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The World’s Coolest Super Hero Grandma Is Scaling Buildings Now

2:00AM June 5, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Remember Super Mamika, the alter ego of 91-year-old Frederika? Well she’s back, and the world’s coolest super grandma is bigger and badder than ever—and she’s brought a friend! More »


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Pilot Stops Plane For Family Of Murdered Son

10:00AM January 13, 2011 | Sam Biddle

What’s this? News from an airport that doesn’t make you want to vomit blood in outrage? Finally. A grandfather caught up in airport security gridlock made it to his son’s funeral when his flight’s pilot refused to depart without him. More »


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Life’s Like A Road That You Travel On

10:20AM January 8, 2011 | John Herrman

With all the product announcements, press conferences, events and exhibits to cover at CES, we almost missed the most important item of the day. Almost. A meme has achieved perfection. More »


Science

F-22 Engineer Saved A Life By Crashing Into Him On Purpose

6:52AM October 22, 2010 | Sam Biddle

Duane Innes is a very smart man. He is in charge of Boeing’s incredibly complex F-22 fighter program. But how smart is it to crash your car on purpose? When it saves another person’s life (with physics!), very smart. More »


Shady Meetings, Unlawful Acts, And One Ballsy Tech Blogger

12:33PM September 22, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

I’ve never met TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington, but I’m pretty sure he has cajones the size of Texas. How could he not after crashing a secret meeting, realising that his friends might be committing federal crimes and still writing about it? More »


Entertainment

Did Your Favourite Geek TV Show Get Cancelled?

7:00AM May 16, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

It’s that time of year again, when TV studios pick up a bunch of new shows and decide the fates of old ones. V and Chuck will live to see another season; Heroes and FastForward will not. Good riddance!


Heroic Skydiver Saves Woman’s Life After Parachute Failure

11:20AM May 12, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

If you’re skydiving and your parachute fails, there’s always a backup. But what if the backup fails, too? That’s when you pray that you’re jumping with a hero like Dave Hartsock, who risked his own life to save another. More »


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This Real Life Criminal Mastermind Puts Any Bond Villain To Shame

10:20AM March 25, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Wired has an incredible article on Gerald Blanchard, a young criminal mastermind with a “savantlike ability to assess security flaws”. The story opens with him parachuting onto a Viennesse castle to steal a $US2 million diamond star. Yep. [Wired-via-BoingBoing]


Cars

NASA Test Pilot Winging Towards Heaven At Mach 6

3:00AM March 25, 2010 | Joel Johnson

Retired Air Force major Robert M. White, the first human to break Mach 6 and the test pilot who took the X-15 into space, has died at 85. The LA Times remembers him.


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Giant Palm Pre Doesn’t Hold Secret To Making Heroes Not Suck

1:40AM September 19, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Unfortunately, the number this giant Palm Pre tells you to dial in to Heroes isn’t real, meaning you can’t call up and explain how badly Heroes sucks and that Zachary Quinto deserves better. Also, Hiro should die. [NBC via Engadget]