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If you're a photographer who covers extreme athletes like mountain climbers and wants to capture a moment from a unique angle, you're probably willing to take some risks yourself. Like Corey Rich's use of an incredibly p...

They may look like fakes but their authors say they are very real. Excluding cropping or tone adjustments, none of these images have been Photoshopped (as in composed from many images or morphed or painted over). I look ...

Here's a video that'll shatter many a Hollywood movies: putting duct tape over somebody's mouth doesn't stop them from screaming, it doesn't make them stop talking and it definitely doesn't keep them quiet. In fact, putt...

The Red Bull Stratos mission control has announced that, after Tuesday's aborted supersonic space jump, the next launch is scheduled for Sunday, October 14 at 8:30am EDT. We will cover the Roswell event live. More �...

We've found the Shire and it exists in Switzerland. Just looking at these houses, built by Peter Vetsch, hidden in the Earth makes you think of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. I want to live there so bad. More »

Restoration Hardware's fold away harp toolkit is equal parts beautiful and practical. Inspired by 19th century british design, the sleek instrument has a belt's worth of in one handsome stainless steel package. It includ...

The beauty of Tumblr is that it lets you share pictures in neatly arranged collections. Now you can post batches of images in that same style to anywhere using an app from Tumblr called Photoset. More »

How far will you go to get a free iPhone 5? What about embarrassing yourself in front of your entire country claiming that you have the tiniest penis in your homeland? More »

I wish all statistical graphics were animated. They will not automatically become clearer or more illuminating, but many can benefit from it. Some a lot, some less—like like this comparison between drug addition a...

Do you remember when we taught you how to get really drunk off Gummi Bears? Of course you do. Kind of. And surely you recall our recipe for Faux Loko: The DIY Four Loko we shouldn't have told anyone about? More »

According to Reuters, top brass at the FTC is convinced it should bring an antitrust case against Google. The writing's been on the wall since last year, but it looks like things could finally be coming to a head. MoreÂ...

Standing around in an awkward set of motion tracking video goggles while tethered a computer makes virtual reality feel anything but real. You need to be able to move around to really get the virtual experience, which th...

Say you are a man without a mailbox. You never receive anything you order online—either the mail carrier just can't get it together or the building is so ***ty that the neighbors would even swipe a birthday card. ...

Once upon a time, standing around and waiting involved exactly that: Standing around, waiting, and not doing much else. Today, any free moment is spent facedown in a phone. Stop reading this on your own phone. Right now....

Upgrading your mouse is one of the most cost-effective ways to improve your computing experience. Sure, it won't make your old rig run faster, but it'll add a touch of niceness to an everyday activity. Quality mice feel ...

The operator of Fukushima—Tokyo Electric Power Company—has just confessed in a report that its post-tsunami nuclear crisis was totally avoidable. Ugh. More »

History remembers technology progressing at the speed of Moore's Law, galloping between semiconductors and clock speeds. But the real challenge has always been getting people to accept it into their lives. And as Alexis ...

If you thought SOPA was dead, well, you'd be mostly right. Its bloated corpse, however, has been resurrected by hacker puppeteers for the valiant purpose of scamming people out of their cash. More »

Sometimes all a child needs is their favorite stuffed animal to fall asleep. Other times, it's not so easy. So Takara Tomy worked with Ikuo Honma—a cognitive and respiratory science researcher—to develop th...

We just had the biggest animated GIF party in history in Campfire, our virtual workplace. Or shall I say the beginning, because now you people have to post your own. You have to help us until there's no computer in the w...

Business Insider is reporting that Apple's launch of iOS 6 brings with it not just Passbook and bad maps, but a new means of tracking user activity, too. More »

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Best Buy plans to match the price of internet retailers like Amazon over the holidays this year, as well as offering free home delivery when stores are out of stock. More »