Happy Friday the 13th, everybody! Remember: The best way to avoid bad luck is with knowledge, so use these links to improve your brain and stave off something awful.

Ryan: Since I seem to be on a beer kick I figure I oughta science it up a bit and Wired put together a list of Science + Geek + Beer = Awesomely Geeky Science Beer. Worth a browse and if you find yourself in an area where you can get your hands on any of these shoot me an e-mail cause I’m always up for trading good beer with good people!

Patrick: Billy Mitchel is back. If you watched the movie “The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters,” you’ll remember Billy as the antagonist to Stever Weibe. In another twist, a plastic surgeon, Hank Chien, is in the mix. He apparently held the Donkey Kong record high score since February (Until Billy recently unseated him).

‘King of Kong’ villain reclaims Donkey Kong Throne

Jacob: Humanoid Robots in Space!

Robot to escort on space shuttle mission: NASA

THEM ROBOTS ARE TAKIN’ OUR JOBS!!! Lets pull an “Arizona” and make them prove they’re sentient.

Ben: Jupiter swallowed a super-Earth

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