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Six very interesting seconds from the X-Men: Days of Future Past movie

Not content to be outdone by the new Captain America: The Winter Soldier trailer, X-Men: Days of Future Past also released some new footage… in the form of a six-second Instagram video. Still, if you have six seconds to spare, it’s still worth watching: There’s old Wolverine with gray temples in trouble, old Wolverine with…

This Teenage Mutant Ninja Backpack Holds All of the Pizzas

Who among us hasn’t secretly wished to find themselves suddenly mutated into a crime-fighting chimera, despite the risk of becoming another Dr. Baxter Stockman? Now you can live out your Ninja Turtle fantasies—without having to skinny dip in Ooze—thanks to this radical TMNT backpack. The TMNT backpack holds everything a ninja could need. In addition…

Battlefield ER: Combat Medicine Fights To Keep More Troops Alive

When a nation sends its citizens to war, there are few things more important than providing the best treatment possible after they get injured in the line of duty. U.S. soldiers, Marines, sailors and airmen have now endured longer than a decade of conflict, which has provided the anvil to shape military surgeons’ expertise in…

Watch the surviving clips of the BBC’s Caves of Steel

Long before Almost Human, Isaac Asimov wrote the classic tale of a human detective paired with a robot partner, The Caves of Steel. And this novel was adapted by the BBC as a TV special, part of its Story Parade anthology series. And then wiped. Of course. Because the BBC wiped so much of its…

All the Signs that Divergent Might Be Your Next Dystopian Joyride

We were invited to the set of Divergent, the next dystopian future movie for teens. We saw the dark future Chicago, and learned how director Neil Burger would bring this beloved book to life. Here’s everything we saw on the Divergent set. For the non-Divergent fans, this world (created by novelist Veronica Roth) is kind…

The Rock’s Hercules movie may be a gift from the gods

But which ones? On the one hand, we have this first great picture of Dwayne Johnson as the Greek demigod himself, shrouded in the skin of the Nemean lion, looking like the son of Zeus stepped down from Mount Olympus itself. On the other hand, this movie is by Brett Ratner. Is this a test…

Would You Eat This Cheese Made from Human Armpit Sweat?

Folks often shy away from fancy cheese because it smells like feet. But what if the cheese was actually made from feet—or rather, the bacteria that makes your feet stink? A couple of bio-hacker artists decided to explore that possibility. And it sounds really gross. On Friday, Christina Agapakis and Sissel Tolaas will showcase their…

Report: The NSA’s Been Spying on 35 World Leaders

The recent dustup over the NSA maybe monitoring German chancellor Angela Merkel’s phone looks like peanuts compared to the latest Snowden-fueled revelation. It turns out, the agency has actually been spying on 35 world leaders—three five!—and encouraging other departments to shovel more contact information their way. The Guardian’s James Ball just dropped his report on…

Anki Drive Connected Toy Car Teardown Reveals Predictably Adorable Guts

Back at WWDC, Apple invited the robotics company Anki on to the stage to show off its connected toy car game, Drive, in which physical toy cars sail around a track while you control them with your iOS device. It was seriously impressive. iFixit got their hands on an Anki Drive set, and like spoiled…

Watch Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary Special on the big screen! “Day of the Doctor” is being shown in 11 U.S. cities (in 3-D) at the same time as it airs on BBC America. And then it’s in 300 U.S. theaters the following Monday. More details here. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at 9 AM EST.

Further evidence that nature is not the opposite of technology

As we move into a clean tech future, it’s becoming more obvious that the old distinction between machines and nature is a false one. This sophisticated filter, made by researchers at MIT, is a perfect way to remove bacteria from drinking water — and its main component is xylem, or the connective tissues of a…

18 Bizarre Letters to the Future That Only ’70s Kids Will Understand

Will the year 2000 be filled with flying cars or polluted air? Push-button lunches or the start of World War III? These were just some of the predictions made by fourth grade kids in 1976, who had trouble deciding if the future was going to be filled with high-tech gadgets or nuclear war. Or maybe…

This 400-Mile “Manmade River” Might Soon Flow Uphill Across Kansas

A 1982 plan to build a nearly 400-mile long artificial river across Kansas—an infrastructural super-project that could cost as much as $12 billion—is back on the table, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Who said Big Government is bad—especially when it brings thirsty Red States their water? “We’ve got a tremendous amount of…

Iran’s new suicide drone is designed to kill static and mobile targets

The Aviationist reports on a new Iranian drone exclusively designed to kill fixed or mobile targets in suicide missions. The name of this remotely controlled kamikaze is Ra’ad 85—aka Thunder. The Iranian Army commander—Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan—claims that this suicide drone “has been produced in various sizes in order to be used against different…

An iPhone 5 Dock That’s A CD Player, Your Choice Of Headphones [Deals]

As a tech enthusiast, the combination of a bluetooth speaker, iPhone 5 speaker dock, clock, and CD player can’t be lost on you, especially in this delightfully different form factor. Pick it up today for only 90 bucks from Best Buy. Talk about all-in-one devices. [Best Buy] Great selection of cans today, ranging from $20…

Under Armour’s New Ventilation Is Cooler Than Mesh

Under Armour’s training clothing will soon come with a new ventilation design that the company claims will keep you cooler and more comfortable than any mesh has before. The design is so simple, it’s hard to believe it wasn’t done before. ArmourVent is basically just a thin layer of stretchy polyester with a bunch of…

Possible Leaked Nexus 10 Renders Make It Look Like an Enormous Nexus 7

So the Nexus 10 is a pretty good tablet, especially for its price. But the 10-inch Nexus tabs just never caught on the way the 7-incher did. Now, a leaked press render from Phone Arena is showing off a (possible) new style: giant Nexus 7. https://gizmodo.com/google-nexus-10-review-it-s-pretty-pretty-5956304 Funny this should pop up now, since Apple basically…

Science makes it difficult for racists to be racist

There have now been a series of incidents where state workers have taken light-haired children away from their Roma parents — a witch-hunt spurred by recent events in Greece. But unlike in the past, we now have a scientific way to fight this kind of racism. Since 5-year old Maria was taken from a Roma…

Watch a 200,000-Mile Canyon of Fire Rip Open on the Sun

Trying to watch the sun’s explosions with your naked eyes is a recipe for blindness, but luckily NASA has a couple of telescopes that can show you all that fusion glory with none of the permanent ocular damage. Take, for instance, this 200,000-mile long canyon of fire. Of course, the whole “canyon of fire” thing…

The 10 Hilariously Confusing Origins of Hawkman

There are few comics characters that have as much history as Hawkman. That’s not just because Hawkman has been around longer than most superheroes, but because DC has given him several histories — different origins, major retcons and other nonsense that has made him one of comic’s most baffling characters, and here’s how. Please note:…