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The Haunting Math Of America's War On Drugs [Infographic]
Keeping people locked up ain't cheap. Video By Clarity WayIn 2010, the U.S. spent a whopping $500 per second fighting the War on Drugs, and most people sent to prison for drug-related offenses are...
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Herd Of Secret Drug Goats Discovered At Biotech Ranch
GoatHolly Steinkraus/University of WyomingIn which a large company tries to solve the problem of animal treatment violations by lying to the USDA (but it doesn't work) Let's say you're a giant biotech...
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Video: Japanese Eco-Friendly Building Demolition Method Harvests Energy As It...
Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka Tokyo's Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka stood about 460 feet tall before demolition. Wikimedia Commons New deconstruction techniques helped take down the tallest Japanese building...
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Superomniphobic Material Repels Any Liquid You Can Think Of
Superomniphobic Surface, Up Close Liquids bounce right off this stuff. via JACSA new kind of liquid-repelling coating sends any liquid bouncing, rolling, or wicking away. We've seen lots of hydrophobic...
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Obama Calls For Research Into Causes Of Gun Violence
Guns PixabayObama also called on the private sector to develop new gun-safety technology. President Obama issued 23 executive actions on gun control today, including provisions encouraging research...
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A Single Bout Of Exercise Can Make Your Flu Shot More Effective
SyringeWikimedia CommonsJust make sure your sweat levels are optimal. So, you've gotten yourself a flu shot. Good thinking, since this flu season is especially rough. A shot's not always going to save...
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Physicist Funds A Real Laser Weapon With Proceeds From Novel About Laser Weapons
How To Slay The DragonAdam Weigold | Lightning Gun, Inc.Dragon Empire is a real book about a fictional war with China, which will fund a real laser weapon designed for a real war with China. Call it an...
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Anti-Surveillance Hoodie And Scarf Prevent Drones From Tracking You
Stealth WearAdam HarveyOr, how to accessorize in Waziristan. The increasingly vast suite of surveillance tools available to state authorities has certainly given privacy advocates something to bristle...
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The 9 Best Cars From The 2013 Detroit Auto Show
Including a gorgeous Corvette, an all-electric Caddy, a terrifyingly powerful Mercedes and more No one has ever accused the auto industry of rushing madly into the future. For every superclean...
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The Disco Clam Has A Built-In Strobe Light
But poor dance moves. The disco clam is truly one of the most tragic of nature's creatures. It uses it reflective lip to control an awesome strobe-light show, but it has no real appendages to dance...
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Whoa What: All US iPhone Users Can Now Make Free Phone Calls Via Facebook
Facebook MessengerFacebookNo more caring about minutes. Free phone calls over Wi-Fi and 3G/4G! Facebook just let loose with a new update to the Messenger app for iPhone, which until now was restricted...
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You Built What?!: The World's Fastest Baby Carriage
Stunt Addict Colin Furze built his record-breaking baby stroller around a four-stroke, 125-cubic-centimeter motorbike engine. Dom RomneyA motorized stroller that accelerates to 53 mph. News of...
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FAA Grounds All Boeing 787 Dreamliners Following Yet Another Failure
Boeing's 787 DreamlinerDave Sizer via WikimediaAfter smoke was found pouring into one of its Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" planes yesterday, forcing an emergency landing, Japan's All Nippon Airways grounded...
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How To Prevent America's Next Train Crash
A Big One When a Norfolk Southern train hauling chlorine through Graniteville, South Carolina, derailed in 2005, toxic gas poured into the town. AP Photo/Aiken County (S.C.) Sheriff's...
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Rewire Your File-Transfer Routine
Untwist WiresGreg MaxsonShuffle data at twice the speed for one tenth the cost. When moving terabytes of data from one computer to another, cut out the external drive-an expensive, sluggish middle...
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A Snapshot Of Human Migration Around The World [Infographic]
World MigrationCarlo ZapponiThe origins and destinations of the world's 215 million migrants The dawn of agriculture is often cited as the beginning of modern civilization, since it allowed people to...
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Curiosity Is Blazing A Trail Across Mars That Is Visible From Orbit
Curiosity, Making TracksNASA/JPL/University of ArizonaImages captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter clearly show Curiosity's path across the Martian frontier. Just how far has Curiosity traveled...
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How To Get On The Front Page Of Reddit
Reddit's Front Pagevia RedditReddit, the sometimes-controversial "front page of the internet," is a powerhouse for traffic and prestige--within the Reddit community, having stories listed on the front...
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Watch Liquid Bounce Off Amazing New Superomniphobic Material
This is a whole new kind of waterproof. In our zeal to bring you amazing news of superomniphobic proportions yesterday, we jumped the gun on the official press release and wrote about a U. of Michigan...
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Camera Test: Sony Cyber-Shot RX1, A DSLR In A Compact's Body
Sony Cyber-Shot RX1 Pop PhotoOur friends over at Popular Photography focused the full brunt of their expertise on Sony's 24.3MP Cyber-shot RX1, the world's first full-frame digital compact--basically,...
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