You Might Not Want to Mix These 5 Things With Birth Control [Science Video]

Many forms of birth control are hormone-based–but not everything mixes well with those hormones. This week on Reactions, learn about some common products that could make your birth control less effective or cause dangerous side effects. If you have any concerns, be sure to consult your doctor.

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This Star Wars Imperial Laptop Backpack is Strong With the Force

An absolutely gorgeous Star Wars Imperial laptop backpack that can fit laptops of up to 15-inches! It also has a padded tablet pocket, multiple organizing pockets, compression straps, and a metal Imperial logo insignia! The backpack measures roughly 18 3/4-inches tall x 12 1/2-inches wide x 7-inches long.

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The Perfect Lawn Ornament: The Great Garden Gnome Massacre (And Other Fun Ornaments!)

This “Great Garden Gnome Massacre” lawn ornament might be the greatest lawn ornament of all time.

The Great Garden Gnome Massacre makes a great and hilarious gift for the garden lover in your life. The terrifying T-Rex is a defender of humanity with a taste for gnomes, a funny take on the conventional garden gnome. It’s a fun addition to any landscaping, but looks great in your home, garden or office, too. 9-inches tall; 5-inches wide at base. Made of durable cast poly resin to withstand the elements.

Big Mouth, the company that makes it also has tons of other really cool and funny lawn ornaments:

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“Kitten” – An Impressive Computer Animation from 1968

This is Russian computer animation from 1968. Boing Boing gives us a short translated explanation.

More than 40 years ago in 1968 … A team led by Nikolai Nikolaevich Konstantinov creates a mathematical model of the motion of the animal (cat). The BESM-4 machine, executing a written program for solving ordinary (in the mathematical sense of the word) differential equations, draws a cartoon “Kitty” containing even by modern standards an amazing animation of cat movements created by a computer.

You have to admit the walking movement is impressive. There’s more here, in Russian.