10‘Blinky’ Written and directed by Ruairi Robinson, “Blinky” is about a robotic helper that can do just about anything . . . except make a little boy’s parents stop fighting. “Blinky” is dark. It’s the kind of film that plays on the horrors of a broken childhood and the restrained malice that grows from the depths of constant conflict. It’s chilling for the same reason people were terrified when a little black-haired girl crawled out of the white noise of a television and clawed her way across a dark room in The Ring....

10Media Collusion In theory, the mainstream media is supposed to provide the public with the facts as they are, not as the subject of the news story would like them to be presented. Digging through the third data dump turned up some emails that seem to prove just which side the media is on. Among the emails are several from CNBC’s John Harwood, where he refers to “the opposition party veering off the rails” at “our debate”....

10 Coniston Water, EnglandLady In The Lake Coniston Water is situated in a northern England area known as the Lake District. An area of amazing natural beauty, the Lake District is an extremely popular tourist destination and a hot spot for outdoor sports enthusiasts. Coniston Water is the third largest lake in the Lake District. Its calm waters attract hundreds of canoeists and kayakers every year, who gently cruise the surface, soaking up the serene environment....

10Samuel ParksHopp The Frog Boy Samuel Parks was born in 1874 with a condition called osteogenesis imperfecta. A genetic disorder, the condition is primarily characterized by brittle bones that break very easily. Those who suffer from it can have mild forms with little impact on their quality of life, but more severe forms can mean suffering from hundreds of broken bones, along with scoliosis, brittle teeth, short stature, and even fragile skin and muscle tissues....

10Telegraph Sports Practically as soon as the telegraph enabled instantaneous communication over hundreds of miles, local sports clubs in several major cities began using it to organize competitions with clubs in other states. For years, citizens could see scores posted in their local newspapers for the most recent telegraph sports matches. The idea appears to have originated with bowling clubs and soon caught on, spreading to other sports. A 1905 issue of Shooting and Fishing magazine reported on the results of a telegraph shooting match between the Washington, D....

In the lab, though, the rules can be bent a little. Sometimes, blurring the cat-mouse boundary actually makes sense from a scientific standpoint, although it can be controversial from an ethical standpoint. 10 Hybrid Embryos A cat-mouse hybrid might be a conflicted animal. Maybe it would attack its own body, intent upon killing it. Or live in a constant state of anxiety, frightened by its own smell. We don’t know because cat-mouse hybrids don’t make it to term....

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10 Any Device In Your Body Your heart belongs to you . . . unless you have a pacemaker. Then it can be hacked. In fact, any medical device in your body that is connected to the Internet is vulnerable. It’s not a matter of speculation, either, because it’s already happened. At the 2011 Black Hat Technical Security Conference, security expert Jerome Radcliffe hacked his own insulin pump to demonstrate the device’s vulnerability....

10 The X Troop During World War II, the British had a unique unit of commandos known as the No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando, part of the Special Services Brigade. This group of commandos came from various countries—including Norway, France, and Poland (pictured above)—that wished to fight with the British against the Nazis. However, the most interesting part of the group was the No. 3 Troop, known as the X Troop. Unlike the other troops in the No....

Biped humanoids first appeared several million years ago, but the modern variety, Homo sapiens, hadn’t been around too long before they were almost wiped out. About 75,000 years ago, Lake Toba, in Indonesia, erupted in a super volcanic event, described by many scientists as ‘mega-colossal’. The event is believed to have been the largest explosive eruption anywhere on earth in the last 25 million years, and it was so immense it came very close to calling time-out for the burgeoning human race....

However, squirrels have a secret. They can actually be pretty aggressive and dangerous under the right circumstances. They’re all around us—up in the trees, scurrying past our feet, and hiding in plain sight. These 10 stories show what happens when squirrels decided to attack. 10 When You Give A Squirrel A Cookie It is never good to leave food out in the open. In January 2018, a New York City resident may have expected to find cockroaches or ants crawling over the uneaten Christmas cookies that had been left out overnight....

SEE ALSO: Top 10 Terrifying Assaults On Free Speech Happening Right Now The specter of Adolf Hitler continues to occupy Europe’s collective mindset. Holocaust deniers are routinely imprisoned in Germany and Austria. A publisher was prosecuted for publishing a Czech translation of Mein Kampf. And British comedian and YouTuber Mark Meechan was clapped in irons for teaching his pug to perform the Sieg Heil. And then there are the vestiges of Europe’s archaic blasphemy laws....

10You Don’t Get Your Own Guardian Angel We’ve all heard the stories about the people saved by a mysterious stranger or who feel that they’re being watched over by an otherworldly entity. It’s comforting that someone who knows more than we do is out there to put us on the right path. But nothing in the Bible says that we each have our own guardian angel. A few passages do talk about angels in a guardian role....

10 Hades Wasn’t A Totally Bad Guy As the god of death and the underworld, Hades suffers a bit from a bad image. In pop culture, he’s often treated like the Greek version of the Christian devil, but that’s a bit of a stretch. To start, Hades never chose the underworld as his domain. He and his brothers, Zeus and Poseidon, drew straws to see who would be lord of what realm....

There are many important facts about the Cuban Missile Crisis that aren’t widely known. 10 The US Would Have Survived The War It’s often claimed that the Cuban Missile Crisis would have turned the US into a nuclear wasteland overrun with Mad Max–style gangs scavenging from the ruins of the cities. But nothing could be further from the truth. The US would have survived as a functioning country and would have only been hit by 30 or so nuclear weapons, not enough to take out all the US state capitals....

However, it is when zoos close for the day that things truly get weird. From strange thefts and maulings to bizarre drills, this behind-the-scenes strangeness cannot beat the time when three zoos stole a herd of elephants. 10 Kaln’s Egg A sanctuary in Gloucester, England, rehabilitates wild species of birds rescued as pets or captive working individuals. For the past 23 years, the haven has taken care of a male eagle owl called Kaln....

Perhaps we shouldn’t be quaking in fear just yet about computers taking over everything. On the other hand, there have already been instances of machines and AIs getting out of control. Here are ten examples of computers going rogue. 10 Death By Robot The first recorded death by automated robot occurred in 1979. Robert Williams was working at a Ford plant when a robotic arm swung around with sufficient force to kill him instantly....

It is a motto many people aspire to live up to—but it is not always easy. We tend to hold our opinions so tightly that we treat them as a part of who we are, and when someone disagrees, we often feel like it’s an attack. Some people, though, have gone beyond what could possibly be expected of them. A handful of people have reached across the divide and risked everything to save the absolute last person they would ever be expected to help....

There is something magical about the fact that any competitor who enters the stadium, ring, pitch, or velodrome could be crowned the champion athlete in their chosen discipline. But over its 120-year history, the games have seen many people try to unbalance the level playing field or prevent equal participation before the competition even began. 10 Pierre de Coubertin Pierre de Coubertin, known by many as the founder of the modern Olympiad, has an international reputation for embodying fair play and the Olympic spirit....

This passion makes it more tragic when a life is taken during a racing event, something which happens far too often. This list looks at 10 deaths which were among the most shocking, unexpected and tragic in auto racing history. Scott Kalitta was a two time Top Fuel drag racing champion, and the first driver to win races in both the Top Fuel and Funny Car divisions. He was one of the most successful drivers in American drag racing history....