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Astronomers Discover Seven Potentially Habitable Earth-Size Exoplanets Around a Nearby Dwarf Star
NASA has announced the discovery of seven potentially habitable Earth-size exoplanets around the ultra-cool red dwarf TRAPPIST-1, the most ever discovered around a single star.…
Service Pairing Screenwriters With Real Scientists for Better Science Representation in Film and TV
Vox profiles the Science and Entertainment Exchange, a service that pairs Hollywood screenwriters with real scientists and engineers to help them better and more accurately…
A Look at How Industrial Light & Magic Digitally Recreated Grand Moff Tarkin for Rogue One
Industrial Light & Magic has released a fascinating behind the scenes look at how they digitally recreated the ruthless Death Star commander Grand Moff Tarkin…
John Cleese Hilariously Insults Taylor Swift’s Lovely Scottish Fold Cat on the Graham Norton Show
John Cleese, Taylor Swift and cricket player Kevin Pietersen got on to the subject of cats while appearing on The Graham Norton Show in 2014.…
Julie Andrews Teaches a Group of Young Puppets About the Performing Arts in ‘Julie’s Greenroom’
Julie Andrews and celebrity guests like Alec Baldwin, Ellie Kemper, and Josh Groban teach a group of young puppets about the performing arts in the…
Oddly Mesmerizing Closeup Footage of a Pensive Prairie Dog Munching on a Yummy Stalk of Broccoli
A rather pensive, but hungry black-tailed prairie dog at the Twycross Zoo in in Atherstone, Warwickshire UK munched away on a stalk of broccoli and…
A Beautiful Bornean Orangutan Enjoys Snacking on Tree Branches at the Houston Zoo
A beautiful wide-cheeked 31-year old Bornean Orangutan named Pumpkin casually sauntered across the lawn at the Houston Zoo and began snacking on the innards of…
Seth Meyers Stars in ‘Oscar Bait’, A Movie That Caters to Tropes Prized by Academy Awards Voters
Seth Meyers is chasing award season honors with “Oscar Bait“, a movie that caters to all the tropes prized by Academy Awards voters. The trailer…
A Litter of Puppies Create a Furry Pinwheel As They Eat From the Same Bowl at the Same Time
An absolutely adorable litter of very hungry puppies gathered in anticipation of their incoming meal. Once the bowl was set down, the little canines began…
edges2cats, An Online Tool That Uses a Computer Neural Network to Generate Images of Cats
edges2cats uses a computer neural network trained on stock images of cats to turn simple line drawings into photorealistic feline images. The tool does an…