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Jeff Goldblum is up for Independence Day 2, but not Jurassic World

Check out an amazing new Game of Thrones poster. Get the first look at an adaptation of Stephen King’s Cell. Patrick Wilson may play a major role in Scott Lang’s story in Ant-Man. Kate Beckinsale joins the Monty Python crew in Absolutely Anything. And Dylan Neal previews the rest of Ivo’s story on Arrow. Spoilers…

Pure space porn: these are the naughtiest rocket parts

Rocket hardware is always awesome eye candy, no matter what country is sending stuff into space. Awesome, and, well, sexy. You know what I mean. I like the rockets with the boom. Just look at all these pretty space-bound asses. http://gizmodo.com/russian-rocket-hardware-looks-even-more-badass-in-a-bli-1519896062/ Proton-M, Russian heavy carrier rocket Photo: Roscosmos Soyuz, Russian launch vehicle Photo: Roscosmos Photo:…

Rumor: Microsoft Is Considering a Free Version of Windows 8.1

If you can’t make people buy your new OS, why not give it away for free? At least, that’s what Microsoft is thinking of doing with Windows 8.1, according to rumors. https://gizmodo.com/hp-would-very-much-rather-you-buy-a-windows-7-pc-1504977965 Both ZDNet and Verge are reporting that Microsoft is building and trialling something called “Windows 8.1 with Bing.” Sources say that this version…

The Amazing Ancient Machines of Hero of Alexandria

Two thousand ago, the Thomas Edison of the ancient world lived in Alexandria, Egypt where he tinkered, built and wrote about some of the most amazing and whimsical machines the pre-industrial world had ever seen. Hero Also called Heron, the Greek engineer and mathematician Hero is believed to have lived in the 1st century and…

This Japanese rocket launch looks like an early atomic bomb test

This stunning image shows the launch of the Japanese H-IIA rocket as it carries the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory into space. The rocket thundered into the sky at 1:37 p.m. EST on Thursday February 27th and this image was, unsurprisingly, captured by NASA photographer Bill Ingalls. https://gizmodo.com/rocket-launch-never-looked-so-overwhelming-like-this-1347520667 I just love this photo: the…

Ecuador’s Mountains Sure Look Beautiful From Space

It may look more like modern art, but you’re actually looking at a the highlands of Ecuador seen from the European Space Agency’s Envisat. Near the top of the images you can see the outskirts of Quito—one of the highest capital cities in the world—as a series of white dots. Elsewhere, what looks like white…

Mt. Gox Bitcoin Exchange Is Filing for Bankruptcy Protection

A lawyer representing Mt. Gox has announced that the bitcoin exchange is filing for bankruptcy protection, and that the company has outstanding debt of around $63.6 million. The announcement was made at a news conference at the Tokyo District Court, reports the Wall Street Journal. Mt. Gox, which stopped bitcoin withdrawals in early February, stopped…

California Court Says It’s OK to Read Maps on Phones While Driving

A California appeals court has made what could be a controversial ruling: it’s declared that reading maps on a cellphone while driving is perfectly legal. The decision changes a state law that previously meant that checking maps on a phone was prohibited. The ruling, by the the 5th District Court of Appeal, adds a caveat…

Watch Conan Solve His Own Show’s Technical Difficulties

Things don’t always run smoothly on the show for Conan, but it turns out he has a little electronic engineering up his sleeve. Yeah, yeah, it’s silly and inaccurate. But it’s still funny. [YouTube]

Why Congress Has to Update Email Privacy Law

It’s time for Congress to follow the Sixth Circuit’s lead and update one of the main online privacy laws—the Electronic Privacy Communications Act (ECPA). In the past, the Department of Justice has used the archaic law to obtain private online communications without obtaining a probable cause warrant as the Fourth Amendment requires. A bill co-sponsored…

Hands-free Google voice search is now available in Chrome. Which is useful for, y’know…

Record a Piece of Music Inspired by Groundhog Day

Disquiet Junto 0113: Pretty Groundhog Each Thursday at the Disquiet Junto group on SoundCloud.com a new compositional challenge is set before the group’s members, who then have just over four days to upload a track in response to the assignment. Membership in the Junto is open: just join and participate. Tracks by participants will be…

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Bigfoot

Who would have thought the King of Cryptocreatures would be so in to the Untz-Untz?

The best restaurant in the USA is a tiny shack in Hawaii

Were you expecting to see a Michelin Star restaurant? Something like Per Se? Certainly a restaurant where fine dining doesn’t even begin to describe the orgasmic experience, right? Like Alinea? Nope. Those excellent restaurants—and others of their kind—are not the best restaurant in the USA according to Yelp. That honor would go to a small…

This video shows how Japan is a mystical world set in modern times

This video, shot and made by Scott Gold, plays like a dream. It depicts Scott and his wife’s trip to Japan in January but to me, it shows how Japan is maintaining its illustrious history and mystical culture amidst the fast paced, beep beep, every person cross the intersection right now modern world. You’ll see…

The Flowers of Fantastico is a sexy, meta cult web series

Anyone who delights in the world of grindhouse flicks will love this tale of a bunch of cult movie nerds who find the most obscure movie ever. Also, did I mention the bisexual love and demons? The Flowers of Fantastico is triumphantly weird new web series about a cult movie that turns out to be…

These glowing sea sapphire animals are like the fireflies of the ocean

Beautiful. You see them glow blue one second and then they turn invisible the next. You’re never sure if these Sapphirina copepods are real until you see them light up like a stunning firefly but for the ocean. And then they disappear just quick enough to make you question what you just saw. The Sapphirina…

What if we’ve completely misunderstood our place in the universe?

That’s a very real possibility raised by a Harvard astronomer who believes we may have missed something basic about how the universe was formed. Image via ESO Over at Slate, I’ve got an article about astronomer Avi Loeb’s latest theory, which is that life may have evolved when the universe was only about 15 million…

I want to be as happy as this dog getting his head massaged

What are you doing to me? Let me sniff it. What is this giant metal spider? Let me sniff it again. Is that a squirrel over there? Wait… I trust you because I love you but I’m not sure what this… ohhh myyy goddd that feels so good. Keep it there. Keep it going. Everything…

This coming Saturday March 1 is Future Day. And if a devoted group of futurists have their way, it’ll eventually become an official holiday. It’s described as “a way of focusing and celebrating the energy that more and more people around the world are directing toward creating a radically better future.” You can participate here.…