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DC Finally Reveals What’s Going On With Its Post-Convergence Comics

The climax of DC’s recent comic book event Convergence confirmed one thing—the return of DC’s long-established comic book multiverse, once cut off by 2011’s “New 52” reboot, leaving readers with a billion questions. Now the company has answered a few of those and made its new continuity a little clearer… sort of. https://kotaku.com/dc-comics-superhero-universe-just-changed-in-some-huge-1707250462 In an…

DNA Suggests America’s First People Arrived in a Single Wave

A genetic analysis of ancient and modern humans suggests that the ancestors of Native Americans entered the North American continent from Siberia some 23,000 years ago—and that they did so in a single wave. According to the new study, which now appears at Science, the original Americans came to North America via Beringia at the…

No, Romantic Kissing Is Not Universal Across All Cultures

Lovers kiss, right? Not everywhere. After combing through data from 168 cultures worldwide, anthropologists from UNLV and the Kinsey Institute could only find evidence that couples engage in romantic or sexual kissing in 46% of them. Other studies have suggested that all humans kiss one another, but in some cultures kissing is limited to parents…

Watch How Malicious Apps Can Secretly Devour Your Data

Buying apps through official app stores usually means the app’s been approved by a team of developers whose job is to flag shady behavior. But when it comes to ad fraud, one research firm says many slip through the cracks—serving hundreds of unseen ads and destroying your battery life and data plan. Conducted by Forensiq,…

The Final Battle Begins in a New Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 Trailer

A brand new, full trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 is finally here and wow, does it look like this franchise is going to finish with a bang. It’s action topped with action as Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) leads the revolution against the Capitol and President Snow. Mockingjay Part 2 opens November 20 and…

Another June, another warmest June on record. That’s the news in NOAA’s latest State of the Climate report. Other milestones include the warmest first half of the year ever and oceans hitting record temps. Are we sensing a trend here, people?

A lightning storm captured in slow motion is like an electric ballet

Even as a little kid who wanted lightning to strike me so I could get superpowers, I’ve always loved seeing the electric bolts get speared down from the clouds. Seeing lightning was always cool, it was the lagging and crackling thunder that was the scary part of any storm. That’s why this video of slow…

Is The Banana Going Extinct?

The bananas in your kitchen are genetically vulnerable clones and, after years of threatening it, they might finally be heading towards extinction. The latest banana to stock your shelves is a particularly bland variety known to banana geeks by its proper name: The Cavendish. But to everybody else it’s known more simply as the only…

The Oscar Mayer Weinermobile Goes Off-Road With the RC Weiner Rover

The Oscar Mayer Weinermobile is easily the most distinct and recognizable vehicle roaming the country. But that fragile fiberglass body means it’s not really designed for off-road adventures. So to spread hot dog propaganda to hikers, campers, and picnickers, there’s now a smaller RC version of that iconic weiner-shaped truck known as the Weiner Rover.…

The Thunderbolts Prove the Best Superheroes Are Actually Villains

Quick, tell me what the Justice League is about. What’s that you’re mumbling, something about saving people or fighting evil? Sure, but beyond that, most team comics don’t have a very strong overall theme. That’s not true of the Thunderbolts, Marvel’s pre-eminent team of supervillains pretending to be superheroes The Thunderbolts first appeared in 1997,…

Mr. Robot Recap: And That’s How You Break Into a Data Center, Folks

The latest episode of USA’s cyberpunk drama Mr. Robot continues to show realistic ways hackers can ruin people’s lives—or save them from diabolical corporations, depending on how you look at it. Learn more in our spoiler-filled recap. The time has finally come for FSociety to infiltrate Steel Mountain data center: a Bauhaus-looking behemoth with its…

Not all the critics agree, but George R.R. Martin says that Ant-Man is the second best Marvel film, right after Spider-Man 2. “Ant-Man has a proper balance of story, character, humor, and action,” he writes in a blog post before complaining how too many of Marvel’s villains have the same powers as the heroes. An…

The New iPod Touch Camera Falls Short—We Know Because We Tried It

When Apple announced a surprise update to the iPod Touch last week, many sought to revisit the appeal of the device in a smartphone-saturated world. One major benefit of the updated iPod Touch is the improved camera. We did some tests to see if the latest iPod matches the camera quality of the latest iPhone.…

There’s 10 Drives and 80TB of Storage Hiding Inside This Tower

By now, most of us have made the transition from a bulky desktop computer to a sleek laptop. But Buffalo makes a strong case for making room for a non-descript tower on your desk again with its Thunderbolt 2 DriveStation Ultra that’s filled to the brim with hard drives and storage. Inside the DAS—or direct…

The World’s Deepest Pool Would Help Train Astronauts

Here’s a silly confession: I’m irrationally afraid of deep swimming pools. So when I first saw this rendering of what could become the world’s deepest “space pool,” my gut reaction was to turn off my computer and run for the hills. But the logical part of my brain reminded me that this would actually be…

Hot Toys’ Princess Leia Is On A Diplomatic Mission To Raid Your Wallet

Nice and easy there, toy collector. Hand over your wallet and nobody gets blown away—this amazing Leia wouldn’t give two hoots that your blaster was set to stun! Yes, finally, Hot Toys are bringing the exquisitely detailed hair buns of A New Hope-era Princess Leia to their increasingly impressive line of Star Wars figures, and…

Rain Makes This Orchid Have Sex With Itself

This orchid is a self-fertilizer. You’d think it would be able to apply pollen to itself without help, but no. It’s the romantic rain that provides the motion which allows the plant to procreate. Hot! The Acampe rigida orchid can be found all over southeast Asia. It’s a tremendously successful plant, in part because it…

Everyone Is Piling on the “Take Down Apple Music” Bandwagon

When Apple enters any kind of business, it tends to turn heads. But when it comes to Apple Music, the company’s new music streaming service, it’s getting a different kind of attention—the federal trust-busting kind. Technology is filled with all kinds of rumors and speculation — real and fabricated. BitStream collects all those whispers into…

Some Beloved Characters Will Return To The X-Files From Beyond The Grave

A Superman villain is heading to Supergirl, while a Wonder Woman villain heads to Arrow. Mark Neveldine has an update on Crank 3. Chloe Bennet teases some major changes for Skye on Agents of SHIELD. Plus, a teaser for the finale of Wayward Pines. Spoilers are here! Crank 3 Mark Neveldine offers an update on…

This Is What a Monstrous 18-Foot Long Millennium Falcon Toy Looks Like

A few days ago it was revealed that Hot Toys was building a sixth-scale toy version of the Millennium Falcon that would match the size of the company’s incredibly detailed 12-inch figures. And today we already have our first peek at the monstrous creation on display at the Ani-Com and Games convention in Hong Kong.…