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A Squeezable Watering Can Is a Life Preserver for Drowning Plants

A simple and adorable solution to overwatering your plants? The rubber squeeze flower sprinkler. It doesn’t hold much water—around nine ounces. But for some plants, less is more. Put the sprinkler under water and squeeze the rubber part to fill it. It’ll run you $13 plus shipping, and hopefully save you from killing more plants…

Incredible Pictures of Early Science Labs

If you love mad science, you are about to be ecstatic. In these amazing historic images of laboratories — many over a century old — you can see the crazy, brilliant scientific instruments of another age. French scientist Jollivet Castelot in his laboratory, 1880 Pictured above. (via Henry Guttmann/Getty Images) The Alchemist by David Teniers…

The Man of Steel rumor that would change Superman for the worse

There’s been an unsettling rumor floating around about Man of Steel. If true, it would mark a pretty major change to the Superman mythos, and one that we can’t at all agree with. Consider this your spoiler warning for something that might be. Last chance before spoilers! Okay then… Krypton lives. Supposedly in Man of…

Win an amazing trip to San Francisco’s Science Hack Day!

The deadline to apply for a free trip to San Francisco’s incredible Science Hack Day has been extended to May 6. Winners spend two days at the California Academy of Sciences geeking out, building things, and changing the world. Learn more on the Science Hack Day site!

Is Google Glass Bad for Your Eyes?

Google Glass is capable of some amazing things. Just look at this first crop of videos shot wearing a them. But given how much damage you do to your eyes staring at screens in the first place, will Google Glass harm your eyes in the long run? Google has a pretty strongly-worded warning for potential…

Orphan Black renewed for a second season!

Great news lovers of sexy clone conspiracy theories and murder — the BBC America drama Orphan Black has been renewed with a 10-episode order! Celebrate by stealing your clone’s identity!

Inspired By Coca-Cola, Instagram Reveals a Subtle Logotype Revamp

Today, when Instagram announced its new people-tagging feature, it focused on the new UI changes within the app. But if you look closely, you’ll also see another change: a new script, designed by Denver typographer Mackey Saturday. Saturday is a friend of Instagram co-founderKevin Systrom, who tapped him to rethink the script in 2012. What’s…

Minister Faust explains the meaning of George Clinton’s Mothership

George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic made an indelible mark on both music and science fiction, with their afro-futurist space voyages. But what the funk does it all mean? The Alchemists of Kush author Minister Faust explains, in a new excerpt from the Adventure Rocketship anthology. The Adventure Rocketship anthology is the first volume of a new…

Janelle Monáe’s brand new music video just made our week

Universe, you are officially not fired. At long last, there’s a brand new Janelle Monáe single — “Q.U.E.E.N.” featuring Erykah Badu — and a kick-ass music video, featuring musical rebels in a dystopian future. Hell yes. Here’s the first taste of Monáe’s long-awaited album The Electric Lady, apart from a couple of songs she’s performed…

Take note! Google just announced a new Chrome app for Google Keep, so now you can easily jot down your thoughts while you’re surfing the web.

Four Cool Things You Can Do With Your Computer Now That It’s Watching You

Microsoft’s Kinect proved that real people are actually interested in moving their bodies to motion-control stuff on a screen. Leap Motion, whose $70 motion detector is decoupled from a gaming console, could end up having a wider impact. It’s not just for gamers, and desktop and laptop manufacturers are reportedly looking at integrating Leap into…

Bryan Fuller pitches the storyline for his Pushing Daisies movie

It’s got zombies! The only other big budget Hollywood backed Kickstarter movie we can get behind would be a Pushing Daisies movie. Because this wildly enchanting series was axed way too soon. But what would the movie be about? Pies? Singing? Secret crushes? NO — zombies, of course. Den of Geek spoke to creator Bryan…

Bioshock Infinite Is Your Deal of the Day

Bioshock Infinite, which came out 38 days ago, is both a critical darling and a commercial success. Our bleep bloop brethren at Kotaku love it. Dealzmodo receives requests for a Bioshock Infinite deal on a regular basis. Usually, a top-tier game this new doesn’t go on sale, but Best Buy is running a weekly sale…

In case you were wondering, Apple just pushed out an update for iOS (v 6.1.4) with an “Updated audio profile for speakerphone”.

The so-called ‘health foods’ that are probably killing you

There are so many products on the market these days that are supposed to be good for us — much of it based on zero evidence. Here are 11 commonly touted “health foods” that are actually quite harmful. 1. Fruit Juices The fruit juices you find at the supermarket aren’t always what they seem. They…

This dog has four prosthetic legs and oh my god my heart just imploded

Naki’o lost all four of his feet to frostbite when he was abandoned as a puppy in a foreclosed home. Now Naki’o is a prosthetically enhanced super-animal with awesome superpowers like TURNING YOUR COLD, STONY HEART INTO A MUSHY PILE OF RAW EMOTION. According to Reuters, Naki’o lives a happy life in Colorado Springs, Colorado.…

Watch the World Trade Center’s Spire Rise 104 Stories into the Air

The spire that will make the One World Trade Center the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere was raised to the top of the structure today like a giant candle on a towering cake. We were at the construction site to watch the magic unfold. The last piece of the spire is 408-feet-tall, weighs 12…

An Incredibly Tiny Sofa Bed For Your Skinniest Houseguests

If you need a place for guests to sleep but don’t even have room in your tiny apartment for an air mattress, you’ll love what designer Jesper Ståhl has cooked up for Swedish brand Ire Mobel. By day the Collar is a compact arm chair with a high back cushioned corner and a pop-out desk…

Predictions for Privacy in the Age of Facebook (from 1985!)

“The ubiquity and power of the computer blur the distinction between public and private information. Our revolution will not be in gathering data — don’t look for TV cameras in your bedroom — but in analyzing information that is already willingly shared.” Are these the words of a 21st century media critic warning us about…

Rare High-Speed Footage Of the Earth Exploding

Hollywood visual effects artists are still the masters of making entire planets explode in an awesome fashion, but that doesn’t make this high-speed footage of a desk globe detonating any less fun to watch. As far as simulations go this doesn’t accurately represent how our planet will probably meet its demise at the hands of…