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Nexus 6 Will Cost $250 On AT&T

Nexus 6 pre-orders on AT&T will open tomorrow November 12th. It’ll cost $250 on-carrier. So much for that $50 rumor. The Nexus 6 is shaping up to be one of the best smartphones in the world, but until now, one of its most striking features has been its price. Specifically, that it’s actually a pricey…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

This Actress Really, Really Wants To Play Vixen In A DC Movie

British-born actress Adaku “Natasha” Ononogbo probably isn’t considered a full-blown movie star yet, but she’s started a campaign for the role of Mari Jiwe McCabe, the DC superhero better known as Vixen, in an eventual DC Comics movie. Here’s why DC should totally let her. Here’s Ononogbo’s “campaign picture”: You know what? You’re the first…

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This Bizarre High-Security Lock Is Every Drunk Person’s Nightmare

While some people are trying to reinvent the lock by eliminating keys altogether, others solutions, like the XPUZMAG from Taiwan, are going in decidedly different direction—by taking a traditional lock-and-key mechanism and just making it a thousand times more complicated. Warning to the belligerent drunk about town: This lock is not your friend. Not only…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

Smartphone Charging Cables Don’t Get Much More Portable Than This

Thin smartphones also mean thin batteries, and carrying a charging cable so your phone can last the day is basically a fact of life now. To make the situation a little more convenient there have been countless keychain-friendly solutions for charging your smartphone, but none as perfectly tiny as the inCharge. The tiny charger is…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Can These Seven Words Really Define All Life in the Universe?

We might not know the meaning of life, but a group of scientists working for NASA came up with a definition for it that’s just seven words long: “Self-sustaining chemical system capable of Darwinian evolution.” But does this truly encompass all life, including the types we have yet to discover? This definition of life was…

io9 Mark Strauss

First Look At George Lucas’ Pop Song-Filled Fairy Musical

Here’s your first look at Lucasfilm’s non-Star Wars feature based on a story George Lucas dreamed up with inspiration from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. It’s called Strange Magic, and, oh yeah, it’s a musical made up of pop songs. Disney will release the fairy musical on January 23rd 2015. The feature is directed by Gary…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Brazilian Vigilantes Used WhatsApp to Warn People of a Coming Massacre

Following a police shooting in northern Brazil, people started getting messages. On WhatsApp, they were warned to stay indoors that night. Some of the WhatsApp messages were texts, though the most popular was an audio file with a dire warning: “Don’t go to Guama, Canudos or Terra Firme tonight. It concerns your security,” it said,…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

What Was Fact And What Was Fiction In Argo? The CIA Weighs In

Ben Affleck’s 2012 film Argo was based on a real CIA mission to rescue six US diplomats from Tehran during the Iran hostage crisis, but some events were changed for the sake of narrative and drama. In a series of tweets, the CIA offers its own account of what’s fact and what’s movie fiction. In…

Movies Lauren Davis

Usher’s New Song Is a Download at the Bottom of a Box of Cheerios

Remember for a second that Usher is a dad. Bearing that in mind, let’s move onto the news that the R&B singer is giving away a new song at the bottom of Honey Nut Cheerios boxes sold exclusively at Walmart. Taylor Swift, you still looking for post-Spotify ideas? Is it the future of music? Or…

Tech News Leslie Horn

All burgers should have beef and pork belly patties

This gorgeous Pornburgerhides a real treasure under that yellow blanket of corn creaminess: A grass feed beef and pork belly patty. The other ingredients are cheddar cheese, cold smoked tomato, pickled okra, crispy watercress and pea shoot salad, and mustard green aioli. I’m drooling so much that I had to stop to get something to…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

Fill Your Lawn With These Giant Inflatable Bumble Snow Monsters

Films like A Christmas Story and Home Alone have certainly become holiday classics over the years, but they can’t compare to the staying power of Rankin/Bass’ 1964 stop-animated classic, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer which turns 50 this year. The characters are instantly recognizable to generations of fans, and now you can show your appreciation for…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Harsh Environments Foster Beliefs In Powerful And Judgmental Gods

An analysis of 583 cultures shows that challenging environmental conditions, such as floods and famines, lead cultures to adopt beliefs in moralizing, high gods. The research may help explain how and why certain religions emerged, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Prior to this study, anthropologists were inclined to explain the onset of religion as the…

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13 Amazing Paintings of Space Based On Actual Missions

Yesterday we looked at an artist who immortalized the US space program. Today, we meet an artist who does the same—except that this American illustrator, Paul Fjeld, bases his work on the actual transcripts of missions. It’s science and art in equal measure, and it’s beautiful. Fjeld is both an illustrator, writer, space expert, and…

Tech News Attila Nagy

Battlestar Galactica with Top Gun music is as perfect as you’d expect

Nick Acosta is a man of many talents – not only have we featured hisgorgeous Star Trek Cinerama pictures on the site before, but it turns out he’s got a pretty good eye for rescoring, too, as this genius mashup between Battlestar Galactica and Top Gun proves. Get ready for a lot of Danger Zone.…

Tech News James Whitbrook

Why We Use “X” as the Unknown in Math

For hundreds of years, x has been the go-to symbol for the unknown quantity in mathematical equations. So who started this practice? Algebra was born in the Middle East, during the Golden Age of medieval Islamic civilization (750 to 1258 AD), and its early form can be seen in the work of Muhammad Al-Khwarizmi and…

Tech News Melissa - TodayIFoundOut.com

The Multiple Asian Border Disputes That Could Trigger The Next War

The ongoing — and some would say, worsening — tension between China and Japan over disputed islands in the East China Sea frequently makes headlines. But often overlooked are the dozen or so other rival territorial claims across Asia that could erupt into wars, dragging in neighboring countries or the U.S. Business Insider has compiled…

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Check Out “Weird Al” Yankovic’s Toyland Commercial

Many musicians feel they’ve really made it once “Weird Al” Yankovic does a parody of one of their songs, so we’re incredibly honored that his most recent work is a commercial for none other than our very own Toyland. If you watch the ad closely, it might seem like the Toyland Weird Al is singing…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Century-Old Machine That Gave Us MP3s and JPEGs

Back in 1894, Olaus Henrici invented a machine called the Harmonic Analyzer. Way ahead of its time, it could pick out all the individual frequencies that make up complex sound waves—a technique we now rely on for everything from compressed audio to digital images. In this video, Engineering Guy explains how the harmonic analyzer was…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

This concert had the best pyrotechnics ever: An actual meteor

Forget Kiss and any other heavy metal band. The guys from the band Modest Mouse got the best pyrotechnics ever at the Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, Texas, three days ago: An actual meteor blazing through the sky. Never the rock was so real in rock’n’roll. Of course, there are other images from the…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

Why You Sometimes See Motion When Nothing’s Moving At All

When you’ve been driving down a long, straight road, and you suddenly come to a stop, does the road seem to rush away from you? When you look at a waterfall, then glance away, does it seem as though the scenery is flowing upwards? It’s called motion aftereffect, and it’s a kind of visual adaptation.…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Nexus 6 Will Cost $250 On AT&T

This Actress Really, Really Wants To Play Vixen In A DC Movie

This Bizarre High-Security Lock Is Every Drunk Person’s Nightmare

Smartphone Charging Cables Don’t Get Much More Portable Than This

Can These Seven Words Really Define All Life in the Universe?

First Look At George Lucas’ Pop Song-Filled Fairy Musical

Brazilian Vigilantes Used WhatsApp to Warn People of a Coming Massacre

What Was Fact And What Was Fiction In Argo? The CIA Weighs In

Usher’s New Song Is a Download at the Bottom of a Box of Cheerios

All burgers should have beef and pork belly patties

Fill Your Lawn With These Giant Inflatable Bumble Snow Monsters

Harsh Environments Foster Beliefs In Powerful And Judgmental Gods

13 Amazing Paintings of Space Based On Actual Missions

Battlestar Galactica with Top Gun music is as perfect as you’d expect

Why We Use “X” as the Unknown in Math

The Multiple Asian Border Disputes That Could Trigger The Next War

Check Out “Weird Al” Yankovic’s Toyland Commercial

The Century-Old Machine That Gave Us MP3s and JPEGs

This concert had the best pyrotechnics ever: An actual meteor

Why You Sometimes See Motion When Nothing’s Moving At All

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