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Tech NewsCool Teen Ruins Dad’s Congressional Swearing In Ceremony With Meme [Update: He’s Grounded]
Roger Marshall is an obstetrician and former captain in the Army Reserve who will begin his first term in the House representing Kansas’s first district starting today. Here he is being sworn in by Speaker Paul Ryan in the company of his family, most of whom are not total jabronis who hit weak-ass dabs during … Continued
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Tech NewsWatch This Moth Drive a Scent-Controlled Robot Car Because Anything Is Possible in 2017
We’re living in a brave new future here folks, and that means that moths can now drive tiny robot cars that are controlled by their own sense of smell. Mad scientists at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology at The University of Tokyo have built a scent-controlled car driven by a silkworm moth. … Continued
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Oh Jesus, Look at This Snake Eating a Wallaby
In many ways, Australia is great: Twisties, beautiful beaches, hot sports men. In other ways, however, it’s a nightmare hellscape dreamt up by a drunk Salvador Dali after a visit to Jurassic Park. Our latest example of this comes courtesy of Bernie Worlsfold, a resident of the northeastern coastal town of Kuranda. Worlsfold shared some … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidPool-Jumping Daredevil Needs New Feet After Gruesome Accident
8booth is a daredevil whose feats have made him a staple on YouTube and Instagram. He jumps off of tall things. He usually lands in wet things. Here he is almost breaking every bone in his body after leaping off a sharp outcropping above the Pacific. And here he is again jumping into a swimming … Continued
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Tech NewsChemists Explain Why You Probably Shouldn’t Bother With Cough Syrup
Every year, people spend billions of dollars on cough syrup. But is it really effective? A new video by the American Chemical Society explains why most cough medicines don’t actually work as advertized. As this Reactions video points out, most over-the-counter cough syrup does contain active ingredients (such as dextromethorphan (DMX) and guaifenesin) that are … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidWhy Cities Are Where They Are in the World
Have you ever wondered why the world’s largest cities sprout up where they sprout up? It has a lot to do with water, natural resources, history, and being in the northern hemisphere. Wendover Productions took a really hard look at why cities are whey they are in the video below and it’s completely fascinating. Some … Continued
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You Can Pre-Heat This Shower From Your Smartphone While You’re Still in Bed
There are a million reasons to want to stay in bed every morning, not the least of which being stepping into a cold shower that isn’t as warm as you thought it would be. BRRRR! But with the new U by Moen shower, you can use your smartphone to start and pre-heat the water so … Continued
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Dish Made a Slick Cordcutter Box That Lets You Watch Local Channels
There are a bunch streaming boxes available for cord cutters, but the new AirTV box from Dish has a very cool twist: integration with local, over-the-air (OTA) antenna channels. It also streams in 4K. Rumors of the AirTV box first appeared at the end of the year, but now we’ve got all the details. A … Continued
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Why Scientists Want Trump to Stick to the Iran Nuclear Deal
Dozens of scientists have signed a letter to President-elect Donald Trump asking him to honor the Iran Nuclear deal, saying it’s the country’s best chance at preventing Tehran from developing the bomb. “Our technical judgment is that the multilateral [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action] provides a strong bulwark against an Iranian nuclear-weapons program.” As reported … Continued
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Acer’s Absurd Curved Display Laptop Has a Predictably Humongous Price Tag
Look, we’ve been a little amped about Acer’s absurd curved display laptop, the Predator 21-X. It has a stupid name, isn’t practical or reasonable, and if you have brittle bone disease it would probably destroy your lap. But it’s also a laptop with a 21-inch curved display and goddammit that is as cool as it … Continued
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Samsung’s New Washer Lets You Drop Two Loads at Once
The worst part of doing laundry isn’t the folding or the sorting or the inevitable ironing because you piled it all on that one chair in your bedroom instead of hanging it in your closet. It’s the time spent doing load after load of laundry. Samsung wants to change that with a new system that … Continued
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Tech NewsA Popular Lava Viewing Area Just Collapsed Into the Ocean
“Lava viewing area” sounds like a feature of your favorite Super Mario game, but it’s also a real thing in Hawaii, where you can watch the Kilauea shield volcano spew its fiery guts right into the ocean from a cliff. Or at least, you were able to do that, until the cliff in question crumbled … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidFree-Diving in a Frozen Lake Looks Terrifying and Surreal
In apparent preparation for moving to an Atlantean utopia after nuclear fallout, Matthew Villegas recently went free diving underneath the frozen lake of Morrison Quarry in Quebec and captured the scary adventure on camera. The results are a terrifyingly surreal blue-green adventure. Here he is floating on an underwater ice bed while the silhouette of … Continued
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Tech NewsHow to Make Your Own Sonic Tractor Beam at Home
We’ve all been there: building a scale model of the Death Star in our basement and thinking, “I just wish this had a tractor beam to grab onto my tiny styrofoam Millennium Falcon.” Now, thanks to a team of scientists, you can put the finishing touches on that model with your very own sonic tractor … Continued
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Trump Pundit Bill Mitchell Burns His Life Down With Pepe Tweet
Bill Mitchell is the host of a conservative online talk radio show and one of the few pundits to accurately predict the rise of Donald Trump. In post-election retrospect, the man Buzzfeed says “owned” the liberal media seemed to possess some sort of awful precognitive powers. Turns out he was just a lucky idiot. Last … Continued
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Article From 1917: Don’t Worry About Coal, They’ll Definitely Be Using Something Else By 2017
In the fall of 1917, a severe coal shortage hit the United States. Riots even broke out over the lack of energy as the nation went into the winter months. Some people were calling for conservation, but one snarky newspaper article insisted that conserving was for suckers. Why? People of the future—specifically, the people of … Continued
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Fox News Says Assange Had No ‘Soviet Source’ For DNC Leaks
Tonight, Fox News will air Sean Hannity’s interview with Julian Assange—the Wikileaks founder who’s currently hiding in Ecuador’s embassy in London. Fox & Friends talked about the interview this morning, but if you take a look at the banner above, it’s pretty clear we’re deep into the second Cold War. That’s right, Fox News claims … Continued
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Baggage Handler Locked in Cargo Hold Gets Free Ride on United Flight
A United Express flight that took off from Charlotte, North Carolina yesterday afternoon landed in Dulles Airport in northern Virginia with some unexpected cargo: a baggage handler. According to local media reports, the man was locked away in the cargo compartment for the entire flight. Somehow authorities realized there was someone in the belly of … Continued
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What to Expect at CES 2017
It’s that time of year again—time for the biggest technology companies in the world to gather in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The week-long gadget extravaganza always proves to be a complete circus. It’s the one place can go to see the newest technology in basically every imaginable category: drones, TVs, speakers, … Continued
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Tech NewsEerie Time-Lapse Shows Beijing Engulfed by a Relentless Wall of Smog
A new time-lapse taken over the course of just 20 minutes shows the mind-boggling extent of Beijing’s ongoing pollution problem. The Chinese capital is in the midst of an intense smog alert, resulting in highway closures and hundreds of flight cancellations. Earlier today, poor visibility forced three major northern ports to suspend the loading of … Continued