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Susan Ivanova herself, Claudia Christian, plays a stripper who gets taken over by a deadly alien parasite, in this clip from The Hidden. And yes, that's Kyle MacLachlan investigating. The best part is Claudia inspecting her new body. More »
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As a special New Year's gift to Meirelle, there was really only one candidate for this column this week: That moment when Annalee wished you all a Happy New Year, and the internet? She exploded. More »
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It is time to celebrate the complete revolution of our planet around the sun by assigning to it an arbitrary number based on a Western belief system. Happy New Year, humans! More »
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While we're celebrating the Year of the Rat, we should also take time to celebrate all the groovy developments in robotic rats we're likely to see this year. It's been six years since a group of researchers figured out how to direct a rat's movements with a brain implant and backpack controller (pictured). Recently, Chinese scientists announced they'd extended the technique to carrier pigeons. Now scientists have moved on to bigger and better ratbots. Find what's in store in the Year of the Ratbot. More »
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