A giant exoplanet orbits a tiny star, upending scientists' understanding of planetary formation. The newly-discovered world and its pathetic little sun were announced in the latest issue of Science. "It's… Read the rest of the article: Distant gas giant challenges our understanding of planetary formation

There will be no charges for Terrance Mercadal and Jared Robinet, the two Sacramento police officers who shot and killed an unarmed man in his own back yard. The Sacramento… Read the rest of the article: No charges for cops who killed Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man, in his own yard

This security footage depicts the armed robbery of a bar in St. Louis. One of the patrons, named as Tony Tovar, simply ignores the robber while the others duck and… Read the rest of the article: Man unperturbed by armed robber

The bayonet on the MAS-36 rifle seems a straightforward, no-nonsense design. But there's a problem with it: bored soldiers.

First-grade schoolchildren in Pittsburgh were given a worksheet to fill out that contained an unusual scenario. The worksheet says: “Tom will run. He will run from the cop. Tom will… Read the rest of the article: First-grade worksheet about running from cops deemed "inappropriate"

An notorious patent troll filed a lawsuit against GNOME over a photo management app it offers with its Linux desktop environment. Florida man Leigh M. Rothschild was only recently awarded… Read the rest of the article: Makers of GNOME, the free desktop environment, sued by infamous patent troll

There's a video purporting to be the legendary Donald Trump piss tape going around. It's perfectly executed, starring a great lookalike Trump and filmed in the right $18000-a-night hotel room… Read the rest of the article: The Pee Tape is too perfect to be real

I wouldn't want to be this close. [NASA] Rhis new visualization of a black hole illustrates how its gravity distorts our view, warping its surroundings as if seen in a… Read the rest of the article: What a black hole looks like up close, according to NASA

The House Intelligence Committee posted the Ukraine whistleblower's letter [Direct PDF link], detailing a complaint that President Trump was soliciting foreign interference in the 2020 election. Following below is a… Read the rest of the article: Read the whistleblower complaint about Donald Trump

Here's a great mashup of Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams are Made of This and The White Stripes' Seven Nation Army, performed by Pomplamoose and Sarah Dugas. Jump 25s in for the… Read the rest of the article: Sweet Dreams are made of Seven Nation Army

This video is a protip for animators, a comedy reel and a horror short. You learn how to make a walking 3D character the easy way, then generate a startlingly… Read the rest of the article: One is a crowd when animating in Blender

Some "fancy" brands of teabags are made of polyethylene or nylon and they're shedding microplastics into hot drinks. Delicious! No-one knows if it's bad for you. Nathalie Tufenkji, a professor… Read the rest of the article: "Fancy" silky teabags shed microplastics

Millions of fraudulent accounts, bogus emails from nonexistent suitors, fake notifications… it's not Ashley Madison, it's Match.com, sued yesterday by the Federal Trade Commission over accusations of swindling its users.… Read the rest of the article: Feds sue Match.com after users complain of swindles and spam

After promising a transcript of a controversial call between Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, the White House today released a summary offering details of the conversation but specifically disclaimed… Read the rest of the article: White House releases summary of call where Trump asked Ukraine president to investigate Biden

In a blog post, Facebook executive Nick Clegg announced that Facebook will exempt politicians from rules that prohibit users from posting hate speech, encouraging criminal activity, inciting violence and, of… Read the rest of the article: Facebook excempts politicians from rules that ban "hate speech" and "false news"

The U.S. military fears incels will commit acts of violence at screenings of the edgy new Joker movie, and has warned troops to keep an eye out for them at… Read the rest of the article: "Incel violence" warning issued over new Joker movie screenings

After the roaring success of its butterfly keyboard design, Apple has an idea to make its laptops even thinnner: attach keys directly to a membrane on the printed circuit board.… Read the rest of the article: Apple files patent on even-thinner keyboards

Cartoonist Scott Adams is famous for "Dilbert", for his right-wing commentary, and most recently a nauseating attempt to promote an app after the Gilroy massacre. On Twitter, journalist John Cook… Read the rest of the article: Scott Adams, of "Dilbert" fame, threatens legal action over tweet mocking him

Comscore is a lynchpin of online "metrics", the practice of measuring web traffic and assigning human interest and engagement to it. The SEC announced today it charged the company and… Read the rest of the article: Comscore and its former CEO charged with fraud

In typical advergame fashion, a clever concept turns out to be a half-baked product tour that never deviates too far from a brand narrative. Apparently you don't even get to… Read the rest of the article: Dating game featuring anime Colonel Sanders not so fresh