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Everything We Know About Ant-Man‘s Yellowjacket and His Surprising Ally

New info about who will play the young Jean Grey, Scott Summers, and Ororo Munroe in X-Men: Apocalypse. Details about the struggle that LEGO Batman will face in his solo movie. Dexter’s Michael C. Hall is coming to Pete’s Dragon!. And guess who will don the Arrow regalia next? Spoilers now! Top image: Ant-Man X-Men:…

The Spectacular Art of Painting With Soap Bubbles 

If you don’t know how they’re made, Jiří Georg Dokoupil’s paintings might look like microscope photos of phosphorescent deep-sea hydrozoa, or maybe computer-generated cartoon characters. Turns out, they’re actually the permanent evidence something way simpler: bubbles. Dokoupil is a Czech artist who’s been painting with soap for decades, mixing lye with pigments and using a…

Get The Looks Of Your Favourite TV And Movie Characters With This Site

Ever longed for the sartorial elegance of Clara Oswald? Ogled over the many (many) suits of Oliver Queen? Here’s a new website that collates the looks of your favourite TV and movie characters, and shows you where to buy them. Is it sort of cosplay if you start wearing your favourite character’s snazziest threads? Culture…

This Exquisite Wooden X-wing Rocker Will Make You Miss Being a Kid

The popularity of rocking horses has seen a steady decline over the years because kids simply aren’t interested in growing up to be cowboys anymore. Thanks to Star Wars, kids would rather grow up to be intergalactic fighter pilots now, so an X-wing-themed rocker just makes a lot more sense these days. This hand-made masterpiece…

Disney’s Sand-Sketching Robot Turns Beaches Into an Artist’s Canvas

If you thought elaborate sand castles were the only way one could express their artistic vision on the beach, Disney Research and ETH Zürich want to introduce you to their Beachbot. Slightly larger than a Roomba, the cartoonish robot turtle uses innovative soft balloon-like wheels so that it doesn’t leave a trail while rolling across…

How Not to Smuggle 94 iPhones Through Chinese Customs

When customs officers at Futian Port in China saw a males passenger with “weird walking posture, joint stiffness, muscle tension…” they got suspicious. Turns out, he was attempting to smuggle 94 iPhones into the country—all of them strapped to his body. Having travelled in from Hong Kong, the suspect arrived with two plastic shopping bags.…

Can You Spot 20 Things That Happened on the Internet in 2014?

It’s a dark. It’s January. Hell, it’s a Monday. You need something fun to do. So why not stare at this rather lovely image and attempt to identify the 20 things that happened in 2014 on the Internet that it depicts? This image was masterminded by the SYZYGY Group and illustrated by Andrew Rae. Just…

Imagine Your Airplane Getting Buried Under Snow

Hate waking up to see your car covered under snow? Then an aircraft maintenance job is probably not for you, if this situation is anything to go by. This snow-covered C-5M Super Galaxy was photographed on January 6th 2015 at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Aircraft maintenance operations continued to keep the mission moving—even though…

How the Oreo Was Invented

In 1890, a group of eight large New York City bakeries combined to form the New York Biscuit Company and built a giant six-story factory in West Chelsea. Eight years later, they merged with their competitor, Chicago’s American Biscuit and Manufacturing to form an even larger conglomerate – the National Biscuit Company, but the factory…

Okay, Let’s Make Wild Guesses About The Librarians’ Biggest Mystery

Right? I mean, they haven’t done a ton to hide it, which I appreciate. I’m obsessed with figuring out who’s who and how this is going to shake out in next week’s season finale. By which I mostly mean the fate of John Larroquette, national treasure. Look, guys, as much as I enjoy this show…

Short film: Why the corporate world is better suited for masochists 

This hilarious short film by creative agency Studio Hansa shows a regular day in a corporate office. A place where everybody seems to be waiting for an opportunity to hurt you in the most sadistic way. Sometimes it really feels that way. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

Two LG Factory Workers Die in Nitrogen Leak

The Korea Herald reports that two workers have died and four been injured during a nitrogen leak at an LG Display factory in the South Korean city of Paju. The incident occurred while the workers carried out regular repairs on the ninth floor of the factory, which sits 25 miles north of Seoul. One worker…

Ancient Japanese technique to make wood buildings is a pleasure to watch

Japanese carpenters are famous for their elaborate joining techniques that put their wooden constructions among the most durable in the world. These videos show how this neat ancient technique works. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

Report: The FBI Oversaw the NSA’s Email Surveillance 

A newly declassified Justice Department report shows that the FBI has had a leading role in the NSA’s email surveillance program. The 231-page report, obtained by the New York Times, explains that “in 2008… the F.B.I. assumed the power to review email accounts the N.S.A. wanted to collect through the “Prism” system.” It also developed…

As the Italian astronaut bid Twitter a goodnight yesterday, this was her view from bed. Not bad, eh? [Sam Cristoforetti]

Samsung Galaxy A7: A Thin, Sleek Octo-Core Android

Samsung has just announced the latest in its A series of phones, the A7—and this one might be worth taking seriously. One of Sammy’s slimmest ever, it’s sleek metallic body houses an eight-core slab of silicon. Admittedly, the earlier A3 and A5 phones weren’t much to write home about. But the new A7 features a…

Born Under A Bad Sun: Solar Activity Blamed For Much Shorter Lifespans  

New research suggests a surprising factor in human longevity. A look at 200 years of birth records found that high solar activity in a person’s birth year was correlated with a five-year reduction in lifespan. Image credit: Sun Spot by Marsel Minga/flickr/CC By 2.0 Researchers studied more than 9,062 Norwegian births from 1676 to 1878,…

Watch the House of Cards Season 3 Trailer

The third season of House of Cards will be out on February 27th, and Netflix has just released the first trailer. Things look to be getting… tense. “We’re murderers, Francis,” Claire says at one point, and nobody seems to be relaxing over the fact. Incidentally, the trailer’s set to a song called “Counting bodies like…

Batman v. Superman Will Be Only One Film After All

Even though rumors last week suggested that DC and Warner Bros.’s epic next film might in fact be split into two films, Henry Cavill has put that rumor to bed. So, no, Superman v. Batman: Dawn of Justice, while having enough title for two films, will only be one. Even at the time, it seemed…

Brand New Concept Art of Back to the Future Part II‘s 2015 Technology

2015 is both the 30th anniversary of Back to the Future and the year that Marty McFly traveled to in Back to the Future Part II. Which means that a lot of this year will be devoted to questions about whether or not the film’s predictions have come true. Questions made easier by this new…