Latest

11 Spectacular 3D Printer Failures

Just because you have a 3D printer doesn’t mean you’re going to make anything remarkable. It doesn’t even mean you’re going to wind up with what you set out to produce. Believe it or not, 3D printing requires some skill. And when you don’t have it, things go delightfully askew. While there are plenty of…

Get ready for a truly insane Star Wars: Episode VII casting rumor!

Benicio del Toro (and Lloyd Kaufman) join the ever-expanding cast of Guardians of the Galaxy. Check out a 13-minute Man of Steel featurette while Henry Cavill and Hugh Jackman discuss their superhero futures. Joss Whedon shares some hints for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Plus the latest World War Z and Pacific Rim videos! Spoilers! Top image…

Surface Tension Drops In Slo-Mo: a Ballet More Graceful Than Swan Lake

Ballet is considered one of man’s most graceful artistic endeavors, but as is often the case, through the right lens, mother nature can still easily one-up us. In this case that lens happens to be pointed at the complex interactions between a falling water drop and a pool of water, capturing their intricate dance at…

This Amazing Algorithm Draws Video Game Characters Using Tetris

If you think drawing in real life is hard work, just wait until you see how tough it is to create art using Tetris. This software, created by Michael Birken, is called the Tetris Printer Algorithm, and it rotates positions and drops Tetris pieces in a calculated way to create images. Yes, that is as…

Goji: Here’s Your Semi-Perfect Camera-Equipped Smart Lock

Smart Locks are now a thing. Believe it or not. UniKey arguably kicked off the whole craze last year when they appeared on ABC’s Shark Tank, then Lockitron got some buzz with its latest iteration (though it did first pop up in early 2011) and just last week August launched its smart lock. This week…

How We Need to Legislate Drones

All but seven states have proposed or adopted legislation relating to the domestic use of drones, or unmanned aerial systems, in domestic airspace, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Now, at the invitation of the Aerospace States Association, EFF has rung in with the three crucial elements that all drone legislation must contain…

Good news, klutzes: Apple is apparently now replacing broken iPhone 5 displays in-store for the sum of $150.

Does Alien Life Really Exist?

Many people believe that we’re not alone in the Universe—but is that just wishful thinking, or is there a reasonable scientific basis for such a view? This video by the guys at Veritasium tries to shed some light on that by getting you to think about just how big the Universe is. Spoiler: it’s big.…

Report: Apple’s Got a Brand New MacBook Air or Retina For Next Week

Compounding the recent stock shortages of Apple’s MacBook Air, it seems Cupertino’s not-quite-so-air-tight seal has leaked a few new model numbers—which point to either a refreshed MacBook Air or Retina Pro waiting in the wings for WWDC. The four SKUs have been dug up by the often-reliable 9to5Mac, with two pairs of variants, probably denoting…

How a Teenager Rickrolled Vine

You’re only supposed to be able to upload a six-second clip to Vine—but somehow yesterday sixteen-year-old Will Smidlein managed to bypass that rule and post the whole of Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up”. Uh, well done? It didn’t go down so well with Vine engineers, who very quickly sent him a direct message…

Intel have briefly showed off a fanless tablet packing a Haswell processor: that’s a lot of power with very little cooling, and it could be a very promising sign indeed.

This Facebook Musical Song Explains Our Addiction to Facebook

Here’s the truth: you’re embarrassed by how much you use Facebook. You color your phrases about Facebook like you’re not on it that much. You pretend you didn’t see updates on Facebook when you really saw them the second they were posted. You hate saying you heard about something when really you read it on…

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke

Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell has had more than his fair share of sexy-time adventures as the the original manager and lead vocalist for 2 Live Crew. But that’s nothing compared to the shit he saw growing up. From Borscht Corp, the team that brought you Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse!, comes a masterful…

Why Is There a Hole on the Sun?

To be honest, this image looks a helluva lot more like an eyeball or a marble than the glowing fiery orange orb floating in our sky that we call the Sun. But nope, it’s our Sun all right. It looks off because the image was captured through three of NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory’s extreme ultraviolet…

Google Is Banning Porn Apps for Google Glass

Taking a much stricter stance than it ever has with the Android app store, Google is going to be banning porn apps from Google Glass. The first app’s head to roll will be Tits & Glass, the Google Glass porn app that was announced last week. Where are we going to get our POV porn…

Haha, This Video Gives a Big Hilarious FU to Science (NSFW)

Science is awesome because it can prove things like how red meat makes people happy. And cure diseases. And discover new ways to look at life. And solve problems. We need science. But science sucks when they destroy your childhood and say things like Pluto’s not a planet and that dinosaurs had freaking feathers. For…

How Wikipedia Would Have Worked in the 1980s

I’m so thankful I never used a computer in the 1980s because it looks mind-scrunchingly frustrating. I would probably hate technology because of it. So thank you to all the patient geniuses who took the time to use things like DOS for the rest of us. Even if today’s tools existed back then, it would…

This woman is bodypainted with a gene linked to breast cancer [NSFW?]

Model Jessica Brown is painted with genetic imagery taken from scientific literature, by bodypainting expert Victoria Gugenheim as part of a new piece in the Guardian. These include an X chromosome on her leg, and a DNA helix on her torso with the visualization of the BRCA1 gene, linked to breast cancer. Talking to the…

Can We Invent Technology to Record Our Dreams?

Do you remember the dream you had last night? Last week? Last month? Probably not. Our sleepy imagination just vanishes without a trace. But… what if we could record our dreams? Like invent some sort of dream DVR. Then we would never forget. AsapSCIENCE delves into the mysterious world of dreaming to answer the question…

This is the End clips reveal a much funnier movie than we’d expected

Good news! This is the End, the post apocalyptic horror show featuring comedians playing themselves, looks actually funny. Like laugh out loud funny. Plus Emma Watson shows up in two of these clips and absolutely steals the show. Could this movie be… actually awesome?