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Will Smith Ran Out Of Gas Money, So He Hit Up The First 'Fresh Prince' Fan He Could Find
Will Smith doesn't mind being famous, especially when he can ask a stranger to fork over ten bucks and they're actually excited about it.

I Went to a Dance Party in My Pajamas Thanks to VR
"Just like I’d behave at a real club, I find myself awkwardly standing at the edge of the room staring at the 15 or so dancing avatars, some of whom are launching emojis into the sky."

Watch A Xi'an Chef Make Spinach Noodles And Experience Inner Peace
The ambience of the restaurant. The innovative rolling technique. The satisfying knifework. The pleasing bunches of noodles. It's all just perfect.

Our Alien Overlords Have Arrived And They're Actually Quite Beautiful
These peculiar aquatic creatures are aptly called feather stars. They are filter feeders that use their fancy arms to gather food particles.

The Pessimist’s Guide to 2017
From social breakdown in the US to a nuclear crisis in North Korea to the defeat of Angela Merkel in Germany, the potential for chaos is just as great. These aren’t predictions. But they show what your social-media news feed could look like if things go wrong.

Michigan Recount Now in Doubt; Pennsylvania Sets Hearing
Michigan's presidential recount suddenly appears in doubt after a state appeals court said the Green Party candidate's poor showing disqualified her from seeking a second look at the votes.

Indonesia earthquake kills dozens in Aceh province
Death toll from shallow 6.5-magnitude quake that struck at dawn rises to 97, as officials call for excavation equipment and emergency supplies.

The One Gift You Can Get For Everyone In Your Family
Insanely comfortable jumpsuits? That are also stylish? And 15% off? Yes, yes and yes. Bless you Onepiece for making holiday gifting easy this year.

Joe Biden leaves the door open for a 2020 run
"I'm not committing not to run. I'm not committing to anything. I learned a long time ago fate has a strange way of intervening."

The Best Gifts For People Who Like Food More Than Other People
These gifts are for the special people in your life who always give the best food recs, have THOUGHTS about ramen, and are definitely going to snap a pic at dinner.

What I Learned About Sex from Watching a Load of Old Erotica
The British Film Institute's put a batch of once-lost erotic films online, drawing a line from what was seen as risque in the 1890s to how we think about sex now.

NASA will give you $30,000 if you can solve their 'space poop' problem
The problem is this: During launch and entry, astronauts are locked into their suits, unable to access any part of their body for hours. As a result, if they need to urination, defecate or are menstruating, they must do so in special adult diapers.

Unclaimed
Two countries, thousands of families, and a 16-year quest to identify a silent man in a bed.

Watch 7 Cities Just Spring Up From Nowhere and Sprawl Like Mad
With the help of Google's Earth Engine and its Timelapse feature, which uses multiple satellites and their historic images to offer us a rapid-fire look at the growth of our world, Popular Mechanics whipped up this collection of seven cities that represent how nothing becomes something and old becomes in just 32 short years.

We're Thinking About Aliens All Wrong
"When we look for aliens, why do we always find ourselves staring back?"

Seventy Years Ago, Humans Saw Earth from Space for the First Time
This Monday marks the 70th anniversary of the day we first saw the planet from this extraordinary, quasi-alien vantagepoint; a pivotal event that occurred on October 24, 1946, at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

Simple Light Installations Turn Our World Into Something Alien
"LUCID" consists of electroluminescent light shapes in untouched landscapes, elucidating the surreal, lonely quality of our world.

Shani Shingnapur: The Village Without Doors
In the remote Indian village of Shani Shingnapur, crime is a concept so alien that villagers here have stopped guarding their houses, their properties and their valuables.

The Scientist Who Helped Amy Adams Talk to Aliens in “Arrival”
Trying to decode and understand an unknown human language is one thing, but an alien one? You might as well be speaking in tongues.