Noise below the range of human hearing from old pipes and mechanical systems can induce stressful sensations, according to a study published by Canadian researchers in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience.… Read the rest of the article: Study finds infrasound the likely horror in hauntings
The Free Universal Construction Kit is a 3D-printable set of adapters that allow you to connect 10 popular construction toy systems, including Lego, Duplo, Fischertechnik, Gears! Gears! Gears!, K'Nex, Krinkles… Read the rest of the article: Free Universal Construction Kit: 3D-printable adapters to connect Lego, Duplo, K'Nex, Stickle Bricks and other systems
The European Union decided that all charging thingies must use USB-C, at least for smaller gadgets such as phones, tablets, cameras, headphones and low-power laptops that are sold there. By… Read the rest of the article: Europe's USB-C charger rules come into force
The good news for Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien is that Singapore's draconian attitude toward petty crime won't get him caned. But filming himself licking a straw and putting it back… Read the rest of the article: French teen arrested for licking vending machine straw in Singapore
A few years ago, Kotakenotokeke's short but unnerving game The Exit 8 trapped the player in a looping but slowly-changing subway platform; to advance one would have to linger at… Read the rest of the article: Exit 8 movie escapes subway, opens in America
Trump Media, which is to say the Twitter clone Truth Social, is ditching CEO Devin Nunes (formerly a congressman, also cows and relentless complaints) after what the Associated Press reports… Read the rest of the article: Trump Media shakeup after stock collapse
You've likely heard of the menacingly brutalist AT&T Long Lines skycraper in Manhattan, a massive telecommunications center believed to house an NSA surveillance facility and the inspiration behind the Oldest… Read the rest of the article: Mini-documentary about Pittsburgh's Long Lines telecom fortress
My first experience of emulation was ZSNES in the late 1990s, letting me return to what then seemed like ancient history: the early 1990s. I could finally finish Secret of… Read the rest of the article: Legendary emulator ZSNES rewritten from scratch
Two 18-year-olds got a flying start on their lives as Florida men Saturday, driving a lawnmower through the Target in Ocala and allegedly damaging a door. Janek Szkaradek and Luke… Read the rest of the article: Florida teens arrested after riding lawnmower through Target
A 17th-century brass astrolabe, said to be the "perhaps the largest in existence" by Sotheby's Benedict Carter, is up for auction in London on Wednesday. The BBC reports that it's… Read the rest of the article: Giant 17th-century astrolabe could fetch millions at auction
Academic freedom is declining around the world, according to the latest update in the 2026 Academic Freedom Index (AFI), with dozens of countries getting worse and only nine getting better… Read the rest of the article: U.S. sinks in world Academic Freedom Index
Fits on a Floppy is a "manifesto for small software" inspired by the storage limit of a standard old-timey 3.5-inch floppy disk: 1.44MB. "Software has lost its way," writes Matt… Read the rest of the article: Does your app fit on a floppy?
Jerrelle Augustine used Lego to build a deliciously good scam, as police in California have it. He allegedly ordered boxes of the bricks, swapped them for pasta, then returned them… Read the rest of the article: Lego replaced with pasta in $34k return scam
In 2010, Tommy Whiteman solicited sex from someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl and earned himself a spot on the Texas Sex Offender Registry. How, then, was the 46-year-old… Read the rest of the article: Sex offender coached kids with clickwrap waiver which didn't mention it
Coyote vs. ACME, the forthcoming live-action animated comedy from Warner Bros., ran a strange road to release: shot and animated years ago, it was shelved by WB in 2023 to… Read the rest of the article: Coyote vs. ACME trailer runs off precipice, hovers, drops
After whispers in the shaded corners of the 'net, then the first upload to its channel in a year, Boards of Canada today announced its forthcoming new album, Inferno. The… Read the rest of the article: Inferno, Boards of Canada's first album since 2013, is out in May
Bosch Limited bought Bosch Chassis Systems from Robert Bosch Investment Nederland B.V. and Robert Bosch LLC in a $970 million cash deal. The consolidation in India's auto sector has been… Read the rest of the article: Bosch buys Bosch from Bosch and Bosch
Glendale residents Ruben Tamrazian, Ararat Chirkinian and Vahe Muradkhanyan, and Alfiya Zuckerman of Valley Village, had a brilliant plan to commit insurance fraud: perhaps the best of all time. They… Read the rest of the article: Bear costume insurance scammers get 180 days in the den
Wild Gunman '74 was an electromechanical arcade game designed by Nintendo legend Gunpei Yokoi. Unlike its 1985 digital sequel, Wild Gunman, the original immersed the player in full-motion film footage… Read the rest of the article: 52-year-old Nintendo full-motion film game restored
After Alex Jones declared bankruptcy to avoid paying the Sandy Hook parents defamed by his lies, InfoWars ended up on the block. When the auction was won by satirical news… Read the rest of the article: The Onion reaches deal to take over InfoWars
