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Mixing Meds With Dietary Supplements Could Be a Danger

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning that prescription or over-the-counter medications, when taken with a vitamin, mineral, or other dietary supplement, could seriously endanger your health. Here’s what you need to know. The FDA says that some dietary supplements can increase or decrease the effects of certain medications by changing the way they’re…

io9 George Dvorsky Oct 28 '14

Stop-motion video recreates Psycho’s shower scene using carved pumpkins

In anticipation of Halloween, Brooklyn-based artist Yuliya Tsukerman made this neat stop motion recreating the iconic shower scene in Psycho using only carved pumpkins. It might not be as scary as the original but it’s a solid source of nightmares nonetheless. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Oct 28 '14

The World’s Smallest 7x7x7 Rubik’s Cube Is Still Massively Frustrating

Don’t be fooled by its diminutive size, the world’s smallest 7x7x7 Rubik’s Cube puzzle, designed by Matt Bahner, is still a considerable challenge, even for a master cube solver. In fact it might actually be even more of a challenge than the larger versions because you need to be far more precise with your finger…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 28 '14

Creationists Stage a Surprise Attack on Science at Michigan State

As part of a “back door” strategy to teach intelligent design on college campuses, an Oklahoma-based creationist group is sponsoring an Origin Summit at Michigan State University. Faculty and students are divided over how to respond, especially since the event will be attacking the work of an eminent MSU scientist. News of the Origin Summit…

io9 Mark Strauss Oct 28 '14

This is how KFC actually makes its fried chicken from beginning to end

We’ve seen beyond the greasy curtain of fast food and discovered how KFC actually makes fried chicken from the raw animal to the final product that gets put into buckets and double downs at their stores. It’s basically like how your grandma would do it—except they use an infernal magic machine called “pressure frier.” Disclosure:…

Sploid Casey Chan Oct 28 '14

FBI Planted Phishing Scam on Fake Seattle Times Page to Trap a Teen

For years, phishing scammers have been setting up fake tech support hotlines, websites—even fake Netflix logins—to plant malicious malware on unsuspecting machines. And apparently, even our own FBI has been getting on the fun. Because back in 2007, the FBI created a fake Seattle Times web page, all to catch a high school bomb threat…

Privacy & Security Ashley Feinberg Oct 28 '14

Iranian Vampire Movie A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night Is A Must-Watch

I don’t know how many vampire movies Iran has previously birthed, but A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (which, man, what a fantastic title) bills itself as Iran’s first Vampire Western, so I assume there are others. Watching this trailer, I have a hard time imagining how they could possibly compare. I have to…

io9 Rob Bricken Oct 28 '14

Why You Think You Know Things That You Really Don’t

At first blush, it would seem that not knowing something would make us correspondingly uncertain. Instead, however, it sometimes has the opposite effect, with people not only professing to know something, but even making up an explanation and holding fast. Here’s why — and how — that works. Psychologist and Cornell University professor David Dunning…

io9 Ria Misra Oct 28 '14

A $146,000 Anti-Zombie Cabin Is Your Best Bet To Stay Safe on Halloween

Don’t listen to the naysayers. The zombie apocalypse is real—and imminent. Fortunately, Tiger Log Cabins is on your side with a state-of-the-art, high-tech Zombie Fortification Cabin. Because those goddamn trick-or-treaters zombies never stood a chance. The fortified cabin—which can be all yours for the low, one-time cost of $113,223 (or $146,000 if you spring for…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg Oct 28 '14

The 4K TV You’ve Been Waiting For, 20% Off iTunes, and More Deals

Ready to upgrade to 4K? This 55″ Samsung is a screaming deal. [ Samsung 55-Inch 4K UHD Micro Dimming Ultimate 120Hz 3D Smart LED HDTV, $1449] http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-UN55F9000-55-4K-UHD-Micro-Dimming-Ultimate-120Hz-3D-Smart-LED/321564954943?pt=Televisions&hash=item4adec3d13f Pick up the highly-rated Intocircuit Power Castle external charger, and bundle it with a variety of other chargers for extra savings. The Power Castle is the Wirecutter’s pick…

Tech News Shep McAllister Oct 28 '14

The US national anthem has a question mark after “home of the brave”

Everybody knows that “The Star-Spangled Banner” boldly proclaims that our flag flies over the land of the free and the home of the brave. But in Francis Scott Key’s original 1814 manuscript for our national anthem, there are surprisingly more question marks than you might guess — including after the phrase “home of the brave?”…

Tech News Matt Novak Oct 28 '14

Google Fit Hits the Play Store

Google Fit just hit the Play Store, and, well, it looks pretty much exactly like Google said it would. It also looks a heck of a lot like Apple’s HealthKit and corresponding Health app—not in terms of design but in terms of features. That said, it does look pretty useful! Like Health does in iOS,…

Health Adam Clark Estes Oct 28 '14

From Primus, the Most Disturbing Interpretation of Willy Wonka Ever

Primus’ new album is devoted to creepy, incredible covers of songs from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. And we’ve got an exclusive debut of this lyric video for the single, “Pure Imagination.” The album is called Primus and the Chocolate Factory (of course) and there are even 5 golden tickets that go along with…

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 28 '14

10 Reasons Why You Should Be Watching Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD

Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD has pulled off a better trick than turning a helicarrier invisible: This Avengers TV spin-off has quietly gone from “pretty decent” to “brilliant, must-watch television.” If you’re not watching the Agents of SHIELD, here are 10 reasons why you should absolutely start. 1) Now is the perfect time to pick it…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 28 '14

The Great Web 1.0 Revival

The booming size of today’s mainstream social networks and the constant level of noise we have to deal with has inspired a sudden return to a time when the internet was quieter, safer, and more intimate: the Web 1.0 days. Like artisanal hipster nostalgia for a time when men were men, shoes were handmade, and…

Tech News Kyle Chayka Oct 28 '14

Tuesday Game Room: Defenders of the Empire Edition

This was going to be a good week amid the busy Autumn schedule, but things have been blown wide open by the joyous return of two of the greatest PC games of the 90’s – strap in, Pilots of the Alliance and Empire, and divert all power to the latest edition of Tuesday Game Room!…

Tech News James Whitbrook Oct 28 '14

A Brief History of the Wine Corkscrew

The corkscrew, like so many other inventions, was borne out of necessity. For as long as we have sold wine in glass bottles sealed with cork stoppers, consumers have struggled to easily remove those corks. As soon as the earliest glass bottles arrived in late seventeenth-century England, inventors began dreaming up instruments to ease the…

Tech News Joshua Malin - VinePair Oct 28 '14

The Worst iOS 8.1 Bugs and How to Fix Them

How’s that new iOS 8.1 update working out for you? We’ve scoured the forums and social media channels of the wider Web to identify some of the key issues that people are having, ready to provide you with some solutions. If your iOS 8.1 experience is less than stellar so far, try the fixes we’ve…

Gadgets David Nield Oct 28 '14

Odd Details From The Matrix We Didn’t Notice Until Today

We’re going to be real, a lot of these odd (and possibly totally unintentional) details whizzed right over our heads back in 1999. Here’s a video look at a handful of random things you may not have noticed from The Matrix. Cobbled together by YouTuber Rob Ager, we truly enjoyed this short, odd retrospective. Sure…

Movies Meredith Woerner Oct 28 '14

Brick Fair Lego Fan Festival comes to New Jersey

This weekend, Brick Fair descends on the Garden State Exhibit Center in Somerset, NJ. November 1st and 2nd from 11:00am until 4:00pm each day there will be Lego models, displays, trains and automobiles covering 58,000 square feet of the convention center. The cost is $10 at the door, and children under 3 get free entry.…

Tech News Michael Schulte Oct 28 '14

Mixing Meds With Dietary Supplements Could Be a Danger

Stop-motion video recreates Psycho’s shower scene using carved pumpkins

The World’s Smallest 7x7x7 Rubik’s Cube Is Still Massively Frustrating

Creationists Stage a Surprise Attack on Science at Michigan State

This is how KFC actually makes its fried chicken from beginning to end

FBI Planted Phishing Scam on Fake Seattle Times Page to Trap a Teen

Iranian Vampire Movie A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night Is A Must-Watch

Why You Think You Know Things That You Really Don’t

A $146,000 Anti-Zombie Cabin Is Your Best Bet To Stay Safe on Halloween

The 4K TV You’ve Been Waiting For, 20% Off iTunes, and More Deals

The US national anthem has a question mark after “home of the brave”

Google Fit Hits the Play Store

From Primus, the Most Disturbing Interpretation of Willy Wonka Ever

10 Reasons Why You Should Be Watching Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD

The Great Web 1.0 Revival

Tuesday Game Room: Defenders of the Empire Edition

A Brief History of the Wine Corkscrew

The Worst iOS 8.1 Bugs and How to Fix Them

Odd Details From The Matrix We Didn’t Notice Until Today

Brick Fair Lego Fan Festival comes to New Jersey

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