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The Subtle Usefulness of 'NSFW' marioanima/Flickr

The Subtle Usefulness of 'NSFW'

How better to signal that content is objectionable without presuming anything about the individual you're warning?

Starter Kit: How to Outfit Your iPad Like an Ivy League Scholar Wikimedia Commons

Starter Kit: How to Outfit Your iPad Like an Ivy League Scholar

The elite college places a variety of educational, media, and social apps on its collection of iPads.

Your Neighbor's WiFi Router Would Like You to Vote for Romney OpenSignalMaps

Your Neighbor's WiFi Router Would Like You to Vote for Romney

Wireless network names: the lawn signs of the digital age

The Mechanics and Meaning of That Ol' Dial-Up Modem Sound Soundcloud

The Mechanics and Meaning of That Ol' Dial-Up Modem Sound

Pshhhkkkkkkrrrrkakingkakingkakingtshchchchchchchchcch*ding*ding*ding"

Get Ready: Milky Way to Collide With Neighboring Galaxy in 4 Billion Years NASA

Get Ready: Milky Way to Collide With Neighboring Galaxy in 4 Billion Years

A visual guide to what the cosmic event will look like from space -- and from right here on Earth.

A Road Trip Around Our Tiny Planet via Stereographic Google Street View Giacomo Miceli

A Road Trip Around Our Tiny Planet via Stereographic Google Street View

The music video for A Ghost Train's "Chemin Vert" zips across five continents at roughly 1,000 mph. 

Now for Some Good News: The Icon Spin-Resistance Test Icon Aircraft

Now for Some Good News: The Icon Spin-Resistance Test

A new airplane passes a big safety test.

Earth From Space: The Snows Over Southern Patagonia NASA

Earth From Space: The Snows Over Southern Patagonia

NASA's Terra satellite grabbed this picture of early-season snowfall in the Southern Hemisphere.

Don Pettit Is About to Become Your New Favorite Astronaut YouTube

Don Pettit Is About to Become Your New Favorite Astronaut

The space station scientist has found the best way imaginable to pass the lonely hours away from earth.

Plastic Clamshell Packaging Is the Worst Wikimedia Commons

Plastic Clamshell Packaging Is the Worst

Worthy runners-up include the interfaces on most microwaves, TV remotes, New York City's parking signs, and pull-handles on push-only doors, according to users of Quora.

The Pathbreaking Flight of SpaceX's Dragon Capsule, by the Numbers SpaceX

The Pathbreaking Flight of SpaceX's Dragon Capsule, by the Numbers

Stats of the day: a tiny vehicle with a big payload

Wow! Apple Turns Over Its Inventory Once Every 5 *Days* Flickr/kennykunie

Wow! Apple Turns Over Its Inventory Once Every 5 *Days*

That's what the best supply chain in the world will do for you.

Quiz: Are You a True Tech Geek? Shutterstock/Dom

Quiz: Are You a True Tech Geek?

A tech Rorschach featuring cameos from Google, virtual reality, your eyeballs.

Google and the Great Firewall: An Interesting New Twist

Google reveals some of what it has learned about how China's censorship system works.

This Photo Uses Every Single Instagram Filter Appelogen/Instagram

This Photo Uses Every Single Instagram Filter

Go from Kinkade to Rothko, in eighteen easy steps.

Visit Versailles, Yosemite, and the Ancient Temples of Japan With Google's World Wonders Project Google

Visit Versailles, Yosemite, and the Ancient Temples of Japan With Google's World Wonders Project

A new site from Google puts its Street View tools to work to showcase some of the most storied and beautiful places on Earth.

Earth From Space: Tropical Storm Beryl Over Florida NASA

Earth From Space: Tropical Storm Beryl Over Florida

A picture of the storm that drenched Florida earlier this week, as seen from orbit.

Pleasant Smells of 1948 'Frisco: Chocolate, Coffee, Crabs, Oil Prelinger Library

Pleasant Smells of 1948 'Frisco: Chocolate, Coffee, Crabs, Oil

These smells might not belong together after the environmental movement, but that's how they appeared in a 1948 textbook.

Aaron Sorkin's Scintillating Play About ... Intellectual Property Law Wikimedia Commons

Aaron Sorkin's Scintillating Play About ... Intellectual Property Law

Sorkin's dad, it turns out, was an IP lawyer.

In Praise of Wikipedia's Category Pages Wikimedia Commons

In Praise of Wikipedia's Category Pages

Wikipedia's four million articles are an impressive achievement, but the content of the encyclopedia is deeper than the entries alone: The structure is content too.

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