According to the New York Post , Best Buyis thinking about selling vinyl radical phonograph record again in their stores . I had to read that twice too . I would find “ Nixon Returns From Grave ” easier to believe . The reason : Vinyl albums ’ sales are growing . As much as 15 percent up in 2007 and a whooping 89 % more in 2008 . The 2009 forecast is good ....

There ’s nothing like a coaster shape like a man with a big flat point to get the conversation started at a stilted dinner party . For exemplar : “ Hey , Clara , ” you ’ll say , “ seem at these charming coaster . ” Then Clara will see at the coaster , nod slowly , and say , “ I ’m sleeping with your baby . ”...

Welcome back to Toy Aisle , io9 ’s weekly roundup of all thing wonderful and charge card . This workweek , even more avenger : Infinity War rabidness , Lego ’s latest Creator Expert readiness , and we all bow down to our felid overlords , because the feline master are now pack insane amounts of heating . Praise them , and the rest of this week ’s toy !...

Rogue One might be the first standalone film in the Star Wars universe , but that does n’t imply it ’s detached from the original saga . In fact , film director Gareth Edwards went to great lengths to ensure persistence between Rogue One and A New Hope , including total antecedently unseen Star Wars footage to crusade one scene even further into the canon . While some of the CGI outcome were a second odd - looking ( I ’m looking at you , Tarkin ) , one of the most impressive feat was how Rogue One digitally resurrected Garven Dreis and Jon Vander , the Red and Gold Leaders from A New Hope ....

There ’s a Modern Cloverfield movie out , so plainly it ’s time to talk about some of its mysteries and how all the celluloid connect . Out of the blueish , The Cloverfield Paradox was issue on Netflix this past Sunday night . We ’ve watched it ( understand our review here ) , and have been thinking about what pass in the cinema and how it connect to 2008 ’s Cloverfield and 2016 ’s 10 Cloverfield Lane ....

There ’s a hilarious image floating around the Internet today about how Apple , the sword lily bearer of “ do n’t you dare steal my designlest you owe me a billi “ , copiedNokia ’s Lumiawith the iPod Nano . Just take a look at the image above ! The iPod Nano on the right field has the same rounded edges , same organically slapped on screen and same wacky color as the Lumia on the left !...

With its simplistic volleying of a tiny pel between two vertical paddles , 1972’sPonghas come to typify the first generation of picture plot play . It was bare , it was low - tech , and it was addictive . But it was n’t the first telecasting game . That honor goes to a game that debuted back in 1958 , the same yr the hula hoop debuted andLeave It to Beaverwas still on tv ....

In Sayburç , Turkey , not far from the noted settlement ofGöbekli Tepe , an archaeologist discover an 11,000 - year - onetime scene chip at into a rampart . It ’s one of the oldest narrative depictions in the archaeological disc . The narrative scene describe five figures : two humans , a bull , and two leopards . One of the humans is hold a snake , or rattle , in its correct hand ....

wide considered one of the first serious kit and caboodle of history , Histories — written in the 5th century BCE by the Greek scholarly person Herodotus — is a highly influential account of the Greco - Persian warfare , and offer one of the best glimpses into ancient cultures . Herodotus was remarkably scrupulous with his research , traveling across Europe and the Middle East to interview countless people ....

Galileo Galilei did n’t formulate the telescope , but he did create one that magnified objects about 30 time . One dark in 1610 , he aimed it at Jupiter — and in the process launched a new era of astronomy . We ’ve make out a long mode since then . The thirties ushered in telescopes with mirrors more than six ft across , and in 1948 a telescope with an almost 17 - foot mirror was bring out in California ....

Weil ’s Disease , also known asLeptospirosis , is a bacterial transmission that can affect both humans and animals . It ’s triggered by bacteria from the genusLeptospira . This disease disseminate through water contaminated by the urine of infected animate being , often rodents . Symptomscan set out from mild influenza - like signs to terrible illness , includingliverdamage , kidney failure , and bleeding . Early diagnosis and intervention withantibioticsare crucial for convalescence ....

Why take photo when millions upon millions of multitude are taking billions upon billions of them every individual Clarence Shepard Day Jr. , of every subject imaginable ? ArtistJoachim Schmidhas been obsessed with other citizenry ’s photos for years , collecting and re - box them as nontextual matter objects . This great picture from theCarnegie Museum of Art ’s unseeable Photographseries takes a flavour at Schmid ’s singular practice ....

FXX has just released a “ first flavor ” detail the sci - fi themed tenth time of year of Archer , also lie with asArcher : 1999 . Of course , all the shape and crew are go to be enthusiastic about their own show , but it ’s pretty undeniable how kick - ass this time of year ( say to be the revive rage favorite ’s final ) is look : Space struggle !...