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How will NASA sample an asteroid?

Asteroid 1999 RQ36 may or may not pose a future problem for our planet – the chances of an impact with the Earth in 2182 are now estimated at roughly one in 1800. But learning more about it will help us understand the population of near-Earth objects that much better, one of several reasons why…

io9 Paul Gilster - Centauri Dreams May 28

Iran Planning to Close Down Their Open Internet

Iran’s telecommunications chief has stated that, in two years, the Iranian people will have use a state-controlled internet as a way to enforce Islamic values and combat Western influence. Right. Because turning off the internet worked in the region before. https://gizmodo.com/welcome-back-online-egypt-5749689 The Iranian government plans to roll out their net solution slowly, presumably to build…

Tech News Kwame Opam May 28

Abandoned remains from the Soviet Shuttle Program

What happens when space programs are left to die? In the wake of the Soviet Union’s collapse, the Buran reusable spacecraft program was canceled, leaving the launchpads and equipment to decay. The Soviet Union launched the Buran program in 1974 to create a reusable aircraft, similar to the NASA Space Shuttle. The Buran spacecraft completed…

io9 Lauren Davis May 28

Mosquitoes Bite Because of Your Smelly Feet

According to the research of one Remco Suer, mosquitoes might somehow be attracted to the bacteria in your sweat-soaked feet. That means finding a way to isolate these odors could reduce their nuisance and even slow the spread of disease. Suer worked with the African mosquito Anopheles gambiae, one of the primary vectors for the…

Health Kwame Opam May 28

On the new Torchwood, Captain Jack “gets to have full-on boy-sex” (spoilers)

In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, John Barrowman quelled any worries that Captain Jack Harkness’ pansexuality would be tamped down for American audiences. Said the show’s star of the upcoming Torchwood: Miracle Day: “I knew they would be true to the show and not change drastically,” says star John Barrowman. “If it was watered…

Television Cyriaque Lamar May 28

Alaska Airlines Moving To iPads For Flight Manuals

Alaska Airlines has become the first US airline to move away from paper to the iPad for their flight manuals. The measure will save money on paper and fuel while allowing pilots to play with Leafsnap during long trips. [Engadget]

Tech News Kwame Opam May 28

How the USSR used hot asphalt to find an American spy plane

When classified planes were being built in Area 51, the Soviet Union’s spy satellites made out their shapes the same way people can tell if a car has been parked in a certain space on a hot day. Regardless of what else has been housed at Area 51, the OXCART project found a home there…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell May 28

“PR2 Playpen” keeps robots entertained (and learning) for hours and hours

Willow Garage’s PR2 robot can fold laundry, play billiards, and fetch a beer from the fridge. But can it pick up a spoon? Georgia Tech roboticists have built what they are calling a “PR2 Playpen” that serves to keep their adorable ‘bot entertained around the clock. But like any good children’s toy, the PR2 Playpen…

io9 Clay Dillow - Popular Science May 28

A real-life Deadpool is patrolling a small city in Washington state

Real superheroes usually create their own crime-fighting monikers, but one freelance do-gooder in Wenatchee, Washington (a.k.a. “The Apple Capital of the World”) has assumed the mantle of Marvel Comics’ “Merc With A Mouth,” the deranged assassin Deadpool. Malefactors beware. https://gizmodo.com/the-real-life-superheroes-of-salt-lake-city-are-charmin-5798467 Fortunately for the citizens of Wenatchee, their Deadpool is a mercenary of munificence who just…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar May 28

Lego Fan Creates 250,000-Brick ‘Garrison of Moriah’

Usually, the only constraint on building a Lego creation is your imagination. Unless, that is, you build a giant structure that demands its own “Lego room.” One Lego fan has done just that: Say hello to the “Garrison of Moriah,” and the 540-square-foot room it inhabits. Inspired by the fantastic buildings featured in the likes…

Tech News Alice Vincent - Wired May 28

What if Doctor Who was a 16-bit video game?

It probably look a little bit like the Super Nintendo-inspired video game by Doctor Octoroc, the mastermind behind the (sadly not real) Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along RPG. A Who game would make those über-futuristic Mode 7 graphics work overtime. https://gizmodo.com/what-if-dr-horribles-sing-along-blog-were-a-nintendo-g-5510774 Hat tip to Sam!

io9 Cyriaque Lamar May 28

Sharks + grocery store = the trailer for Bait 3D!

We just saw the trailer for this summer’s Mensa-approved docudrama Shark Night 3D. Now witness the thrilling preview for Bait 3D, a movie so terrifying it doesn’t have a release date! In Bait, the sharks go food shopping…for human flesh! https://gizmodo.com/first-shark-night-3d-trailer-is-torture-porn-with-fins-5805606 I don’t know about you, but my mind was blown to smithereens when I…

Trailers Cyriaque Lamar May 28

Massive Anchor From Blackbeard’s Flagship Raised From Wreckage

What you’re seeing is the 3,000 pound anchor from Blackbeard’s flagship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, being raised off the coast of North Carolina. The wreck was found a few years back, but discoveries are still being made. Even swords. https://gizmodo.com/lots-of-booty-found-on-blackbeards-pirate-ship-5734278 No word yet from Johnny Depp, Ian McShane, or critics about the news or how…

Tech News Kwame Opam May 28

The sausage: an agent of xenophobia?

Dr. Keir Waddington, reader in History and Head of History and Welsh History at the Cardiff School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University, Wales, is in the process of examining the cultural position of the sausage. His recent paper : The Dangerous Sausage: Diet, Meat and Disease in Victorian and Edwardian Britain (Cultural and Social…

io9 Martin Gardiner - Improbable Research May 28

“Magick Chicks” sends mean girls to monster-hunting school

After getting expelled from their school for teenaged monsters, a trio of witches enrolls in an all-girl academy for monster hunters. To fit in, they’ll have to hide their witchy natures and contend with a telekinetic queen bee. Gisèle Lagacé has a storied career in webcomics, having collaborated with T Campbell on Cool Cat Studio…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis May 28

Cyborg Eyeshadow For Digital Fashionistas

There are some things in fashion I will never fully understand. However, there’s something to be said about how a little bit of tech can be beautiful. So Lulin Ding’s Digitized Eyeshadow has me thinking “This is crazy but cool.” As Ding writes: I was interested in the way women wear eyeshadow and how most…

Tech News Kwame Opam May 28

In The Virtual World, His Fiancée Never Died

“Obviously, I can’t bring people back to life,” Jon Jacobs recently told me. Obviously. It was morning when he told me that. He was on his way to work in Los Angeles, chatting with me on his cell phone. His wife, a singer named Cheri, was driving him to work that day. He and I…

io9 Stephen Totilo May 28

Jeff Conaway, Babylon 5’s Zack Allan, passes away at 60

Actor Jeff Conaway, who was best known among scifi fans for his role as the affable Babylon 5 security officer Zack Allan (and the star of the 1983 fantasy series Wizards and Warriors), died yesterday at the age of 60. Like his fictional counterpart on Babylon 5, the actor had his struggles with substance abuse…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar May 28

Lockheed Martin’s Security Networks Were Hacked

Lockheed Martin, one of the world’s largest defense contractors, was hit hard by hackers this week who used falsified SecurID electronic tokens to gain access. The breach threatens the security of vital data on present and future military technology. Which, you know, sucks for us and our allies abroad who depend on Lockheed to help…

Privacy & Security Kwame Opam May 28

Rubbernecking motorists enraptured by Russian crop circles

Crop circles recently appeared in a wheat field near the village of Znamensky outside of Krasnodar, Russia. These circles have captured the imaginations of motorists, bedazzled by visions of a spacefaring race that has zero respect for a staple crop. Here’s an amusingly garbled description of the incident from Real UFOs: According to a special…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar May 28

How will NASA sample an asteroid?

Iran Planning to Close Down Their Open Internet

Abandoned remains from the Soviet Shuttle Program

Mosquitoes Bite Because of Your Smelly Feet

On the new Torchwood, Captain Jack “gets to have full-on boy-sex” (spoilers)

Alaska Airlines Moving To iPads For Flight Manuals

How the USSR used hot asphalt to find an American spy plane

“PR2 Playpen” keeps robots entertained (and learning) for hours and hours

A real-life Deadpool is patrolling a small city in Washington state

Lego Fan Creates 250,000-Brick ‘Garrison of Moriah’

What if Doctor Who was a 16-bit video game?

Sharks + grocery store = the trailer for Bait 3D!

Massive Anchor From Blackbeard’s Flagship Raised From Wreckage

The sausage: an agent of xenophobia?

“Magick Chicks” sends mean girls to monster-hunting school

Cyborg Eyeshadow For Digital Fashionistas

In The Virtual World, His Fiancée Never Died

Jeff Conaway, Babylon 5’s Zack Allan, passes away at 60

Lockheed Martin’s Security Networks Were Hacked

Rubbernecking motorists enraptured by Russian crop circles

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