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This Massive Star Sure Is Beautiful, Too Bad It’s Doomed

Behold WR 31a, a massive star surrounded by a rapidly expanding cloud of gas and dust. This gorgeous celestial structure emerged just 20,000 years ago, and is currently growing at a rate of 136,700 miles every hour. WR 31a is a Wolf-Rayet (WR) star located about 30,000 light-years from Earth. These stars are particularly large,…

Tech News George Dvorsky Feb 26 '16

Pokémon Is One of the Creepiest Dystopian Societies Ever

For 20 years, Pokémon has had the reputation of a cheery kid’s franchise. But under the veneer of Ash and co.’s adventures, there lies one of the most sinister dystopias around. To celebrate Pokémon’s 20th birthday this week (and its newest games), here’s a few reasons as to why the Pokénation is much more terrifying…

Anime James Whitbrook Feb 26 '16

It’s Time To Karate-Chop This Week, With Your Friday GIF Party

This has been a long-ass week. Did you know there were three Tuesdays and five Wednesdays this week? It’s because it was a Leap Week or something. But it’s over! Let’s celebrate by rolling out some bloody awesome GIFs. What you got? What I got is some GIFs of the special Johnny Karate episode of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 26 '16

A Brilliant Physicist Explains Gravitational Waves to Colbert

We all understand that the discovery of gravitational waves was a really big deal, but do you really understand what they are, why they’re important, or how LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory, found them? After watching this brilliant bit from last night’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, you will. Theoretical physicist Brian…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 26 '16

Apple Changed Its Website Because ‘Click’ Looked Too Much Like ‘Dick’

Apple is currently embroiled in a momentous legal battle against the government, but they’re also staying on top of what really matters: dicks. Twitter user Dan Leech recently pointed out a curious little detail about the source code for Apple’s OS X webpage: The catchphrase for El Capitan, “more to love with every click,” seems…

Tech News Sophie Kleeman Feb 26 '16

How Self-Driving Cars Could Make Traffic Worse

Self-driving cars bring many promises like fewer deaths, smarter navigation, and no more ugly parking lots. But a new study highlights a critical disclaimer: Unless these vehicles are shared, we’ll probably see a dramatic increase of the number of cars on our streets. The study published in Transportation Research Part A today by the University…

Tech News Alissa Walker Feb 26 '16

Murder Is Legal and Torture Is Mandatory, Because Gods of Egypt Exists

Go ahead, commit cannibalism! Slaughter your neighbors and feast on their still-warm flesh. Nobody can judge you, because the mere existence of the film Gods of Egypt has dissolved all social contracts, and eliminated forever all concepts of good and evil. The moment I walked out of a screening of Gods of Egypt, I set…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Feb 26 '16

A Clever Star Wars fan Figured Out How to Build a Tiny Rolling BB-8 Using Only Lego

There is no shortage of fan-built Lego BB-8s across the internet, but Mark Smiley and James Garrett have managed to build a tiny one that actually rolls, while keeping its head floating on top, using nothing but Lego components available in standard sets. This custom Lego build is very reminiscent of Sphero’s tiny version of…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 26 '16

How the Hell Does Anyone Get This Good at Jump Rope?

Freestyle competitive jump rope is a real sport. It’s badass and has almost nothing in common with its schoolyard predecessor. Let that sink in. And then feast your eyes on Nick Woodard—one of the sport’s luminaries and multiple-time world champions—as he performs a routine that involves standing back flips, corkscrews, and hand stands. It’s like…

Sploid Avery Ellis Feb 26 '16

First Uterus Transplant in US Offers Hope to Thousands of Infertile Women

A team of surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic have performed the first uterus transplant in the United States. A 26-year-old woman underwent the nine-hour operation on Wednesday, setting the stage for a future pregnancy—and what might possibly become a routine procedure in US hospitals. The unidentified woman, who received the transplanted uterus from a deceased…

Tech News George Dvorsky Feb 26 '16

Rumor: Ben Affleck Rewrote the BvS Script in His Batman Costume

We all know about method actors. Are method writers a thing? Because according to an unnamed insider of unknown origin and access, Ben Affleck would rewrite portions of the Batman v Superman script while wearing full Dark Knight regalia. From US Weekly: The Oscar-winning screenwriter “would go into wardrobe and get all suited up for…

Movies Rob Bricken Feb 26 '16

This Google Dream Bot-Inspired Artwork Is Mind Blowing

Last summer, the internet was overrun with six-eyed dog faces, human legs that are actually slugs, and other images reminiscent of the day you ate magic mushrooms and feverishly explored your kitchen floor. In fact, these were the dreams of an AI developed by Google. And it was only a matter of time before the…

Tech News Maddie Stone Feb 26 '16

The Amazing Way Astronomers Are Now Hunting For Planet Nine

Saturn’s Cassini probe is nearing the end of its mission, but that doesn’t mean it’s no longer useful. In fact, astronomers have found a totally new purpose for the plucky little space probe and its vast trove of data: searching for the elusive Planet 9. Last month, Caltech astronomers Mike Brown—the guy who killed Pluto…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone Feb 26 '16

4 Tips to Make Your Windows 10 Computer Run Faster

Microsoft’s newest operating system is getting better all the time, and if you’ve already updated, you’re no doubt wondering how to get the best software experience you can. These tips should help you improve performance on your computer by cleaning the clutter you don’t really need. Here are four things you can do to streamline…

Gadgets David Nield Feb 26 '16

Try Not to Drool Over This Exquisite $7,000 Replica of the USS Enterprise

Unless you’re a model maker who works for Industrial Light & Magic, your skills at gluing bits of plastic together probably never turn out like this. But you don’t need skills to put this magnificent replica of the 2009 USS Enterprise on your fireplace mantle—just $7,000. If 2015 was all about the return of Star…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 26 '16

Feast Your Eyes Upon the Visual Treats in This Stunning CGI Highlight Reel

The Association of Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques might not have the most exciting name, but every year Siggraph draws the most talented programmers, engineers, and artists to its conference to show off their brilliant CG creations and developments. The conference also hosts an annual computer animation festival, which…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Feb 26 '16

Killer Robots Go on a Mysterious Rampage in the First Trailer for Kill Command

You know, sometimes you just can’t beat a good, creepy “robot goes bonkers and kills a bunch of freaked-out humans” movie. Kill Command definitely has that going for it, as well as having some really awesome-looking robot war machines. A new scifi horror movie written and directed by Steven Gomez, Kill Command follows a cyborg…

Trailers James Whitbrook Feb 26 '16

After Years of Turmoil, a Legendary Steam Engine Rolls Again

After undergoing a decade-long restoration that cost $5.86 million, the Flying Scotsman, the most famous British locomotive in history, has been brought back to life. The legend rolls again. The 70-foot-long, 100-ton machine was designed by Sir Nigel Gresley, one of Britain’s most famous steam locomotive engineers. It ran long-distance express trips from 1923 to…

Tech News Attila Nagy Feb 26 '16

A Familiar Ghostbusters Face Is Definitely Coming to the New Movie

J.J. Abrams already has hopes for a third Cloverfield. The Walking Dead will try its best to keep its new villain’s fondness for foul language. Karen Gillan teases her return to Guardians of the Galaxy. Plus, a new trailer for Penny Dreadful, and Kara gets a strange new look on Supergirl. To me, my Spoilers!…

Television James Whitbrook Feb 26 '16

Death, Cancer, Forced Labor: A Celebration of Apple’s Deranged Metaphors

A journalist conscripted into writing propaganda. A sad pharmacist compelled to make drugs used in lethal injections. A doctor FORCED TO GIVE SOMEONE CANCER. While Apple tussles with the government over whether it will comply with a court order that would require it to help law enforcement break into an iPhone, it’s busy winning first…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Feb 26 '16

This Massive Star Sure Is Beautiful, Too Bad It’s Doomed

Pokémon Is One of the Creepiest Dystopian Societies Ever

It’s Time To Karate-Chop This Week, With Your Friday GIF Party

A Brilliant Physicist Explains Gravitational Waves to Colbert

Apple Changed Its Website Because ‘Click’ Looked Too Much Like ‘Dick’

How Self-Driving Cars Could Make Traffic Worse

Murder Is Legal and Torture Is Mandatory, Because Gods of Egypt Exists

A Clever Star Wars fan Figured Out How to Build a Tiny Rolling BB-8 Using Only Lego

How the Hell Does Anyone Get This Good at Jump Rope?

First Uterus Transplant in US Offers Hope to Thousands of Infertile Women

Rumor: Ben Affleck Rewrote the BvS Script in His Batman Costume

This Google Dream Bot-Inspired Artwork Is Mind Blowing

The Amazing Way Astronomers Are Now Hunting For Planet Nine

4 Tips to Make Your Windows 10 Computer Run Faster

Try Not to Drool Over This Exquisite $7,000 Replica of the USS Enterprise

Feast Your Eyes Upon the Visual Treats in This Stunning CGI Highlight Reel

Killer Robots Go on a Mysterious Rampage in the First Trailer for Kill Command

After Years of Turmoil, a Legendary Steam Engine Rolls Again

A Familiar Ghostbusters Face Is Definitely Coming to the New Movie

Death, Cancer, Forced Labor: A Celebration of Apple’s Deranged Metaphors

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