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Did Scientists Really Just Break the Speed of Light?

Today, you might read that scientists have developed a way to produce faster-than-light travel. But steady, there: we’ve been burnt once recently, so let’s not let it happen again. Did scientists really manage to break the speed of light? https://gizmodo.com/ridiculous-a-loose-cable-caused-those-faster-than-ligh-5887398 According to Einstein’s special theory of relativity, light traveling in a vacuum is the universal…

Physics & Chemistry Jamie Condliffe

10 Ghastly Sounding Food Additives That Are (Mostly) Harmless

It’s rare to read an ingredients label these days without stumbling over at least a few unfamiliar words, and many of these words can be a little… disconcerting. Here are some of the weirdest, grossest, and most unpleasant-sounding additives to ever grace the back of a food package — including what foods you’ll find them…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

This Huge Ship Just Sailed Around the World Powered by Nothing but Sunshine

Sailing 60,000 kilometers—more than 37,000 miles—is an impressive feat even aboard modern luxury yachts. It’s downright astounding to do it without using a single drop of oil. At 102-feet long and 49-feet wide, the €12.5 million MS Tûranor PlanetSolar is the largest solar-powered ship to sail the seven seas. It just became the first watercraft…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

You Can Get an Xbox/Kinect for $99 Now

We heard about a crazy $99 Xbox/Kinect bundle last week, but we weren’t sure what the catch would be. Now we do: You need to sign up for a two-year $15 per month Xbox Live Gold contract. Not bad! https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-will-sell-xbox-360-and-kinect-for-only-100-5906986 The total cost of the contract comes to about $360, but that’s a wash if…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

This Week’s TV: John Hodgman is your brand new therapist. Plus 7 Huge Season Finales!

In this week’s television, seven of your favorite shows are having their climactic season finales. And a few more are having the penultimate episodes of the season. It’s enough to make you have a nervous breakdown — but luckily, John Hodgman is playing a psychotherapist, and he’s here to help. Check out the complete scoop…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Celebrate Science with These Insane Retro Posters

Hang these pro-science posters in your workplace, and your science-doubting coworkers will know where you stand. And that if they doubt the value of empirical data and the scientific method in your earshot again, you may have to unleash the Death Ray on them. These gorgeous retrofuturistic posters are available via Webomator‘s online store, Retropolis,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Verizon Users Getting High-Quality Live Video Broadcasting with Color App

Color announced a deal with Verizon today that will let Big V customers broadcast live audio and video from their phones on Facebook. I’m going to livestream my lunch complete with chewing sounds! The existing Color app let anyone broadcast live video to Facebook, but it was sans audio. This deal means that Color users…

Tech News Mat Honan

Snapchat Automatically Sets Your Sexts to Self-Destruct in 10 Seconds or Less

The safest way to avoid having embarassing escape into the open is to not take them at all. But if you can’t help yourself, you should be armed with the proper tools to practice safe sexting. Snapchat is an iPhone app which will automatically delete picture messages you send to friends seconds after they view…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Unbelievable Assassin Bug Wears Its Victims’ Corpses as Armor

Like a real-life version of the Predator—that’s barely a half-inch in size—the aptly named assassin bug wears the bodies of its victims like trophy armor after liquefying and consuming their innards. Disgusting. After it’s made a kill, the assassin bug—which calls Malaysia home—injects its victim with a special enzyme that dissolves and softens its guts…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

What is retro futurism?

Zeppelins float in their tethers over the Empire State Building while humans fight with ray guns far below. Cities made of pure white porcelain soar above Niagara Falls. And of course, everyone zots to work in pneumatic tubes, after gobbling down pills for breakfast and smoking some health-improving cigars. Welcome to the future, as imagined…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Control Your Home from Your Phone

The future is here, people, thanks to Verizon Home Monitoring and Control, which lets you remotely turn lights on and off, adjust your thermostat, view your home, or lock and unlock doors with just the swipe of your smartphone screen. With Home Monitoring and Control, you’ll be able to see what’s happening at your home…

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Brain Scans Show What Dogs Are Actually Thinking About

It’s human nature (and human folly) to pretend like we know what our dogs are actually thinking about. Oh, he’s happy! Oh, he’s tired! Oh, he loves this! That’s not exactly a scientific way to look at things. Brain scans, however, are super scientific. So scanning the brains of dogs means its possible to know…

Biology Casey Chan

How will Alfonso Cuarón’s answer to 2001 measure up to our expectations?

It’s kind of hard to believe that Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity actually exists, as a finished movie. For ages, it seemed as though this outer-space project, full of lengthy single takes and 2001-style vastness, was never going to get off the ground, as various actors joined and then jumped ship. Now Gravity is complete — or…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Real Reason Why This Year’s iPad Is Bigger and Fatter

This year’s iPad has a very pretty retina display, but it came at a cost: a massive battery that in turn makes for a thicker tablet. Apparently, though, the original plan was to use a newer display technology that would have made the screen thinner and the battery lighter. So what happened? Well, time. According…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

11 Other Uses for Toothpaste

Besides keeping your teeth sparkly, toothpaste offers a wide range of cleaning, cosmetic—even healing abilities around the house. Just be sure to use the white pasty stuff, not gel. And for any of these tips that call for an actual toothbrush, just consider that tool off-limits for the mouth from here on out. 1. Perfume…

Tech News Brett Martin

This well-known Egyptian symbol is actually an early math problem

Chances are you’ve seen this symbol before, because it’s one of the most well-known Egyptian symbols. It’s called the Eye of Horus. It’s been in the background of plenty of mummy movies, and been turned into a lot of necklace charms. Some people think it’s writing. Actually, it’s math. Top image: Jose Ignacio Soto/Shutterstock.com The…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

You Can Broadcast Your Google+ Hangouts to Anyone Now

Testing, testing. Is this thing on? Google is launching a feature that lets anyone broadcast Google+ Hangouts live over the Internet. Finally, a social network with some voyeurism! Dubbed Hangouts On Air, these video chats can be streamed to as big an audience as you’d like (can can attract). It’s a really cool feature, previously…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Clever Shopping Bag Only Puts a Smile on Kids’ Faces When It’s Full

As if kids needed another tool in their arsenal of getting what they want at a toy store, a French chain created this incredibly clever shopping bag featuring kids’ faces that go from frowns to smiles when the bag is filled. Designed by Joupi’s ad agency, the bag subliminally guilts parents into buying whatever their…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Which data storage method will be the next to die?

The world is full of weird and obsolete old data storage forms, and they’re a huge problem for archivists and libraries. The changing types of data storage are a particularly large thorn in the side of libraries catering to the preservation of the written word in the early decades of the digital age, like the…

io9 Keith Veronese

The Inspirational Note Apple Gives to New Employees on Their First Day

Chances are, you’re probably pretty pumped if you land a job at Apple. But just in case you need an extra kick in the berries, this is the inspirational note waiting for you on your first day of work. Sure, it’s corny, and maybe more Pinterest or Tumblr-y than fits the most valuable company in…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Did Scientists Really Just Break the Speed of Light?

10 Ghastly Sounding Food Additives That Are (Mostly) Harmless

This Huge Ship Just Sailed Around the World Powered by Nothing but Sunshine

You Can Get an Xbox/Kinect for $99 Now

This Week’s TV: John Hodgman is your brand new therapist. Plus 7 Huge Season Finales!

Celebrate Science with These Insane Retro Posters

Verizon Users Getting High-Quality Live Video Broadcasting with Color App

Snapchat Automatically Sets Your Sexts to Self-Destruct in 10 Seconds or Less

Unbelievable Assassin Bug Wears Its Victims’ Corpses as Armor

What is retro futurism?

Control Your Home from Your Phone

Brain Scans Show What Dogs Are Actually Thinking About

How will Alfonso Cuarón’s answer to 2001 measure up to our expectations?

The Real Reason Why This Year’s iPad Is Bigger and Fatter

11 Other Uses for Toothpaste

This well-known Egyptian symbol is actually an early math problem

You Can Broadcast Your Google+ Hangouts to Anyone Now

Clever Shopping Bag Only Puts a Smile on Kids’ Faces When It’s Full

Which data storage method will be the next to die?

The Inspirational Note Apple Gives to New Employees on Their First Day

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