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Scientists reveal chicken nuggets are less than 50% chicken meat

A recently published study reveals that striated muscle is “not the predominate component” in the nuggets from two national fast food chains. In other words: chicken nuggets are less than 50% chicken meat. But… then… what “components” make up the other 50+ percent? Top photo by Stéfan via flickr “Fat was present in equal or…

Behold: Adorable Hand-Drawn GIFs That Explain Higgs-Boson

You hear about the Higgs-Boson all the time, but do you know what it is? If the answer is no, fear not: It’s complex and confusing. Luckily, the New York Times has a beautiful, animated explainer to break it down for you in layman’s terms. [New York Times]

Google’s Chromecast wonder-dongle is now available outside the US! Order through Amazon, and you can have it shipped internationally, even though Google still isn’t formally offering it outside the States. [Amazon via DroidForums]

Hunger Games: Catching Fire director promises NO SHAKY CAM

Francis Lawrence, director of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire revealed that he’s ditching the much-dreaded shaky cam from the first movie. Thank goodness. In an interview New York Magazine Lawrence admitted that he nixed the bouncy filming (and also said he’d be focusing more on the love triangle): Will you be using the shaky cam,…

BitTorrent’s Taking Out Pro-Torrenting Billboards and They’re Awesome

“Torrenting” is kind of a dirty word. It makes you think piracy, doesn’t it? Well it shouldn’t. Torrenting isn’t illegal. It’s not even morally ambiguous. It’s just a way to send data, and it’s awesome. Those are the points BitTorrent’s trying to drive home with its rad new ad campaign. Mysterious, anonymous billboards started going…

Beauty and the Beast Season 2: Reset, Reboot, Rinse, Repeat

Beauty and the Beast leaned on the reset button pretty hard in last night’s episode, choosing a whole new mythology to drive the show forward. As a result, Cat (Kristin Kreuk) is now the world’s worst cop… and we’ve doubled down on government conspiracies. Spoilers below… The new season begins with a time jump from…

Uh Oh, Silk Road Users Are Starting to Get Arrested

Welp, that settles that. Anybody who was wondering if authorities were going to keep going after the arrest of Silk Road kingpin Ross Ulbricht and start targeting users don’t need to wonder anymore. Multiple arrests have now been made worldwide, and it looks like more are on the way. This new wave of arrests knows…

Can turbulence actually shake your plane out of the sky?

When your plane feels like it’s being thrown around the sky by an angry thunder god, should you be nervous? Actually, yes. But not for the reasons you might think. Let’s take a look at what turbulence is, and the real reasons why it can be dangerous. Some scientific stories are reassuring compared to the…

Must Watch: The BBC’s hard-hitting interview with Cookie Monster

Cookie Monster has been getting around lately. First he engaged in a battle of wits with Loki, and now he’s gone on the BBC’s Newsnight as their “last word,” discussing his decision to come appear on a new show on CBBC. Watch as Cookie Monster has the perfect answer to everything. [Thanks, Tony!]

Watch pill-popping prodigies every week? Relativity Television is developing Limitless, the Bradley Cooper film about a smart drug with a major downside, into a weekly TV series.

The Queer Comics Anthology We’ve Been Waiting For!

LGBT characters have made great strides in comics lately — we even had a same-sex wedding in the X-Men — but it’s about time there were more stories focusing on queer protagoninsts. Enter Beyond, a brand new anthology of comics about LBGT heroes who save the day. With an amazing set of contributors… possibly including…

Medieval armor goes high fashion — and looks fantastic

It’s a dream come true for anyone who has ever spent an evening at the Renaissance Faire wishing that they could wear the pretty dresses AND the awesome armor. We utterly love this fashion spread from designer Pinkabsinthe. Whether you’re a Society for Creative Anachronism crafter or a Game of Thrones fan, these outfits are…

Sleepy Hollow Thanks You For Calling NorthStar

This week, Sleepy Hollow got a Viewer Discretion Advised: big talk for a show with exploding sand eyeballs. But besides some modern-dance goop full of demons, “The Lesser Key of Solomon” barely had time for monsters, because it was too busy with sisterly love, a cult, and a car-assistance request for the ages. Ichabod’s biggest…

The New Yahoo Mail Could Not Look More Like Gmail

Marissa Meyer’s parade of progress is continuing at Yahoo with a very sparkly redesign of Yahoo Mail. It’s got all things that are good, including more storage and cleaner navigation and threaded conversations. Frankly, this redesign does pretty much anything to make Yahoo Mail look more like Gmail. The similarity smacks you in the forehead.…

A Doctor’s-Office-in-a-Chair Measures All Your Vitals At Once

It’s not designed to replace your family doctor, but this sensor-laden chair concept from Sharp could definitely reduce the number of times you need to stop by their clinic every year. The chair looks like it could actually be capable of time travel, but its capabilities are limited to measuring your blood pressure, pulse, temperature,…

Rocket-wielding rebels attack Disney in new Banksy video

Street Artist Banksy has just released a short film in the middle of his month-long, guerilla-style art residency in New York City. In response to the film Banksy wrote on his website,“I’m not posting any pictures today. Not after this shocking footage has emerged.” Thoughts?

The 12 Best Cops of Science Fiction

They are the peacekeepers. They uphold the law. They protect us from those who would do us harm. And they do it all with nothing more than a badge… and a robot… or perhaps a spaceship… or maybe even superpowers. These are the dozen best fictional police officers in the universe, and we appreciate them…

Yes! Leaked Screens Show SMS In Google Hangouts Is Almost Here

Google’s been leaky lately, first with Android 4.4 Kit Kat screens, and then with a whole manual for the Nexus 5. Now, some screens from Android Police are showing off the best upcoming feature on Android: SMS in Hangouts. Yes! Finally! Of course, as with any leaked screenshots this could be fake, but SMS for…

It’s official: A “number of” previously missing Doctor Who episodes have been “returned to the BBC,” and we’ll find out how many, and which ones, later this week.

How a German Scientist Invented the Perfect Coffeemaker

The Chemex Coffeemaker, a pour-over apparatus invented by scientist Dr. Peter Schlumbohm 70 years ago, hasn’t changed a bit since it was designed. It’s the very definition of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” So how did this quiet little device gain such a following? Shlumbohm was responsible for the creation of more than…