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The Most Ill-Advised Moments From Mannequin 2: On The Move

Mannequin was a cute fantasy about a window designer in a department store, who discovers that one of the mannequins comes to life. Then someone decided to make a sequel, with none of the original cast except Meshach Taylor. What could go wrong? We’ll show you. Above is the scene where the mannequin, Jessie, goes…

This deliciously juicy cheeseburger is actually completely vegetarian

If the patty looks like meat, if it bleeds like meat and if it sizzles like meat… the patty can somehow be a plant-based vegetarian burger, just like the cheeseburger above. It’s called the Impossible Cheeseburger and it’s completely made from plants. You don’t even have to eat a veggie burger to know that most…

The 2014 Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded for the development of super-resolution fluorescence microscopy. Also called nanoscopy, the technique allows scientists to visualize pathways of individual molecules inside living cells in real time, including those in the brain. The award goes out to German scientist Eric Betzig and Americans William Moerner and Stefan…

This Lego Ferrari F40 is the coolest

Jorge Pesi is one of the best Technic model builders around and his Ferrari F40 does not disappoint. From working suspension at each corner, functional steering and opening doors, trunk and bonnet this build has all the features you’d expect from this pro. The F40 is up on Lego Ideas for voting. We’d love to…

80 percent of America’s canned pumpkin comes from one Illinois town

Starbucks can keep its Pumpkin(less) Spice Lattes. We, as a nation, get our real festive fix from pumpkin pies—and we’ve got one small town to thank for that. Morton, Illinois provides Americans with 80 percent of the deliciously globby, straight-from-a-can pumpkin filling that we gobble down a few months of the year. The Libby’s brand…

Hey, The All-Female Ghostbusters Reboot May Be The One That Gets Made

Good news! THR reports that Sony has hired a screenwriter for the rumored female reboot of the famous franchise. Don’t get your hopes up quite yet — many a Ghostbuster movie has gotten this far previously — but this is definitely the take we’re most excited about. In even more promising news, the writer hired…

Gorgeous Book Trailer For Cory Doctorow And Jen Wang’s In Real Life

Cory Doctorow’s gamer-girl graphic novel In Real Life, created with artist Jen Wang, comes out next week — but we’ve got the official book trailer right here, right now. Including some amazing artwork, and a glimpse at Doctorow’s shiny fictional MMO. Here’s the official synopsis for In Real Life: Anda loves Coarsegold Online, the massively-multiplayer…

Leaked Droid Turbo Manual Shows a Super-Powered Motorola Smartphone

We’re anticipating a giant-sized, Moto X-inspired Nexus 6 any day from Google’s camp, but new leaks appear to confirm the new Droid Turbo with an impressive amount of smartphone engineering from Motorola. So what new superpowers does the Droid Turbo lord over its Moto X (2014) predecessor? This leaked user’s guide on MotoFirmware doesn’t leave…

Screw Cars, Meet the Google Street View Camel

Google Street View has taken us to the ends of the world and back (in time). But now, its taking us where no Street View camera has taken us before—into the Arabian desert on the back of a 10-year-old camel named Raffia. Thanks to the camera-strapped camel, we now havesome pretty awesome 360-degree tours of…

Brilliant mashup covers 20 Queen songs in one minute

Being a Queen fan since I was little kid, I had my doubts about anyone covering 20 Queen songs in one single 60-second song and making any sense. I stand corrected: This medley is brilliant, smoothly morphing one song into each other while keeping every single hit recognizable. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome…

Ebola Airport Screenings Won’t Do a Damn Thing

Along with shoe X-rays and toiletries in ziploc bags, we can now welcome fever checks as the latest addition to airport security theater. Today, U.S. officials announced they will screen passengers coming to five major airports from the African countries hit worst by Ebola—despite no real evidence that it will make us safer. To be…

How to Go About Burying 16,000-Ton Tunnel Segments Under a River

Throughout the summer, six large barge-like vessels floated out of Baltimore’s harbor. These weren’t boats, they were giant concrete tubes, destined for a tunnel in Southern Virginia that will expand a busy subterranean highway that connects two parts of the state. This week, those tunnel segments will start to be installed under the Elizabeth River…

Sexting May Be A ‘Normal’ Part Of Adolescent Sexual Development

The first study to examine the link between sexting and sexual activity over time has found no relationship between sexting and an increased likelihood of risky sexual behavior in adolescents. The researchers behind the study offer that sexting may constitute a “normal” part of sexual development. In the past, the link between sexting and risky…

Crowdfund These Games: Kaiju, Castles, Glorantha, Southlands and More

There are so many excellent tabletop gaming crowdfunding projects going on right now it’s hard to keep track. Check out these creator interviews, previews, and highlights from our favorites. 13th Age in Glorantha The award-winning 13th Age RPG is being adapted to the classic Glorantha RPG setting, a campaign world that dates back to the…

Watching people play with magical Kinetic Sand is so freaking trippy

I didn’t have a clue that Kinetic Sand existed. This Swedish invention is made of 98-percent sand and two-percent sorcery, so it sticks to itself and nothing else, allowing you to cut it clean. And then it feels like it moves on its own, which is creepy. Like some weird matter that is alive. My…

These previously unseen Star Wars posters look absolutely awesome

The fifth and final book in George Lucas’ Star Wars Art series, Posters, is hitting shelves next week – and nestled within it are some gorgeous, never before seen posters considered for use during advertisement campaigns for all six movies. The book itself collates the art of hundreds of posters used to advertise Star Wars…

When Bears Fought Beside Mechs to Defend Warsaw

They always say that the mechs helped defeat the National Libertarian Army back in the 2120s, but that’s because they don’t remember the bears. The ursine forces were what finally drove those bastards out of Poland, with claw marks on their faces. Hamburg concept artist and illustrator Jakub Rozalski says that this image is his…

This Neck Support Lets You Nap Practically Anywhere

If there’s one thing mankind doesn’t have enough of, and never will, it’s contraptions that make it easier and more comfortable to stop and have a nap—anywhere. Designed to replace those floppy neck pillows that never really work, the NapAnywhere works kind of like a neck brace, but instead of letting your spine heal, it…

How NASA will launch and test their new spaceship on December 4

NASA has published a cool video showing how the first test of Orion—the spaceship that will take us to the Moon and Mars—will be. The Orion spaceship will be launched on top of a Delta rocket on December 4. As the flight test of NASA’s Orion spacecraft nears, the agency released Wednesday a video —…

HTC’s Desire Eye Smartphone Will Stare Into Your Selfie-Taking Soul

Do you take selfies? Your answer doesn’t matter because almost all smartphone manufacturers think you do. That’s why iPhones now feature front-facing burst modes and some Lumias are designed with selfies in mind. Today, HTC is joining the parade with the new Desire Eye. The main attraction? A giant 13 megapixel front-facing camera right where…