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Behind an iconic haircut was a booming voice that truly was prosperous. But Leonard Nimoy was more than just Spock. Nimoy, who died Friday at age 83, was a Star Trek mainstay and a legend in the... science-fiction world. He was also a musician, a poet and a prominent voice actor See also: Leonard Nimoy's final tweet is a beautiful way to remember the iconic actor With a booming voice that resonated in films, cartoons and video games, he was a perfectly logical fit for the roles of sinister villains and wise, old patriarchs. His repertoire ranged from starring in animated features to cameos in bizarre games.

The world has suddenly been divided into two groups: the Blue and Blacks and the Gold and Whites The BBs and the GWs are screaming at each other in loungerooms, in offices, in different lighting... across the globe. The cause of the great debate? The color of a dress. On Thursday, a user going by the name of Swiked posted a photo of a striped dress to Tumblr. "Guys please help me — is this dress white and gold, or blue and black? Me and my friends can’t agree and we are freaking the fuck out." See also: How the Internet handled the Great Llama Escape of 2015 The Tumblr post that started everything. Image: Swiked / Tumblr

Editor's note: These photos may be considered NSFW. Leonard Nimoy, who died Friday at the age of 83, was beloved by fans for his distinctive portrayal of Mr. Spock on Star Trek. Those fans may not... have known that Nimoy, through his work as a photographer, also championed women who did not conform to Hollywood's ideal of physical perfection. In 2007, Nimoy published The Full Body Project, a collection of photos featuring nude women of many shapes and sizes. Leonard Nimoy/R. Michelson Galleries Leonard Nimoy/R. Michelson Galleries

The iPhone 6 has an amazing camera. The ExoLens Exo 6 makes it better. The post Review: ExoLens Exo 6 camera lenses for iPhone 6 appeared first on AppleTell.

Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find 25 funny images, 10 interesting articles and 5 entertaining videos from the last 7 days of sifting. Most images found on Reddit; articles from Twitter,... RSS and email; videos come from everywhere. Any suggestions? Send a note to [email protected]   25 IMAGES – Friday! – Instant…

Vadim Trunov has an eye for wildlife that can make even the peskiest of squirrels seem lovable. The Russian photographer uses high-speed lenses to capture wildlife subjects normally too challenging to... photograph out in nature. His latest series captures the secret lives of squirrels as they search for nuts in snowy forest outside of Voronezh. The photos take a closer look at, as Trunov tells Mashable, "amusing, playful and curious little animals" that are often seen but rarely interacted with See also: 11 Baby Animals So Cute You'll Squeeze Your Eyeballs Out Trunov's previous subjects include snails balancing on mushrooms, ants dipping their legs in water and grasshoppers crawling on leaves. See more of his photographs on Trunov's website.

Apps that calculate your body mass index (BMI) can provide a window into your health. But which ones really work and are also easy to use? Live Science finds out.

The Iris Lamps are a unique line of adjustable lamps that gives you the ability to change the light and create the atmosphere in the room. The Iris Lamps transforms their form and the atmosphere in a... room by changing their light direction and projections. By adjusting this lamp you can have upward pointing light, a downward pointing light, or a mixture of both. The floor lamp can be adjusted to all directions. The reflective interior casts intricately patterned reflections...

Michael Keaton, Christian Bale, Val Kilmer, Adam West — four men with starkly different looks, but all equally entitled to be called Batman. So if actors who look so drastically different are... all Batman, what does Batman actually look like? A new face mash project by PicClick aims to answer that question. See also: 5 Kick-Ass Facts You Didn't Know About Batman Taking the faces of the many actors who've played superheroes like Batman, Superman and Spider-Man, the project finds each superheroes "average face" by mashing them all together. While many of the faces look on par with the canonical descriptions of their respective superhero personas, something horrible has clearly happened to Steve Rogers. Before you look through the images, let's please have a moment of silence for whatever...

Darksiders creator Joe Madureira has announced a new game with his studio, Airship Syndicate, based on his Battle Chasers comics from the late 90s. The post Darksiders creator returns to his Battle... Chasers comics for a new game appeared first on Digital Trends.

Apple CEO Tim Cook on Friday made an unannounced visit to the iconic Apple Store in Covent Garden, a popular shopping and tourist location in London, according to The Telegraph. The chief executive... also sat down for an interview with the British publication to discuss the Apple Watch, providing a few more interesting details about the device ahead of Apple's highly-anticipated "Spring Forward" media event on March 9. Cook claimed that the Apple Watch will have several features that go beyond timekeeping and health and fitness, such as the ability to replace large car key fobs that come with most current vehicles. "This will be just like the iPhone: people wanted it and bought for a particular reason, perhaps for browsing, but then found out that they loved it for all sorts of other...

NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission team deployed its spacecraft's large antenna on Feb. 24th, 2015. The mission will track and map soil moisture on Earth.

When Apple’s Greg Joswiak first introduced the EarPods on stage at the iPhone 5 event in 2012, he said they “look unlike any headphone you’ve ever seen before.” Samsung... won’t be able to say the same for its new earphones,…

After the ebola outbreak began last year, many people in affected countries were frightened of the virus, an unseen killer. However, when viewed under an electronic microscope, invisible pathogens... take a unique form, which scientists digitally color to assist them with their research. Take a look at these fascinating up-close images of several common pathogens that can cause human illnesses.

[From GamerTell] Part of the fun of Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires is having fun with the custom officer scenarios.

Nicotine users often get their drug from multiple sources, a new study found. Why are e-cigarettes so popular?

Mesmerizing and swirling animations of rain and snow dance across a map of the Earth, shown in a video released yesterday (Feb. 26) by NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission.

New interactive toys interact with kids by recording and storing conversations. NBC's Mark Barger and NBC News senior tech writer Julianne Pepitone report.

While we wait for Swatch to show off its upcoming smartwatch this spring, the company has decided to update its current touchscreen offering, the Swatch Touch. The Swatch Touch Zero One is a fitness... watch geared toward volleyball players. It can track calories burned and steps taken, but it's mainly designed to track and focus on volleyball-specific maneuvers like low hits, high hits, power hits, and high-fives. The Touch Zero One will send that information to Swatch's app, where your skills as a volleyball player will be ranked from zero to 100. The Touch Zero One won't win any design awards with its yellow, clunky watch face and multi-colored band, but it's designed for function, not fashion. The Swatch Touch Zero One will retail for...

Sony's robot dog, Aibo, is the seminal pet robot of the early 21st century. A new version hasn't been released in almost ten years, but that hasn't stopped collectors from clamoring for the Aibo.... Models sold for almost $2000 USD, so the robot dog wasn't really ever accessible by the everyday consumer. Despite its elite following, Sony has officially announced …

A recently launched NASA satellite has just deployed its giant antenna in preparation to collect unprecedented data about soil moisture around the world.

In their video announcing plans for their new campus, which you can see below, Google made an interesting point: Silicon Valley is pretty boring. For all the innovative, awesome stuff that comes from... one small area of California, the landscape looks exceedingly corporate and boring. After scaling so quickly, some large the companies are looking to expand. Apple has their …

Apple Insider: In its first ever quarterly study, customer service analytics firm StellaService ranked Apple as the fastest and most most efficient online retailer in terms of shipments for the fourth... quarter of 2014, taking an average of 2.5 days to send out orders. ∞ Read this on The Loop

The Federal Communications Commission voted on Feb. 26 to approve net neutrality rules for the distribution of internet traffic. The long fight is over. Hah! This decision will complete a level of... debate and now move to another …

3D-printed edible shells are embedded with seeds to grow their own fillings of tasty sprouts and mushrooms.