Sploid: Where awesome, wild, and breathtaking tech moments burst into view.
Top: the Super-Kamiokande. Bottom: the Stellarator. The former is a particle detector; the latter is a one-of-a-kind machine that can recreate the heart of a star right here on Earth. Both are in Japan, buried underground like most of the insanely gigantic scientific research machines in this list. They truly defy belief. https://gizmodo.com/14-immense-scientific-instruments-you-wont-believe-are-1200943611
In the early 1980s Apple had a sign in its offices: “Loose Lips Sink Ships.” The British World War II slogan was a reminder that extreme secrecy—Steve Jobs’ obsession—was needed to succeed. Now, the secrecy—and all the excitement—is gone. But does anyone, except the diehard fans, really care? https://gizmodo.com/apple-the-iphone-and-the-end-of-surprise-1203910740
6y11. That’s the medallion number and plate of the New York Police Department’s spy cab, “outfitted with state-of-the-art surveillance gear” to eavesdrop on anyone within range. “Anyone” is usually muslim people going into mosques. http://gawker.com/this-is-the-nypds-secret-spy-cab-1203862686
Kinja user Ninjacate on Sunday’s Miley Cyrus performance at the MTV Video Music Awards: “What Miley did last night was easily one of the most racist displays I’ve ever seen.” Her throughout analysis is spot on. https://groupthink.kinja.com/solidarity-is-for-miley-cyrus-1203666732
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
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
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
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
A 20-year scientific study has concluded that both humans and animals are getting fatter all across America. The reason is not the fatty food: even lab animals that live under strict control diets have been gaining 35 percent per decade. The scary thing is that scientists think that there may be “some widely shared cause,…
Following the killing of an old woman by her eight-year-old grandson using a loaded gun, pundits from Fox News, MSNBC and CNN are claiming that videogames are good practice for murder. Video games are, according to a U.S. senator, “a bigger problem than guns.” Then again, if the eight-year-old had not had access to a…
If you haven’t following the football news recently and you would like to quickly get up to speed on each of the 32 teams competing for the Vince Lombardi Trophy, here’s a quick guide. https://deadspin.com/32-paragraphs-about-32-nfl-teams-from-the-football-outs-1201602520
Gizmodo has a selection of eight incredible buildings and public works that could have turned America into the perfect set for a futuristic movie that never was, from 1-kilometer high skyscrapers to cities-within-cities like Frank Lloyd Wright’s titanic Los Angeles’ Civic Center, a sci-fi mesopotamia set in 1925. https://gizmodo.com/8-unrealized-buildings-that-couldve-transformed-americ-1189210942
Die hard fans of the fantasy drama Game of Thrones—one of the most popular TV series of all time—will have a methadone shot today at 10PM in the Sundance channel: the shows’ writers will be interviewed in The Writers Room. https://gizmodo.com/this-weeks-tv-dean-pelton-takes-you-deep-inside-game-1199973917
I’m not sure if working out while working (or viceversa) can be done effectively, but Lifehacker says it’s possible. You just have to keep in mind these pros and cons—like motion sickness. https://lifehacker.com/the-pros-and-cons-of-working-while-working-out-1172655393
Watch Kevin Spacey smashing the traditional movies and TV industry models in this convincing speech. Spacey believes in a new model where stories are delivered in bulk—like his House of Cards Netflix series—and the audience decides how and when to watch. David Lynch, of course, still disagrees: http://gawker.com/kevin-spacey-delivers-the-definitive-wake-up-call-to-an-1200851840
Gold or Graphite (or Russian Gangsta and Bland, if you will.) Those may be the new—and only?—iPhone 5S colors. The gold iPhone is clearly the worst offender but the grapshite doesn’t look very good either. It actually looks a bit like the original iPhone, but without any of its charm. If this is really the…
Every single new media outlet is completely sure that Breaking Bad villain Bryan Cranston is going to be Lex Luthor in the next Man of Steel. A new rumor says that he may have signed up to be Superman’s archenemy “in anywhere between six and ten films.” https://gizmodo.com/bryan-cranston-might-actually-be-playing-lex-luthor-1200058429
This has to be the most ridiculous beard in sports—or at least in basketball. It belongs to Fathi Oukerimi, an Algerian player. Compare it to the one belonging to the Houston Rockets’ James Harden, apparently the previous holder of this coveted title. https://davidmdemaria315.kinja.com/hardens-beard-put-to-shame-at-fiba-africa-championship-1191066990
If you go to Eilat—an Israeli city on the north tip of the Red Sea—you will be able to dive around this underwater strip club and pretend you’re filming the rated R episode of The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau in which they share lobsters and Roman wine with naughty mermaids with two legs. https://gizmodo.com/this-abandoned-underwater-strip-club-is-pristine-on-the-1194983347
Even though very few people read books, lots of people would love to get rich writing books. How hard can it be? But the best way to make money from writing a book is to already be a famous TV celebrity, because then you can get an insane advance. http://defamer.gawker.com/what-makes-a-3-000-000-book-how-to-land-a-celebrity-b-1189810122
