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Is double-dipping your chip harmless, or is it a disgusting habit that turns a communal dip bowl into a petri dish? The answer, according to a study Vox dug up looking at the results of double dipping in salsa, cheese, or chocolate syrup, is both.

The Supreme Court’s Aereo Decision Won’t Screw Up Dish (Yet)

The Supreme Court’s decision against Aereo was a huge bummer for cord-cutters. Even worse, some content providers (coughFoxcough) were trying to use to hit other similarly awesome services as well, like Dish’s “Anywhere” streaming. Good news: It didn’t work. Yet. Right after the Aereo verdict came down, Fox asked the 9th Circuit for a preliminary…

I wish I had this magical shadows pop up book when I was a kid

This pop up book created by Megumi Kajiwara and Tathuhiko Nijima changes the shape and adds motion to the silhouettes when you apply light to it. The effect is sometimes magical—as if the silhouettes are alive, changing the story depending on how the shadows drop on the page. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome…

A Star Trek Phaser TV Remote Is Perfect For Fast Forwarding Enterprise

The only thing more satisfying for Star Trek fans than fast-forwarding through Enterprise’s awful opening credits would be doing it with this wonderfully-detailed phaser prop universal remote. Created using 3D scans of the actual hero prop used on the original Star Trek series, the phaser remote will be officially revealed at ThinkGeek’s San Diego Comic…

Congress Is Still Editing Wikipedia a Lot — Here’s How We Know

Ever since members of Congress got busted for rewriting Wikipedia articles in 2006, anonymous editors of the online encyclopedia on Capitol Hill have become more circumspect. But the days of under-the-radar editing are over, with a new bot that monitors each and every change in real time. (Photo: Shutterstock) Created less than a week ago…

Disney’s Big Hero 6 Looks Pixar-Cute and Superhero-Awesome

Here’s the first trailer for Disney’sBig Hero 6, an animated superhero movie lightly based on the Marvel comic series by the same name. The visual style is straight up Pixar, with action scenes that look equal parts Incredibles and Iron Man. That’s no coincidence: Disney owns Marvel these days, and it looks like the animation…

Heart Rate Monitoring Car Seats Keep You From Drifting Off

Instead of finding ways to help reduce stress, long hours at work, and other contributing factors to our increasing levels of fatigue, researchers have just accepted the fact that we’re all perpetually tired, and are instead focusing their efforts on ensuring we don’t fall asleep at the wheel. And the latest innovation for preventing that…

Marvel’s New Thor Is A Woman

For reasons we can’t really grasp, Marvel decided to announce their new character on The View. And here SHE is in her thunderous glory. That’s right, the new Thor is a woman! And she looks pretty great in this preliminary art: While details are scarce, we now know that this new Thor was saved by…

These Are the 11 Most Endangered Places In America

Americans tend not to be too nostalgic when it comes to our past—but in some cases, it’s resulted in the loss of priceless pieces of history. That’s why the National Trust for Historic Preservation puts out a “most endangered” list of important building and places that aren’t long for this world—unless someone takes notice. Over…

75 Years Of Batman’s Cowls On A Single Poster

To celebrate Batman’s 75th anniversary, artist Salvador Anguiano illustrated 75 of the Dark Knight’s cowls, taking us through the history of the Bat’s pointy-eared (and sometimes no-eared) costume. Anguiano made this massive poster for Poster Posse’s Batman 75th anniversary poster extravaganza, and you can see many, many more fantastic Bat-posters over on Poster Posse’s site.…

600 mountain bikers descend at once down 8,500-foot snow covered course

Watch GoPro footage of 600 lunatics on bikes descending at once down the Pic Blanc Glacier, France—it’s all part of Megavalanche, an 18-mile endurance event, with an 8,500-foot descent over snow, ice and unsteady terrain. The event has run for nearly twenty years and attracts adrenaline junkies in their thousands. SPLOID is a new blog…

By 2025, networked devices will account for 6% of global electricity demand at 1,140 terawatt-hours. Most of that energy is used just to maintain a network connection. Developing ways to minimize power consumption in standby mode could reduce that demand by 600 terawatt-hours annually by 2020.

Celebrate the Moon Landing With Apollo 11 Astronauts

Do you want to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landings with NASA up-close and personal with Apollo 11 astronauts? You can. NASA Social is a program specifically to reach out to social media users, giving them an avenue to reach audiences neglected by traditional media. Are you big on Twitter? The…

How Priority Bicycles Made a “Maintenance Free” Bike For Under $400

Buying a bike is all about compromises. You can get a cheap one at Target, but it’ll be heavy and have low-end components. Or you could get a light bike with killer components, but you’ll be paying through the nose. Priority Bicycles is a new company that thinks it’s found the sweet spot: A cheap,…

These Insanely Detailed Maps Of Mars Are The Most Accurate Yet

After 16 years of painstaking work, the U.S. Geological Survey has released a series of geologic maps that offer the most thorough representation of the Red Planet’s surface to date. The revealing project will help mission planners target future areas for robotic — and potentially human — exploration. The USGS is no stranger to producing…

German Government Is Using Typewriters to Avoid the NSA’s Gaze

Germany hasn’t been best pleasedby the NSA’s attention over the last few years. Now, though, it’s revealed that it’s taking drastic action, and ditching computers in favor of something more secure: typewriters. Speaking on German TV, Patrick Sensburg, chairman of the German parliament’s National Security Agency investigative committee, explained that he was taking operational security…

Gotham Will Introduce A Potential Joker Each Week

Gotham, the young Batman TV series, has yet to reveal their version of “Li’l Joker” in their copious character art or previous trailers, but we know he’s coming. However, the way in which Gotham is going to reveal this ultimate Batman villain is rather interesting. A few minor spoilers ahead! Early reviews of the pilot…

What’s The Difference Between Guilt And Shame?

Shame and guilt are often used interchangeably, but they’re not the same. There are people who are prone to guilt, and people who are prone to shame, and there are major psychological differences between the two groups. So what’s the difference? Guilt is an internal emotion. It’s the general unpleasantness that you feel when you…

Should Pedophiles Be Allowed To Use Child Sexbots?

It won’t be much longer before we start using personal robots to fulfil our erotic desires. But what if these sexbots will be used to mimic illegal sexual activities, such as pedophilia? The answer is surprisingly complicated. This troubling issue was raised at a robot ethics panel at Berkeley late last week. During the discussion,…

What Are The Biggest Misconceptions People Have About Your Job?

Whether you’re an archaeologist who’s sick of explaining that most of your work really does take place in the library, or a cartographer who wants to explain how modern mapmaking really works, tell us what it is that most people have wrong about your work. Share some of the behind-the-scenes knowledge from inside the labs,…