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The Future Is Now — Star Trek Phasers Are Real

Emerald Catron — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:12:15 +0000

You know how sometimes you’re walking through Times Square, and it reminds you a little too much of ‘Blade Runner,’ then you get an email on your hand-sized computer/phone, and you have a massive panic attack because THE FUTURE IS NOW?!!!!! This video does not help that feeling. At all. According to Rusty Ward, host [...]

Texas Law Student Creates Working 3D Printed Gun

Adam West — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:10:44 +0000

If you've followed the talk of 3D printing in recent news reports at all, you're probably aware of the talk of being able to make your own products of all kinds in your own home or workshop, including handguns.

Cody Wilson is a Texas law student, and has has successfully used a 3D printer to make a working handgun. Here's a report that appeared on the PBS News Hour.

May 6th – 12th is National Clitoris Awareness Week! ((NSFW))

Dave Fenix — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:32:45 +0000

Mention the word “clitoris” and some people get touchy….pun intended. But that could change quickly because May 6—12 as the first ever “International Clitoris Awareness Week,” a seven-day period designed to celebrate the female body part. The organization behind the week is “Clitoraid,” a Las Vegas-based group usually devoted to helping victims of female genital [...]

NASA Rovers Draw Penis Graffiti on Mars, Aliens Are Amused

Mike Adams — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:00:29 +0000

Weâ€™ve heard of space junk, but this is just ridiculous. NASA recently published some unknowingly provocative images of Mars to their website, which were apparently captured by expedition rovers scouring the red planet for evidence of life. While these $800 million rovers should be busy assisting scientists in the discovery of the first alien life [...]

Stephen Hawking Says Mankind Can't Survive on Earth More Than Another 1,000 Years

Wes Glinsmann — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:00:23 +0000

Renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking says the human race is doomed, unless we figure out how to leave Earth behind in the next 1,000 years. â€œWe must continue to go into space for humanity,â€ Hawking said,Â during a recent speech at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.Â â€œIf you understand how the universe operates, you control it [...]

Study Links Home Run Hitting To Face Size

Joe Student — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:12:59 +0000

As we are always reminded: size matters, and you know what they say about a guy with a really big face? He’s a home run hitter. Two London researchers have released a study in which they link a ballplayer’s ability to hit home runs with the size of his face. Holy jowl implants! Hikaru Tsujimura [...]

Best Study Ever Suggests 106 Minutes of Sex a Day and Only 36 Minutes of Work

Kathy Landin — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:00:13 +0000

New research shows that if you want to reach optimal happiness, you need to strive for having the "ideal day." Ok, this seems super obvious, but what isn’t obvious -- or in practice very much in our culture -- is what the “ideal day” really is. You'll like the answer.

Weird Sleep Disorder Makes People See Demons…..And Not the Gene Simmons Kind.

Dave Fenix — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:28:11 +0000

When filmmaker Carla MacKinnon started waking up several times a week unable to move, with the sense that a disturbing presence was in the room with her, she didn’t call up her local ghost hunter. She got researching. Now, that research is becoming a short film and multiplatform art project exploring the strange and spooky [...]

You Can Name a Planet in Outrageous Contest

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:39:27 +0000

Earth, Mars, Neptune – how hard can it possibly be to name a planet? Now’s your chance to find out. A company called Uwingu which aims to raise funds for space exploration is holding a contest to name a planet that currently goes by the rather sci-fi-sounding moniker Alpha Centauri Bb. Because Alpha Centauri Bb, [...]

March Is the Best Time to Uh, Come In Like a Lion

Mike Adams — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:00:28 +0000

Regardless of whether you get it on in a filthy bathroom stall or a five-star hotel room, there isn’t really a bad place to have sex, as far as we’re concerned. However, a new study suggests that the month of March may actually be the best time of the year to do the deed. An [...]

Scientists Say Life Is Possible on Jupiter's Europa Moon

Mike Adams — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 21:00:24 +0000

Scientists believe that the key to discovering extraterrestrial life could lie deep in the festering, underground oceans of Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa. New research suggests that if the salt water ocean beneath the surface of the frigid moon ever makes it's way to the surface, creating an intergalactic petri dish capable of producing a life-promoting environment.

Football Field-Sized Asteroid to Pass Earth This Weekend

Mike Adams — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:00:26 +0000

A giant asteroid the size of a football field is scheduled to pass through Earth’s atmosphere over the weekend. Scientists say that the 330-foot-wide fiery rock will miss striking the Earth’s surface by nearly 600,000 miles - about three times the distance between our planet and the moon.

Bad News: Women Think Attractive Men are Funnier Than Us

Mike Adams — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:20:51 +0000

Chiseled good looks are no match for a witty sense of humor, when it comes to snagging the woman of your wet dreams and taking her on a mattress ride. Unfortunately, a new study suggests that in a comedic battle of pretty boy vs. the ogre, most women will likely go home with the more handsome of the two, simply because beautiful people are perceived as funnier.

Watch This Giant Real-Life Robot Dog Fling Cinderblocks Across the Room

Mike Moody — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 13:33:27 +0000

The mad scientists over at Boston Dynamics have created a four-legged dog-like robot they call BigDog robot. In this video released by BD earlier this week, you can see BigDog’s sole purpose, which, apparently, is to creep everyone out while flinging things across the room. Go technology! We’re calling the cops if this thing starts [...]

Genius Physicist Invents Machine to Separate Cream From Oreos

Emerald Catron — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:10:57 +0000

Here you were proud of that macrame potted plant caddy you tied together. This video might have you rethinking your hobbies.Â Clearly what you should be doing in your spare time is inventing complicated machinery to deal with your snack food problems. This physicist invented a machine that uses a hatchetÂ to separate Oreos and a [...]

Prehistoric Chainsaw Massacre: Helicoprion Was One Bad Mutha

Mike Adams — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:16:51 +0000

The thought of a man eating, chew-you-up-and-turn-you-into sea poo brand of Great White is frightening enough to keep us out of the ocean during spring break; however, scientists say that the sharks of our time are goldfish in comparison to this fiendish 25-foot chainsaw-toothed, prehistoric killer known as Helicoprion. Researchers say that this half-ton monstrosity [...]

Crater From World's Third Largest Asteroid Found In Australia

Mike Adams — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:57 +0000

After witnessing some of the damage that a dinner table-sized meteor did last week after crashing into central Russia, imagine the magnitude of destruction that would have occurred if that flaming rock was the length of 18 football fields. Now stop imagining, because scientists say it happened. Scientists recently discovered the impact zone of a [...]

Millionaire Plans First Manned Mission to Mars for 2018

Mike Adams — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:55:06 +0000

An entrepreneur with more money than God has decided that he wants to be one of the first men to complete a mission to mars. And while this space crusader with deep pockets may have the cash flow to pull of such an ambitious undertaking, some believe that he may have spread himself too thin by announcing plans to get his journey underway by 2018.

Prehistoric Perversion — 4,000 Year Old Pornography Is Downright Kinky

Mike Adams — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:00:36 +0000

Neck-biting boner lust, bisexuality and headless orgies are apparently pretty old news, judging from these ancient pornographic images that date back to nearly 4,000 years ago. We always knew Captain Caveman was secretly a freak. Although this prehistoric whacking material was originally discovered in the late 80s by Chinese Archaeologist Wang Binghau, it was not [...]

New Gross Research Reveals Alligators Have a Permanent Woody

Mike Adams — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:00:56 +0000

You probably didn’t know this (and if you did, you're kind of gross maybe) but unlike many other reptiles and mammals, alligators crawl around all day with a fully erect pecker tucked inside their body, which engages like a sexual switchblade (great band name) when it comes time for some of that good old Louisiana swamp lovin’.