Check out a new official synopsis of The Dark Knight Rises. Doctor Who adds another British acting legend in a guest role — and we’ve got the first pictures! Game of Thrones keeps expanding its season three cast. Plus check out photos from The Walking Dead’s prison! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from … Continued

Pizza is so good that most of us would be happy to eat it breakfast, lunch and dinner, if it weren’t for the fact that it was more than a little unhealthy. But now a scientist has created what he claims is the first nutritionally balanced pizza—and it’s OK to eat it three times a … Continued

BlackBerryOS has posted what appears to be a leaked RIM roadmap, and it suggests that RIM is planning to launch the first of a glut of new BlackBerry 10 devices in early 2013. The document (click image above for full view) suggests that two new phones—the London and Nevada—will launch at the same time as … Continued

Back in May, Apple managed to hold up the import of HTC handsets on the grounds that they infringed a number of patents. The ban didn’t last for long—and now the ITC is flatly refusing to listen to Apple’s whining. Apple placed an emergency request for a new ban to be imposed, but the ITC … Continued

Google’s Nexus 7 is the best new way to spend 200 bucks: it’s fast, slick, and expensive-feeling. But Nokia claims it also infringes some of its patents in the process. Nokia has announced that the tablet infringes a number of its patents connected with the IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi standard, reports The Inquirer. In fact, most … Continued

At least it isn’t just me! TheNextWeb is reporting a problem with Google Chrome’s beloved URL bar search feature. The beauty of Chrome is that you don’t need to open a tab and go to Google in order to search something. It’s already Google! It understands. Usually. For the past few hours I’ve be unable … Continued

New research suggests that exposure to certain microbes during infancy—particularly, to those from a particular strain of bacteria found in dogs—can alter the intestinal flora of a baby’s developing GI tract such that asthmatic symptoms of a common virus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), are undetectable. In the study, mice were fed dust from homes with … Continued

Indoor Gardens Are Selling Plants Short Researchers from the Julich research institute in Germany recently trained an MRI machine at the roots of potted sugarbeet and barley in an effort to view water absorption by their roots. The team, led by Dr. Hendrik Poorter, made a very surprising find—potted plants’ root systems are rarely as … Continued

The crumbling centuries-old Sant Francesc Church and Convent, built in the first part of the Eighteenth Century in the Catalan town of Santpedor, was saved from near demolition, instead receiving a super modern makeover by Catalan architect David Closes. [Inhabitat] The renovation itself took seven years, reaching completion only just recently. It will now serve … Continued

Ideally, my desk would be a clean space—populated by only my MacBook Air and nothing else. But this little retro-futuristic copper lamp with en suite power outlet might be the beautiful exception. The product of German design due Jasmin Kastner and Mark Joschko (aka Zwei21), the Interiorcity line of lighting features metal-framed LED lamps with … Continued

After 17 years on its own, the crowdsourced, user-favorite Weather Underground will become a member of the Weather Channel family. But what forecast lies ahead? Both The Weather Channel and Weather Underground say we’ve got nothing to worry about—the acquisition won’t affect the services offered at Wunderground.com. The deal will actually afford the independently-minded WU … Continued

On April 21, Daniel Delaney took to the Internet to introduce BrisketLab, “A BBQ recipe development series taking place at various pop-up locations all throughout NYC during the summer of 2012.” The premise was simple: meat-loving men and women could register with BrisketLab to secure in their name a up to one pound of meat, … Continued

Canon’s $15,000 EOS-1D C is very much worth being excited about, even though you can’t afford it, and probably don’t want it. Why? Because it could jumpstart a new wave of incredible 4k filmmaking. Here’s the first taste. The video above—downsized to 1080p per Vimeo’s requirements—shows what the DSLR is capable of. You can view … Continued

If you’re looking for a pair of futuristic glasses that have realistic, earth-shifting implications, check out these frames by 2AI Labs being tested by doctors right now (hmm? not who you were thinking?). They can make your veins glow so nurses can easily spot them, show a change in hemoglobin color to locate trauma and … Continued

LCD Soundsystem broke up last year. But not before going on a five day concert bender, with one final, enormous show at Madison Square Garden. Shut Up and Play the Hits chronicles those final days. The movie is only in theaters for one night—July 18. But before it comes out, you can tide yourself over … Continued

Pet owners will do anything they can for their companions, including buying every kind of toy that promises to improve their lives. But instead of stimulating a dog’s brain, this chew toy looks like it’s only going to stimulate frustration and rage. You can actually put anything inside this $15 Cagey Cube rubber prison—tennis balls, … Continued

I love this image of a Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft just one second from landing on the very hard soil of the tundra near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. A perfect peaceful still moment—the calm before the rocking rumpus. The Soyuz TMA-03M brought Expedition 31’s Commander Oleg Kononenko, and Flight Engineers Don Pettit and Andre Kuipers … Continued

John Herrman over at Buzzfeed FWD astutely points out that all of the flaws of cameraphones (noisy sensors, poor focus abilities, artifacting, etc.) are being exposed now that we have large screens (both in size and resolution to display our images on). Going forward, is this enough of a reason to make you go back … Continued

How do you get away from your awful life in East Germany? Steal your dad’s money and motorcycle and run away to with a team of bikers. At least that’s the way it works according to “Little Girl”, the latest video from Spiritualized. Filmed near the Germany/Poland border, it features a ton of awesome stunt … Continued

The ‘Reversible’ chair might remind you of the tiny seats you sat in during elementary school. But this one has a special talent. You see, the steel tubes and fabric can be rigged into four different types of chairs. Designed by Nicola Staubli, the Reversible chairs sit upright like a desk chair, but you can … Continued