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These fish are evidence that humans aren’t the only evil animals

It’s a common (but evil) survival strategy in zombie movies: Injure somebody else and run like hell while they get eaten. But humans aren’t the only bastards who do this. Some shoaling fish also use this selfish tactic when they’re being chased by predators, according to new research. Across the globe, numerous animals live in…

Amazon Prime just added hundreds of Miramax titles in its instant video library, including award winners like Good Will Hunting and The English Patient, as well as cult favorites like Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Trainspotting and Reservoir Dogs. It’s a good get for the streaming service, especially after having lost so many of its greatest…

First trailer for Seventh Son has dragons, witches and Jeff Bridges!

This trailer for Jeff Bridges’ new movie Seventh Son is relentless with the monster action. This movie adaptation of Joseph Delaney’s The Spook’s Apprentice looks like a less inspired Willow mixed with the new Hansel And Gretel movie. Which… could be a good thing? All of the monsters in this trailer do look CG fantastic…

Xbox One Prototypes In Every Possible Shape, Heaped Into a Pile

What you’re looking at here is a mountain of Xbox One prototypes. The new console has been years in the making, so you had to figure the 30-person team behind its invisible design went through a lot of iterations. But this assortment of funky shapes is still surprisingly varied—and they’re just a fraction of the…

Relive Andy Murray’s Wimbledon Victory Moment With Lego

Commemorating a victory 77 years in the making, this Lego video poignantly captures that epic moment when Andy Murray brought Britain a Wimbledon win. Of course four British women have won at Wimbledon during the past 7 decades, but yay for British men! You did it! You finally did it! [The Guardian] You’re reading Leg…

The X-47B Drone Has Landed on a Carrier, And War May Never Be the Same

It’s not often that we get to witness aviation history being made, but when we do, it’s often awesome. Such is the case with the U.S. Navy’s X-47B which just became the first unmanned aircraft to land on an aircraft carrier. Landing a drone on an aircraft carrier was not a cheap or easy task.…

NASA Caught the First Glimpse of the Solar System’s Stunning Tail

The solar system isn’t stationary; it’s careening through the infinite abyss of space as we speak. Just like a comet, it comes complete with its own tail, and for the first time, we’ve actually been able to see it. The new data is thanks to NASA’s very own Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX), which has been…

Sharknado is so much more amazing than you could have possibly guessed

We already knew Syfy’s Sharknado movie was going to be fun, but did we know it was going to be an artistic triumph? Well, thanks to this brand-new trailer, we do now. I mean, did Citizen Kane feature a scene where Beverly Hills 90210’s Ian Ziering cuts a flying shark in half with a chainsaw?…

Self-Righting Floating Lighthouse Toy Is a Beacon of Fun For Your Dog

In the same way that a magnet’s mysterious attraction leaves us scratching our heads, no one really understands the invisible force that perpetually pulls dogs towards large bodies of water. And until scientists figure it out, it’s best not to get in your dog’s way. Instead, you might as well just encourage them to have…

Is human super-intelligence a bad idea?

Advocates of human enhancement often say that we ought to increase our intelligence as a species. But the consequences of actually doing this have never fully been explored. An excessive amount of intelligence might actually prove to be a bad thing — and a distraction from what really matters. Top image: The supremely intelligent Ozymandias…

You Can Now Embed Your Instagrams All Over the Web

Twitter’s been doing it for ages and Vine’s been in since day one, but now Instagram is coming to the embeddable party. You can now embed your Instagrams—image or video—all across the web with handy-dandy embed code. Get posting. [All Things D]

This Is Why People Still Pirate

People still pirate things. Of course they do. Because, despite 14 post-Napster years of piracy in the mainstream, studios still don’t get it. Consider the $100 Dark Knight Trilogy boxed set that came out just last week: Now on September 24, Nolan’s three Batman films – Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight…

1959’s Electric Car of Tomorrow Looks Awfully Familiar Today

It may not be a Tesla, but this electric car was the height of cool when it graced newspaper comics pages around the world in 1959. Detroit-based commercial illustrator Arthur Radebaugh had plenty of practice dreaming up cars of the future. Many of Radebaugh’s clients were Detroit automakers who loved his futuristic flair, which was…

A New Apple Store in Spain Is Being Built on 15th Century Ruins

Here’s a fun game: archeological dig or building a new Apple Store? In at least one case, the answer is both. In what’s supposed to be the basement of a new Apple Store in Madrid, workers have uncovered a 15th century hospital. While renovating a building the building at 1 Puerta del Sol, the construction…

This Painting Robot Constantly Adjusts Its Style to Create Masterpieces

E-David isn’t the first industrial robotic arm that’s been re-programmed to paint. There have been many similar creations before it, but they’ve all worked sort of like elaborate photocopiers, perfectly recreating a digital image stored in memory. What sets e-David apart is that it’s the first robot painter that constantly adapts its technique and brush…

How will biotechnology change human evolution?

A somewhat tongue-in-cheek article in The Guardian is proposing some rather interesting predictions for the future of humanity — changes to human form and function that would even make some of the X-Men jealous. To make his predictions, Dean Burnett worked under the assumption that biotechnology will be used to address ongoing selectional pressures. “Evolution…

NASA is getting ready to search for signs of life on Mars

The goal of NASA’s Curiosity rover is to determine if Mars was ever capable of supporting life. But the Agency’s next rover, set to launch in 2020, could take things one giant step further. Given recent findings, says Jack Mustard, chairman of the Agency’s Science Definition Team, “past Martian life seems possible, and we should…

Holy crap Jamie Foxx looks insane as Electro in Amazing Spider-Man 2

There’s a lightning bolt on his sleeve! Get it? You get it. Behold the first official picture of Jamie Foxx as Spider-Man’s new nemesis in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. In other news, Andrew Garfield is open to making Peter Parker gay by swapping Mary Jane out for a boy, Mark Johnson. Entertainment Weekly has just…

The 10 Greatest Giant Monster Movies of All Time

The giant monster, known as kaiju in Japanese, is a very different beast from the human-sized nasties you find in movies from Alien to World War Z. Giant monsters can eat you whole. They can wreck cities just by stomping. And the movies they star in are some of the most important in the genre.…

Here’s a Pudgy New Gaming Laptop With Some Decent Horsepower

Digital Storm just announced the Veloce, its first Haswell-based gaming laptop with a 1920×1080, 1080p screen. The 13.3-incher packs a Core i7, a GTX 765M and is available for $1,535 starting July 17. But damn is it chunky.