"This Is Indeed A New Particle." CERN Announces Discovery Of Higgs Boson
A seminar is currently in progress at CERN1 in Geneva, Switzerland. Yes, I’m awake at 3 AM following Cosmic Variance‘s live blog of the event on the July 4th holiday, because my life rules. At the...
View ArticleThe Internet Reacts To The Higgs Boson Discovery
Yesterday we reported CERN announced the discovery of a new boson which is 99.977% likely to be the Higgs boson. They announced this with comic sans. (Problem?) Not to be outdone by the humor of a...
View ArticleI Must Posses This: Commodore 64 Bass Guitar And Keytar
Jeri Ellsworth is pictured above holding her one-of-a-kind Commodore 64 bass guitar and keytar. Ellsworth is a Valve Software employee and electronics genius who is learning how to play the bass guitar...
View ArticleFinally, Some Good News: Make-A-Wish Kid Captures Supervillain Rex Velvet
With all the horrible tragedy earlier today, wouldn’t it be nice to have some good superhero-related news? Enter Seattle’s real-life supervillain Rex Velvet, who has done something awesome for the...
View ArticleGorillas Are Assuredly Plotting Against Us
Wild juvenile gorillas* in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park have been observed destroying poachers’ snares similar to ones that had killed an infant in their group earlier in the week. The infant,...
View ArticleToday In Awesome Parenting: Dad Dresses As Spider-Man, Surprises Kid With...
Let’s cut right to the chase: Daniel Garcia is an awesome dad, and his 3-year-old son Oliver is freakin’ adorable. Earlier this year, Garcia started a video series in which he takes his son to the Star...
View ArticleWe Did It! Mars Curiosity Rover Safely Lands, Tweets A Double Entendre
If you’re like me, you’ve been watching NASA TV on your computer for the past several hours, following the descent and successful landing of the Mars Curiosity rover on Mars. The rover safely landed...
View ArticleThe Internet Reacts To The Mars Curiosity Rover
The Mars Curiosity rover successfully landed in Gale Crater today as Dave Chappelle prophesied. Mars Curiosity beat the odds (40% chance of success) and stuck the landing. It didn’t take long for the...
View ArticleAwesome Dad Built A Backyard Roller Coaster For His Daughter
We sometimes like to highlight the awesome things some parents do for their kids, like cosplaying every day to wave at the school bus or dressing up as Spider-Man to surprise them with a trampoline...
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Souped-Up Kicks: 20 Awesome Pairs Of Geeky Hand-Painted Sneakers
Once in awhile we like to share pictures of geeky hand-painted sneakers here, but today’s find may be the best collection yet. The creative team of Art Narin and Koi Thitiporn make custom-painted...
View ArticleChinese Farmer With No Hands Built His Own Bionic Replacements
Sun Jifa, a 51-year-old farmer in China, lost both of his hands while building a bomb to fish with (as one does). The accident was eight years ago, at which time the hospital quoted a price for...
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The Force Is Strong With These Custom 'Star Wars' Helmets From The As You...
Lin Zy Busch and her Lego Clone Trooper [via] The As You Wish Project is a charity fundraiser auctioning over 40 redesigned Boba Fett and Clone Trooper helmets putting these iconic Star Wars props...
View ArticleI Want To Go To There: Trippy ‘Hyper-Matrix’ Moving Wall Goes On Display
“Dude, what if, like, the wall is stationary and we’re the ones who are moving?” The “Hyper-Matrix” was unveiled by artist group J o n p a s a n g at the Hyundai Motor Group Exhibition Pavilion. The...
View ArticleGloriously Geeky Drummer Totally Steals The Show
The enthusiastic drummer pictured above (and in the two epic videos below) is Kwon Soon Keun, who is now 72 years old but still rocking harder than drummers 50 years his junior. As part of the band...
View ArticleCommercial Pilot Videos Week Of Takeoffs And Landings, Makes Lovely Video...
It’s funny — the other day I was on a plane, sitting in the front near the cockpit, and I thought, “Man just once I’d like to be in there for a flight just to see what it’s like.” Unless I get some...
View ArticleMorning Wake-Up Call: Ping Pong Ball Explosion And A Cat Singing Star Wars
We couldn’t decide which funny morning pick-me-up to show you to help kick off this exciting* Thursday morning, so you’re getting both. Check out the videos below to see a ping pong ball explosion and...
View ArticleCheck Out This Awesome Warehouse-Sized Rube Goldberg Machine
Freerunner and parkour dude Jason Paul joined forces with Team Farang and Red Bull to build an enormous Rube Goldberg machine with stunt elements. They set it up in an abandoned factory in Hamburg,...
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This Animatronic Admiral Ackbar Costume Is Decidedly A Trap
Yesterday we were talking about cheap homemade Halloween costumes. Today we’re awestruck by a not-remotely-cheap homemade Halloween costume. This animatronic Admiral Ackbar costume includes servos in...
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Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson) Voices 'Axe Cop' And All Is Right With The World
As you may have heard, Fox is producing an animated version of the Axe Cop webcomic, which is drawn by Ethan Nicolle based on stories by his eight-year-old brother Malachai (who was five when the...
View ArticleTolkien Fan Builds His Own Hobbit House Just To Store His Collection
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. And in Chester County, Pennsylvania, there lived a lucky S.O.B. who built his own hobbit house. He hired architect Peter Archer to build the...
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