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If there's one lesson we've learned from 2009's television, it's that there's really only one place to work if you want to save the world from alien invasions, parallel universes or any kind of weirdness: The Federal Bureau of Investigations. More »
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Today the federal government of the US will be spending roughly $50 million on state-of-the-art defense during today's inauguration of President Barack Obama. Here, a robot bomb sniffer gets ready for the big day. More »
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Scientists like Jared Diamond argue that human history is essentially the story of technology. Our technological advancements are what propelled us from caves to cities, from gaslight to nuclear reactors, and from horseback to orbit. But with each advance comes a potential dark side: deadlier warfare, toxic pollution, or social alienation. Taking into account the good and the bad, which of humanity's technological inventions do you think has had the most profound influence on the world? More »
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Here's the first glimpse of the filming for Fringe, J.J. Abrams' new FBI-investigates-weird-shit show. Yes, it's just a row of Boston police cars, but this picture was taken in Toronto (by Flickr user Asianz.) Another batch of reviews of the Fringe pilot script have emerged online — and apparently it's not really an X-Files clone. It's closer, in tone and style, to Heroes. Spoilers ahead. More »
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The long-awaited X-Files sequel (as yet unnamed) will be in theaters this summer, and even though it'll have been six years since X-Files fans have seen anything new, there's already a lot of excitement buzzing around this movie. Will they find the truth? Will they make a believer out of skeptics? Will they finally just shed their clothes and do it so all the "Shippers" (fans who think that Mulder and Scully should be in a relationship) can finally get their deepest desires? We don't know yet, but we have put together an exhaustive list of what we do know about the show below . . . where your questions will never be answered unless you want to believe. More »
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