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Finally: An epic, original science rap that’s actually really good

Science raps have this habit of being forgivably bad, in that this-isn’t-really-a-rap-but-we’ll-let-it-slide-because-you’re-scientists-and-you’re-clearly-trying sort of way. But this original piece from Jabari Johnson, a senior at Harlem Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts, needs no such pardon. Johnson’s rap, titled “Quest for Joulelry,” is the winner of this year’s Science Genius Rap B.A.T.T.L.E.S., held last…

Google has apparently plugged the massive, 4-year-old security hole in Android that allowed malware to make its way on to your phone. Now you just need to wait for your phone manufacturer to pass it on to you.

The Best Digital Tools for Organizing Your RPG Campaign

Plenty of gamemasters still use graph paper and three-ring binders to organize their role-playing campaigns, but there’s an arsenal of tools available to the tech-savvy GM. I talked to a bunch of experienced GMs to find out how they use digital tools to create and track their RPG adventures. Aside from a twisted, devious imagination,…

Batgirl and Nightwing’s Wedding Shames All Other Geek Weddings

Holy insanely detailed comic book wedding, Batman! We cannot believe the amount of detail that was put into this Batgirl and Nightwing-themed wedding. Their photo booth was a GOTHAM MUG SHOT! Laura and Seth’s wedding at Scoggins Farms in Charlotte, NC, is amazing. In fact, this might be the most detail-orientated geek wedding we’ve ever…

If you’re in the mood for something… different, David Lynch has offered up a free stream of his new album The Big Dream on Pitchfork. Weirdness guaranteed.

An ancient underwater forest has been discovered in the Gulf of Mexico

Scuba divers have found a 50,000 year-old Bald Cypress forest that was likely uncovered when Hurricane Katrina swept through the region back in 2005. Top image: A sonar map reveals a primeval underwater ocean and forest. Credit: Grant Harley, Kristine DeLong via LiveScience. The forest had been buried under ocean sediments, creating a protective, oxygen-free…

The deadliest ailments on Earth, mapped by their affected tissues

Artist and physician Odra Noel has created an arresting map of global health, plotting microscopic views of the diseased tissues that correspond to each region’s deadliest illnesses. Click here to see in hi-res. The result is a weirdly beautiful combination of epidemiology and microscopy, simply titled “The Map of Health.” North America, plagued by its…

Explore The Digital Life of Real Cities in Chilling, Creepy Detail

There’s a video game called Watch_Dogs which views Chicago as a city where everyone and everything is linked through a central network—like something out of a sci-fi film. But to tie in with the games, the developers have made real versions that pull together mountains of data about Paris, Berlin, and London—and the effect is…

The terrible Defiance finale nearly wrecks its entire first season

Remember last week, when the penultimate episode of Defiance’s first season was full of awesome moments, stunning character reveals, twists galore and stakes that couldn’t be higher? Well, keep remembering it, because the Defiance finale had (almost) none of that. Let me just get the recap out of the way so we can talk about…

Every single coffee and pie scene from Twin Peaks, you’re welcome

This might he our favorite supercut to ever grace our computer screen.Slackstory has compiled every single coffee and/or pie scene from the great Mark Frost and David Lynch series Twin Peaks. It’s all just so wonderful. And if you’re hungering for even more Twin Peaks, the site has also composed a pie chart of all…

Watch copper sulfate and ammonia react in slow motion

It’s one of the most well-known reactions in all of chemistry, but have you ever seen it filmed at high speed? Not surprisingly, the effect is quite gorgeous — and reminiscent of the Earth’s churning deep blue atmosphere as seen from space. [Periodic Table of Videos]

This Awesome Arcade Cabinet Looks Like a MiG-23

Crack out your flight sims: this arcade cabinet has to be the ultimate way to dogfight, resembling as it does the iconic MiG-23 fighter jet. Put together by Radek Michalowski, the cabinet is numbered 846 in tribute to the MiG-23 his friend’s father once flew. And it really does look like the plane it’s inspired…

Could Charlie Kaufman be adapting Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five?

And Guillermo del Toro wants to direct. The villains of Guardians of the Galaxy may have been confirmed. The Luna Brothers’ The Sword is being adapted by David Hayter. Is Grimlock in Transformers 4? Another Star Wars actor wants to return. Watch Edgar Wright talk about The World’s End. Spoilers ahead! Top image: Guardians of…

Sennheiser’s Colorful Cans Value Style as Much as Sound

Sennheiser is usually known for high-end audio quality and rather clunky design. That changed, a little, with its Momentum headphones—but now the act is smartened up even further with these colorful cans. These over-the-ear headphones are smaller, neater version of the first Momentums—in fact, they pack the same audio innards. But just of much as…

What’s the Absolute Minimum You Can Compress Data to?

If you’ve ever tried to squeeze data down into a tiny file, you’ll know that there comes a point where you can’t get it any smaller. This video explains why that is. The answer is something you might have heard about in physics or chemistry classes back at school: entropy. But it turns out Professor…

Did Florida Accidentally Ban All Computers and Smartphones?

Because Florida was hastily attached to America to be the butt of her jokes, this latest piece of ridiculousness should come as no surprise: Florida might have accidentally banned all computers and smart phones. How? It all stems from a poorly worded bill that banned Internet cafes and slot machines. The purpose of the ban…

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Dash IT!

Take a wild and raucous romp through a nonsequiter world of ninjas, tentacle monsters, roving eyes, and strutting fingertips in this manic music video for Agemixer’s Da Shit animated by Alexandr Tanana.

Last night’s True Blood was a return to classic vampire humping

Holy Hog Tits — last night’s True Blood felt like a some crazy first season shit. There was V-Juice tripping, vampire fantasies, new sex games and big fat vampire mistakes. It was really, truly awesome. If this is the new direction for True Blood, I am on board. Now let’s dissect the awesomeness, Pro/Con style.…

Bank of America’s Twitter Account Is One Really Really Dumb Robot

It’s always nice to get a response from Company X’s official Twitter account when you rage tweet about how Company X is so terrible and awful and that you’d never do anything with them again. It seems like they care about you! It seems like they want to help! It seems like they’re… human. Too…

Would This New Urinal Design Make Men Wash Their Hands?

Here’s a problem about guys: many of us don’t wash our hands after using the restroom. It might be general grossness or everyman laziness or being too trusting your own hygiene or being too drunk or taking on a drive through mentality with a urinal but if you monitor a men’s restroom, you’ll see many…