Lexus’ Hoverboard Test Ride

A month ago, Lexus unveiled a working hoverboard and many people—still bitter from a past hoverboard prank—were skeptical. The Verge’s Sam Sheffer recently traveled to Cubelles, Spain—where Lexus built a hoverboard-specific skate park—to test it out, and the results are in. While it does actually float above the ground in the way you’d expect, the board needs to ride over a magnetic track in order …

Kathleen Hanna Voices an Awkward Alien

As the lead singer of Bikini Kill, Kathleen Hanna’s voice was remarkably important to countless young women. Now, Hanna has lent her skillful vocals to the big screen, becoming the voice behind an awkward alien in the short film “Myrna the Monster.” Directed by Ian Samuels, the film follows an earnest young extraterrestrial as she navigates the social jungle of Los Angeles after being uprooted …

Why Offices are so Cold

There’s a reason your office air conditioner is always blasting, and it’s not because of an over-heated co-worker. Almost 90 years ago, someone defined “metabolic equivalents”—the energy a body requires while sitting, walking and running—based off the frame of a 40-year-old, 155-pound man. And since then, that number has been powering air conditioning calculations (and freezing many women) all over the world. Now, researchers are …