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What Are Your Chances of Dropping Dead in Your 40s?

Today Andrew Breitbart suddenly died. Just yesterday, to everyone who knew anything about the blustery blogger, he was a vital source of energy and information. That makes it all the more shocking to find out that shortly after midnight this morning, he collapsed onto a sidewalk and never got back up again. As much as…

Health Kristen Philipkoski Mar 1 '12

Subscribe in advance to all of ChiZine Publications’ books, for just $100 in ebook format

Back in January, ChiZine Publications announced that if you bought one of its print books, you’d get the ebook version for free. And now, CZP has another great, and totally imitation-worthy, deal. You can subscribe to all ChiZine Publications’ books for 2012, and it’s actually pretty cheap. To get all 17 books that ChiZine will…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Mar 1 '12

The Most Beautiful Online Magazine We’ve Ever Seen

Edits is a magazine about photography. There are a million magazines about photography—the world doesn’t need anymore. But the world needs every magazine that gives a damn about technology to ripoff Edits. It’s stunningly beautiful. The “magazine,” editsquarterly.com, retains the basic familiarity and friendliness of a paper magazine. There are pages. The pages move from…

Tech News Sam Biddle Mar 1 '12

The birth of an enormous “tree lobster” is an absolutely alien experience

Remember the Lord Howe Island stick insect, that massive “tree lobster” researchers thought had been extinct for decades? Rohan Cleave of the Melbourne Zoo has filmed one of these arthropod giants emerging from an egg. The insect spends six months incubating — when it’s time to leave the egg, the animal literally (and hypnotically) unfolds.…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 1 '12

The man who invented the heart-lung machine was better known for a creative use of pig hairs

Did you know that the heart-lung machine was invented twice? And that, in typical scientific fashion, almost no one credits the original inventor. Instead, this neuroscientist is known for calibrated pig bristles. To be fair, he didn’t invent those, and no one today credits the pigs. The oldest rule in science is that the person…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Mar 1 '12

Scientists Discover Mysterious Colossal ‘Soap Bubbles’ In the Middle of Our Galaxy

Scientists have discovered two gigantic structures resembling soap bubbles in the middle of the Milky Way, above and below the galactic plane. How gigantic? 25,000 light-years tall, one quarter the size of our galaxy! They are not sure where they are coming from. They suspect they may be “the remnants from a burst of star…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Mar 1 '12

Why Blood Looks Blue Inside Your Veins

No one, no matter how snooty, has actual blue blood. So why do veins look blue under the skin? Turns out, the answer lies in physics, not biology. Although de-oxygenated blood is coded blue in medical diagrams and anatomical models, we all began suspecting that this was not an actual representation around the third time…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Mar 1 '12

Old U.S. Army newsreel documents the effects of psychoactive chemicals. On cats.

Over the course of the 1960s, the U.S. Army released a series of videos (at least ten, maybe more) featuring ongoing military R&D projects. The progress reports mostly highlighted advances relating to military equipment — missile operations systems, tanks, personnel carriers, things like that. But at the end of the second progress report, the producers…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Mar 1 '12

Cookie Finder for iPhone: GET YOUR GIRL SCOUT COOKIES

My friend once told me his favorite season that wasn’t actually a season (spring, fall, etc.) or a sports season (NFL, NBA, etc.) was Girl Scout Cookies Season. I laughed in front of his face until I realized hey, that’s my favorite non-season season too. And it’s probably yours too. And you’re probably wondering where…

Tech News Casey Chan Mar 1 '12

The Hot Tub Boat Is the World’s Most Luxurious Possible Thing

Imagine this—you’re in a hot tub. Nice! You’re also surrounded by water. Ooh. You’re also out boating, while hot-tubbing, while drinking. All at once. The future is now and it is steamy and very wet. Seattle’s Hot Tub Boats—a creation so brilliant it can pass with a dumb name—are so decadent, they don’t even have…

Tech News Sam Biddle Mar 1 '12

We’re on the verge of two world-changing antimatter discoveries

While the Large Hadron Collider is looking for the Higgs boson, we’re on the verge of two huge antimatter-related breakthroughs. One could finally solve the universe’s oldest mystery, while the other could reveal strange new particles that are perfect for quantum computers. The first result comes from CDF, one of the two long-running experiments at…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Mar 1 '12

The most adorable video about evolution ever, courtesy of elementary schoolers

This awesome video is the brainchild of Tyler Rhodes, an animation student at Virginia Commonwealth University. With the help of some elementary school students, he simulated multiple generations of evolution in the cutest way imaginable, complete with this visual proof. Rhodes’s animation uses drawings — and, perhaps even more adorably, sound effects — provided by…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Mar 1 '12

Architect looking for investors and/or victims for his giant see-through maze

This is the Cubed Maze³ by designer Phil Pauley. Ensconced within its clear laminated polymer walls are nine floors of dead ends, staircases, and psychological torment for those willing to broach its premises. It’s unclear who would fund such a sadistic abode. Surely there must be a few unhinged billionaires among you who watch Vincenzo…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 1 '12

40 images display the technicolor lunacy of Mirror Mirror

Even though though the slapsticky Snow White flick Mirror Mirror reminds us more of Singing In The Rain’s out of sync “Dueling Cavalier” than a dark fairy tale, we’re still completely enthralled by the costumes and bright color palette. Just check out this new collection of gorgeous stills from the set. Let’s hope they payed…

Movies Meredith Woerner Mar 1 '12

Secret Army Bomb Jammers Stolen in Afghanistan

On Jan. 7, someone strolled into a supply room at Camp Eggers, a coalition base near the U.S. embassy in downtown Kabul, pocketed two sets of car keys and walked out undetected. Sometime over the next 24 hours, the thieves drove away with two black-painted, armored Toyota Land Cruisers belonging to the U.S. Army’s 26th…

Tech News David Axe - Wired Mar 1 '12

If you love movies, this book will give you an aneurysm

Why are so many movies so terrible? Why does it so often seem as though Hollywood stars and power players are locked in an unholy struggle to suck every last bit of coolness and genuine fun out of your favorite stories? You probably don’t want to know. The real knowledge of Hollywood’s inner workings is…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Mar 1 '12

Behind-the-Scenes Hobbit video reveals some dwarf on dwarf action shots!

It’s the first ever Hobbit set video of 2012! Watch Peter Jackson and his team of dragon-fighting dwarves scamper up and down a mountain, in the name of cinematic greatness! We’re also joined by Andy Serkis (second unit director), who’s flying about in a helicopter getting beautiful aerial shots. [via The Hobbit Facebook Page]

Movies Meredith Woerner Mar 1 '12

Let these mesmerizing magnetic fluids blow your mind

Feast your eyes and ears on Compressed 03, the latest in a series of audio/visual experiences expertly crafted by analog effects artist Kim Pimmel. You’ll want to rock this clip with headphones if you’ve got them — and make sure it’s full-screen, HD, the works. https://gizmodo.com/watch-veins-of-darkness-creep-through-magnified-bubbles-5835433 What’s really impressive about this video — apart from…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Mar 1 '12

Fading Highlighter Makes Textbooks Easier To Sell

Selling your textbooks at the end of a semester to recoup some of their outrageous price tags could get even easier with Quirky’s Fader highlighter. After five months the yellow streaks will disappear completely, netting you top dollar for your pristine books. At the moment Quirky is still putting out feelers for demand, and gauging…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Mar 1 '12

Breathtaking Art that Puts the “Wars” in Star Wars

One of the coolest things about Star Wars is the huge widescreen combat, especially in the original trilogy. The battles of Yavin and Hoth are mentioned in the same breath as Helms Deep and Wolf 359, when people talk about huge epic struggles. And now there’s a new book focusing on the saga’s battle tactics:…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Mar 1 '12

What Are Your Chances of Dropping Dead in Your 40s?

Subscribe in advance to all of ChiZine Publications’ books, for just $100 in ebook format

The Most Beautiful Online Magazine We’ve Ever Seen

The birth of an enormous “tree lobster” is an absolutely alien experience

The man who invented the heart-lung machine was better known for a creative use of pig hairs

Scientists Discover Mysterious Colossal ‘Soap Bubbles’ In the Middle of Our Galaxy

Why Blood Looks Blue Inside Your Veins

Old U.S. Army newsreel documents the effects of psychoactive chemicals. On cats.

Cookie Finder for iPhone: GET YOUR GIRL SCOUT COOKIES

The Hot Tub Boat Is the World’s Most Luxurious Possible Thing

We’re on the verge of two world-changing antimatter discoveries

The most adorable video about evolution ever, courtesy of elementary schoolers

Architect looking for investors and/or victims for his giant see-through maze

40 images display the technicolor lunacy of Mirror Mirror

Secret Army Bomb Jammers Stolen in Afghanistan

If you love movies, this book will give you an aneurysm

Behind-the-Scenes Hobbit video reveals some dwarf on dwarf action shots!

Let these mesmerizing magnetic fluids blow your mind

Fading Highlighter Makes Textbooks Easier To Sell

Breathtaking Art that Puts the “Wars” in Star Wars

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