NASA Remembers the Anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s Death with Touching Video
On August 25th, 2012 at the age of 82, astronaut Neil Armstrong passed away. One year after his death NASA remembers the man with this touching music video for the song “Tranquility Base” by Eric...
View ArticleRound Three of Invisible Drive Thru Prank, Still Great, Still Invisible
We get a lot of “prank” videos in our tips inbox. They all get measured against what we consider to be the gold standard of YouTube prank videos, and that’s magician Rahat Hussein’s “Drive Thru...
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Geekolinks: 8/26
UN weapons inspectors arrive in Syria, greeted by sniper fire. (BBC) Luther won’t get a fourth season, but fear not — it might get a movie instead. (The Mary Sue) Before we all lose our minds over...
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Crime-Plagued French City Asks For Help From Batman
France’s second-biggest city, Marseille, has been plagued with gang crime for months, and the problem is only getting worse. With the police seemingly incapable of bringing law and order to the...
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Study Suggests Wearing High Heels Can Make You A More Careful Shopper
Last week, we brought you the fairly unsurprising news that high heels can deform wearers’ feet and are basically medieval torture devices. The footwear isn’t entirely without good qualities, though....
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Coding as Graduation Requirement: One School is Making it Happen
Schools need to stop ignoring coding. We use computers every day. We carry tiny computers around in our pockets everywhere we go, and most people can’t even make one of them say “Hello World!” Beaver...
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Geekend Roundup: August 24th and 25th
It’s that time again, Internet. If you’re bored at work and you’re wondering what you missed over the weekend, let us fill you in on the stories we covered while you were out there living your life....
View ArticleThis Human-Size Robot’s Unboxing Video is the Best of All Unboxing Videos
Oh, unboxing videos. They are the most boring thing on YouTube, and yet they persist. We loath unboxing videos, so imagine our surprise when we found one we actually liked. Here’s MIT unboxing their...
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We’re Looking for an Entry-Level Science Writer in New York’s Soho
Geekosystem is looking for an ambitious, energetic science enthusiast and newshound to cover all aspects of science from synthesizing the driest of academic journals for the masses to finding the most...
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4,000 Elderly People in the U.K. Received Letters Asking if They Exist
4,000 retirees in Jersey (old Jersey, not New Jersey) received a document titled “The Certificate of Existence” to confirm that they are still alive. The letter was to insure the government was not...
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Breaking Bad Recap, 5bx11: “Confessions”
Usually I start writing these recaps immediately after the episode ends. This time I needed an extra half hour to collect myself because holy god, if that wasn’t the most nerve-wracking live hour of...
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Science May Have Just Discovered Why Haters Gonna Hate
Why are some people just inclined to hate on things? To pick the dumbest, most negative facets of a situation and focus on them exclusively, ignoring anything good that might be there in favor of just...
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NASA’s Terra Satellite Celebrates it 5,000th Day in Orbit
On December 18th, 1999 NASA launched the Terra Earth Observing Satellite into orbit, and today it’s celebrating its milestone 5,000th day in space. Terra is equipped with five instruments from three...
View ArticleThis Bamboo Shark Is Learning To Walk, Probably Up To No Good
Dear The Future, This is Ian, writing from The Past. I have no doubt that The Future is a nightmarish dystopian hellscape of some sort or another, because pretty much every piece of fiction I’ve ever...
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If You’re Happy and You Know It, Let Vsauce Explain Why We Clap Our Hands
When we’re excited or want to show appreciation we slap our hands together to make a dull repetitive sound, but why? The reasons we clap are varied, and the science of clapping is more complex than...
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Geekolinks: 8/27
Why was Miley’s twerking yesterday’s top story? The Onion explains, and it’s totally depressing. (The Onion) On Illinois’ official employment page, you can search for a job in Klingon. (The Mary Sue)...
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Fox Sneaks Into Man’s Bed, Apparently Just Wants To Snuggle
A British IT worker who thought he was cuddling with his girlfriend in the early morning got a rude awakening when it turned out his partner in bed was actually a fox that had snuck in overnight and...
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Somebody LEGO-fied the Roomba Shark Cat, Do We Really Need To Say Anything Else
No doubt you’re at least tangentially aware, through GIFs or some other medium, of the Shark Roomba Cat. It’s a cat dressed up a shark who sits on a Roomba and chases a duckling around a kitchen. And...
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You Can Buy A Tiny Drone You Control From Your Smartphone, Get It In Time For...
You know what’s going to be weird in 5 years? trying to remember a time that the air around you was not swarming with tiny drones. We’ve seen inexpensive DIY drones before, but Hex — a fully...
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The Hobbit: an Unexpectedly High Insurance Payout
It takes a special kind of geek to look at The Hobbit and think, “I wonder what the insurance claims from this story would add up to be.” Thankfully, Dr. Nils Möckelmann and Andreas Hufgard are...
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