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That Time The CIA And Howard Hughes Tried To Steal A Soviet Submarine

Recently declassified documents reveal new details about Project AZORIAN: a brazen, $800-million CIA initiative to covertly salvage a Soviet nuclear submarine in plain sight of the entire world. The story begins in March 1968, when a Soviet Golf II submarine — carrying nuclear ballistic missiles tipped with four-megaton warheads and a seventy-person crew — suffered…

Fox Wants To Make Mystique, Gambit and Deadpool Spin-Off Movies

Now that Marvel has shown how to make a massive but unified cinematic superhero universe, everybody wants to get in the game. While Sony is ready to churn out Spider-Man movies and spin-offs, Fox is finally ready to do the same with X-Men. First on their wishlist? Solo films for Mystique, Gambit and Deadpool. Here’s…

Watch 8 BASE Jumps From 8 Famous Buildings

Do you like modern architecture? What about stomach-churningly scary videos of people hurling themselves off tall things? Well, you’re in luck: After four people were arrested for BASE jumping off of One World Trade last month, we took a look at other jumps from famous buildings. BASE jumping, which stands for building, antenna, span, and…

Samsung Galaxy S5 Teardown: You Ain’t Changing Nothing But Its Battery

Samsung’s new Galaxy S5 may well be a tiny step into the future, but while its dimpled back may feel like somewhat of a throwback, its insides claim to be anything but. Now, they’ve been laid bare by iFixit. The crew over at iFixit have torn the S5’s little frame right apart, and happily shared…

Meet The Dragons Who Hoard Cheese And Stuffed Animals Instead Of Gold

Dragons are best known for hoarding gold, jewels, and ancient relics, but some dragons have more…peculiar tastes. Artist Lauren Dawson draws delightful dragons with unusual hoards. After Dawson posted her first series of Uncommon Dragon Hoards, she started receiving commission requests for more—and each one is more charming than the last. If you’re interested in…

This Map Shows Which Jobs Are Most Unique To Your State

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has crunched the numbers of the jobs Americans have now. The most common profession overall for the nation: office and administrative support. But what about the jobs that are both unique to your state and common there? The findings are the result of a numbers crunch using BLS data from…

Watch Conan Play Video Games On the Cowboy’s Gigantic Stadium Screen

Though it’s had the record taken away since it first opened, AT&T Stadium, where the Dallas Cowboys play football, once boasted the world’s largest HDTV screen. At 70 feet high and 160 feet wide, its scale is utterly mind-blowing. So of course Conan O’Brien used it to play video games. One of the most startling…

Intel Is Experimenting With Fully Immersed Cooling for Computers

Forget your water-cooled gaming rig: Intel is experimenting with a cooling system which fully immerses the entirety of a computer’s electronics in liquid to increase efficiency. IT World reports that Intel has been working with SGI and 3M to develop systems that allow them to immerse entire supercomputers in liquid to reduce energy bills. Their…

Everything Is Crazy In This Defiance Season 2 Trailer

Datak getting beaten up by cops! Irisa in prison! Stahma kissing Nolan! Nolan being extremely sexist! Lots of people in goofy Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome-esque masks! Looks like everyone in Syfy’s series has some craziness to deal with. I’m cautiously excited about Defiance’s second season premiere on June 19th. Despite the season finale being kind…

Are Robot Waiters Joining Google’s Automaton Army?

Google’s continued push into the robotics industry continues, with its latest investment being a stake in Silicon Valley’s Savioke—which focuses on service industry machines. The nature of Savioke’s current work remains undisclosed, with the company only being formed last year. So what’s caught Google’s eye in order to secure a mystery amount of seed investment…

Maps Reveal How Independent Coffee Shops Create Communities

The Social Computing Group at MIT is compiling data for maps that demonstrate the impact that small independent coffee shops can have on life in the big city. The interactive maps are part of the “You Are Here” project, which creates data visualizations to serve as tools for urban planning at the micro level: Independent…

Sriracha Factory Declared A Public Nuisance In California

Irwindale, California, home of the sriracha factory, has declared the factory where that particular bit of hot sauce-alchemy happens to be a public nuisance. No, not to other, lesser condiments (hi there, ketchup), but to the air. After a series of complaints from residents in the area (and one country court case,) the South Coast…

This Incredible Robotic Building Set Is Like Lego Come to Life

In today’s toy-scape, robotic building sets have handily made the transition from fad to staple, and for good reason—they are awesome. But in a world where Lego Mindstorms reigns king, nothing has managed to combine function, universal appeal, and straight up fun quite like TinkerBots. This could be your kids’—and, for that matter, your—new favorite…

These Transformable Living Spaces Are Coming to New-Builds Near You

Was a time when transformable living spaces which flip, fold and swivel to maximize storage and style were the preserve of bespoke furniture. But no longer—as these gorgeous units from German manufacturer Häfele illustrate. On show as Holz-Handwerk—the European trade fair for woodworking—last week, they’re aimed at designers and builders who want to kit out…

The First Clip From Hercules Is Simultaneously Terrible And Awesome

Look, I know Brett Ratner’s Hercules movie is going to be terrible. This first clip — where a very large group of Greeks fall into a silly trap set by some bald, tattooed savages — is proof. But goddamn if every shot of Herc rocking the Nemean Lion skin doesn’t make me want to see…

Tons of Rumors For Batman Vs. Superman. Plus News Of The Sandman Film!

Writer David S. Goyer talks about the possibility of a unified movie and television universe for DC. Emilia Clarke gives a brief description of her Sarah Connor in Terminator: Genesis. Tatiana Maslany previews what’s up with Rachel on Orphan Black. Plus, does a video game trailer set up Amazing Spider-Man sequel villains? Top image: X-Men:…

This Amoeba Eats Human Intestines, Cell by Cell

It might look positively adorable in this image, but don’t be fooled: this pathogen, known as Entamoeba histolytica, eats human intestines alive, cell by cell. The amoeba—about the tenth of a size of a dust mite—infects 50 million people worldwide and kills as many as 100,000 each year. But new research has revealed why it’s…

Why Don’t the Seas Keep Getting Saltier?

Everyone knows that the seas are salty because, while water evaporates, the salt doesn’t. But why don’t our seas keep getting saltier? Actually, they have been getting—at least over the course of millions of years—but these days, salt gets deposited on the ocean floor, so we’ve reached an equilibrium. This video explains why that’s the…

How to Build a Möbius Strip Bridge

We all know about Möbius strips—those 3D shapes surfaces that weirdly only have one side. But how is it possible to build real architectural structures out of a mathematical construct? As it turns out, fairly easily. In this vide, Carlo H. Séquin from U.C. Berkeley explains how it’s possible to create a mobius strip bridges—and…

Good news for New Yorkers: AT&T is bringing voice and data services to “as many as 242” additional NYC subway stations in the coming months, as part of an extended deal with Transit Wireless. Though only about 40 will actually be ready this summer. Still, better than nothing!