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Trypophobia is the fear of a cluster of holes and is, apparently, "the most common phobia you've never heard of". It is also the reason that Apple's new iPhone 5C cases could induce panic attacks. Although it is yet to b...

Looking for more PlayStation 4 news? Here's a bit now that Sony's Tokyo Game Show keynote address is over. A couple of features we'd hoped to hear more about have been confirmed, and the first is that the PS4 camera will...

Now here is a conceptual vessel for the seven seas that would make any Captain proud – and the Vindskip, as it is known, was designed by Norwegian design firm Lade AS. This new concept vessel might actually see sailing...

More details emerge on how Edward Snowden was able to gain access to and copy so much secret information. His job provided the perfect cover for his illegal activities. In response, the NSA is making like the TSA and fig...

Okay, this is the best beer belly any one of us could ever dream of having. A 61-year-old man found himself getting drunk without ever drinking alcohol because he had brewer's yeast in his gut. Basically, whenever he ate...

ICANN has found more ammunition for its fight to overhaul the existing Whois system, finding that more criminals are using Whois privacy/proxy services than regular users.

There seems to be a bit of controversy surrounding the launch of Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 5, with gamers pretending to be cops just to cut the line, fake cocaine, and even a real-life criminal case where a man was sta...

Move over ad Twitter, here comes ad Pinterest. The social networking service, which allows users to "pin" items of interest (get it?) to digital boards, began offering personalized recommendations back in July. Now, it's...

Good news for patriotic Luddites everywhere: MuckRock has confirmed that the DOD somehow managed to find themselves a working fax machine. And with this, our Department of Defense boldly steps into the twentieth century....

NASA continues to broaden its search for ideas that could help prevent killer asteroids from striking Earth. Agency officials will attend the World Maker Faire in New York City on Saturday and Sunday, with the goal of co...

Despite the wide LTE support featured on the Nexus 7 2013's cellular modem-equipped model, early buyers have found Verizon won't activate it for a new line on the Big Red Network. The company responded officially on the ...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that black snakes are among the lamest of fireworks, second only to snappers. But when you get everyone's favorite red hot nickel ball involved, things get a lot more fun.

In a perfect world, all faucets have three knobs: hot, cold, and liquid nitrogen. We're not there (yet!) but these ten little party tricks from The King of Random are the perfect reason to wish we were.

After a bartender incorrectly poured him a Half and Half, Louisville-based glassblower Matthew Cummings was inspired to make this custom creation. The handmade Dual Beer Glass features two side-by-side chambers that keep...

We love what the Hyperkin Retron 5 brings to the table, namely compatibility with ten classic gaming system cartridges: NES, Famicom, Super NES and Famicom, Sega Master System, Genesis and Mega Drive, and Game Boy origin...

As you may remember, yesterday the internet happened upon this befuddled newscaster who spent an entire live broadcast clutching a stack of paper instead of his usual iPad. Naturally, hilarity ensued, and oh, how everyon...

You could put a helicopter engine on a motorcycle and fill it with rocket fuel, but if you put a toddler behind the wheel, it's not going anywhere. The same is true with phones; you can turbo-charge the processors and ha...

Inspired by the fleet of aircraft featured in his film Hell's Angels, Howard Hughes did what any business magnate/aviation engineer/super rich guy would--he designed and built a plane fast enough to break the transcontin...

We're getting more and more impatient waiting for Expand New York with every subsequent speaker announcement -- and we've got five more names to lay on you right now. This November, we'll be joined by Wikimedia's directo...

Last year we checked out the Skora Form, a high-end, minimalist pair of running shoes, complete with goat-skin tops. They did some things right, but were ultimately ergonomically lacking. The year Skora has come out with...

So it's come to this. We knew iOS 7 had some dumb and frustrating imperfections, but hadn't scoured every bit of it for flaws in the small details that Apple used to nail. Well, some industrious design head has given App...

Some users of Google's web-based products may have already seen the familiar black menu bar disappear from one Google site or another, but the company has now confirmed that was only just the beginning. It's announced to...