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This Year’s Holiday Cookie Recipe: Smiling Poop Emojis

For better or worse, the poop emoji is sure to go down as a symbol of 2015, nay, of this entire decade. The happy swirl-o-shit has already inspired fashion designers and artists, so it was only a matter of time before somebody figured out how to make it into a delectable confectionary treat, too. That…

Tech News Maddie Stone

Phobos Floats Gently Above The Surface Of Mars, Waiting To Fall

Mars will eventually kill Phobos, but for now, it’s an irregular body floating above the surface. This stunning picture came from the ESA’s Mars Express. [Discovery] Image credit: G. Neukum (FU Berlin) et al., Mars Express, DLR, ESA; Acknowledgement: Peter Masek

io9 Andrew Liptak

Students Have Brought An Extinct Vegetable Back To The Kitchen Table

In 2008, an archaeological team uncovered a clay jar buried on a Menominee reservation near Green Bay, Wisconsin. Inside, they found that it contained seeds. Now, a group of students have brought the plants back to life. The seeds were carbon dated and found to be 850 years old, and were for a type of…

Tech News Andrew Liptak

Galactic Warfighters Bridges The Gap Between Science Fictional War And Reality

Matthew Callahan joined the US Marine Corps six years ago, where he now serves as a combat correspondent. Recently, he’s been working on a photography project called Galactic Warfighters, showing off the wars in Star Wars. For the project, he’s been taking clone trooper action figures, and pairing them up with captions that describe what…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Here’s How To Make A Vaccuforming Machine

Over on io9, I’ve been charting my progress on how to make a set of Stormtrooper armor, working off of a kit. But, how do you make the kit in the first place? You need a vaccuforming machine. This video goes over all the details of how one of these machines works. [Punished Props]

Tech News Andrew Liptak

Why Are SWAT Teams Being Called On Gamers?

Welcome to this week’s Reading List, your Sunday guide to some of the most interesting science and technology stories on the internet this week. This week, we’ll examine a wartime deception, cyberattacks, swatting, and changes in the world around us. During the Second World War, the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops had a unique mission: staffed…

Tech News Andrew Liptak

When The Earth Is Attacked, Commando Cody Springs Into Action With Radar Men From The Moon

For this week’s installment of Sunday Matinee, let’s take a trip back to 1952 with Radar Men From The Moon, a twelve part serial movie starring George Wallace. Directed by Fred C. Brannon, this movie follows Commando Cody (The name inspired Commander Cody from Revenge of the Sith and The Clone Wars), a researcher and…

io9 Andrew Liptak

After 300 Years Of Evolution, Has The Piano Reached Acoustic Perfection?

The modern piano evolved rapidly in the first 150 years after its invention, but it is now so good, acoustically, that it probably won’t change much more in the future. That’s the conclusion of acoustician Nicholas Giordano, dean of Auburn University’s College of Sciences and Mathematics in Alabama. He described his work last month at…

Tech News Jennifer Ouellette

So You Want To Join The Empire: Finishing Touches

We’ve just about reached the end of this build: the end is in sight! This week, we’re finishing up the body work, and will finally get it all ready for a proper test fit. It’s almost done! There’s just a bunch of random things that need to be finished up. Thigh Armor One of the…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Sky Movies Star Wars Commercial Makes Even The Prequels Looks Good

This is a neat commercial advertising the Star Wars films on Sky Movies that runs through the entire saga to date. It even makes the Prequels look interesting. [Reddit]

io9 Andrew Liptak

The Impact Site Of Apollo 16’s Third Stage Booster Has Been Found On The Moon

Shortly after Apollo 16 blasted off from Florida in 1972, the Saturn V Booster was used as an experiment in and of itself, to measure seismic activity within the moon. Now, the crash site has been found. https://gizmodo.com/over-200-new-moonquakes-discovered-in-apollo-16-data-1730211959 Shortly after it was used to bring the mission into Lunar orbit, the S-IVB was to be…

Tech News Andrew Liptak

Doctor Who Shows Just How Much Hard Work Goes Into The Doctor’s Easy Victories

Warning: If you haven’t seen tonight’s new episode of Doctor Who, it’s pretty heartbreaking. And kind of grueling. Remember “Midnight,” the scary-weird David Tennant bottle episode? This is sort of Peter Capaldi’s version of that. Goosebumps! Spoilers ahead… And the thing that comes across, after watching “Heaven Sent” a couple times, is how much the…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

SpaceX’s Launch Escape System Looks Totally Badass

In two years, SpaceX will begin ferrying astronauts into orbit. But before it can do so, the commercial spaceflight company must prove to NASA that its ride will be safe. A big part of that guarantee comes from the fire-breathing propulsion system pictured above. Arranged in four pairs around the outside of a Crew Dragon…

Tech News Maddie Stone

Polyamorous Love, Fisticuffs, and a Focus on Joan for Elementary

Tonight’s Elementary was a reason to like the show: untangling a ridiculously convoluted mystery where everyone has a motive, exploring a non-traditional lifestyle without it immediately condemning the participants, and Joan kicking ass. The only thing missing? Clyde. You had a whole extra day to catch up on the holiday episode; if you keep reading…

io9 Mika McKinnon

Visualization of Flight Searches Reveals Our True Thanksgiving Travel Plans

The most popular destination this Thanksgiving may not have been mom and pop’s house, but rather Miami Beach or Disney World, according to a telling visualization of airline search data. It’s a well-known fact that air traffic spikes on Thanksgiving weekend. But data journalists at The Upshot were curious to learn whether our flight patterns…

Tech News Maddie Stone

Open Channel: What’s Your Favorite Television Opening Credits?

Earlier today, we were discussing the new credits for The Shannara Chronicles, and it got me thinking: what opening credits did I really enjoy watching? I have to say that for me? I never skip past the Stargate SG-1 credits. I love the music, the montage, etc. Stargate Atlantis didn’t do half-bad either. I gotta…

io9 Andrew Liptak

This Cambridge Chapel’s Light Display Is a Glorious Ode to Knowledge

The interior of a Cambridge chapel comes alive with light in an eye-popping immersive project art installation. It’s the creation of artist Miguel Chevalier, and the installation was commissioned by the University of Cambridge for a fundraiser last month — the first time the university has invited an artist to do such a project in…

Tech News Jennifer Ouellette

Maybe We’ll Get That Supergirl / Flash Crossover After All!

Executives for CBS’s Supergirl have said that they’ll never cross the DC heroine over with CW’s The Flash or Arrow, but according to Bleeding Cool, they might be changing their minds. The site has reported that there are rumors brewing that should Supergirl be picked up for the remainder of a full season (the back…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Physicists: Nobody’s Telling the Truth About That Downed Russian Warplane

Russia and Turkey each have their own version of what happened with that downed jet earlier this week, but science may have the last word. According to two Belgian astrophysicists, neither nation is being entirely truthful. Over at Motherboard, Alejandro Tauber describes a new analysis of the crash that occurred Tuesday morning, when two Turkish…

Physics & Chemistry Maddie Stone

New The Force Awakens Feature Teases Out Rey’s Background

A new short featurette for Star Wars: The Force Awakens focuses on Rey, and what actress Daisey Ridley thinks people will be drawn to in her character. The clip shows off a couple of new clips along with it. 19 days until The Force Awakens.

io9 Andrew Liptak

This Year’s Holiday Cookie Recipe: Smiling Poop Emojis

Phobos Floats Gently Above The Surface Of Mars, Waiting To Fall

Students Have Brought An Extinct Vegetable Back To The Kitchen Table

Galactic Warfighters Bridges The Gap Between Science Fictional War And Reality

Here’s How To Make A Vaccuforming Machine

Why Are SWAT Teams Being Called On Gamers?

When The Earth Is Attacked, Commando Cody Springs Into Action With Radar Men From The Moon

After 300 Years Of Evolution, Has The Piano Reached Acoustic Perfection?

So You Want To Join The Empire: Finishing Touches

Sky Movies Star Wars Commercial Makes Even The Prequels Looks Good

The Impact Site Of Apollo 16’s Third Stage Booster Has Been Found On The Moon

Doctor Who Shows Just How Much Hard Work Goes Into The Doctor’s Easy Victories

SpaceX’s Launch Escape System Looks Totally Badass

Polyamorous Love, Fisticuffs, and a Focus on Joan for Elementary

Visualization of Flight Searches Reveals Our True Thanksgiving Travel Plans

Open Channel: What’s Your Favorite Television Opening Credits?

This Cambridge Chapel’s Light Display Is a Glorious Ode to Knowledge

Maybe We’ll Get That Supergirl / Flash Crossover After All!

Physicists: Nobody’s Telling the Truth About That Downed Russian Warplane

New The Force Awakens Feature Teases Out Rey’s Background

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