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6. Senseless Comedy: See No Evil, Hear No Evil

Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor made an unlikely but highly profitable double act in the Seventies and Eighties. Something about the pairing of the …

The biggest easter eggs in The Force Awakens

J.J. Abrams' hotly anticipated <i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i> is—predictably—chock full of Easter eggs for longtime fans. You knew you'd have to watch …

Comedy vs Funerals

Normally, when the hearse arrives at the church or crematorium everyone gathered is sombre or even tearful. This time, we all laughed with …

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9 Classic Cocktails to Know (and Order) to Sound Like an Adult

There comes a time in every drinker’s life when combinations of booze and soda no longer cut it. To help you through this time—and to help you make a …

Here's How You Can Learn to Build DIY Robots and LED Cubes

Thimble teaches people to code, build and hack with monthly electronics kits.<p>Many people may know how tweak and hack their smartphones to optimize them. But few people have even a basic understanding of electronics—namely, how software controls digital or analog circuits, which in turn control …

A Video Game IRL: Drone Racing League Aims To Be NASCAR In The Air

Can drone racing be the next NASCAR? That's what Nick Horbaczewski is banking on. He is the CEO of the Drone Racing League, and he has lined up millions in venture capital to bring his vision to reality.<p>Using remote-control quadcopters with onboard cameras and virtual reality goggles, pilots race …

Awesome Time-Saving DIY Breakfast Hack

Cooking can sometimes be a hassle and far too time-consuming. When you’re rushing to get to work, you don’t have time to eat breakfast let alone make …

Photographer Brings Drone Into One of the World’s Largest River Caves

Back in March 2015, photographer Ryan Deboodt captured the world’s attention by bringing his drone into Hang Son Doong, the single largest cave in …

Kanye West melted the internet by trashing Wiz Khalifa with a legendary tweetstorm

Kanye West went off on fellow rapper Wiz Khalifa in a series of tweets after Wiz included "kk" on his Twitter.<p>West thought he was going after his wife, star of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," Kim Kardashian.<p>Wiz insisted he was only referencing a strain of marijuana.<p>That didn't stop West from …

Star Wars Battlefront Dev Teases Announcement With Hoth Picture

It looks like Electronic Arts is gearing up to share some Star Wars Battlefront news tomorrow. This afternoon, the official EA Star Wars Twitter account posted the teaser image below, showing Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and a Tauntaun on the icy planet Hoth.<p>It's possible this tweet is in reference to …

'Far Cry Primal's' Demo Was Fun For 20 Minutes... What About 20 Hours?

<i>Far Cry Primal</i> takes a bold step in a new direction and for them it is paying off. I played the demo at Sony's PlayStation experience and before then, I had my doubts. Now … not so much. Ignoring the old argument that <i>Far Cry Primal</i> looks like another <i>Far Cry</i> game (the same argument could be …

New Steampunk Saloon on West Sixth Street is causing quite a stir

West Sixth Street has a brassy new addition and it's causing quite a stir. Among the sports bars and brew havens of the downtown thoroughfare you'll …

Southbound: Watch the first seven minutes of horror anthology

The new horror anthology <i>Southbound</i> features a clutch of hell-ish, interconnected tales which take place on and around a desert highway. Made by many …

Watch an octopus attack a snorkeler -- and kill him with cuteness

See how much it really "sucks" when a filmmaker invades the home of a sea creature straight out of many marine nightmares.<p>When an octopus latched on to filmmaker Dirk Nienaber's arm, apparently trying to suck the life out of it, the Aussie turned the tables and made the cephalopod the sucker by …

Why haven't we found aliens yet? Maybe they're all dead

If the universe is so full of the building blocks for life as we know it, why haven't we found any? Because all the aliens are extinct, a new paper proposes.<p>The number of stars in the universe is uncountable. The number of planets potentially even higher. Earth is just one small, pale blue dot …

This amazing sci-fi show reveals the biggest problem everyone ignores about space travel

"Flip right now and burn like hell and I can get us within 50,000 clicks," ship's navigator Ade Nygaard announces in the first episode of SyFy's fascinating space opera "The Expanse." The rest of the freighter Canterbury's crew looks appalled. A working stiff rolls her eyes.<p>"Oh great, then we'll …

News in Brief: Iranian Nuclear Scientists Hurriedly Flush 200 Pounds Of Enriched Uranium Down Toilet During Surprise U.N. Inspection

QOM, IRAN—Running into the bathroom with armfuls of the fissile material after spotting several United Nations nuclear inspectors approaching for a …

Scientists have found that smoking weed does not make you stupid after all

You might have heard that smoking marijuana makes you stupid.<p>If you grew up in the '80s or '90s, that was more or less the take-home message of countless anti-drug PSAs. In more recent years, it's a message we've heard — albeit in more nuanced form — from Republican candidates on the campaign trail …

Take a weed break at work. It's allowed!

At most offices in America, smoking a joint during your lunch break or eating cannabis-laced brownies at your desk would land you in HR.<p>But in some states, not only won't you be punished -- you might be rewarded.<p>Kyle Sherman and Chase Wiseman cofounded Flowhub, which provides software for the …

Margaret Morris Becoming the First Transhuman: A Call For The Right Stuff

Who will officially be the first transhuman? Will it be you? Why wait decades? This article explains one approach to speeding up the process and also …

Watch SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket land, tip over, and explode

SpaceX's latest attempt to land its reusable Falcon 9 rocket on a ship in the ocean failed again tonight, but it was a close call — an issue with one of the rocket's leg-locking mechanisms caused it to tip over after landing, bringing the test to a fiery end. Elon Musk just posted a dramatic video …