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Facebook Messages Just Got Way Easier to Use

Facebook Messages, which has been the stuck-in-2004 ugly big sister to the already-butt-ugly Facebook Chat, actually looks sort of usable now thanks to a new two-panel design. The design is similar to the one used by other online web clients, like AIM, and Apple’s new default IM layout in Messages. Instead of the old just-the-messages,…

Social Media Kyle Wagner

Mars Curiosity Moves For the First Time

The success of the Mars Curiosity rover continues. As this image just released buy NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows, Curiosity is now moving without any problem whatsoever. https://gizmodo.com/the-mars-curiosity-rover-has-landed-live-coverage-fr-5932039 You can clearly see the tracks in this part of a new 360-degree panorama. The rover started to move on August 22, according to the mission drivers.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Easily Tame Unwieldy Eyebrows With This Awkward Trimming Guide

They say sometimes the cure is worse than the disease, so maybe just living with bushy out of control eyebrows is a better alternative than this trimming guide face mask? It claims to give you perfectly shaped eyebrows, but at what cost? You’ll look like an overly-obsessed primper while you hold the guide to you…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

New study says BMI is massively understating the scope of American obesity

The Body Mass Index — a number, calculated from your height and weight, used by doctors to identify potential weight problems — is a flawed screening tool. Numerous studies have pointed to its limitations in the past, but an investigation published in PLoS ONE this April suggests that the use of BMI by physicians to…

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The Robot Hall of Fame: Vote Rosey 2012

Americans are gearing up for the presidential election this coming November, but many people are sadly unaware of an even more important vote taking place right now: 2012 inductees to the Robot Hall of Fame. For the first time since its founding in 2003, Carnegie Mellon University’s Robot Hall of Fame is allowing the public…

Tech News Matt Novak

This Opteka Solar-Powered Battery Backup and Charger Is Your When-You-Go-Outside-For-Some-Reason Deal of the Day

How often are you not near a power outlet or USB charger, really? I mean, is that a thing anymore? I don’t feel like that happens much to me anymore, but I’m probably an exception. Opteka’s Solar-Powered Battery Backup and Charger seems like exactly the sort of thing you should leave in your backpack for…

Tech News J.D. Levite

How the Navy Taught Its Engineers About Them New Fangled Computer Machines Back in 1962

Have you been looking for the perfect way to teach your aging parents or grandparents about these fancy new computers the kids are always talking about? It turns out the Navy was too—back in 1962—so it commissioned this educational film to get its engineers up to speed. It’s hilariously dated, but damned if we didn’t…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Old Dads May Play a Major Role in Increasing Autism

Men can continue to reproduce late in life with little or no risk to themselves. But being an old dad might have serious repercussions for the child—a study published in the journal Nature found a that older fathers are more likely to have a kid with autism or schizophrenia because of random mutations that develop…

Health Leslie Horn

I Will Stream Something I’ve Watched Like 300 Times Already Before I Download a Movie

I barely have the patience to download a movie from a legal source like the Playstation Store, let alone torrent it. I cannot be the only one.

Movies Joe Brown

Why can’t you tickle yourself?

“Solo tickle is even emptier than solo sex,” psychologist Robert Provine once wrote. After all, “you can masturbate to climax, but you cannot tickle yourself.” Why is tickling an activity reserved for two or more people? And why exactly did we evolve to be ticklish in the first place? Let’s cut right to the chase.…

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Use this interactive chart to figure out how many alien worlds exist across the entire universe

BBC Future, with the help of iib Studio, has put together a very cool interactive calculator that takes the Drake equation to the next level. Typically, the equation is used to estimate how many radio-transmitting civilizations could currently exist in the Milky Way Galaxy — but by adding just one extra variable, it lets you…

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This Earthquake-Proof Bed Can Deflect 65 Tons of Rubble

The tremors will probably still wake you up in the middle of the night, but falling asleep in an earthquake prone part of the world would be a little easier with this reinforced bed that can support up to 65 tons of debris. The Wood Luck bed, created by Shinko Industries in Japan, is designed…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Facebook Is Putting Annoying Ads in Search Now

ADS ADS EVERYWHERE JUST ADS ALL THE TIME LOOK AT ALL THESE ADS YOU MORONS should be Facebook’s new slogan because pretty soon there won’t be anywhere on the social network where someone isn’t trying to sell you something. And starting today it’s getting even worse with the launch of sponsored results in search. So…

Social Media Leslie Horn

10 Myths About Space Travel That Make Science Fiction Better

We all love to point out the ridiculous bad physics in science fiction — it’s like an awesome sport that everybody wins. (Except physics.) But the truth is, sometimes you have to violate the laws of physics to create science fiction stories that people want to watch. We asked six great physicists to name their…

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The Ultimate Backpacking Outfit

Backpacking gear was my original obsession with technology. For even the most minor update to my kit, I read dozens of reviews, talk to my expert comrades, and then finally try it out myself. After a decade of testing and updating the core set of gear, this particular list shows the best backpacking products available…

Tech News Brent Rose

Amy and Rory get their own Doctor Who spinoff, Pond Life

Ever wonder what happens to the companions when they’re not whizzing through space and time with the Doctor? The BBC is going to show you — in a special five-part Doctor Who prequel, all about the lives of Amy and Rory, called Pond Life. Arthur Darvill and Karen Gillan will be featured in their own…

Television Meredith Woerner

The Rocketeer returns to the skies for a Disney reboot

Disney is hot to bring back the bronze-headed hero The Rocketeer. Vulture is reporting that the 1930s matinee hero homage and his trusty jetpack are being reexamined by Disney for a potential reboot. And with Iron Man and all the superhero hullabaloo, it’s no wonder the studio is hot for this flick. Plus, the success…

Movies Meredith Woerner

How to Get the Classic Mac Sounds Back Into OS X Mountain Lion

This morning I had a bad case of nostalgia. I listened to the classic “Quack” Macintosh system alert sound in a YouTube video and I thought about the good old days, when computing felt magical and smelled of new. https://gizmodo.com/what-to-do-with-an-original-1984-macintosh-5269088 Of course, there was no Quack in the Sound preferences pane. Apple got rid of…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

This is what it feels like to land on Mars

We recently saw the time-lapse version of the Curiosity rover’s descent — now gaze upon the landing photographs seamlessly stitched together. Boy howdy, will you want to watch this at full screen at the highest resolution. Boom goes the heat shield! [Via MeFi] https://gizmodo.com/amazing-curiosity-footage-gives-you-a-rovers-eye-view-o-5936038

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Why Is This Terrified Woman Exfoliating With a Box Cutter?

The life of a product model isn’t easy, particularly when it involves demoing questionable skin care contraptions. Like this so-called sonic cleanser that looks so much like a box cutter that this model appears legitmately scared for her wellbeing. The cleanser’s metal blade uses ultrasonic vibrations against the skin to clean off oil, makeup, and…

Health Andrew Liszewski

Facebook Messages Just Got Way Easier to Use

Mars Curiosity Moves For the First Time

Easily Tame Unwieldy Eyebrows With This Awkward Trimming Guide

New study says BMI is massively understating the scope of American obesity

The Robot Hall of Fame: Vote Rosey 2012

This Opteka Solar-Powered Battery Backup and Charger Is Your When-You-Go-Outside-For-Some-Reason Deal of the Day

How the Navy Taught Its Engineers About Them New Fangled Computer Machines Back in 1962

Old Dads May Play a Major Role in Increasing Autism

I Will Stream Something I’ve Watched Like 300 Times Already Before I Download a Movie

Why can’t you tickle yourself?

Use this interactive chart to figure out how many alien worlds exist across the entire universe

This Earthquake-Proof Bed Can Deflect 65 Tons of Rubble

Facebook Is Putting Annoying Ads in Search Now

10 Myths About Space Travel That Make Science Fiction Better

The Ultimate Backpacking Outfit

Amy and Rory get their own Doctor Who spinoff, Pond Life

The Rocketeer returns to the skies for a Disney reboot

How to Get the Classic Mac Sounds Back Into OS X Mountain Lion

This is what it feels like to land on Mars

Why Is This Terrified Woman Exfoliating With a Box Cutter?

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