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How Male Spiders Can Feel Sex Even Without a Penis

Male spiders don’t have a penis – all their sex is digital. After ejaculating onto a tiny piece of webbing, a male sucks his sperm into a chamber at the tip of one of the short limbs on his head. Once he convinces a female to accept him, he’ll push that appendage inside her genital…

Hall H at Comic-Con Kicks Off with “Insane Nerd”-Loving Bill Murray 

San Diego Comic-Con started with a bang in Hall H Thursday as the man, the myth, the legend Bill Murray entered through the crowd, singing Smoke on the Water, and waxing poetic about life, responsibility and the expectations of this nerd-filled event. Murray, who was in town to promote Rock the Kasbash, had never been…

This Beautiful Map of Rotterdam Is Actually a Gigantic Ant Farm

People love watching ants scurry about while they frantically live their lives, that’s why we still trap them in tiny farms. But it’s hard to feel bad for the ants living inside this giant map of Rotterdam created by design shop Studio 1:1. It’s like the Palace of Versailles for insects. The ants who call…

This Peculiar Pattern Is Showing Up in Places All Over the Universe

You probably best recognize it as the shape of a surf wave, but that’s only the beginning. They’re called Kelvin-Helmholtz waves—and from our own oceans to the outer reaches of space, they’ve been showing up everywhere. Scientists actually first started identifying the pattern as Kelvin-Helmholtz waves in the 1800s, but people have been noticing them…

We Cannot Allow This Awful Idea for Airplane Seating to Become Real

Airplanes used to be luxurious things, laden with fine china and unlimited wine. But over the years, the glory of flying has faded—giving way tobroken technology (frustrating), bruised knees (painful), terrible smells (actually dangerous!). Yet, somehow, someone has figured out a way to make things worse. Behold: the most atrocious idea for airplane seating design…

We All Need to Calm Down About This USA vs Japan Robot Duel

Okay, internet. Everyone just needs to simmah down, now. I know we’re all excited about the supposedly looming international giant robot duel between America and Japan. I am too. But! We should also be wary. Patient. Because it miiiight not be as cool as we think. Here’s the genesis of the chrome-shredding showdown that’s hopefully,…

Behold the Glorious Arms, Armor and Orcs of the Warcraft Movie

It might not be out until next year, but Warcraft is out in full force on the floor of Comic-Con 2015. WETA Workshop have set up a booth showing off some of their remarkable props work on the film—and we’ve got footage of all the awesomeness right here! As well a fantastic array of swords,…

Hasbro Reveals New Marvel And Transformers Toys—Including Spider-Gwen!

Hasbro’s Comic-Con breakfast has arrived, and with it, a plethora of new toys to gawp at. The company has unveiled some brand new figures in both its Marvel and Transformers lines, while they’re all pretty smashing, the best news of all is that the fabulous Spider-Gwen is getting her own toy! First up is the…

J.J. Abram’s first Star Trek film already told us the new story of Kirk and Spock’s time at Starfleet Academy. Now IDW have announced they’re basically turning that segment of the movie into a comic book miniseries, titled Starfleet Academy, by Mike Johnson, Ryan Parrot, and Derek Charm.

The Giant New Panama Canal Will Change the Global Economy (Again)

A few months ago, hundreds of tourists, sightseers, and workers crowded into a deep canyon of concrete at the Panama Canal to witness another wonder of the world before it was submerged. At 11 stories deep, these canyons made of rough concrete could have been a lost Louis Kahn structure. In fact, they were the…

7 Gandhi Quotes That Are Totally Fake

We love quotes from famous dead people. Words just sound more important when they’re coming from the mouths of important historical figures. And when we need that extra dash of moral authority, Mahatma Gandhi is one of the most quotable. But as Gandhi once said, “Half my quotes on Pinterest are fake.” Below we have…

With a Drone Inside, R2-D2 Can Finally Fly Like a Bird

Master drone builder Otto Dieffenbach is back with what is probably his most amazing flying creation to date. Unlike the flying R2-D2 we saw in the Star Wars prequels, this version of Artoo is able to take to the skies without a pair of pop-out rocket boosters—just a quadcopter cleverly hidden inside. Otto designed and…

Watch a hammerhead shark swim in the ocean from the shark’s perspective

The coolest thing about being a shark is that you can swim around all you want in the ocean and you don’t have to be afraid of, well, sharks. That’s only semi-true but look at this hammerhead shark moseying about on the ocean floor and it passes by all its shark friends without a worry…

Facebook Just Maximized Your Ability to Be a Huge Creep

Facebook’s most recent update gives us more control over what shows up in News Feed, which means we all just got a terrific way to maintain unhealthily close tabs on friends, crushes, enemies, and racist acquaintances. The new News Feed controls let you pick a squad of Facebook friends and show you every single one…

Penis 2.0: Here’s What the Penis of the Future Should Look Like

Like our brains, the human penis hasn’t evolved in tens of thousands of years — and that’s a real shame. Our favorite male body part is capable of so much more. In consideration of pending advances in science and technology, here’s what to expect with penis 2.0. Before we get started it’s important to point…

You’ve Seen the New Ghostbusters Movie’s Ecto-1, Now Here’s the Ecto-2

As seen from the set of the new Ghostbusters movie! Admittedly, this appears to only be a motorcycle with a Ghostbusters logo decal on the side, but hey, maybe there’s a vacuum attachment that can suck up nearby ghosts like the Ecto-1 had in the classic Ghostbusters video game. So, any bets on a flying…

Everyone’s an Action Figure While Lying On This Beach Towel

If there’s one place everyone can use a confidence boost, it’s at the beach while wearing a bathing suit that reveals everything they’re self-conscious about. But by simply laying on this clever towel, anyone can feel like they’re got the body of an action figure—minus the Kung fu grip. At six-and-a-half feet tall, ThinkGeek’s $30…

How the Jojoba Plant Saved the Sperm Whale

The jojoba plant is a desert-growing shrub. The sperm whale is an ocean-living mammal. On first glance, it would not seem that they would have much in common. But they do—and that commonality may be the reasons sperm whales didn’t go extinct. For over a hundred years, much of the world ran on sperm whale…

How I Saved (One Tiny Island In) Canada From Wildfire

Last week, I took a trip up to northern Saskatchewan, to the edge of the boreal forest. It’s an area very close to what locals call the bush. I’d come to camp with family and friends at Emma Lake, but when we arrived we discovered that we were deep inside one of the biggest wildfire…

Video: What flying through the Milky Way must look like

Created by stitching together over 400,000 taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope, YouTube user daveachuk made this incredibly beautiful video that makes it feel as if you’re floating along the Milky Way. The finished footage is breathtaking and makes it seem as if you’re just looking out a window as you fly through the galaxy…