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space
What Would Be Different About a Baby Born in Space?

Astronauts are usually pretty busy while they're off planet so there hasn't been a lot of time to, um, look into this stuff, but it's unclear whether humans can procreate in weightless conditions. Apparently, you can't just march into space like you own it and do whatever you want. Read More >>

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android
Google’s Android Started Out as a Camera OS

Andy Rubin, the now-departed former boss of Google's Android division, has revealed that the OS was initially developed to power digital cameras, before the slump in snapper sales encouraged his team to turn it into a mobile phone system. Read More >>

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smart watches
The Pebble SDK Is Out and Apps Aren’t Far Behind

The allure of having a smart watch like the Pebble is more than just having a watch with more display options: it's apps. Now, with the release of the Pebble SDK, the apps can start to flow. Read More >>

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photography
Carve Out a Place For Your Nostalgia with Custom-Made Wooden Photos

Nowadays, we take most of our photos digitally and they stay digital. Photo paper and bulky albums are dead. So if you are compelled to print you photos for some reason, you might as well try to make it interesting, like printing them as tactile wood relief with the Photocarver. Read More >>

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gaming
You’re Going to Have to Wait Till September for GTA V

I can hardly believe it, but this comes from the horse's mouth: Rockstar has just announced that we won't be seeing GTA V until September 17th -- four months later than planned. Say it aint so Rockstar? Seriously? We want it NOW! Read More >>

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science
Evolving Bigger Brains May Have Made Us Prone to Cancer

If it's not one thing, it's another: a new hypothesis floating around the scientific community suggests that evolving bigger brains and superior intellect may have led to a dramatically elevated risk of cancer in humans. Thanks, brain. Read More >>

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science
International Bad Boys Iran and North Korea Form Tech Development Superpower

Iran and North Korea have formed some sort of comic evil tech development alliance, deciding to work together in science, tech and engineering to help overcome their "common enemies." Read More >>

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apps
The Rise of the Childhood App Developer

Regardless of which app you're using on your phone, you probably never give a thought to who wrote the code behind it. If pushed, you'd probably guess that it was written by a recent graduate or established programmer—and not one of a new wave of childhood developers. Read More >>

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internet
Why Do Some Programming Languages Live and Others Die?

Google wants to change the way the world writes software. In recent years, the search giant has unveiled two new programming languages that seek to improve on some of the most widely used languages on the planet. Read More >>

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photography
ISO: the Biggest Change In Photography Over the Past Ten Years

We all know that the triumvirate of exposure are shutter speeds, aperture, and ISO. It's this dastardly trio that operates like security guards to photons, standing there, ear-piece in their ears, saying "Oi, if you're name's not down, you ain't coming in". Read More >>

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tv
TV For Toddlers is “Potentially Negative” and Definitely Not Positive

US monitoring body the American Academy of Pediatrics has updated its research on the effects of TV-watching on toddlers, concluding that there are "potentially negative effects and no known positive effects" from plonking baby down in front of the box. Read More >>