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20 million bees swarm out of a truck in Delaware road accident

One of your worst nightmares just happened in Delaware: A truck carrying 460 crated hives from Florida to Maine overturned, breaking and releasing 16 to 20 million angry bees. The police has asked drivers to stay away because they can’t do anything about it except spraying them with water to calm them down. According to…

Self-Driving Cars Will Hit California’s Roads in September

On September 16th, 2014, California will take one step closer to the utopian (or dystopian) future, allowing self-driving cars on public roads. And the state’s new autonomous vehicle regulations should help prevent the murder-bot anarchy that opponents are worried about. https://gizmodo.com/morgan-stanley-thinks-self-driving-cars-will-bring-utop-1530995073 The rules approved by the California Department of Motor Vehicles came after a series…

New Jupiter Ascending Trailer Has A Whole Lotta Space Creatures

The Wachowski’s latest international trailer for their expansive space adventure Jupiter Ascending is stuffed with all sorts of new space beasties. Watch as Channing Tatum slams a little pink monster, and rides a giant winged beast! We have absolutely no idea what to expect from this film, but we do know that it looks gorgeous…

A study published in the journalAddiction found e-cigarettes help smokers’ quit — better than patches, gum or willpower. But a research review just published in the journalCirculation finds e-cigs reduce the likelihood that people will quit. I wonder which study insurance companies will side with.

We Still Don’t Know How Static Electricity Works

At some point in physics class, your teacher probably rubbed a balloon against his hair and explained static electricity. But what your teacher didn’t tell you—the full story about static electricity—is that scientists are just now realizing it is a lot more complicated than thought. The classic explanation, if you can remember back to physics…

These Are The Most Bad-Ass Women In All Of Animation

The world of animation is full of women who kick-ass for reasons ranging from their strong will to their fighting prowess — and sometimes it’s just nice to recognize them. This is far from a complete list, but below (in no particular order) are a smattering of the most awesome female characters in animated shows…

What Are You Reading?

Time to take a look at your book list — and to check out some other people’s, too. Tell us about the books you’ve been reading (or that you’re planning to get to next) and what you thought of them. Still looking for the next item on your reading list? Then ask for a recommendation…

Tour the Home of the Future in 30 Seconds

If you aren’t in New York to experience our Home of the Future, here is bit of first-person perspective. The space is abuzz with guests experiencing bits and pieces of awesome future-tech and design. We couldn’t resist strapping on a GoPro and gliding in and out of our SoHo cube. Of course, it’s no substitute…

You Need to Change Your Ebay Password Right Now

On Wednesday, Ebay will ask all users to change their passwords due to a massive cyberattack that hit the encrypted password database. The company says that no financial data that was compromised, and there’s no evidence of unauthorized user activity. Either way, you can change your Ebay password right here. So how did something like…

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Reveals The Human Behind the Ape

Check out this gorgeous behind-the-scenes footage from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. This modern day adaptation’s beautiful work of performance capture still continues to amaze us. Plus, get to meet a few of the new apes! Thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we now have a great look at some of our returning Ape friends…

I Exercised Future-Style and You Can Too

The future is fit, and our Home of the Future is stuffed to the gills with high-tech workout gear for all four seasons. It seemed only right to spend some time getting physical and fit in the present. https://gizmodo.com/heres-every-product-we-have-in-the-home-of-the-future-1573480551 Clad in a North Face “Better than Naked” running tank and shorts, Adidas Pure Boost shoes,…

Amazon Prime Folks Can Watch HBO Shows Starting Today

Last month Amazon and HBO announced a deal that would give Amazon Prime members access to HBO content without an HBO membership. Today the first batch of shows are available on Amazon. Here’s what’s going to Amazon today: The Sopranos The Wire Deadwood Rome Six Feet Under Eastbound & Down Enlightened Flight of the Conchords…

New Trailer For The Last Man On The Moon Is Absolutely Riveting

Back in December 1972, Apollo 17 astronaut “Gene” Cernan returned to the lunar module after nearly two and half days of surface operations. No one has returned since, designating him the “last man on the moon.” A new documentary now tells the story of this remarkable “final” journey. The 99-minute, Mark Craig-directed documentary was produced…

Segway Trike Manages to Defeat the Whole Purpose of Segway

Designed with the hopes that it would completely transform urban transportation, the Segway was a battery-powered self-balancing two-wheeled scooter that was unfortunately priced way too high to catch on. But the technology behind it was impressive, which is why the company’s latest creation, a three-wheeled trike that doesn’t balance at all, feels like a disappointing…

11 Satellite Views of Earth As You’ve Never Seen It Before

Overhead satellite views are nothing special in this age of Google maps—but then, there’s Daily Overview. From brick-making kilns to Nepal to Danish suburbs, the site’s one image a day is consistently beautiful, weird, and illuminating of a larger story of how the Earth came to look this way. Here are some of Daily Overview’s…

What Can We Expect from Game of Thrones‘ Upcoming Duel?

CBS releases more details on Extant, including how it views artificial intelligence. Lauren Ambrose joins the hunt for a religious relic on Dig. And new looks at the premieres of Defiance, Teen Wolf, and The Strain. Spoilers now! Top image: Official Promotional Image from X-Men: Days of Future Past. X-Men: Days of Future Past Here…

France Spent $20 Billion on Trains That Don’t Fit Its Stations

France’s national railway operator, SNCF, recently ordered 2,000 new trains at a cost of more than $20 billion. Now, it’s found out that they’re too big for many of the stations they’re supposed to pass through. And this isn’t the kind of order you can return. The Guardian reports that the new trains, known as…

So This is What Hedgehog Snoring Sounds Like

YouTuber Vusiuz has an albino hedgehog and her tiny little snores are definitely the most adorable thing you’ll hear all day. Whether those sounds are associated with dreams we can’t know for sure, but hedgehogs do probably have dreams and nightmares. In The History of Animals, Aristotle wrote: “It would appear that not only do…

The best and weirdest PornHub ads that didn’t make the cut

PornHub is celebrating an amateur ad contest. The finalists are in this short list, where you can vote for your favorite, but there are some unique videos that didn’t make the cut. Here are the best and weirdest of the ones that were left out. But the best of them all—selected or not—is this one,…

Paul Smith’s Take on the Anglepoise Is a Brilliant Riot of Color

When Paul Smith got his hands on the design icon that is the Anglepoise Type75 desk lamp, the result was always going to be striking—and spattered with clashing colors, it certainly is. The special edition of the lamp uses Smith’s trademark discordant color choices to pick out each element of the lamp’s mechanical workings in…