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Science Happens In Places That Are Beautiful By Accident

Those spikey deals look pretty menacing. It wouldn't be a bad guess to think that they're abstract art meant to invoke a Medieval torture aesthetic. But that's way off. The infinitely repeating barbs are part of the anechoic chambers at the Technical University of Denmark.

Steve Wozniak Speaks Out Against NSA Spying: This Is Not My America

The latest to speak out against NSA surveillance is "every geek's uncle," Steve Wozniak, who explained that "this is not my America." The video is worth watching:

He makes a ton of great points about things that, when we were kids, we learned that the US did not do.

US government identifies men on Guantánamo 'indefinite detainee' list

List of 46 men comes in response to freedom of information requests that also include names of all 166 captives being held

The US government has finally released the names of 46 men being held in Guantánamo under the classification of "indefinite detainees" terror suspects deemed too dange

2013 NBA Finals: Manu Ginobili Adds Another Chapter to Heralded Career

He has made a career out of reaching into his endless bag of tricks at the most crucial of moments, willing his team to victory when the outcome was in doubt.

I fear the chilling effect of NSA surveillance on the open internet Jeff Jarvis

Snowden's NSA leak revelations are changing people's assumptions about online privacy, killing trust in web freedom

I fear the collateral damage the NSA's spying via technology will do to that technology. The essential problem is not the internet or internet companies or even the spies.

From Edward Snowden to Bradley Manning, whistleblowers are the new generation of American patriots Gary Younge

The violation of civil liberties in the name of security has had a profound impact on those who came of age after 9/11

When Darrell Anderson, 22, joined the US military he knew there was going to be a war, and he wanted to fight it. "I thought I was going to free Iraqi people," he told me.

Out of the horror of the Rosenbergs' executions, a force for good Robert Meeropol and Jenn Meeropol

Our relatives' trial for espionage marked a nadir of cold war paranoia. Now, 60 years on, we have our 'constructive revenge'

We are Robert and Jenn Meeropol, son and granddaughter of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.

It's A Turd! It's Plain! Man Of Steel, Reviewed.

1. On the surface, it seems obvious why you'd attempt to reboot the Superman franchise using the Christopher Nolan-Batman model.

Nolan's Dark Knight films are terrific, brooding and powerful, and, oh by the way, they grossed a combined $2,5 billion worldwide.

Kickstart This: Spielbergian Time Travel Comedy 'Double Trouble'

Welcome back to another edition of Kickstart This, FirstShowing's weekly column dedicated to spreading the word about cool indie projects that need your help to become a reality.

The NSA's Prism: why we should care

Politicians tell us the innocent need fear nothing from involuntary disclosure, but their actions threaten privacy and more

The revelations about Prism and other forms of NSA dragnet surveillance has got some people wondering what all the fuss is.