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Poll: What’s The Best Spy Comedy of All Time?

I’ve made my case for what I think is the best spy comedy of all time, but my opinion isn’t the only one that matters. So now we open it up to a vote: What do you think is the best spy comedy? Answer the poll and either find your answer validated or scream at…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

This Is What a Gravitational Lens Looks Like

NASA’s just taken the best accidental smiley photo ever. It’s galaxy cluster SDSS J1038+4849, and it’s got one hell of a creepy grin. The photo comes courtesy of NASA’s Hubble telescope. It’s made up of two galaxies — each of the eyes — and the arcs are caused by something called gravitational lensing: Galaxy clusters…

Tech News Chris Mills

How Cities Decide What To Do With Snow

By all accounts, Boston is having one hell of a winter — no seriously, just look at that picture — which has given the mayor some problems, like there’s no room left to put the snow. But it’s not just Boston: keeping cities running despite feet of snow is a problem that’s been bothering town…

Tech News Chris Mills

Nikon D810A: An Incredible DSLR Camera Modded to Shoot the Stars

The Nikon D810A is a slight modification to Nikon’s existingD810 professional DSLR powerhouse. Its guts have been tweaked to help astrophotographers shoot the beautiful cosmos. Here’s the key change: The D810A’s infrared cut filter has been modified to let the hydrogen alpha spectral wavelength pass through. In other words, the camera’s optics don’t filter a…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

The truth about Samuel L. Jackson’s hair in Pulp Fiction and other facts

Because everyone loves Pulp Fiction, CineFix followed up their original 9 things that people probably didn’t know about Pulp Fiction with 7 more factoids. This time we find out the story about Samuel L. Jackson’s hair, why Christopher Walken drank hot sauce behind the scenes and how Stanley Tucci is connected. SPLOID is delicious brain…

Sploid Casey Chan

Researchers in London Are Using Lego Bricks On Its Bug Specimens

Insects are fragile, and scientists researching them have to be very careful with their specimens. Unfortunately, the devices out there are expensive and size-specific. So a group of entomologists have turned to that most customizable of materials to serve their needs: Legos. Image credit: Figure 1, Dupont et al. “IMp: The customizable LEGO® Pinned Insect…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Facebook Keeps On Not Understanding Native American Names

Facebook’s policy on real names only has got it in some PR hot water in the past, when it forced members of the LGBT community to use their legal (but not preferred) names. But it also seems like it has a track record of stupidity when it comes to the Native American community. Colorlines has…

Social Media Chris Mills

Thunderous Art From The Collector Scenes In Guardians Of The Galaxy

Some of the most cosmic connections in the Marvel Universe happened when the Guardians of the Galaxy went to visit the Collector, played by Benicio del Toro. We already showed you art of the most surprising characterin his collection. But here’s concept art of Cosmo the dog, and some other stuff. The artwork below comes…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Seeing a bunch of random scenes in slow motion is surreal (NSFW)

If you ever wondered what hitting an egg with a golf club or throwing pork belly into a pan or shooting an arrow through a light bulb or cutting a woman’s hair all looked like in slow motion, you don’t have to wonder anymore, this video shows you and a lot of other awesome random…

Sploid Casey Chan

Why You’d Want To Go On A One-Way Trip To Mars

Mars Oneis the program that’s planning on sending four humans on a one-way trip to Mars to establish a human colony. Applications are in, a shortlist has been made, and all that’s left to do is um fly to Mars, build a colony, and die a lonely death among the stars. The Guardian has asked…

Space & Spaceflight Chris Mills

It’s Official! Spider-Man WILL Appear In The Marvel Movies

Big, big, big news! Spider-Man will no longer stand alone in Sony pictures, Peter Parker WILL be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Updated Now With More News! Marvel just announced that Spider-Man will appear in an unspecified Marvel film, that takes place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Then after this “appearance”: “Sony Pictures will thereafter…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Law Enforcement Is Treating Online Trolling Like a Serious Crime

Though it’s still difficult for people dealing with online harassment to get help from police, there is one kind of online troll that the police aren’t ignoring anymore. These are swatters, people who call in SWAT teams on their targets for the lulz. A newly-arrested swatter, Brandon Wilson, is facing five years in prison. Brandon…

Tech News Annalee Newitz

Imagine Your Workstation Had This View of the Galaxy

Being an astronomer working at the Very Large Telescope is probably one of the best jobs in the world. Just look at the view this office has. It’s full of stars! The VLT is a giant telescope operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) on Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. The…

Space & Spaceflight Attila Nagy

A Decade of Our Favorite Google Maps Fuckups

Google Maps launched 10 years ago, on February 8, 2005, and it’s become the gold standard for apps that help get you from point A to point B. But it’s also the greatest prank platform ever designed. Here are some of the best deliberate (and non-deliberate) ways that Maps has been borked over the past…

Tech News Darren Orf

Awesome picture of a waterfall looks like the giant eye of a reptile

Wow, here’s an absolutely stunning picture of a waterfall in Silver Falls, Oregon taken by photographer Jarred Decker. Only at first glance the picture doesn’t even look like a shot of a waterfall. It looks more like you’re peering into the soul of Godzilla. Colossal says that the image is, “actually three stitched shots Decker…

Sploid Casey Chan

Bronn Gives Shae Unfortunate Advice In A Game Of Thrones Deleted Scene

Shae goes through a pretty drastic change of heart in the middle of Game of Thrones season four, and we only glimpse the reasons for it. But here’s a deleted scene from the second episode of the season, where Bronn gives Shae some advice that doesn’t work out that well for her… or for Tyrion.…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

It’s Flying Car Season Again

Every six months, websites proclaim that the flying car is just over the horizon! And as if on schedule, the Daily Mail has a new article about how Terrafugia’s Transition is coming soon! The only problem? We’ve been hearing that since 2008. The last time that Terrafugia really took over the flying car conversation was…

Tech News Matt Novak

How Did You Smash Your Phone?

Phones: They die. Usually at the hands of their owners. I recently wrote about how I drunkenly/stupidly destroyed my last five iPhones. I felt great shame. Several understanding readers called me irresponsible and swore to never read my posts again. Some of my friends told me it was the saddest thing they’d ever read. Then…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Good evening, Manhattan

This time-lapse by Dominic Boudreault’s is a beautiful, crystal clear view of Manhattan.Even after all these years of coming here it causes the same reaction of awe and wonder in me, both in real life or watching these animated images. This is part of a series in which we are featuring beautiful time-lapses of cities…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

There’s No Wrong Side Up With a Flippable Vacuum

Canister vacuums are lighter and more maneuverable than a stick-style vac, but you often have to keep running over to rescue them when they get stuck or even flipped upside down. To help alleviate both problems, the Vax AirRevolve is designed as a self-contained cylinder with over-sized wheels that clamber over anything and clever engineering…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Poll: What’s The Best Spy Comedy of All Time?

This Is What a Gravitational Lens Looks Like

How Cities Decide What To Do With Snow

Nikon D810A: An Incredible DSLR Camera Modded to Shoot the Stars

The truth about Samuel L. Jackson’s hair in Pulp Fiction and other facts

Researchers in London Are Using Lego Bricks On Its Bug Specimens

Facebook Keeps On Not Understanding Native American Names

Thunderous Art From The Collector Scenes In Guardians Of The Galaxy

Seeing a bunch of random scenes in slow motion is surreal (NSFW)

Why You’d Want To Go On A One-Way Trip To Mars

It’s Official! Spider-Man WILL Appear In The Marvel Movies

Law Enforcement Is Treating Online Trolling Like a Serious Crime

Imagine Your Workstation Had This View of the Galaxy

A Decade of Our Favorite Google Maps Fuckups

Awesome picture of a waterfall looks like the giant eye of a reptile

Bronn Gives Shae Unfortunate Advice In A Game Of Thrones Deleted Scene

It’s Flying Car Season Again

How Did You Smash Your Phone?

Good evening, Manhattan

There’s No Wrong Side Up With a Flippable Vacuum

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