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Reddit’s Made an Actual Book of Its AMAs, But It’ll Cost You $35

This feels kind of wrong. Reddit has assembled a series of its best AMAs from the website into a real physical book, and it will gladly take $35 of your hard-earned dollars for a copy. The book, available on Amazon, is a weighty tome, clocking in at 400 pages and containing the mutterings of, among…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 7 '16

Here’s the Entire Universe in One Clever Map

A map of the known universe to a constant scale would either be very big, or very useless. But use a logarithmic scale to compress the distances as you travel outwards, and you get this gorgeous and slightly Eye-of-Sauron image. The map was created by artist Pablo Carlos Budassi, using a series of images and…

Space & Spaceflight Chris Mills Jan 6 '16

Bask in the Beauty of a Perfect Pink and Purple Sunset

Stop, relax, and let go of your stress by basking in this literally picture-perfect sunset. Lake Mead National Recreation Area is located in the Basin and Range provinces of the American southwest. The tall plateaus mix with sharp cliffs, and the stark beauty is interrupted by sprawling lakes. The scenic vistas get even more gorgeous…

Tech News Mika McKinnon Jan 6 '16

Sorcerer of the Wildeeps Is an Epic Fantasy Unlike Anything You’ve Read Before

We’re living in an exciting era for fantasy literature, with a lot of really interesting approaches to magical worldbuilding. But I’ve still never read anything quite like Kai Ashante Wilson’s novella Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, which was part the first batch of Tor.com’s new line of short novels recently. [Full disclosure: Tor is also my…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Jan 6 '16

Young People Used These Absurd Little Cards to Get Laid in the 19th Century

Victorians loved to communicate via calling card. It was the proper, dignified way to communicate with other people. But wouldn’t you know, young people just had to mess it up. Check out these oh so risque Victorian flirtation cards. Calling cards came into widespread use in the mid-1800s, when the middle class was trying to…

Tech News Esther Inglis-Arkell Jan 6 '16

A Cool View of a Ship Going Through a City on the River

Here we have the Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder tug and barge vessel cruising right through Cleveland, Ohio on the Cuyahoga River. It’s a really cool view of the ride because you see the long ship navigate the narrow channels next to the city. I mean, at some point the width of the river is no wider than…

Sploid Casey Chan Jan 6 '16

Practical 3-D Printing Looks Like a Crazy $4,500 Coffee Table

3-D printing, the technology that will change retail stores forever, still has a long way to go to best injection-molded plastic. But if you want one application where 3-D printing kicks the ass of conventional tooling, look no further than this Inception-inspired coffee table. Stelios Mousarris’s Wave City coffee table takes design cues from Nolan’s…

Tech News Chris Mills Jan 6 '16

Could a Society Develop Advanced Technology WithOUT Written Language?

It’s a fascinating question. Over at Charles Stross’ blog, he responds to a reader question: What would a technological society look like without written language? And could such a thing even happen? Stross’ answer: probably not. After a certain point, a lot of things that we think of as necessary for an advanced technological civilization…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Jan 6 '16

Uber (and Lyft) Finally Bankrupted San Francisco’s Favorite Taxi Company

Here’s one we probably saw coming. San Francisco’s largest taxi company is filing for bankruptcy, citing competition from Uber and Lyft. But it’s not too late for Yellow Cab yet. The SF Examiner has a statement from the Yellow Cab Co-Op that points out an interesting reason for their slumping business. It’s not that riders…

Tech News Alissa Walker Jan 6 '16

These Kaleidoscopic, Abstract Images Are Trippy And Gorgeous

Sometimes you see the work of an artist and you just want to stare at it for a long, long time. Such is the art of Joe Eisner, whose digital images make mesmerizing, kaleidoscopic work of everyday items, landscapes, and God knows what else. What exactly are we looking at? Does it matter? Not all…

io9 Germain Lussier Jan 6 '16

Who Is This Hoverboard Diver and What Is She Selling?

The internet is fascinated with a peculiar clip of a girl riding her hoverboard around a pool on Christmas Day. She falls off. The hoverboard goes swimming. She dives in after it. This has to be some sort of viral marketing bullshit, right? Yet, despite the thousands of Instagrams, tens of thousands of retweets, and…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Jan 6 '16

Can Emma Stone Fill Cruella de Vil’s Dog-Skin Coat?

Disney has already made a fortune off reinventing animated villains like Maleficent in live-action. And now, the latest of these films may have found its star. Emma Stone is in talks to play Cruella de Vil in a live-action 101 Dalmatians prequel called Cruella. Written by Kelly Marcel (50 Shades of Grey, Saving Mr. Banks)…

Movies Germain Lussier Jan 6 '16

Experts Argue That Cancer Screening Doesn’t Save Lives

We live in a society that trumpets the benefits of early cancer detection and campaigns to get people tested. If a new analysis is correct, that could change completely. What if cancer screening became largely a thing of the past, because we’ve learned it doesn’t reduce the number of deaths? An analysis recently published in…

Tech News Esther Inglis-Arkell Jan 6 '16

Watch How a Bow and Arrow Slices Ballistic Gel Like It’s Nothing

We’ve seen ballistic gel get lit up with bullets before and saw how the bullets lodged themselves inside so here’s what happens when a compound bow and arrow is used to shoot at ballistic gel. GY6vids uses a chisel tip 3-blade broadhead arrow and a compound bow to try and puncture (that’s probably not a…

Sploid Casey Chan Jan 6 '16

You Can Watch The One Great Scene From Jane Lynch’s Angel From Hell Pilot Right Now

Jane Lynch is one of our comedy gods, so it’s too bad her new TV show Angel From Hell is kind of a bust. (Although it could get better.) Luckily, there’s one hilarious scene in the first episode, and you can already watch it right now. I was actually planning on posting the above clip…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 6 '16

We’re Hunting for Twins of One of the Most Famous Explosions in the Galaxy

After years of thinking the iconic binary superstar Eta Carinae was unique, astronomers have found five possible twins in other galaxies. With more examples to study, it’s looking good we might someday understand why Eta Carinae exploded so beautifully in the 1840s. Between 1838 and 1845, the binary stars of Eta Carinae brightened then erupted.…

Space & Spaceflight Mika McKinnon Jan 6 '16

Go Sell Your Kidneys, Dell Has a 4K 30-Inch OLED Display

2016 might be the year of VR headsets and all, but some people still enjoy looking at regular screens. And the 30-inch, pro-level 4K OLED display Dell just announced looks like one hell of an upgrade. The Ultrasharp 30 is a big deal because it brings together two already-wonderful display technologies: eyewatering 4K 3840-by-2160 resolution,…

Gadgets Chris Mills Jan 6 '16

It Looks Like Intel Made a PC-on-a-Stick That Doesn’t Suck

One year ago, Intel’s $150 Windows PC dongle launched amid much happiness and optimism about easy living-room computing. Then, we tried it, and it sucked. But with new years come new processors, and possibly a gadget you might want to buy. A quick recap: Intel’s Compute Stick is a HDMI dongle that packs all the…

Tech News Chris Mills Jan 6 '16

A Smarthome-Connected Febreze Dispenser Makes Me Appreciate My Dumb Home

For $49, if you pre-order at CES, Procter & Gamble will sell you what is probably one of the least essential smart home devices announced at the show this year: a wi-fi connected scent dispenser that lets you make any room smell like a Yankee Candle store right from your phone or tablet. Through the…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jan 6 '16

How Nuke-Sniffing Air Force Planes Are Hunting for North Korea’s H-Bomb

Late last night, North Korea said it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb, triggering a mini, human-made earthquake near the test site and causing the UN Security Council to call an emergency meeting. Hydrogen bombs are even more destructive than atomic bombs, so it’s very scary—but experts think North Korea’s bluffing. How can we make sure?…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin Jan 6 '16

Reddit’s Made an Actual Book of Its AMAs, But It’ll Cost You $35

Here’s the Entire Universe in One Clever Map

Bask in the Beauty of a Perfect Pink and Purple Sunset

Sorcerer of the Wildeeps Is an Epic Fantasy Unlike Anything You’ve Read Before

Young People Used These Absurd Little Cards to Get Laid in the 19th Century

A Cool View of a Ship Going Through a City on the River

Practical 3-D Printing Looks Like a Crazy $4,500 Coffee Table

Could a Society Develop Advanced Technology WithOUT Written Language?

Uber (and Lyft) Finally Bankrupted San Francisco’s Favorite Taxi Company

These Kaleidoscopic, Abstract Images Are Trippy And Gorgeous

Who Is This Hoverboard Diver and What Is She Selling?

Can Emma Stone Fill Cruella de Vil’s Dog-Skin Coat?

Experts Argue That Cancer Screening Doesn’t Save Lives

Watch How a Bow and Arrow Slices Ballistic Gel Like It’s Nothing

You Can Watch The One Great Scene From Jane Lynch’s Angel From Hell Pilot Right Now

We’re Hunting for Twins of One of the Most Famous Explosions in the Galaxy

Go Sell Your Kidneys, Dell Has a 4K 30-Inch OLED Display

It Looks Like Intel Made a PC-on-a-Stick That Doesn’t Suck

A Smarthome-Connected Febreze Dispenser Makes Me Appreciate My Dumb Home

How Nuke-Sniffing Air Force Planes Are Hunting for North Korea’s H-Bomb

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