Every year, our friend Adam Savage of Mythbusters and Tested walks the Comic-Con floor completely disguised by his costume and makes a video about it. This year, he was joined by astronaut Chris Hadfield and they both wore spacesuits like those in 2001: A Space Odyssey. (more…)

The Offworld staff had a lot to say about nostalgia last week, particularly around the announcement that a remake of the fan-favorite 1997 game Final Fantasy VII is on the way. Read the rest

A lapsed nerd comes home. Read the rest

The sun has set on San Diego, and we've put together the most interesting news that fans of comics -- you know, the books -- shouldn't miss. Read the rest

Competitive canopy piloting has added a remarkable event where pilots get points for skimming their feet across a shallow water feature and landing within a small square. Points are given for precision and style. Read the rest

Filmmaker Katherine Espejo has been documenting how the increasingly grim drought is affecting her home town in Central California, focusing on parts of East Porterville, where some wells have begun running dry. Read the rest

About half of Texans are concerned about Jade Helm 15, this week's federal military exercise across the American southwest. Many conspiracy theories advanced by right-wing groups have driven these concerns. Read the rest

Rotterdam wanted to honor the history of its public market by creating a space that felt open even though it was enclosed. The resulting Markthal has a beautiful vaulted ceiling adorned with bright murals of food. Read the rest

I’ve recently discovered the line of cool pocket-size magic tricks made by Tenyo, a Japanese company founded in 1960 that has gained a cult following among amatuer magicians. Read the rest

“I propose a Moon village on the far side of the Moon,” says Johann-Dietrich Woerner who has been in the role of Director General of the European Space Agency (Esa) for just a week.Read the rest

A dangerously-captivating and adorable word game provides depth and simplicity at the same time. Read the rest

In a business where execs often lose touch with their audience, with development, & with the spirit of play, Iwata kept close to all these. Read the rest

A cold and distant place, imaged for the first time from a distance seemingly within reach. Read the rest

Footage went viral of a young woman suffering a meltdown, on a train, after her phone dies. It looks like it might be just another amusing YouTube tantrum, at first, but her anguish is so extreme as to be immediately troubling. Read the rest

The Atlantic’s James Fallows reports “3 Truths About Trump,” namely that 1) he can’t win, 2) he will drop out before it gets expensive, and 3) the press shouldn’t tease passions by lying about his chances. Read the rest

A very large hamburger marketed by New Zealand food chain Burger Fuel has attracted the ire of national regulators. Read the rest

Slavery was outlawed in the British Empire in 1833, decades before the U.S. Civil War. The outcome: relative historical obscurity, leaving Britain’s 17th and 18th century luminaries untarnished by their ownership of other human beings. [Guardian]

#SerenaSlam! I love her. What an athlete, what a role model, what a woman!— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 11, 2015Tennis star Serena Williams won Wimbledon, to the satisfaction of many, including author J.K. Read the rest

Is it orbital changes? No? Solar variation? Uh uh. Volcanoes? Ffft. What could it possibly be? [Bloomberg]

A man driving an Audi decided to go on a joyride last Thursday – in reverse. For miles, the mysterious driver with a female passenger winded his way down the Hollywood hills backwards, crossing over yellow lines and almost hitting a pedestrian. Read the rest

A mama bear with two cubs made a habit of sneaking into a mobile home in British Columbia, Canada and raiding the freezer. Read the rest

“It’s crystal clear!” intones the narrator. Come for the pumping stock music, stay for the languid, awed discussion. [Youtube via]

Air freshener may look like the desirable beverage moonshine, but what sort of moonshine smells like air freshener? Read the rest

“The death of the PC,” writes Davey Alba, “has not been greatly exaggerated.”Research outfit Gartner tracked a 9.5 percent decline in shipments in the second quarter of this year compared to the same time a year ago, posting a tally of 68.4 million units. Read the rest

Ariel Waldman and Lisa Ballard’s lovely designs are also available as posters, tees and other useful things. Read the rest

The compromised data includes Social Security Numbers, Dates of Birth, and Home Addresses. Read the rest

That smile!Read the rest

In Tahlequah, Oklahoma, things escalated quickly at a local Taco Bell when Amber Henson discovered the fast food restaurant’s WiFi wasn’t working. Read the rest

The raccoon’s name is Melanie. (more…)

I have taken whale-watching boat rides off Newport Beach many times, and seen many beautiful things. But there’s always new beauty nature has ready to surprise us. Read the rest

Not sure why this is so cute or entertaining, but it’s very much both.(more…)

Photo and print dealer Limited Runs is touring a fantastic collection of jazz photos from the archives of Metronome, an influential music magazine that published from 1881 to 1961. Read the rest

“You’ve been here, but you don’t know this story,” says Mark Hamill, in this behind the scenes mini-documentary just released at ComicCon. (more…)

“A Series of Tweets from the CEO of Frito Lay that He Meant to Type into the Google Search Bar”Update: an earlier version of this post failed to indicate that the linked item was satirical and not really the Frito Lay CEO. Read the rest

This 1987 nightmare achieved immense commercial success in the UK and Australia. I’ve just listened to it for the first time in a couple of decades, and found it genuinely difficult to get through. Read the rest

Now with distinct surface features! [NASA]

Medium has the entire collection. His searches are crazily mundane, and he is interested in steampunk girls.

They’re just cheap clip-ons that write to SSDs and have no tamper-evident measures. Read the rest

If working as an EFF activist isn’t your thing, perhaps helping to run the Free Software Foundation in Boston will be more to your liking? Read the rest

Gissur Simonarson shot this in Gjerdrum, near Oslo, Norway. WAY more interesting than watching grass grow. (more…)

Dronestagram and National Geographic posted the winners of their “2015 Drone Aerial Photography Contest.” Read the rest

Enjoy this early internet guide to the subversive world of "erotic disks" and "teledildonics." Read the rest

A short film from a few years ago by 39 Degrees North: GUNDOG. “Part dog, part gun, all cop!” (more…)

“Wheeee.”(more…)