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The Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser Trailer in 8 GIFs

If a post-Thanksgiving coma has robbed you of the energy needed to watch the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser trailer again and again, we’ve gone to the trouble of condensing the sneak peek down to eight easily ingestible animated GIFs that are perfect for over-analyzing and sharing. Are we back on Tatooine again?…

Under the weight of online bargain hunters, even Best Buy’s servers have been trampled this Black Friday. Its site is currently suffering some severe technical difficulties because of all the traffic. Update: Fixed!

Star Wars: The Force Awakens first teaser trailer is here at last!

After years of wait, it’s finally here! The first look at J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It’s loaded with new cool stuff: The new version of the X-Wing fighters, new characters, new storm stormtroopers, and one really cool shot of the Millennium Falcon battling TIE fighters over a desert. Watch it! Here’s the…

You can get lost for hours in these insanely intricate doodles

Kerby Rosanes makes insanely complicated drawings look great on his humble and rather small Moleskine notebook. Here are a few examples. Kerby Rosanes is a Philippines-based illustrator. He works mainly with ordinary black pens to magically illustrate his “doodle” world. You can follow Kerby on Facebook, Twitter or check out his work on Deviant art…

We’re Throwing You A GIF Party! Come On In

Welcome to the party, GIF-fans! What have you been up to this week? Tell us about any plans (holiday or otherwise), travel stories, ways to use up leftovers, and anything else you’ve been busy with in the most festive way possible: With GIFs!

Beautiful Warming Huts Are Proof That Canada Does Winter Better Than Us

The average temperature in Winnipeg during the winter hovers around 10.4 degrees Fahrenheit—a number most of would consider cause for hunkering down for the season. In Canada, it’s cause for parties. Winnipeg keeps up a busy schedule of outdoor activities, including a four mile skating trail on the frozen Red River, which is often called…

Your Collection Deserves this Screen-Accurate U.S.S. Reliant Replica

It’s not as well known as the Enterprise, but the U.S.S. Reliant played a pretty major role in what’s considered to be the best Star Trek movie of all time: The Wrath of Khan. And while the ship might have been destroyed in that film, it lives on in this 27-inch long replica that’s as…

This 3.5 ton Lego tree is the tallest in the southern hemisphere

Using of a combination of Duplo and Lego bricks, the Aussies have erected a 32.8 foot Lego Christmas at the Pitt Street Mall in Sydney. A team of five dedicated builders spent 1,200 hours planning and constructing the mammoth tree which will be on display until December 26th. As well as being absolutely huge, this…

Archaeologists Discover The World’s Largest Ancient Stone Block

See that absurdly massive stone block? Yeah, that’s not the one we’re talking about. Look over to the right. German archaeologists working at the Baalbek site in Lebanon have uncovered the largest known ancient block. The fully exposed block, which dates back to around 27 B.C., is the well known Hajjar al-Hibla. It’s located in…

Buy The OnePlus One Without An Invite This Weekend

The OnePlus One is a fantastic smartphone in almost every way, apart from how you purchase it — normally, you need an invite to be able to buy. Which means you would need to have actual friends. But as a special treat for this weekend of unbridled consumerism, OnePlus is letting you buy sans invite…

Could One Daredevil Star End Up Playing A Pivotal Role In Dr. Strange?

James Gunn says there could be a killer Groot-and-Rocket solo spin-off movie some day. Gwyneth Paltrow is willing to be Pepper Potts in Captain America 3. And has a massive Walking Dead rumor been debunked? Spoilers now! Top image: Daredevil Guardians of the Galaxy James Gunn said that he thinks that any of the team…

This Pulp Fiction Art is the only Black Friday Deal I need

I mean, sure, you could be out there with thousands of others fighting over discounted TVs and whatnot, but why not stay in where it’s nice and warm and admire Laurent Durieux‘s latest lovely work for Mondo? Durieux’s Pulp Fiction screen print poster is on sale now on Mondo’s site for $60, with preorders only…

Uber Has Halted Operations in Nevada

After a tough couple of weeks, there’s now more bad news for Uber. The Washoe County District Court has just issued a temporary injunction which stops the service from operating in Nevada. The State is unhappy with Uber for the same old reasons of safety, insurance and licensing. It’s not the end of the road…

A whole Thanksgiving feast condensed in this gorgeous burger

You might think you ate so much turkey yesterday that you had enough for the rest of your life. But that feeling will pass (believe me) and eventually, you’ll crave again for more. When that time comes, remember this Pornburger. These are the ingredients: Rosemary sweet potato roll. Crispy duck skin. A juicy seasoned turkey…

It Turns Out Sony Was Behind that E-Ink Concept Watch All Along

A month after the E-Ink FES concept watch got people excited about an innovative wearable that didn’t care if it wasn’t particularly smart, rumors that Sony was working on a similar E-Ink-based timepiece started to swirl. But according to the Wall Street Journal, Sony was behind the FES watch concept all along, and it’s just…

Deals: Lego shop-at-home Brick Friday specials

It’s Black Friday and I would not blame anyone for not wanting to get out there and battle the crowds. The good news is, at least as far as Lego is concerned, all of the deals that are being offered in Lego brand stores today are also available online. The only thing that you will…

Future Elevators Will Use Maglev to Go Up, Down—and Sideways

Is only going up in the elevator getting you down? Not for much longer: ThyssenKrupp, the German steel and engineering company, has announced that it’s building the next generation of elevators that will use magnetic levitation to travel up, down and side-to-side at speed in the buildings of the future. Maglev technology, used by some…

A New Super-Thin Coating Could Cool Buildings Without AC

When it’s hot out, buildings have a hard time staying cool: bombarded with ambient heat and generating yet more inside, their air conditioning systems have to work hard to keep temperatures down. Now, a new super-thin coating developed at Stanford could be applied to buildings to help them cool themselves more effectively. The new material,…

On Mars, the Frost Is Made of CO2

This is Mars’s Hellas Chaos, an area covered in wind-blown dunes and flat-topped mesas. The dusting of white is in fact carbon dioxide frost—so, pretty chilly then![ESA]

How Many Calories Do You Burn By Laughing?

It’s the day after the night before, and you ate way too much. So in the quest for marginal gains, how many calories might you be able to burn off by laughing your way through today? Peter Janiszewski finds out. I have been drawn to sketch comedy since my early teens. I religiously watched every…