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What Futurists Can Teach Us About Personal Finance

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Futurists include scientists and inventors who make predicting the future (including the future of the human race) their life's work. Through their inventions and technical writing, these forward thinkers peer centuries into the future and attempt to tell us all what lies ahead long before it arrives.

Is the Game of Cricket a Model for Surviving the 21st Century?

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The world is a pretty uncertain place right now, and institutions of all kinds—businesses, governments, universities, religions—are trying to figure out how, and whether, they can survive in the 21st century.

Thunder Busters! AC/DC vs Ghostbusters...It ROCKS!

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Yeah, that's right. I said AC/DC vs Ghostbusters mashup! Watch and be thrilled!

Ten candies you either love or hate

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Here are ten candies that have divided people for generations. You either love them, or just hate them. Where do you fall?

Bubble Burst That's Never Seen Before by Naked Eye (GIF)

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Spoonful of Star Wars Art Show

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Artist Bwana Spoons has made one heck of a tribute with Spoonful of Star Wars – over 100 paintings of vintage Star Wars action figures!

Scientists unearth ancient giant penguin in Peru

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Scientists unearth a fossil in Peru of a giant penguin that lived some 36 million years ago, offering an insight into the birds' evolution.

Fantasy Football killing productivity? Pure fantasy

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Good news, fantasy sports geeks: You probably won't get fired for shaking up your running back rotation during office hours.

Unexpected Problem!

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To Recycle or Not to Recycle: How We Really Decide [CHART]

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Recycling is something everyone should do, or at least something that everyone should feel vaguely guilty about not doing. Whatever's easier...

25 Funny Yahoo! Answers (PICS)

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If Other Cable Networks Had Picked Up Dexter | Cracked.com

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Dexter is finally back after making us sit through a full year of television where protagonists didn't regularly murder people, and I couldn't be happier. In news that is so bizarre you'd think I m...

25 of the Luckiest Male Cheerleaders Ever (PICS)

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Nokia App Downloads hit 2.3 million a day, trail Apple

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Nokia today publicly confirmed a milestone for the Ovi Store that also highlighted its current struggle to gain support from developers. The company now says that it sees 2.3 million downloads every day, up from just two million only a few weeks earlier. About 200,000 new users sign on each day.

British Scientist Invents the Levytator, an Escalator That Can Follow Curves [Video]

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Oh look, it's a Levytator, the world's first escalator capable of following freeform curves. The Levytator uses a continuous loop of curved modules, so the cost per usable step is reduced. The steps can follow any path upwards, flatten and straighten out,…

Microsoft CEO bonus cut for Kin flop, lack of iPad rival

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A new Microsoft SEC filing published late Thursday revealed that the company punished its CEO Steve Ballmer for his inability to turn around the company's struggling mobile efforts so far. The proxy statement notes that his total compensation of $1.35 million, including a $670,000 base salary and a matching bonus, was lower than in 2008 due to the "unsuccessful launch of the Kin" and "a loss of market share" for Windows Mobile. The Compensation Committee singled out the absence of a real Windows tablet rival through a need to "take advantage of new form factors."

iPhone 4 scalpers prompt Apple Store in China to shut down temporarily

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The iPhone 4 launch in China this past weekend got off to an incredible start, but iPhone 4 scalpers recently prompted an Apple's flagship retail store in Beijing to shut down temporarily

How Do Married Couples Divide Their Money?

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Money is the number one reason why couples fight, and it's one of the top three reasons leading up to divorce. Is it any surprise, then, that many people take their money-and-my-relationship questions to online communities.

1st Ever RickRoll in Space

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Rickrolling is a prank that seemingly ran its course several years ago, when Rick Astley himself Rickrolled 44 million people during the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade: Question: how do you outdo that? Answer: by Rickrolling the entire planet.

16 amazing images of the night sky (PICS)

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Not every special effect needs CGI, and that sci-fi sense of wonder can—guess what?—be found outside of sci-fi as well. Take the night sky, for example. It remains one of Earth's most awesome sights, and no special glasses are required!
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