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This Bizarre Gunshot-Plugging Device Just Saved Its First Life

An innovative sponge-filled dressing device recently saved the life of a coalition forces soldier who was shot in the leg. It’s the first documented clinical use of the product, known as XSTAT. The device was approved for military use back in 2014, but this incident marks the first time the system has been used in…

Tech News George Dvorsky

Amazon Is Making Spinoffs of Ultraman and Kamen Rider

Well, more specifically Amazon Japan is. But considering that these Japanese shows will be available worldwide—part of a new slate of original programming for Prime Video—it’s a chance for fans all over the world to see these shows legally, too. Amazon Japan announced 12 new, original series, including Magi, a time-traveling drama, several manga adaptations…

io9 James Whitbrook

Working Lego Chainsaw Makes Short Work of Lego Forests

Custom builder František Hajdekr has managed to create a working Lego chainsaw that includes a functional power trigger, a brake lever, and a spinning chain blade. Without sharpened teeth on the chain the saw will be hard-pressed to cut even softened butter, but the miniature replica is no less impressive. If you were considering a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Grown-Up Harry Potter Is Tired of All This Wizarding Crap in the First Cursed Child Play Pics

We have the very first photos of the Potters in the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child play. Ginny (Poppy Miller) looks like a perfectly normal adult, Albus Severus (Sam Clemmett) looks like an average Hogwarts student, and Harry (Jamie Parker) very much looks like he’s ready to toss this whole wizarding thing in a…

Books & Comics Katharine Trendacosta

The Last Place on Earth to Feel Global Warming

It’s an observation repeated loud and often by climate deniers: while Greenland melts like a popsicle in the summer sun, Antarctica is staying chill. Parts of the coastline are actually gaining sea ice. According to a new scientific paper, there’s no conspiracy to be found here, but rather, a manifestation of global ocean currents. In…

Climate Change Maddie Stone

How to Find Platinum on the Side of the Road

Platinum is one of the rarest and most useful metals on the planet. A new video from Cody’s Lab explains why a significant amount of this precious element exists in the dirt and dust by the roadside—and how it can be extracted. Mining for precious metals on the side of a highway is a different…

Tech News George Dvorsky

On Game of Thrones, Some of the Players Are Getting Desperate

After last week’s harrowing episode, you can’t blame “Blood of My Blood” for wanting—needing, even—to take a step back. The flip side is that “Blood of My Blood” is a bit of a letdown. It’s not bad, per se, and plots do get advanced. They’re just not advanced very far, and in some cases, they’re…

Television Rob Bricken

The Best Photo Album Apps You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

If you’re still using the default photo management options that come pre-installed on your phone, you’re missing out. There are a ton of innovative third-party album apps out there, all of which are designed to make managing and sharing your photos easier. Here are the ones that impressed us most. Focus Focus is all about…

Gadgets David Nield

Please Let This MST3K Lego Set Become a Glorious Reality

Lego’s “Ideas” project has already given us sets based on everything from Doctor Who to Ghostbusters to the Curiosity Rover to women in science. But goddammit, they should really add this Mystery Science Theater 3000 set to that growing list of awesomeness. This idea was recently submitted to Lego’s crowdsourced voting website for Lego Ideas…

io9 James Whitbrook

A Simulation of What 100,000 Volts Does to Human Flesh

Besides shooting an actual human or a pig carcass, the best way to determine the efficacy of a projectile—like a bullet—is with ballistic gel, which has almost identical density and viscosity to human muscle tissue. But how does it fare against extraordinary voltages? According to this experiment caught on video, the short answer is: not…

Sploid Avery Ellis

You Can Now Charge Your 3DS With the Lightning Cable You’re Already Carrying

For whatever reason, Nintendo decided not to include a charger with its new 3DS handheld console. You absurdly have to buy one separately, or you could just spend $8 on this new adapter that lets you use your iPhone or iPad’s Lightning charging cable instead. Even if you’ve already bought Nintendo’s charger for the New…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Dell’s New 17-Inch 2-in-1 Laptop Is Bananas

Laptop 2-in-1s never creep past 15 inches, and the thinking seems to be that flipping around such a massive piece of machine would be unnecessarily awkward. Dell has decided to blow up that idea by introducing the new Inspiron 7000, featuring a monstrous 17-inch convertible configuration. For a Windows laptop in 2016, the Inspiron 7000…

Tech News Darren Orf

There’s Good News and Bad News for the Star Wars Spinoffs

The Man from Earth is getting a sequel. Willa Holland has some harsh words for DC over its treatment of Arrow and The Flash. Plus, teasers for the next season of Scream, new Star Trek Beyond posters, and more footage from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2. Spoilers Get! Han Solo Anthology Good news: Speaking at…

Television James Whitbrook

Space-Saving Lounge Chairs Disappear Right Into This Tiny Deck

To help maximize the living space in a 400-square-foot apartment in Honk Kong, the designers at Liquid Interiors came up with a clever way to make its tiny rooftop deck feel far more spacious: a pair of lounge chairs that disappear right into the wooden plank flooring. The chairs were built using alternating wooden slats…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Engineers Own the Future—and Maybe Even Us

Technology is at the heart of everything we do. But as mechanical, electrical and computational systems have become increasingly complex, the control of everyday life is increasingly in the hands of those that build it—the engineers. In 1952, Kurt Vonnegut published his debut novel, Player Piano. It describes a near-future where society is almost totally…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Tiny Metallic Pixels Could Make Pictures That Never Fade

With time, paint and pictures lose their intensity. But tiny metallic pixels could be used to create vivid images and paintwork that never lose their lustre—and the resulting pictures are becoming more detailed than ever. These aluminum pixels—known as plasmomic pixels—aren’t entirely new. They’ve been used in the past to create small and simple images…

Physics & Chemistry Jamie Condliffe

The Beautiful Birth of a New Star

Welcome to the Universe, IRAS 14568-6304. There’s no catchy name for this particular stellar object, because it’s too new to have been given one. This image from the European Space Agency shows a young star, shrouded by a golden veil of light. Eventually, the gas it’s ejecting—at speeds far in excess of the speed of…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe

Nazi Teleprinter From World War II Bought on eBay for $15

Sometimes you can find a real gem on eBay. The UK’s National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park certainly did: It spotted a Nazi teleprinter used during the war for sale on the site and bought it for just $15. The BBC reports that volunteers from the museum—which is housed in the buildings where Alan…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Intel’s Insane New Desktop CPU Has Ten Cores and Costs $1,700

If you need raw power in your desktop PC, Intel’s new CPU will be just the ticket. The new Extreme Edition of its regular Core i7 chip has 10 cores, each running at up to 3.5GHz—but it’ll cost you. PC World reports that the new Broadwell-E gaming chips—or Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition, to give it…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

A Determined Wolf Completes Its Nightly Task in This Bewitching Short Film

Lunette is a short film by Phoebe Warries about a lone wolf’s very special relationship with the moon—and the important impact it has across the natural world. It’s a quiet work the filmmaker describes as “fantasy-based,” with animal animation that’s lovely and simple without being too cute. [Vimeo Staff Picks]

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This Bizarre Gunshot-Plugging Device Just Saved Its First Life

Amazon Is Making Spinoffs of Ultraman and Kamen Rider

Working Lego Chainsaw Makes Short Work of Lego Forests

Grown-Up Harry Potter Is Tired of All This Wizarding Crap in the First Cursed Child Play Pics

The Last Place on Earth to Feel Global Warming

How to Find Platinum on the Side of the Road

On Game of Thrones, Some of the Players Are Getting Desperate

The Best Photo Album Apps You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

Please Let This MST3K Lego Set Become a Glorious Reality

A Simulation of What 100,000 Volts Does to Human Flesh

You Can Now Charge Your 3DS With the Lightning Cable You’re Already Carrying

Dell’s New 17-Inch 2-in-1 Laptop Is Bananas

There’s Good News and Bad News for the Star Wars Spinoffs

Space-Saving Lounge Chairs Disappear Right Into This Tiny Deck

Engineers Own the Future—and Maybe Even Us

Tiny Metallic Pixels Could Make Pictures That Never Fade

The Beautiful Birth of a New Star

Nazi Teleprinter From World War II Bought on eBay for $15

Intel’s Insane New Desktop CPU Has Ten Cores and Costs $1,700

A Determined Wolf Completes Its Nightly Task in This Bewitching Short Film

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