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Russia Will Shut Down All U.S. GPS Stations Within Its Borders (Update)

Russia Today has unconfirmed reports that Russia announced today a plan to shut down all 11 American-run GPS stations within Russian territory starting June 1st. Russia has also threatened to stop supplying the rocket engines the U.S. uses to launch military satellites into orbit. Allegedly, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin announced the move in response…

Logitech Peripherals For Everyone In Today’s Amazon Gold Box

Today’s Gold Box Deal is all Logitech, featuring everything from mice to webcams. There’s even something for trackball fans. Logitech Wireless Performance Mouse MX for PC and Mac ($50) | Amazon | Today Only Logitech Wireless Anywhere Mouse MX for PC and Mac ($30) | Amazon | Today Only Logitech Wireless Mouse M560 for Windows…

Watch Jimmy Fallon, Neil Young, and Jack White Press a Record On Stage

You’ve probably seen Jimmy Fallon do his ultra-famous Neil Young impression before, but there’s nothing better, really, than seeing Mr. Young himself on the Fallon stage, playing a track inside Jack White’s old-school novelty recording booth. Jack White, eccentric, owns and operates the only working Voice-O-Graph in the world. The 1947 machine is basically a…

One of the Most Nightmarish Behavioral Tests Ever Devised for Rats

The behavior of lab rats is often used as a model for the behavior of humans. One test, the Open Field Test, is so simple and yet so like a horror movie, that it makes me wonder what real humans would do in the same situation. Lab rats are put through a lot of behavioral…

The First Flash TV Footage Is Appropriately Lightning Quick

When Arrow has its season two finale tomorrow night, a special preview of The Flash will be running alongside it (get it? GET IT?!) But you can catch your first glimpse of the Scarlet Speedster in action at the end of this promo for the episode. But blink and you’ll miss it! If this is…

You’ve Been Looking At The Grand Canyon Wrong

It’s tempting, when one visits Grand Canyon National Park, to focus attention on the mammoth hole in the ground (both for safety and for gawking purposes). This timelapse, though, makes a pretty good argument in favor of looking up. The timelapse is the work of Gavin Heffernan (a.k.a. Sunchaser Pictures). The shots were taken at…

These Eerie Kinetic Sculptures by the Sea Would Also Make Electricity

Iris is part sculpture, part building, part electric infrastructure. These eerily elegant conceptual structures were designed by Najjar & Najjar Architects as way of reclaiming Beirut’s shore for local residents, counterbalancing the sprawl of luxury residences by the sea. Like the iris of an eye, each structure can open and close to provide shelter. A…

Motorola Moto E Hands-On: Surprisingly Good for $150

When you’ve only $150 sitting in your pocket, you have to measure your expectations if you’re looking to spend it on a phone. That sort of price bracket used to be the reserve of the cheap, plasticky feature phone, but today’s launch of Motorola’s Moto E puts a capable Android smartphone at your disposal for…

This GIF Shows the Start of Antarctica’s Irreversible Ice Sheet Collapse

Yesterday NASA revealed the ominous news that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet had begun its inevitable, unstoppable collapse—heralding a sea level rise that’s destined to be catastrophic. Now, they’ve uploaded a time-lapse that shows its early beginnings in a small section of western Antarctica. What you see above is the Amundsen Sea region, in western…

Can That “Pins and Needles” Feeling Result in a Dead Hand?

Waking up in the morning is sometimes accompanied by the refreshing sensation of one’s hand being stabbed thousands of times by tiny needles. What exactly causes the “pins and needles” sensation? And is the sensation ever dangerous? Pins and Needles Our morning routines are occasionally enlivened by a little dance. A person curls up and…

What If Norman Rockwell Drew The Hulk And The Ninja Turtles?

They would be pretty damn charming. Artist Bryan Lee puts a Saturday Evening Post spin on pop culture heroes. Lee also posts his progress shots and some fantastic tutorials in his deviantART gallery, so you can see how his pieces come together. But the real beauty here is in the composition. The Hulk: Defender of…

Report: The iPad Will Get Split-Screen Multitasking in iOS 8

Split-screen multitasking is coming to the iPad iOS 8 when the new iteration of Apple’s mobile OS is announced next month at WWDC, according Mark Gurman at 9to5Mac. The new feature would allow you to divide you iPad home screen in half and use different apps on each side of the screen partition. According to…

Canon Announces New Ultra Wide Lenses With Image Stabilization

Who doesn’t love a ultra wide-angle lens? Their popularity has only gotten stronger over the years, with every major lens system rocking one of their own. With two new lenses from Canon announced today, shooters will be able to capture those sweeping vistas with a welcome dose of stabilization. The new lenses come in two…

Here Is The First Image Of Ben Affleck As Batman

Zack Snyder has finally tweeted a look at his new Batman (played by Ben Affleck) for the still untitled Batman Vs. Superman movie. Aaaaaand the new batsuit has veins. [Edit not veins possibly seams, massive high res. image updated]. Take a look. UPDATE: Here’s an even bigger image!

Which Country Drinks The Most?

According to a new WHO report looking at alcohol consumption around the world, the average person consumes just over six liters of alcohol a year, but that average doesn’t quite tell the whole story as this map shows. As you can see on the map, while the average is six liters per person over 15,…

Color-Changing Markers Let You Know When a Hot Drink Has Safely Cooled

The markers used by baristas at coffee shops to label cups might soon be useful for more than just identifying your drink. Inspired by the experience of burning your tongue on overly hot coffee, the Ink N Drink markers contain heat-sensitive ink that lets you know which drink is yours, and if it’s safe to…

Yesterday Square gave up on Wallet and introduced Square Order. Now it’s bringing the new Square Feedback into the mix. It’ss a product businesses can enable that adds a prompt for feedback to the email or text message receipts they send to customers. A “how did we do” right on the receipt.

Christopher Columbus’s Flagship, The Santa Maria, Has Been Found

In what’s being heralded as one of the most significant underwater discoveries in history, the wreck of Christopher Columbus’s flagship, the Santa Maria, has been discovered lying at the bottom of the sea off the north coast of Haiti. “All the geographical, underwater topography and archaeological evidence strongly suggests that this wreck is Columbus’ famous…

8 Bizarre and Painful Highlights From Two Centuries of Beauty Tech

Humans have been pursuing this elusive quality known as “beauty” long before the miracles of modern medicine. Inventors were always coming up with tools meant to help women—and men—achieve the wide-held physical ideals of their era. Eager test subjects would get hooked up to devices that looked like torture machines, or they would employ products…

Renewable energy jobs grew by 14% to 6.5 million employees worldwide in 2013, says the International Renewable Energy Agency. In decreasing order, the largest employers were China, Brazil and the United States. The solar panel industry, spurred by falling prices, employed 2.27 million workers, mostly in China.