You Life-Hack Your Way To Love?
There's never been a shortage of dating advice from family, friends and self-help authors. Yet in the digital age, people are turning to nerdy hacker types as guides.

January 29, 2019 at 08:05PM
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Germs in Your Gut Are Talking to Your Brain. Scientists Want to Know What They’re Saying.

Germs in Your Gut Are Talking to Your Brain. Scientists Want to Know What They’re Saying.
The body's microbial community may influence the brain and behavior, perhaps even playing a role in dementia, autism and other disorders.

January 29, 2019 at 06:56PM
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3D Printing Could Give You A Better Pill To Swallow

3D Printing Could Give You A Better Pill To Swallow
Meet the scientists using 3D printers to deliver safer, more effective tablets for children.

January 29, 2019 at 05:48PM
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Scientists Drilled A Mile-Long Hole In The Antarctic Ice

Scientists Drilled A Mile-Long Hole In The Antarctic Ice
What's at the end of the hole could tell scientists what will happen to the continent over the next few decades.

January 29, 2019 at 12:05AM
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A Controversial Fertility Treatment Gets Its First Big Test

A Controversial Fertility Treatment Gets Its First Big Test
Although stalled in the US, a technique often called three-person IVF is gaining ground in Europe, where a pilot trial is now under way.

January 29, 2019 at 01:27PM
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A Brief History Of Rock Musicians Who Went Electronic

A Brief History Of Rock Musicians Who Went Electronic
From the Beatles to John Frusciante.

January 29, 2019 at 06:08AM
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Scientists Turn Birds Into Activity Trackers For The Sea

Scientists Turn Birds Into Activity Trackers For The Sea
This cheaper, easier way to map surface currents could be a boon to the renewable energy industry.

January 29, 2019 at 07:09AM
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Facebook's Desperate, Spammy Notifications Are Driving Us Nuts

Facebook's Desperate, Spammy Notifications Are Driving Us Nuts
A person's singular experience of notification fatigue may say more about them than you'd initially think. Maybe you'll recognize your own frustrations in one of our stories.

January 28, 2019 at 07:55PM
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South Korea Will Interview Thousands Of Athletes After Rape And Abuse Allegations

South Korea Will Interview Thousands Of Athletes After Rape And Abuse Allegations
South Korea's human rights commission is launching a sprawling investigation into sexual abuse and violence in sports, following multiple allegations that coaches mistreated and attacked athletes.

January 29, 2019 at 04:51AM
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Facebook Moves to Block Ad Transparency Tools — Including Ours

Facebook Moves to Block Ad Transparency Tools — Including Ours
A number of organizations, including ProPublica, have developed tools to let the public see exactly how Facebook users are being targeted by advertisers. Now, Facebook has quietly made changes to its site that stop those efforts.

January 29, 2019 at 04:51AM
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How police departments make millions by seizing property

How police departments make millions by seizing property
South Carolina police are systematically seizing cash and property — many times from people who aren't guilty of a crime — netting millions of dollars each year.

January 29, 2019 at 12:38AM
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A Nuclear Site Guard Accused Colleagues Of Sexual Assault. Then She Was Fired.

A Nuclear Site Guard Accused Colleagues Of Sexual Assault. Then She Was Fired.
As a guard at a nuclear facility in Nevada, Jennifer Glover endured months of harassment that she said culminated in a sexual assault

January 27, 2019 at 05:42AM
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Earth's Magnetic Field Almost Collapsed 565 Million Years Ago

Earth's Magnetic Field Almost Collapsed 565 Million Years Ago
Our planet's core probably started solidifying in the late Ediacaran period, which recharged the magnetic field in the nick of time.

January 29, 2019 at 02:14AM
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Lithium Is Powering The World — But At What Price?

Lithium Is Powering The World — But At What Price?
As demand soars for powerful batteries, Bolivia dreams of striking it rich by tapping its huge lithium deposit. But will its people benefit?

January 28, 2019 at 01:08AM
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Into The Dark

Into The Dark
The pool drill, the rock drill, the sedation drill. Everything is done. Everything but the thing that's never been done.

January 28, 2019 at 04:05AM
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Getting It Right

Getting It Right
Truth is neither absolute nor timeless. But the pursuit of truth remains at the heart of the scientific endeavor.

January 29, 2019 at 01:17AM
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Kid Who's Running Late For Class Makes The Perfect Last Minute Entry

Kid Who's Running Late For Class Makes The Perfect Last Minute Entry
Well, we generally discourage being late and recommend you be punctual, but how can you not love this kid's hustle.

January 28, 2019 at 07:40PM
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Inside The 30-Year Quest To Find A New State Of Matter

Inside The 30-Year Quest To Find A New State Of Matter
Physicist Paul J. Steinhardt talks about finding "forbidden" symmetries and digging for meteorites in remote Russia.

January 29, 2019 at 12:05AM
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Scientists Drilled A Mile-Long Hole In The Antarctic Ice

Scientists Drilled A Mile-Long Hole In The Antarctic Ice
What's at the end of the hole could tell scientists what will happen to the continent over the next few decades.

January 29, 2019 at 12:05AM
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Starcraft Is A Deep, Complicated War Strategy Game. Google's Alphastar AI Crushed It

Starcraft Is A Deep, Complicated War Strategy Game. Google's Alphastar AI Crushed It
DeepMind has conquered chess and 'Go' and moved on to complex real-time games. Now it's beating pro gamers 10-1.

January 27, 2019 at 10:06PM
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Midway Through First Term, Trump Is Not Meeting The Public's Modest Expectations For His Job Performance, Poll Finds

Midway Through First Term, Trump Is Not Meeting The Public's Modest Expectations For His Job Performance, Poll Finds
In his first two years in office, President Trump has largely underperformed the even modest expectations that Americans had for him as he took office in January 2017, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.

January 28, 2019 at 05:30PM
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