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This Walking Dead S4 Deleted Scene Is Both Insane And Disgusting

Sometimes the reason deleted scenes get deleted is mysterious; sometimes it isn’t. I’d say the reason this scene from The Walking Dead episode “Too Far Gone” — in which the Governor’s minion Kirk Acevedo talks to the captured Herschel and Michonne — got cut is pretty obvious. It’s gross. What’s more upsetting: Kirk Acevedo talking…

The Simple Reason We Like Buying Food In Clear Packaging

Back in the olden days, most food packaging was thick and opaque—all the better to keep out elements like light and moisture which could potentially spoil our Funyuns. Now Americans are gravitating towards packaging that lets us actually see the food we’re buying. And it makes sense why this trend is gaining momentum now. According…

A Plush-Disguised Camera Lets Drivers Keep an Eye On Back-Seat Infants

There are plenty of distractions you should be ignoring while driving, like your smartphone. But others, like your infant in a car seat behind you, you simply can’t ignore. So instead of taking your eyes off the road to turn around and check on them, or futzing with your rear-view mirror, the Always in View…

Confused Sharks Keep Trying to Eat Google’s Undersea Data Cables

Laying fiber optic cables down on the ocean floor is a massive undertaking in its own right. But now, Google actually has to go back and reinforce some of its thousands of miles of undersea cable—because hungry sharks keep mistaking the world’s data lines for lunch. The reinforcement initiative, announced just last week at a…

Don’t Miss This Exclusive Preview Of Dr. Mirage, September’s Best Comic

Dr. Mirage wants to defy death… she just needs to figure out how first. As the latest hero resurrected by the new Valiant comics, the paranormal investigator has been reborn as the publisher’s first leading lady, and her adventures begin in this massive exclusive comic preview! Written by Jen Van Meter and with stunning art…

What Is the LRAD Sound Cannon?

Protests in Ferguson, Missouri have reached a terrifying fever pitch, and the ludicrously armed Ferguson Police Department is bringing all its crowd-control weapons to bear, tear gas, stun grenades, rubber bullets, you name it. One of the more controversial of those is the LRAD Sound Cannon. So what’s the harm in a little noise? Well,…

A Genetic Test for Suicide Risk

Suicide runs in families, and that’s why the U.S. Centers for Disease Control lists “family history” as the number one risk factor for suicide. Now biotech companies have taken this information seriously enough to investigate the heritable component of suicide, and develop a genetic test for it. Antonio Regalato writes in Technology Review: Sundance Diagnostics,…

What Tear Gas Does to Its Victims

Tear gas is banned for use in warfare by the Geneva Convention. It’s allowed, however, to be used by police as “domestic riot control,” as seen in protests in Turkey, Bahrain, and now Ferguson, Missouri. Here’s what you need to know about tear gas: What it is, and what it does to the human body.…

The Fastest Shark In The World Is Also An Incredible High Jumper

Meet the shortfin mako shark! Not only can this mackerel shark hit a burst of speed of up to 46 MPH, it has also got an impressively athletic high jump that can propel it up to 30 feet in the air. Read all about it (and check out the video) after the jump! https://observationdeck.kinja.com/odeck-shark-week-zoom-zoom-1621286112

Here’s A Six-Minute Summary of the Curiosity Rover Mission

Did you miss out on the early days of the Curiosity rover mission? Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Felicia Day have you covered with this six-minute story on the Mars rover from conception through launch and landing to the discoveries made on the red planet. You’re huge into space — you watch every beautiful launch, get…

Don’t Worry, It Will Almost Never Be As Bad As You Think

Apparently the idea that “the art of losing isn’t hard to master,” isn’t just a poetic conceit. Scientists doing studies on how people think they’ll feel after disaster have found that people have no idea how little it will affect them. Turns out we’re all going to be a lot less miserable than we expect.…

NASA Released Free 3D-Printable Models Of Its Probes and Spacecraft

There are very few private citizens with enough money to recreate NASA’s fantastic space explorations. But, there are plenty of private citizens with enough money to buy a 3D printer, and now that NASA has released a bunch of free 3D models of many of its interstellar crafts and probes, almost anyone can build their…

Giant Chinese Bitcoin Mines Are the Foundation of the Next Economy

The digital currency Bitcoin has fluctuated in value, but it seems unlikely to go away in the immediate future. And part of its ongoing strength depends on Bitcoin farms, where virtual value is mined in enormous factories Writing for the Coinsmith, a Bitcoin news site, a writer named Bitsmith describes a trip he took to…

The First Supercomputer-Designed Wind Farm Is Coming To Mexico

Mexico is getting a brand new wind farm from a Spanish company called Iberdrola, and it’s no ordinary field of windmills. This one will be the very first to be designed by a supercomputer. Humans: who need ’em? The farm will be located on a mile and a half high spot in Puebla state, which…

What’s The Best Answer You Ever Got To A Scientific Question?

Sometimes in science, it’s all about the question. But, today, we want to know about the most perfect answer you ever got to a question you asked about science. It could be answer you got yourself or that someone else gave you. It could be elegant or it could be funny. The answer could be…

Block Images and Plug-ins To Speed Up Sluggish Wi-Fi

Fortunately, high-speed Wi-Fi is now pretty ubiquitous, especially if you live in a major metropolis. However, there are still occasions when you’ll find yourself without a strong Internet connection, whether it’s on a long train trip, in a dodgy hotel, or when you’re tethering from your phone in a remote wilderness. A couple of quick…

The USS Enterprise Is Being Shut Down

It’s the beginning of the end for the USS Enterprise. After 50 years of service, the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is going dark at the same shipyard where it was first built. Around 600 sailors and 1,200 employees at the Newport News shipyard in Virginia have been tasked with completing the “inactivation.” As the…

Sansa Stark To Play Frankenstein Author In Mary Shelley’s Monster

Sophie Turner, best known for playing the badass that is Sansa Stark on Game of Thrones, has been cast as Mary Shelley in a dark gothic horror/romance based somewhat on the iconic author’s life. I say somewhat because Turner will be playing a “monster,” too. https://gizmodo.com/game-of-thrones-sansa-stark-is-awesome-a-treatise-1485716181 Here’s how Deadline describes the movie: …Mary Shelley’s Monster…

A handful of Brooklyn Law students working out of a tech-oriented legal clinic forced a patent troll to drop a meritless lawsuit. If more law schools set up pro bono patent litigation clinics, they could be potent anti-troll weapons — especially since many start-ups would rather settle lawsuits than pay huge legal fees.

What Is Lex Luthor’s Evil Scheme in Batman v. Superman?

Does a deleted scene from Captain America 2 reveal plans for a Black Widow prequel film? A long-awaited love scene is coming to True Blood. Sleepy Hollow casts its succubus and Abbie’s mother. Arrow reveals details of its 50th episode. Plus, new footage from Sin City: A Dame to Kill For and The Maze Runner.…