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Yep, the Force of Gravity is the Same Throughout the Universe

A multi-decade analysis of a distant pulsar is affirming the longstanding notion that the gravitational constant—one of four fundamental forces of nature—is the same everywhere in the universe. “Gravity is the force that binds stars, planets, and galaxies together,” noted study co-author Scott Ransom from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Charlottesville, Va. in a…

The Strain’s Most Loathsome Creature Has Finally Been Destroyed

I speak, of course, of the terrible wig the show forced Corey Stoll to wear. Yes, Ephraim Goodweather has shaved his wig head, meaning Stoll is finally allowed to let his dome free in all its shiny glory. If that had been the only event in “Quick and Painless,” I would have counted it one…

No, You Can’t Make Moonshine Out of Vegemite

News broke this weekend that the Australian government was concerned about Indigenous communities using Vegemite to brew alcohol. The government even floated the idea of banning the spread in some places where alcohol was already banned. Can you really brew alcohol using Vegemite? In short: No. “Addiction of any type is a concern but communities,…

How to Open Zip Files on iOS and Android

The world’s most popular compressed file format doesn’t play all that nicely with smartphones. Try and open a Zip file on iOS or Android and you’re likely see a polite error message or worse. But all it takes is a well-chosen third-party app or two to ease the Zip pain, and we’ve picked out a…

Easily Upgrade Your Foosball Table’s Players to Stormtroopers

Foosball is one of those simple games that doesn’t need fixing. It’s already the perfect way to waste four years of college. But it turns out there is actually a way to make table soccer even more enjoyable: by turning all of the players into opposing squadrons of stormtroopers. If you’ve got access to a…

This Week’s TV: Bears Attack Paris and Rocket Raccoon’s Origin Animated

This week’s Guardians of the Galaxy animated short gives us more time with Rocket Raccoon while killer bears attack Paris and Zoo. Face Off celebrates its 100th episode with creepy couples’ makeovers, and everyone guest stars on Rick and Morty — and we do mean everyone. Tonight Teen Wolf (10PM, MTV) Which Dread Doctor do…

A First Look At Warpo’s Spectacularly Retro Legends Of Cthulhu TV Spot

When you’re making a line of retro action figures, you might as well go whole hog and make your TV spots look suitably retro too—just as Warpo are doing for Legends of Cthulhu figures, and their upcoming gigantic Old One action figure. Let Cthulhu warm the nostaglic cockles of your heart with this exclusive first…

Lady Thor Fights Zombie Hulk in This Action-Packed Animated Fan Film

The female wielder of Mjolnir takes on a pack of zombies in this animated fan film. It’s all going rather well too — at least until an undead Hulk shows up for an electrifying battle. The folks at Miltonius Arts put together this fan film She Thor vs Hulk Zombie. I’m not a fan of…

Psychologists Say That Sexting Can Be Good for You

We know that sexting can ruin political careers or lead to arrests. But as long as both participants are adults, it’s legal, and a study presented last weekend at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association suggests that it may also be part of lots of committed relationships. That might sound obvious, but most…

Video: Making plasma by microwaving a grape is the coolest thing

The Backyard Scientist’s slow motion series is always fun because they’re just quick and easy experiments that show off cool tricks you can do at home (don’t do it at home). This time he makes plasma with a microwave oven transformer (which creates a super cool arc of plasma around the blue bolt of electricity)…

There’s Lots of High-Flying Action in This New Supergirl Trailer

I still don’t know what to make of Supergirl. The effects look better than the run-of-the-mill CBS series. Melissa Benoist has a very likable innocence to her, and the ties to the other DC superheroes sound intriguing. But are we really to trust this character to the network behind The Big Bang Theory? This latest…

RIP LOL

Languageevolves at break neck speed on the internet; what’s cool one minute is lame by the next. Case in point: “LOL” is dying. A Facebook report claims that LOL is now one of the least popular ways to express laughter on the social network. Why? Probably because of mom. The waning popularity of LOL correlates…

Lefties Go Roadie, Wolves In California Inevitable: What’s New Outside

High-End camping gear maker Nemo promises to make sleeping outside more comfortable than ever. Cannondale is releasing a road bike fitted with a lightweight version of its “Lefty” front suspension and a second wolf has left Oregon for the sunny climes of California. Here’s what’s new outside. More goes on outdoors than we can cover.…

True Detective Season Two Is Over … And Frankly, We Won’t Miss It Much

True Detective’s uneven second season wound down with “Omega Station,” a moody finale that spelled doom for many of its main characters. We finally learn who killed Caspere … but the reveal is so anticlimactic amid the limp to the end, it only emphasizes how insanely overlong 90 minutes can feel. Spoilers, of course. We…

How Acid Can Leave Your Skin Untouched But Destroy Your Insides

Of all the faults of dangerous acids, they can usually be counted on to be obvious. Sometimes that’s not the case. Certain acids can travel freely through the body, leaving no burns on the skin but causing massive internal damage. Stealth Acid Damage We’ve talked about hydrofluoric acid before, mostly because it’s very, very scary.…

The Biomotion Lab at Queen’s University in Ontario is running an experiment to figure out what cues people use to tell the sex of a moving figure. You can help! Watch the line-and-dot animations they’ve created, and telling them whether you think each figure is a man or a woman. Update: The videos use Flash,…

A Fan Stitched Together the Best Selfie of Curiosity Yet  

Behold Kevin Gill’s mosaic image of NASA’s Mars rover, which is just as good as the official selfies of Curiosity. The Nashua, NH, software engineer stitched together dozens of high-resolution photos taken by the MAHLI (Mars Hand Lens Imager) camera of the rover, and the result is a stunning self portrait of the car-sized robotic…

Ford’s New Luxury Car Seats Adjust To Your Individual Butt Cheeks

Leather interiors and copious legroom used to be the hallmarks of a luxury sedan. But Ford is about to completely redefine what luxury means when it introduces a 30-way adjustable power seats for its Lincoln brand that even lets drivers ensure that both of their bum cheeks are comfortable with individual settings for each. Originally…

The best villains from movie history

Good guys are nice and all but it’s the bad guys that can make a movie truly special. In this tribute to the most famous villains in film history, CLS Video shows just how iconic these characters are. And after seeing all our favorite bad guys like Darth Vader and the Joker and Hannibal Lecter,…

China Is Reportedly Reading the Obama Administration’s Personal Emails 

Chinese spies have breached the personal email accounts of many top Obama Administration officials and have been reading their emails since 2010, according to a report from NBC. This has got to be bad for Hillary Clinton, whose use of personal email address as Secretary of State during that time is now under FBI investigation.…