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This Is What Happens When Barbie Dolls Turn Into Meth Heads

I love these amazing, ultra-realistic model photography series by the very talented Carrie Becker: Barbie Trashes Her Dreamhouse. I imagine this happening in an alternative universe where Ken leaves her after she turns into a meth head following years of alcohol and coke abuse. This series was done in part during an artist residency, otherwise…

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Twin NASA Spacecraft Now Orbiting the Moon Carrying Space Eyes For Students

NASA’s new favorite ships for all Middle school students are now ready to start work: GRAIL-B has joined her twin GRAIL-A into a near-polar, elliptical orbit around the Moon. The probes will be ready for science on March 2012, when they will be spinning around the Moon every two hours in a near-circular orbit at…

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Iran Tests Long-Range Missiles Over Strait of Hormuz, Creates First Nuclear Fuel Rod

Iran has successfully tested two long-range missiles over the Strait of Hormuz—a crucial point for oil commerce—in response to Obama’s December 31 sanctions against Iran’s central bank. What’s worse: Iran claims they have created their first nuclear fuel rod. For sure, those Iranians know how to start the year with a bang. What missiles did…

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Rupert Murdoch Is Now On Twitter!

Check it out, kids, our favorite octogenarian media tycoon has joined Twitter. I have to admit I love his Twitter picture. And he’s pretty active too. Here’s a sample: Vacations great time for thinking. St Barth’s too many people. Thoughts best kept private around here. Like London! Happy 2012. May itbe better than all experts…

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How To Peel A Whole Head of Garlic In Less Than Ten Seconds

If you are cooking this holidays (or ever) you will love this MAGIC tip: how to peel a whole head of garlic in less than ten seconds. It just requires two bowls and some shaking. Aaaah-mazing. [Thanks Joe!]

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This Guy Spent $16,000 On a Virtual Sword Before The Game Was Released

This man is holding an image of a sword that doesn’t exist in real life. In fact, it doesn’t even really exist on a virtual world—he paid $16,000 for a game sword that he can’t play yet. He got the virtual sword at an auction to celebrate the launch of a highly anticipated game called…

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The Eye of Satan Is Watching You From Space

Repent, sinners! SATAN EXISTS! And his evil eye is looking at you from space! I mean, if there is an Eye of God* in space, there has to be an Eye of Satan in a permanent staring contest, right? At least, it looks like a really evil eye to me. It’s a photo of the…

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I Want This 18th Century English Tower Turned Into Awesome Home

I always wanted to live in a lighthouse. Now I want to live in a lighthouse reformed like the Round Tower, this old English building that was restored and extended into a dream house by architects De Matos Ryan. Some historians say that the Round Tower started its life as a windmill circa 1790 on…

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China Has Its Own GPS Now—And It’s Better Than Yours

China is now one step closer to become the top economic and military superpower in the world: their Beidou geo-positioning system is now fully armed and operational. Why is this important? Accurately knowing where you are on planet Earth is one of the most powerful technologies any country can have. Beidou cuts China’s dependency of…

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I REALLY Wanted This Slot Car Circuit For Christmas

I love slot cars. I remember building tracks with my dad and my brothers, racing old sports prototypes, old school F1s and two Porsche 911s. One of the cars was the RCR 917, so I was blown away by this custom racetrack. It’s a slot car circuit encased on the RCR 917 exactly as the…

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LEGO Has a Massive Sale Right Now

Christmas is gone and Lego has a ton of sets on sale right now. Some of the discounts go as high as 75%. These don’t last long, so visit the LEGO Store fast. [LEGO Store via Brothers Brick]

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How to Jailbreak Your iOS 5 iPhone, iPad and iPod—Except iPad 2 and iPhone 4S

Attenshun iPhone, iPad and iPod users! The wait is over! The iOS 5 untethered jailbreak is now available for A4-based iPhone, iPad and iPod using Redsnow. You just need to follow the following steps and enjoy your non-authorized apps right away: https://gizmodo.com/the-must-have-jailbreak-apps-5817192 1. Download Redsn0w for Mac and Windows. 2. Run Redsn0w, click on “Jailbreak”…

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Google Will Release Their Own iPad 3 Competitor Within Six Months

Rejoice, Android fans! Steve Jobs’ best friend Eric Schmidt says that they are readying their own high-powered tablet to compete with the iPad 3. This Nexus tablet was rumored back in 2010, but he says it’s now only six months away. https://gizmodo.com/how-apple-and-googles-romance-turned-to-hate-5483662 In an interview with Il Corriere della Sera, Schmidt declares that Google is…

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How Do they Take Those Amazing Earth Time Lapses From the ISS?

Have you ever wondered why there are so many amazing videos of Earth from orbit nowadays? The answer is simple: the amazing low-light performance of current DSLR cameras, like the Nikon D3 used by Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum. https://gizmodo.com/this-fluid-fly-by-video-is-the-most-astonishing-view-of-5842671 Watch him explain how he does it to one of our favorite NASA astronauts, Hubble…

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GoDaddy Dickheads May Be Delaying Domain Transfers On Purpose (Updated)

GoDaddy may claim to be “neutral” about SOPA, the shameful censorship law cheered by a bunch of greedy copyright corpocrooks, but that isn’t stopping thousands of people from leaving their dreadful service. https://gizmodo.com/brave-godaddy-ceo-says-hes-neither-for-nor-against-sopa-5870920 That’s great, except GoDaddy seems to be delaying the transfer process, pissing them off even more. GoDaddy and its owner, Bob Parsons,…

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Scientists Say We Should Search Moon for Alien Traces

Arizona State University’s professor Paul Davies—a theoretical physicist and cosmologist now working on astrobiology—and Robert Wagner—Research Technician at the School of Earth & Space Exploration—have published a scientific paper calling for the search of alien artifacts on the Moon.. I know. I find this insanely awesome too. And it actually makes some sense. They argue…

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Sea Shepherd Now Using Drones To Hunt Japanese Whalers

Sea Shepherd—the environmental organization defending whales against asshole Japanese whalers on “researcher” cosplay—have a powerful new weapon: unmanned aerial vehicles. They have located a Japanese whaling fleet 1,000 miles north of the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary using a drone. The good news is that one of their new drones has intercepted the fleet before any…

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This Video Makes Me Want to Be Rollerman When I Grow Up

Here’s a new video of Rollerman, the real-life superhero that suffered a mutation which caused Rollerblade skates to grow on every part of his body. Rollerman is the alter-ego of Jean-Yves Blondeau. And who is Jean-Yves Blondeau, you ask? https://gizmodo.com/video-of-rollerman-racing-against-600cc-sportbike-spoi-287158 A bloody crazy Frenchman, as this video clearly demonstrates. [Thanks Beau!]

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Turns Out That Viagra Actually Makes Muscles Limp

While Viagra makes men’s hanging cavernous tissue hard, scientists at the Ruhr Universitat in Bochum, Germany, have now discovered that it can save lives too by causing the opposite effect: Viagra makes some heart muscles less stiff. Professor Wolfgang Linke and his team have found that Viagra activates an enzyme that causes protein in heart…

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Man Escapes Death As Satellite Fragment Crashes Through His Roof

Andrei Krivorukov got a wonderful Christmas gift: his very own life. He saved it after a titanium ball from a Russian communication satellite crashed right into his house, escaping death by just a few feet. The Russian satellite was a Meridian, which is used for civilian and military communications. It was destroyed when a Soyuz-2…

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This Is What Happens When Barbie Dolls Turn Into Meth Heads

Twin NASA Spacecraft Now Orbiting the Moon Carrying Space Eyes For Students

Iran Tests Long-Range Missiles Over Strait of Hormuz, Creates First Nuclear Fuel Rod

Rupert Murdoch Is Now On Twitter!

How To Peel A Whole Head of Garlic In Less Than Ten Seconds

This Guy Spent $16,000 On a Virtual Sword Before The Game Was Released

The Eye of Satan Is Watching You From Space

I Want This 18th Century English Tower Turned Into Awesome Home

China Has Its Own GPS Now—And It’s Better Than Yours

I REALLY Wanted This Slot Car Circuit For Christmas

LEGO Has a Massive Sale Right Now

How to Jailbreak Your iOS 5 iPhone, iPad and iPod—Except iPad 2 and iPhone 4S

Google Will Release Their Own iPad 3 Competitor Within Six Months

How Do they Take Those Amazing Earth Time Lapses From the ISS?

GoDaddy Dickheads May Be Delaying Domain Transfers On Purpose (Updated)

Scientists Say We Should Search Moon for Alien Traces

Sea Shepherd Now Using Drones To Hunt Japanese Whalers

This Video Makes Me Want to Be Rollerman When I Grow Up

Turns Out That Viagra Actually Makes Muscles Limp

Man Escapes Death As Satellite Fragment Crashes Through His Roof

JBL Authentics 500 Retro-Style Home Speaker Hits 40% Off, Now at Its Lowest Price as Amazon’s Spring Sale Clearance Begins

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You Too Will Learn to Fear the XenoFrog

Amazon Echo Dot Sees Its Last Price Drop in the Spring Sale, Final Hours Tick Down Ahead of an Uncertain Prime Day

Artemis 2 by the Numbers: Breaking Down NASA’s Big Return to the Moon

Apple Removes iPhone Vibe Coding App from App Store

China’s Biggest Social Media Celebrity Is… Kris Jenner?

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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

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It