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The Best Deal of the Day

Remember that movie with James Franco? The one where he’s trapped under the boulder or something, and he has to saw his own arm off? I think it won an Oscar? I forget, I never saw it. I did, however, see Blue Valentine, and it almost made me cry. It was really good though! But…

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New book will illuminate the endless wonders of fake science for you

The latest Tumblr to get a book deal is Fake Science, the site “for when the facts are too confusing.” “Senior Fake Scientist” Phil Edwards will turn his amazing site into Fake Science 101, a textbook for Adams Media. The blurb at Publishers Marketplace describes the book as “a humorous tour of all the subjects…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Does The Ultimate Nail Clipper Need a Leather Carrying Case?

Taking the word “ultimate” onto a product lets you raise the price 10-20x over traditional versions, as shown by this Klhip nail clipper that costs $70. Does it really warrant a price tag that high? The company’s description says this: The Ultimate Clipper’s unique reversed lever gives the user more control, and the falling-rate cam…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Every exoplanet orbiting every star discovered by the Kepler telescope

This amazing image takes all 1,235 of the candidate planets spotted by NASA’s Kepler telescope, and then shows them in orbit around their stars. And all of this is still just the tiniest fraction of the entire Milky Way. You’re going to want to expand this image, and be sure to check out the absolutely…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

We’ve seen the first 40 minutes of Jon Favreau’s Cowboys & Aliens – and they deliver the goods

With Cowboys & Aliens, Iron Man director Jon Favreau attempts to mash up the Western genre with science fiction. How well does it work? We’ve seen the first two reels, and they conjure a robust John Wayne sensibility. We also got the chance to talk to Favreau about his Western and scifi influences, and how…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

10 Mysterious Underground Cities

Humans like to build cities that reach for the sky, but sometimes they also build downward. Whether for protection, or just because they can, we’ve created many cities beneath the Earth’s crust – or dug deep into the rocky faces of mountains. Here are ten of the most awesome. 1. Petra Built in Jordan in…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Shooting Challenge: Mosaic

hi, my name is Connor Chan im 17 and from ireland and i shoot my picture in my garden with a nikon D3100 with a nikor 17-55 1:2.8 lens at ISO125, f/2.8, 1/3200 i used photoshop CS5 to get the mosaic effect, i made a copy of the original image smaller and turned it into…

Tech News Husain Sumra

27 Pictures Made of Other Pictures

For thousands of years, Man made mosaics through shards of clay and ceramic, likely the artistic result of reusing broken pots. Today, we do the same thing, but with our leftover digital content: photos. Lead Shot and Winner – Digitized This challenge got me to thinking about my phone. I take lots of pics with…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Apple Facing Possible iPod Battery Shortages After Japan Quake

While electronics companies have seemingly avoided major issues with component shortages in the wake of the Japan earthquake, Apple may have to deal with a threat from an unexpected source: Kureha Corp., a niche producer of polymers for lithium-ion batteries. Here’s what the Wall Street Journal reports: Kureha’s polymer-made from a resin known as polyvinylidene…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Watch flying robots juggle ping-pong balls using tennis rackets

We love those wacky quadrotors, what with their ability to flit around and build structures. Now check out quadrotors engaging in some aerial circus. https://gizmodo.com/watch-a-swarm-of-flying-robotic-drones-construct-a-tiny-5734564 Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology programmed racket-equipped quadrotors to volley ping-pong balls at each other in the school’s Flying Machine Arena. Between this and that robotic archer,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Check out the gorgeous landscapes of Westeros, plus photos of the Game of Thrones food truck!

Behold George R. R. Martin’s metropolis, King’s Landing. We’ve got a collection of high res landscapes from Game of Thrones, including a look at the 700-foot-tall Wall. Plus our photos of the Game of Thrones food truck! The Wall. On the Northern border of the seven kingdoms stands The Wall. It’s 700 feet tall and…

io9 Meredith Woerner

25 Years of Pixar Goodness In Under Six Minutes

Please, let’s never take Pixar for granted. And if we ever do find ourselves somehow deadened to the animation kingpin’s charms, let’s watch this gorgeous montage of their 12 feature films, 20 short films, and countless memories and moments. That should fix us right up. [Slashfilm]

Tech News Brian Barrett

How To Track Down an iPad 2 Near You

Sure, you could camp outside your local Apple Store with cheese snacks and a few good magazines, but there’s a better way to track down any iPad 2 action in your zip code. And you don’t have to leave your computer. The first is Christian Radu’s iPad 2 scanner (pictured above), which checks your zip…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Wednesday comics = new Kick-Ass, Lex Luthor, and some very Strange Tales

What’s new in comic shops this week? Ed Brubaker wraps up his latest Incognito miniseries, Bill Willingham pulls the plug on Jack of Fables, and enough one-shot comics are out to wallpaper your bedroom. First Issues Eric Powell of The Goon relaunches Godzilla for IDW, Joe Casey kicks off his new “superexploitation” miniseries Butcher Baker…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Why Are Spectres and Warthogs Attacking Gaddafi’s Forces Now?

In case you had any doubts about where the war in Libya is going, the Pentagon has admitted today that two new weapons are now part of the coalition forces: The A-10 Warthog and the AC-130 Spectre. https://gizmodo.com/these-are-the-weapons-hammering-gaddafi-5784079 Vice Admiral “Shortney” Gortney admitted today that Warthogs and Spectres “have been employed” according to the United…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Verizon’s 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot Has Arrived

Verizon’s 4G mobile hotspot is here, which lets up to five your wi-fi devices connect to Big Red’s LTE network on the go. Download speeds range between 5-12 Mbps, and upload speeds are between 2-5 Mbps in areas where coverage is adequate. Beginning Thursday (3/31), the hotspot will cost $100 with a $50 mail-in rebate…

Tech News Adrian Covert

A Cardboard Hasselblad That Actually Takes Photos

When loaded with medium-format film (120mm), this cardboard pinhole camera can take long-exposure photos with quality you couldn’t even dream about. The camera’s creator, Kelly Angood, will be putting up a downloadable and print-outable Hasselblad that can take 35mm film (which is cheaper to buy and develop than 120mm, plus more frames) in the next…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

You Can Now Match Your Android Browser to Your Desktop Browser With Firefox 4

Firefox 4 for Android and Maemo has just been released by Mozilla, bringing with it Firefox Sync for syncing data between desktop and mobile such as bookmarks, open tabs, form data, passwords and the various pros and cons browsing history can offer. Mozilla’s boasting it’s three times faster than the vanilla browser on Android, so…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

X-Men 4 and 5 still in the pipeline, says producer

The X-Men movies seem to be delving further and further into their own past — first a Wolverine prequel, and now an origin story for Professor X and Magneto. But sequels to X-Men: The Last Stand are still coming. At least, producer Lauren Shuler Donner told Empire Magazine that sequels are still “in active development.”…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Engineering a Better Glass of Booze

When drinking stuff from the cellar, the temperature controlled fridge, or the top shelf, the size of the glass matters-and shape does too. You’ve likely picked up a bit of this, or at least rolled your eyes at it. Bordeaux is presented in a fat bulb with a narrow opening; bubbly arrives as a tall…

Tech News Rachel Swaby

The Best Deal of the Day

New book will illuminate the endless wonders of fake science for you

Does The Ultimate Nail Clipper Need a Leather Carrying Case?

Every exoplanet orbiting every star discovered by the Kepler telescope

We’ve seen the first 40 minutes of Jon Favreau’s Cowboys & Aliens – and they deliver the goods

10 Mysterious Underground Cities

Shooting Challenge: Mosaic

27 Pictures Made of Other Pictures

Apple Facing Possible iPod Battery Shortages After Japan Quake

Watch flying robots juggle ping-pong balls using tennis rackets

Check out the gorgeous landscapes of Westeros, plus photos of the Game of Thrones food truck!

25 Years of Pixar Goodness In Under Six Minutes

How To Track Down an iPad 2 Near You

Wednesday comics = new Kick-Ass, Lex Luthor, and some very Strange Tales

Why Are Spectres and Warthogs Attacking Gaddafi’s Forces Now?

Verizon’s 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot Has Arrived

A Cardboard Hasselblad That Actually Takes Photos

You Can Now Match Your Android Browser to Your Desktop Browser With Firefox 4

X-Men 4 and 5 still in the pipeline, says producer

Engineering a Better Glass of Booze

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