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April Showers For Those Who Don't Like Getting Wet

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April Showers For Those Who Don't Like Getting Wet

April 19, 2010 • A Slovenian jazz choir turns syncopated claps and stomps into thunder and rain. This simple, but astonishing, a cappella feat gradually gives way to a song — actually a cover of the 80s hit "Africa" by the Californian rock band, Toto.

Celestial Music While U Wait

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Celestial Music While U Wait

April 12, 2010 • Pythagoras thought there was a heavenly chorus of sounds given off by the planets as they spun around in space. The only problem was ... no one could hear them! 2600 years later, a British design team imagines what that celestial choir sounds like.

More Than One Universe? Bring 'Em On!

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More Than One Universe? Bring 'Em On!

April 6, 2010 • Imagine if the laws of nature not only allow the possibility of a universe different from ours, but also maybe three, or twenty, or a gazillion universes. Illustrator Sam Molleur did.

Genetics Made Very, Very Simple

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Genetics Made Very, Very Simple

March 9, 2010 • If this photo were a genetics lesson, could you spot what's wrong?

Your Neighborhood Oscars

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Your Neighborhood Oscars

March 5, 2010 • Wanna know what movies might get your neighbor's vote? A New York Times interactive has a breakdown of top Netflix rentals by ZIP code.

Creatures From A Distant Planet?

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Creatures From A Distant Planet?

March 3, 2010 • Right here, right where we live, are creatures so extraordinarily spooky, in landscapes so deeply strange, they might as well be on the Planet Zantar.

What Is That?

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What Is That?

March 2, 2010 • This satellite view of 2,600 acres in Tucson, Ariz., lays bare the soul of an artist in an unlikely place.

A 'Will You Be My Valentine?' From Hell

Malaka Gharib

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A 'Will You Be My Valentine?' From Hell

February 12, 2010 • No roses, no candy, no kisses. For those of you who like your Valentine Days upside down, here is the ultimate UN-valentine: a beautiful seductress who isn't what she seems. In fact, she isn't a she. She's a trick.

Crayons And Choice: A Headache In 120 Colors

Christian Faur

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Crayons And Choice: A Headache In 120 Colors

January 26, 2010 • It's hard to make choices because our brains get tired, and yet we have more and more and more choices all the time. For example, how are we supposed to choose from 120 different crayon color options?

Time Travel On The Cheap

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Time Travel On The Cheap

January 21, 2010 • Have you ever wished you could time travel? Now you can! Kind of.

Suppose The Earth Got Saturn's Rings ...

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Suppose The Earth Got Saturn's Rings ...

January 20, 2010 • Ever wonder what the Earth would look like with Saturn's rings? Animator Roy Prol shows us in this YouTube video.

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