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Friedkin Returns

from The Guardian William Friedkin: ‘You don’t know a damn thing, and neither do I’ By Charles Bramesco The Exorcist director returns to his demonic roots with a new documentary, but he’s not interested in discussing your skepticism A video clip featuring William Friedkin recently experienced a small level of virality among online film circles, […]

Worms On The Moon

from The Telegraph China plans to grow flowers and silkworms on the dark side of the moon by Neil Connor China hopes to create a ‘mini biosphere’ on the dark side of the Moon, with flowers and silkworms sustaining each other as they grow on the lifeless lunar surface. The unprecedented plan to create life in […]

Miloš Forman Gone

from The LA Times Miloš Forman, Oscar-winning Czech director of ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,’ dies at 86 By GINA PICCALO Miloš Forman came of age as a filmmaker under the watchful eyes of the Soviets in postwar Czechoslovakia. And though he blossomed in exile in 1970s America, his memory of totalitarianism would forever […]

What Exactly Happened To The Phuds?

from The New York Times Never Solved, a College Dorm Fire Has Become One Man’s Obsession The 1967 blaze at Cornell University killed 9, including members of a fast-track Ph.D. program. No one was ever charged, but an amateur investigator thinks he knows who set it. By N. R. Kleinfield Students awoke to what they […]

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All Hail HAL!

from The New York Times What ‘2001’ Got Right By Michael Benson FRANKFURT, Germany — It’s a testament to the lasting influence of Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke’s film “2001: A Space Odyssey,” which turns 50 this week, that the disc-shaped card commemorating the German Film Museum’s new exhibition on the film is wordless, […]

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The Sky Is Falling Sometime In The Next Few Weeks

from The Guardian China’s Tiangong-1 space station will crash to Earth within weeks Experts say it is impossible to plot where module will re-enter the atmosphere, but the chance is higher in parts of Europe, US, Australia and New Zealand by Bonnie Malkin The Tiangong-1 space station, which is expected to come crashing to earth within […]

Sandwiches Top Cause of Global Warming

from New Atlas Is the humble sandwich a climate change culprit? by David Szondy Sandwiches have a surprisingly large carbon footprint(Credit: Taden1/Depositphotos) Scientists at the University of Manchester have found a surprising global warming culprit – sandwiches. In the first study of its kind, the researchers carried out an in-depth audit of various sandwiches throughout […]

Geeks On Acid

from The Miami Herald LSD is ‘harmonizing’ for the brain — and can change your personality for years, studies find BY JOSH MAGNESS Two recently released studies show how LSD can affect the brain. Wikimedia Commons Your brain on LSD is kind of like jazz improvisation. That’s according to Selen Atasoy, a research fellow at […]