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Remember the time we bombed Mexico with German rockets?

Germany spent the end of the 1930s and half the 1940s inventing and perfecting missiles. They made so many, they still had a ton of them left over after the end of World War II. So of course, the leftover weapons were confiscated by the United States. And here’s one of the things we did…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Why Weren’t Hammers Designed With Magnetic Handles In the First Place?

Designer Jung Soo Park has managed to drastically improve the functionality and capabilities of the lowly hammer. But he didn’t accessorize it with useless add-ons only good for attacking non-existant zombies. Instead, he added a magnet to the handle for wrangling nails. Genius. And while Park’s Neo Hammer isn’t available for sale—it’s just a concept—even…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

California Passes Law Preventing Employers From Demanding Social Media Access

With the passage of AB 1844, the California State Assembly has effectively banned employers from requiring access to their workers’ social media accounts. Several states already outlawing the practice and a national ban is in the works, employers will soon have a much harder time snooping through your online life. Now would be a good…

Social Media Andrew Tarantola

The Earth Looks Gorgeously Fragile in Infrared

Our planet looks very different, when viewed in infrared light from space. Astronaut Don Pettit shoots footage of huge swathes of our planet from the International Space Station — first using a regular camera, and then using a camera that films in infrared. Take a look at glowing red forests and strangely blue lakes. We…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Quantum Object Teleported 100 Kilometers by Chinese Scientists

Though quantum teleportation has existed for well over 10 years, it has never actually happened at a distance that would be of any use to people in the real world. But for the first time, Chinese researchers were able to teleport a quantum object nearly 100 kilometers, ramping up the real world applications for the…

Physics & Chemistry Adrian Covert

iOS’ Reminders and Notes Apps Will Likely Appear in iCloud

Considering that the Notes and Reminders apps on iOS will soon appear on OS X Mountain Lion, it probably shouldn’t come as a huge shock that they’ll probably be part of iCloud’s suite of web apps. Today, the two utilities have popped up in screens for the beta version of iCloud, which nobody can seem…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The Coolest Airship Pictures You’ve Ever Seen

Who doesn’t love airships? Dirigibles, zeppelins and aerostats. They’re just so stately and romantic — and, as it turns out, a completely impractical method of transport. To many of us, the airship instantly symbolizes the romance and wonder of past dreams of escaping gravity — and in many cases, the zepplin is also the infallible…

io9 Michael Ann Dobbs

How to make decapitated Ned Stark dessert pops

Blogger Jennifer from Not Your Momma’s Cookie was so dismayed by the death of Eddard Stark that she immediately thought of a diabolical recipe. She admits, “After an immediate reaction of shock, sadness, and a little disgust (which I imagine was the point), I thought…it kind of looks like a cake pop. I realize this…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Holy Shit This Is Real Fucking Corn

This is corn. No, it’s not photoshopped. Yes, it’s real. It’s a corn variety called Glass Gem Corn and though it may look like jelly beans or beads, it’s real, actual, edible corn. What in the world? Seeds Trust, a family seed company, got the seeds for glass gem corn from Greg Schoen who got…

Tech News Casey Chan

Fantasy Novels That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

Everbody loves a good dark, horrible fantasy. A misanthopic adventure, in which everybody is morally compromised, and we all live and die in the dirt. But every now and then, it’s nice to read a fantasy novel in which people are, you know… good. So we decided to contact some of our favorite fantasy writers…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

This 204-Piece Tool Kit Is Your Fixed-That-For-You Deal of the Day

“Welcome to my repair shop. What’s that? Can I help you with your brake lights? And you need a quick oil change? Not a problem, sir. Replace your distributor cap and rotor? No idea what you just said to me, but what the hell, I’m in!” That’s my new attitude to any fix-it jobs that…

Tech News Andrew James

Philadelphia’s Subway Trains Are Becoming Rolling Power Factories

The transportation sector accounts for nearly half of United State’s total energy consumption. With fuel prices continually climbing, those energy costs are cutting into already-strained state budgets. To combat its carbon footprint, the South East Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA) has outfitted its light-rail trains with regenerative braking technology. That’s right: They’ll power the system every…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

NASA once issued a memo warning of the dangers of low-gravity hair

In the microgravity of space, one’s normal Earth haircut can fan out like the tendrils of some heretofore undiscovered species of cosmic jellyfish. Astronauts’ coiffures became an unlikely concern in the early 1990s, when the tresses of astronaut Marsha Ivins ensnared the public imagination. As Dr. Amy Foster of the University of Central Florida explains:…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

And now, Richard Feynman playing the bongos

Richard Feynman is renowned for many things. A Nobel Laureate, he is, without question, one of the most influential physicists who ever lived. A captivating and lucid lecturer, Feynman was one of the greatest science educators of our time. Right up until his death in 1988, the man exuded a boyish charm and a childlike…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

The Strange Creatures that Cronenberg’s Total Recall Would Have Included

Last week, we brought you some exclusive concept art from David Cronenberg’s unmade version of Total Recall. And now artist Ron Miller has dug up another amazing trove of unused Cronenberg Recall art — including a photo of makeup tests for Kuato. https://gizmodo.com/never-before-seen-concept-art-from-david-cronenbergs-to-5907260 And this time around, there’s a look at the Ganzi Bulls, weird…

io9 Ron Miller

This Is Objectively the Best Prom Photo Ever

Everyone say “PROM!” Prrrrrom… CREACRACKSHRIEKSPLASHOOOF. That’s pretty much what happened to a group of Wisconsin students who decided to take their prom pictures on a dock over a lake. It’s the best prom picture I’ve ever seen. Josh Orne, one of the kids in the picture, said that someone said they heard two cracks right…

Tech News Casey Chan

How To Make Your Mom Feel Loved with Technology

Your mom will always love you, and you’ll always love your mom, but now that moms are comfortably geeky, maternal interactions can get weird and frustrating very quickly. How do we manage? You need a plan—especially with Mother’s day coming so soon. This is it. Your mom wants to text you. Your mom wants to…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Insanely Detailed Look at Bane’s Scuba mask from The Dark Knight Rises

Take a good, hard look at Bane’s breathing apparatus, as featured in Chris Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises. These two new images show you just how much detail goes into creating this half-mask, including those little holes around the mouth area. These new images come from a feature in Total Film via Superherohype. This is…

io9 Meredith Woerner

A Large Hadron Collider Would Be Easy to Build If Ikea Made It

So why exactly did CERN spend billions and billions of dollars building the Large Hadron Collider when Ikea sells a perfectly good alternative, the Hädrönn Cjölidder, for considerably less cash? Sure, its Compact Muon Solenoid is made from ugly particle board, but think of the money you’ll save by building it yourself. Actually, this amusing…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Gastroenteritis outbreak linked to reusable shopping bag

You know those woven reusable shopping bags we all drag along to the grocery store with us? Well, now one of those has been linked to a norovirus outbreak at a girls’ soccer tournament. Top image: pond5/Awrangler In 2010, a group of 17 young Oregonian women, aged between 13-14, and four adult chaperones, went to…

io9 Tim Barribeau

Remember the time we bombed Mexico with German rockets?

Why Weren’t Hammers Designed With Magnetic Handles In the First Place?

California Passes Law Preventing Employers From Demanding Social Media Access

The Earth Looks Gorgeously Fragile in Infrared

Quantum Object Teleported 100 Kilometers by Chinese Scientists

iOS’ Reminders and Notes Apps Will Likely Appear in iCloud

The Coolest Airship Pictures You’ve Ever Seen

How to make decapitated Ned Stark dessert pops

Holy Shit This Is Real Fucking Corn

Fantasy Novels That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

This 204-Piece Tool Kit Is Your Fixed-That-For-You Deal of the Day

Philadelphia’s Subway Trains Are Becoming Rolling Power Factories

NASA once issued a memo warning of the dangers of low-gravity hair

And now, Richard Feynman playing the bongos

The Strange Creatures that Cronenberg’s Total Recall Would Have Included

This Is Objectively the Best Prom Photo Ever

How To Make Your Mom Feel Loved with Technology

Insanely Detailed Look at Bane’s Scuba mask from The Dark Knight Rises

A Large Hadron Collider Would Be Easy to Build If Ikea Made It

Gastroenteritis outbreak linked to reusable shopping bag

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