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How a Slanted Skyscraper Will Share Sunshine With the High Line

When you build a monolithic tower that reaches hundreds of feet up into the sky, it’s going to cast a shadow. That can be a big problem for those on the ground, if they’d like to occasionally see the sun. But the designers of a new building being planned in lower Manhattan have figured out…

Really Mindless Zombies: “World War Z” Makes No Sense But Still Fun

What happens when a great book (World War Z) is basically unfilmable? In the case of Brad Pitt’s doomed adaptation of the zombie thriller, you get a lot of action scenes from video games and a vague muddled plot about the U.N. https://gizmodo.com/world-war-z-fails-the-zombie-bite-test-524581393

A New Equation Reveals Our Exact Odds of Finding Alien Life

It’s been over half a century since Frank Drake developed an equation to estimate the probability of finding intelligent life in our galaxy. We’ve learned a lot since then, prompting an astrophysicist from MIT to come up with her own take on the equation. Here’s how the new formula works — and how it could…

Hero Deliverymen Catch Baby Falling Out of Fifth-Floor Window (VIDEO)

A two-year-old girl left home alone tottered along a fifth-floor windowsill as workers on the street below watched in horror … and then she fell, but the deliverymen were ready and caught her. And it was all caught on video! http://gawker.com/delivery-men-save-toddler-who-tumbled-out-of-fifth-stor-531680468

DC’s Superman & Wonder Woman is about them screwing, apparently

Earlier this week, DC announced a new comic titled Superman & Wonder Woman. On one hand, cool, it’s the first time Wonder Woman has headlined a comic beyond her solo title in forever. On the other hand, it appears the comic will be all about WW being Supes’ girlfriend and them having superheroic sex. Here’s…

Here’s the First Ashton-Packed Trailer For jOBS

No, it’s not the first Steve Jobs movie to make it out, but it’s the first one to take it seriously. And so far, it doesn’t look half bad. We’ll have to wait and see how the whole thing holds up, but color us hopeful. If nothing else, Ashton Kutcher can be a total dead-ringer…

Trapped stardust looks exactly how you think it would

This is a bit of comet dust trapped in aerogel. Capturing the stardust in this way reveals something new and fascinating about what’s inside of comets — but it also looks really cool. The thing about bits of comet is that they are going very, very fast. To get them to stop going fast takes…

Life and the Sun: How Did We Figure Out Photosynthesis?

The sun, our star, puts out tremendous amounts of energy. Turning that energy into food is how plants raised the oxygen level on Earth, making way for an atmosphere that could support oxygen-breathing animals. How did that happen?

14 Scifi and Fantasy Movies That Killed Actors’ Careers

Fame is a fickle mistress. You never know when she will bestow her blessings upon you, and you don’t know when she’ll take it away — although starring in really crappy scifi and fantasy movies is a pretty good way to make the latter happen. Here are 15 poor souls whose movie careers ended rather…

Researchers Have Found a Way To Cram 1,000 Terabytes Onto a Single DVD

Now that its bigger brother Blu-ray has stolen the spotlight, paltry 4.7 GB DVDs have slowly started to fade into obscurity. But could they be poised for a comeback? A trio of Chinese scientists have discovered a breakthrough process that could, at least in theory, allow a DVD to store a whopping 1,000 TB—or a…

Photos Show High-School Kids Savagely Beaten In Hellish Hazing Ritual

A suburban Seattle high school’s co-ed cheerleading squad savagely beat initiates with golf clubs and pipes until neighbors called the police. Pictures show the juniors covered in blood welts and wounds.

11 Ways to Make Foods Shaped Like Penises

Popsicles. Corndogs. Shish kabaobs. There are, you know, options. But sometimes, imagery just doesn’t cut it. Here are eleven ways to put penis on the table. 1) Here’s a mold for dick-shaped eggs for breakfast. Doubles as a pancake mold. 2) Hot dogs: already phallic. But put that sausage on naked man on a stick…

Crazy People Spent Months Building These Incredible Virtual Cities

Some mad person built this 1:1 Minecraft replica of King’s Landing, the New York of Game of Thrones. He spent months stacking about a zillion one-cubic-meter blocks on top of each other using this popular construction and exploration game that feels like virtual Lego. Find more Minecraft architectural landmarks here. https://architizer.kinja.com/summer-video-game-series-the-best-of-minecraft-archite-520259566

Alpinestars’ Atem Might Be the Safest Motorcycle Jacket You Can Buy

Nearly all motorcycle jackets available today have bits and pieces that are CE certified but never before has an entire garment—not just the elbows, shoulder and back armor—been CE certified for rider safety, like Alpinestars’ Atem jacket and suit. After a 12 month-long gestation period and a myriad of new testing processes, the Atem is…

The Pitfalls of Monster Diplomacy, in an Exclusive Kaijudo Clip

Today, Kaijudo: Clash of the Duel Masters returns with even more creatures and even more strange diplomatic incidents. And, as you can see from this pleasingly silly clip, everybody’s having a hard time communicating. Seriously, given how often everybody seems to speak the same language and have the same concepts in these things, it’s great…

Independence Day 2 is actually happening, has a release date

For years we have been waiting for the sequel to Roland Emmerich’s White House-explodey movie Independence Day. WELL, WAIT NO MORE, CHILDREN, the time is nigh! There is a date for the sequel and Emmerich is in. Everyone celebrate by shrieking “Welcome To Earf” into the night sky! Fox has just announced that Independence Day…

Digg Reader Hands-On: Your Google Reader Life Raft Is Here

Here’s the good news: Digg Reader is a real thing in the world that exists, and at the very latest, you’ll have access to it by next Wednesday, June 26th. I just landed at an early invite page for the service, and with a click, imported my 500 or so feeds from Google Reader in…

Deadly Viper Kills Snake Expert

The venom of a deadly aspic viper killed a 53-year-old reptile expert who dedicated his life to helping people overcome their fear of snakes. Dieter Zorn was giving a demonstration in a French village when the viper struck.

World War Z fails the zombie bite test

World War Z is basically a big-budget B-movie. A lot of the action sequences are lifted straight out of Resident Evil, and its basic tropes are a somewhat unstable mixture of disaster movie and political thriller. But there are a couple of great zombie movie ideas inside it, struggling to get out. Max Brooks’ novel…

Apparently Google is internally testing a service called “Google Mine” that lets you index all your crap on Google+. Like, the physical items you own. You’ll be able to share them on Google+ and set statuses for them like “given away,” “gift recieved” or “had in the past.” Of course Google would like to know…