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Robert De Niro Smacks Donald Trump - In an interview at his Tribeca Film Festival, famously taciturn star Robert De Niro took a public swipe at Trump's "crazy" presidential aspirations, likening him to a "car salesman." Lloyd Grove reports.

Rumor Sweeping Science Community that CERN's LHC Detected -The "God Particle" - A rumor has gone viral in the physics community that the world's largest atom smasher may have detected a long-sought subatomic particle called the Higgs boson, also known as the...

Flying Car For Sale: Buy Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. No Kidding! - A car alleging to be the original hero car from Ian Fleming's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has wound up on eBay, apparently in running condition.

Google Launches the Closest Thing to a Real Time Machine - Remember watching those time-lapse videos of growing plants in science class? They look pretty dated once you've checked out the same sequence through Google's new

76ers Have a Huge Fanbase - They should be proud of this man.

A Fashion Show. A Holographic Fashion Show. In Beijing. - The British label celebrated the opening of their new flagship store with a storm of visual spectacles.

Jurassic spider from China is largest fossil specimen discovered - With a leg span of more than five inches, a recently named Jurassic period spider from China is the largest fossil specimen discovered, and one that has modern relatives in tropical climates today.

'Baywatch' Turns 22: Where Are They Now? - Twenty-two years ago today, the act of running in a swimsuit was changed forever.

Because it's not already awkward standing next to each other with your penis out - Still...cool idea

Brewers Extend Braun Until the Year 2020 - Milwaukee Brewers and Ryan Braun agreed to a five-year contract extension worth over $100 million that will last through 2020

The Impact of PSN's Downtime (And Sony's Response) - The PlayStation Network's recent downtime has had far reaching effects for PlayStation 3 owners. We examine the impact on some of the platform's services, with comments from analyst Michael Pachter.

Flaming the fire of the solar vs nuclear debate: Fukushima - Proponents on both sides of the fence will argue feverishly about how the benefits of their chosen energy preference are better for the environment and the economy. Fukushima put a damper on the arguments for nuclear and the solar community is coming out full force to remind everyone about it.

The Exploited are an overrated Punk Band - Sometime late last year, I blindly purchased a contemporary seven inch by a band who took their name from The Exploited’s second full length album, Troops of Tomorrow.

Rising Rap Star Lil B Names His Album "I'm Gay" and Gets Death Threats For It - Berkeley rapper and Next Big Thing in rap Lil B plans to call his new album I'm Gay. Reaction to that news from the stubbornly homophobic parts of the hip-hop community? Death threats.

With 6 Months Before Halloween, It's Time for the Most Inappropriate Costumes Infographic - They say the Christmas rush starts earlier every year. Why should the Halloween rush not do the same? To those parents who want to dress their kids up as skanks or Nicholas Cage characters, here are some ideas to make next October a smashing success.

What Is a Book? The Definition Continues to Blur: - The word "book" used to be so simple -- now there are e-books, and blogs that become books, and long pieces of journalism published by startups like Byliner and The Atavist. If you're an author, it's a time of incredible chaos, but also incredible opportunity.

Grandma dropped in Arctic in botched rescue dies - A 73-year-old grandmother was fighting for her life in a U.K. hospital after rescuers dropped her into freezing Arctic waters as they attempted to transfer her from a cruise ship.

Refine fog harvesting to bring clean water to the world’s poor - In the arid Namib Desert on the west coast of Africa, one type of beetle has found a distinctive way of surviving. When the morning fog rolls in, the Stenocara gracilipes species, also known as the Namib Beetle, collects water droplets on its bumpy back, then lets the moisture roll down into its mouth, allowing it to drink in an area devoid of flowing water. What nature has developed, Shreerang Chhatre wants to refine, to help the world’s poor.

Britain on course for hottest Easter since records began - Britain is on course for the hottest Easter since records began in 1960 and the warmest April in more than a century.

How Are Mac & PC People Different? [INFOGRAPHIC] - In an infographic that's bound to cause arguments and perhaps fistfights, researchers at Hunch placed data from 700,000 of its website visitors onto a deep and revealing illustration.