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Mystique Rallies the Troops In the Intense New X-Men: Apocalypse Trailer

The new X-Men: Apocalypse trailer is here, and although it gives us Professor X vowing to keep his students safe from the rise of a very angry Apocalypse—it looks like it’ll be Mystique that leads them into battle. It’s perhaps not quite so surprising that Jennifer Lawrence’s Mystique gets the attention in this trailer, given…

Trailers James Whitbrook Mar 17 '16

SeaWorld Will Finally Stop Using Killer Whales… After Just a Few More Years of Exploitation

SeaWorld has announced that it’s ended the practice of breeding orcas in captivity. It’ll also stop running its theatrical shows, replacing them with what it calls “natural” encounters with the animals—but only by 2019. SeaWorld currently looks after 24 orcas. In a statement, Joel Manby, the company’s President and CEO, explained that these will be…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 17 '16

Daredevil Teases a ‘Sequel’ to Its Incredible Hallway Fight Scene

Charlie Cox also talks up a storm about Daredevil, and the path to The Defenders. The Crow reboot might well and truly be dead. Elizabeth Henstridge talks FitzSimmons’ romance on Agents of SHIELD. Plus, a new Batman v Superman clip, and behind the scenes on Preacher. Behold, Spoilers! The Crow The original Crow producers are…

Television James Whitbrook Mar 17 '16

Learn How to Survive a Plane Crash With This Free App

Prepare For Impact started life as an unsettling Oculus Rift virtual reality demo that simulated what it was like to be inside a plane during an emergency landing in water. But its creators have since expanded the project into a free app that simulates countless ways your next flight could go wrong. So why would…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Mar 17 '16

It Takes These Brazen Thieves Just Seconds to Install an Invisible Card Skimmer

This unsettling video, released by Miami Beach Police in Florida, shows just how little time is needed for thieves to install a card skimmer on an ATM or debit machine. In the video, two of the thieves first distract the clerks working behind the counter of this convenience store, so the third accomplice can quickly…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Mar 17 '16

This Amazing Expanding Material Is Based on Islamic Art

Pull this small tile outwards and it doesn’t shorten in the other dimension like a normal piece of material. Instead, its Islamic-inspired pattern twists and deforms so that it can grown in both directions. Creating structures that unfurl when pulled apart isn’t anything particularly new: There are all kinds of exotic deployable structures that are…

Physics & Chemistry Jamie Condliffe Mar 17 '16

American Express Admits to Theft of Customer Data Three Years Late [Updated]

American Express has warned its customers that they may have had their personal information stolen during a data breach—which happened in 2013. The company explained to California’s attorney general in a letter sent on March 10th that a merchant suffered a data breach. The first version of the letter sent to the attorney general incorrectly…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe Mar 17 '16

Experimental Dengue Vaccine Protects Every Participant in Small-Scale Trial

An experimental vaccine for Dengue fever has been tested on participants who were all exposed to the virus—none of whom went on to show any signs of illness. The new vaccine, known as TV003, was developed by National Institutes of Health. During a double-blind trial each participants received either a placebo or the vaccine. When…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 17 '16

These Self-Assembling Nanowires Could Grow Into the Computer Chips of the Future

Imagine if instead of painstakingly creating computer chips using complex nanoscale engineering you could simply let raw materials assemble themselves into the same structure from the molecule up. These self-assmebling nanowires could be first step in that direction. Try to get past the fact they look a bit like something you may have stumbled across…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 17 '16

This Cheap 3D-Printed Antenna Works Just as Well as Its Expensive Siblings

This light pink plastic dish may look like something from your grandmother’s china collection, but in fact it’s the European Space Agency’s first 3D-printed dual-reflector antenna. And it works surprisingly well. The antenna, with a corrugated feedhorn and two reflectors, was printed as a single unit using a plastic polymer then given a thin lick…

Space & Spaceflight Attila Nagy Mar 17 '16

Apple’s iCloud Will Apparently Partly Run on Google’s Servers

It’s not just you that needs to upgrade your iCloud storage. A new set of reports claims that Apple has had to sign up with Google’s Cloud Platform to help power its own cloud storage service. The Financial Times and CRN both report that Apple has signed a deal to run parts of iCloud on…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 17 '16

Intel Could Be Bringing Always-On Voice Assistants to Laptops

Always-on digital assistants like “Hey Siri” and “OK Google” add an important layer of simplicity, but thus far they’ve not made it to laptops, mostly due to battery reasons. A new Intel partnership with Sensory is hoping to solve that. The problem with always-on voice recognition is that it requires the device to always be…

Artificial Intelligence Chris Mills Mar 17 '16

Why Cocktail Glasses Really Matter

I will freely admit to being one of the twentysomething wasters who will throw a cocktail in anything that isn’t a Solo cup. But if you have more style and class, you may have wondered if there’s science behind the bewildering array of glassware. PBS Idea Channel sat down with Ivy Mix at Leyenda, to…

Sploid Chris Mills Mar 16 '16

Steve Wozniak: Apple Wasn’t Really Founded In a Garage

Lesser-known Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak recently sat down with Reddit for a video interview, and a more traditional AMA. Among the nuggets of wisdom: the Apple Watch lineup is “too complicated”, and Apple’s garage origins is partly a myth. There’s a few good, hard-hitting questions in the AMA that Wozniak took the time to answer.…

Tech News Chris Mills Mar 16 '16

These Tiny Magnets Could Stop People Stealing Bike Wheels

There’s lots of reasons why we can’t have nice things; when it comes to bicycles, it’s because assholes enjoy stripping them for parts, or stealing them outright. This project is trying to fix that, one oddly-shaped magnet at a time. The concept behind Hexlox is reasonably simple: it’s a piece that uses a magnet to…

Tech News Chris Mills Mar 16 '16

This Year’s Biggest Superhero Movies Are All About America’s Descent into Fascism

A few days ago, many people were shocked—shocked!—at a pair of new studies that found that many Americans have authoritarian tendencies. They want a strong leader, who can sort out “those” people. This went against everything we had lazily chosen to believe about America! But it’s also pretty apparent if you pay any attention at…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Mar 16 '16

5 Crazy Theories That Actually Turned Out to Be True

People are generally wrong. So don’t be afraid to stand out on your own with your own crazy theory on how this here world and the universe around us exists (let’s not get too conspiracy crazy though). Here are 5 ideas that were totally crazy at the time but actually turned out to be right.…

Sploid Casey Chan Mar 16 '16

Gotham Was Just Renewed for Season Three

The adventures of a young Bruce Wayne, his rising super villains, and the underworld of Gotham City are going to continue. Fox just renewed Gotham for a third season. [Deadline]

Television Germain Lussier Mar 16 '16

There’s No Cloning in Quantum Mechanics, So the Star Trek Transporter Really Is a Suicide Box

Remember last week’s video about the trouble with Star Trek’s transporter (a.k.a. a “suicide box”) by CGP Grey, delving into whether the teleported version of yourself would really be, well, you? Henry Reich of Minute Physics has posted a video response with his own resolution to the logical paradox. You know what that means…. NERD…

Tech News Jennifer Ouellette Mar 16 '16

Microwaving Rubies Makes Them Prettier

Not all gemstones are of the same quality. While some rubies are clear and beautiful, others are dull, filled with flaws, and the color of old blood. Scientists have found that chucking them in a serious microwave can really improve them. This is not the first time people have used technology to improve gemstones. Lasers…

Tech News Esther Inglis-Arkell Mar 16 '16

Mystique Rallies the Troops In the Intense New X-Men: Apocalypse Trailer

SeaWorld Will Finally Stop Using Killer Whales… After Just a Few More Years of Exploitation

Daredevil Teases a ‘Sequel’ to Its Incredible Hallway Fight Scene

Learn How to Survive a Plane Crash With This Free App

It Takes These Brazen Thieves Just Seconds to Install an Invisible Card Skimmer

This Amazing Expanding Material Is Based on Islamic Art

American Express Admits to Theft of Customer Data Three Years Late [Updated]

Experimental Dengue Vaccine Protects Every Participant in Small-Scale Trial

These Self-Assembling Nanowires Could Grow Into the Computer Chips of the Future

This Cheap 3D-Printed Antenna Works Just as Well as Its Expensive Siblings

Apple’s iCloud Will Apparently Partly Run on Google’s Servers

Intel Could Be Bringing Always-On Voice Assistants to Laptops

Why Cocktail Glasses Really Matter

Steve Wozniak: Apple Wasn’t Really Founded In a Garage

These Tiny Magnets Could Stop People Stealing Bike Wheels

This Year’s Biggest Superhero Movies Are All About America’s Descent into Fascism

5 Crazy Theories That Actually Turned Out to Be True

Gotham Was Just Renewed for Season Three

There’s No Cloning in Quantum Mechanics, So the Star Trek Transporter Really Is a Suicide Box

Microwaving Rubies Makes Them Prettier

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