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A Truck Wiping Out on the Highway and Nearly Killing Everyone

A wet accident. You’d expect today’s GIF of the Day to be the sort of thing you see before terrible, terrible demise. A giant truck careening off the road, knocking away everything in its path. But there’s a happy ending! The Texan traffic horror somehow managed to injure nary a single bystander—both the cop and…

Is Target Dropping iPhone Prices In Preparation for the iPhone 5?

As rumored, Target has dropped its iPhone prices, presumably in preparation for the incoming iPhone 5. You can even get an iPhone 4 for $5 if you trade in your old iPhone 3GS if you have the Target Red Card: https://gizmodo.com/are-radio-shack-and-target-both-dropping-iphone-prices-5826362 • iPhone 4 16GB black or white from all carriers at $149.99, saving $50…

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iCloud Beta is Now Open

The Beta site for Apple’s new iCloud service has gone online at iCloud.com. The login screen does match those previously leaked and MacRumors has reported of both users and developers being able to gain access. [MacRumors]

Why We’ve Wanted Our MTV for 30 Years

MTV turns 30 today. How old! Also how historic; in three decades, the network revolutionized media, turned heads inside and out, and struggled to remain relevant. But one thing should be obvious now: it was never just about music. Shortly after midnight on August 1st, 1981, MTV enjoyed its first-ever broadcast, accompanied by the now-…

The physics of crop circles are deeply weird…and entirely human

There’s no reason to think that crop circles are the work of aliens – particularly when human pranksters have already admitted to making them – but they’re still mysterious… not to mention a fascinating junction point between physics and art. Part of the reason we don’t fully understand the science that goes into making crop…

Retailers Are Returning Google TVs Because the Apps Suck

First, let’s state the obvious: Google TV has awesome potential for music fans, as well as anyone else with a clear motivation to use electronics. This platform, available in a set-top box or built into televisions and Blu-ray players, could realize the dream of internet-capable electronics that has blistered like a raisin in the sun…

China Claims Nearly-Operational, Weaponized Aircraft Carrier Is for “Scientific Research”

So you want to advance the scientific output of your country—great. What’s your next move? Spend a massive amount of cash repairing, refitting, and adding guns to a giant Soviet aircraft carrier? Yeah, claims China. Hmm. The Shi Lang—recently spotted by China Defense Blog with smoke pouring out of it—will probably be cruising the seas…

Sound Epic for iPhone: Music Sounds So Much Better When It’s Sloooooowed Down

Did you know music sounds much more awesome and epic when you slow it down and elongate every instrument, note and vocal? Yeah you already do. This app turns all your music into that Justin Bieber song that was slowed down 800x (okay this app only slows down songs 2-16x). But still. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-make-justin-bieber-sound-incredible-slow-him-do-5614579 What’s it…

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Fly to Space For Free With the Space Needle Sweepstakes

It’s going to be a long shot, but it’s one I’m willing to fire: Seattle’s Space Needle is running a contest that will get one lucky person up in space. It’s not going to be the ISS, but I’m game. You will have to be picked with 999 other entries by November 30, 2011. Once…

What Do You Call a Backpack That’s Also a Chair? Chairpack? Backchair? Chairback? (No.)

Or is it a Backchair? Packchair? Who knows! This Keen Springer Backseat Pack handles both backpack and chair responsibilities but unlike others in the past, it doesn’t look completely bat shit crazy. And it keeps your bum clean! https://gizmodo.com/chair-backpack-turns-you-into-a-pink-ninja-turtle-270349 The KEEN Springer Backseat Pack solves a problem for city slickers like me who moonlight as…

Why the Haters are Wrong about Falling Skies

Falling Skies started out as an admittedly cheesy show about lovable people surviving the aftermath of an alien invasion. But it’s grown into something a bit more interesting, and last night’s episode showcased a lot of what’s good about it. The Falling Skies-bashers are missing out — this show is actually going interesting places. And…

Puerto Rico’s living Graft Tower could one day house and feed you

It may look like the human battery farm from The Matrix, but the Graft Tower is actually a “parametric-designed eco-hotel and vertical farm,” which includes plant material growing inside its structure and creates ethanol through natural processes. The tower, which would literally “grow” by grafting organic material around the base of the structure’s frame and…

True Blood is taking care of business…VAMPIRE BUSINESS

Let’s get right on down to vampire business, shall we? Last night’s True Blood had a lot of good…and a lot of bad. I’m specifically talking about the manner in which my 4-year sex fantasy on Eric Northman was crushed with soft woodland cuddling. But let’s break it down, Pro/Con style. Con: Eric tells Sookie…

Your synthetic spine is (almost) ready

For people who suffer chronic back pain from degenerated or diseased spinal discs, there are few options. Surgeons can implant a plastic or metal spinal disc to replace your damaged one. But metal and plastic prosthetics can only do so much; surgeries are costly and recovery times are long. Now Cornell University engineers in Ithaca…

These Never Before Shot Views of the International Space Station Are Breathtaking

What you’re looking at are high resolution photos of the ISS taken from the space shuttle in it’s final flight. Pilot Doug Hurley took these unique shots of the station’s majestic orbit before heading home. I wish I could’ve been there. [MSNBC]

What Is Distortion?

We all know what distortion sounds like. We’ve heard it in heavy metal tunes, cheap iPod docks and the crummy speakers at Taco Bell drive-thrus. And we’ve all read distortion specs on things like receivers and subwoofers. But other than a general understanding that distortion isn’t something we want in home audio gear, most people…

Is everything bad that happens on Torchwood Captain Jack’s fault? We asked John Barrowman!

Is Captain Jack Harkness the secret villain of Torchwood? The formerly immortal time hustler certainly seems to have a nearly limitless dark past. But actor John Barrowman insists that Captain Jack always aims to do the right thing. We caught up with John Barrowman, and he told us why Captain Jack can still hold his…

Could This Epic Connect the Dot Mona Lisa Break a World Record?

What makes a person want to make an insanely complicated connect-the-dot poster? Glory! Artist Thomas Pavitt created this 6,239 dot recreation of the Mona Lisa to set a world record. A record that he might be the first to hold. The whole thing took a whopping nine hours and 15 minutes to complete. You can…