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Adobe Flash Is More Dangerous Than Ever

Adobe just announced that its Flash player has yet another major security flaw—one that’s already wild and could let hackers take over your entire computer. Adobe’s urging Windows, Mac, Android, iOS and ChromeOS users to download the patch immediately. AGAIN. Sound familiar? It’s because this keeps happening over and over and over. Plus, a lot…

Privacy & Security Bryan Lufkin Mar 11 '16

Batman v Superman‘s Subtext Becomes Text in This Outstanding Music Video

I was thinking of posting this new music video from Coheed and Cambria with the headline “This is the best Batman v Superman trailer yet!” but I didn’t want anyone to miss it, thinking it was merely more film footage. So please do watch this tale of a Times Square Batman and Superman meeting for…

io9 Rob Bricken Mar 11 '16

Science Seems Like Magic as This Spilled Couscous Perfectly Organizes Itself

Science presenter Steve Mould used a simple bow to demonstrate how when played like a violin, a metal plate will resonate and cause a bunch of spilled couscous to beautifully align into what are known as Chladni figures. The science and mathematics explaining why the metal plates resonate in these specific designs are too complex…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Mar 11 '16

How to Trick Venmo Into Thinking You’re a Terrorist

Much like yelling “I have a bomb!” in front of a police officer, using certain words or phrases online can often end badly. Now we have one more slangy acronym to add to the list of shit you can’t say on the internet. The Verge reports that typing “idek”—short for “I don’t even know”—into the…

Tech News Sophie Kleeman Mar 11 '16

Your Browser’s Private Mode Isn’t as Secret as You Think

Your browser’s private or incognito mode can be useful for many reasons, but you should always know what it is and isn’t hiding. Here’s exactly what’s happening when you launch a private window. First of all, this is the data that isn’t kept: searches, visited pages, and cookies won’t stick around on the local computer…

Gadgets David Nield Mar 11 '16

Gotham‘s Wee Bruce Wayne Is Possessed by a Filthy, Filthy Ghost in The Darkness

The most notable thing about the upcoming horror movie The Darkness is that it stars David Mazouz, best known as the Batman-to-be in the TV show Gotham. The second most notable thing about The Darkness is that it appears to be heavily based on an episode of The Brady Bunch. Fellow old people: Do you…

Trailers Rob Bricken Mar 11 '16

This Is What Japan Looks Like Five Years After the Tohoku Earthquake

On March 11, 2011 one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded was epicentered off the coast of Japan. But most of the devastation—including many of the over 15,000 deaths—was due not to the shaking but to the powerful tsunami waves that traveled up to six miles inland. Five years later, many of these communities still…

Tech News Alissa Walker Mar 11 '16

Two Members of DC’s Cinematic Justice League Won’t Get Origin Stories

Yesterday’s Civil War trailer has already given rise to crazy speculation about the Spider-Man movie. Some familiar faces are returning to The Flash and Arrow. The cast of Daredevil talks flipping the script on the show’s format. Plus, new Dark Tower casting, and more details on Sylvester Stallone in Guardians 2. Behold, Spoilers! The Flash/Aquaman…

Television James Whitbrook Mar 11 '16

Why Europe’s New Mission to Mars Is Such a Big Deal

NASA gets all the glory when it comes to Martian exploration, but two other space agencies are now hoping to change that. Early next week, the European Space Agency and Roscosmos are launching the first phase of their joint ExoMars mission, a major new scientific effort with an badass goal: discovering signs of life on…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone Mar 11 '16

Scientists Have Discovered a Bacteria That’s Evolved to Eat Plastic

A team of Japanese scientists has discovered a bacteria that’s evolved to break down and consume PET—one of the world’s most environmentally damaging plastics. The team discovered the bacteria living on plastic items found in wastewater samples it was collecting. Called Ideonella sakaiensis, it appears to consume a diet made up exclusively of PET, which…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 11 '16

New Material Can Fold From Full 3D to Flat All By Itself

Imagine being able to unfurl a huge tent that immediately pitched itself from a small bag. That’s what this material could provide, according to a a team of researchers from Harvard. The structure is actually built up from a series of extruded cubes, like the one below. With edges extended out from the central cube,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 11 '16

This Is the First Ever Image of New Neurons Forming in a Live Brain

You aren’t born with all your brain cells: In some parts of your brain, new ones grow throughout your life. This image, taken from experiments with mice, is the first time we’ve ever seen new neurons growing in live brain. We used to think that our brain was fully formed at birth, but more recently…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 11 '16

Perfect Invisibility Cloaks May Actually Be Physically Impossible

We would all love to own an invisibility cloak. But new research suggests that if they do ever exist they won’t be perfect: They’ll be more like Predator, less like Harry Potter. A pair of researchers from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and the University of Otago have carried out theoretical modelling in an…

Physics & Chemistry Jamie Condliffe Mar 11 '16

Uber’s Been Testing a (Secret) Emergency Phone Line: 800-353-UBER

Something gone badly wrong with your Uber ride? Well, the ride-hailing company has been testing a new emergency phone line in 22 cities, that you can reach by dialling 800-353-8237 (that’s 800-353-UBER). The existence of the “Critical Safety Response Line” was confirmed by Uber on Wednesday, reports Inc. Apparently it’s been in testing since October,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 11 '16

360 Video of the LHC Is an Amazing Reminder of How Big the Damn Thing Is

The Large Hadron Collider is impressive for a great many reasons. But forget about all that cutting-edge science for a moment and instead marvel at the scale of the engineering behind the project. This video by the BBC takes you on a 360 tour of the world’s largest scientific experiment. You’ve been able to explore…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 11 '16

Virtual Reality Will Make Fools of Us All

Virtual reality might be a transformative technology with untold potential across dozens of fields. But it’s also most definitely a great way to make young and old alike look dumb as hell. What you’re looking at is the “virtual desk” phenomenon, when someone in a VR headset (in this case, an HTC Vive) gets carried…

Tech News Chris Mills Mar 11 '16

How to Turn a Tin Can Into a Badass Cheese Grater

Turning a tin can into a grater might be a tedious process, but it offers the advantage of getting all those little food strips inside a vessel you can easily dump onto whatever you’re making. With a little plastic wrap it could even be used to store your pre-grated ingredients for later—and it comes at…

Sploid Avery Ellis Mar 11 '16

NASA’s Deep Space Rockets Pass Critical Test for Mars Mission

The Space Launch System that will one day take us to Mars is a serious beast made up of four leftover space shuttle engines. Of course, before the engines are strapped together and aimed into the sky, they have to be tested. And that involves some fireworks. The first RS-25 engine that will actually take…

Space & Spaceflight Chris Mills Mar 10 '16

Film Scenes and the Art Paintings That Inspire Them, Side-By-Side

Film takes inspiration from the world around us so it’s no surprise that directors mimic art paintings in their movies. Vugar Efendi put together famous art paintings next to movie scenes to show how film meets art. It’s like seeing the paintings come to life. Some of them are so picturesque that it actually looks…

Sploid Casey Chan Mar 10 '16

Here’s Our Best Look at Spider-Man’s Fabulous New Costume

Okay, so you’ve watched the Civil War trailer a bunch of times to see that Spider-Man shot. You’ve probably seen it in all its animated-gif glory in our trailer breakdown, too. But Disney and Marvel have released a high-resolution picture of Peter Parker’s grand debut in the Marvel Cinematic universe to give us all an…

Movies James Whitbrook Mar 10 '16

Adobe Flash Is More Dangerous Than Ever

Batman v Superman‘s Subtext Becomes Text in This Outstanding Music Video

Science Seems Like Magic as This Spilled Couscous Perfectly Organizes Itself

How to Trick Venmo Into Thinking You’re a Terrorist

Your Browser’s Private Mode Isn’t as Secret as You Think

Gotham‘s Wee Bruce Wayne Is Possessed by a Filthy, Filthy Ghost in The Darkness

This Is What Japan Looks Like Five Years After the Tohoku Earthquake

Two Members of DC’s Cinematic Justice League Won’t Get Origin Stories

Why Europe’s New Mission to Mars Is Such a Big Deal

Scientists Have Discovered a Bacteria That’s Evolved to Eat Plastic

New Material Can Fold From Full 3D to Flat All By Itself

This Is the First Ever Image of New Neurons Forming in a Live Brain

Perfect Invisibility Cloaks May Actually Be Physically Impossible

Uber’s Been Testing a (Secret) Emergency Phone Line: 800-353-UBER

360 Video of the LHC Is an Amazing Reminder of How Big the Damn Thing Is

Virtual Reality Will Make Fools of Us All

How to Turn a Tin Can Into a Badass Cheese Grater

NASA’s Deep Space Rockets Pass Critical Test for Mars Mission

Film Scenes and the Art Paintings That Inspire Them, Side-By-Side

Here’s Our Best Look at Spider-Man’s Fabulous New Costume

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