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What if The Phantom Menace was a really, really good movie?

Dig if you will a motion picture about a vengeful Obi Wan Kenobi, an unkillable Darth Maul, and a forbidden Jedi romance that doesn’t involve the kid from Jingle All The Way. This movie could’ve been The Phantom Menace, if only the plot was super-streamlined. In a critique similar to that of Mr. Plinkett, the…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Feb 24 '12

Astounding Gentleman Shoots Himself in the Stomach Point Blank to Test Body Armor

If you need any further proof that handguns should be illegal or that the human race doesn’t deserve to exist, watch this intrepid amateur scientist blast himself with a 10mm round at point blank. Why? Fer testin’! Somehow he survived the pistol trial, although his chorus of “Fuck, Oh, Fuck” indicates this sure hurt. Strange,…

Tech News Sam Biddle Feb 24 '12

Meet the deepest land animal ever found

This pale little fellow is the newly discovered Plutomurus ortobalaganensis, a springtail found almost 2,000 meters underground and the title holder of “deepest terrestrial arthropod ever found.” This creature along with Anurida stereoodorata, Deuteraphorura kruberaensis, and Schaefferia profundissima are four new species identified by researchers who descended into Krubera-Voronja, the world’s deepest cave. These four…

io9 Tim Barribeau Feb 24 '12

Australia’s answer to The Hunger Games will leave you hungry

Tomorrow, When The War Began is based on a famous series of Australian books about naughty Asians invading Oz. But the timing of the movie’s Stateside release obviously has more to do with Hunger Games fever — here’s another film about a group of teenagers dealing with an apocalyptic, dystopian scenario, featuring a strong female…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 24 '12

A Kickstarter for Porn? Sure, Why Not!

Let’s just put this in the clearest possible terms: THERE’S A KICKSTARTER FOR PORN. It’s called Offbeatr (obviously), and according to Xbiz, it provides porn creatives “a way to raise money for their projects from individuals in exchange for unique rewards” The concept pretty much explains itself. A producer/director/actor has an idea for a film,…

Tech News Adrian Covert Feb 24 '12

Behold, the Mickey Mouse gas mask from World War II

During World War II, the American military began investigating methods to protect the civilian population from domestic saboteurs. One solution the military devised was this extremely eerie Mickey Mouse gas mask. These masks were designed to shield children from chemical warfare and to calm them with the dead-eyed visage of their favorite happy rodent. It…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Feb 24 '12

The Social Network Only the Cops Have Access To

Former police officer Anne Marie Rasmusson is about to file a lawsuit alleging that her drivers license record was illegally accessed hundreds of times by other law enforcers in Minnesota. Who else are the police illegally looking up and how can they be held accountable? The Twin Cities alt-weekly, City Pages, tells Ramusson’s tale. The…

Privacy & Security Mario Aguilar Feb 24 '12

Is the Ark of the Covenant Really Buried on a Small Canadian Island?

For two hundred years, rumors have swirled that hidden treasure lies buried on Oak Island, a 140-acre plot of land off the coast of Nova Scotia. Over the centuries, thousands of people have devoted ridiculous amounts of time and money to finding it. Their adventures are a litany of awesomely catastrophic failures as they chased…

io9 Keith Veronese Feb 24 '12

What Are Steroids?

You might have a friend who has to take them for asthma. You might know someone else who denies taking them but has gotten crazy ripped really fast and angers easily. Famous athletes are denying or being caught with them in their blood stream seemingly every day—just yesterday, MLB slugger Ryan Braun successfully appealed a…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski Feb 24 '12

The lowdown on that heroin vaccine everyone’s talking about

A vaccine to curb heroin dependence. It’s been the goal of scientists the world over for decades, but to date, not one has been released to the market. But that could soon change. Mexican scientists have developed a heroin vaccine that has proven to be effective in animal trials, and are now preparing to begin…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Feb 24 '12

A Helicopter’s Blades Transform into Shimmering Halo

Through some sort of optical witchcraft, this Israel Defense Force recon chopper looks pretty magical as the sun sets. It looks like something between fairy dust and a 4th of July sparkler, but this is just a plain old helo rotor with the light hitting it just right—no Photoshop or tricks afoot. [IDF]

Tech News Sam Biddle Feb 24 '12

Why are electrons doomed to remain forever separated from their beloved protons?

We all know the story. Electrons and protons are attracted to each other. That’s why a balloon rubbed on hair clings to clothes. The electrons it gained are crying out for protons and dragging the rest of the balloon along with them. But electrons and protons are right next to each other in the atom.…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Feb 24 '12

Robert Downey Jr. was almost Lex Luthor?

In an interview with The Playlist, director McG — who was once attached to a big-budget Superman movie — revealed that Tony Stark himself had actually signed to play the villainous Lex Luthor. “We had Robert Downey Jr. locked up to be Lex Luthor, which I think would have been extraordinary,” McG enthused. But his…

Movies Meredith Woerner Feb 24 '12

Wireless devices swim through your bloodstream and fix you up, Fantastic Voyage style

Implantable medical devices will eventually dispense drugs, get rid of blood clots and perform micro-surgeries inside our bodies, but powering them could be problematic. If the point is to have minimally invasive gadgets keeping tabs on our health, cutting patients open to swap out their batteries is not an ideal situation. A new micro device…

io9 Rebecca Boyle - Popular Science Feb 24 '12

A 9/11 Terrorist Was Used in a Facebook Ad

That’s an ad for car insurance that popped up on Facebook the other day. See anything wrong with it? It’s okay, I didn’t notice it at first either but the photo in the ad isn’t a random drivers license picture, instead it’s the face of Mohamed Atta, one of the terrorist who crashed a plane…

Social Media Casey Chan Feb 24 '12

How to Remove Your Google Search History Before Google’s New Privacy Policy Takes Effect

On March 1st, Google will implement its new, unified privacy policy, which will affect data Google has collected on you prior to March 1st as well as data it collects on you in the future. Until now, your Google Web History (your Google searches and sites visited) was cordoned off from Google’s other products. This…

Tech News Eva Galperin - Electronic Frontier Foundation Feb 24 '12

This Cheesy Snack Turns Your Tongue Blue

Ah, chips. Who doesn’t love them? If only—and I’m being nitpicky here—if only they could, I don’t know, turn your tongue some ungodly color for no reason. Right? Oh, wait, PepsiCo’s Twisties to the rescue! Yes, PepsiCo Australia’s popular Twisties brand of chips (or “crisps,” as they’re sometimes called by people who talk funny) is…

Tech News Brent Rose Feb 24 '12

This Is the Weirdest, Most Hilarious Helicopter Accident I’ve Ever Seen

Nobody was injured in this weird weird WEIRD helicopter accident, so you can laugh away from minute one. I feel sorry for the people getting shaken so badly, but it is hilarious. It happened last Wednesday in Para, Brazil. I’m sure some of our readers would be able to explain why this thing started to…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 24 '12

Gandalf teacher’s stamp is the classiest way to fail students and/or Balrogs

If you happen to be a teacher saddled with underperforming students and/or demonic beings wielding whips of flames, this teacher’s stamp by Etsy crafter Jocelyn is a crackerjack way of informing them that their efforts are not up to snuff. Hat tip to Wayne!

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Feb 24 '12

The Worst Siri Ad Just Got Way More Accurate

Here’s how Siri could be really useful: if it didn’t just answer our questions, but told us the absolute truth about how horrible our bands are. Or, okay, if it just kept telling that particular kid from the latest iPhone ad how horrible his band is. And his haircut. And pretty much everything else about…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 24 '12

What if The Phantom Menace was a really, really good movie?

Astounding Gentleman Shoots Himself in the Stomach Point Blank to Test Body Armor

Meet the deepest land animal ever found

Australia’s answer to The Hunger Games will leave you hungry

A Kickstarter for Porn? Sure, Why Not!

Behold, the Mickey Mouse gas mask from World War II

The Social Network Only the Cops Have Access To

Is the Ark of the Covenant Really Buried on a Small Canadian Island?

What Are Steroids?

The lowdown on that heroin vaccine everyone’s talking about

A Helicopter’s Blades Transform into Shimmering Halo

Why are electrons doomed to remain forever separated from their beloved protons?

Robert Downey Jr. was almost Lex Luthor?

Wireless devices swim through your bloodstream and fix you up, Fantastic Voyage style

A 9/11 Terrorist Was Used in a Facebook Ad

How to Remove Your Google Search History Before Google’s New Privacy Policy Takes Effect

This Cheesy Snack Turns Your Tongue Blue

This Is the Weirdest, Most Hilarious Helicopter Accident I’ve Ever Seen

Gandalf teacher’s stamp is the classiest way to fail students and/or Balrogs

The Worst Siri Ad Just Got Way More Accurate

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