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Google’s Great New Calendar App Just Came to iOS

The fantastic Google Calendar revamp that Android users have been enjoying for a while now has finally hit iOS. If you’ve got an iPhone/iPad and use Google Calendar at all (or even if you just have a Gmail account), it’s definitely worth checking out—if not for the neat auto-fill-in feature alone. You can read more…

Is The “Fix-Up” The Best Kind Of Science Fiction Novel There Is?

Everybody knows that short stories are where science fiction writers really get to experiment, and the most perfect pieces of narrative often happen at shorter lengths. But we also love to explore a world at the length of a whole book. So that makes the “fix-up” the best of both worlds, right? Top image: Voyage…

Jean-Claude Van Damme Finally Gets the Action Figure He Deserves

He may not have a successful film franchise like Terminator or Die Hard behind him, but Jean-Claude Van Damme is still one of the most memorable action movie stars from the past few decades. And while there have been lots of action figures made based on characters he’s played, here’s our first official JVCD figure…

Documentary reveals the fascinating ocean life of Sea Gypsies (NSFW)

The Moken people in Southeast Asia are known as “Sea Gypsies” because they’re a nomadic group of people whose life revolves completely around the ocean. This documentary gives you a glimpse of their life, like how a man can’t propose to a woman unless he can make a boat or how love is found in…

Wikileaks founder and current Ecuadorian Embassy mole-man Julian Assange is getting an appeals hearing in Sweden about his 2010 arrest. Contact the author at [email protected]. Public PGP key PGP fingerprint: FF8F 0D7A AB19 6D71 C967 9576 8C12 9478 EE07 10C

Nine, Rose And Captain Jack Return In Our Doctor Who #1 Comic Preview

Chris Eccleston may never return to Doctor Who, but at least the Ninth Doctor lives on in this new five-part comic miniseries from Titan. Titled Weapons of Past Destruction, it chronicles an all-new adventure with fan favorites Rose Tyler and Captain Jack Harkness — one you can get a peek at right here! Doctor Who:…

More Americans Get Food Poisoning From Fruits And Veggies Than From Meat

Are you doing the environmentally responsible thing and trying to eat more produce and less meat? Hey, good on you! Pat yourself on the back. Now brace yourself for some bad news. Vox reports: …a new CDC report from the Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration looked at data on US outbreaks between 2008 and 2012.…

How Apple’s ResearchKit Could Actually Help Improve Health Care

Our sister site Lifehacker does a deep dive into how Apple’s new ResearchKit project—leveraging user data for medical research—will help the broken health care system. Despite the security concerns. Read on:

Tuesday Game Room: The Blind Forest Edition

A calm before the storm of next week rolls in sees the release of some dazzling indie titles this week, alongside some remasters, collections and a game featuring steampunk Abe Lincoln. Wait, what? Come talk about all things gaming in this week’s Tuesday Game Room! What have you been playing this week? Most of my…

There’s Going To Be 20 Star Wars Book Prequels To The Force Awakens

No, that’s not a typo. Lucasfilm and Del Rey have announced that between now and the premiere of Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens, there will be 20 new Star Wars books published, all set in the time between Return of the Jedi and the new, upcoming movie. On the plus side, these aren’t…

How It Follows Uses Dread And Beauty To Create The Perfect Monster Movie

It Follows is a gorgeous movie. And scary. It’s your new must-see monster movie. We interviewed writer/director David Robert Mitchell, on why dread and anxiety are way worse than just getting startled. Some minor spoilers for It Follows ahead… We’re not going to give away too much about It Follows — because you should just…

Race the Clock To Rebuild This Puzzle Cube After You Shatter It

Sometimes the challenge of just completing a puzzle isn’t enough. When you’re trying to prove you’re better than your friends you need a specific metric to validate your superiority. So this puzzle, made of randomly-shaped pieces that assemble into a perfect cube, has a built-in timer that starts when the cube breaks apart, and stops…

The Best Reason Not to Buy an Apple Watch Yet

The Apple Watch is a tantalizing piece of hardware. After years of rumors, you can almost finally slide one onto your body. I’m here to throw a wet blanket on your wrist; almost no one should buy one of these things. Yesterday’s Apple Watch presentation was an exercise in empty spectacle: A big old show…

These Terrifyingly Real Teeth Were Made By a New Dental 3D Printer

The world is still trying to figure out why every home would need a 3D printer, but in the professional world they continue to thrive. At the International Dental Show currently going on in Germany, Stratasys announced a new 3D printer that uses multiple materials at once to create startlingly realistic dental models in a…

“Flavor Scalping” is Why Your Wine-in-a-Box Tastes Bad

When you get your wine from a box, you know you’re not getting the best quality. And that’s not just because of appearances. Certain materials cause a process called “flavor scalping,” which draws certain chemicals right out of the food. Right here on the site, we’ve seen that wine tasting is worthless guesswork, but our…

This Video Will Save You From Wasting So Much Time Arguing Online

If you’re familiar with the original definition of “meme,” you know that ideas can spread and mutate. But what makes memes spread faster? Anger. Here’s a video that explores how “angry thought germs” can spread, and reinforce opposing viewpoints. Some quick background: The video, created by YouTuber CGP Grey, is based in large part on…

Cool video shows fighter jet takeoff from a completely new perspective

Here’s awesome footage from underneath a MiG-29 showing the fighter jet taking off from an aircraft carrier. The view is insane, you see the jets fire up and watch the world turn blurry as the MiG launches itself into the air. There’s a surprising, almost sort of peaceful awesomeness when it starts flying and leaves…

This Is The Week That Philae Could Return From The Dead

It has been nearly four months since Philae landed on Comet 67P. Because the probe landed in the shadow of a cliff, it couldn’t draw sufficient energy from the sun. But later this week, there’s a slim chance the probe could awaken and send a signal to the Rosetta spacecraft. Comet 67P is currently 320…

The Samsung Galaxy S6 Has the Best Smartphone Display So Far

Samsung is continually improving upon the quality of its smartphone displays, and the screens on the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 take things to new heights. In fact, according to extensive testing from DisplayMate, one of them has the best smartphone display yet. The key element for a great smartphone has always been a truly…

He May Be Chibi, But This Predator Still Looks Like He Could Mess You Up

Usually when a character is ‘chibified’ and given super-deformed proportions, there’s usually a concession made to make the original design look suitably cuter. That’s most definitely not the case with this new Predator from Herocross, who still looks like he could slice and dice you anyway way he pleased. The stunningly titled Hybrid Metal Figuration…