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Sushi News Roll: Microsoft Ditches Points, New Fuse Trailer + More
Let’s grab a giant platter of sushi news and bite down on the best pieces of content to hit the web on Thursday, May 16th, 2013.
Technology
Technology
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Baby Gives Parents ‘The Bird’ in This Ultrasound Prank
5 days ago All parents can relate to the joy of going to the doctor for their first ultrasound. Some parents just want to see the progress of the unborn child; some want to see the sex of the baby. What the parents in this video never thought they'd see is their baby waving at them and giving them the middle finger.
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Astronaut Performs First Cover of ‘Space Oddity’ from Space
As good as David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' is, it's still rather surreal watching someone perform it from space.
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5 Things You Can Do For Your Tech-Challenged Mom on Mother’s Day
Oh, moms. A generation of "digital immigrants," our moms have a real love/hate relationship with technology. While most moms we know love their iPads/Kindles/iPhones/weird off-brand tablets, they also seem to have a very hard time figuring them out, and have a tendency to get overwhelmed by tech problems.
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Mars One Project Seeks Applicants to Live on the Red Planet Forever
3 weeks ago If you are over the age of 18, and want to spend the rest of your life on Mars, then you may be in luck. A Netherlands based nonprofit organization called Mars One, is now taking applications to send 4 lucky people to mars - forever. Seriously.
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NASA to Pay an Absolutely Ridiculous $70 Million Per Seat to Fly to the International Space Station
Hitching a ride usually only costs some gas and toll money.
But you’ll have to dig really deep into your pockets for a ride into orbit.
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Abilene’s Morgan Jones Planetarium Offers Fun and Education For Everyone
3 weeks ago Did you know Abilene has a Planetarium? If you have elementary aged kids then you might; but did you know it's also open to the public? Only a handful of planetariums exist in Texas so this is a treat for Abilene. You don't have to be on a school 'field trip' in order to visit the planetarium either. It's very inexpensive and a great learning experience for the young and old.
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Tennessee Football Using Drone To Film Practices
The University of Tennessee football team could be a lot more dangerous this fall. The Volunteers and new head coach Butch Jones have a drone. For now, Tennessee claims it's just using the hovering drone to record different angles of pla
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Keychain-Friendly Micro Charger Provides Emergency Power For Your Phone
Is there anything as panic-inducing as when your cell phone battery starts giving you warnings that it's about to, gulp, DIE? Enter the Fuel Micro Charger, a tiny cell phone power source that's like Viagra for your phone.
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Urine-Powered Video Games Coming to Minor League Park
Interested in pissing away your summer? Head to a Lehigh Valley IronPigs game.
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Band Together — Free App of the Day
According to Duane Stinnett, Art Director on Starcraft and Diablo, Band Together is like Little Big Planet meets Lemmings. He couldn't be more on target with that combination. That's reason enough for us to make Band Together today's Free App of the Day!
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Funny Tweets By Parents the Week of March 18
Parents + Internet = Awesome. Don't believe us? Check out some of the funniest things tweeted by parents this week, including Melissa Joan Hart's son's funny incident with childproof medicine bottles and Jim Gaffigan's vow regarding kids and restaurants: