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Stop Soggy Bread With This Clever Roll-On Olive Oil Dispenser

A measured approach is always best when you’re seasoning food. And to prevent a fresh slice of bread from being soaked and overpowered by olive oil poured from a bottle, this brilliant dispenser works like an over-sized ballpoint pen to evenly spread a thin coating of oil—instead of blue ink. Created by design group Oaza,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Behold the gigantic 98-foot-high horse heads just completed in Scotland

This amazing photo by Brian Smith shows one of the two gigantic 98.2-foot (30 meters) high horse heads that have just been completed in Scotland. They call them The Kelpies, and one day Hobbits and Elves will pass by them en route to drop some ring somewhere. They were designed by sculptor Andy Scott and…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Google Glass Is Officially Getting Google Play Music Integration

Google is expanding its Glass platform to include Google Play Music integration integration—and a snazzy set of $85 earbuds to boot. So now you can bark at your augmented reality specs to play jams at you. “OK Glass: Play METAL!!” Indeed, as reported earlier today by the NYT, Google Glass will now be getting all…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

It’s Official: The WTC Is the Tallest Building In the U.S.

At joint press conferences in New York and Chicago today, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat—a Chicago-based nonprofit—announced its decision to crown the One World Trade Center as the tallest building in the United States, beating out the Windy City’s Willis Tower by mere feet of spire. Why did it take 25 officials…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

What’s Up With Your iPhone?

When my friend Nate meets someone new and they hear he’s a doctor, he dreads when they ask, “What kind?” Because when he says he’s a dermatologist, they show him their moles. This isn’t brick and mortar, it’s glass and steel. Pseudonymous Apple Store employee J. K. Appleseed takes you backstage at Apple Retail, the…

Tech News J.K. APPLESEED - MCSWEENEY'S

Why are babies scared of plants?

As adults, we have a habit of reaching out and touching plants without a second thought. But babies, apparently, aren’t so careless. New research shows that infants have an innate reluctance to touch plants — an aversion that protects them from potential dangers, such as toxins and thorns. Plant Dangers In our evolutionary history, we’ve…

io9 Joseph Bennington-Castro

Here’s What the Tip of the Washington Monument Looks Like Up Close

The 129-year-old Washington Monument is enshrouded in scaffolding this month, as workers repair the structural cracks caused by a 2011 earthquake. But the scaffolds are giving scientists the chance to carry out other work, too: Like measuring the exact height of the aging monument. https://gizmodo.com/the-architectural-trickery-used-to-disguise-d-c-monume-1461018350 Back when it opened in 1884, the Washington Monument stood…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Tell Us the Story of Your Not-Too-Distant Future

A very short time from now, in a galaxy not very far away at all (this one), lived a person (you) with a future currently unfolding all around them. Today, we want to know what the not too distant future holds for you. Tell us what you plan for your life to be like 10…

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The Hunger Games Author Insisted the Cat Be Recast in Catching Fire

It’s no secret the lazy cat casting from the first Hunger Games movie PISSED US OFF. Seriously, how hard was it to cast a yellow cat? Well, all that is about to be changed thanks to author Suzanne Collins and new Catching Fire director Francis Lawrence. Because that cat has been RECAST! https://gizmodo.com/everything-the-hunger-games-movie-left-out-5896475 In our…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Watch the most accurate supercomputer simulation yet of the universe

Using some of the most powerful supercomputers on the planet, the fine folks at Argonne National Lab have constructed a virtual model of the universe that tracks 1.1 trillion particles as they expand and bind. The achievement is four times larger than previous simulations. The project, called the Hardware/Hybrid Accelerated Cosmology Code (HACC), is an…

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Windows Phone Folks Can Finally Get In on the Looping Vine Fun

This goes out to the Windows Phone users who’ve been envious of their iPhone- and Android-using peer’s ability to snap six-second video loops. Today, Vine comes to the Windows Phone. Yay. This flavor of the video-looping app comes with a few Windows Phone-specific features. Vine is integrated with your Live Tiles, meaning you can pin…

Tech News Leslie Horn

America’s next hypersonic missile seems designed by ACME and the Coyote

This is Lockheed Martin’s concept for a High Speed Strike Weapon that will enable the United States to strike anywhere in the world within hours. They claim it’s been designed by Skunk Works—their advanced research division—but it looks like they ordered it from an ACME catalog. According to the aerospace and weapons manufacturer, “this is…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

NASA’s Humanoid Robot to Receive Legs

NASA’s Robonaut 2, which is currently stationed aboard the International Space Station, could be outfitted with a pair of legs as early as the start of next year. The anatomical upgrade will raise the spacefaring robot’s height to an imposing 8-feet, and increase its potential for mobility considerably. Let’s just hope it hasn’t been infected…

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Watch this airplane land vertically on a cargo ship

I’m glad the world is full of insane people so we can see another seemingly-impossible airplane landing and takeoff: Watch this man stop in midair and touching down on top of a moving ship in the English Channel. At one point it seems like the he’s just floating there. https://gizmodo.com/look-at-this-madman-landing-a-plane-on-the-top-of-a-mou-1462485637 In reality, it just seems…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Astronaut Chris Hadfield says Gravity was good but needed more diapers

The amazing Chris Hadfield saw Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity movie and he thought it was extremely well done… except for a certain lack of adult diapers, as he told Conan O’Brien on Conan last night. I’m afraid I’m with Conan on this one; I appreciate any movie’s attempt at accuracy, but I also appreciate not seeing…

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Ray-Ban Solar Chargers: Why Don’t All Sunglasses Do This?

Mumbai-based designer Sayalee Kaluskar and Ramiro Ramirez has come up with a wonderful concept that makes sunglasses more than just a way to prevent squinting or hide a hangover. With the addition of a thin solar cell to each arm, suddenly the glasses become a mostly subtle way to top off your gadgets when you’re…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

This Slow and Steady Lego Sloth Can Climb Ladders Upside Down

Sloths aren’t the most exciting creatures to inspire a Lego creation, but 222Doc has left us thoroughly impressed with this quadra-ped robot called X-4 that’s able to autonomously climb a ladder—even when inverted. Surprisingly, it’s powered by just a single Mindstorms NXT that controls eight servo motors, four smaller Lego motors, and a set of…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

4 Musical Masterpieces Played By Industrial Machines

Ever hear a car alarm blaring outside and, in spite of yourself, find that you’re nodding along to the repetitive rhythm? Maybe stepping along the sidewalk in time? Given the right frame of mind, even the most seemingly annoying or atonal noises can be transformed into something strangely mesmerizing. Even dot matrix printers and sewing…

Tech News Jordan Kushins

When will The Walking Dead show us what the Governor’s been up to?

Elizabeth Olson comments on her role in Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Jennifer Lawrence explains why Katniss is a frustrating character to play. Check out new footage from The Hobbit and Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary. The Walking Dead’s Robert Kirkman has a brand new apocalyptic TV show. Spoilers now! Top image: The Hunger Games: Catching…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Apple Patent Supports Rumors of Pressure-Sensitive Touchscreens

Over the weekend, Bloomberg reported that Apple was working on enhanced sensors capable of detecting different levels of pressure. Now, an Apple patent for pressure-sensitive touchscreens could lend that rumor some credence. https://gizmodo.com/report-apple-working-on-two-big-iphones-for-whatever-1461762060 The patent, unearthed by Apple Insider, describes a piece of hardware that can trigger different UI functions depending on how hard the…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Stop Soggy Bread With This Clever Roll-On Olive Oil Dispenser

Behold the gigantic 98-foot-high horse heads just completed in Scotland

Google Glass Is Officially Getting Google Play Music Integration

It’s Official: The WTC Is the Tallest Building In the U.S.

What’s Up With Your iPhone?

Why are babies scared of plants?

Here’s What the Tip of the Washington Monument Looks Like Up Close

Tell Us the Story of Your Not-Too-Distant Future

The Hunger Games Author Insisted the Cat Be Recast in Catching Fire

Watch the most accurate supercomputer simulation yet of the universe

Windows Phone Folks Can Finally Get In on the Looping Vine Fun

America’s next hypersonic missile seems designed by ACME and the Coyote

NASA’s Humanoid Robot to Receive Legs

Watch this airplane land vertically on a cargo ship

Astronaut Chris Hadfield says Gravity was good but needed more diapers

Ray-Ban Solar Chargers: Why Don’t All Sunglasses Do This?

This Slow and Steady Lego Sloth Can Climb Ladders Upside Down

4 Musical Masterpieces Played By Industrial Machines

When will The Walking Dead show us what the Governor’s been up to?

Apple Patent Supports Rumors of Pressure-Sensitive Touchscreens

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