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USS Ross guided-missile destroyer looks like it has its own force field

Here’s a really cool photo of guided-missile destroyer USS Ross ripping through the Mediterranean while under high wind conditions. To me, it looks like the warship has activated a force field around it and is impenetrable to everything. In reality, however, the destroyer is drenched. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or…

Game Of Thrones Hug Buddy Is The Saddest Thing To Come Out Of This Show

Game of Thrones has killed off your favorite characters, tortured your darlings, and murdered your beloved dire wolves. But truly the “Hug Buddy” is the biggest evil to come out of this brilliant but brutal series. Someone sent Empire Magazine what appears to be half of Jon Snow’s torso. Presumably it’s so the owner can…

This Seed Plants Itself By Corkscrewing Into The Earth

Drill, baby, drill. The seeds of Erodium cicutarium – a plant better known as “the stork’s bill” or “filaree” – are remarkably dynamic. For starters, they are carried from their parent plants not by wind, water, or animals (all common forms of seed distribution), but via an explosive mechanism called “ballistic dispersal.” Seeds from the…

What Happens When Mythological Creatures Visit The Unemployment Office?

Olivier Beguin’s Employee of the Month is a goofy but fun short film that follows a day in the life of a vocational office worker as she tries to connect zombies, mummies, fairies, and all other manner of mythical being with new jobs. After hearing their employment histories, it’s clear that it won’t be easy.…

This Short Film About A Badass Teen Exorcist Will Become A Feature

Wanna make a feature film? Try making your tale as a short that becomes a viral hit first. It’s a trend that’s gaining traction, and Realm, about a teenage girl who happens to be a demon hunter, is yet another example. Watch the short (it’s just over three minutes long) below. Deadline reports that Rebecca…

Keep Older Versions Of Your Documents On Google Drive Forever

Google Drive does a decent job of managing older versions of non-native files, automatically keeping them for 30 days or 100 revisions. You can access these older versions from within the individual file options, but there’s also the opportunity to keep a particular version of a file for all time if you know that you…

How to tell if he’s into you (if you’re an angler fish): “When he bites into you he’ll quickly become attached. Yes, at first he may seem a bit clingy, but as your bloodstreams merge, he’ll gradually begin to degenerate!” More practical dating advice from the animal kingdom, at The Hairpin. Contact the author at…

Listen To Some Of The Most Commonly Used Sound-Effects In Cinema

Have you ever heard a scream or sound effect in a movie that sounded strangely familiar? There’s a good chance you weren’t imagining things. Here are some of cinema’s most iconic sounds – and where they originated. The Tarzan yell, which first appeared in Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), was later used for animated series…

9 Dumb Quotes About Science From Presidential Candidate Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz wants to be president. The Tea Party politician announced his candidacy in front of a crowd of Liberty University students—who were required to show up. But let’s not forget presidential candidate Ted Cruz is the same science-doubting, climate change denier he’s always been. He just has a bigger soapbox. “Ted Cruz is a…

How to Change the Battery on the New Galaxy S6

You guys. The built-in status of the Samsung Galaxy S6’s battery doesn’t mean the battery is totally non-removable. All you need is your Galaxy S6, a hair dryer, tweezers, a micro Phillips head screwdriver, a spudger tool, an intimate knowledge of electrical engineering and about an hour to kill. Simple! https://gizmodo.com/your-new-galaxy-s6-will-have-a-built-in-expiration-date-1688853343 Our friends at iFixit…

Avengers: Age Of Skynet! Or Age Of Johnny 5? The Best Trailer Mashups

Last week, we asked you to send us your favorite Avengers 2 trailer remixes and mash-ups. And the response was pretty awesome. Not suprisingly, there were a lot of Ultron/Terminator mash-ups, but also a beautiful Short Circuit/Age of Ultron combo. Here are our favorite Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer remixes! Avengers/Terminator Mashup by Micah Tony…

Check Out This Rare Smoke Ring Created By a Missile Launch 

A US Air Force photographer captured a perfect smoke ring during a missile launch today, an awesome phenomenon I’ve never seen during a rocket launch before. The unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was launched at 3:36 a.m. PDT, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The missile was randomly selected to test and evaluate…

Iron Man’s Golden Moment Is Now A Wonderful Figma Figure

My word, Figma do love their Iron Man variants, don’t they? Next up is the turn of the blinged up Mk XXI ‘Midas’ suit, the sort of ostentatious ridiculous you can only expect from someone like Tony Stark. But ostentatiousness aside, it makes for a pretty figure! Okay so it’s merely golden paint rather than…

Where Should The X-Men Movie-Verse Go After Apocalypse?

Jennifer Lawrence has just announced that the ’80s-set X-Men: Apocalypse will be her last X-movie. Given her immense popularity, it’s not really a mystery why she wouldn’t want to keep getting spray-painted blue. But it begs a question worth asking: What happens to the X-Men after Apocalypse? With Days of Future Past, Bryan Singer has…

Asus Transformer Book T300 Chi Review: Won’t Win Hearts, Will Turn Heads

So you want a laptop that turns into a tablet. No kidding! Plenty of people are jazzed by the idea of having a slate for sharing, plus a solid keyboard for typing. And the new Asus T300 Chi sure looks like a great pick: for just $700 you get a great looking PC that—both halves…

Here’s Your Opportunity To Help Name The Features Of Pluto And Charon

In July, New Horizons will pay a visit to Pluto and Charon. The historic flyby is expected to reveal surface features of these objects in extraordinary detail. Now, NASA and the SETI Institute, along with the International Astronomical Union, want your help naming these features. Image: Artist impression of Pluto and Charon (NASA/New Horizons/SETI Institute)…

Valiant Really Wants To Remind You Why Its Comics Deserve To Be Movies

Valiant Entertainment turns 25 this year, and are celebrating their anniversary with a big convention tour across the US — not just to celebrate the company’s milestone, but also to make sure you know everything there is to know about their characters before they’re all turned into the next cinematic comic universe. https://gizmodo.com/the-newest-live-action-comic-universe-will-be-from-vali-1690480022 The 25th…

Every Meal’s a Picnic With Grass Placemats

Has winter’s long and drawn-out run this year completely destroyed your soul? Some of us still won’t be enjoying spring-like weather for quite a few weeks, so here’s a simple way to recreate that feeling indoors. The next time you sit down for a meal, swap in these faux grass placemats that make it feel…

This Is The Drug In The Rolling Stones’ Song “Mother’s Little Helper”

When The Rolling Stones sang “Mother’s Little Helper” back in 1966, they weren’t talking about drugs. They were talking about a specific drug that was prescribed for everything from severely ill mental patients to recovering alcoholics to comfortable middle class people who sometimes felt anxious. It was called “Miltown.” Before Miltown, the best most mentally…

The Russo Bros. Will Direct Avengers: Infinity War Parts 1 And 2

Hey, the dynamic duo of directors we all love from Captain America: The Winter Soldier are coming back to Marvel to take the Avengers across a very ambitious finish line. Yep, the Russos are tapping out Joss Whedon, and that’s fine by us. On the heels of the new announcement that the Russos are making…