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The Race to Build a Better Suit For Ebola Aid Workers 

It’s been more than a year since the deadliest ebola outbreak ever hit with full force in West Africa. And while the virus has retreated, the reckoning over the best approach to treat the inevitable next outbreak is only gaining speed. Lead image: AP Photo/Brynn Anderson. The debates ranges from the delivery of US-made military…

New Zeiss Lenses for Sony A7 Cameras Have OLED Displays for Some Reason

The new Zeiss Batis lenses are the first the German manufacturer designed specially for Sony’s awesome full-frame compact cameras. Their defining feature is an OLED display that replaces the old-school depth-of-field scale. Which is… neat? Finding a new way to communicate lens info is admirable because the old way is a little busted. But a…

How to Add (and Remove) Words From Your Google Docs Spell Checker

Google Docs comes with a very helpful integrated spell checker that stops you from making glaring errors in your reports and essays. It runs off your own personalized dictionary, so you can add and edit words that get the all-clear with a few mouse clicks. Here’s how to banish the dreaded red line from underneath…

Attention! “Postal Apocalypse” is moving from Wednesdays to Thursdays! So you’ll have to tune in tomorrow for your weekly dose of Postman-related wit/wisdom/nonsense. But this also means you have an extra day to email the Postman to ask about new movie trailers, Game of Thrones and other assorted nerdiness.

Dozens Of Dinosaur Eggs Unearthed By Chinese Road Workers

A construction crew working in Heyuan, China have stumbled upon a remarkable batch of fossilized dinosaur eggs. Of the 43 discovered, 19 remain completely intact. Located in Guangdong province, Heyuan is known as the “Home of the Dinosaurs.” Since 1996, some 17,000 fragments of fossilized dino eggs have been discovered in the area. The latest…

Blocking Game of Thrones Piracy Is Like Trying to Stop Winter Coming

Game of Thrones’ piracy problem gets even worse, Makerbot tries to bring 3D printing to everyone, and the bezel-less OPPO R7 leaks (and it looks amazing). BitStream is the news and rumors you missed in the last 24 hours. Everyone torrents Game of Thrones. You know it. I know it. HBO definitely knows it. In…

Clever short film is made completely with light paintings

Light painting is usually used to snazz up still photographs in an awesome ‘how they do that’ kind of way but this is even cooler. Darren Pearson made this entire video of moving light paintings by hand drawing over 1000 light paintings and capturing them with long exposure at night to create the effect as…

The original Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer is even better in Lego

In a little over a week, Avengers: Age of Ultron will hit movie theaters in North America. So now’s as good a time as any to revisit the original trailer that got us all excited for the sequel. But this time around you’ll definitely want to go with this Lego version instead that features the…

The Truth Behind That Familiar Narration In The Force Awakens Trailer

Marvel may be developing a TV show based on Kamala Khan’s Ms. Marvel. Joss Whedon talks about Edgar Wright leaving Ant-Man. Doctor Who unveils a new monster. Get a better look at Batman v. Superman’s new Batsuit. And a familiar face officially returns to X-Files. Behold, Spoilers! Top image: Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Star…

This Sixth-Scale Ultron Will Actually Make You Want a Busted Up Figure

It’s a real testament to the talented sculptors and artists working at Hot Toys that a sixth-scale action figure that looks like it’s been a child’s only play toy for ten years is one of their most desirable creations. But the company’s new Avengers: Age of Ultron Ultron Mark I is easily one of the…

This Clock Only Loses One Second Every 15 Billion Years

If you think your fancy watch is accurate, think again. This atomic clock—the most accurate in the world—is now so finely tuned that it will lose a single second at most over the course of 15 billion years. The ‘optical lattice’ clock, developed by a global team of researchers including members from the National Institute…

Hubble’s Chief Scientist Explains How the Telescope Got Off the Ground

C Robert O’Dell was Chief Scientist on the Hubble Space Telescope project. Twenty five years after its launch, he explains what it took to get the project back in 1972. Iconic images of astronomical pillars of gas and dust, views of galaxies soon after they were formed, an accelerating universe driven by Dark Energy… “give…

This Is What Astronauts Snack on Between Meals

Demanding spacewalks and long hours of research in microgravity make astronauts aboard the International Space Station hungry. In this lovely video, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, explains a half dozen snacks she likes to eat during her breaks. She favors snacks like fruit salads, dehydrated strawberries, dried apple slices, different kind of seeds and nuts, and…

Amazon Destinations Will Find You a Hotel (in LA, New York or Seattle)

Amazon’s rumored travel site has now officially launched. Amazon Destinations curates hotel listings—and user reviews—to help you book a trip. But only in a handful of locations. While Amazon has sold hotel rooms before in mini flash sales conducted via Amazon Local, Locations is a much more dedicated offering. Currently it features listings for hotels…

This Is NASA’s First 3D-Printed Full-Scale Copper Rocket Engine Part

It may look like some kind of ancient urn, but you’re looking at something rather more advanced. In fact this is the first full-scale copper rocket engine part made by NASA using 3D printing techniques. The component is a combustion chamber liner—a part that operates at extreme temperatures and pressures. In fact, its function means…

Solar Impulse Safely Lands in East China—But the Hardest Leg’s to Come

Yesterday, the solar-powered airplane Solar Impulse successfully touched down in Nanjing, China, completing the Asian leg of its global trip. Next, though, comes one of the toughest parts of the journey: crossing the Pacific Ocean. The round-the-world trip has been facing some delays since it started in March. In fact it was forced to wait…

These Are the Facebook Buttons We Really Need

Because, man, it sucks being positive about a lot of things. [Truth Facts]

FBI and TSA Warn Airlines to Watch Out For Wi-Fi Hacks

Following concerns about the plausibility and dangers of passengers hacking airplane Wi-Fi networks, the FBI and TSA have issued a joint alert warning airlines to be increasingly vigilant about monitoring for such attacks. The warning, issued as a private industry notification and first reported by Wired, is a response to last week’s news about Chris…

Security Flaw Lets Attackers Crash Any iPhone or iPad Within Wi-Fi Range

At the RSA security conference in San Francisco today, researchers from security firm Skycure presented ‘No iOS Zone’, a vulnerability that would let attackers crash any iOS device within range of a WiFi hotspot — whether you deliberately connect or not. Gulp. The vulnerability takes advantage of a bug in iOS 8: namely, that by…

Stop Using These Overused Short Story Titles!

Clarkesworld Magazine has received 50,000 short fiction submissions. To celebrate, editor Neil Clarke posted a list of the most common short story titles, based on analyzing his submissions. Including “Dust,” “Home,” “The Gift,” “Hunger,” and “Monsters.” And he also put all 50,000 titles into Wordle, resulting in the above cloud. [via SFSignal] Contact the author…