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Based on some domain purchases made this week, all signs point to yes.

Whether you’re a smoker or not, you’ve probably noticed the growing problem all over the globe that is the cigarette filter or butt.

Besides the obvious, there’s a lot that people don’t know about cigarette butts. Many cigarette butts are toxic, they release carcinogenic pollutants that can harm wildlife. Cellulose acetate breathed in from filters has been know to cause lung damage in some cases.

Cigarette butts are the most numerically frequent litter in the world; 4.5 Trillion cigarette butts are littered each year. Believe it or not, current filters are actually biodegradable, but they can take as much as 15-20 years to fully decompose. As you might imagine, these butts have been adding up quick. What can we do?

The Original Doom

Using one first person shooter per year, a team from NoFrag.com put together this short, yet fascinating trip down memory lane.

The video showcases the in-game metamorphosis of graphics, speed and overall gaming capabilities over the last 20 years, from 1992 to 2012.

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Want to buy domain names or web hosting but only have a (virtual) pocket full of change?

You’re in luck! Alexa top 1,000 website and ICANN accredited registrar NameCheap.com is now accepting crypto-currency as a legitimate form of payment, putting it on par with PayPal, Google CheckOut, Visa, Mastercard, and American Express.

When you rank the all-time brilliant minds, it’s tough not to consider Stephen Hawking.

There’s a lot you probably don’t know about the famous physicist though.  

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Has the future of sports finally arrived?

Eggs Without Egg

In one of the all-time great oxymorons, a radical new form of sustainable food, authentic replica eggs comprised entirely of plants, may soon alter global diets.

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Lockheed Martin thinks so.

Want to ride the world’s fastest snowboard that cuts through ice like a dream?

By now we’ve all heard of Project Glass or Google Glasses: the augmented reality eyewear that could replace the cell phone, change our lives forever, and some might argue, give us brain cancer.

But how will this new piece of wearable technology mesh with our daily lives?