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This Bamboo Shark Is Learning To Walk, Probably Up To No Good

Dear Future in which mankind has been subjugated by sea creatures rising up onto land. Send someone back in time and KILL THIS SHARK. That is all.

Science May Have Just Discovered Why Haters Gonna Hate

Why are some people just inclined to hate on things? To pick the dumbest, most negative facets of a situation and focus on them exclusively, ignoring anything good that might be there in favor of just ragging on things? According to a new study published this week, we may just be born that way, having a "negative dispositional attitude" from birth.

Study Suggests Wearing High Heels Can Make You A More Careful Shopper

Last week, we brought you the fairly unsurprising news that high heels can deform wearers' feet and are basically medieval torture devices. The footwear isn't entirely without good qualities, though. A recent study finds the concentration required to balance in heels could improve decision making and make people who wear them more careful shoppers.

Crime-Plagued French City Asks For Help From Batman

France's second-biggest city, Marseille, has been plagued with gang crime for months, and the problem is only getting worse. With the police seemingly incapable of bringing law and order to the streets, Marseille residents have reacted in the only reasonable manner available to them -- they've called for help from Batman.

Geekolinks: 8/26

This weekend, we saw some ludicrous football plays, reminded ourselves that Hollywood can't cast a Batman without upsetting the Internet, and saw Colin Powell turn up where we least expected him. Check out these stories and more with a hot cup of Geekolinks this morning.

Science Finally Takes First Steps Toward Hangover-Free Beer

Earlier this week we brought the happy news that jetpacks will be a thing soon, and you can already get all your food in pill form. But now we move to a sign of living in the future that the Jetsons never saw coming -- beer that doesn't leave you with a hangover. Progress, my friends, is the most wondrous of all things.

Before He Retires, Here Are Some of Our Favorite Crazy Steve Ballmer Moments

While Steve Ballmer might not have been the greatest CEO Microsoft ever had, we've got a big soft spot for the guy, mostly because of how nice it is to the the CEO of a Fortune 500 company regularly act like an utter madman. After announcing today that he will retire within 12 months, we wanted to share some of the reasons we'll miss Ballmer.

Turn Anything Into a 3D Model With the Makerbot Digitizer

Want to make 3D copies of an object but don't have the know-how to design a computer model of it yourself? MakerBot has got you covered. The company is taking preorders for their Digitizer, a laser scanner that can create a 3D model of any object so you can print copies of it from your 3D printer. Soon, my army of action figures will be complete...

Thoroughly Wackjob Dentist Wants To Clone John Lennon From A Tooth

Does buying one of John Lennon's teeth for nearly $30,000 sound like a crazy thing to do? That's because it is. But it's not as crazy as the latest thing the man who bought it -- Canadian dentist Michael Zuk -- wants to do. Zuk wants to extract DNA from the tooth and use it to clone Lennon, which is the sort of thing sane, healthy people do, right?

Geekolinks: 8/23

Yes, your relatives like their dogs more than you. And yes, we're all going to have to live in a world where Ben Affleck is Batman now. But look on the bright side -- at least you're not Brandy. Girl got treated real poorly by South African fans, and man, what a bummer that has to be. Catch up on all this news and more, today in Geekolinks!