Space Heater From the Future, Every Bond Film for $75, and more Deals
This thing is a fan, and also a space heater, and possibly a portal to another dimension. Whatever it is, it's about half off its usual price today, assuming you don't mind getting a refurb. [refurb Dyson AM04 Hot+Cool, $155]
Names and faces of celebrities combined in a series of hilarious mashups
Combining celebrity's names like Yoko Bono or GandAlf is a lot of fun, but Swedish designer Kalle Mattsson took the joke to a whole new level of hilarity when she decided to mashup also their portraits. Check them out:
Watch The Simpsons make fun of Frozen in their holiday episode couch gag
Though parodying Frozen doesn't exactly pack the same punch as it would have, I don't know, months and months ago, it's still makes me giggle to see Homer as a snowman. The other bits of 'The Couch Gag Before Christmas' is basically the same run as last year's. But who wouldn't want a candy cane bong?
The Nutellasagna is probably amazingly delicious but it may kill you
Behold the Nutellasagna! "It's layers of buttery lasagna noodles, cannoli custard, copious amounts of Nutella, crushed roasted hazelnuts and chopped chocolate, with some marshmallows on top for additional sweetness." If you have diabetes, don't walk within three blocks of Robicelli's in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
The Twilight Zone's 'To Serve Man' Has The Greatest Twist of All Time
If you've never seen it, you really should watch the classic 1962 Twilight Zone episode To Serve Man.
Give Yourself the Gift of Clean Teeth with This Smart Toothbrush
The dentist gives you brushing advice twice per year (hopefully), but with this discounted Oral-B toothbrush, your smartphone can give you feedback twice per day (again, hopefully).
Zaha Hadid Has Designed the World's Worst Billboard
Well, here it is: the world's worst billboard. Not that billboards are ever, like, especially great. And that's why for the most part, cities don't put up new ones. Or commission one by an architect known for her tone-deaf hubris. It's like Zaha Hadid swept up some of the trash from her vagina stadium in Qatar and…
How a New DNA Test Can Distinguish Between Identical Twins
Ever police started using DNA tests, one particular loophole has captivated our imagination: How do you distinguish between identical twins who share DNA? But it turns out even identical twins have tiny differences in their DNA, and prosecutors in Massachusetts want to use a new test for identical twins in court for…
Why Earth isn't flat and why you wouldn't fall off of it even if it was
Some people seriously think that the Earth is flat. No one can save them. But the always thinking Vsauce explores the possibility and tries to figure out if the Earth actually could be flat in his latest video and details some rather interesting things about a flat Earth: that life would suck on it and that we…
Bat for Lashes: What's a Girl To Do
Donnie Darko fans, nursers of broken hearts, and nighttime bikers, Bat For Lashes' "What's a Girl To Do" is a perfectly weird and haunting video for you.
The Feds Are Finally Going to Help Companies Avoid Getting Hacked
On the heels of a painful-to-watch volley of insane revelations about the recent Sony Pictures hack, the Department of Justice has announced that it's creating a dedicated cybersecurity unit. The new unit will be part of the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property section. And—here's the kicker—it will help the…
All The Details You Might Have Missed In The Terminator Genisys Trailer
The brand new Terminator Genisys trailer is out, and you're not going to believe all the insanity we found when we went through it frame by frame. Start up the HK-Aerials — we're going to the future, or past, or both, who knows?
That Time the NSA Wrote "A Communist Christmas Carol"
Did you ever wonder what A Christmas Carol might look like if the NSA wrote it during the Cold War? And replaced all the characters with Communist icons? Well wonder no longer!
Scientists Created a Room Temperature Superconductor With Lasers
Superconductors are supposed to change the world. The only problem is that all of the materials we've used to produce need to be kept at near absolute zero temperatures in order to be superconducting. (See above.) But now, thanks to high-powered lasers, scientists successfully made a piece of ceramic superconducting…
How to Survive When the Internet Fails
Oh crap. Your Internet's just gone out and doesn't seem like it will be coming back anytime soon. First off, don't panic. Or wait, maybe you're supposed to panic? I can never remember these things, lemme Google it real quick. OH CRAP, THE INTERNET IS OUT. Game over, man! Game over! What the fuck are we gonna do now?…
Sony A7 Mark II Hands-On: Here's What 5-Axis Stabilization Can Do
The recent surprise announcement of Sony's a7 Mark II had people reeling about the first-ever 5-axis in-body stabilization on a full-frame camera. We recently got our meathooks on one of the new cams and wanted to show you just a bit of what it can do before giving it a more comprehensive report.
Iron-On Micro Fiber Patches Put Soft Screen Cleaners Everywhere
You know you're tempting fate trying to clean your smartphone's screen with anything other than a micro fiber cloth, but who outside of photographers always has one in easy reach? Anyone, with these iron-on micro fiber patches that let you hide screen and lens cleaners all over your outfit.
Streamline Your Firefox Interface With One Simple Add-On
The Fox, Only Better is a Firefox extension that won an official competition for new add-ons. It gets most of the browser's chrome out of the way to maximize the available room for websites, and comes with a couple of other small but useful features as well. Here's how to use it.
RIP Human Progress (1945-1971)
The moon landing. Birth control. Civil rights. The cultural and technological achievements from 1945 to 1971 represent a "Golden Quarter" in human progress, according to science writer Michael Hanlon in a new article over at Aeon. Since then, Hanlon insists, we've stalled out. But he really couldn't be more wrong.
7 Gifts for the Photography Buff
The internet is replete with photography-related gifts that are kitschy, corny, or just plain silly. Another lens mug. Yay. We thought you should right by the photographer in your life by gifting him or her something genuinely cool or useful. Here are some ideas to start:
Western Digital Elements 2 TB Hard DriveAyn Rand personally profited from FDR's New Deal
In 1936 Ayn Rand was no fan of Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal programs. So it may come as a surprise to fans of Rand that the libertarian icon took money from the Works Progress Administration's Federal Theatre Project. Like a lot of money.
A UK Government Lab Accidentally Mailed Out Live Anthrax
The Centers for Disease Control has some dubious competition in the mishandling deadly pathogens business. A investigation by the Guardianreveals dozens of serious safety lapses in UK labs. In one case, a government lab shipped out live anthrax because someone had grabbed the wrong tubes.
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