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Donald Duck's uncle was partly based on Wernher von Braun

Ars Technica ↗ · 4d ago Cached

An article explores how Disney's character Ludwig Von Drake was inspired by early Space Age rocket scientists like Wernher von Braun, coinciding with the 65th anniversary of the character's introduction.

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The science of Monkey Island: can grog dissolve a metal mug that fast?

Hacker News Top ↗ · 5d ago Cached

The article uses chemical corrosion models to analyze the fictional beverage grog from the Monkey Island video game, estimating its composition to explain its rapid dissolution of metal mugs as depicted in the game.

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When it comes to Beatles references, scientists can't let it be

Ars Technica ↗ · 2026-09-09 Cached

A new study published in PLoS ONE reveals that scientists frequently reference The Beatles in academic papers, using a large language model to analyze over 3,200 instances across various disciplines.

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This scene from "Don't Look Up" is now real

Reddit r/singularity ↗ · 2026-08-02

Points out how a current real-world event echoes a famous scene from the satirical film 'Don't Look Up', where scientists' urgent warnings are ignored or trivialized by society and leaders.

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Starring the Computer

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-07-05 Cached

A website cataloguing real computer models as they appear in films and television series, organized by brand and model.

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Emacs appearances in pop culture

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-06-10 Cached

A blog post cataloguing appearances of the Emacs text editor in films and TV, including The Social Network, Tron: Legacy, Arctic Blast, and Silicon Valley.

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