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Today Disney and LucasFilm announced that the next Star Wars film, Star Wars: Episode VII, will be released on December 18, 2015. The new film…

After the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge was damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, repair workers installed a steel mascot and protector on the eastern…

In this fascinating blog post, neuroscience researcher Steven Miller uses the power of science to determine the best time to have coffee. According to Miller,…

Contrary to the stereotype, Funny or Die demonstrates that not all British accents are sexy in this video. video and image via Funny or Die

To celebrate American Archive Month in October, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has released beautiful photos and descriptions of eight celestial objects stored in the Chandra…

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have created a new robot that plays Rock-paper-scissors and wins every time. Of course, the robot’s cheating. It uses…

This aluminum set of Tetris Cookie Cutters features all seven of the classic video game shapes. Bake them, stack them and then eat them! The…

Early Wednesday morning the San Francisco scanning center for the Internet Archive was damaged in a fire. The scanning center is adjacent to the Archive’s…

“BEAUTY OF MATHEMATICS” is a fascinating short video that reveals the math behind everyday things like coffee, trees, and snowflakes through a triptych format: we…

In this video, Kotaku’s Chris Person speaks with New York Public Library digital archivist Don Mennerich about the unfinished video games of psychedelic drug researcher…