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The Very Suspicious Similarities Between Google Glass and… Glass

At first sight, the two logos above look so similar that you might think they’re the same product. But are they? Nope. The image on the right is the logo for Google Glass, the futuristic glasses from Google that just arrived to the hands of the first lucky explorers. The image on the left, however,…

Transformers 4‘s Chinese cast members will be decided by reality show

If there’s three words that everybody associates with Michael Bay and his movies, those words are “commitment to quality.” Which is why it should surprise no one that four of Transformers 4’s cast members won’t be chosen by antiquated nonsense like auditions or talent, but instead by winning a Chinese reality show. As THR puts…

How the Post Office Sniffs Out Anthrax Before It Hits Your Mailbox

The Amerithrax case of 2001, in which letters harboring Anthrax spores were delivered to media outlets and a pair of US Senators’ offices, killed five people and sickened another 17. In the wake of these attacks, the US Postal Service (USPS) installed a system of electronic noses in mail processing facilities around the country designed…

Twitter #Music Hands On: A Celeb-Stalking, Music Discovery Dream

The celebrity-hawked Twitter Music app is finally here. And what’s good enough for Ryan Seacrest is good enough for us kind of. Opening the app prompts you to sign in using either your paid Rdio or premium Spotify account—in other words: shove off, moochers. Any non-subscribers will have to satisfy themselves with iTunes previews. But…

Barbie’s mutated proportions are even more unrealistic than we thought

Girls who yearn to have a body like Barbie’s need to seriously reconsider. As this new infographic from Rehabs.com shows, not only are her idealized proportions anatomically impossible — they would also be incredibly debilitating. This photo-realistic rendering of barbie shows how absolutely ridiculous she looks when set next to a real human. And the…

Why Scientists Think Our Timeline Could Be Splitting

It’s simultaneously comforting and terrifying to imagine that everything that ever could happen does happen. You didn’t make that horribly tasteless joke that got you fired and somehow the new Daft Punk single sucks! This isn’t just a thought experiment; it’s a very real possibility teased by every quantum physics experiment ever. Our buddy MinutePhysics…

Why do we get angriest at minor offenses?

We’ve all seen it onscreen. A heartless killer strides down the street, possibly doing a voice over of their latest crime. They pass a man who throws a candy wrapper unconcernedly over his shoulder. Which one do we want to die by the end of the movie? Of course it’s the litterbug. Why? One major…

Hang the Whole History of Video Game Controllers on Your Wall

Chances are you’ve got some old video game controllers sitting in your closet somewhere. A good-old PlayStation Dual Shock, maybe a N64 controller, or some Donkey Konga Bongos. And you’ll never use them again. So clear out that space and preserve their memory with a comprehensive controller family tree. The new Evolution of Video Game…

The “avengers” assemble in this new Kick-Ass 2 clip

Warning: This oddly lengthy clip seems to give away a rather key moment in Kick-Ass 2’s climactic finale, so maybe you don’t want to watch it. Or maybe you don’t want to watch it because it seems like it’s trying waaaaay too hard, what with the Avengers line and the dog biting Red Mist in…

Is This What a Cheaper iPhone’s Shell Will Look Like?

Whether Apple will release a budget iPhone this year is subject to no small amount of debate, but it seems almost certain that the company is at least testing one out. Which is why this rumored cheap iPhone shell, published by Tactus, could very well be legit. Whether it actually makes it into stores is…

How Many Times Can You Stack a Lego Brick Before It Stops Connecting?

The moulds used to create plastic Lego pieces are engineered with extreme precision so that the bricks stay connected via friction alone. But over time your Lego pieces will wear out with use and eventually stop sticking, and Phillipe Cantin wanted to know exactly when that would happen. So he built a small machine designed…

This is a Euk with a Uke on a Cuc. That is all.

That is to say: it’s a eukaryote (see the membrane-bound organelles?) plucking away at a ukelele while perched atop a cucumber. Some great geeky wordplay from It’s Okay To Be Smart’s Joe Hanson, who says the GIF above is “Part 1 of a series… in which I make animations from funny biology rhymes that pop…

Yahoo also updated its iPad mail client today with all sorts of new UI wizardry. And it’s just as pretty as the Weather.

Dude creates an ice waterfall after leaving the tap on for months

Refusing to leave his abandoned apartment building in Jilin City, China, Wen Hsu feared that the uninsulated pipes running through his building would freeze during the winter. His solution? Just leave the tap running. Wen has lived in this building for 35 years and he’s the last remaining resident. He decided to stay put even…

Yahoo Just Made The Most Beautiful Weather App

It might be the changing of the seasons and the yearning for warmer days and longer nights but why is it that we always end up talking about the weather? For most of us, it dictates a lot of our day. Aren’t you constantly checking the weather on your phone or is it just me?…

First Doctor Who Set Photo of Matt Smith and David Tennant Together!

The Tenth and Eleventh Doctors officially share a scene in the 50th Anniversary special, in their first ever set photo together — plus a classic Who writer hints at more iconic monsters in the special! Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Transformers 4 will take over the Midwest this summer. Spoilers from here on out!…

Man’s Best Friend Gets Its Own Action Cam Mount Courtesy Of Sony

Thanks to Sony, YouTube is soon to be flooded with countless first-person videos of dog butts and fire hydrants as the company is releasing a dog-mount for its Action Cam, starting in Japan. Specifically designed for dogs larger than 33 pounds, the $54 mount is designed to be worn like a traditional harness providing exciting…

Twitter Music Is Finally Here for Normals

To say that Twitter Music is debuting today would be to discount the man hours Ryan Seacrest and other celebrities have spent assaulting their earholes with it. But, as shared on Good Morning America, Twitter’s music service has finally arrived on the web and on the iPhone for the common man. So what are we…

Tylenol Could Help You Stop Worrying About Dying

New research suggests that acetaminophen—the generic name for Tylenol—could help people overcome anxiety about existential fears of death. The research, carried out at the University of British Columbia and published in the journal Psychological Science, reports that Tylenol could provide interesting psychological effects that have previously been overlooked. The work was inspired by a previous…

Google Bans Selling or Lending of Glass

If Google thinks any of its new Google Glass owners have been flogging them on eBay or loaning them their to friends it has the right to remotely deactivate the tech spectacles, according to the Ts & Cs in the contract this first wave of buyers have agreed to. The oppressive Google Glass terms state…