From OneIndia: London, Sep 30 (ANI): In what could be called as a big leap in quantum mechanics, a research team at Yale have achieved the entanglement of three solid-state qubits, or quantum bits, for the first time. Their accomplishment is a first step towards quantum error correction, a crucial aspect of future quantum computing. […]
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Future Fashion: Spray-On Clothing
Welcome to the future, where your favorite shirt comes in a can, and can also be re-purposed as a bandage when the robots rise up and turn against humanity: Does this remind anyone else of am more elegant version of Silly String? Via BuzzFeed.
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The Chapman Swifts Are Back!
Photo by Mike Houck The Swifts are back! Every September, a flock of Vaux’s Swifts stops by Portland on their migratory trail, spending about a month in Portland and roosting in the chimney of the Chapman Elementary School in NW Portland. Longtime Portlanders know this tradition, but maybe some newer residents don’t, or maybe you’ve […]
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Japanese Vagina Slug?
You know when you see something terrifying and you have to share it with someone just so you don’t feel alone? Please share my nightmare. I guess this video has been around for 2009 but I’ve never seen it before. Does anybody have more information about this mysterious Japanese vagina slug? It seems like one […]
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We’re Drinkin’ Beasties Too!
Recently the Internets went Kah-Razy after learning the New York municipal water supply was home to these little darlings: That’s an “invisible” crustacean called a copepod. It’s similar to a shrimp. Most chagrined by the news? New York’s kosher community for whom shellfish is forbidden. But guess which city has over a million thumbs and […]
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Salmonella, Backyard Chickens, and You
As the largest egg recall in American history continues to unravel (find out if you have a dozen of those bad boys here), there should be plenty of holier-than-thou backyard chicken fetishists who feel quite smug, believing their precious hens are laying disease-free eggs. Considering I get my eggs through the Eastside Egg Co-op, operating […]
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Why Have We Been Worrying So Much About Robots? THEY’RE ROBO-TARDED!
Seriously, we’ve been making movies and obsessing about robots taking over civilization since… like… FOREVER. Yet at this rate, robots won’t be able to scratch their own asses for another billion years. For proof, check out this video of a robot developed by some super nerds at the UC Berkley who was given only one […]
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HOLY SHIT THERE ARE DINOSAURS IN THAT PARKING LOT
Here at Mercury HQ, everybody’s always all, “Hey, what’s it like having KATU for a neighbor? Must be super exciting, right?” WRONG. Those guys at KATU are the most boring neighbors ever. They aren’t like Anchorman at all and they get surprisingly grumpy when you blast airhorns whenever they’re doing “location shoots” 10 feet outside […]
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Yet Another Reason To Love Whiskey!!
Besides being a sure fire way to get you surly and happy all at the same time, it has recently been discovered that whiskey has other amazing qualities. Ones that may just save the earth! According to guardian.co.uk, researches in Edinburgh, Scotland have found a way to turn by-products of whiskey into a biofuel that […]
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Best Press Release Quote of the Day!
The Truffle Squirrel Cometh “Pigs love to eat truffles, dogs can smell them from 30 feet away, and a flying squirrel can smell them from the air, glide down and land right on top of one,” Trappe said. “Their aromas don’t always smell good to humans. One Australian truffle species smells like dog feces — […]
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Win Tickets to Jurassic Park!
This Friday at the Bagdad, Cort and Fatboy and the Mercury (hey, that’s us!) are showing Jurassic Park. What’s more fun than Jurassic Park on a big screen? Not much—and it’ll likely be made even more fun thanks to (A) beer, (B) GIANT T-REX, and (C) the Spielberg-directed episode of Amazing Stories that’ll play before […]
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Today in Time-Travel News: Primer Will Now Make One Hour and 17 Minutes Disappear!
Shane Carruth’s indie sci-fi flick Primer is one of the smartest, coolest movies in recent memory. Made for a mere $7,000 and featuring brain-twisting scientific and cinematic architecture, Carruth’s 2004 film was a hit at Sundance and has maintained a devoted cult following ever since. Now you can watch it for free and find out […]