Help keep Salon independent

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(G Adventures)

Here is an adorable, terrifying selfie taken by a penguin

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Sad fact: America’s silent films are disappearing

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(John Shearer/invision/AP)

Watch Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA rapping about the Big Bang

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(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-85757p1.html'>StudioSmart</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Save the bees, save yourself

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Google wants to edit and soundtrack your videos

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Watch this guy turn a Ford Fiesta into Optimus Prime

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(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=575870'>PixelEmbargo</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>/Salon)

Need a microscope? Use your smartphone

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(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-139531p1.html'>isskh</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Robots are already figuring out your personality

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(<a href="http://www.adrift.ug/">Adrift</a>)

New toy helps you airdrop into the wilderness

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Feast your eyes on that Detroit Robocop statue thing

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(Screenshot, YouTube)

Check out this animation of the sun destroying Earth

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Why men kill their families on Sundays in August

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(Screenshot, YouTube)

Mario Kart 64, by the numbers

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