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Zombie Defense 101 Or US Air Force Students?

This is either Zombie Defense 101 at Palmetto Senior High or some students at an Air Force Rifle/Carbine Qualification Course taking “a moment to adjust their rifles so that they can sight the weapons with gas masks at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.” [Flickr]

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Check Out All These Awesome Interpretations of the Old Twitter Logo

The new Twitter trademark may be Batman or Sonic. But the old logo was the Wolverine! Wait, no, it’s Linus from Charlie Brown. No, I meant Yod—Bugs Bunny! Or Fry? Maybe Link. Definitely Woody. Or Buzz. Whatever. The new Twitter logo is anything you want it to be if you are a genius illustrator like…

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Lego’s Munsters’ House Is Not Really the Munsters’ But Close Enough

I never watched The Addams Family when I was a kid. But I loved the Munsters—with Eddie, Marilyn (swoon), Grandpa, Lily (double swoon) and Herman Munster, father and Apple analyst. That’s why I love the latest (big!) Lego set. It’s the Haunted House. It’s not about the Munsters, but their series Monsters Fighters, but in…

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Apple iOS 6: What’s Needed, What’s Coming

We know very little about iOS 6, the next version of the iPhone and iPad operating system that is likely to be unveiled at Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference tomorrow. So this is a list both of what we know, and what we want. New Maps According to rumors, Apple is supposed to add a…

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This Endless Vastness of Golden Ponds Looks Like the Sunset In a Different Planet

Out there, in the vastness of space, there’s a billion worlds that look like this at sunset. Ice and water, but full of life under the ocean. However, this alien scene of endless ponds is right here on Earth: Sunsets started to tease the Arctic horizon as scientists on board the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter…

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Civilization Pushes Forward As New Etsy Service Puts Nic Cage Into Your Photos

Only $12. That’s all it costs to be near Him. That’s all it costs to transform yourself into Him. He is Nicolas Cage and you will stupid if you do this. Stupidly happy. [Etsy via Buzzfeed]

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I Wish They Could Connect My Brain to Pro Athletes’ Senses

This TV commercial—made by special effects company The Mill for Direct TV—is pretty neat. They filmed the race in a stadium in Mexico. Then they got the actor’s head in a green room, mapping that over the race video, replacing the head. It tries to sell the idea that, with Direct TV, you will live…

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Apple iOS 6 Confirmed for Next Monday (Updated)

This banner—reflected on glass—has just been snapped at the Moscone West, the venue for Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference 2012 in San Francisco, California. There isn’t much information for iOS 6, but this is what we expect. [9to5mac, Instagram via MacRumors] Update: a clearer image.

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Twitter’s New Logo Is Actually Sonic the Hedgehog

Batman? Twitter’s new logo is not Batman—it is Sonic the Hedgehog! Gizmodo reader Ben Flores, a designer in San Francisco, sent us the graphic that now shows the obvious. Even the color matches! I wonder if Sega would sue. [Thanks Ben!] Here’s Twitter new logo:

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The Most Extreme Zipline In the World Is One Hell of a Ride

This is absolutely nuts: watch people riding as fast as 87mph (140km/h) on the ZipFlyer Nepal, the world’s craziest, most extreme zipline. It was just finished on Sarangkot, near the city of Pokhara, Nepal. The zipline has a vertical drop of almost 2,000 feet (600 meters) and a distance of almost 6,000 feet (1.8 kilometers).…

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Guy Gets Double Arm Transplant, Does World’s Best Robot Dance Move to Celebrate

I love sad stories with happy ending. This gentleman is Gabriel Granados Vergara, a 52-year-old man lost both arms below the elbows, charred beyond repair in an electrical accident. But thanks to an unnamed 34-year-old shooting victim, he got them back. The double arm transplant was performed by Dr. Martin Iglesias at the National Institute…

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This Gross Piece of Crap May Be the Key to a New Technological Future

Look at this piece of disgusting crap. It looks like something you could find in a clogged bathroom sink drain after not cleaning it for a decade. But as gross as it looks, it may be the key to our technological future. It’s a living sponge. Or something like that. But it’s alive. Kind of.…

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These Space Orbit Videos Just Keep Getting More and More Amazing Every Single Time

I thought I was tired of these space videos, but this one feels quite different from the many ones I’ve seen before. It may be the way it’s framed and cropped, or the post-processing, or the whimsical Moby soundtrack, or everything combines, but it left me in awe once again. The video was created by…

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Did You Know That You Can Hear the Big Bang Using Any Old Radio or TV?

Here’s a really cool science factoid: if you turn any old radio or TV that is not tuned to any station, a percentage of that white noise you hear is the sound of the Big Bang, the moment of the creation of the Universe. Here’s a cool video that explains it all.

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America F*ck Yeah!

Here’s the Enterprise travelling the Hudson—from New Jersey to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City—while the NYPD guards it and the Statue of Liberty watches over the scene in a dramatic backdrop. [NASA]

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This Cockroach Just Doesn’t Give a Sh*t About Physics

Scientists have discovered that, while trying to escape predators, cockroaches can change directions and body orientation instantly, flipping upside down and front to back while running at full speed, without giving a damn about gravity or physics. Check this freaky freaky video. What’s more surprising is that, if you shave their legs, they will not…

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This Amazing Space Image Just Won the Internet

Not only this image wins the internet for the most amazing image of the Venus transit, but to me it’s also one of the most impressive images in the history of astronomy and space exploration. The scale and the feeling left me in awe. Click to expand. This image has been adapted to fit the…

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This Beautiful Device Turns Your iPhone and Android Into an Ultra-Thin Laptop

This is the ClamBook, a super-sleek, airier-that-Air thingamajig that has a 16:9 widescreen, a keyboard, and a battery. It will turn your iPhone or Android cell into a beautiful, ultra-thin laptop. Obviously, not as powerful as a real laptop, but as useful as many. There are no many technical details about it yet, though. They…

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These Impossible Pool Trick Shots Defy Belief

You don’t have to be Paul Newman to appreciate the difficulty for these collection of insane pool trick shots. All thanks to skill and physics, although there is a couple which are so perfectly crazy that they have to be computer generated. [Thanks Karl!]

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The First Video of Earth Bombarded by Meteors From Orbit

See those explosions of light against the backdrop of our ever-spinning Earth? They are meteors burning through our planet’s mesosphere, captured from the International Space Station in a time lapse made of 316 still frames by astronaut Don Pettit. The meteors are the Lyrids, a meteor shower that happens each year, when Earth crosses material…

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Zombie Defense 101 Or US Air Force Students?

Check Out All These Awesome Interpretations of the Old Twitter Logo

Lego’s Munsters’ House Is Not Really the Munsters’ But Close Enough

Apple iOS 6: What’s Needed, What’s Coming

This Endless Vastness of Golden Ponds Looks Like the Sunset In a Different Planet

Civilization Pushes Forward As New Etsy Service Puts Nic Cage Into Your Photos

I Wish They Could Connect My Brain to Pro Athletes’ Senses

Apple iOS 6 Confirmed for Next Monday (Updated)

Twitter’s New Logo Is Actually Sonic the Hedgehog

The Most Extreme Zipline In the World Is One Hell of a Ride

Guy Gets Double Arm Transplant, Does World’s Best Robot Dance Move to Celebrate

This Gross Piece of Crap May Be the Key to a New Technological Future

These Space Orbit Videos Just Keep Getting More and More Amazing Every Single Time

Did You Know That You Can Hear the Big Bang Using Any Old Radio or TV?

America F*ck Yeah!

This Cockroach Just Doesn’t Give a Sh*t About Physics

This Amazing Space Image Just Won the Internet

This Beautiful Device Turns Your iPhone and Android Into an Ultra-Thin Laptop

These Impossible Pool Trick Shots Defy Belief

The First Video of Earth Bombarded by Meteors From Orbit

Anker 160W Laptop Charger Briefly Returns to Black Friday Pricing in a Last-Minute Amazon Spring Sale Deal

The New ‘Backrooms’ Trailer Is Packed Full of Endless Dread

Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo Falls Under $25, a Budget Bundle Deal in the Final Hours of Spring Sale

Liquids Crack With an Audible Snap, Study Finds

Dyson V15 Detect Plus Cordless Vacuum Is a Late Spring Sale Deal at a Record Low on Amazon

The New ‘Supergirl’ Trailer Is Filled With Krypto, Lobo, and ’60s Soul

Vaping Comes With a Cancer Risk, Review Finds

ASUS Eye Care Monitor Hits an All-Time Low, Only Hours Left to Grab a 27″ Screen at a 15.6″ Budget Price on Amazon

How to Watch Artemis 2, NASA’s First Crewed Mission to the Moon in 54 Years

KitchenAid 4.5-Quart Stand Mixer Is Back at Its Lowest Price, a Last-Minute Spring Sale Deal Outside Amazon Prime Day

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset