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All Giz Wants: A Google Set Top Box That Doesn't Suck (226 diggs) Google's upcoming set top box has great pedigree: It's Android-based OS, Sony and Intel are building the guts and design and Logitech doing what Logitech does best (input devices). So please, please, please don't screw this up.

Indonesian 'hobbit' challenges evolutionary theory (298 diggs) Her scientific name is Homo floresiensis, her nickname is "the hobbit," and the hunt is on to prove that she and the dozen other hobbits since discovered are not a quirk of nature but members of a distinct hominid species.

Top 5 MLB Players Poised to Make a 'Comeback' in 2010 (325 diggs) In the immortal words of lyrical poet LL Cool J, “don’t call it a comeback,” a bounce back season from these players will be critical for their team’s success this year.

Polar bears, walruses and icebergs [pic] (388 diggs) Paul Souders is an American nature and wildlife photographer who has travelled extensively around the world. Here we present a series of his images taken in the Arctic, mostly in Svalbard, an archipelago halfway between mainland Norwway and the North Pole.

Why Hollywood Always Gets the Future Wrong (362 diggs) As movies like The Matrix and Blade Runner go to show, most sci-fi movies use the same faulty formula.

NY mom admits killing 'disrespectful' teen (210 diggs) A woman accused of strangling her daughter on a college campus apartment in Purchase, N.Y., told them she did it because the daughter was "disrespectful all the time," according to court papers. Police accounts filed with a murder indictment quote Stacey Pagli, 37, as saying that Marissa Pagli, 18, had "pushed my last button."

'South Park' has the most-watched premiere in decade (477 diggs) The 14th season premiere of Comedy Central's "South Park" was the most watched debut for the show since 1999.

Girls Young As Two Being Raped In Haiti UN Secure Tent Citiy (389 diggs) Rape is rife in the sprawling tent cities that have become home for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and men are demanding sexual favours in return for food and shelter............. ..

Kuwaiti study: Conventional oil to peak in 2014 (390 diggs) Some new voices pronouncing predictions of peak oil have distinctly Arabic accents. Researchers from the University of Kuwait with the Kuwait Oil Company have published a new study that names 2014 as the fateful year when conventional crude oil production will peak. That's close to the 2015 date chosen by Sir Branson and his taskforce.

How Democrats will pay for health reform (361 diggs) The latest proposal will cost $940 billion over 10 years, a cost that will be fully paid for according to budget estimates. Here's a look at how.

Tim Burton's Next 3D Animated Film: The Addams Family (304 diggs) Tim Burton will direct a stop-motion animated film based on Charles Addams' original ghoulish cartoon drawings of The Addams Family.

Larry King Really Wants to Know If Betty White Puts Out (281 diggs) Sometimes you’re interviewing a comedy legend whose impressive career has spanned over sixty years, five Emmys and the respect of every person in Hollywood — and all you can think is, “I’ve gotta know. Does this chick put out?”

The Multiplying Mystery of Moon Water (255 diggs) A Mini-SAR radar map of the lunar north pole. Craters circled in green are believed to contain significant deposits of frozen water.

Fogle's New Role: Kick-Ass SXSW Interview (vid) (221 diggs) Aaron Johnson and Christoper Mintz-Plasse ("Superbad") play high school kids who attempt to become crime-fighting superheroes in the new film "Kick-Ass". I sat down with them to talk about the perils of latex costumes and working with Nicolas Cage.

3 Reasons Why Republicans Might Not Take Over the House (280 diggs) It's conceivable that Republicans could win the House, but the wave metaphor that so many prognosticators tend to use is not very apt. There is plenty of enthusiasm among Republican voters, but the anti-party sentiment is driving some large portion of it.

The Jon Stewart Clip That Will Make Glenn Beck Cry Real Tear (1,977 diggs) Tonight, Jon Stewart opened The Daily Show with what was probably one of his greatest segments ever: a complete and utter destruction of everything Glenn Beck stands for and propagates. And Stewart did it as Beck. Inside, the full segment.

Scientists Create Sex-Crazed Bugs as a Toxin-Free Pesticide (326 diggs) A new method for sustainable pest control using “super-sexed” sterilized male insects to copulate with female in the wild is being developed by agricultural researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The scientists are hoping to provide a new way of eliminating pests without the use of chemicals.

Greenspan: Fed "Did Little" to Address Risks in Economy (195 diggs) The Fed knew the risks, but didn't want to compromise growth. Guess who suffered?

The 5 Most Half-Assed Scams That Were Shockingly Successful (537 diggs) To be a successful con artist, apparently all it takes is some laziness and a stunningly retarded idea.

Alt Text: Final Fantasy, Then and Now (268 diggs) I am currently hip-deep in Final Fantasy XIII, and I can say with confidence that it has more Roman numerals than any Final Fantasy game I've ever played.

Hot Chip's WTFFFFF Video (492 diggs) Insane video for their new song 'I Feel Better'. Directed by Peter Serafinowicz.

Ben Heck ponders Xbox 360 Slim (330 diggs) Modding artist, hardware sculptor and warranty wrecker, Ben Heck, told us that if the leaked Slim motherboard is legitimate, not only does he see no place for memory cards (lending even more credence to USB storage for data transfer), but he dropped on us the idea that it may also have an internal hard drive.

Infrared thermal imaging around the home (330 diggs) Thermal imaging, or infrared thermography, makes it possible for us to "see" the amount of heat given off by everyday household objects. In the image above, a tea bag is lifted out of a hot cup of tea. The colours show temperature variation. The temperature scale runs from white (warmest) through yellow, orange, red, purple and black (coldest)

Life Without Water? (225 diggs) On Saturn's giant moon Titan, it is so cold that water is frozen as hard as granite. And yet there is a complete liquid cycle of methane and ethane. Scientists wonder whether there could also be life.

How Grenades Work [Infographic] (417 diggs) Oh, man. Not only does this infographic show how modern time-delay grenades work, it actually walks you through a bit of the history of the handheld explosive. All while setting a new standard for stick figure abuse!