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The BBC finally has a new digital store that lets you buy and keep tons of BBC shows, past and present. Although it’s currently only available in the UK, the BBC Store has hours of BBC programming available, including a bunch of sci-fi: from Doctor Who to the 1981 classic Day of the Triffids, and…

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

These are the apps you’re looking for. And a side note: This might be the most varied roundup I’ve written so far. This week’s apps take on a range of tasks and issues, like backing up photos during the moment you really need more space on your phone, making plans with your friends (efficiently) and…

Doctor Strange Set Photo Gives Us a Look at Benedict Cumberbatch’s Stephen Strange!

What does a recently introduced Star Wars: Rebels villain tell us about the villains of The Force Awakens? Duncan Jones discusses making his Warcraft movie appeal to non-fans. Peter Capaldi says Clara’s exit on Doctor Who will leave fans sad for weeks. Plus, a clip from The Originals, and another Twin Peaks return. Spoilers! Doctor…

The Rivers of Paraguay Want Nothing to do with Each Other

Rio Paraná and Rio Paraguay are like spoiled kids refusing to shake and make up in this photo from the International Space Station, one clear blue and the other dark with orange sediments. The sediment-laden Rio Paraná runs 4,880 kilometres (3,030 miles) through Brazil, Paraguay,and Argentina as the second-longest river in South America. The meandering…

Remember, Remember: There’s a Downside to All Those Guy Fawkes Bonfires

“Remember, remember the fifth of November….” It’s that time of year again, when eager Brits celebrate Guy Fawkes Night with extravagant fireworks displays and bonfires to burn the traitorous Fawkes in effigy. But a new study says that all that extra smoke and debris in the air wreak havoc with visibility. The idea for the…

It’s All a Numbers Game at the Annual Coral Orgy 

The corals of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef are having their annual orgy. Although some corals brood their eggs in their bodies, or bud off clones, most of the Great Barrier Reef’s corals–140 species worth–release clouds of eggs and sperm into the water en masse. Tossing precious gametes into the vast vast ocean creates a physics…

Lytro’s Immerge System Could Capture the Most Convincing VR Video Yet

Lytro’s had a rough go since introducing the world to its very cool light field capture technology just over four years ago in 2011. Following a few consumer camera flops, the company’s rolling on to the pros. Immerge is perhaps the most sophisticated virtual reality camera yet. In short, Immerge is a big ass 360-degree…

This Is What the European Space Agency’s ExoMars 2018 Test Rover Looks Like

This is the European Space Agency’s ExoMars 2018 rover — kinda. In fact, its a half-scale model that’s been tested over the past few weeks in the ESA’s Mars Yard, but it does show what the vehicle will look like. It’s not the first time we’ve seen the rover this week, but you can see…

Every James Bond Gadget in a Single 16-Minute Video

After the all important tuxedo, martini and gun, if there’s one thing James Bond never travels without, it’s a good gadget. This super-cut show every gizmo that Bond has ever used. There are, of course a wide range of Bond gadgets, from simple rotating number plates and hidden knives, to improbable high-power lasers and, of…

BBC Store Lets You Buy Classic TV Online—If You Have a UK Credit Card

Ah, Dad’s Army, Fawlty Towers, Blackadder. So much wonderfully British TV, which you can now buy and download from the new BBC Store—if you have a UK credit card. The new digital video store, launched this morning, provides access to many of the BBC’s best-loved shows. At launch, there are over 7,000 hours of TV,…

Watch These Jetmen Fly Wing-to-Wing With an Airbus A380 Above Dubai

Well, this is insane. In this video, Jetman pilots Yves Rossy and his protegeVince Reffet fly wing-to-wing with an Airbus A380, the world’s largest airliner. It’s incredible. The flight takes place at around 4,000 feet above Dubai—airspace that Rossy and Reffet are well familiar with. But this time round they have to share the air…

New Zealand’s Amazing Trails Are Now on Google Street View

As the nights draw in, your plans for adventure are probably headed in the direction of a new show on Netflix rather than a hike through the wild. But if you want to see something rugged, Google has now added a series of amazing New Zealand trails to Street view. If there’s one thing New…

Huawei’s New Chipset May Worry Its Competition

Huawei, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer, is slowly becoming a big deal in the west, too—and it’s latest chipset may just provide its competitors with a little cause for concern. While Huawei has recently begun to dominate the mobile market in its native land, it’s also recently teamed up with the Google to produce the Nexus…

If a Solar Plant Uses Natural Gas, Is It Still Green?

·The giant Ivanpah solar power plant in the California Mojave Desert recently detailed how much natural gas it burned to generate power when the sun wasn’t sufficient – the equivalent to 46,000 tons of CO2 emissions in its first year, according to reports. Along with its impacts on wildlife and its receipt of federal incentives,…

Finland Chooses Nokia 3310 As Its National Emoji

Were you recently on holiday in Finland, unable to express your happiness about the Nokia to all your tween friends through the medium of Snapchatted emoji? If so, the Finnish tourist board has just come to the rescue. Finland’s official tourism website has designed a series of national emoji—the first nation to do so, as…

The Federal Bureau of Prisons Wants an Anti-Drone System

Prisons have a well-documented problem with inmates using small quadrotor drones to sneak contraband in. Since posting guards with #8 birdshot doesn’t seem to have been working, the Federal Bureau of Prisons is now looking for a less redneck solution. The Bureau of Prisons has issued a Request for Information—a government way of saying ‘I…

Hurricane LTE-U: Don’t Let Wi-Fi Get Blown Away

A storm is brewing over use of the 5.8 GHz unlicensed band of the radio spectrum as telecommunications companies plan to expand their LTE networks outside their traditional, licensed ranges and into the same unlicensed bands used by Wi-Fi, cordless headsets, and plenty of other consumer technology. You can call it Hurricane LTE-U, where U…

It’s worth downloading the latest update to Google Maps for iOS: just like on Android, you now get up-to-the-minute traffic updates read out to you, so that you can avoid crashes that occur while you’re en route. [App Store via Engadget]

This Is Pure Custom-Build Computer Pornography

There is long and storied debateabout whether or not gadgets are sexy, but whichever side of the argument you come down on, it’s clear that this is real NSFW computer porn. The PC’s specs aren’t spectacularly special: Core 5960x, dual 980TI graphics cards, and 32GB of RAM is pretty fantastic, but not notable for a…

Get Ready for More Ads on Instagram

Facebook is looking down the barrel of a future advertising crisis, so it’s trying to think up new ways to put “buy now” links in front of your peepers. The company’s top brass believe the answers will come from Instagram, Whatsapp, and video. As ad blockers and sponsored content meltdowns rip first-generation web media companies…