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Mice Can Now Be Cloned from Tiny Drops of Blood
This mouse was cloned from a white blood cell and lived 23 months. Photo Kamimura et al., Biol Reprod 2013. Researchers in Japan have found a method to create armies of genetically-identical lab mouse...
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The Internet Hall of Fame Isn't Inducting the Famous People on the Internet
Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired The 33 pioneers and innovators who will be inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame this year were announced today, and the initial reaction is more or less... “who?” There...
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Chris Pace Imagines the New York City Subway as an 8-Bit Video Game
Image by Chris Pace, aka Zombieshotgun, via his Tumblr Chris Pace is an artist whose 8-bit portraits of people on New York City's subways are a perennial Reddit favorite, and he just published his...
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This Is a Defining Year for Wikileaks
The WikiLeaks-mobile parked outside of Fox News. via Flickr. From VICE Canada: Edward Snowden is currently acting out his own real-life version of Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? as he jumps...
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A New Study Confirms that Fracking Is Indeed Polluting Drinking Water in...
Photo: Bosc d'Anjou/Flickr Though it's long been suspected, and it's been documented both scientifically and anecdotally, we now have even more evidence that fracking does indeed increase the the...
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Why You See What You See When You're Tripping on Psychedelics
It's been three hours since you ate two thick tabs of high-grade LSD, and the stuff is really kicking in. You sense this because everything and everyone around you looks weirder and progressively...
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Wildlife Trafficking Is a National Security Issue
Rangers in Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a UNESCO World Heritage site where the Lord's Resistance Army has aggressively poached elephants for funding. By Jonathan...
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Most Complex Thing Ever Actually More Complex Than We Thought
Photo via Flickr / CC. Many neuroscience textbooks around today will describe sensory modalities like hearing, vision, and touch as having corresponding regions of the brain, called primary sensory...
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The Augmented Reality Portraiture of Famous New Media Artist Jeremy Bailey
Via VICE.com— Back in the winter, a time most of us would prefer to forget, Toronto new media artist Jeremy Bailey did what most artists do these days—he started a Kickstarter campaign to fund his...
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Anonymous' Attack on North Korea Didn't Go As Well As Planned
Via @Anonsj Tuesday, on the anniversary of the Korean War, the South Korean branch of Anonymous attacked North Korean websites, attempting to deface or knock offline as many as possible. But as...
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New Fiber Optic Technology Conquers the Bandwidth Bogdown
New optic technology can let more users use up bandwidth. Photo: Flickr/rpongsaj A team of scientists may have just solved our massive bandwidth issue, allowing us to keep our internet filled with cat...
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Gold
Image: Flickr, CC Rock On is a weekly column about the mysterious minerals, metals, and rocks which make up the world in which we live. We look at the history, economics, politics, spiritual vibes, and...
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Manmade Emissions Led to the Heat Wave That Baked Australia
Scientists are 90 percent sure this year's Australian heat wave couldn't have happened without manmade influence. Photo: CIA Surprise, surprise: The record-breaking heat wave that plagued Australia...
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Soon Cars Will Talk to Each Other
Imagine, you're cruising down the highway doing seventy when your car tells you to watch out, because the Honda around the upcoming corner has told your car that it's driver just slammed on the...
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Mapping the Scars of Summer 2013
It’s officially time to strip. June 21 marked the first day of summer, ushering in what will probably be the hottest season yet. Last summer saw a nasty North American heat wave that caused over 82...
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In 1895, This Man Sailed Around the World, Alone but for a Clock
Capt. Joshua Slocum on the deck of the Spray, via Before Amelia Earhart owned the idea of going solo and then mysteriously disappearing; Joshua Slocum sailed into Newport harbor, completing a...
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The Jaguar C-X75 Supercar Prototype Sounds Fantastic, Is Kinda Green
It's pretty easy to make a car fast—just take whatever car you've got and put a giant engine in it. Of course, that method is prone to guzzling gas and dollars in equally prodigious amounts. Just look...
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I Just Spied on the NSA with Google Streetview
Image: Google Maps screenshots So the NSA likes to spy on us, hm? How do you think they'd like it if we gave them a taste of their own medicine? How would they like it if we did a little spying on...
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How Easily Can a Moving Car Be Hacked?
A comprehensive presentation on car hacking research by Stephen Checkoway of UC San Diego. Shortly after Rolling Stone contributing editor Michael Hastings died in a fiery auto crash in Los Angeles,...
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It's Official: America Is Militarizing the Mexican Border
CBP agents practice fast-roping in border patrol training. Credit: Flickr/CBP Photography As the US draws down its involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, Congress has turned its jingoistic instincts...
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