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Dystopia: When Walmart Is Supplying Your City’s Water

Anything is better than drinking lead-poisoned water. But when Walmart, Coca Cola, and Nestlé are the only ones stepping up and offering alternatives, the future looks pretty grim. Today, a coalition of America’s largest companies announced that it would be putting together a trucklift for Flint, collectively donating water to meet the needs of the…

Supergirl’s Great New Comic Feels Exactly Like the TV Show

One of the greatest strengths of DC’s digital-first comic line is its ability to condense everything about its subject—whether that’s the goofy charm of Batman ‘66 or the nebulous ideals of what it is to be Wonder Woman—into the short, sharp constraints of a weekly release. In that regard, the first chapter of The Adventures…

Razor’s Jetts Turn Any Pair of Shoes Into Rolling Heelys

Admit it, when you see a bunch of kids wearing Heelys roll past you at the mall, deep down you wish there was a version for adults, right? With Razor’s new strap-on Jetts, there finally is. And they work with any pair of shoes, and any grownup weighing less than 176 pounds. That probably means…

Monument Valley Soundtrack Coming to Vinyl Is How You Know the Hipsters Won

In less than 24 hours, you’ll be able to order the Monument Valley soundtrack on vinyl. That’s right. You can an iPhone app’s music in the form of a vinyl record. The double LP costs $40. Obviously, the hipsters have won. This isn’t a bad thing—or at least the bit about the record isn’t. The…

Turn an Old Drill and Bicycle Wheel Into an Impressive Frisbee Launcher

Try as they might, some people just never seem to master the art of throwing a frisbee. If you’re one of them, in this video La Fabrique DIY shows you how to turn a bike wheel and an old drill into a frisbee launcher with impressive range. Getting the perfect curve on the board that…

A Dancer Transforms Into a 3D-Printed Version of Herself in the New Chemical Brothers Video

“Wide Open” is the latest music video from the British electronic duo The Chemical Brothers. In this Dom & Nic-directed video, dancer Sonoya Mizuno (who many of you will remember from Ex Machina) slowly morphs into a synthetic version of herself. The Chemical Brothers appear to be fascinated with cyborgs at the moment, as witnessed…

The Doomsday Clock Remains at 3 Minutes to Midnight, But That’s Horrible News

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced today that the Doomsday Clock, which represents our proximity to an apocalyptic event, will remain at three minutes to midnight. But that’s still terrifying. “That decision is not good news but an expression of dismay that world leaders continue to fail to focus their efforts and the world’s…

Star Blazers Got Me Through The Shittiest Year Of My Childhood

I was a happy child, but I didn’t have such a happy childhood. Other kids didn’t get my weird vibe, especially in elementary and middle school. And one year in particular, we moved to a new city and a new school, and things got ugly. Only one thing kept me from losing my shit: Star…

There Are Some Seriously Psychedelic Bacteria Living on Your Teeth

Like every other surface of your body, your mouth is teeming with a panoply of bacteria. It’s a thought most of us try to keep buried in the backs of our minds, but a new study shows that the tiny communities flourishing between your molars can be quite pretty. In a kaleidoscopic nightmare-fuel sort of…

The Underside of a Spacecraft Is Fascinating

The European Space Agency (ESA) has just released this unusual shot of a spacecraft’s undercarriage. You can look directly into the thruster nozzles an ESA service module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft! When launched for deep space missions, the European Service Module will to provide electricity, water, oxygen and nitrogen, and thermal control to the Orion…

The Curves on Lego’s New Technic Porsche 911 Are Just Perfect

The Porsche is a popular choice for Lego enthusiasts looking to test their modelling skills, but leave it to the toymaker’s official builders to absolutely nail the curves and contours that make the 911 so recognizable on this new Technic set. Zusammengebaut.com’s Andres Lehmann and Jim van Gulik were responsible for these shots of the…

New Fox Pilot Asks Whether Tech Billionaires Should Own the Police

“No” is the resounding answer most of us have to that question, I hope. But it is an excellent premise for a television series that’s right at the line between present day reality and true dystopia. The show, A.P.B., is inspired by the New York Times Magazine article “Who Runs the Streets of New Orleans”…

Anyone, Anywhere Can Sign Up For This Free Online Course on Comic Books

The California College of the Arts is one of very few schools to offer an MFA in Comics. But if you’re just starting to make your own comics—or perhaps not quite ready to commit to a degree program—here’s a rad opportunity that anyone can take part in: a free online course that kicks off in…

The saga of the black-and-white version of Mad Max: Fury Road continues. First, there was talk of the cut getting a theatrical release. Now, in an interview with the L.A. Times, George Miller says “[It’ll end up] on another version with commentary and other features.” Either way, it seems like it’s happening.

Six Ignorant Senators Want To Slow Down High-Speed Internet

Last year the FCC had us all rejoicing when it upped the minimum requirements for broadband from 4Mbps to 25Mbps. It means that many internet service providers can no longer classify their service as broadband. So while it didn’t instantly improve speeds, it did shame ISPs and cost them in tax breaks and grants that…

Lego’s New Technic Bucket Wheel Excavator Looks Impressively Monstrous

The 2016 New York Toy Fair doesn’t start until next month, but toy fairs in London and Nuremberg are already well under way. As a result, we’re starting to get sneak previews of what we’ll see in New York in February, including this new Lego Technic excavator that looks astoundingly massive. Andres Lehmann from Zusammengebaut.com…

So, Who Are the Other Two Supernatural Creatures on Lucifer?

Lucifer had its debut last night and we already told you how much we enjoyed it—specifically Tom Ellis’ performance as the titular Lord of Hell. But Lucifer isn’t operating on Earth in a vacuum. He’s got a fierce protector, and an equally fierce adversary. So, who are these two exactly? The Archangel Amenadiel (DB Woodside)…

Every App That Apple’s Tried to Kill

Apps die—often. It’s all part of the technological circle of life where alpha predators in multi-billion dollar dens feast on more vulnerable, less cash-infused prey. And one company that has always had an insatiable T. Rex-level hunger is Apple. In some ways, it’s just good business. Buy an app that’s doing something well, fuse it…

21 Must-See Google Street View Locations That Aren’t Streets

You don’t have to spend all your time on Google Street View time looking up the addresses of your friends: Google has added all kinds of landmarks, buildings, remote trails, underwater worlds, airplanes and even fictional alleyways to its database of sights you can see from your laptop or smartphone. We’ve picked a few of…

The New X-Files Is a Wasted Opportunity

We’re two episodes into the X-Files revival, and what we’ve gotten is pretty much a throwback to the show’s 1990s glory days. Which is a problem—because instead, this show should be taking advantage of everything that’s changed since it went off the air in 2002. As an X-Files fan, I’ve become resigned to not agreeing…