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14 Immense Scientific Instruments You Won’t Believe Are Real

Science is awesome. And thanks to the internet age, it’s easy to be witness to that fact. For example? This beautiful image of the photomultiplier tubes in the Daya Bay Neutrino Experiment detectors, which mesmerized millions when it started circulating online this week. However, some of us questioned what we saw, asking how the image…

A 64:9 Ultra-Wide Camera That Captures an Entire Sporting Event At Once

When the NHK in Japan first developed the spec for what would eventually be officially known as HDTV, they opted for a 16:9 aspect ratio, instead of the more traditional 4:3, which better filled a human’s vision. But Panasonic apparently feels that’s still not wide enough, at least when it comes to capturing the action…

iOS 7 Could Debut September 10th, The Same Day As The New iPhones

The Apple-shaped stars are aligning, once again suggesting that September 10th is the big day for a hardware and software refresh of everyone’s iOS devices. The maker of Apple’s Siri tech claims iOS 7 is now said to be launching early next month alongside the updated iPhones. The news comes from a mailout issued by…

This Is What a Warp Drive Will Sound Like (Sorta)

Antimatter, the evil-twin-like opposite to every particle in the universe, is pretty wild stuff. While in the sci-fi world it powers warp drives, here in the frustrating confines of reality we still haven’t figured out how to harness it. But thanks to some mad scientists at the Large Hadron Collider, now we know what antimatter…

A Samsung official has officially confirmed that the Galaxy Gear smartwatch is indeed arriving on September 4th as we thought — and that it won’t have the flexible display Samsung’s been experimenting with. The Galaxy Note III phablet will also be unveiled alongside the wrist device. [Korea Times via TechCrunch]

What’s Your Favorite Weather App?

I live in a city where most people consider the weather to be perfect but I actually think that the weather doesn’t truly exist here. Whatever, it’s nice. But even in the most loveliest, mildest place, the dog days of summer can get pretty unbearable. That’s probably the only time I ever look at the…

50 Things a Geek Should Know

To be considered a true geek in today’s geek friendly world, you can’t just be smart. You have to dedicate yourself to the right movies and TV shows. You have to be curious about all kinds of computer and technology. You need to know which video games to play, which superhero to root for, which…

Science Says Not to Wash Your Chicken Before You Cook It

Here’s something to bring up the next time you’re eating after being a winner winner: you don’t actually have to wash the raw chicken with water before you cook it. In fact, science is saying that it’s definitely worse to wash a chicken with water because you might spray all kinds of bacteria from the…

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Ojete Calor

Ojete Calor, the surrealist Spanish subpop duo of Carlos Areces and Aníbal Gómez, is back! In short shorts! Two out-of-shape middle-agers on a couch haven’t been this disconcerting since that one time you walked in on your parents.

Sony A3000: The Cheapest Beginner DSLR Ever (Well, Sorta-DSLR)

Sony’s A3000 DLSR is cheap. Super cheap. It costs $400 paired with a 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens. These days, that’s more or less the price of an advanced point-and-shoot camera from Canon, and it’s considerably cheaper than Sony’s badass RX100 II point-and-shoot. So what gives? And what’s up with DSLRs? https://gizmodo.com/canon-s120-a-tiny-awesome-point-and-shoot-camera-aga-1180052163 Sony is actually introducing…

Lego Announces Plans to Educate Underprivileged Kids in Pakistan

Lego launched its first store in Karachi this past June, to the delight of children and the die-hard Pakistani Adult Fans of Lego community. But that wasn’t enough for the Danish toy company, so they doubled down. This past week the Danish embassy announced their support of Lego education programs across the country. Lego stated…

Blowing Up Beer Kegs with Detonating Cords Is an Explosive Party

Now I wish I had the genius and brass ones to think of this at a college party. The guys at RatedRR tapped a beer keg with detonation cord at varying lengths: 5 feet, 15 feet and 80 feet. As you can imagine, 80 feet of det cord is an amazing sight to see. The…

2 Chainz: Netflix

2 Chainz is likeable for several reasons. One, he used to go by Tity Boi, but he changed his moniker to be more family friendly. Two, he laces his lyrics with some of the best tech references of any rapper. Best example? Gotta pocket full of dead prez/attached to your girl like a jpeg. Anyway,…

10 Normal Hashtags That Instagram Bans for Some Weird Reason

It’s pretty simple. People love Instagram. People love using hashtags. People love to curse. People love to curse in hashtags on Instagram. Instagram doesn’t like that. In fact, Instagram censors any sort of curse word hashtag, possibly porn related hashtag and so on from its searches. That’s a good thing! But Instagram also weirdly censors…

Apple, the iPhone, and the End of Surprise

This might not be a video of the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5c. It might not show that Apple’s next flagship will look nearly identical to the iPhone 5. It might not reveal that the current black and white models will be joined by a gold—pardon, champagne version—when they are announced on Sept. 10th. But…

The stupidity women have to face when playing with “men” online

The following video is a humorous but accurate recreation of what happens when a woman joins an online action game populated by men. In most cases, the reaction from these “men” is pathetic. https://kotaku.com/woman-joins-a-game-things-immediately-get-ridiculous-1202192589

This video is so embarrassing that it may actually kill your brain

You have to watch this video of Miss Philippines USA 2013 candidate Joanlia Lising. Or not. It may actually make you cringe of secondhand embarrassment to the point of getting brain damage. http://gawker.com/beauty-pageant-contestants-response-will-make-you-go-b-1202776800

Blackbar for iOS: Your Very Own PRISM-Like Sci-Fi Adventure Put to Text

With most of the documents released by the NSA being an exercise in fitting as few letters as possible between strings of black bars, it’s no wonder that a whole slew of [Redacted]-oriented games have been cropping up. The newest comes in the form of a surprisingly engrossing, interactive app composed entirely of text. What…

Miley Cyrus’ performance was as bad as most commercial music crap

The public lynching of Miley Cyrus for her “disgraceful” performance at yesterday’s MTV Video Music Awards has been going on for almost 24 hours now. But was it really worse than the usual garbage vomited by most commercial singers on a regular basis? http://gawker.com/in-defense-of-miley-cyrus-1202000866

The secrets of meditation uncovered

If you’re stressed or feel bad mentally or physically, meditation will definitely help you. This concise guide about its powers and how it affects your brain is a good starter. https://lifehacker.com/what-happens-to-the-brain-when-you-meditate-and-how-it-1202533314