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Matt Damon argues with a dickish robot in the first Elysium clip

The first ever clip from Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium should make you pretty damn happy that Matt Damon was cast in this movie. Too often, our futuristic action heroes are painted as angelic saints who never forget to bring their elderly mothers flowers or their wives jewelry. Thank god, that’s not the case in this movie.…

The Days of Door-to-Door Mail Delivery Could Be Numbered

Every day, millions of people enjoy the simple luxury of a blue and grey-clad letter carrier showing up at their house and dropping the day’s mail on their doorstep. But if some Republican lawmakers get their way, this luxury may be short-lived. Rep. Darrell Issa, a California Republican, is currently championing a plan that would…

Behold the incredible places where we’ll build cities in space

People always forget about radiation when they imagine space colonies. Out there, on other worlds, humans won’t be shielded from cosmic radiation the way we are by Earth’s magnetic field. That’s why cities on other worlds are likely to be underground. Here are few places we might build them. Above you can see a HiRISE…

This 97-Year-Old Makes Amazing Art Exclusively With Microsoft Paint

A great artist can make beauty out of any medium, no matter how limited. 97-year-old Hal Lasko embodies this concept. Instead of painting with dozens of expensive brushes or high-end software suites, Lasko uses a tool most of us have used and abandoned years ago—Microsoft Paint from Windows 95. These paintings are great. They combine…

Peggy Carter kicks so much ass in the new Agent Carter clip

What happened after Captain America stood Agent Peggy Carter up on their date, and instead plummeted to the bottom of the cold, cold ocean? Turns out, Peggy just kept on kicking ass and taking names — watch our girl go in a brand new clip from the Marvel Short, “Agent Carter.” After the war ends,…

Five excellent tips for long-distance relationships

Having been the victim of long-distance relationships not once but thrice—after swearing to never repeat the experience again each time—I can tell you that Lifehacker’s advice on the matter is spot-on. My only additional advice: never ever start a long distance relationship online. Photo by Shutterstock

The Ultimate Universe is Galactus’ buffet in This Week’s Comics!

As revealed at Comic-Con, Marvel’s Ultimate Universe is in fior some tough times, but its troubles begin tomorrow when the original 616-universe Galactus stops by for a bite. Plus new Mass Effect, new Fathom, and new Army of Darkness comics New Issues Dark Horse: • Gamma: Once the greatest monster trainer in the world, Dusty…

How an Astronomical Mystery Was Explained by High-Tech Photography

They stretch 50 miles into Earth’s upper atmosphere. They shower the night sky with shimmering bursts of light. They emit a crackling “ping” over radio. And because they’re so fast, scientists have only known about them for a few decades. Today, Wired Science introduces us to the world of Transient Luminous Events—and the Santa Fe…

Own a Basis B1 and an iPhone? Well, you’re in luck because Basis has just pushed out its iOS app. Better late than never, right?

Edgar Wright confirms we’ll meet Hank Pym in Ant-Man

The other day, Joss Whedon revealed that Avengers: Age of Ultron won’t feature Ultron’s creator, mad scientist Hank Pym. Just now, we were interviewing Edgar Wright about his new film The World’s End, and he told us that we will, indeed, meet Hank Pym in Wright’s Ant-Man movie. This isn’t exactly a huge bombshell —…

Motorola Droid Maxx: 48 Hours of Battery Life in One Powerful Package

Verizon showed off a whole slew of new Droid smartphones today—the Droid MAXX, Droid Ultra, and Droid Mini. And with all three smartphones the keyword is battery life. Update: Hands on! The Hardware First up is the Droid MAXX. It’s thinner than last year’s model but with even more battery life. It’s $300. Last year’s…

Doctors Reversed 146 Established Practices in the Last Decade Alone

Medicine is evidence-based—but that doesn’t mean the evidence is always correct. A new report reveals that doctors have reversed their positionon an astonishing 146 established medical practices in the last ten years. Uh… mulligan? The research, published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, reveals a raft of advice given in the past was wrong. Sifting through…

The Internet’s Favorite Remix Artist Spills His Secrets

If you haven’t seen any of Pogo’s mesmerizing and melodious film remixes, please please do that now. Once you’ve been entranced, come back here and watch this video about the man behind the magic. Nick Bertke, or Pogo, has created a nice little peek inside his own world of sampling, assembling, and transforming films like…

“Scientifically Accurate DuckTales” is a NSFW cavalcade of horror

The folks at Fox’s Animation Domination have given their special “scientifically accurate cartoon” treatment to DuckTales, and result is a nightmare from which you can nevrerwake, because ducks are the worst. Seriously, this makes hentai tentacle rape porn look like… well, regular DuckTales, I guess. Woo-ooo!

Maxipad and tampons ads are all a big lie, says maxipad manufacturer

British maxipad manufacturer Bodyform has published a deliciously sarcastic video answering a man’s funny rant posted in their Facebook page. According to Bodyform’s CEO, that guy is right: all maxipad advertisings about women having a fun period running around and laughing are a big stinky lie.

Smokey the Bear Meets the 21st Century in These Firefighting UAVs

Remember, only you can prevent forest fires. But that doesn’t stop them from happening with frightening regularity and increasingly destructive force. To better understand and predict the atmospheric conditions that lead to these wildfires, one research team wants to float an armada of disposable, self-guided sensor-toting UAVs into the flames’ maw. Finally, all those years…

What does Mach One (or Two or Three) mean?

We’ve heard blasé dialog about Mach numbers from fighter pilots in movies, but do you know what Mach numbers actually mean? Among other things, it means that two planes going at Mach 1 can actually be going at very different speeds. Ernst Mach was a brilliant nineteenth century scientist who came up with good work…

Zadie Smith is writing a science fiction novel inspired by Le Guin

This might be the best news in months. Zadie Smith, author of White Teeth and NW, says she’s writing a science fiction novel. She even describes it as a “romp.” And she cites Ursula K. Le Guin as one of the book’s major influences. Talking to the London Evening Standard, Smith says she’s been reading…

16-foot dinosaur tail unearthed in Mexico is in perfect condition

For the first time in the country’s history, paleontologists in Mexico have discovered a fully articulated dinosaur tail – and it’s a doozy. Believed to have belonged to a hadrosaur living 72-million years ago, the tail’s 50 intact vertebrae extend a whopping 16-feet in length, and are in pristine condition. That a fully articulated tail…

These nerds in costume look even better than the real superheroes

San Diego Comic-Con 2013—the Big Bang of everything nerd, sci-fi and fantastic—may be over, but its power is still rippling through the Spacetime continuum. Take a look at these incredible nerds dressed as their favorite heroes. Impressive.