WTF: A Steven Spielberg Show Where The Cute Kid is the Best Character

Seriously, Falling Skies is defying all your explanations for a show made by Steven Spielberg. For one thing, when it manages to get back to its original wheelhouse of being a gritty war show, it's powerful. But also, the cute little kid is actually the best character on the show.

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Chimpanzees: A (mostly) endangered species

We have all heard of the endangered species act (ESA). It is supposed to protect those animals who are..well..endangered. But, there is a really strange quirk in the ESA when it comes to chimpanzees. They are listed as endangered, unless they are in captivity, in which case they are listed as threatened.

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Your Fix of Sexy Japanese Cyborgs With Weaponized Breasts

Check out the first trailer for 009ノ1: The End of the Beginning, the live-action version of the classic 1960s-1970s manga. This looks like the next great low-budget Japansploitation film, along the lines of Robo-Geisha and Machine Girl — complete with machine-gun breasts (not shown.)

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The one crucial takeaway from the Supreme Court ruling on DNA patents

Last week, the Supreme Court issued a ruling on patenting "natural" DNA. It was a ruling so confusing that even Justice Scalia admitted he didn't feel qualified to understand it. Luckily, science journalist Maggie Koerth-Baker has spelled it all out (literally) for you.

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Visit The Forbidden Moonshine Caverns of the Appalachians

A series of caverns in the Smokey Mountains provided a perfect lair for bootleggers looking to make some illicit liquor during Prohibition. The government eventually cracked down on these subterranean "moonshiners," but you can still visit their secret underground distilleries today.

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