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Which superhero had the coolest and best secret headquarters?

Being a superhero is the best job in the world. Not only do you save the world and get the girl and receive the world’s adulation, you’re also somehow rich enough (even though you’re above the idea of money) to have a sick secret headquarters that every kid dreams about. And though your hero headquarters…

Infrared Panorama of the Milky Way

NASA’s Spitzer space telescope spent a decade collecting high-resolution infrared photographs of the Milky Way. We already pointed you at the interactive map, but they’ve also put together a narrated video to guide you around the galaxy as seen by GLIMPSE. Tip via Ariel Waldman. For more on the utility of multiwavelength astrophotography, try this…

The Bizarre and Controversial World of Late-Night Lawyer Ads

When it’s three o’clock in the morning and everything is going wrong in your life, there’s a certain kind of ad you might see on basic cable. Lawyers–usually guys–promise to battle the heartless, tight-wad insurance companies on your behalf. There’s disaster footage and stiff readings off of cue cards. The ads look like they were…

Gorgeous Art Shows What Life Would Be Like in Cities Beneath the Sea

We often imagine humanity’s future in space, but what about in the unexplored depths of our own planet’s oceans? These incredible concept designs offer visions of what our future water world might actually look like. An undersea city from Out of Time: Designs for the Twentieth-Century Future, 1954 (via Paleo-future) City under the sea, by…

Verizon just announced it’s matching AT&T’s mobile plan pricing with its More Everything Plan: unlimited talk, text, and 10GB of data shared between four lines will now cost $160 per month. Check out the new pricing here. [Verizon via BGR]

Google Maps Stays Neutral By Only Showing Your Side in Border Disputes

Border disputes are still going on in a bunch of places around the world. That makes life difficult for mapmakers, and especially difficult for the world’s favorite online map service, Google Maps. As The Washington Post points out, Google strives to not get stuck in the middle of a territorial struggle, by showing you the…

Who’s Ready For Another Bollywood Time Travel Movie?

Hrithik Roshan, the star of the awesome Krrish films, has just signed on to star in an unnamed time-travel movie, opposite Deepika Padukone. And the best news? It’s going to be directed by Nitya Mehra, who was assistant director on Life of Pi, Namesake and some other great films. No details yet about the movie’s…

Calculator Reveals All How Much Of Your Life You’ve Given To TV

Thanks to the website tiii.me, you can now add up every single hour of your life you’ve sacrificed to the all-powerful television. Just type in the name of the series, and let the website do the adding — it’s horrifying. Feel free to share your numbers in the comments.

NASA Cuts All Non-ISS Ties with Russia Over Ukraine (Updated)

In an internal memo, NASA has stated that it will suspendall interaction with the Russian government, in response to Russia’s violations of Ukraine’s territorial independence (Update: official statement below). Fortunately for U.S. astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Steve Swanson, both currently orbiting on the International Space Station, the two agencies will still cooperate to transport supplies…

Find The Closest National Park With This Handy Map

Looking to restore a little sense of wonder this weekend? Why not visit your nearest national park? The United States is home to 59 officially designated National Parks, the approximate locations of which appear on the map below. Using the mathematical concept of Voronoi tesselation, reddit user wouj divided the map into sections that can…

​Windows 8.1 Update Hands On: Terrific Tweaks For the Mouse Faithful

Windows 8.1 did a whole bunch to make Windows 8 feel more homey by tweaking tiny fit and finish issues. And it worked great. The next Windows 8.1 update (creatively called “Windows 8.1 Update”) is pretty much the same thing all over again, but this time with mouse-users specifically in mind. And after trying it…

What Was the Best Cold Opening on a TV Show?

Most cold openings for TV shows are fairly routine: introduce main plot points, add a teaser and then fade to opening credits and commercial. Every so often, though, we encounter a cold opening that so rivets our attention that we know we’re in store for something special. Case in point, one of my favorites: The…

Nokia Lumia 930: The First Flagship for Windows Phone 8.1

Nokia just announced the first phone for Windows Phone 8.1. Meet the Nokia Lumia 930. It’ll be available in starting in June for about $600 before carrier subsidies. Think of this as the Lumia Icon for the whole world—except the United States. The Lumia 930 has a 1080p 5-inch screen. It looks like a Lumia…

Al Gore’s Daughter Creating Comedy Series About Female Astronauts

Well, the headline kind of says it all, doesn’t it? Kristin Gore, writer for Futurama and Saturday Night Live and the offspring of former presidential candidate Al Gore, is creating Women in Space, a half-hour comedy series for HBO. It’s going to be about a group of lady astronauts on their journey to colonize another…

Windows is now free for devices with screens smaller than 9 inches. And when there’s a Windows for “internet of things” connected devices, that’ll be free too.

Samsung Galaxy Everything, Hangable Speakers, Bladder Backpack [Deals]

This awesome-looking speaker will feel right at home in front of your TV, or hanging on a wall, and can stream audio from Bluetooth, AirPlay, DLNA, or via a standard AUX port. It typically costs over $100, and carries great reviews. Panasonic SC-NE1 Compact Wireless Speaker | $70 If you’ve had your eye on Samsung’s…

Surprise: The Windows Start Menu Is Coming Back

Miss the Start Menu? Well it is coming back. Yes it still has live tiles, but it is back in a way you can recognize, and it roll out to users as an update. Oh and those universal apps Microsoft is going to start peddling? They’ll be available in windows.

Shipping Containers Lost at Sea and the Search for Flight 370

Just how many large mysterious objects can there be floating at sea? That’s what many of us have wondered after the search for debris from Malaysia Airlines 370 turned up piece after piece of ocean trash. The search for flight 370 has focused our attention on empty patches of ocean and, in the process, shed…

Bone Creator Jeff Smith’s New Webcomic Is A Fun Prehistoric Fantasy

Jeff Smith, creator of Bone and RASL, is releasing his latest comic, Tüki Saves the Humans, online. It’s about the first human to leave Africa—and the misadventures that happen along the way. Smith has the full first chapter of Tüki up on his website, and it already shows off so much of the masterful cartooning…

Amazon Fire TV Hands On: The Fastest Smart TV You’ve Ever Met

Amazon pitched its Fire TV as a streaming device to end all streaming devices. The company touted its simple and effective search, and its open ecosystem boasting enough apps to burn your eyes out. We spent some time messing with the Fire TV and found that for the most part, it makes good on those…