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Our First Fleeting Glimpse Of Jurassic World‘s New Dinosaur!

A new Avengers: Age of Ultron teaser includes a tantalizing glimpse. There’s another round of Suicide Squad rumors, while Gotham teases even more comics characters showing up. Meanwhile, could Khal Drogo return to Game of Thrones? And just what is up with Agent Carter’s Dottie Underwood? Here be Spoilers! Top image: Jurassic World. Jurassic World…

Television James Whitbrook Jan 30 '15

You Can Now Buy A Life-Size Replica Of A Batman Returns Penguin Commando

Remember when The Penguin got mad literal in Batman Returns and had his own little army of Penguins to command? Did you love it so much that you’ve spent the past 23 years thinking ‘Oh, how I wish I could have a rocket-bearing Penguin of my own!’? Well, you’re in luck. Apparently. We live in…

Tech News James Whitbrook Jan 30 '15

The Tim Burton-Era Batmobile Is the Best iPhone 6 Case

If you’ve succumbed to the lure of the monstrous iPhone 6, you’ve already decided that a compact, pocket-friendly smartphone isn’t for you. So when it comes to protecting your giant investment, why not just go all out and wrap it in this impressive case that’s a near perfect replica of the Batmobile from Tim Burton’s…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 30 '15

Look Around the UK’s Newest Aircraft Carrier

No, that’s not the world’s biggest slab of marble; it’s the wet landing deck of the UK’s newest aircraft carrier. This 360 degree panoramic image, that you can drag and pull around on your screen, will let you explore the HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) as if you were there. The largest warship ever built for…

Tech News Attila Nagy Jan 30 '15

The Midnight Guardian of the Serene Seas

An AV-8B Harrier jet sits on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island, somewhere on the South China Sea on January 26th 2015. Waiting, and ready. The flagship of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, it’s is on a deployment with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit to promote peace and freedom of…

Tech News Attila Nagy Jan 30 '15

A Simple Flowchart to Help You Decide If You Should Vaccinate Your Child

Yes, you should. Yes. Very much so, yes. Yup. Indeed you should. Yes. Yep. Affirmative. Do it. Yes. Certainly. Uh-huh. Absolutely. Yes, yes, yes. The full version’s below, by the way. The answer’s still yes. [Medium via Flowing Data]

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 30 '15

9 high definition photos of the 9 world’s tallest skycrapers right now

Here is the list of the nine tallest skyscrapers on Earth right now, each represented by one large resolution crystal clear photo. Of course, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai is still the tallest with 2,722 feet (828 meters)—649 feet (198 meters) taller than the second, the Shanghai Tower. 1. Burj Khalifa Dubai, UAE (2,722 ft/828…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Jan 30 '15

Jay-Z Is Taking on Spotify By Buying Aspiro For $56m

Jay-Z is buying the Scandinavian music streaming company Aspiro—which currently runs two music services—for $56 million, in a bid to take on Spotify. Aspiro currently runs an ad-free service called WiMP and the high-definition offering called Tidal. Both are aimed at keen music lovers, with track recommendations, curated playlists and interviews with artists. Perhaps most…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 30 '15

The Theft and Half-Century Journey of Einstein’s Brain

On April 17, 1955, the greatest scientist of his generation checked himself into Princeton Hospital due to chest pains. By early the next morning, Albert Einstein had died from an abdominal aortic aneurysm – the rupture of the aorta, the heart vessel that’s the body’s main supplier of blood. While word was still getting out…

Tech News Matt Blitz - TodayIFoundOut.com Jan 30 '15

An Odd Hypothesis About Bubbles Could Finally Lead to Nuclear Fusion

Nuclear fusion is the dream of energy scientists the world over, because it promises limitless, clean electricity. Most efforts to kickstart the process use high-intensity lasers, insane magnetic fields and super-hot hydrogen plasmas. But there may be a more humble alternative. It’s called sonofusion, and it involves bubbles. Nuclear fusion is the process through which…

Physics & Chemistry Jamie Condliffe Jan 30 '15

Anonymized Credit Card Data Really Isn’t Very Anonymous

Credit card companies often strip your details from their records and then share it with third parties, claiming that it’s anonymized. But a new study from MIT reveals that analysis of just four purchases made on your card can identify you with more than 90 percent accuracy, even when your details are removed. The study…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe Jan 30 '15

Scientists Have Made a Möbius Strip Out of Light for the First Time

While you can twist physical materials into a Möbius strip—to make chairs, tables and even buildings—until now it’s been impossible to do the same with light. But researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light have changed that. https://gizmodo.com/a-twisted-mobius-chair-provides-an-infinite-place-to-si-1611993536 It was suggested back in 2005 by Isaac Freund at Bar-Ilan University in…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 30 '15

Beautiful New Photo of the Mouth of the Beast Nebula

The European Southern Observatory has published a new Very Large Telescope photo of the cometary globule CG4 or, as they call it, The Mouth of the Beast. https://gizmodo.com/beautiful-new-photo-of-the-mysterious-mouth-of-the-beas-1682532580

Space & Spaceflight Annalee Newitz Jan 30 '15

Watch a man ice climb a frozen Niagara Falls for the first time ever

People have gone down the Niagara Falls (which is already nuts) but Red Bull says that ice climber Will Gadd is the first person crazy enough to go up the falls. As in he climbed a damn waterfall. The Niagara Falls was frozen over but Gadd gets impossibly close to the falls and somehow makes…

Sploid Casey Chan Jan 29 '15

There Are Five Other Countries Hidden In This Norwegian Flag

This is either an incredibly simple or incredibly lazy ad, depending on your point of view. To try and demonstrate the number of locations that Norwegian Airlines flies to, M&C Saatchi hid the flags of five other countries in the Norwegian standard. Well, sort of. Red, white and blue are probably some of the most…

Tech News Chris Mills Jan 29 '15

Here’s the difference between fun visual storytelling and boring movies

There are boring ways to make movies and then there is the much more satisfying creative process of filmmaking. Tony Zhou of Every Frame Painting pits the two techniques next to each other, showing how directors can visually tell a story when the scene just involves characters in a room. Sometimes people provide shapes. Tony…

Sploid Casey Chan Jan 29 '15

Outcast Seriously Looks Like The Ultimate Nic Cage Movie

Nic Cage has pushed the limits of acting in the past — but with Outcast, his new movie coming out next week, he’s redefining acting completely. Just watch the Shatnerian delivery of “I AM the White Ghost!” and the bizarre line-reading of “Their blood will be ON OUR BLADES!” It’s just… sublime. Watch the trailer…

Trailers Charlie Jane Anders Jan 29 '15

Riding A Rock Through Geologic Processes Explores The Rock Cycle

Rolling dice is an excellent way to emphasize that the rock cycle is deceptively named. Equally importantly, what felt like a failed lesson in volcanoes to me was not noticably catastrophic for my students. For this ongoing experiment in education, I’m testing out running an active learning classroom for a university introductory geology course. After…

Tech News Mika McKinnon Jan 29 '15

Drug Dealers Are Using Nokia Dumbphones To Stay Ahead Of “The Feds”

According to a story from the UK edition of Vice (a story which, I hasten to add, relies on a source named ‘K2’ and should therefore be taken with the requisite gallon of salt), drug dealers in the fair city of Birmingham have turned to dumphones in an attempt to evade the police. The particular…

Privacy & Security Chris Mills Jan 29 '15

Slow motion explosion of an orange is like seeing a supernova on Earth

Fruit may be the best thing to blow up because all that pulp, juice, seeds, peel, skin make for great gory guts in explosions. This slow motion explosion of an orange is as good as explosions get. In fact, it almost looks like a mini version of our Sun going supernova and exploding on itself.…

Sploid Casey Chan Jan 29 '15

Our First Fleeting Glimpse Of Jurassic World‘s New Dinosaur!

You Can Now Buy A Life-Size Replica Of A Batman Returns Penguin Commando

The Tim Burton-Era Batmobile Is the Best iPhone 6 Case

Look Around the UK’s Newest Aircraft Carrier

The Midnight Guardian of the Serene Seas

A Simple Flowchart to Help You Decide If You Should Vaccinate Your Child

9 high definition photos of the 9 world’s tallest skycrapers right now

Jay-Z Is Taking on Spotify By Buying Aspiro For $56m

The Theft and Half-Century Journey of Einstein’s Brain

An Odd Hypothesis About Bubbles Could Finally Lead to Nuclear Fusion

Anonymized Credit Card Data Really Isn’t Very Anonymous

Scientists Have Made a Möbius Strip Out of Light for the First Time

Beautiful New Photo of the Mouth of the Beast Nebula

Watch a man ice climb a frozen Niagara Falls for the first time ever

There Are Five Other Countries Hidden In This Norwegian Flag

Here’s the difference between fun visual storytelling and boring movies

Outcast Seriously Looks Like The Ultimate Nic Cage Movie

Riding A Rock Through Geologic Processes Explores The Rock Cycle

Drug Dealers Are Using Nokia Dumbphones To Stay Ahead Of “The Feds”

Slow motion explosion of an orange is like seeing a supernova on Earth

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