Thursday, June 19, 2014

Mystery Untangled

How A Seemingly Impossible Game Is Possible, Every Character From 'Orange Is The New Black' As They Appear On 'Law And Order', When God Invites You Over To Use His Swimming Pool, Physicists Finally Explain Why Your Earphones Are Always Tangled, The Board Game Of The Alpha Nerds, We Still Don't Know How Strong Gravity Is
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THE INFINITE WORLDS OF 'NO MAN'S SKY'
How A Seemingly Impossible Game Is Possible
kotaku.com
If there's one comment louder than all the praise that "No Man's Sky" has been getting, it's got to be something along the lines of, "Wow, how is that even possible?"
LAW AND ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
Every Character From 'Orange Is The New Black' As They Appear On 'Law And Order'
autostraddle.com
Once upon a time, there was a magical world called New York City in the '90s. To supplement their income, or just to boost their careers, many actors took bit roles on a glorious long-running television show called "Law and Order." And now all those actors are on "Orange Is The New Black."
AHH! AHHHHHHHHH!
When God Invites You Over To Use His Swimming Pool
digg.com
Now imagine that thing where you close one eye and pretend to smoosh people actually worked on slow-walking pedestrians.
THIS IS WHY SCIENCE EXISTS
Physicists Finally Explain Why Your Earphones Are Always Tangled
blogs.discovermagazine.com
There are few day-to-day events that send me into a rage as quickly as a pair of tangled earphones. As soon as I put them down, they somehow thread themselves into an unholy mess. And don't even think about putting them into your pocket or bag. So how do headphones (and other stringy objects) get so knotted in such a short time?
'RISK' IS FOR BETAS
The Board Game Of The Alpha Nerds
grantland.com
Before "Risk," before "Dungeons & Dragons," before "Magic: The Gathering," there was "Diplomacy." One writer enters international competition to play the world-conquering game that redefines what it means to be a geek (and a person).
NO ONE KNOWS THE ORIGINAL G
We Still Don't Know How Strong Gravity Is
arstechnica.com
There's little agreement among measures of Newton's G.
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THE BEAUTIFUL GAME
Image: A child holds a soccer ball during pick up game of barefoot soccer, in a muddy field in Natal, Brazil, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Natal is one of the host cities for the World Cup soccer tournament.
A child holds a soccer ball during pick up game of barefoot soccer, in a muddy field in Natal, Brazil, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Natal is one of the host cities for the World Cup soccer tournament. Credit: AP Photo/Petr David Josek
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