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Leftover Christmas Candy Meets Its Fiery Doom
Dec 29, 5:00PM
Chemical fires are usually bad, but when they're intentional, controlled and consuming weird Christmas/santa ring pops (is that what that is?) they're easily endorsable. mist8k apparently agrees, because you know what molten potassium chloride does really well? Chemical fires!
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The NSA Actually Intercepted Packages to Put Backdoors in Electronics
Dec 29, 4:05PM
The NSA revelations keep on coming, and if you're feeling desensitized to the whole thing it's time to refocus and get your game face on for 2014. Because shit continues to get real.
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A Wall Made of 300 Chairs Takes Repurposing a Step Further
Dec 29, 2:35PM
Screens and curtains are alright, but sometimes you want a real wall. Solid, substantial and offering some privacy. And if bricks and cement blocks are too boring, you can always turn to repurposed household items. Right?
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Watch This Etch A Sketch Tell the Story of Its Inventor
Dec 29, 1:23AM
Drawing on an Etch A Sketch is hard. Well, it is if you want to do more than just make a horrible mess of angularity. But the squarish beauty of the line-drawing toy is put to great use in this clever little animation that tells the story of André Cassagnes, its inventor.
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Australian Sharks Will Now Be Tweeting Their Locations
Dec 29, 12:00AM
There's a great, bloody shark war going on in Western Australia right now. After six deaths in two years—making Western Australia the deadliest place on earth for shark attacks—the state has ratcheted up its side of the war by deciding to kill sharks. Lots of 'em. Any shark within one kilometer of the beach will be trapped and shot according to their controversial cull strategy. Remember, humans can be a vengeful species.
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These Dinner Plates Were Decorated With A Paint-Filled Pendulum
Dec 28, 11:00PM
The best aesthetic for pretty much any dish is a pile of delicious food. If you're a proud member of the clean plate club, however, revealing a purdy pattern beneath your meal is a nice touch at the end of dinner. Dutch designer David Derksen used an acrylic paint-filled pendulum to give his Oscillation series an intricate swooping design, with an assist from that old earthly standby—gravity.
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Why These Bison in California Were Put on Birth Control
Dec 28, 10:00PM
This is a story about bison, Hollywood, and a glycoprotein.
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Glowing "Meteor Smoke" Clouds Appear Over Antarctica
Dec 28, 9:00PM
NASA reports that rare, electric blue noctilucent clouds have reappeared over the South Pole, where the clouds are often spotted for five to ten days every year. NASA calls the clouds "a great geophysical light bulb" that are visible during the darkest nights.
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Sorry, Astronauts: It's Impossible to Fry Food in Zero G
Dec 28, 8:00PM
Astronauts have hard jobs. And like anyone with hard jobs, they deserve some french fries and a nice, deep-fried turkey after work. Don't we all? But there's bad news. According to a new study, it's impossible to fry food in zero g. Nooooooooooo!
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Bitcoin Stolen on Live TV, Fake "Fun Facts," 2013's Best Images, More
Dec 28, 7:00PM
Just because you had some time off this week doesn't mean the internet stopped churning out awesomeness. From mind-boggling imagery to more fake "fun facts," and a ton of advice on all those new gadgets you unwrapped, here's the best stuff we wrote this week. Feast your eyes!
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Scraping Decades of Grime, Car Exhaust, and Mold Off Rome's Colosseum
Dec 28, 5:00PM
The Colosseum in Rome is being cleansed of car exhaust that has built up over decades, ever since Mussolini's ill-advised decision to build a major road nearby.
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Christmas shipping snafus, the black market of stolen credit card numbers, Snowden claims "mission a
Dec 28, 4:00PM
Christmas shipping snafus, the black market of stolen credit card numbers, Snowden claims "mission accomplished," and more: it's this week's Tech Reads.
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Spend Your Weekend Gawking at Nearly 700 Old Maps of the U.S.
Dec 28, 3:00PM
Okay, history buffs. We've got a challenge for you: Learn as much as you possibly can from the 700 odd maps just uploaded to the University of Richmond's Digital Scholarship Lab. Your brain will thank you later.
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Man in China Builds Giant Transformers Replica to Propose to Girlfriend
Dec 28, 2:00PM
You know how when a guy courts a girl, sometimes the right move is a grand gesture? A bouquet of flowers to say you're sorry. A surprise weekend getaway to mark an anniversary. How about a giant Transformers replica to pop the question?
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The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Bildundtonfabrik
Dec 28, 5:00AM
Check out this wildly animated history of, I think, human history? I dunno, my Spanish is pretty rusty.
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This helicopter lifting a giant cannon is not a video game still
Dec 28, 2:00AM
It looks like Call of Duty. It's not. It looks like a movie. It's not. Instead it's an incredible photograph of a Marine Corps Super Stallion Helicopter taking off with a M777 howitzer in the California desert. In real life. What a powerful image. The helicopter is lugging the 7,500 pound 35 foot long monster of a weapon like it's nothing.
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Why do so many galaxies in space look like this?
Dec 28, 1:00AM
Flat. Like a streak across space. Thin. Stretched out. How come whenever we see galaxies, they always look like this? NASA has the answer. And it has something to do with how a ball of dough becomes pizza.
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A Band Called Death: Preemininent Punk Rockers, Forgotten Then Found
Dec 28, 1:00AM
Discovering music is a way different game in the digital age, when new artists and tunes are a mere mouse click away. Before algorithms were responsible for instantly introducing new faves into the mix, recording demos and hustling for radio play was a key factor in building buzz and gaining new fans. A Band Called Death is an incredible documentary chronicling the raw punk sounds of trio of brothers trying to break into the biz in 1970s Detroit, the group's dissolution, and their subsequent, fortuitous rise to recognition and fame after three long decades.
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This animation sums up everything that happened in 2013 in one minute
Dec 28, 12:00AM
Christmas is over! The year is almost up! And in days like today when there's not much going on, it's always fun to look back at the year that was. Who did something stupid? What silly things happened? What do you remember? ADHD sums up the entire year of 2013 in under a minute in this animation video. Can you recognize everything?
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These Neon Lights Show The Growth Of Shanghai's Urban DNA
Dec 28, 12:00AM
Shanghai is, unfortunately, seeing record levels of smog lately, but there's no sign of dull toxic haze in this neon display by artist Lu Xinjian. "City Light" is a glowing part of I Love Shanghai, an exhibition at the local Art Labor gallery; here, pop stylings and primary colors actually show the real-life urban grid—with a Google Earth by way of Keith Haring vibe.
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How did a toy car magically appear behind these two pieces of paper?
Dec 27, 11:00PM
In this illusion, a toy car seemingly appears from no where. How is that possible? Well, the car was always there. Really. It's a simple but masterful trick, the toy car is programmed to travel along a designated route while the red cards are shown off as a distraction. As one card is shown to reveal nothing behind it, the other card is covering the moving toy car. What you're seeing is what you're allowed to see.
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Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week
Dec 27, 11:00PM
Well, one holiday week has drawn to a close, and another is nearly upon us. Frankly, that means a slow-ish week for apps. And yet! There were still some notable newbies to the app scene. Download these babies and let your phone feel as bloated as you do.
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Our Best Booze Articles of 2013
Dec 27, 10:00PM
2013 was a good year for drinkin'. We investigated boozy superstition, we traveled the earth to see how your favorite spirits are made, and we drank cognac out of a bone. We had a great time, and we were glad you came with us. Here now are our favorite Happy Hour episodes from 2013, including some you might have missed.
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The best selfie ever is the one an astronaut takes from freaking space
Dec 27, 10:00PM
Here's astronaut Mike Hopkins taking the selfie to end all selfies. It's over, you cant' beat it, give up, return your camera, become a horse jockey. Hopkins snapped a photo of himself in full astronaut suit outside of the ISS as he was spacewalking on Christmas Eve with the beautiful blue Earth in the background. And he didn't even need to use a filter.
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Jaywalking, Cinnamon, and Ruins: What's Ruining Our Cities This Week
Dec 27, 9:30PM
Walkers are making L.A. unsafe for cars, a ban on a crucial spice won't be very nice for Denmark, and tourists flocking to Detroit's urban ruins are ruining Detroit even more. It's our final look at What's Ruining Our Cities this year!
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