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Google Officially Takes on Spotify, Announces Google Play Music All Access
People really seem to enjoy music, so Google figured they’d get a little more involved in the music scene. They just announced the cumbersomely named Google Play Music All Access. They were pretty...
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Stem Cells Made From Cloned Human Embryos for the First Time
In a scientific first, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have created cloned human embryos they can use to harvest embryonic stem cells for human transplant. The long-sought...
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Anti-Piracy Group Caught Pirating Photos for Their Website
There are few things more amusing than anti-piracy advocates being caught, well, pirating. It’s the best kind of hypocrisy, if that’s a thing. That’s the situation Canadian anti-piracy company Canipre...
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Super Rock Stars as Superheroes Are Super Great to Look At
Hey, can we talk for a minute about how great Butcher Billy is at making things that pique my interest? The answer is that he’s really freaking great at it. He’s mashed up supervillains with...
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Geekolinks: 5/15
The best short documentaries on Vimeo (GeekSugar) The next Marvel short is about Peggy Carter (The Mary Sue) In case you hadn’t noticed, Dan Brown is weird (Flavorwire) World’s longest-serving bat boy...
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NASA’s Planet-Hunting Kepler Spacecraft Damaged, in Safe Mode, But Not “Down...
NASA had a press conference earlier today where they announced that the planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft has gone into safe mode. It doesn’t look great for the mission at the moment, because when...
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This Near-Extinct Flower Has Its Own Bodyguard
Do you have your own bodyguard? No? Well this flower sure does. It’s a Lady’s Slipper Orchid, and it’s on the brink of extinction. Le Jardin de Yorkshire exhibition will be displaying one of the rare...
View ArticleFirst Trailer for Riddick Drops, Features Lots of Creepy Critters [Video]
What’s left to say about the Riddick franchise and Vin Diesel starring as the eponymous main character? Apparently enough to make a new movie. Simply titled Riddick, the latest movie releases on...
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Put Tobias Funke in the Movies With InsertMeAnywhere
So, remember when we told you yesterday that a) there was going to be a good deal of Arrested Development promotional material arriving in the coming weeks and b) you were going to see a lot of it...
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Kangaroo Attacks Australian Politician, Fails to Make Clear Just What He’s...
In an embarrassing turn of events, an Australian politician was injured during a run-in with a kangaroo. While the kangaroo that attacked Canberra politician Shane Rattenbury was reportedly just...
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Hangout With J.J. Abrams, Astronauts, and Cast of Star Trek Into Darkness...
Today at 12:00 PM EDT J.J. Abrams and the cast of Star Trek Into Darkness will have a Google Hangout with astronauts, including Chris Cassidy, one of the astronauts aboard the International Space...
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Science Proves Sad Songs Help to Deal With Sad Feelings, Elliott Smith Sales...
What do you do when you get dumped? If you’re anything like us, you drop the needle on some of your favorite sad music and feel some feels. A new study shows that listening to sad music really can...
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Oh, God No: Colony-Dwelling Spiders Share Kills So Younger Siblings Grow Up...
For some species of social spiders, it seems the family that lives together, kills together. A recent study in the journal Animal Behavior shows that young spiders who live with alongside their older...
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IBM Wants Folks Developing Software For Watson Supercomputer So It Can Do...
Sure, the Watson Supercomputer is pretty great at Jeopardy, but IBM thinks it’s time to branch out. They’re going to be giving software developers access to Watson with a goal to “launch an ecosystem...
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Scissor-Handed Fossil Named in Honor of Johnny Depp, History’s Greatest...
On a recent expedition, researchers from Imperial College London discovered an ancient fossil from Earth’s cambrian period that had never been seen before. The long lost relative of animals like...
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Incredibly Limited Eevee 3DS XL Arrives in Japan June 22nd
You may recall a certain Pikachu-branded Nintendo 3DS XL that hit North America earlier this year. I say “you may recall,” because it’s highly unlikely that you actually got your hands on one. As if...
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A GIF Guide to When It’s Okay to Use Your Phone in the Theater So Someone...
At one point or another, all of us have been part of an audience that also contains one person who apparently missed the memo that they are part of an audience and just starts chatting away on their...
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There’s a Mystery Foam on Some Hog Poop, and It Causes Explosions
There are disadvantages to factory farming. The crowded conditions lead to health risks for the animals. As a result, they’re given antibiotics which can lead to antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Oh, and...
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The Silent Stars Go By Review Plus Interview With Author Dan Abnett
BBC Books recently put out a set of 11 re-released novels to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. We hosted a giveaway where we let 15 readers pick the book of their choice, and six of the...
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Geekolinks: 5/16
12 awesome vintage tech ads (GeekSugar) Blue Jays fan catches bat with bare hand (SportsGrid) The Internet refuses to help Melissa Joan Hart make a movie (Flavorwire) Disney’s not going to back down...
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