The origin of the AIDS pandemic has been reconstructed in unprecedented detail, showing the disease jumped from the Caribbean to New York City around 1970. The new study subsequently clears the name of Gaétan Dugas, a French-Canadian flight attendan…
Lees meerThe Fifth Element is one of those movies you can’t help but watch all the way through whenever it’s on TV. There are just too many wonderful moments to miss, but clearly Adam Savage’s favorite was the reveal of the Zorg ZF-1 blaste. Why else would h…
Lees meerIf you’ve used Twitter long enough, you’ve probably run into this classic conundrum. You’re typing out a repulsive, potentially racist, thinly veiled death threat to send to an actor, political commentator, or the person you’re currently stalking. T…
Lees meerHave you ever dreamt of pissing into the Grand Canyon? Or maybe you’ve dreamt about taking a leak in deep outer space. Now, you finally can. Sort of.Read more...
Lees meerUsing a magnifying glass to scorch anything unfortunate enough to cross your path on a sunny afternoon is a popular past time among kids. But when you were younger you’d never dream of focusing that solar death ray on your beloved Lego toys. Nor wou…
Lees meerPosting on the Playstation Blog, Sony showcased two new controllers by Razer and Nancon that will be released sometime this year. Read more...
Lees meerWe would totally watch this movie. And it would not matter to us whether it was because Tom Hanks’ original movie character Allen Bauer has fallen for Channing Tatum’s new mer-person because he is so beautiful or because he’s left his first aquatic …
Lees meerThe Earth isn’t flat. The moon landing wasn’t bogus. And that “live” video of the International Space Station you might have seen floating around this morning on Facebook certainly wasn’t real.Read more...
Lees meerIf someone asks you to send them money on a dating app like Tinder, don’t do it. This might sound like common sense, but in a world where more people are meeting potential partners online, it can become all too easy for otherwise intelligent people …
Lees meerA wearable patch used to treat peanut allergies has shown tremendous promise in a recently concluded clinical trial, performing particularly well among young children.Read more...
Lees meerThe new Surface Studio is Microsoft’s incredibly over-designed play at capturing the creative class that has been increasingly left behind by mainstream manufactures (ahem Apple). Its design definitely borrows from the core look behind the iMac, exc…
Lees meerToday, Microsoft devices chief Panos Panay spent nearly an hour extolling the virtues of his company’s Surface products, including the gorgeous new Surface Studio. No joke, Panos loves these things. This is unhealthy love.Read more...
Lees meerThe iPhone 7 and 7s came out just under two months ago, so you know what that means: It’s time to start speculating on next year’s iteration. Read more...
Lees meerYesterday, we asked you to break some bad news to Batman, and boy did you deliver (no pun intended). Here are our favorites entries although, truly, we are all winners.Read more...
Lees meerA new optical illusion is dividing the internet. What do you think? Answer by pasting the link to this article on a friend or acquaintance’s Facebook page! Read more...
Lees meerMicrosoft’s answer to the traditional desktop computer is coming. And it’s expensive.Read more...
Lees meerWe all make mistakes, but only some of us admit to them onstage at fancy tech conferences.Read more...
Lees meerMicrosoft just wrapped up its October event, and as we expected, it wasn’t wall-to-wall hardware announcements like last year. Nothing from Lumia land. Radio silence on the Band front. Read more...
Lees meerMicrosoft blew our minds last year when it announced the Surface Book—and its crazy detachable display. This year, the company’s refreshing the product, and claims it has stuffed two times as much processing power and 30 percent more battery life in…
Lees meerDesktop computers have come in two flavors for the last few years: boxes you plug into your monitor or TV, and all-in-one devices like Apple’s popular iMac series. Microsoft’s newly announced Surface Studio is the latter kind of desktop, but with a …
Lees meerSince it was first suggested that the flickering star known as KIC 8462852 might be a Dyson Sphere, telescope-toting astronomers associated with the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) have been scouring the system for signs of aliens. N…
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