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Video: The Hacking in 'Skyfall' Was Almost Believable
Hacking, in Hollywood terms, is kind of a sexy thing–it's got intrigue, it's got lawbreaking, it's got hidden information and toppling evil regimes and all that. But in real life, the process of...
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Illinois' New Eavesdropping Law Will Bust Drug Deals That Didn't Even Happen
It's no news that Illinois has some of the most draconian audio-recording laws in the US, but how's this for heads-I-win, tails-you-lose? Nevermind that recording any conversation, public or private,...
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The 5 Best Articles About Why We Love Writing Lists
Yesterday, an anonymous author writing under the moniker "GCchange" published a list on Listverse, a go-to website for what it calls the “Ultimate Top 10 Lists.” GCchange’s list was called “Top 10...
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If You're Reading This, You Just Survived the Deadliest Day of the Year for...
Congratulations. If you're reading this, you've most likely made it through another holiday season with little more than a series of hangovers, a healthy annoyance at your extended family, and a bunch...
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Confused Polaroid To Open Photo Printing Stores
It's always a bit of a bummer browsing used cameras at the thrift/antique store and seeing that half of the stock is old Polaroid analog 600s going for like 90 cents, and knowing that a pack of film...
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These YouTube Videos Prove Burma Bombed Its Own Citizens on New Year's Day
Burma's seemingly rapid shift from ruthless autocracy to fledgling democracy has indeed "stunned" the world, to borrow from the headline writers' vernacular. Cautious acclaim poured in from leaders...
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The U.S. Tried Making Tsunami Bombs During WWII
Detonating an explosive at the bottom of the ocean that would displace enough seawater to create a tidal wave capable of washing out an entire city sounds like the wet dream of a James Bond villain....
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Newly-Found Deep Water Corals Show the Great Barrier Reef Still Holds Surprises
The Caitlin Seaview Survey's ROV in action, via The global outlook for coral reefs hasn't been positive for some time. Reefs in China, the Caribbean, as well as the Great Barrier Reef in Australia,...
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New Report Slams Google and Yahoo for 'Support' of Pirate Sites
Image via Ever wonder how pirate sites make money by sharing free content? Of course you haven't; like everything else online, they make their money by serving ads. And more often than not, those ads...
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The Art of Hacking Human Faces: Meet Daito Manabe
“Can you smile without emotion?” That’s what Daito Manabe asks in the video below. It’s the sort of question many of his digital art projects begin with, leading him to experiment with myoelectric...
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Drug Lords: Inside Mexico's Narco Churches
Los Zetas crime syndicate may be one of the more tech-savvy of Mexico's drug cartels, building and operating its very own DIY cartel radio network. But the gang, known for its brazen, intimidating...
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The Live New Year's Eve Train Wreck, Perfected
Yeah, yeah. It's January 3, already. But seriously, this happened. And it proves, yet again, that on any given New Year's Eve, someone is always having a better (worse?) time than you, even if you're...
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Men Are 'Ending' and School Isn't Helping
Men reading The Atlantic have had to reckon with more than a few hard truths these last few years. In a 2010 article entitled “The End of Men”—now a best-selling book—author Hanna Rosin noted that men...
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New York City, Washington D.C., Philadelphia and Boston All Had Their Hottest...
Let the global warming-fueled record breaking begin, again: Climatologists at Cornell University and NOAA-run Northeast Regional Climate Center are reporting that last year was the "warmest year on...
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Meet Black Beauty, the Wettest Martian Rock
Curiosity didn't find the Martian rock known by researchers as "Black Beauty" or, formally, NWA 7034. A meteorite, it was actually discovered in the Sahara desert in 2011. It's hardly the first...
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If You Drive a Clean, Efficient Car, Oregon Wants to Tax You
As Oregonians (and the rest of the nation) purchase and drive more efficient vehicles, they will use less gasoline, emit less pollution, and save themselves money. But they will also pay less gas tax....
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What It's Like Being Ambushed in Stands of Afghan Hash
Aw, what's that? Still pissing and moaning about having to trudge back to the salt mines after an extended holiday break? Trap it up, Nancy. I'll hazard the guess it's not as bad as taking intense...
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The Amazing Surrealist Propaganda of Hugo Chavez's Twitter Feed
Upon learning that Hugo Chavez was the second-most followed world leader on Twitter (with 3.8 million followers), I naturally felt inclined to scroll through some of the Venezuelan strongman's social...
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Iamus, a Music-Making Computer, Could Be the Next Mozart
Iamus (pink blob) photographed with Francisco Vico, head of UMA's Research Group in Biomimetics. Photo via Materia The launch of Pandora radio in January 2000 was a high-water mark for computers...
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R. Kelly Recorded a Song for Newtown Survivors
The world's most misunderstood R&B singer recorded a gospel-inspired song for the survivors of one of the worst American tragedies of 2012. Would that have happened without the internet, without...
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