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"Twenty years ago today, the first full-length episode of The Simpsons -- known as The "Christmas Special" -- aired on television." - PolkaRobot

"Josh Keyes' witty paintings depict a kinder, gentler post-apocalyptic world, where humans have simply vanished, giving fish, fowl, and the occasional bear some elbow room." - PolkaRobot

"With Lost is coming up on its final season, artists have reflected on five years of bizarre characters, time travel, mystical occurrences, and a polar bear to create sixteen posters teasing out the key themes and moments from the series." - PolkaRobot

"so erklärt, dass es auch ein Fünfjähriger verstehen sollte" - PolkaRobot

"four promotional posters for the censored and modified Star Wars movies released in the Soviet Union" - PolkaRobot

Man sieht die scheiße aus. - PolkaRobot

"Superhuman intelligence and the technological singularity. A GOOD miniseries on the singularity" - PolkaRobot

"Astronomers have spotted the most Earth-like planet to date, a massive ocean world that probably has an atmosphere and — though it’s highly unlikely — may support life. And it needs a better name." - PolkaRobot

"What are the very best spaceships that have ever been dreamt up and designed to star at the center a sci-fi spectacle?" - PolkaRobot

"Now the movie's entire intro is online and we can finally show you all just how this exceedingly clever and heartfelt picture won us over." - PolkaRobot

"The first ever global map of Mercury was released here Tuesday at the American Geophysical Union meeting." - PolkaRobot

"Set in the distant future, Connected is a story about survival and greed with a post apocalyptic wasteland as its backdrop. Survivors of an unknown disaster shuffle through a desolate landscape, as it quickly becomes clear that not everybody has the strength to survive." - PolkaRobot

"Celebrities tend to be endlessly, tediously positive: Every day is a Gift, every project a Personal Best, and every costar a Genius. Alec Baldwin is not afflicted with this syndrome. At 51, he’s a failure, self-described. He’s also at the peak of his career, a peak he reached by scaling a K2 of catastrophe, personal and professional." - PolkaRobot

"I’ve been hoping for a video of Motoman playing with LEGOs ever since" - PolkaRobot

"With all the new projects this year, it was hard to filter down to the best, but here they are: two honorable mentions and the five best data visualization projects of 2009. Visualizations were chosen based on analysis, aesthetics, and most importantly, how well they told their story" - PolkaRobot

"Well, Joseph Shoer’s the man to ask! He’s an aerospace engineer and physicist, and he recently wrote a post running through the main considerations of realistic space combat – everything from the difference between engagements in orbit and engagements in “deep space”, to why kinetic weapons are more efficient than explosive payloads, and plenty more in between." - PolkaRobot

"This page shows a scale model of the solar system, shrunken down to the point where the Sun, normally more than eight hundred thousand miles across, is the size you see it here." - PolkaRobot

"Mind-bending images and ideas from a fabulous cartoonist and a superb illustrator" - PolkaRobot

"The staff of Sci-Fi Squad has compiled their top ten (okay, eleven) favorite films of the decade, a list that will allow you to nod your head in agreement or spit venom at us in the comments." - PolkaRobot

"How to mod xbox into Star Wars Millennium Falcon" - PolkaRobot

"It's impressive how this guys can get so creative, exploring very simple subjects they come up with incredible ideas" - PolkaRobot

"Das Bundesverfassungsgericht hört die Gegner und Befürworter der Vorratsdatenspeicherung, gegen die rund 34.000 Bürger Verfassungsbeschwerde eingelegt haben. Gerichtspräsident Hans-Jürgen Papier sieht die Vorratsdatenspeicherung im Zusammenhang mit dem Großen Lauschangriff und der Onlinedurchsuchung. Beide Gesetze hatte das Gericht in erster Fassung für mit dem Grundgesetz unvereinbar befunden." - PolkaRobot

"Während es in konventionellen 2D-Action-Filmen gleich in den ersten Minuten richtig rummst, lässt Avatar dem Zuschauer Zeit, sich an die 3D-Darstellung zu gewöhnen." - PolkaRobot

"Julian Smith und seine Kumpels haben einem herkömmlichen Jeep alles an Geräuschen entlockt, was nur irgendwie geht, und daraus einen Technotrack gezimmert." - PolkaRobot

"Best use of a LED in a very long time." - PolkaRobot

"He even pats a shark on the head." - PolkaRobot

"So würden vielleicht unsere täglich genutzten Web 2.0 Services als Vintage Cover von Taschenbüchern zur Theraphie aussehen." - PolkaRobot

"Im neuen Video von Massive Attack zu „Paradise Circus“ erzählt die ehemalige Pornodarstellerin Georgina Spelvin die Story hinter dem 73er Pornoflick „The Devil in Miss Jones“ zu Szenen aus eben diesem Film. Selbstverständlich alles extrem NSFW." - PolkaRobot

"Wenn der Skateschuhhersteller Lakai Humor beweist, kommt das dabei heraus" - PolkaRobot

"MIT has launched a new $5 million, 5-year project to build intelligent machines. To do it, the scientists are revisiting the fifty year history of the Artificial Intelligence field, including the shortfalls that led to the stigmas surrounding it, to find the threads that are still worth exploring" - PolkaRobot