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NASA’s Mars-Bound Rocket Just Passed a Major Test

To get the world’s most powerful rocket off the ground, it’s going to take some serious thrust from its rocket boosters. Today, NASA successfully tested one of those 77-ton rocket boosters by lighting it up at full power—all while never leaving the ground. The rocket booster appeared to work just as expected on its test.…

Space & Spaceflight Ria Misra

We’re Getting Really Fucking Close to Jupiter

On July 4th, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will arrive in orbit around Jupiter for a new scientific mission that seeks to solve the decades-long mystery of what lies beneath the gas giant’s swirling cloud tops. As the latest stunning image from the spacecraft’s approach shows, we’re getting really fucking close. Juno is closing in on Jupiter’s…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone

Why Are So Few People Talking About the Preacher TV Series?

Everywhere you go on the internet Monday mornings, people are talking about Sunday night’s television. Mainly HBO’s Game of Thrones. Lest we forget another major geek adaptation also airs Sunday nights, and has been for the past month: AMC’s Preacher. So why are so few people are talking about it? Sure there are a few…

io9 Germain Lussier

99-Million-Year-Old Bird Wings Found Encased in Amber

Finding ancient bugs trapped in amber is a relatively common occurrence, but the recent discovery of two ancient bird wings fossilized in Burmese amber is unprecedented. These 3D fossils—which still contain feather arrangements and traces of soft tissue—are simply amazing. Birds first emerged over 150 million years ago when dinosaurs still ruled the Earth. Scientists…

Tech News George Dvorsky

No, Cormac McCarthy Didn’t Die of a Stroke

Cormac McCarthy, author of such utopian sci-fi novels as The Road, didn’t die today at 82 from a stroke. But that didn’t stop the death hoax rumors from getting tweeted out by respected news outlets like USA Today. The rumors started with a tweet by Italian journalist Tommasso Debenedetti, a man Business Insider has described…

Tech News Matt Novak

Bot Lawyer That Successfully Appealed 160,000 Parking Tickets Is a Damn Hero

Parking tickets are the worst. Sadly, the burden of challenging a ticket is far greater than just paying the damn thing. But what if an artificially intelligent robot could do the dirty work for you? DoNotPay, a free-to-use artificially intelligent lawyer chatbot, is meant to do exactly that. According to a report from The Guardian,…

Tech News Michael Nunez

Marvel’s Canadian Superheroes Will Bitch to Justin Trudeau About Annoying American Colleagues

He’s buff. He’s charming. He’s smart. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau feels pretty damn close to being a real-life superhero sometimes. So it makes sense that he’ll be showing up in an Alpha Flight-focused Civil War II spinoff story. An article up on the CBC today details Trudeau’s upcoming appearance in Civil War II: Choosing…

io9 Evan Narcisse

These Massive Slip ‘N Slides Will Put Your Fun Childhood Memories to Shame

There is perhaps nothing more American than careening down a massive slip ‘n slide at a former Olympic park wearing a stars and stripes flag cape and a helmet. At the Utah Olympic Park, you can do exactly that. The park is home to the Slip ‘n Soar, a group of three ski ramps—a smaller…

Sploid Sophie Kleeman

North America Is Set to Announce Its Most Ambitious Clean Energy Target Yet

The United States, Canada, and Mexico are poised to announce an ambitious new energy pledge that would see 50 percent of North American electricity drawn from clean sources by 2025. That pledge, which encompasses renewables like wind and solar but also nuclear energy and carbon capture technology, signals a growing consensus about the energy future…

Climate Change Maddie Stone

Game of Thrones Showrunners Confirm There Are Only 15 Episodes Left, Max

The rumors have swirled for a while now. Various people who have worked on the show have dropped hints. But now David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, Game of Thrones’ showrunners, have officially, irrevocably confirmed that we only have 15 episodes of the show left… at most. Probably less. Here’s Benioff during an interview with Deadline…

io9 Rob Bricken

Texting Produces an Entirely New Kind of Brain Wave Pattern

A research team from the Mayo Clinic has shown that text messaging changes the rhythm of brain wave patterns in a way that’s never seen before. The discovery shows that smartphones are literally altering the way our minds work. We’re texting more than ever, yet little is known about the neurological effects of smartphone use.…

Tech News George Dvorsky

Self-Pouring Liquid Behaves Like It’s From Another Universe

Growing up on Earth you learn from a very young age that liquids will remain in a cup as long as it stays upright. But Steve Mould has discovered a liquid that laughs at gravity and other forces that govern our universe: polyethylene oxide. It’s a polymer made from long chains of molecules that allow…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

This Is What It Looks Like When Your Plane Catches on Fire

Warning: If you already have a fear of flying, just sit this one out. At 2:25am Monday local time, Singapore Airlines flight SQ368 took off for Milan, only to turn around hours later due to engine oil warning, according to the airline. But as soon as the plane touched down at Changi Airport in Singapore,…

Tech News Darren Orf

You Should Creep on Mark Zuckerberg’s Old Facebook Photos Right Now

There’s a good chance your Facebook posts from the mid-aughts are a total disaster: blurry, low-res pics of your college dorm room and status updates about what you ate for dinner. It was a time before anyone truly understood the importance and longevity of social media. Still, if anyone could have anticipated exactly how bad…

Social Media Eve Peyser

Innocent Slices of Bread Will Cower in Fear at This Death Star Toaster

The ultimate power in the Star Wars universe can also be the ultimate power on your kitchen counter now that the Death Star has been turned into a two-slice toaster with settings for light, dark, burnt, and Alderaan’d. The toaster won’t be available until late September at the earliest, but you can pre-order it now…

io9 Andrew Liszewski

Tony Hawk (Old) Can Still Pull Off His Famous 900

Seventeen years ago, extreme sports ambassador and titular Pro Skater Tony Hawk pulled off the 900 revolution at the 1999 X-Games. The trick involves rotating the board two and a half times while midair (and in normal gravity), and Hawk struggled with it back in his spry days. Now 48, he gives it the old…

Sploid Avery Ellis

Don’t Bother Getting Excited About That Marvel/Fox Team-Up Rumor

But Fox/Marvel isn’t the only rumor getting debunked this morning. Plus Bryan Cranston talks about being a giant blue head with an unhealthy interest in teens with attitude, actor Benedict Wong discusses Dr. Strenge’s Wong, and more. Spoilers, ho! Marvel/Fox There was a rumor about Marvel and Fox partnering up to combine their superhero universes…

io9 Rob Bricken

Bionic Earbuds Are Like a Smartphone You Can Leave in Your Ears Forever

Doppler Labs, the company that wants to stick a Jarvis-like computer in every ear, will go live with its first bionic buds. Anyone can buy the device later this year, and it is some futuristic shit. We’ve been following Doppler Labs for a few years now. The company made its first inroads to your ears…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Algorithm Predicts Dystopian Book About Technology Should Be Massive Bestseller

An algorithm that predicts bestselling books has awarded a perfect score to The Circle by Dave Eggers, a book that just so happens to be a dystopian satire of life in Silicon Valley. Hmm. Said algorithm was developed by Matthew Jockers, co-founder of the Stanford Literary Lab, and former publisher Jodie Archer to prove that…

Books & Comics Angela Chen

Facebook Uses Your Location Data to Suggest Friends

Update 6/28/16: Facebook has backtracked and said that it does not use location data. The confusion supposedly arose when Facebook tested a location-based People You May Know feature, but that test had ended. *** In case there was ever doubt, it’s not a coincidence that after a night at the bar, someone you met there…

Social Media Angela Chen

NASA’s Mars-Bound Rocket Just Passed a Major Test

We’re Getting Really Fucking Close to Jupiter

Why Are So Few People Talking About the Preacher TV Series?

99-Million-Year-Old Bird Wings Found Encased in Amber

No, Cormac McCarthy Didn’t Die of a Stroke

Bot Lawyer That Successfully Appealed 160,000 Parking Tickets Is a Damn Hero

Marvel’s Canadian Superheroes Will Bitch to Justin Trudeau About Annoying American Colleagues

These Massive Slip ‘N Slides Will Put Your Fun Childhood Memories to Shame

North America Is Set to Announce Its Most Ambitious Clean Energy Target Yet

Game of Thrones Showrunners Confirm There Are Only 15 Episodes Left, Max

Texting Produces an Entirely New Kind of Brain Wave Pattern

Self-Pouring Liquid Behaves Like It’s From Another Universe

This Is What It Looks Like When Your Plane Catches on Fire

You Should Creep on Mark Zuckerberg’s Old Facebook Photos Right Now

Innocent Slices of Bread Will Cower in Fear at This Death Star Toaster

Tony Hawk (Old) Can Still Pull Off His Famous 900

Don’t Bother Getting Excited About That Marvel/Fox Team-Up Rumor

Bionic Earbuds Are Like a Smartphone You Can Leave in Your Ears Forever

Algorithm Predicts Dystopian Book About Technology Should Be Massive Bestseller

Facebook Uses Your Location Data to Suggest Friends

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