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Superman Is Back to Being Superman Again

If you’ve been following along with Superman and Action Comics over the past few months, you know that Superman hasn’t exactly been all that super lately. He’s not had his supersuit, he’s been depowered, and had his secret identity leaked. But it’s time for all that to change (back). Spoilers ahead for Action Comics #50,…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Here’s the New Drilling-Lander That NASA Is Sending Up to Mars

Late last year, the lander NASA was going to send up to Mars was grounded just three months before its planned launch date. Now, it looks like NASA’s Insight Lander will make it up there after all. The drill-lander, designed to burrow into the planet’s surface and tell us what lies below, was originally set…

Space & Spaceflight Ria Misra

Residents Are Still Getting Sick Weeks After LA Gas Leak Was Sealed

Hey, remember that huge natural gas disaster near Los Angeles that state officials declared completely over on February 18th? It’s not over for the residents of Porter Ranch, many of whom have filed complaints with the LA Department of Public Health since returning to their homes two weeks ago. From October 28th to February 18th,…

Tech News Maddie Stone

Wired Keeps Calling Trump ‘Someone With Tiny Hands’ Due to a Chrome Extension Error

Wired published an embarrassing correction to a story by Jason Tanz about Donald Trump today. Apparently he or his editors had a Chrome extension turned on that changed every mention of “Donald Trump” to “Someone With Tiny Hands.” But here’s the really funny part: Not only is this not the first time it has happened,…

Tech News Matt Novak

YouTube Co-Founder Launches Questionable Streaming Service for Internet Chefs

Nom is the new pet project of YouTube co-founder Steve Chen. People are calling it the Twitch for internet chefs. The only problem? Filming a chef is a lot harder than filming a video game. The vast majority of professional cooking shows use multiple camera setups. Nom supports multi-cam, though how it will be implemented…

Tech News Avery Ellis

Here’s an Amazing First Look at Ta-Nehisi Coates and Brian Stelfreeze’s Black Panther

Ta-Nehisi Coates and Brian Stelfreeze’s Black Panther is one of our most anticipated comics of the year, and it’s looking so good. We’ve had teases of Stelfreeze’s art already, but now The Atlantic has a first look at the series ahead of its release in April, as well as an interview with Coates. Well worth…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

This Weirdly Simple Glitch Will Make Your iPhone Feel Much Faster

The iPhone, especially the latest and greatest iPhone 6s, is an incredibly fast machine. But unless you jailbreak your iPhone, you don’t really understand just how fast it can be. That’s largely because Apple prettied up iOS with springboard animations, those annoying slow zoom motions when you launch any app. Luckily, an iOS glitch discovered…

Tech News Darren Orf

See Spider-Man Meet Agents of SHIELD‘s Fitz and Simmons

Alas, it’s not the live-action crossover of our dreams (or fan fics, I guess), but the scientific duo best known as FitzSimmons is stopping by this week’s episode of the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon. Here’s a clip! Spider-Man and Iron Spider (who is actually Hulk’s pal Amadeus Cho, if you haven’t been watching) recruit FitzSimmons’ help…

io9 Rob Bricken

The Incredible Scifi Short ‘True Skin’ Is Getting Adapted by Amazon

Four years ago, Stephan Zlotescu’s “True Skin” blew us away with how off-the-wall it was. For a little while, it was supposed to become full-length film at Warner Bros. But now it’s found a home as an hour-long series at Amazon. The original short followed a man in a future where everyone is augmented. Short…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

8 Ways to Use Your Phone as a Scientific Instrument

Your smartphone already wears a number of hats: camera, MP3 player, and it can even make and receive calls—but with the right set of apps, you can do much more with your handset. Here are 8 scientific instruments your phone is capable of transforming into. 1. Earthquake detector (MyShake) This will be especially useful to…

Gadgets David Nield

Every Star Wars Fan Is Going to Want This Stupid Darth Vader Toothpick Dispenser

There are a lot of dumb Star Wars-branded products on the market, and a Darth Vader toothpick dispenser certainly had the potential to be one of the worst. But by having Vader snatch and wield a toothpick like it was his lightsaber, Bandai has made this absurd collectible a must-have addition to any collection. Using…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Fingerboarding Is Still a Thing and These Guys Are Great at It

It’s 2016, and Tech Decks are still going strong. The folks at Kuma Films gathered eight talented fingerboarders from around Taiwan and sat them in front of a huge rotating dinner table, which they converted into a miniature skate park. Watch them grind tiny concrete barriers, varial over little handrails, and generally pull off all…

Sploid Avery Ellis

Is There Still a Chance That Marvel’s Movies and TV Shows Could Cross Over for Infinity War?

There could be more Dark Tower casting on the way. Chadwick Boseman teases Black Panther’s arrival in Civil War, while Clark Gregg discusses how Agents of SHIELD will acknowledge the movie. Plus, good news for Into the Badlands, and try not to be surprised at the prospect of even more Star Wars. Spoilers! Avengers: Infinity…

Television James Whitbrook

Graphene-Infused Bike Tires Automatically Get Softer While Cornering For Better Grip

Graphene, that atomic-scale super material that promises to revolutionize everything from batteries to robots, is already improving the cycling world. Vittoria’s new graphene-infused Mezcal and Morsa bike tires are lightweight, thin, grippy, and everything a cyclist wants in a tire without any tradeoffs. Choosing what tires to put on your bike usually depends on the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

New MIT Code Makes Web Pages Load 34 Percent Faster in Any Browser

Internet connections get faster but websites get more complex—and that means we often still have to wait an age for pages to load. Now, a new technique from MIT that helps browsers gather files more efficiently could change that. “As pages increase in complexity, they often require multiple trips that create delays that really add…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Do We Already Have Cyborgs in Our Midst?

Michael Bareev-Rudy never expected to have his finger implanted with a magnet. But in November 2015, the 18-year-old decided to embed a tiny magnet in his index finger at an event held in Dusseldorf, Germany. A crowd gathered to watch as a man in a smart grey suit and green surgical mask carefully sliced open…

Tech News Frieda Klotz — Mosaic

UN Aviation Agency Demands Real-Time Airplane Tracking in Emergencies

The UN’s panel on aviation has announced that airplanes should now be fitted with autonomous distress tracking devices which allow them to transmit their location during emergencies. The International Civil Aviation Organization announced the new provisions yesterday—a year to the day since the MH370 disaster. The new devices should be able to transmit “information at…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

A New Durable Superhydrophobic Material Was Inspired by Shrinky Dinks

Take a sheet of shrinkable plastic, like the stuff you find in Shrinky Dinks. Add a dash of of Teflon and—voila!—you have an incredibly simple new kind of superhyrdrophboc material. That’s pretty much what a team of researchers form the the University of Sydney has done. The team had been playing shrinkable plastics—just like the…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Seagate’s New 10GBps SSD Will Be the World’s Fastest

Seagate’s new SSD will be very, very fast indeed. In fact, able to transfer data at up to 10GBps, it’s 6GBps faster than its previous best—and it’s claimed it will be the fastest in the world. Designed for enterprise use—so don’t expect it to be in your desktop just yet—there are few extra details at…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Last Night’s Solar Eclipse Looks Stunning in These Captivating Images

A few hours ago the rare astronomical event that is the total solar eclipse was witnessed in Indonesia, while other parts of Asia experienced a partial eclipse. Because you probably missed it, here’s a quick photo roundup so you can start the day in awe. The narrow path of our Moon’s shadow—and the total eclipse…

Tech News Attila Nagy

Superman Is Back to Being Superman Again

Here’s the New Drilling-Lander That NASA Is Sending Up to Mars

Residents Are Still Getting Sick Weeks After LA Gas Leak Was Sealed

Wired Keeps Calling Trump ‘Someone With Tiny Hands’ Due to a Chrome Extension Error

YouTube Co-Founder Launches Questionable Streaming Service for Internet Chefs

Here’s an Amazing First Look at Ta-Nehisi Coates and Brian Stelfreeze’s Black Panther

This Weirdly Simple Glitch Will Make Your iPhone Feel Much Faster

See Spider-Man Meet Agents of SHIELD‘s Fitz and Simmons

The Incredible Scifi Short ‘True Skin’ Is Getting Adapted by Amazon

8 Ways to Use Your Phone as a Scientific Instrument

Every Star Wars Fan Is Going to Want This Stupid Darth Vader Toothpick Dispenser

Fingerboarding Is Still a Thing and These Guys Are Great at It

Is There Still a Chance That Marvel’s Movies and TV Shows Could Cross Over for Infinity War?

Graphene-Infused Bike Tires Automatically Get Softer While Cornering For Better Grip

New MIT Code Makes Web Pages Load 34 Percent Faster in Any Browser

Do We Already Have Cyborgs in Our Midst?

UN Aviation Agency Demands Real-Time Airplane Tracking in Emergencies

A New Durable Superhydrophobic Material Was Inspired by Shrinky Dinks

Seagate’s New 10GBps SSD Will Be the World’s Fastest

Last Night’s Solar Eclipse Looks Stunning in These Captivating Images

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