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Before Directing ‘District 9,’ Neill Blomkamp Illustrated For Popular Science

Now, Neill Blomkamp is the acclaimed director of sci-fi flick District 9 and the upcoming Elysium. But not so long ago he was also an artist at visual effects firm The Embassy, which contributed illustrations to Popular Science...
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Director Neill Blomkamp’s Illustrations For Popular Science

Blomkamp created the November 2003 cover of Popular Science, which celebrated the 100th anniversary of flight by taking a look even further into the future. You can see the whole issue here. Article source: http://feeds.popsci....
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The World’s Only Known White Gorilla Was The Result Of Incest

Snowflake, the long-lived gorilla who died in 2003, was famous for being the only known albino gorilla. He became a wildly popular attraction at the Barcelona Zoo in Spain, where he lived almost his entire life, becoming almost...
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Excerpt From ’2312′

Prologue The sun is always just about to rise. Mercury rotates so slowly that you can walk fast enough over its rocky surface to stay ahead of the dawn; and so many people do. Many have made this a way of life. They walk roughl...
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Kids With Autism May Not Enjoy The Sound Of The Human Voice

The causes, symptoms, and effects of autism are some of the most puzzling mysteries in all of psychology and neuroscience, but researchers at Stanford University may have connected a few of the dots. They dove deep into the bra...
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Common Sweetener Could Help Treat Parkinson’s Disease

A sweetener produced by most plants could hold the key to treating Parkinson’s disease, a recent paper in the Journal of Biological Chemistry asserts. Mannitol, a sugar alcohol found in plants and fungi, is used as a swee...
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What Mice Do When You’re Not Looking

Turns out Americans aren’t the only ones getting spied on lately. By hooking up groups of mice with precise trackers, researchers have gotten a closer look at how societies form. At least in mice, the answer is: fast. Wei...
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The Difference Between A Geek And A Nerd [Infographic]

Are you a geek or a nerd? Because they’re not quite the same. (It’s okay to admit which one you are, by the way! Popular Science is a safe place.) Burr Settles at SlackPropagation broke down the difference by using ...
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Aww: Watch A Robotic Cheetah-Cub Run

A mechanical cheetah cub joins the Noah’s Ark that has captivated robotics in recent years. Today Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL)’s Biorobotics Laboratory (Biorob) published a study detailing experiments...
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