ESL One New York 'CS:GO' recap: Na'Vi dominates, Team Liquid beats Fnatic twice

ESL One New York brought eight Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams and thousands of fans to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn Saturday, and the first day of competition was intense.

SEE ALSO: The next 'CS:GO' Major is being hosted by ELeague in Atlanta

SK Gaming, Na'Vi, Virtus.pro, G2 Esports, Team Liquid, Fnatic, OpTic Gaming and Astralis battled for spots in the semifinals Sunday, and the stakes were high even from the first match. In the end, Na'Vi, SK Gaming, Team Liquid and Virtus.pro moved onto the playoffs.

Coming in with two losses each, OpTic Gaming and G2 Esports went head-to-head to continue in the tournament. OpTic Gaming came out hot, shutting down G2 at every corner, including this three-kill clutch from OpTic's Rush. Read more...

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Fire, rage and calm: 15 powerful photos show the tension in Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - Protests against police brutality have rolled through Charlotte, North Carolina, since a black resident of the city named Keith Scott was fatally shot by an officer on Tuesday. 

Police maintain Scott had a gun at the time he was killed, while relatives and demonstrators say Scott had only a book. 

SEE ALSO: Define 'bad dude': The story behind a protester's strong message

Demonstrations have ranged from frenetic confrontations with police to calm marches through streets at the center of the city.

The range of emotion in Charlotte has been broad, and we captured that range in photos, below.  Read more...

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Dad uses Tesla's Summon mode to put the fear of robotics into his son

The Tesla's Summon feature is now a well known feature of the electric car - but not everyone is up to date on the car's autonomous mode, which makes playing pranks that much easier

In this case, the prank is played by a father on his son, who innocently sits in the Tesla when it suddenly stirs to life and begins moving. The kid is understandably panicky and even tries asking the car to stop. (Hey, would you have grabbed the wheel at such a young age in that situation? Yeah, right.)

The freak out only lasts a few seconds as the dad, who caught everything via a hidden GoPro, shows up and stops the car while grinning at his son's robot takeover panic. We don't advise anyone try this on their own family, but this is video is a great peek into our collective societal transition from expecting to manually control cars into the age of expecting cars to operate on their own.  Read more...

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Mastodon scraps revise US prehistory

Bones and stone tools from deep beneath a river in Florida betray the presence of humans 14,500 years ago.

Behold the glory of Peter Dinklage's 'SNL' space pants

Yes, Peter Dinklage's first Saturday Night Live hosting gig has had its fair share of Game of Thrones jokes - and a sketch all about Dinklage getting naked in the woods with Leslie Jones. (More on that when there's video available.)

But the weirdest sketch of the night so far - and the one that's causing the biggest stir on Twitter - has nothing to do with songs of ice and fire. Instead, it centers on a song of space and pants.

SEE ALSO: Peter Dinklage sings ode to dead 'Game of Thrones' characters

The general gist: A group of gangsters have gathered at a restaurant for a tense meeting. Every time things start getting serious, though, they're interrupted by the house entertainment: Dinklage in a weird blond Sia wig, singing a goofy, halting song about his pants. Read more...

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Earth's rarest minerals catalogued

Scientists categorise the Earth's rarest minerals with some so rare that the total global supply could fit in a thimble.

Court halts Obama's key climate plan

President Obama's plans to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide from US power plants are stalled by the Supreme Court.

Black hole caught 'burping' gas

Astronomers spy two huge waves of gas being "burped" by the black hole at the heart of a nearby galaxy.

6 tech tools to strengthen your co-parenting skills

Technology may be ending the need for face-to-face interaction and, sometimes, that can be a good thing

A University of Missouri study looked at how 49 divorced parents used technology to communicate with their exes. The study mostly looked at mothers with a wide range of post-divorce interactions, from very positive to very negative.

Parents in positive co-parenting situations found technology to be an effective tool for maintaining two households. The study also found that email often helped parents to deescalate fraught conversations

Yet, parents in contentious divorces often used technology to control situations or limit information. In the end, technology is only as reliable as the parents who use it Read more...

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NI's curlew population 'in danger'

One of our best-known birds is added to a list of those that are giving major concern to conservationists.

Ben Carson's much-heralded past becomes murky

Ben Carson's story has been told many times

Raised by a single mother in poverty, he grew up with a mean temper that was quelled by Bible study. He later joined the junior ROTC where he became a regional leader, but opted to go to Yale University over West Point. He then went on to become a doctor and then an accomplished neurosurgeon with a focus on pediatrics

See also: I used to be a Seventh-Day Adventist, and these are the questions I want Ben Carson to answer

Carson's remarkable life has been relayed in a memoir he wrote that later became a TV movie where he was played by Cuba Gooding Jr. Combined with his conservative-leaning views, Carson's story helped turn him into a Republican icon who burst into wide prominence after a 2013 speech that sharply criticized President Barack Obama went viral Read more...

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Geology photo contest names winners

From Giant's Causeway to Lulworth Cove - the Geological Society of London announces the winners of its photo competition celebrating the 100 Great Geosites of the UK and Ireland.