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How Far Away From the Books Is Game of Thrones Going to Stray?

Check out tons of X-Men character artwork! Fede Alvarez talks Evil Dead 2. There won’t be any smooth sailing for Cosima and Delphine on Orphan Black. The Walking Dead adds a new regular, but it’s not clear who he’s playing. Plus, finale news from Agents of SHIELD, Arrow, and Supernatural. Spoilers now! Top image: Game…

Why Fingernails Down a Chalkboard Makes You Cringe

Listen to this. Irritated? Angry? Just glad it’s over? Here’s why. Your Ear After examining the results of a 2011 study, researchers have theorized that the human ear is specifically built so that: Sounds in [a certain] range are amplified due to the anatomy of the ear canal; they are literally louder to us than…

7 Simple, Cheap Photography Hacks You Should Try Out

Want to get creative with your photography but working with a limited budget? No problem: here are seven neat hacks that will help add some interest to your pictures for very little cash. From a sweet time lapse rig and DIY flash diffuser, to some arty filters and vignettes made from vaseline, this video shows…

AT&T’s New Fiber Could Stymie U.S. Disaster Response Communications

AT&T’s plan to roll out next-gen fiber optic cables nationwide as a replacement for its traditional copper-based telephone networks is great in most respects—save for the fact that it won’t support the government’s special telephone service for national emergencies. According to the Department of Homeland Security, AT&T’s new fiber network won’t support a priority line,…

Can you recognize the movies from these perfect frames?

Distilling classic movies into single still images is a labour of love for filmmaker Geoff Todd as he hunts for the perfect shot and tweets his results. Just imagine that the average movie has over 125,000 frames so there is a lot of celluloid to pick through. Featured films range from Robocop to Metropolis. SPLOID…

Kohler’s New Kit Makes Your Toilet Hands-Free For $100

Self-flushing toilets are nothing new—you can find them in plenty of public restrooms—but they’ve never quite made it into the home successfully. Now, Kohler has an affordable, high-tech solution which means you’ll never have to touch your home toilet again. Most self-flushers use beam-based technology which detects the tiniest of movements, which is why you’ve…

Google Now for Android now tells you which nearby stores stock products you’ve researched via Google. Creepily convenient.

Two Disquiet Nights in Portland: May 7 + 8

I’m excited to travel to one of my favorite cities later this week. I get in on May 7, Wednesday, in time for a Disquiet Junto concert we’re having at Townshend’s Tea (2223 NE Alberta St), and then on Thursday I’ll be reading from my recent 33 1/3 book on Aphex Twin’s album Selected Ambient…

Here are 7 facts about Godzilla that you probably never knew

Did you know Godzilla’s iconic roar was first created using a glove playing a double bass? Or that the Japanese studio who created Godzilla didn’t use CGI for its Godzilla series until 2004? That’s almost 30 movies! Which means Godzilla has been in more movies than James Bond. Learn other facts about Godzilla—like how the…

The Lenovo N20P Chromebook Will Bend Over Backwards for You

Lenovo has just announced the release dates and feature sets of its two latest Chromebook iterations ahead of today’s press conference and there’s something for everyone in the offering. The new N-series of Chromebooks is comprised of the conventional clam-shell N20 and the more flexible N20P. Both offer the latest auto-updated version of Chrome OS…

This Short Film is Sure to Jump Start the Sci-Fi Cinema Renaissance

While Hollywood’s storytelling only grows more stale by the reboot, independent filmmakers—often armed with little more than microscopic production budgets and a Vimeo channel—seem to have no trouble pushing the bounds of sci-fi cinema. Just look at this retrofuturistic gem from Joan Manuel Urquiaga Valdes.

It’s hard to believe that these paintings are not sculptures

What a trip. These fantastic wall sized paintings by Fiona Tang look like they’re 3D images that are popping out of the wall to attack you but in truth, they’re flat 2D images. It’s her masterful work of shading, shadows and use of perspective that fool you. You can see more of her work here.…

Woman has ‘love’ written with a blood vessel in her eye

She’s got love in her eyes. Literally. A Redditor says that her mom has a blood vessel that spells love in her eye. Supposedly it’s not some crazy wacky tattoo either, the blood vessel is just more pronounced than usual and shaped in a way that we would recognize. At least it doesn’t say something…

Star Wars Fashion on the Red Carpet

When actress Kirsten Dunst arrived at the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City earlier today, she busted out a tribute to the Galactic Empire with an under-construction Death Star dress. Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images The Star Wars tribute is complimented with glittery starry-night tights. I bet the…

How 19 Giant Earthmovers Carved Dodger Stadium Out of a Mountain

They literally moved mountains to create Dodger Stadium. Between 1959 and 1962, an army of construction workers shifted eight-million cubic yards of earth and rock in the hills above downtown Los Angeles, refashioning the rugged terrain once known as the Stone Quarry Hills into a modern baseball palace. Controversy surrounds the stadium’s origins. First, a…

Animation explains why it’s so important to protect net neutrality

Maybe net neutrality is just something you hear about on the news and see in headlines. Maybe it’s something you don’t want to bother to understand. Or maybe you know how important it is but don’t know how to explain it to your friends why. This simple animation video by CGP Grey does all the…

Exclusive Photos of the San Francisco Zoo’s New Red Panda

We’ve got exclusive early access to some new photos of the San Francisco’s Zoo’s newest resident, a 10-month-old male red panda. Get ready to make travel arrangements to get yourself to SF, pronto. He’ll be formally introduced to the world on Saturday May 10 at 10am (or 9am for zoo members). The naming rights went…

Guy makes real life version of Jon Snow’s sword from Game of Thrones

Though it’s not forged from Valyrian steel, master swordsmith Tony Swatton made a pretty perfect real life version of Jon Snow’s Longclaw sword from Game of Thrones. The sword’s pommel has a nice ivory replica of Ghost, the hilt is exquisitely knotted and the blade is as ginormous and intimidating as it should be. Swatton…

IBM’s Watson Can Now Debate Its Opponents

Since defeating the world’s greatest Jeopardy players, IBM’s Watson has been busy at work in the healthcare industry. But now, the artificially intelligent computer has undergone a fairly substantive upgrade — one that enables it not just to extract information, but to “understand” and reason from it as well. Last week at the Milken Institute…

Watch Bruce Wayne’s Parents Die In The First Full-Length Gotham Trailer

Here it is — your first look at Gotham, the new Batman prequel TV series. A 45-second version of this aired during 24: Die Another Day, but now here’s the full two-minute trailer. Including glimpses at the Young Riddler, Young Catwoman, Young Penguin… and Young Batman. First thoughts — this looks pretty fun. The best…