So, this thing popped up in a TSA Insta-regram today: Otter-box-cutter, anyone? Kn-i-phone? As TSA was the original poster, obviously this guy got caught. However, there are plenty of sneaky non-terrorists who’ve managed to pass unseen through the cracks of self-proclaimed top airport security across the ages. Mostly they just wanted a ride or a job, though. For example, there was that one fifteen-year-old kid who recently went from Cali.. Read More
Beam me grub, Scotty!
Screw weight watchers and food diaries. Physics is cutting to the core of calorie counting. Consumer Physics, to be specific. With their new device called Scio, you can monitor every morsel you nom before you wear it as a muffin top. Yes – even the ish that doesn’t come in a bag with those annoying guilt tables on the back. The way this technology works is super simple: *ahem* It’s.. Read More
Artificial giggles
The results are in. And we’re sorry to inform you your laugh is… fake. And you’re not fooling anyone. Well… less than half the folk, anyway. A study collecting 18 f’real and 18 faux recorded chortles was recently done. Subjects listened to audio clips of each – trying to discern which giggles were legit. 63% of time, people could tell. And while that sounds about as intuitive as flipping a.. Read More
Jellyfish juvenescence
Science says: No need to feast on adolescent girls to look youthful anymore! (Sidebar: Someone remind me to do a Dark Disney Part 2 including the incestuous OG version of Rapunzel? Kaythanks) Yep. According to recent research, a new sea creature might just be our answer to eternal youth. It seems a certain jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii) is capable of immortality. Whenever this species of transparent sentient gelatin gets injured or.. Read More