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16 of the Most Mortifying Wrong Window Stories We’ve Ever Heard

Yesterday, we asked your to bare your soulsto us by revealing the most embarrassing chat-related mistakes you’ve ever made. From accidentally sexting your loved ones to chatting your dealer during a presentation, you delivered. Below, find just a small selection of the more than 100 stories you reported over on the original post. They range…

This Injury Could Blind You While Making You Believe You Can See

There is a specific mental condition that blocks the ability to recognize illness in oneself. It works whether the illness is schizophrenia, paralysis, or even complete blindness. It’s called anosognosia. Apparently one of the major problems dealing with people just after they’ve had a stroke is convincing them that they’ve had a stroke – or…

​The True Story Behind Those “Antique” Vampire Hunting Kits

You’ve seen them turn up on auction sites from time to time: “authentic vampire-killing kits,” attributed to a master craftsman, Professor Ernst Blomberg of Germany. (One sold for $12,000 at Sotheby’s.) A British museum curator explains how he proved them to be fakes — and why they’re nonetheless still very valuable. The typical vampire-killing kit,…

Which State Has The Worst Internet Access In The Nation?

Sorry, Mississippi. The news isn’t good. The Census has released its latest figures on who has and who doesn’t have high-speed internet access. And while the news is initially pretty good, with just under 80% of Americans having high-speed internet, when you start to break down the data geographically, the news becomes a little more…

Your First Look At A Kick-Ass New Character On The BBC’s Atlantis!

Atlantis is coming back tomorrow — it’s the Greek mythology show from the creators of Misfits and Merlin. And the show has one major new thing going for it this time around, judging from our exclusive clip — a new character named Medea, played by Amy Manson (Being Human). People jumping off high buildings and…

Fireworks launch malfunction causes massive explosion

The explosions caused by this malfunctioning fireworks launching mechanism were so big and the noise so deafening that they could make Michael Bay proud. Beware of your volume level. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

​Stunning Images Of A Comet’s Alien Landscape

In the weeks prior to the Philae landing, the Rosetta spacecraft maintained an orbit around Comet 67P/CG at less than six miles from its surface. The ESA has just released a collection of previously unpublished images taken by Rosetta’s navigation camera, revealing the varied and dramatic terrain of a mysterious world. Boulders seem to defy…

Damien Hirst’s Latest Artworks Turn Scalpels Into City Maps

British artist Damien Hirst is often controversial, but his latest works are unlike the pieces he’s put together before: intricate depictions of cities from above, created using a variety of sharps, from scalpels to safety pins. The works , on show at the White Cube Gallery, depict 17 cities, including São Paolo, Moscow, New York,…

These are real monsters of war. Members of 34 Regiment Squadron from RAF Leeming firing a .50 calibre heavy machine gun mounted on a Mastiff armoured vehicle, during a night time live firing exercise at Warcop Ranges in Cumbria, UK. [Cpl Babbs Robinson / RAF / MoD / Crown]

Guardians Of The Galaxy Deleted Scene Gives Us More Nebula And Gamora

The first Guardians of the Galaxy deleted scene has dropped and we’re so happy because it means more Gamora and Nebula! These two dueling sisters get a bit more screentime, thanks to this never-before-seen clip that was unfortunately cut from the original film due to time. Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive deleted scene from the…

Supernatural Showrunner To Reboot Frequency Into A TV Series

Magical ham radio movie Frequency is getting a TV reboot. And Supernatural showrunner Jeremy Carver is behind it! Frequency starred Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel as father and son; Quaid played a detective who tragically died on the job and Caviezel is his adult son who grew up sans father. The two are magically connected…

Put On Your Friday Best, GIFs! It’s Time To Party

Suit up, GIFs! It’s party time. What did this last week bring you? Do you have news, travel plans, or life updates that you’re dying to reveal? Maybe you’ve got movie reviews, weekend reading and Netflix binge recommendations, or just some really good snack recipes to throw to the room? Now’s the time to share…

Scientists Can Predict the Spread of Disease Using Wikipedia

While Google couldn’t track influenza particularly accurately using search analysis, a team of researchers reckons it can predict the spread of diseases using datalurking within Wikipedia. In a new study published in PLoS Computational Biology, scientists from the Defense Systems and Analysis Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory explain how there’s a wealth of information…

Ebenezer Elliott Was The Most Badass Slam Poet Of The 19th Century

During the early- to mid-1800s, a group of British poets marshaled their talents to inspire a popular movement against the “Corn Laws,” a set of government policies to further pad the pockets of land-owning aristocrats. Among the most powerful poems were the Corn Law Rhymes, penned by businessman Ebenezer Elliott. As the JSTOR Daily blog…

Short film: Maybe it’s better never to meet lost childhood friends again

Beautifully drawn short animated film by Amsterdam-based filmmaker Hisko Hulsing that tells the story of two childhood friends meeting many years after with disastrous consequences. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

With Hours To Live, Controllers Are “Taking Risks” With Comet Lander​

Time is quickly running out for the Philae lander. With insufficient exposure to sunlight, the probe cannot recharge its battery, forcing ESA mission controllers to take desperate actions that could further destabilize the lander. Top image: Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko at less than 40 meters from the surface. The three-legged robot is in quite a pickle right…

Did The Next James Bond Film Just Score An Absolutely Perfect Villain?

News on an updated Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves recasts the title character as “Allen.” Steven Moffat explains what makes a good companion for the Doctor and whether they’d ever deviate from the current formula. Plus new details on Gotham’s Harvey Dent, and the best-yet look at Lois Lane in Batman v. Superman. Spoilers…

The Sahara desert, over southeastern Algeria, sure looks unwelcoming. With humans unwilling to spend weeks surveying such a space, satellites do the job for them. Perhaps unsurprisingly, they’re revealing evidence of soil degradation and overwhelming dehydration—a result of the area seeing less than 10 mm of rainfall per year. [ESA]

Conan’s Wooden Emojis Make Your Emotions a Lasting Gift

What’s made out of of solid oak, a foot in diameter and weighs about 14 pounds? One of Nick Offerman’s handcrafted wooden emojis is what. Never has there been a more lasting way to tell someone that you’re sticking your tongue out at them. When Nick Offerman isn’t appearing in Parks and Recreation he is…

Bacteria Have Been Hacked to Work Like Tape Recorders

You might not think a lone E. coli bacterium has much in the way of memory. But now, researchers have hacked their DNA so that they can store memories of their environment—working much like an old tape recorder. New Scientist reports that chunks o DNA code in E. Coli called retrons carry the genetic code…