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Guardians of the Galaxy is one of this summer's most successful movies - so much so that people appear to be clamoring to own every tiny bit of media inside the film as well as out. One example is a bit of a spoiler for ...

All the hoopla around the upcoming iPhone 6, whether in one or two versions, might have made some forget that Apple has another expected device refresh coming soon. The folks over at Weibo, however, were sure to remind u...

Coffee is a tricky thing to get right. There are so many different preferences, thinking about them makes the "this little piggy went to market" nursery rhyme pop into our heads. This little piggy went for milky, this li...

GoRigIt have launched a Kickstarter campaign in an effort to raise funds for their first product release, a phone case with a built in GoPro attachment.

Researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California Berkeley have measured what is believed to be the smallest force yet recorded - 42 yoctonewtons, or a septillionth of a newton.....

What happens when kids are asked to use a typewriter for the first time? The Fine Brothers find out in this latest "make us all feel old" video series.

Superman's solar power actually contravenes the laws of physics, according to a team of students at the University of Leicester.

An anonymous reader writes Ship-builders Daewoo have been testing robotic exoskeletons in South Korean shipyards that provide the wearer with super-human strength. From the article: "The exoskeleton fits anyone between 1...

Sploid reader trout linked to this video here: A TOW 2B Aero missile exploding over a Russian T-72 tank to deliver its penetrator charge. The second explosion is the penetrator reaching the explosives and fuel inside the...

From the first images of a black hole to exploring time before the big bang, we're in a new golden age for general relativity, says cosmologist Pedro Ferreira (full text available to subscribers)

It's tough out there for Twitter users. Some days, you're unstoppable, racking up favs and retweets faster than you can count. It feels like the internet is hanging on your every word. Most days, however, it's another st...

Nearly a hundred years ago, a deal between Henry Ford and Thomas Edison to make electric cars fell apart because 1914 battery technology wasn't up to the job. From then on, cars ran almost exclusively on gas, driving us ...

Picture it: a lazy weekend morning in bed and all you want is a brew but can't be bothered to get and out of bed to boil the kettle. Now there's a solution: a Wi-Fi stainless steel kettle that can sync with your smartpho...

South Korea's Lotte World Tower, which was designed to be one of the tallest skyscrapers in the world upon completion, is being threatened by the sudden appearance of sinkholes in the area. The sinkholes, which are destr...

When I wrote a post last week calling out otherwise good people for investing in Secret, I expected some strong reactions. What I didn't expect was what happened over the past four days. Four days ago, I had no particula...

Top health officials revealed on Sunday that Kent Brantly, the Ebola-stricken American doctor who is currently treated at an isolation unit of the Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, appears to be improving.

Researchers from Duke University and the universities of Utah and Iowa say a drop in testosterone levels may have been responsible for the development of civilization. Reporting in the journal Current Anthropology, Brian...

It's really starting to look as if an "impossible" space propulsion technology actually works. Researchers at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston have found that a microwave thruster system that requires no propellant...

Every July, hundreds of thousands of people flock to the middle of Wisconsin for the Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture, a combination trade show, air show, and party for aviators and people who just like loo...

Vulnerability can be exploited by sending malicious NetBIOS traffic.

School's out for summer, and many of you are no doubt looking forward to sun, sea, several strong cocktails and a few weeks off work. Foreign lands are always better enjoyed with a trusted travel companion, and in lieu o...

Researchers at the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) have developed a thin disk laser power amplifier with greatly enhanced cooling properties. The amplifier allows power scaling to be extended up to two and a half times...