I tried a strange fruit some scientists think could solve world hunger
The fruit in question is called breadfruit, and few people outside the Pacific Islands know about its existence — or its potential.Breadfruit is found everywhere throughout the Pacific Islands,...
View ArticleThere's a secret feature in Android phones that will let you prank your friends
If you can manage to get a hold of your unsuspecting friend's Android phone for a couple minutes, there's a quick prank that will make his or her phone so frustratingly slow that it's hard not to...
View ArticleAmazon really wants you to buy a five-pound gummy bear
The hashtag #NationalJunkFoodDay is trending on Twitter. Wait – what?Like many corporations, Amazon jumped on the hashtag bandwagon. But, to me, their celebration tweet reads more like commentary on...
View ArticleThis crazy-looking movie about monsters is dominating China's box office...
In the US, "Jurassic World" has been the big box-office story of the summer.But on the other side of the globe, Chinese moviegoers are turning out in droves to see a new movie called "Monster Hunt."In...
View ArticleWhy your favorite video game series is never, ever coming back
Nostalgia is as important a part of playing video games as the thrill of defeating your foes or the frustration of a level you just can't overcome. Anyone who's ever owned a game console has at least...
View ArticleSony is going to make an animated movie entirely about emoji
After a heated bidding war, Sony Pictures Animation has been given the thumbs up emoji to produce a movie about everyone's favorite pictographs. Two other studios, Warner Brothers and Paramount,...
View ArticleJesse Eisenberg plays a stoner turned government agent in the hilarious first...
The trailer for the late summer release of "American Ultra" just dropped today.The comedy about a stoner (Jesse Eisenberg) who gets tangled up in a government conspiracy also stars Kristen Stewart,...
View ArticleOne of the best shows on TV is about to get even better with the first...
Turning a sacred film from the Coen Brothers into a TV series seemed like a risky idea at first. However, the first season of "Fargo" proved all the doubters wrong by both staying true to the source...
View ArticleThese incredible award-winning pictures were taken by drones
In a feat of photographic excellence, amateur and professional drone nerds have proven a point they've been trying to make for years: drones can shoot.Photographs, that is; and stunning ones at...
View ArticleThere's a fake city in Michigan researchers are using to test self-driving cars
The University of Michigan has built a 32-acre city where self-driving cars can be tested out to perfect their skills. The simulated city, called M City, aims to replicate real-life scenarios where the...
View ArticleThe worst part about 'Trainwreck': You saw all the funniest parts in the trailer
I really wanted to like "Trainwreck."It's directed by one of my favorite filmmakers (Judd Apatow), it stars one of the best comedians in the business right now (Amy Schumer), and it features an...
View ArticleThe iPhone is unstoppable (aapl)
Wall Street may be disappointed with the iPhone's performance last quarter, but don't look at Apple's stock price for guidance on how things really are.Apple sold 47.5 million iPhones last quarter,...
View ArticleNicki Minaj and Taylor Swift just duked it out on Twitter over the VMAs — and...
Nicki Minaj got on Twitter to complain about a VMA snub Tuesday evening, and Taylor Swift took the rapper's comments as a personal attack.Now, their fans are choosing sides and Twitter is freaking...
View ArticleAfter more than a decade, one of the best comic series which showed why...
"Fables" is a comic book that crept up on me, one that I didn't know I loved until it was too late and I was 60 issues in and the story broke my heart. Years ago, someone handed me a copy of the first...
View ArticleThe Jeep hack was only the beginning of smart car breaches
First, hackers came after your laptop, then your smartphone, and now they may come after your car.As cars become increasingly connected to the internet, security researchers are discovering a...
View ArticleThe awesome new trailer for 'Spectre' finally gives us our first good look at...
The first full trailer for "Spectre" has been released, and it gives us our best look yet at the 24th installment in the Bond franchise.The next 007 film will send James Bond (Daniel Craig) to Mexico...
View ArticleCracked bones reveal cannibalism by doomed Arctic explorers
An ill-fated 19th-century expedition that became trapped in the Canadian Arctic ended in a particularly gruesome type of cannibalism, new research suggests.The gory end was faced by the British navy on...
View ArticleScientists find first drug that appears to slow Alzheimer's disease
Scientists appear to have broken a decades-long deadlock in the battle against Alzheimer's disease after announcing trial results for the first drug that appears to slow the pace of mental decline.The...
View Article4 video game series that are doomed to never return
Everyone loves a good video game revival. Just look at the way "Mega Man" fans' eyes light up when you show them this footage from the coming sequel-in-everything-but-name "Mighty No. 9":But some...
View ArticleA Chinese developer came up with a way to reduce the time it takes to build a...
Building your dream house could get a lot easier if 3D-printing takes off in the construction industry. Last week, the Chinese developer Zhuoda Group assembled a home in Xi'an, China in only three...
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