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The VFX in Game of Thrones is consistently great for a TV show, with some scenes rivaling the very best of any visual medium. And this past season’s battle (or massacre) at Hardhome between the White Walkers and wights vs The Night’s Watch and the wildlings might very well be the best we’ve seen. At…
Is this Hillary Clinton posing for a photo in front of the Confederate flag? Nope. It’s a fake. Well, at least the flag part is. The original photo comes from her time at Wellesley College and doesn’t have the flag. Noted conservative activist Dinesh D’Souza tweeted the fake photo earlier today, which helped it go…
It’s not unlike camping, according to visitors. Except for the fact that you’re hanging from a sheer rock cliff 400 feet above the ground. Oh, and the bathroom. The bathroom is… different. These are the Skylodges, a set of three steel capsules that hang off of a cliff that leads down into Peru’s Sacred Valley—the…
Following up on that wonderful Mega Man Buster Gun replica that ThinkGeek is still selling, today Capcom teased an image of an upcoming wearable Mega Man helmet that will officially be on display at San Diego Comic-Con starting this week. Made from polished ABS plastic with working LED accent lighting, the replica has a clamshell…
Last year, a paper published inScience made waves with the stunning claim that the human nose can detect a whopping one trillion different odors. But if you feel like your nose can’t detect a trillion smells, you may be on to something. It’s possible that none of us can. As a Caltech researcher pointed out…
The bud may be green, but growing it really isn’t: Weed growers in Denver are straining the city’s electrical grid. Denver is experiencing spiking electricity consumption, with nearly half of that growth coming from its burgeoning pot industry, as the Denver Post reports: Citywide electricity use has been rising at the rate of 1.2 percent…
Golf is a dying sport, and country club memberships are seen as an elitist relicof the past. But cultural changes are only one reason golf courses are falling out of favor: The chemical-laden, water-guzzling greens are especially irresponsible for areas hit by drought. Here’s an idea from Japan for those sunny green fairways: Use them…
In what police aren’t describing (but I definitely am) as a “Classic Up situation,” 26-year-old Daniel Boria tethered 110 giant balloons to his lawn chair until he flew away. Despite turning life into thrilling art, Boria was arrested for his troubles. The entrepreneurial Canadian man flew over Calgary in a bold attempt to publicize his…
Are you a student looking for a great health studies course? I’d suggest steering clear of the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus. The school has recently become the laughingstock of the scientific community for a course that includes materials on the dangers of vaccines. Jenny McCarthy would be so proud. The health course was taught…
At last, no more roaming the streets of your town hoping Cupid’s arrow will guide you to that dreamy B-movie star or hot relative of the mayor. Because thanks to Tinder’s new Verified Profiles, those local celebrities on Tinder will now be verified—which, in theory, means your dream of dating them could come true! The…
My goal in life as a child on a swing set was to swing so high that I would rotate a full 360 degrees (or at least reach the highest height possible before chickening out). I think everyone had that same goal. Everyone except Damien Walters. His is to get on a swing and fling…
We all want to be our best selves. But what if you could add almost anything to your body and mind? A camera here, an exoskeleton there. This is the world that some biohackers imagine—one in which humans can extend their abilities beyond the limits biology has set for us. But what does that world…
Your 3-day weekend is over. BUT! The explosions. Those live on. Winner: 15th Floor I live on the 15th floor of an apartment building, and I am lucky that the fireworks are set off in the field across the street! I am able to set my camera on a tripod while in my own home.…
Designed to make audiences gasp even before the performance begins, opera houses are perhaps the most architecturally opulent spaces on Earth. A new book by photographer David Leventi attempts to document the grand interiors where civilization’s most celebrated musical acts come to life. Over eight years Leventi visited 40 opera houses in 19 countries, from…
Former Illinois cop Drew Peterson, convicted in 2012 of killing his third wife, Kathleen Savio, and suspected of killing his fourth, Stacy Cales Peterson (she’s been missing since 2007), is back in the news. He’s accused of trying to hire a hitman to take out the State’s Attorney who prosecuted the Savio case. As CNN…
Now there’s an app to measure your Facebook (un)popularity. Apps to map your social media gains and losses aren’t new—third-party Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram trackers have been around a while. But the relaunched “Who Deleted Me” is for Facebook, where your real “friends” are. “Who Deleted Me” used to live as a Facebook-based app, until…
You’ve probably seen Riley. He’s a dog who got internet-famous for looking super stoned at his birthday party. He’s a funny little pup. But the North Koreans aren’t laughing. They recently showed the image on state TV to prove just how decadent American culture is. As the Guardian explains: KCTV commentator Lee Chung-song claimed in…
If you like drinking piss, you’re going to love the Roskilde music festival. The Danish celebration of rock and rollrecently launched a programthat recycles festival-goers’ urine in order to make beer. It’s not as gross as it sounds. While it’s natural to assume that turning piss into beer would involve converting the wastewater into clean…
Give a person a fish and they’ll eat for a day. Give a person a workshop full of tools and they’ll build an utterly amazing cannon that launches CDs and DVDs like a machine gun. If there’s a better way to destroy a stack of misburned CDs, the internet hasn’t seen it yet. This creation…
I grew up watching Star Trek. In many cases, I speak in starship captain quotes and other Final Frontier sayings: “Make it so,”“he’s dead, Jim,” “Khan!” You name it. But this $150, bluetooth-equipped Star Trek communicator is going to enable my bad habits even further—and my friends will hate me for it. Created by The…
