Nicolaus Wegner spent five months photographing extreme weather phenomena in Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Colorado. According to him "high plains storms are some of the most beautiful and wild in the world" and after watching this stunning time-lapse, I have to agree. » 10/29/14 1:12am Today 1:12am

November this year marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. In addition to the usual civic ceremonies and the like, this anniversary will be commemorated by an art installation tracing the site of wall with lit-up helium balloons. » 10/29/14 1:00am Today 1:00am

In anticipation of Halloween, Brooklyn-based artist Yuliya Tsukerman made this neat stop motion recreating the iconic shower scene in Psycho using only carved pumpkins. It might not be as scary as the original but it's a solid source of nightmares nonetheless. » 10/29/14 12:44am Today 12:44am

Twitch, the popular video game streaming service, has recently clarified its dress code, banning topless or "sexually suggestive" streaming. It's not clear if this was sparked by a particular rash of overly-sexy gamers, but from now on, you're going to have to keep your shirt on while busting your virtual moves. [PC… » 10/29/14 12:30am Today 12:30am

Getting braces for crooked teeth is one of our society's accepted forms of self torture for the sake of vanity. It's completely painful and done in a terribly awkward stage in life but it's worth it in the end, not just for the sight of straight teeth but for the pure functionality of improving the bite (or so they… » 10/29/14 12:06am Today 12:06am

The spat between Apple Pay and a prototype rival system, CurrentC, is already relatively well documented. But according to a New York Times report, things go a little deeper: any merchant that's signed up to use CurrentC is legally forbidden from accepting Apple Pay. » 10/28/14 11:33pm Yesterday 11:33pm

The Head of the Catholic Church has spoken: The Big Bang and evolution are real—God is not "a magician, complete with a magic wand that can do all things," Pope Francis said at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences yesterday. He was surprisingly clear where his immediate predecessors were muddier. » 10/28/14 11:21pm Yesterday 11:21pm

I'm not exaggerating the tiniest bit when I say I want to fly to Japan right now and park myself right in front of this man's hand made wooden doll shop in Japan and just watch him work. Imagine the earnest smell of the woodworking, the sound of the lathe spinning and the beauty of his concentration in making art. » 10/28/14 10:47pm Yesterday 10:47pm

Sure, you're not supposed to play with fire but what about painting with fire? That's what artist Steve Spazuk does. He uses flames and smoke to create beautiful artwork with images that are literally burned in. Spazuk employs other tools like feather brushes and x-acto knives but his artwork begins with fire. Pretty… » 10/28/14 10:08pm Yesterday 10:08pm

Did you miss your chance to pre-order the OnePlus One smartphone yesterday due to server fail? You'll get one more chance on November 17th at 10AM ET. Good luck! [OnePlus Blog] » 10/28/14 9:34pm Yesterday 9:34pm

If you buy a new iPad from your friendly local Apple store, you might notice that you get an Apple SIM inside, rather than a regular 'ole one from Verizon or T-Mobile or whatever. Sadly, for those of you thinking that heralded the demise of SIM cards as we know them, Apple's VP for iPhone has a message for ya: not so… » 10/28/14 9:15pm Yesterday 9:15pm

Some people call these overhead angles birds eye view, other prefer the grandiloquent Gods eye view. But anyway you call them, when these shots are used to enhance the story and not just as a gimmick, they are pure cinematic magic. Editor Brian Carrol put together some of the best in this cool compilation. » 10/28/14 9:03pm Yesterday 9:03pm

I grew up in one of those typically suburban Colonial Revival homes, all bricks and columns and shutters. It wasn't old, but it was designed to look that way, and in many aspects it was quite convincing. In fact, it looked a lot like the quaint New England cottage owned by Barbara and Adam Maitland. Until they died. » 10/28/14 9:00pm Yesterday 9:00pm

Scientists at Swiss fruit company Lubera have created a genetically modified apple that fizzes in your mouth. This new variety, called Paradis Sparkling, has big cells in the flesh that release effervescent juices when you bite into them. » 10/28/14 8:29pm Yesterday 8:29pm

A random YouTube user recently found some old home movie footage of his grandparents throwing a party in the 1960s. Then, he dubbed over it with the popular hip-hop song "Black and Yellow" by Wiz Khalifa. The outcome is simply perfect. » 10/28/14 8:00pm Yesterday 8:00pm

The holiday travel season is coming, and here's some important new data that might help you enjoy it more: The cheapest airline fares can be found 57 days before your planned departure. What's more, the best day of the week to buy those tickets is now Sunday—which has changed in recent years. It used to be Tuesday. » 10/28/14 7:44pm Yesterday 7:44pm

Who doesn't want to have their own tech site these days? According to the Daily Dot, Verizon's recently launched SugarString will have two very conspicuous holes in its tech coverage: U.S. government surveillance and net neutrality. What a big fat coincidence that Verizon is embroiled in both. » 10/28/14 7:17pm Yesterday 7:17pm

DARPA's boffins have just set a new world record in computing with a solid-state integrated circuit that packs the power of a supercomputer into a single chip. You thought your six-core, 3.9 Ghz Mac Pro was a computational powerhouse? This single chip is around 250 times as fast. » 10/28/14 5:37pm Yesterday 5:37pm