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· Waylae Gregoire
AfterShock’s Mike Marts: Marvel and DC’s Ex-Executive Editor Reveals Why We’ll Never Hate Superhero Stories
You’d literally have to be a hermit crab to not know we’re living in a golden age of comic superhero stories. Comics have become a platform for addressing social and racial issues more than ever before as we excitedly wait for Marvel or DC to drop the next superhero blockbuster…
· Ryan General
DC Comics Just Announced that the Next Superman is Chinese
A bold new change is coming to the Superman character when DC Comics hits the reset button on its comic book universe this July. As part of its upcoming Rebirth event, major changes are about to shape the DC comicdom, including a super-powered Lois Lane, a Latina Green Lantern…
· Ryan General
UC Irvine Now Offers a Scholarship For Hardcore League of Legends Players
The University of California, Irvine is the latest in a growing number of schools in the U.S. to promote eSports by launching a “League of Legends” scholarship program. In a press release, the university announced yesterday that it will launch the initiative in the fall of 2016,…
· Sebastian Dillon
Thirsty Ravers Offered Sex For EDC Tickets on Craigslist
EDC may have ended last weekend, but memories of the wild weekend should still be pretty fresh for some, at least according to these Craigslist posts. Some individuals who weren’t able to snag a wristband before the event found other ways to get in, like one young woman (below)…
· Riley Schatzle
Staggering Statistics Show Why EDC is the Best Music Festival Ever
The evolution of the Electronic Daisy Carnival over the years has been unbelieveable. Starting in the early 90s as a series of simple warehouse raves in Los Angeles, EDC has grown into the dance music Moby Dick of all music festivals. When EDC was officially launched in 1997,…
· Max Chang
The CDC Just Revealed the Disgusting Reason Why Your Eyes Turn Red After Swimming
Swimmers know that after a few laps in a pool without goggles, it’s pretty normal for your eyes to become itchy and turn red. Most of us think it’s the chlorine in the pool that irritates the eyes, but according to the CDC, we are so unfortunately wrong.
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Vintage Apple Jacket Now Costs $10,000 on Ebay After Drake Wore One at WWDC
When Drake took the stage at the Apple WWDC 2015 event yesterday to talk about the much-anticipated Apple Music, it was what he wore that garnered the most attention. The “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late” rapper wore an old Apple varsity jacket that immediately caused a…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Christian Anti-Gay Protesters Accidentally Promote Hardcore Gay Porn Site
Without knowing it, anti-gay protesters have been accidentally directing people to a hardcore gay porn site for weeks now. Christian evangelists appeared outside of Carolina Rebellion, a hard rock and heavy metal music festival that takes place annually in North Carolina, to…
· Sebastian Dillon
Watch Judge Judy Get Confused and Upset Over EDC Rave Girl
“Electric Daisy Carnival.” “Rave.” These are words that the venerable Judge Judy knows nothing about, and like many elderly people would, she immediately decides to hate them. Watch as the plaintiff, Talina Apodoca, tries to explain what a rave (at 0:37, Judge Judy calls it a…
· Benny Luo
SoundCloud Founder: How Important is Being Creative When Building a Startup?
Since it’s launch in 2007, SoundCloud has evolved from a small startup in Berlin to one of the top online audio distribution platforms in the world. To give you an idea of the company’s growth, SoundCloud recently told us that 12 hours of music and audio get posted every minute…
· Editorial Staff
Japan Hopes to Colonize Mars With Autonomous Robots by 2040
Japan is determined to spend some time on Mars with the help of automated machines. In partnership with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), construction company Kajima is set to develop machinery that will build facilities on the red planet. Each will accommodate at least…
· Editorial Staff
Vaping Alters Your Immune System Genes Six Times More Than Regular Smoking, Study Finds
In a new study on vaping, scientists discovered that the habit alters the immune system even more than regular cigarette smoking. E-cigarettes affect significantly more genes necessary for upper airway defense than conventional cigarettes — and we are talking about hundreds. The…
· Editorial Staff
Meet the Sunway TaihuLight, The World’s Fastest Supercomputer Made in China
China’s Sunway TaihuLight is now the world’s fastest supercomputer, beating its own Tianhe-2 which held the title in the last six rankings. This marks the China’s first time in securing the top spot without the use of U.S. chips while including the greatest number of systems on…
· Editorial Staff
Bill Gates Wants to Give Away 100,000 Chickens For the Best Reason Ever
In a recent blog post, Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates posed the following question: If you were living on $2 a day, what would you do to improve your life? This is a real question almost 1 billion people have to answer due to extreme poverty, and one Gates set out to answer.…
· Editorial Staff
He Was Raised By Poor Chinese Immigrants, Now He’s One of Hollywood’s Star Directors
At just 36 years old, director Jon M. Chu already has quite the resume. He’s helmed films like “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never,” which went on to become the highest grossing concert film of all time, and “G.I. Joe: Retaliation.” His latest film, “Now You See Me 2,” features an…
· Ryan General
Photos Reveal What Richest Man in Asia Does Inside His Private Jet
Netizens were given a never-before-seen glimpse into a day in the life of one of Asia’s richest entrepreneurs, Wan Jianlin via a live online broadcast for a talk show. The outspoken Chinese billionaire allowed a camera crew inside his luxurious private jet to document his…
· Editorial Staff
Here’s Where President Obama Will Live After He Leaves the White House
President Barack Obama revealed in March that he and his family have opted to stay in Washington for a few more years after his term ends early next year so that his daughter Sasha can finish her studies at Sidwell Friends School. “We’re going to have to stay a couple of years…
· Editorial Staff
Tattoo Artist Helps Sick Children By Giving Them Badass Temporary Tattoos
Patients from a children’s hospital in New Zealand will be receiving a unique treat from an airbrush artist. As promised on Facebook, Auckland-based veteran artist Benjamin Lloyd will be giving realistic-looking temporary tattoos to kids at Auckland’s Starship Children’s…
· Editorial Staff
Middle Schooler Goes to Cafeteria For Free Milk — Gets Arrested For ‘Stealing’ It
A middle school student in Dumfries, Virginia, was handcuffed and charged after he stole a 65-cent carton of milk from his school’s cafeteria last month. Ryan Turk, who has also been suspended from Graham Park Middle School because of the incident, reportedly went back to the…
· Laura Dang
Gentle Whispering ASMR: Why Millions of People Watch This Woman Whisper on YouTube
Since this YouTube star began creating her videos five years ago, millions of people around the world have tuned in to hear her whisper. Maria, aka the Gentle Whisperer, is able to send tingles up and down the spines of her over half a million subscribers. The euphoric wave of…