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12 Helmets from the Dark Ages of Football

Today’s high tech football kit may be magnitudes more protective than the bits of molded cow skin you see here but they’re not nearly as intimidating. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 12 early examples of these bad ass cranial caretakers. When you’re done knocking around in here, be sure to check out these armored…

Tech News David Galbraith - Oobject.com

How Actual Science Can Make Science Fiction Stories Cooler

How do the minds behind Battlestar Galactica, Prometheus, X-Men: First Class, and Torchwood go about juggling science fact and science fiction, to tell a believable story? Bad Astronomy‘s Phil Plait hosted a panel at San Diego Comic-Con yesterday to discuss this issue, along with the making and breaking canon in sequels and prequels. Involving scientists…

io9 Keith Veronese

How Facebook Tries (and Sort of Deliberately Fails) to Catch Pedophiles

Sexual predators have been using social media to target children and teens for years. But did you know that Facebook actually has software in place to monitor and stop it? And that it’s deliberately ineffective? Here’s a striking bit about Facebook from Reuters’ deep look into how social networks try to protect kids: “We’ve never…

Social Media Kyle Wagner

MiG-15: The First Great Soviet Interceptor

Coming out of WWII, America’s Air Force was the undisputed champ of the skies. That all changed during the Korean War when Soviet forces unveiled the MiG-15, a sprightly swept-wing interceptor that would go on to spark decades of dogfights. The very first turbo jet fighter to come out of the Soviet Union was the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Sled House! Just Tow it Away From Disaster

Here’s a challenge—you want to build a house on the white sands of New Zealand’s scenic Coromandel Peninsula, but it’s an erosion zone with a requirement that all structures be removable. So what do you do? You put it on a sled. This beach hut is a vacation home for a family of five designed…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Captain America gown spotted on the Comic-Con floor

First we saw an Iron Man dress with its own glowing Arc Reactor, now Kelsey Michele’s gorgeous Captain America gown design has been spotted in the fabric. We grabbed this photo of a San Diego convention-goer who stitched up her own version of the red, white, and blue number. Maybe we’ll eventually see the whole…

io9 Lauren Davis

The Universe has a Twitter account and it is awesome

Redditor Amathev decided to create a Twitter account for the Universe with the express purpose of responding to tweets containing the word universe. The results have been nothing short of inspired. As to why the Universe is always screaming, Amathev says he “just [imagines] the universe having a loud voice.” Makes sense to us. Follow…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Hacker Discovers Surprisingly Easy Method to Get iPhone and iPad In-App Purchases for Free

The App Store’s in-app purchases security has been breached. A Russian hacker has found a method to fool iPhone and iPad apps so that you can get in-app purchases for free. It’s surprisingly easy to set up, requiring no jailbreaking or hacking magic at all. You just need to follow some steps in your stock…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Best Headphones Money Can Buy

Jude Mansilla and his community of audiophiles over at the Head-Fi forums know a thing or two about audio. So when they put together a list of the best gear, you had better take heed. Below are some of the headphones Head-fi considers the best of the best. Most of my favorite headphones can benefit…

Tech News Jude Mansilla - Head-Fi

NYC Subway Gives Commuters Proof the Train Made Them Late for Work—A Month Later

In large cities, “The subway ate my homework” is about as common an excuse for being late to work as the ol’ doctor’s appointment. No one actually believes it. Luckily, New York’s MTA has an online system that gives you city-certified proof you’re telling the truth. Problem is, it’s slower than the city’s trains. Here’s…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Federal clinics for the poor give just as good care as private practices

Now that the Supreme Court has okayed the Affordable Care Act, the medical profession is going to find itself with a lot more customers — many of which will doubtless be shunted off to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) and their look-alikes, which tend to treat “underserved” and low-income populations. These centers are aimed at…

io9 Tim Barribeau

Neil Gaiman’s writing a prequel to Sandman in 2013

Given the hubbub and sales that Before Watchmen drummed up, it’s not surprising that DC is looking to dip into their modern classics. And at last night’s San Diego Comic-Con panel for the publisher’s mature-readers Vertigo imprint, DC snuck in a bombshell — Neil Gaiman will be returning to his career-making comic The Sandman with…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Samurai Jack creator explains how Hotel Transylvania will return cartoonishness to CG animation

Dexter’s Laborator and Samurai Jack creator Genndy Tartakovsky is making the leap from 2D animated television to 3D animated features with Hotel Transylvania, his tale of a vampire-run hotel that provides monsters refuge from the dangers of humanity. At his San Diego Comic-Con panel, Tartakovsky talked about his attempt to make CG animation more cartoonish…

Movies Lauren Davis

These Are the Best Programming Skills to Have if You Wanna Be Rich

Everyone knows that having tech expertise can net some big bucks. But what skills specificially will get you on the path to an early retirement? Better start learning how to code database and security software. Workspan conducted a study in which they rounded up the highest paying certified and non certified computer skills. Most of…

Tech News Adrian Covert

When animals tell lies

We’ve long shed the idea that the animal world is a noble one, untainted by the supposed sins of humanity. But some people still cling to the idea that it’s an honest one. They’re wrong. Animals lie, it seems, all the time. Not as an instinctive defense, but as a sneaky way of getting what…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

The Truth About Semen

A gentleman’s relish is the true water of life. A nice shot of semen allows a man to pass on a genetic code through the ages, offering the closest thing to eternal life humans are ever likely to achieve. But such wonders aren’t straightforward. In fact, semen is a wonderfully complex secretion, rich in evolutionary…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Are You Still Buying Music on iTunes?

I spent money on iTunes for the first time in more than a year today. I had been streaming Frank Ocean’s new album, Channel Orange, ever since he posted it on his Tumblr earlier this week, so I decided I should buy it. There are just so many places to stream music for either free…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Has LEGO Bilbo met his match in zombie Frodo?

This scale model of Bilbo Baggins has been confidently standing his ground at San Diego Comic-Con’s LEGO booth, but trouble may be afoot now that he and Gandalf have been discovered by zombie Frodo. Will a Sting made from plastic bricks be of any use in fighting the undead? Photo credit: Lucia Alba.

io9 Lauren Davis

Scientists explain how to prevent one of the most common airplane disasters

US Airways flight 1549 was forced to make an emergency landing in the Hudson River because it was disabled after hitting a flock of Canada geese. Bird strikes cost the aviation industry more than $1.2 billion every year, and a large number of those are due to Canada geese. The problem is that birds react…

io9 Tim Barribeau

The Moon Is Even Deadlier Than We Thought

Sci-fi fantasies have long predicted that we might live on the moon. But while the lack of atmosphere poses a problem for lunar living, there may be an even bigger sticking point: new research suggests that the moon’s surface is itself toxic to humans. For obvious reasons, long-term human exposure to the moon’s environment has…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe

12 Helmets from the Dark Ages of Football

How Actual Science Can Make Science Fiction Stories Cooler

How Facebook Tries (and Sort of Deliberately Fails) to Catch Pedophiles

MiG-15: The First Great Soviet Interceptor

Sled House! Just Tow it Away From Disaster

Captain America gown spotted on the Comic-Con floor

The Universe has a Twitter account and it is awesome

Hacker Discovers Surprisingly Easy Method to Get iPhone and iPad In-App Purchases for Free

The Best Headphones Money Can Buy

NYC Subway Gives Commuters Proof the Train Made Them Late for Work—A Month Later

Federal clinics for the poor give just as good care as private practices

Neil Gaiman’s writing a prequel to Sandman in 2013

Samurai Jack creator explains how Hotel Transylvania will return cartoonishness to CG animation

These Are the Best Programming Skills to Have if You Wanna Be Rich

When animals tell lies

The Truth About Semen

Are You Still Buying Music on iTunes?

Has LEGO Bilbo met his match in zombie Frodo?

Scientists explain how to prevent one of the most common airplane disasters

The Moon Is Even Deadlier Than We Thought

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