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During the fall, winter and spring, Gareth Wishart works at an environmental NGO in Washington, DC. During the summer, he’s a hunting guide on Alaska’s Seward Peninsula. This is the story of one of his kills. — Ed. Taking it between my bare hands, the hot blood stinging wind-chilled fingers, I pull the bull’s heart…

Would you watch a scifi movie made by the Saw and Insidious co-creator? In a Hollywood Reporter interview, Leigh Whannell (set to make his directorial debut in 2015 with Insidious: Chapter 3) said: “If I had to pick one genre next, I’d love to make a scifi film. I grew up in the ’80s, going…

The Port Authority Bus Terminal: Myth, Mystery, Mess

For many coming to New York City, the available entry is the Port Authority Bus Terminal (PABT). However, if a traveler seeks the charm of a grand entrance, they will be greatly disappointed. The PABT is considered, colloquially, to be a hall of unfathomable nightmares. As one Yelp! reviewer put it: If I die and…

Stop What You’re Doing And Watch This Owl Swim Lake Michigan Like A Pro

There is something fascinating about watching an animal behavior that we don’t normally witness. After two Peregrine Falcons forced this Great Horned Owl down into Lake Michigan, the owl managed to escape with a few strokes of butterfly. Birder and photographer Steve Spitzer captured this video at Loyola Park Beach in Chicago after he and…

Report: HTC’s Flagship Phone Might Get a New Name, Camera, and Processor

December usually brings a dearth of smartphones to fawn over. Most companies want your attention and wallets focused on what already exists, but that doesn’t mean the rumor mills are completely silent. A new batch of speculation from @upleaks details unconfirmed specs of HTC’s upcoming flagship. That’s a lot of “woah if true” for just…

Which Subplot Was Missing From The Adaptation Of Your Favorite Book?

Sometimes when you adapt a book or a comic for the screen, sacrifices have to be made. Stories have to be streamlined, stuff has to be cut. But which subplot did the adaptation of your favorite story leave out, and you felt like it was a mistake? Please include a poster, picture, clip, book cover…

Space Heater From the Future, Every Bond Film for $75, and more Deals

This thing is a fan, and also a space heater, and possibly a portal to another dimension. Whatever it is, it’s about half off its usual price today, assuming you don’t mind getting a refurb. [refurb Dyson AM04 Hot+Cool, $155] http://home.woot.com/offers/dyson-am04-hotcool-2-colors If you’ve been wanting a MacBook Air, the 13″ 256GB model is the one…

Yahtzee TARDIS, Telltale’s Game of Thrones, James Bond, More Deals

Yahtzee TARDIS. That is all. The Bond 50 23-film set is down to $75 today. An all-time low that will put you on an all-time high. Bond 50: Celebrating Five Decades of Bond with Skyfall ($75) | Fox Connect Telltale’s Game of Thrones game is actually good, and you can save 6 bucks on it…

Rare Artifacts Have Surfaced from the Jack the Ripper Case

It’s been over 125 years since Jack the Ripper prowled the streets of London, but here’s something new: artifacts tied to the case are heading to the auction block. The items include handcuffs, a whistle, a baton, and a notebook cover that belonged to PC Edward Watkins. On Sept. 29, 1888, at around 1:44am, Watkins…

A better look at the first Dancing Baby Groot Toy

Last month we got to see the first images of KIDdesign’s Dancing Baby Groot – the first dancing Groot toy since Guardians of the Galaxy hit theatres and had everyone clamouring for one. And now that he’s coming out soon, we’ve got an even better look at everyone’s favourite sapling! The image comes from Variety’s…

This Car and Bike Sharing App Picks The Best Transit Mode For Your Trip

There’s one problem with many car and bike sharing programs: By the time you’ve decided where to go, you’re already locked into a transportation mode. You’re either waiting for a cab to pick you up, making your way to a kiosk of bikes, or unlocking a nearby ZipCar. What if you could tell an app…

Deals: Two awesome Lego shirts at TeeFury

Available until the end of day today, Tee Fury has a couple Lego themed shirts that could round out your brick themed wardrobe. The Local 158 Master builders shirt is pretty great, but the Classic Space/Star Wars shirt is the clear winner here. They are an extremely affordable 11 bucks a pop. You’re reading Leg…

How Millennials Stack Up To The Generations Before Them

Are Millennials really so different than the generations of young adults that came before them? Some data forensics reveals what has — and hasn’t — actually changed about being a young adult in America. The Census has crunched its most recent data collected on 18-34 year olds today and compared it with the results of…

Arrow’s Flash Crossover Was a Catastrophic Misfire

“The Brave and the Bold” was bad. It was bad in almost every way that it could be bad. Let’s talk about the ways that it was bad, and the occasional sparks of brilliance that illuminated the darkness. Someone Shoot Captain Boomerang. Into the Sun. Captain Boomerang barely works in the comics. Someone, well before…

Sony Kept Thousands of Passwords in a Folder Named “Password”

It’s been a rough week for Sony execs (million-dollar salaries notwithstanding). And things are only going to get worse. Which would almost be enough to make you feel bad for the poor schmucks in IT—that is, until you realize that they hid their most sensitive password dataunder the label “Passwords.” Go ahead and slam your…

If You Stopped Sweating, You Would Die

Congenital insensitivity to pain is a rare but well-known condition. It also has an obscure variation that seems minor, but is incredibly deadly. It prevents people from sweating. People with congenital insensitivity to pain (CIP) are not as lucky as you might think. They can burn or cut themselves badly before they notice anything’s wrong.…

The Sony Hack Gets Even Worse as Thousands of Passwords Leak

A new trove of documents leaked from the Sony Pictures hack is now out in the wild. And, somewhat astoundingly, it takes the whole debacle to a new level of absurdity since the data includes a file directory named “Password”. Can you guess what’s inside? Yep, it’s thousands of usernames and passwords. BuzzFeed rather easily…

Why Do People Love The Number Seven?

Of all the infinitely many numbers in existence, the number seven appears to be humanity’s favorite. Why? In 2011, London-based writer Alex Bellos – author of popular mathematics books Here’s Looking At Euclid and the recently published The Grapes of Math – conducted an online survey in search of the world’s favorite number. The survey…

It’s Time to Bring Back the Social Media Suicide Machine

Nearly five years ago, a group of artists and programmers debuted a simple web app called the “Web 2.0 Suicide Machine.” It was designed to quickly and effectively shut down your accounts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social media sites. But then Facebook unleashed their lawyers. That’s because over 58,000 people severed friendship ties…

Pantone’s 2015 Color of the Year Is Warm, Comforting Booze

Like a childhood mood ring you really wanted to believe in but always knew was hogwash, every year Pantone predicts our national mood by highlighting a single shade from its library. This year’s choice—the company’s 15th annual color of the year—all about “sophisticated, natural earthiness.” Or maybe just wine, which works too. Today the company…