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Dynamite t-shirts you can wear for the holidays

You’re supposed to dress up in your classiest duds for the holidays, which is why we’re here to help you find the season’s swankest t-shirts. You know you want them — and you want to give them to your friends, too. Here are 16 gorgeous, silly, and just plain awesome tees that will impress everybody…

This Portable Bluetooth Speaker Is Different Because It Looks Weird and You Can’t Break it

The world is seething with a billion cheap, portable Bluetooth speakers. To differentiate itself from the pack, Boom Movement has created this thing. It’s called the Urchin, and the silicone cloaked beast looks as bizarre as its name implies. It’s also certified shock and water-resistant. The Urchin will cost $150 when it’s available at the…

Christopher Nolan originally approached Heath Ledger to play Bruce Wayne

Hard to imagine now — but Christopher Nolan’s first conversations with Heath Ledger were actually about playing Batman, not the Joker. But Ledger told Nolan that “he’d never do this kinda film,” according to a talk Nolan gave last night at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. But by the time came that Nolan was…

Which Star Wars character could star in a live-action spin-off movie?

A cry of joy was heard in the Force, when we learned that Lawrence Kasdan was going to return to Star Wars and apparently write the screenplay for the new Episode VIII (the second movie of the new trilogy.) And Simon Kinberg, we were told, was going to write the script for Episode IX. But…

iBattz’s Inconspicuous iPhone 5 Case Gives You an Extra Clip-On Battery

Sometimes you feel like you can’t leave the house without needing to charge your phone. Here’s an easy solution for you—iBattz’s new iPhone 5 case comes complete with an extra battery you just clip onto the back. Voila! You might like this even if you’re a case nudist. The thin $80 2500 mAh Mojo Hi5…

The Angel of Death came to American Horror Story, and refused to kill off any plot lines

Possessed nuns, crazy people, serial killers, Nazis, zombie monsters, aliens and now THE ANGEL OF DEATH. That is a list of the all the monsters crammed into the second season of American Horror Story: Asylum. And now there is an Angel of Death. I’m so full of monsters, I fear if they add one more…

Proof that the End of the World Doesn’t Have to be Boring

The era of post-apocalyptic and dystopian novels for young adults may be winding down at last — but one of the best thing to come out of the trend has only just arrived. The anthology After, from editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, is one of the most dazzling collections of stories we’ve read in…

The writer of Wreck-It-Ralph will co-direct Disney’s Snow Queen movie Frozen

We all can agree that Wreck-It-Ralph was delightful, so here’s some even more good news. Jennifer Lee, the writer behind Wreck-It-Ralph has been tapped to direct the next Disney animated feature Frozen, centered around the fairy tale Snow Queen. Lee joins Chris Buck as co-director. https://gizmodo.com/concept-art-for-disneys-frozen-movies-shows-off-our-new-5932720

A Spidernaut Spent 100 Days in Space and Returned Home a Hero

She did it! A jumping spider named Nefertiti went all the way to space for 100 days, hung out on the ISS, and now the little spidernaut has re-entered our atmosphere. She has officially hung up her space suit and retired to a quiet life in the Insect Zoo at the National Museum of Natural…

Sony NEX-6 Gallery: ISO Test

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This Handsome Leather Bag Will Make Even the Most Weary Traveler Look Good

A leather bag like this garment bag is an essential—if it’s made right and taken care of well enough it’ll last for years. I discovered this Etsy seller—Ocean Swept—this morning at Etsy’s Holiday Shop. The whole event was a realization that we’ve probably reached peak hipster, but also that Etsy is just full of good…

A recent 3rd party study conducted on an unnamed US carrier reveals that voice over LTE could cut battery life by 50%.

There is something truly odd about Spock on the cover of this classic Star Trek novel

This early 1980s cover of Star Trek: The Final Reflection, by legendary artist Boris Vallejo, makes us wonder if there was some kind of time travel situation happening when the image of Spock was conceived. The resemblance to Zachary Quinto’s Spock is uncanny! Thanks for pointing out this “strange coincidence,” Joshua Glenn!

This Calvin and Hobbes Search Engine Just Made the World a Much Better Place

Rejoice, humans, for life just got a lot better thanks to a new wonder of the internet: the Calvin & Hobbes search engine! Created by Michael Yingling using Bing (he’s not using Bing, his nickname is Bing), this is the most stupendous invention I’ve seen in a long time. You just enter any term and…

Email Records: You’re Going To Need a Warrant for That (Maybe)

If the Feds want access to your email and other online data, they’re going to have to get a warrant first, thanks to a new bill that was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee today. Sponsored by Senator Patrick Leahy, the bill would amend the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act, and void a particular section…

Could this “immortal” jellyfish unlock the secret to human life extension?

Nathan Rich of the New York Times has put together an article about the apparent “immortal” jellyfish, Turritopsis dohrnii, and how insights into its lifecycle could eventually lead to powerful rejuvenation therapies for humans. Not only is this article a must-read from the perspective of radical life extension, it’s also a beautifully written pean to…

The world’s biggest, craziest Battlestar Galactica LARP is happening next year in Sweden

If you enjoy live-action role-playing, are a Battlestar Galactica fan, or regularly hear “All Along the Watchtower” in your head, you’d best start looking for plane tickets to Sweden immediately. In March of next year, the city of Gothenberg will be host to an absolutely insane LARP called The Monitor Celestra.” Which will be played……

These Super-Light Polymer Lenses May Eventually Replace Human Corneas

A new artificial lens that mimics the one found in human eyes is set to dramatically lower the weight of night-vision goggles, laser rangefinders and cameras aboard micro unmanned aerial vehicles that soldiers and marines must carry in the field. Optics and materials engineers have been working for a decade on a process that places…

A Report from the Luckiest Man Alive: Christina Hendricks Taught Me All About Whisky

I have a great appreciation for fine whisky, but I am no means an expert on the subject. Luckily, I was in the unique position to have none other than talented actress (we all know her as Joan on Mad Men) and whisky lover Christina Hendricks teach me everything I need to know about Johnnie…

Arrow gives us a lot of stars and a quantum bullet!

This episode has it all. It has Geoff Johns, co-writer extraordinaire. It has Dollhouse actors doing what they do best. It has new DC characters showing up. It has superhero romance, with multiple couples. And it has a bullet that, maybe, never was. This episode is called “Muse of Fire,” which is an unsubtle nudge…