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Watch a Spider Spin Its Intricate Web and Then Use It to Catch Prey

Here’s time lapse footage of a garden orb spider building out its web. It’s really interesting to see the process from the start when it seems like a few random strands are connected to each other and especially cool to see it at the end when it’s all completed and ready to catch its first…

Sploid Casey Chan

The Deepwater Horizon Movie Ironically Looks Like an Ad For BP

The trailer for Deepwater Horizon was just released—an upcoming movie about the 2010 oil rig explosion that killed eleven people and caused one of America’s worst environmental disasters. And if the finished film is anything like the trailer, I suspect it will be one giant (and perhaps unintentional) crisis management advertisement for the BP oil…

Movies Matt Novak

Turn Your Roomba Into the Star Wars Droid You Already Pretend It Is

iRobot’s Roomba vacuum cleaners are about the closest thing you can get to having a real Star Wars droid at home. In fact, many Roomba owners are happy to pretend their robovac is just a shorter version of R2-D2 while it works away, and this decal set will help make that even more believable. There…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

The Company Helping Unlock the San Bernardino iPhone Has a Long History of Selling Gear to US Police

The company reportedly helping the FBI access the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone data isn’t a household name in the US, but its data-extraction tools are all over the country. Cellebrite has been quietly helping US law enforcement bulk up its arsenal of surveillance gear for years. The FBI postponed a hearing yesterday about whether it…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

Biologists Have Learned Something Horrifying About Prairie Dogs

Prairie dogs: fuzzy little socialites that live in elaborate burrows and chow down on grass all day, right? Seem like nice neighbors? Hate to shatter the illusion, but I’ve got some knowledge to share. Prairie dogs are cold-blooded killers. And if you’re a ground squirrel, you’re advised to move out of town immediately. I know…

Tech News Maddie Stone

Chris Pratt Gives a Hilarious Tour of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Set

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is currently filming and Disney has once again teamed up with Omaze to raise money for a worthy cause while giving one fan the trip of a lifetime. The rest of us? We get a nice warm feeling and this hilarious video. In it, Chris Pratt leads a tour…

Movies Germain Lussier

IKEA Keeps Getting Weirder, Now Sells Hydroponic Gardens

The world mostly knows IKEA for its flatpack furniture and mediocre meatballs. In the past year, however, the company’s doubled down on a new category: gadgets. And you know what? They’re kind of awesome. IKEA just announced its new summer line, and a lot of it is what you’d expect from IKEA in the summertime.…

Gadgets Adam Clark Estes

The Live-Action Jungle Book‘s Talking Animals Kind of Freak Me Out

With Idris Elba voicing Shere Khan, it would be hard to deny the character’s power and charisma. However, there’s a bit of an uncanny valley in these CGI-ed animals. This is the first extended look we’ve had of the talking creatures of Disney’s live-action Jungle Book, and while they look better than we thought they…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

Martha Stewart, Techfluencer, Rides Her Hoverboard Barefoot

Martha Stewart has always been on the bleeding edge of domestic tech disruption: Using drones to survey her vegetable plots and 3D printers to squirt out funky custom napkin rings. Now she’s employing hoverboards to efficiently zip around mansions, as one does. On a visit to Qatar, where hoverboard imports are still legal, Stewart borrowed…

Tech News Alissa Walker

‘Cat Parasite’ Could Be To Blame for People Suffering from Rage Disorder

A new study has shown that people with Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED), associated with bursts of overblown aggression, are twice as likely as healthy people to have Toxoplasma gondii. This parasite, famously carried by cats, has been shown to mess with the neurochemistry of mice. Could it be doing the same to us? Published in…

Tech News Esther Inglis-Arkell

Shadowhunters Just Dropped Its Biggest Bombshell Yet

Shadowhunters’ first season wraps up April 5, and with the Mortal Cup already in hand, the show has ramped up the personal drama as the mission to take down Valentine continues. In “Blood Calls to Blood,” Jace and Clary endured a series of revelations that culminated in the show’s most shocking moment so far. Spoilers,…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

The Best Robot Vacuums

We ran more than 30 cleaning cycles over two months with four robot vacuums, and used them for several months since initial testing to find the best one. Whether you prioritize all-around thoroughness, superior pet-hair and large-area performance, or want the latest in smartphone-controllable robot vacs, we have you covered. This post was done in…

Reviews The Sweethome

What If You Accidentally Started the Robot Uprising?

This is the face of a man who has just realized he’s doomed the human race. “ANA” comes from Factory Fifteen, telling the story of a car factory worker who overrides security and gives factory control to the AI, all in the hopes of getting work done faster. Of course, it’s all a trick and…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

The 9 Most Breathtaking Images from the Smithsonian’s Annual Photo Contest

A volcano spewing ash, magical forest fireflies, and a monkey who feels just like we all do about winter weather. These are just a few of the remarkable photos from the Smithsonian’s annual photo contest. The winning photos for 2015, released this week, were selected from more than 46,000 submissions. The grand prize winner, seen…

Tech News Ria Misra

The Same Rules of Nature Apply to Elephants and E. Coli

On the surface, herds of zebras roaming the Serengeti don’t seem to have much in common with the number of cells in our bodies. But what if there is an underlying hidden logic behind it all—a set of universal rules regulating the numbers of things that applies across all size scales? That’s the provocative thesis…

Books & Comics Jennifer Ouellette

This Instructional Book Makes a Strong Case For Having Recess at Work

Sometime between grade school and high school the daily ritual of going outside for recess gets phased out. But why should it? It’s not like our daily need for physical activity and sunshine disappears. Recess should carry on right until we retire, with this new book to remind us all how to have fun. Written…

Books & Comics Andrew Liszewski

Our First Glimpse at The Force Awakens‘ Deleted Scenes

Ever since The Force Awakens released, we’ve known there were several scenes trimmed from the movie—entire characters were cut, or even moments from the trailers. Those scenes are making their way to the movie’s home release next month, but now we have our first look at some of them. Entertainment Weekly has some new photos…

Movies James Whitbrook

Shooting Lasers at Frogs Brings Us Closer to Curing Cancer

A team of scientists has hacked a light-responsive protein into tadpoles, and used it as an on-off switch to suppress tumor growth. It’s a fascinating development that could one day lead to new tools for fighting cancer in humans. Optogenetics, first developed by neuroscientists at UC Berkeley, is an exciting new field that’s precipitated a…

Tech News Maddie Stone

This Game of Thrones‘ SFX Featurette May Have Revealed a Key Scene in Season 6

This featurette on making the prosthetics for Game of Thrones is plenty interesting by itself, especially it features a great deal on how the show creates the White Walkers. But it also may have inadvertantly gave us a peek at at an upcoming scene that may prove very important. If you saw the last Game…

io9 Rob Bricken

The Hidden Trick in Almost Every Classic Hitchcock Scene

Hitchcock is the unquestioned master of suspense. But what is it about his scenes that makes them so gripping, and why do they stand up to repeated viewings, even when you know the twist? To answer this, the Nerdwriter turned to blocking—how you position stuff and people in relation to each other—specifically, the blocking in…

Sploid Avery Ellis

Watch a Spider Spin Its Intricate Web and Then Use It to Catch Prey

The Deepwater Horizon Movie Ironically Looks Like an Ad For BP

Turn Your Roomba Into the Star Wars Droid You Already Pretend It Is

The Company Helping Unlock the San Bernardino iPhone Has a Long History of Selling Gear to US Police

Biologists Have Learned Something Horrifying About Prairie Dogs

Chris Pratt Gives a Hilarious Tour of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Set

IKEA Keeps Getting Weirder, Now Sells Hydroponic Gardens

The Live-Action Jungle Book‘s Talking Animals Kind of Freak Me Out

Martha Stewart, Techfluencer, Rides Her Hoverboard Barefoot

‘Cat Parasite’ Could Be To Blame for People Suffering from Rage Disorder

Shadowhunters Just Dropped Its Biggest Bombshell Yet

The Best Robot Vacuums

What If You Accidentally Started the Robot Uprising?

The 9 Most Breathtaking Images from the Smithsonian’s Annual Photo Contest

The Same Rules of Nature Apply to Elephants and E. Coli

This Instructional Book Makes a Strong Case For Having Recess at Work

Our First Glimpse at The Force Awakens‘ Deleted Scenes

Shooting Lasers at Frogs Brings Us Closer to Curing Cancer

This Game of Thrones‘ SFX Featurette May Have Revealed a Key Scene in Season 6

The Hidden Trick in Almost Every Classic Hitchcock Scene

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