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Will more dead actors be coming to a theater near you?

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imageFurious 7's Paul Walker died in November 2013. Universal Pictures

On November 30 2013, actor Paul Walker died in a car crash before filming of Furious 7 was complete. The accident meant the franchise’s filmmakers had to resort to workarounds to finish scenes featuring Walker. This was made possible by combining footage from outtakes with the...

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It turns out there's truth to 'dead battery bounce' after all

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imageSome will come out alive, other will not.batteries by Anna Shkolnaya/Shutterstock.com

It sometimes seems as if AA batteries breed when left alone in dark drawers around the house. As children rip them out of toys as they run out of juice the dead ones without charge get mixed up with the new ones. And somehow a working battery tester or multi-meter...

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  1. Politicians need to be taught how to tweet ... and so do the rest of us
  2. Should all university lectures be automatically recorded?
  3. Rahm Emanuel's victory reflects Chicago politics, not a blueprint for Democratic Party
  4. Manifesto Check: Plaid Cymru's sports policy – a good shot, but missed opportunity
  5. Where and what is happening in your brain when you sleep?
  6. Utah's firing squad plan is another twist in America's long quest for a perfect execution method
  7. Wind costs more than you think due to massive federal subsidies
  8. Why ocean energy needs a cyberinfrastructure to thrive
  9. W(h)ither the Liberal Arts?
  10. How the brain reads music: the evidence for musical dyslexia
  11. Are we in the midst of an ice epidemic? A snapshot of meth use in Australia
  12. Napoleon's battle for Parisian hearts largely took place on stage
  13. As battle for Aden rages, Yemen is set for a messy and violent future
  14. Turkish view remains neglected in our understanding of Gallipoli
  15. Energy White Paper promises privatisation and lower prices: experts respond
  16. Ex-AMA chief Glasson throws hat into Senate ring
  17. When jihadists post selfies the government struggles to respond
  18. How a group of Dominicans were stripped of their nationality and now face expulsion to Haiti
  19. Chlorine attacks continue in Syria with no prospect of Assad being brought to account
  20. State of the nation: inequality rising shows we’re not ‘all in this together’
  21. Same-sex marriage in Finland means standing up to Russia
  22. Amazon Dash is a first step towards an internet of things that is actually useful
  23. Internet of things devices meant to simplify our lives may end up ruling them instead
  24. We can avoid mass extinction, but time is running out
  25. Extending dividend benefits to foreign investors may address competition concerns
  26. Install smart meters to cut power costs, Macfarlane tells households
  27. Explainer: what is placenta?
  28. Ian North's Antarctic artworks evoke the beauty and terror of our era
  29. Students with autism need targeted attention – not a cage
  30. Experts caution Australia on unilateral 'Google tax'
  31. Payday lending trap requires a credit supply rethink
  32. Copyright trumps privacy in Dallas Buyers Club ruling
  33. Australian politics' Kodak moment spells trouble for the major parties
  34. We've scrubbed Dennis Nona's art from our galleries to our cost
  35. Safety before profits: why cosmetic surgery is ripe for regulation
  36. Stopping corporate tax avoidance in a house of smoke and mirrors
  37. Broader base, not a higher rate the answer for GST reform
  38. Group of Eight's change of tack smacks of self-interest
  39. Online harassment is a form of violence
  40. A new website shows how global warming could change your town
  41. Why the Paris climate talks won’t be another Copenhagen
  42. Australians should learn from Canadians' big census mistake
  43. Corporate tax cuts help big business and small firms pay the price
  44. Russell Crowe's Water Diviner tries to question history, but misses the mark
  45. First job for the next education minister: avoid a teacher strike over school budgets
  46. Explainer: how do minority governments survive?
  47. It is not clear who won in the Dallas Buyers Club LLC court case and was it moot?
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