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Samsung Galaxy View Review: I Love This Magical Slab of Content

I love movies. I first watched Annie Hall on my phone. I fill my tablet with movies and watch them on planes. I still watch movies on my laptop, even when there’s an actual television just a few feet away. This is why the Samsung Galaxy View feels so terribly intriguing. At first, I didn’t…

We May Finally Know Why Wonder Woman Gets Caught Up in Batman v. Superman

The Witcher could be heading to the big screen. Jurassic World won’t just have a sequel, it’s now part of a trilogy. Casting calls reveal The CW’s subversive take on Archie for Riverdale. Plus, oodles of new photos from Doctor Strange filming, new Jessica Jones pictures, and clips from Agents of SHIELD and Star Wars…

The Last-Ditch Fertilization Method For Infertile Men Just Got More Reliable

For the past 25 years, men whose sperm can’t manage the arduous swim across a Petri dish have had the option of injecting a single sperm cell directly into an egg. But that method still left some sterile men out in the cold. These are the men whose sperm never start the process of growing…

November’s “Astronomical Blackout” is Unmitigated Bullshit

For fifteen days in November, the Earth will be blanketed in darkness during an astronomical blackout like nothing you’ve seen before! Except it won’t, because what the fuck is an “astronomical blackout”? Isn’t the universe cool enough without making shit up? According to hoax-originators Newswatch33, the blackout will be between November 15, 2015 and November…

Bears Enjoy Long Walks on the Beach, Munching on Clams

Long claws make for excellent clam-digging. Every year when coastal brown bears emerge from their winter lairs, groggy from a long hibernation, they go questing for a good dinner. They’re opportunistic feeders, eating vegetation, intertidal invertebrates, berries, and salmon. Bears are unbelievably effective clammers:during a study watching bears go clamming for 233 days over 3…

Why Are We So Bad at Telling Researchers How Much We Really Drink?

There’s none so blind as those who will not see. The old saying seems to be true when it comes to fessing up to how much we’ve been drinking. Deliberately or otherwise, we’re often unable to remember what and how much we drink. To gauge drinking levels, researchers can use the “beverage-specific quantity–frequency method”. An…

It’s Amazing How Far Digital Photography Has Evolved Since 1998

This isn’t art, though it may look like it. Instead, it’s a striking look at 17 years of progress in snapping digital photos in low light. How times have changed. San Francisco based photographer Jim Goldstein took the first professional Canon DSLR camera, the Canon D2000 from 1998, and the Japanese company’s latest product, the…

This Christmas commercial is a tear-jerking reminder of childhood space dreams

Holiday gift ads usually suck, but this one—a heart-warming reminder of every child’s daydreams of space and the man that lives on the moon—is just too good not to watch. John Lewis, the British department store that created the video, has a fine track record for heartwarming seasonal ads. Last year it was about this…

A Tiny Cage Could Trap Light In But Let Liquids Out

How do you trap light inside something that’s filled with holes? That may sound like an odd question, but it’s one that researchers have been grappling with to create a new kind of microscopic container that locks light in but lets fluids pass straight through. Light has a habit of finding its way through the…

The Pedestrian Fast Lane Is No Life At All—Let’s Slow the Sidewalk Down

Everyone has experienced it. Striding along in a purposeful hurry, your progress is thwarted by a slow-moving pedestrian, dawdling along the pavement. Perhaps they’re talking into their mobile phone, looking lost or just plain taking their time. It can drive you mad. The question is: should it? According to unsubstantiated research commissioned by UK retailer…

Newly Discovered Breed of Android Malware Is Almost Impossible to Remove

Security researchers have come across a new kind of Android malware, which purports to be a well-known app but then exposes your phone to root attacks—and is virtually impossible to remove. The new malware has been found in software available on third-party app stores. The apps in question use code from official software that you…

This Drone Stays Airborne For as Long as You Need

Like most modern technology, drones suffer from the fact they they have finite power sources. Now a Boston-based CyPhy Works has launched a commercial version of its Persistent Aerial Reconnaissance and Communications (PARC) which stays up in the air indefinitely—but it’s not as magical as it sounds. The drone actually uses a thin cable—CyPhy refers…

Toyota is Investing $1 Billion In Becoming an Artificial Intelligence Company 

Cars are either going to poison us with secret emissions or just drive themselves, so it’s no surprise that car manufacturers are looking to branch out. In Toyota’s case, that takes the form of a $1 billion investment in a Silicon Valley AI research center. The new Toyota Research Institute will be located near Stanford…

The Most Ludicrous James Bond Supervillain Schemes Of All Time

James Bond is known for his insane gadgets, but also for his totally unglued villains. When it comes to Rube Goldberg schemes, James Bond’s enemies reign supreme. To prove it, we’ve got a clip where Blofeld hypnotizes a woman to love chickens. It’s just one of the most insane James Bond villain plots of all…

Comcast Will Cap More People’s Data Because of ‘Fairness’

The Comcast data cap ‘trial’ is starting to look less like a trial and more like a handy way to extract money: starting December 1st, markets from Arkansas to Virginia will see data capped to 300GB, with $10 per 50GB over. Comcast says this is about “fairness and providing a more flexible policy to our…

Here Are Some Fun Facts You Might Find on Ben Carson’s Wikipedia

After the internet had a chance to hear Ben Carson’s theory about the pyramids, #bencarsonwikipedia has popped up on Twitter. It’s a safe space where supporters are sharing facts that you might find on Wikipedia in some alternate universe where Carson gets elected. Here is a non-definitive sampling of the best.

Study Every Crack On Kylo Ren’s Helmet With This Amazing New Collectible

The latest trailer from Star Wars: The Force Awakens featured our best look at at Kylo Ren’s mask. It’s cracked, weathered, frightening and that raised a ton of questions. Well, a brand new collectible version has just been revealed and you can now see every single tiny detail on it. The helmet was made by…

Video: Giant shredder machine chomps down and swallows cars

Car, meet giant shredder machine. Giant shredder machine, meet car. Oh dammit, you’re going to eat the car. It’s always fun to watch giant shredders tear up and break things but it’s even more fun when they turn something that’s big and really hard to break—like a car—and just go through it like it’s some…

A scifi story with an Amish hero? Sure, why not? Author and “off-gridder” Michael Bunker’s Pennsylvania has just been tapped for feature-film development. It’s about an Amish man whose dreams of helping colonize the planet of “New Pennsylvania” are complicated by a rebel uprising.

Exxon Is Now Being Investigated For Lying About Climate Change

A few weeks ago, several studies surfaced from the 1970s showing how Exxon collected data demonstrating how fossil fuels caused climate change. The New York Attorney General is now forcing Exxon Mobil to hand over documents that could prove it lied to investors and the public. The New York Times is reporting that “people with…