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If you need a new monitor, or a second monitor, or a monitor in your bathroom, then this Asus 24″ LED is an excellent choice. It’s sitting at its lowest price ever of $130 after rebate, which is squarely in impulse buy territory, and it’s also the best selling monitor on Amazon, which speaks highly…

Tech News Shane Roberts

The Complete Guide to July’s Must-See Science Fiction and Fantasy!

What does July have in store? Insane new movies, including Pacific Rim, Wolverine and R.I.P.D. Tons of TV shows. Books by Jay Lake, Connie Willis, David Weber, Charlie Huston, Catherynne M. Valente and Charles Stross. Oh, and an insane number of conventions. Here’s our ultimate guide to July’s science fiction and fantasy. Top image: Cover…

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Death At the Big Top: Circus Acrobat In Fatal Fall

A Cirque du Soleil acrobat fell to her death while performing with the troupe in Las Vegas on Saturday. It was during the finale of the Kà show when the 31-year-old woman dropped more than 50 feet before a horrified audience.

Sploid Ken Layne

This Bottle Opener-Stopper Combo Is Flash Gordon’s Only Bar Tool

You may already have a bottle stopper and you surely already have a bottle opener, but chances are neither of them look quite this awesome. Bottlejak is sleek, raygun-esque combo tool with a CNC machined solid aluminum body for opening bottles and a CNC-machined solid stainless steel plug for closing them. It’s not messing around.…

Tech News Eric Limer

Dutch Journalist Brutally Gang-Raped During Egyptian Protest

Five men raped a Dutch journalist in Cairo during Friday’s Tahir Square protest. The attack was so brutal that she had to be hospitalized for surgery. While the government claims this “behavior isn’t characteristic of Egyptians,” the UN says that 99 percent of Egyptian women have been sexually assaulted or harassed.

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The Philosopher’s Stone: Watch This Scientist Try Alchemy To Make Gold

Larry Principe of Johns Hopkins University is a modern-day alchemist, following the arcane texts of 16th and 17th Century scientists who used what was then the latest technology in attempts to change base metals into precious gold. From these methods, we learn about how chemists worked hundreds of years ago.

Sploid Ken Layne

A Neuroscientist Says Human Head Transplants Are Totally Possible

At least one Italian scientist is completely and totally serious that head transplants on humans might soon be possible. How the hell? In a new paper, Dr. Sergio Canavero, a member of the Turin Neuromodulation group, discusses how scientists have been experimenting with head transplants on animals for more than 40 years. But these doctors…

Tech News Leslie Horn

The Game of Thrones cast has an ‘80s theme party in this awesome art

What if John Hughes directed Game of Thrones? Well, it probably wouldn’t look anything like this, because it would still be set in the medieval fantasy realm of Westeros, but artist Mike Wrobel has painted much of the GoT cast in ’80s and early ’90s fashions, and they’re just phenomenally brilliant. Take a look! If…

io9 Rob Bricken

How a Lone Coder Cloned Google Reader

When Google Reader announced it was shutting down a few months ago, most of us stamped our feet, panicked, and went running into the arms of another RSS reader. But Matt Jibson is different. Unlike most of us, he can crunch code. So he built a Google Reader of his very own own. Jibson, 30,…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Science Fiction’s “Scramble Suit” Becomes Anti-Surveillance Fashion

The undercover vice cops wear a “superthin shroudlike membrane” to cloud their appearance in Philip K. Dick’s A Scanner Darkly. An information magician in William Gibson’s Neuromancer wears “a polycarbon suit with a recording feature that allowed him to replay backgrounds at will.” Now that these science-fiction technologies from these 1977 and 1984 novels are…

Sploid Ken Layne

How Does an Automatic Transmission Works?

You probably drive or have driven a car with automatic transmission—but you probably don’t know how automatic gear shifting works. I didn’t, until now. It’s actually hard to understand but Jalopnik has a crystal clear explainer describing what this “black magic.”

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Watch the Colossal Monsters From Next Summer Blockbuster Pacific Rim

io9 has an exclusive video on the next summer blockbuster: Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim, a movie about giant robots fighting giant monsters. The character design is pretty spectacular, inspired by old Japanese monster movies.

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Are Infected Cats Killing You With Tuberculosis?

Pet cats have so many diseases! Yet people continue to keep cats in their homes. A new study proves that an alarming percentage of pet felines have tuberculosis, and there is concern the terrible disease could spread to humans.

Sploid Ken Layne

Top 10 Dumbest Evil Geniuses Of All Time

Attention evil geniuses! Do you know the ten terrible mistakes that can doom your brilliantest imbroglios to bitter failure? Study the examples of the ten most moronic super-geniuses of all time, and avoid their dreadful fates! Don’t fear the spoilers… 10) Dr. Horrible from Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog Okay, we hate to diss Dr. Horrible,…

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How To Send a Photo Around the World (in 1926)

Today, we take for granted the ability to send photos halfway around the world in an instant. (Which is probably why that popular smartphone photograph service is called Instant-Gram™.) But a century ago, getting a photograph across an ocean was a much more involved process than simply snapping a mirror selfie and publishing it to…

Tech News Matt Novak

Kanye Got Mice Autographed by Steve Jobs and Woz for Father’s Day

Kanye West: in the last month he’s compared himself to Steve Jobs and God and he became a dad for the first time. So it’s fitting that on Father’s Day this year, he was the proud recipient of a pair of Apple mice signed by none other than Jobs and Woz, according to a picture…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Rich Silicon Valley People Use Helicopters To Fly Over BART Strike

The BART strike has left half a million people without their usual train to work. But the New Rich don’t need to be bothered by public transit labor issues—Silicon Valley workers already have their own private luxury buses. But if that’s a hassle, just take a private helicopter!

Sploid Ken Layne

What’s Your Final Score in Google Reader?

Google Reader’s not quite dead yet, so as you’re wiping away your tears, there are just a couple bits of business to take care of. You’ve got to export those feeds before it’s too late. But did you know that Google’s also been keeping track of all your Reader stats, including total items read? Of…

Tech News Eric Limer

130 years of global temperature data, converted to music

By using global temperature data collected since 1880 and charting it to music, University of Minnesota undergrad Daniel Crawford has composed a unique cello piece he calls “A Song of Our Warming Planet.” “Climate scientists have a standard tool box to communicate their data,” Crawford explains in the video above. “What we’re trying to do…

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This Decaying, Futuristic Lego City Is Neotokyo Reborn

Most Lego cities are well-planned models of urban order. But at Brickworld this year, a team of six builders led by Carter Baldwin created this intricate model of urban disorder. Their unique version of Neotokyo borrows from a handful of great cyberpunk novels and movies, from Akira to Neuromancer. Baldwin worked with Nate Brill, Kyle…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

The Perfect Monitor For Normal People Is Your Deal Of The Day

The Complete Guide to July’s Must-See Science Fiction and Fantasy!

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Dutch Journalist Brutally Gang-Raped During Egyptian Protest

The Philosopher’s Stone: Watch This Scientist Try Alchemy To Make Gold

A Neuroscientist Says Human Head Transplants Are Totally Possible

The Game of Thrones cast has an ‘80s theme party in this awesome art

How a Lone Coder Cloned Google Reader

Science Fiction’s “Scramble Suit” Becomes Anti-Surveillance Fashion

How Does an Automatic Transmission Works?

Watch the Colossal Monsters From Next Summer Blockbuster Pacific Rim

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Top 10 Dumbest Evil Geniuses Of All Time

How To Send a Photo Around the World (in 1926)

Kanye Got Mice Autographed by Steve Jobs and Woz for Father’s Day

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What’s Your Final Score in Google Reader?

130 years of global temperature data, converted to music

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A Neuroscientist Says Human Head Transplants Are Totally Possible

The Game of Thrones cast has an ‘80s theme party in this awesome art

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Science Fiction’s “Scramble Suit” Becomes Anti-Surveillance Fashion

How Does an Automatic Transmission Works?

Watch the Colossal Monsters From Next Summer Blockbuster Pacific Rim

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Kanye Got Mice Autographed by Steve Jobs and Woz for Father’s Day

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