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Feb 20, 2015, 12:04 PM

New poll shows that most Americans wouldn’t take a free trip to space

Enthusiasm for going beyond the great beyond doesn’t seem to resonant with most Americans, according to a new poll by Monmouth… Read More

Feb 20, 2015, 11:11 AM

New Dr. Seuss book to be released this summer

In more news about literary gems uncovered, a new Dr. Seuss book has been discovered and is slated to come out… Read More

Feb 20, 2015, 10:47 AM

NBC drone captures incredible footage of frozen Niagara Falls

Baby, it’s cold outside if you’re on the East Coast. NBC affiliate WGRZ sent a drone out to catch some shots… Read More

Feb 20, 2015, 10:22 AM

Time Warner one-ups Comcast in nastiness, calls woman a ‘C**t’

Holy crap, cable giants! Get a hold of yourselves already. Today in unbelievable of unbelievable, a Time Warner customer got… Read More

Feb 20, 2015, 9:26 AM

MacGyver 2.0: Makers of iconic show looking for a woman to reboot the show

If we can have an all-lady Ghostbusters, we can certainly have this: A lady MacGyver. That’s right. Creators from the… Read More

Feb 20, 2015, 9:01 AM

From Twitter to vegan burgers, Alex Payne returns to Portland to focus on doing good

Here’s an interesting twist you don’t hear every day about those who succeed in Silicon Valley. One of Twitter’s first… Read More

Feb 20, 2015, 8:30 AM

‘Exploding Kittens’ blows up Kickstarter as most-backed project of all time

When the card game “Exploding Kittens” hit Kickstarter a month ago, it was gaining funding at a clip that was… Read More

Feb 19, 2015, 3:39 PM

Paul Allen’s Vulcan Real Estate planning apartments on Seattle site where he learned to program

Talk about life coming full circle. The site of the University of Washington’s old computer lab, where Microsoft co-founders Paul… Read More

Feb 19, 2015, 1:39 PM

Rosetta makes ‘closest-ever’ flyby of comet, more spectacular pictures to come this summer

The European Space Agency has reported that spacecraft Rosetta has made its “closest-ever encounter” with a comet. Rosetta came within… Read More

Feb 19, 2015, 11:32 AM

Socrata has turned the 2016 federal budget into an interactive experience

Can a person have fun with the federal budget? If you can, this is probably as close to it as… Read More

Feb 19, 2015, 10:44 AM

Next stop, Red Planet? Why this Microsoft programmer wants to help colonize Mars

Earlier this week, the Mars One Mission announced that it had narrowed its candidates from an initial 200,000-plus down to… Read More

Feb 19, 2015, 8:39 AM

Carnegie Mellon accidentally accepts 800 applicants after computer error

Imagine getting an acceptance letter to the top computer science masters program in the country. Then imagine being told that… Read More

Feb 19, 2015, 8:15 AM

That sexy LG G Flex 2 smartphone is coming to Sprint

Remember that new curved LG smartphone everyone was raving about at CES? Well, the LG G Flex 2 will be… Read More

Feb 18, 2015, 12:10 PM

Watch how good this guy gets after playing ping pong for a year

Malcolm Gladwell already covered this premise in Outliers that if you practice something significantly on the regular, you’re bound to… Read More

Feb 18, 2015, 11:38 AM

Nearly a third of Canadians fake being American to get our Netflix

Sure they have government-supported health care, but when it comes to more modern-day conveniences, we Americans simply have more choice than… Read More

Feb 18, 2015, 10:51 AM

Regret that tattoo you got at CES? A topical removal cream is in the works

Wow, today in an amazing advancement that our tattoo-friendly streets of Seattle might appreciate: A tattoo-removal topical that costs as… Read More

Feb 18, 2015, 10:26 AM

NASA launches new video on next era for Kennedy Space Center

Today, NASA released a video showing how it’s “retooling for the future” by remaking the Kennedy Space Center into a… Read More

Feb 18, 2015, 10:10 AM

The Twitter Fiction Festival is back!

Aspiring authors take note: the Twitter Fiction Festival is back! The Festival is about “embracing, exploring, and developing the art… Read More

Feb 18, 2015, 9:51 AM

‘Game of Thrones’ mania continues with Monopoly set, newly released scenes from season 4

Wow, HBO Is really building this up. To fuel the Game of Thrones hysteria, the cable channel has released two… Read More

Feb 18, 2015, 9:01 AM

Lego goes all out with new ‘Star Wars’ collection

The Toy Fair in New York has just wrapped, but not without a bang: Lego unveiled 32 new sets of… Read More

Feb 18, 2015, 8:36 AM

World’s coolest grandpa goes on Tinder dates to help his grandson hook up

Tinder can be an endless, empty pit of dating fiascos, but one filmmaker figured out a way to make an amusing… Read More

Feb 17, 2015, 1:56 PM

Bellevue man among 100 finalists to train — and possibly die — for Mars One mission

Good news! You made it to the finals of an incredibly elite crowd and are at the top of your… Read More

Feb 17, 2015, 11:39 AM

George R.R. Martin: Your favorite character might die in the next season of ‘Game of Thrones’

Beloved and delightfully wicked author George R.R. Martin took to the Writers Guide West Awards and dropped some potential bombshells… Read More

Feb 17, 2015, 10:29 AM

‘The New Yorker’ goes inside the fabulous world of Apple designer Jonathan Ive

If you have a few spare minutes to kill today, The New Yorker has a profile on Apple design chief… Read More

Feb 17, 2015, 9:27 AM

Netflix’s ‘House of Cards’ clip shows trouble in paradise with Frank and Claire

Despite a brief snafu, in which the entire next season of Netflix’s House of Cards was released online, here’s an official clip that… Read More

Feb 17, 2015, 9:00 AM

ABC’s ‘Modern Family’ shot an entire episode with Apple’s iPhones and iPads

An upcoming episode of ABC’s Modern Family got the full-on Apple treatment — the entire show was shot using only… Read More

Feb 17, 2015, 8:36 AM

It’s official: Videos trump photos on Facebook

Want your audience to be more engaged with your content on Facebook? Post a video. That’s the official news form… Read More

Feb 16, 2015, 12:36 PM

LG to launch non-ugly luxury smartwatch in March

Today, LG announced it will unveil its first “all-metal, luxury” LG Watch Urbane at Mobile World Congress this March. The Android… Read More

Feb 16, 2015, 11:32 AM

‘Air,’ the first-ever entertainment show with drones, coming to Amsterdam this year

You may not be getting that Amazon Prime package delivered by drone anytime soon, but that doesn’t mean humankind hasn’t… Read More

Feb 16, 2015, 10:19 AM

SpaceX founder Elon Musk inks $3.5M book deal to write about Earth and Mars

Like he needed the cash, Tesla and SpaceX head honcho Elon Musk just signed a $3.5 million book deal with… Read More