Michael Borys' magical participatory experience is art, and puzzles, and story, and music—and so much more. Read the rest

If you thought you've seen it all when it comes to iPhone rudeness and stupidity, think again. A fellow in the audience at the Booth Theater in New York had a sudden urge to charge his phone, and spotted an outlet on stage. Read the rest

Earlier this year Robert Doggart, a Christian minster, told an FBI informant of his plans to attack a Pennsylvania community of black Muslims. Read the rest

Yesterday, as Minnesota zoo visitors watched, a grizzly bear decided to give them some action. The bear picked up a rock the size of a basketball and slammed it into the exhibit's glass barrier. Read the rest

We would see the hell out of this movie at the drive-in. A wonderful remix by Vulture.(more…)

Maurice Mikkers is an artist and licensed lab analyst from the Netherlands. In this series, he photographs his friends' tears using a microscope. Read the rest

Daniel Boria has been charged with mischief for tying more than 100 colorful balloons to a chair and flying over the city of Calgary. He described the adventure as "the most surreal experience you can ever imagine." Read the rest

Looks like developers win again. Aw, but what do geologists know about fault lines anyway? Read the rest

This 1987 video from Apple imagines a future world in 1997 made richer and more wonderful by all the sweet Apple products Apple was going to build. (more…)

South Carolina's Senate passed legislation Tuesday to remove the Confederate battle flag from the state house, where it has flown for five decades despite being viewed by many as a symbol of slavery. Read the rest

This is a great way to save the caps of your favorite craft beers. You can pick from each U.S. state and various boozy countries; all are $39.99 from Beer Cap Maps. Read the rest

Coincidence, correlation, or something else? Read the rest

Back in 2006, I had an epiphany. Stories are empathy engines, regardless of the medium. And for humans, they always have been. Read the rest

Over the holiday weekend, The Detroit News published a remarkable analysis of what happened in Detroit's foreclosure meltdown. One block on Greensboro Street saw 33 of 38 homes go into mortgage or tax foreclosure in the last ten years. Read the rest

Guante performs at the March 2015 Saint Paul Poetry Slam. I hope you're picking up what he's throwing down.[via]

Read the rest of the Hip Hop Family Tree comics! (more…)

A friend of mine turned me on to Punjammies, described as "loungewear bottoms made with hope by women in India who have escaped human trafficking."I got my pair today, love them, and will be ordering another in blue. Read the rest

Beautiful video of air currents rippling through grassy knolls in Norway. (more…)

Imgur user SexyCyborg makes lots of cool fashion using open source hardware, like this underlit LED skirt. She published a very detailed HOWTO create your own based on her trial and error. Read the rest

Google's Deep Dreaming is an effort to allow computers to visualize the world through neural networks. The result, of course, is the psychotic nightmare landscape of an emergent machine intelligence, where holes become puppy eyes and anything long and thin is interpreted as a shimmering tentacle. Read the rest

Since Cory posted about the Deep Dream image recognition algorithm last month (and Rob earlier today) it's inspired an explosion of iterations like Roelof Pieters' DeepDreamed Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas. Read the rest

They're not rainbows. They're “abomination colors.” Read the rest

In footage said to be from China, a vendor creates a beautiful and elaborate cotton-candy creation. Look at the menu to the right: it isn't even the most expensive one.

Cold glass sculptor Jack Storms explains how he makes his gorgeous pieces, including one that became a cube prop in the Guardians of the Galaxy film. Read the rest

To Britons of a certain age, the BBC Micro was a legendary 8-bit computer perfect for learning to code (and to play with between lessons). Read the rest

Coverage of this week's event seems mostly to center on how it went from "comic mecca" to a bloated pop culture marketing event of dubious relevance to anything in particular. But Bryan Bishop writes that there'll be plenty of new cool on show. You like Star Wars, don't you?

Made of opaque aluminum, this $150 gadget hooks up to a proper cellphone and makes all the right moves and noises. Read the rest

Retinal neuroscientist Bryan Jones shot a series of beautiful, mesmerizing photos revealing the pattern taken by the Watch's LED subpixels—and other components of the tiny display. Read the rest

These critically-acclaimed Twine games have been scattered across the internet like bits of seaglass—until now. Read the rest

Plenty of games have cell phones in them, but the best is when we're made to think about our relationships to those devices and what we use them for. Read the rest

When I saw my first issue of "Reality Hackers" -- at a bookstore I was working at in high-school -- I knew I wanted to keep reading this magazine, and made my boss place a big order for the next issue, which was called "Mondo 2000." Read the rest

Copenhagen-based photographer Ken Hermann took a series of incredible and strange portraits of the costumed characters who roam Hollywood Boulevard. Read the rest

Nicole Paris dominates, but clearly the beatbox talent is genetic. (more…)

The AP went to court over the documents, in which Cosby, 77, testifies under oath in a sexual assault lawsuit filed by a former Temple University employee. Read the rest

Better than you do, says the Dodo (who made this supercut). But hey, why compare? They jump better than we expect them to. (more…)

Head Hunter String Holder: a craft from the final gasps of the ethno-human-novelty era of racist tchotchkes Read the rest

With a rated capacity of 18.7Wh, 5200mAh at 3.6V, the Goal Zero Flip 2.0 packs a lot of power for its tiny size. Read the rest

Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland. The driver of a yellow Fiat compact spots a perfect space to park up. And so the time-honored dance of the incompetent parallel parker begins. But, dear reader—wait for it.

Saginaw Valley State University DaJuawn Wallace, 24, was driving to a store to pick up medicine for his girlfriend at 2am when a cop driving behind him activated his lights and sirens. Read the rest

Our guest on the Cool Tools Show this week is Andrew Mayne. He is a magician, maker, and the author of five bestselling mystery and thriller novels. Read the rest

What's a team of cosmic high school superheroines supposed to do after they defeat the villain, go back to their normal lives, and start growing apart? Read the rest

Last year Jose Caballero (40) and Elissa Alvarez (21) were videotaped having sex on a beach in Florida for 25 minutes in broad daylight and in front of small children. Read the rest

What a fantastically creepy and enticing fan-made trailer for the TV series adaptation of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, coming to Netflix next year! Read the rest

"The future is not a straight line. It is filled with many crossroads." Read the rest

Here's some fun: "Place hand in dog's cage and hold it there for as long as you dare. Dog pants, dribbles warm saliva and other disgusting things." It's a coin-operated amusement built by Tim Hunkin, and you can see a customer trying it out in this video. Read the rest

Some users gave it the acronym CADET: "Can't Add, Doesn't Even Try." Read the rest

The state of Colorado has been conducting a massive experiment with birth control over the last 6 years. Read the rest

"I don't like Oreos very much."Try a new Oreo Thin, with a lot less Oreo to dislike!And since they're for adults, Oreo says they weren't designed to be twisted open or dunked. Read the rest

The FBI reports that fiber-optic lines that provide Internet, cable, and phone service in Northern California have been snipped 11 times so far this year. Read the rest