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$26 Bluetooth Earbuds, External Chargers of All Sizes, and More Deals

Need some new earbuds to help you out with that new year’s resolution to run more often? These sweatproof Mpows have solid reviews, and an all-time low price today. [Mpow Swift Bluetooth Sweatproof Earbuds, $26 with code SWFTMPOW] Update: The promo code has expired, but it looks like you can still buy them for $30.…

The World’s 9 Most Haunted Bodies of Water

Ghost ships, watery pianos, vengeful spirits, shipwrecks, killer seaweed, and voodoo… haunted bodies of water come in all kinds and configurations. There’s nothing scarier than water that’s out to get you. Here are the nine most haunted bodies of water on Earth. Who’s up for a swim? Top image: Pluck and Luck Dime Novel Magazine…

Verizon Vehicle Will Make Your Dumb Car Smarter

Verizon is retrofitting millions of vehicles on the road by connecting them to the telematics network with Verizon Vehicle. Andrés Irlando, CEO of Verizon Telematics, took the stage at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, and after giving the customary rundown of how awesome Verizon is, Irlando and Telematics’ President Erik Goldman finally…

New research shows that pigs, already known to be intelligent, may also be able to feel empathy. Scientists in the Netherlands used music to train a group of pigs to anticipate either food or stress, then introduced untrained animals into the mix. The end result: the “naive” pigs did seem to empathize with their trained…

Tuesday Game Room: Unity Take 2 Edition

It’s still all quiet on the gaming front in these early days of the year, but Ubisoft are hoping to right some of the wrongs for their latest Assassin’s Creed game with some free DLC this week. Huzzah! Will you try it out? Still dipping into your Winter haul? Come tell us in Tuesday Game…

Meet the New Cold War, Same As the Old Cold War

Remember the Cold War? We basically spent half a century on the precipice of worldwide nuclear annihilation. Well, like it or not, the Cold War is back. In fact, it never really ended. Russia is invading old Soviet countries. China has put a robot on the moon. North Korea is the prime suspect in an…

A Cybernetic Implant That Allows Paralyzed Rats To Walk Again

Researchers from EPFL have restored the walking ability of paralyzed rats by implanting soft and flexible neural implants directly onto their spinal cord. The incredible new technique, which doesn’t cause inflammation or damage, uses both chemical and electrical stimulation. It’s hoped that this technology, called e-Dura, could be eventually be extended to humans, but the…

The TV Casting Wonder App AllCast Is Finally Here For iOS

Allcast has been making content-sharing to televisions a breeze for Android users for more than a year now. Finally, that glorious swipe-to-share app is available for iPhones and iPads. I can’t stress enough how stupid easy this app is. Tap the cast icon, select anything from your camera roll, Songs of Innocence iTunes music, or…

Guy spent one year crafting one second of this crazy animation per day

Greg McLeod—from BAFTA Award-winning animation studio The Brothers McLeod—created “one second of animation every day for the 365 days of the year 2013.” According to him, there was “no storyline, script or storyboard. The ideas come from things read, seen or experienced on the day.” Brilliant. You can purchase a digital copy here. SPLOID is…

This Site Will Send a Glitter Bomb To Your Enemies Anywhere on Earth 

The only thing worse than all the junk mail stuffed in your mailbox is finding a card that’s actually addressed to you, but is covered in mounds of glitter. The shiny stuff ends up all over your hands, your face, and your home, and it’s all but impossible to clean up. So that’s why a…

These Photos Are More Terrifying Than Most Horror Movies

Taxidermy is already a bit unnerving, but how do you make it even stranger? Photograph people in grotesque costumes holding pieces of taxidermy, and stage it like something from your most surreal nightmare. Mothmeister is a pair of taxidermy collectors and their photo series Wounderland turns their taxidermy pieces into monstrous familiars for lonely and…

The Remains Of Britain’s Missing Lander May Have Been Spotted On Mars

Rumors are swirling that the British Beagle 2 lander — missing since Christmas Day in 2003 — has been spotted on the surface of the Red Planet by NASA’s Reconnaissance Orbiter. Speculation is rampant after the UK Space Agency and the University of Leicester announced a press conference for this coming January 16th to announce…

Study Shows BPA Replacement Could Be Just as Bad For You as BPA

We might all need to buy new baby bottles. A new study by researchers at the University of Calgary has show for the first time that a widely used BPA substitute called BPS could have the same harmful health effects as the chemical we ditched. BPA-free might not mean squat. “Bisphenol A,” aka, BPA is…

Red-Band Spy Trailer Is Full Of Swearing And Shenanigans 

Surprise! Paul Feig (Bridesmaids) and Melissa McCarthy made a spy movie called… Spy. The espionage comedy stars McCarthy as the new secret agent who runs with a gang to people who like to cuss and shoot guns. Take a look at the first footage: Looks cute! Truly, we are entering into a very espionage-heavy time.…

Korea’s Black Panther Battle Tank Shoots Parachute Bombs

When your neighbors are Kim Jung-Un-level crazy, you’d better make sure your defenses are bigger and badder than anything they can throw at you. Or at least just as crazy, like the K2 Black Panther’s parachute munitions. It’s called the K2 “Black Panther.” This 55 ton main battle tank (MBT) is the latest to join…

Relax with this time-lapse of a guy making a knife with everyday tools

Aaron Gough makes great custom knives. Here you can see him crafting “a prototype bushcraft/camping knife using only simple tools. The blade is made from O1 tool steel, the handle is made from brown Micarta.” It’s so relaxing to watch that now I want to have a siesta. Here’s one that he made for an…

Stephen Hawking on Space Colonization, Villainy, and Predictive Text 

The fictional version of Stephen Hawking is getting a lot of attention thanks to the biopic The Theory of Everything. But real-life Stephen Hawking is far more badass than his big-screen counterpart. He’s also up for discussing his theories on pretty much everything, as Wired’s recent interview shows. The world’s most famous theoretical physicist used…

Ice-Chomping Blades Make This Snow Blower Fit For a Wampa

Having to break up chunks of ice and dense snow on your driveway before plowing through it with your snow blower is just as annoying as having to clean your dishes before putting them in the dishwasher. Briggs & Stratton’s 922EXD features a redesigned auger called the SnowShredder, with 14 serrated edges designed to pulverize…

This Miyazaki-Designed Monster Is Now A Fantastic Action Figure

A few years ago, a crack team of Japanese animators who had worked on the likes of Studio Ghibli films and Neon Genesis Evangelion created A Giant God Warrior Descends On Tokyo, a short that just happens to technically be the first live-action Ghibli film. And now, the eponymous God Warrior is an amazing Figma…

Eight Types Of Ice Halos Are Crammed Into One Glorious Winter Photo

This incredible display isn’t some a futuristic domed city in an alien icy landscape or an artist’s concept of magnetic fields, but a very real optical phenomena here on Earth. Here’s the science behind these spectacular ice halos photographed this week in New Mexico. These ice halos were photographed by Joshua Thomas on January 9,…