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How the Soviets Drilled the Deepest Hole in the World view story
26 votes- Submitted by oldmanmiller
- 12 days ago
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- Became popular 12 days ago
In the Cold War '60s, as the space race heated up, another race began: to the center of the earth. Well, perhaps the Soviets and Americans couldn't drill quite that deep, but they could try to get to the so-called Moho, more formally the Mohorovicic Di
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I'm sorry, guys. Global Warming is my fault. It all happened when I travelled to the USA... view story
47 votes- Submitted by cGt2099
- 17 days ago
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- Became popular 17 days ago
Every time an Australian boards one of those big Qantas 747s they're doing enormous damage to the environment. Australia is not only an island, it's an island in the middle of nowhere. With such remoteness, are Aussie travel junkies destroying the earth?
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Mouse Brain a Miracle of Design view story
75 votes- Submitted by windows
- 19 days ago
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- Became popular 19 days ago
Every so often, Mother Nature passes along a gentle reminder of her genius. To wit: of the 128 billion synapses used to connect the 16 million neurons of an average mouse brain, about 100 are needed to convey to the animal a sense of its own speed.
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Are You Famous? view story
18 votes- Submitted by thattalldude
- about 1 month ago
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- Became popular about 1 month ago
Are you a popular person online? Generate your score and find out just how well known you are!
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The 10 Real Reasons Why Geeks Make Better Lovers view story
48 votes- Submitted by cGt2099
- about 1 month ago
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- Became popular about 1 month ago
Geeks really do make the best lovers, for reasons that have nothing to do with adolescent ostracism or puppy-like devotion.
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Comics, Superhero Flicks Whip Up a Cultural Superstorm view story
49 votes- Submitted by cGt2099
- about 1 month ago
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- Became popular about 1 month ago
Think this summer was overloaded with superhero movies? You ain't seen nothing yet. Thanks to advances in CGI and comic books' ready-for-the-big-screen stories, superhero stories are all the rage in Hollywood...
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NASCAR - Is it Still Stock Car Racing? | Alex Meshkin view story
1 vote- Submitted by lknrockstar
- about 1 month ago
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- Became popular about 1 month ago
On Friday, Wired published an article titled - The Car of Tomorrow Has an Extension Cord – This discussion further demonstrates the continued divide between NASCAR and all automakers.
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'The Dark Knight' -- 'Where Does He Get Those Wonderful Toys?' view story
48 votes- Submitted by cGt2099
- about 1 month ago
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- Became popular about 1 month ago
Batman is just a gadget geek at heart. A very, very wealthy gadget geek. But until recently, he's employed some tech that's, well, pretty unbelievable. Ice skates popping out of boots? Come on! Not so in The Dark Knight.
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Hacker Fined After Attack on U. of Pennsylvania Computers view story
41 votes- Submitted by cGt2099
- about 1 month ago
- (http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/...)
- Became popular about 1 month ago
He hacked them? Of course he did, this dude's middle name is THOR. That's one bad motherfucker right there
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Water, Water Everywhere on Mars | Wired Science from Wired.com view story
52 votes- Submitted by cGt2099
- about 1 month ago
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- Became popular about 1 month ago
The red planet was once awash in water, say scientists -- not boiling water, but benign seas that may have been suitable for life. There was apparently pervasive water present

