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Listen to an Auto-Tuned David Attenborough and Bill Nye croon about evolution

The latest Symphony of Science track is out, and it is a doozy. Listen to David Attenborough, Richard Dawkins and Bill Nye get their rave on for evolution. Who knew synths intermingled with amoebas on the Tree of Life? Hat tip to Krakenstein2!

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jan 17 '12

Night Vision Video of Concordia’s Passengers Going Down the Hull After Captain Abandoned Ship (Updated)

This night vision video was taken by one of the first rescue helicopters to arrive to the sinking site of the Costa Concordia, the cruise ship that ran aground on the island of Giglio, Italy. Update: Check out the conversation between the captain of the ship and the port’s captain below. It must have been…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 17 '12

What if every electron in the universe was all the same exact particle?

There’s an idea that suggests all the universe’s electrons are actually one particle forever traveling backwards and forwards in time. It’s a simple, elegant idea that solves some of physics’s biggest mysteries. There’s only one tiny problem. It’s complete nonsense. This is the story of that bizarre thought experiment and John Archibald Wheeler, the brilliant,…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jan 17 '12

Spider-Man and Venom trade places with Calvin and Hobbes

Artist Timothy Lim swapped out Bill Watterson’s mischievous boy and stuffed tiger with Peter Parker and his unruly symbiote. Aww, Venom is so cute when he’s trying to munch Peter’s skull! Lim’s images are also available on t-shirts. [Via Super Punch]

io9 Meredith Woerner Jan 17 '12

108 Photos With Perfect Compositional Balance, Supposedly

Many call the “rule of thirds” the perfect way to compose an image. You may disagree, but these 108 photos from this week’s Shooting Challenge won’t be called wrong without a fight. Winner – Rows The clean lines of rowing is why I chose it as my subject for the Rule of Thirds Challenge. This…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jan 17 '12

Shooting Challenge Gallery: Rule III

The clean lines of rowing is why I chose it as my subject for the Rule of Thirds Challenge. This photo was taken from Christ Church meadow at the University of Oxford in England. I envisioned having strong horizontal lines, which are the boat and the shadow line. More subtly, what I consider to be…

Tech News Michael J Kennelly Jan 17 '12

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: coming soon to a sky near you

The last decade of global conflict has seen the dawning of the age of the robot plane. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been around for decades, but today they’re ubiquitous war machines with unmatched endurance and lethal combat capabilities. Find out more about these increasingly high-tech pilotless aircraft. Drones were developed in the early days…

io9 Ed Grabianowski Jan 17 '12

Shooting Challenge Gallery: Rule

This shot was set up in the morning light with a black plate, two forks and a purple wine bottle for reflection. The camera was mounted on a tripod using the Canon Rebel T1i and the 55-250mm lens. -Jennifer Bartles I recently moved to a new apartment partly because of the incredible views it has.…

Tech News Michael J Kennelly Jan 17 '12

Shooting Gallery Challenge: Rule II

Story: This photo is of our newest family member Harry. It was taken last week in the back yard, it was freezing outside and he just sits next to you waiting to go back in. I chose to put the picture in black and white because of the shadow outline of himself, I thought it…

Tech News Michael J Kennelly Jan 17 '12

Shooting Gallery Challenge: Rule IV

The clean lines of rowing is why I chose it as my subject for the Rule of Thirds Challenge. This photo was taken from Christ Church meadow at the University of Oxford in England. I envisioned having strong horizontal lines, which are the boat and the shadow line. More subtly, what I consider to be…

Tech News Michael J Kennelly Jan 17 '12

This Fabulous Expandable Caravan Is Cooler Than Most Apartments

I’m sad that this awesome expandable caravan is not real (yet). It’s the only caravan I would consider towing with the 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS I don’t have (yet). I imagine myself bringing it to the Valley of the Gods and waking up looking through that window. Created by student Jakub Novák, the Odorico…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 17 '12

Are certain cancer treatments actually making things worse?

A study published today in the journal Cancer Cell has put forward something terrifying — that one of our current way of fighting tumors might make them more deadly. The researchers examined anti-angiogenic therapies, or those treatments which cut off blood supplies to tumors, thus making them shrink in size. The scientists analyzed ways of…

io9 Tim Barribeau Jan 17 '12

Scientists prepare to capture the first-ever picture of a black hole

Tomorrow, astronomers and physicists from around the word will convene in Tucson, Arizona to discuss the Event Horizon Telescope Project — a global network of 50 radio telescopes that together could soon enable us to photograph the black hole at the center of our galaxy. “What is great about the [black hole] in the center…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 17 '12

Ignore Your Annoying Facebook Buddies Without Unfriending Them

We all have the friend or family member that’s awesome in the real world, but on Facebook will. Not. Shut. Up. We get it, you love Ron Paul. Here’s a simple way to extract them from your feed without having to unfriend them. This is particularly handy for those friends that link their Facebook page…

Social Media Roberto Baldwin Jan 17 '12

Latest iOS Beta Suggests Deep Facebook Integration Coming Sooner Than Later

iOS already has Twitter’s DNA woven into its own code, which is nice for posting things from various other apps into the 140-character social network. But as some code monkeys have discovered in a recent beta, it looks like Facebook will be getting the same treatment in future versions of iOS. According to iMore, Twitter…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 17 '12

Just Watched the Trailer for the First Hulu Scripted Series and…

The trailer for Hulu’s first scripted original series, Battleground, is here, and it doesn’t bode well. Too bad. We still have high hopes for the future of online television. After all, the trailer for Netflix’s Lilyhammer is excellent. Updated below The trailer for Battleground proves that the margin for error is as razor thin online…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 17 '12

How a Mouse Company Might Become King of the PC Jungle

Last week, I said something crazy, that Razer’s kind of insane Project Fiona gaming tablet is the future of PC gaming. I guess I should explain a little. It’s not that Fiona itself is literally the future of PC gaming—a tablet with a pair of joysticks bolted to the side is the PC equivalent of…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jan 17 '12

The most exciting scenes from Mexican horror stories I’ve never read

Yours truly recently discovered a treasure trove of art from 1970s Mexican horror pulps, none of which I’ve ever laid my eyes upon. Nonetheless, I shall attempt to relay these thrilling story beats using nothing but context clues. For example, that illustration above is from a story called The Time Santo Glued His Hands To…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jan 17 '12

iViolin Speakers: Add a Stradivarius To Your Home Theater

A Chinese violin maker has realized that the resonating chamber that gives the instrument its full rich sound could also double as a stylish speaker. So they stuck a driver inside one of their stringed instruments, and dubbed it the iViolin. While it loses points for its uninspired name, the iViolin would certainly be a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 17 '12

A Mobile Phone From 1922? Not Quite

I recently came across a short, silent film from 1922 called Eve’s Wireless. Distributed by the British Pathe company, the film supposedly shows two women using a wireless phone. Apparently this video has been making the rounds for the past few years. Could it be an early demonstration of some futuristic technology? I hate to…

Tech News Matt Novak Jan 17 '12

Listen to an Auto-Tuned David Attenborough and Bill Nye croon about evolution

Night Vision Video of Concordia’s Passengers Going Down the Hull After Captain Abandoned Ship (Updated)

What if every electron in the universe was all the same exact particle?

Spider-Man and Venom trade places with Calvin and Hobbes

108 Photos With Perfect Compositional Balance, Supposedly

Shooting Challenge Gallery: Rule III

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: coming soon to a sky near you

Shooting Challenge Gallery: Rule

Shooting Gallery Challenge: Rule II

Shooting Gallery Challenge: Rule IV

This Fabulous Expandable Caravan Is Cooler Than Most Apartments

Are certain cancer treatments actually making things worse?

Scientists prepare to capture the first-ever picture of a black hole

Ignore Your Annoying Facebook Buddies Without Unfriending Them

Latest iOS Beta Suggests Deep Facebook Integration Coming Sooner Than Later

Just Watched the Trailer for the First Hulu Scripted Series and…

How a Mouse Company Might Become King of the PC Jungle

The most exciting scenes from Mexican horror stories I’ve never read

iViolin Speakers: Add a Stradivarius To Your Home Theater

A Mobile Phone From 1922? Not Quite

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