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Vladimir Putin’s Batshit Crazy Attempt To Create an Alternate History

Russian president Vladimir Putin is saying that Britain and France are responsible for allowing the Nazis to run roughshod around Europe before the war, while saying there was nothing wrong with the USSR’s pact with Hitler. It’s a pathetic attempt by Putin to abuse history in a way that asserts his authoritarian rule. These comments…

Telepathy Over the Internet Is Getting Real

Researchers at the University of Washington just successfully demonstrated a brain-to-brain interface in a six-person study. This is the second such study, but with more people, more confidence, and enough success to presume that telepathy might just leap out of the realm of sci-fi. Basically what happened is this: One subject was located in one…

Here’s How We’ll Build A Cheap, Safe Lunar Base

The “magnificent desolation” of the Moon might offer some great views, but otherwise it’s a lousy place to live. Human explorers would need protection from a constant bombardment of radiation and extreme temperature shifts. A new video shows how we can inexpensively build an ideal shelter with robotic 3D printers. The concept video, produced by…

Guy spent two years building a working replica of the 1989 Batmobile

Zac Mihajlovic—a 29-year-old Batman fan from Camden, Australia—spent two years building this impressive and fully-functional 1989 Batmobile. The car is road legal and he uses it mainly to make sick kids happy—together with the Make-A-Wish foundation. Zac bought some parts from the original car and built others. Apart from the weapons, the car is pretty…

Lego will make an official The Big Bang Theory set

Submitted by Alatariel to Lego Ideas, this set quickly gained the 10,000 supporters it needed to be entered into the review phase. Today, Lego announced they will produce a set based on the The Big Bang Theory in near future. Bazinga! Watch Peter Espersen make the video announcement. The Big Bang Theory set should have…

A New Obscene Superyacht Is Getting Its Own Private IMAX Theater

How’s this for obscene. Yacht-maker Ken Freivokh Design is in the process of engineering a brand new 500-foot superyacht for a client that will boast the world’s first floating private IMAX theater below deck. And when it’s not being used to show movies, the Nemo Room, as it’s being called, will display live underwater images…

Darth Vader Sounded Hilarious Before Voice-Over

The Force Awakens will introduce us to some new Sith villains for sure, but Darth Vader will always be the most iconic. James Earl Jones was his threatening voice, but the body was an English actor who didn’t just gesture around in silence like a mime during filming; he voiced all the lines in a…

The Biggest Lies About Science in the U.S. Government’s “Wastebook”

Over the last five years, Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has published an annual Wastebook, documenting what he considers the 100 most wasteful federal projects. This year he got a lot of media mileage by ridiculing several science grants—which, in fact, were among the cheapest and most worthwhile projects on his hit list. Coburn and his…

These Caramel Apples are as sweet as Baymax Himself

Big Hero 6 hits cinemas this weekend, and is practically guaranteed to have people gushing over Baymax in all forms. Why not get ahead of the curve and celebrate with Caramel Apples that look just like him? Adorable. These sweet creations come fromFood Adventures in Fiction, who’ve been ramping up to the movie’s release this…

These Are The Pages Being Ripped From A Biology Text Book In Arizona

The Gilbert Public Schools Governing Board in Arizona recently voted to “redact” a page from a ninth-grade biology text book because it includes a brief section on an abortion pill. School officials have responded by literally tearing the page from the texts. Thankfully, the Internet has come to the rescue. The offending section from Campbell…

New Software Will Give Doctors a Panoramic View Inside Your Bladder

Images of long sandy beaches, breathtaking mountains, and even bustling cities come to mind when you think about an extra wide panoramic photo—not the inside of somebody’s bladder. But new software promises to give doctors a better view inside a patient’s plumbing by stitching countless images from an endoscope together, making it easier to spot…

If Amazon Echo Said What It Was Really Thinking

Amazon’s Echo looks promising. It’s Amazon’s most interesting—and important—product in years, if it lives up to its promise. But what if it works, and also hates you? Amazon’s original promo is pretty optimistic (if also a little awkward). Redditor The_Invincible is a little less so, and edited together a new promo video that offers an…

Climate change deniers may find it hard to make their case when they’re constantly sneezing. Allergy-causing grasses produce more pollen when atmospheric CO2 is higher, says a new study. An increase in atmospheric C02 levels from 400 ppm (current level) to 450 ppm could result in a 25% increase in pollen production

This Tiny Home Uses Sliding Walls to Transform One Room Into Four

We’ve seen our fair share of transforming apartments around here, from MIT’s super-advanced version to this Ikea-esque wonder. But none of them can compare to the sheer inventive genius of this apartment, in which huge sliding racks make it possible to pack a whole household into a tiny corridor of space. It’s called the All…

That Hovering Tetris Tower Game Is Finally Available To Drive You Mad

First revealed at Toy Fair 2014 way back in February, ThinkGeek’s Hoverkraft Levitating Construction Challenge game is finally available. It promises all the fun of Jenga and Tetris, but with the added twist that you have to build your tower atop an unstable platform that’s actually floating. So all that fun instead becomes maddening frustration.…

Workaround Finally Puts Amazon Instant Video on Your Chromecast

Amazon Instant Video is now available on Android, but what’s still missing? Chromecast support. But you can hack it together with a handy (and barebones) app. Primecast is a $3 app for Android that puts Amazon Instant Video on your Chromecast by scraping Amazon’s backend to show you a list of your purchased and rented…

Watching this video is like looking at the devil straight in the eye

I don’t know if this is a human retina melting, a lava well from a volcano near Mordor, or the eye of the devil himself. But what I do know is that the more I watch it, the more hypnotizing, darker, and scarier it gets. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or…

Test Subjects Made To See Ghosts In “Disturbing” Lab Experiment

In an experiment that could explain why some people see ghosts, participants were made to feel as though they saw phantoms around them and that ghosts were touching their backs with invisible fingers. The illusion was so real that some test subjects begged for it to stop. Scientists from Switzerland’s Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne…

Big Hero 6 Is One Of The Year’s Best Science Fiction Films, Period

Disney’s new film, Big Hero 6, is a celebration of science and the joy of innovation. In the guise of a superhero origin story, it tells a smart, inventive tale about young science geeks who grapple with issues around the responsible use of technology. It’s one of the best science-fiction films in ages. Minor spoilers…

10 Scientific Explanations for Famous Ghostly Phenomena

According to a 2005 Gallup poll, 37 percent of Americans believe in haunted houses, and according to a 2013 HuffPost/YouGov poll, 45 percent believe in ghosts. These are surprising numbers, but the next time you hear a spooky sound, don’t call the Ghostbusters—get a scientist instead. Behind every shadow, poltergeist, and disembodied voice, there’s a…