Straight out of the comics and sci-fi novels comes the latest device to help keep control in American prisons. When you hear the words pain ray images of mad scientists, a helpless human being strapped to a table screaming for their life, and a giant satellite gun looking machine aimed right at the...

Penny Arcade Scholarship Awarded to Univeristy of Washington Vision Sciences PhD Student SEATTLE – Aug. 24, 2010 – Penny Arcade has awarded University of Washington PhD student Jeffrey Lin the 2010 Penny Arcade Scholarship.  Jeffrey plans to use the award to further his research into applying...

Oh 2012 how do you scare so many shitless. News items have popped up regarding natural disasters, viral outbreaks, scientific experiments, technological advances or space phenomena that could very well be our undoing. The Mayans predict the world to end in December 21, 2012 so we at NK decided to...

I guess if we are going to talk about the recent talks to end ‘net neutrality’ it would serve to define it. Network Neutrality, the full name of the principle, states that the internet ought to be free of restrictions from ISPs (Internet Serve Providers) or the government that would in any...

Imagine seven beings given the power to protect humanity and it’s great tool for communication and information against army self trained to turned the very tool against those it is meant to help. No, this is not the plot for the next Final Fantasy game or Hollywood summer flick. This is something...

DARPA, the US governments answer to mad scientists, had just enlisted the Dark Knight Detective and his colorful sidekick, or at least co-opted their names to do the other thing DARPA is known for…acronyms! Biochronicity and Temporal Mechanisms Arising in Nature (BATMAN) is delving into the theory...

After the car accident they said they could make it better, faster, stronger but they didn’t say fluffier. Veterinarian Noel Fitzpatrick across the pond (that’s Great Britain for those of you with Google Maps disabled) grafted two metal prosthesis at the ankles of Oscar seen in the image...

We have found the location of our invaders! Prepare for Independence Day style invasion! Actually this won’t happen at all. The Cassini spacecraft has been circling near Saturn’s moon Titan with some strange findings. Astrobiologist have theorized that there is a possibility for methane-based...

Cells, the microscopic organism that is the building block to all complex life on this planet. Now imagine that a computer was able to create its own version of universe’s living lego block. With the help of researchers it has become a reality. Craig Venter of The Craig Venter Institute announced...

The land of the rising sun to us Americans can seem at times borderline crazy. Besides the major LULZ they bring to our internet their government and technology industry want to make mind controlled robots a reality in the next 10 years. To them I say “Where is Johnny-5?” You can’t...