Watch Psy Be a Jerk and Wear a Sausage Scarf in His New Video “Gentleman”
Psy’s smash hit “Gangnam Style” practically broke the Internet with its huge popularity. So expectations are high for his follow up video. The world waited on the edge of its collective seat for the...
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View ArticleFace It, You Don’t Know Enough True Facts About Sea Pigs, Let Us Help You
Are sea pigs different than land pigs? Probably. One lives in the sea while the other lives on the land. Are their other differences? What would happen if you asked a sea pig if it were a land pig? So...
View ArticleEnter the Geekosystem 2.0: An Introduction
Welcome, everyone, to the brand new Geekosystem. Well, brand new design, anyway. The editorial content you’ve come to know and love remains as irreverent as always. Since launching in January 2010, the...
View Article7 Things We Would Like to See Thrown Through a Jet Engine
Planes, and their engines, go through a ton of testing prior to ever actually being in the air. How else do you figure out if, for example, it can withstand a barrage of a dozen or so geese slamming...
View ArticleFalcon Family Shuts Down UK Cell Phone Tower
Good news? A family of endangered peregrine falcons has taken up residence in a U.K. cell tower. Bad news? Since U.K. endangered species laws prevent people from messing with the nests of endangered...
View ArticleAmateur Astronomers May Have Found Long Lost Russian Mars Lander
In 1971 , Russia put the first lander on Mars that survived its touchdown on the Red Planet, as Mars 3 was able to transmit data back from Mars to Earth — for a grand total of nearly 15 seconds....
View ArticleStudy Finds Men Are Better At Reading Emotions In Other Men Than In Women
Most men — and most women, for that matter — have, at one point or another, had to come to terms with the fact that men just don’t understand women that well. It’s not that we don’t try — oh, lord,...
View ArticleNASA is Rushing The Next Step to Give the Moon a Moon, Orion Capsule to...
NASA has a plan to wrangle an asteroid and park it in lunar orbit, or as we’ve come to know it — the plan to to give the Moon a moon. One step in that plan is to send astronauts into space to visit...
View ArticleIce Beats Cancer, New Technique Freezes Lung Tumors
We’ve seen treatments with lasers, and treatments with tiny gold nanoparticles, but this is a new one on us: Secondary tumors that form in the lungs of cancer patients can now be safely be killed...
View ArticleRioting Protip: Don’t Punch the Police Horse [Video]
You know who apparently aren’t good losers? Fans of Newcastle soccer. Need proof? After a loss at home this weekend to rivals Sunderland, fans of the team threw themselves a good old-fashioned soccer...
View ArticleCyclone Imelda Winks at NASA Through Satellite Images
Cyclone Imelda is currently in the southern Indian Ocean, and reached hurricane strength yesterday. The above image clearly shows the eye of the storm opening up, but an image of the storm taken today...
View ArticleIf You Have Loved Ones in Boston, Please Text Them Instead of Calling
If you know someone in Boston: don’t call their cell; leave open for emergencies. Send text messages. If you know they’re ok, connect later. — Seth Mnookin (@sethmnookin) April 15, 2013 Our hearts go...
View ArticleGoogle Person Finder Looks to Help Find Folks in Boston
We’ve still got details coming in on today’s bombing at the Boston Marathon, but one thing we do know for sure is that it’s hard to get in touch with people in the city right now. We sympathize with...
View ArticleEA Continues Downward Spiral, Ends SimCity Social and Other Facebook Games
Electronic Arts has been on a losing streak lately. Their launch of SimCity 5 was a nightmare. They just won their second Consumerist Golden Poo Award in a row for being the worst company in America,...
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How to file your taxes on your phone (GeekSugar) General Zod issues his challenge to Earth in new video (The Mary Sue) Can cats see optical illusions? (Mental Floss) 6 close equivalents to Jackie...
View ArticleHere’s a Cute Animal Video Roundup
Because we feel like maybe you need this right now, (we know we do) here are some videos of cute animals doing things. There’s a dog talking about how pumped he is to get a cat, a cat training to be a...
View ArticleThe Inevitable Happened, Someone Coined a Term For Using Google Glass Like a...
Whenever a new thing comes into existence, it seems like the Internet starts tripping over itself to churn out neologisms about it. Such is the case with the forthcoming release of Google Glass later...
View ArticleThis Video Of An Underwater Volcanic Eruption Is Appropriately Epic [Video]
It occasionally happens that we need a quick reminder that the world we live in is an amazing and beautiful place, and today is one of those days. In the interest of keeping our eyes on big pictures...
View ArticleThe Best Amount of Sex is ‘More Than Your Friends Are Having’
How much sex would make you happy? A lot? Some? Any? According to a study from University of Colorado Boulder (CU), the happiness you derive from your sex life is less about how much sex you’re having...
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