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Channeling pain into a No. 1 album: Slipknot deals with a tragic death
Mashable - 13 Nov 2014 22:09
On Slipknot's somber new song "Goodbye," frontman Corey Taylor laments the death of founding member and bassist Paul Gray, who died in 2010 from a drug overdose. "That song is about the day we lost him," Taylor told Mash...
The tallest man and the shortest man in the world meet for a day
Mashable - 13 Nov 2014 17:59
Guinness World Records Day is reaching new heights The tallest man and the shortest man in the world met Thursday in London to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Guinness World Records book See also: 15 Quirkiest Achi...
Toy company turns kids' drawings into one-of-a-kind stuffed animals
Mashable - 13 Nov 2014 22:00
As a child, you dreamed that your drawings would come to life. Now, your kid's artwork can live beyond paper and crayons. Budsies takes your child's imaginative drawings and creates a unique stuffed animal based on your ...
ASUS ZenWatch
The Gadget Flow - 13 Nov 2014 09:00
If you feel you haven't seen the best of Android Wear as yet, buckle up for the ASUS ZenWatch which is about to step in the limelight. Through the use of a stylish form factor that embraces the use of minimalism in desig...
Dog booked on Delta flight missing for 2 weeks
Mashable - 13 Nov 2014 17:57
The search for a dog lost at the Los Angeles International Airport, is nearing the end of its second week. Frank Romano was on a Delta flight headed from LAX to Tampa, Florida, on Oct. 31 when a flight attendant approach...
Double Comet Landing? Philae Probe May Have Bounced During Touchdown
SPACE.com - 13 Nov 2014 00:05
Europe's Philae lander made history Wednesday, touching down on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. But the probe's anchoring harpoons didn't fire as planned, and Philae may have bounced off the surface before settling back...
Genetic tweak gave yellow fever mosquitoes a nose for human odor
Science Daily - 13 Nov 2014 03:33
One of the world's deadliest mosquitoes sustains its taste for human blood thanks in part to a genetic tweak that makes it more sensitive to human odor, according to new research.
Pebble's Domino's app tracks deep dish from your wrist
Slash Gear - 13 Nov 2014 21:03
It's not entirely clear why smartwatch companies seem convinced we need to manage our food from our wrists, but if you're a Pebble wearer whose been looking hungrily at Android Wear's Eat24 app, salvation is almost at ha...
[GamerTell] The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth: Datamining sucks, but so does underestimating people
Technology Tell - 13 Nov 2014 20:00
[From GamerTell] The big secret of The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth was mined from the code, and the developers aren't happy about it.
Some guy in Paris is spending 2 days looking for a needle in a haystack
Mashable - 13 Nov 2014 18:44
A man is spending the next 48 hours combing through a giant pile of hay to find a needle buried somewhere within — all in the name of art Sven Sachsalber is performing the tedious task throughout Thursday and Friday in...
Internet Tax Ban Ending Soon: Speaker Boehner Hopes To Keep Internet Tax Free
Forbes - 13 Nov 2014 06:04Taylor Swift's label hits back at Spotify by disclosing streaming royalties
The Verge - 13 Nov 2014 05:27
The war of words continues between music streaming service Spotify and powerful pop icon Taylor Swift. After Swift removed her entire catalog from the streaming service last week, Spotify boss Daniel Ek said that she, al...
Electric superbike rolls out to everyday street drivers
CNET - 13 Nov 2014 04:21Samsung Unveils 360-Degree Virtual Reality Camera
NBC News - 13 Nov 2014 02:19
Samsung Electronics has taken the wraps off a 360-degree camera that captures images in 3-D.
China Reveals Designs for Mars Rover Mission
Universe Today - 13 Nov 2014 23:59
For many space-faring nations, ambitions for Mars run broad and deep. Now, add China to the list of countries with Mars in their sights. News reports from China disclosed that country is considering a future Mars rover m...
This is what it's like to be ejected from a spaceship 50,000 feet in the air
BGR - 13 Nov 2014 23:32
Two weeks ago, something went wrong with Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo mid-flight, resulting in the disintegration of the spacecraft and the tragic death of one of its pilots. The other pilot miraculously survived, bu...
Since 1990 A Small People on a Large Planet Has Become A Large People on a Small Planet
Forbes - 13 Nov 2014 23:25
Dr. Johan Rockstrom, a leading Swedish authority on the impact of climate change on the planet Earth, has fingered the most dire threat to global sustainability. It is the four or five billion poorer inhabitants of the...
Smithsonian reveals $2 billion redesign plan
Mashable - 13 Nov 2014 23:16
The Smithsonian revealed on Thursday a redesign plan that it hopes to complete over the next 20 years. The plan totally re-envisions the south side of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to the tune of about $2 billio...
Stick this thing in your ear to lose weight
CNET - 13 Nov 2014 23:03A Simple Explanation of the Optics Behind Pinholes, Camera Apertures, and Your Eye
PetaPixel - 13 Nov 2014 22:30Adobe Gives Aviary Its First Major Update Since the Acquisition, Adds Editing Features and CC Syncing
PetaPixel - 13 Nov 2014 20:45NASA Gives the Green Light to $200 Million ICON Mission
Space News - 13 Nov 2014 20:39
NASA approved ICON, a small heliophysics mission set to launch no later than October 2017, to proceed into development, the agency announced Nov. 12.