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How Pixar Rescued The Good Dinosaur From Creative Extinction

It’s kind of amazing that The Good Dinosaur is hitting theaters in a few weeks. And it actually looks great. Just a couple of years ago, we kept hearing The Good Dinosaur was in the midst of a huge creative crisis. So we talked to director Pete Sohn and producer Denise Ream to find out…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

What Happens When Neutron Stars Collide?

One of two things happens when neutron stars collide: they merge together to form a new, larger neutron star, or they collapse into a black hole. But which happens when? That leads to another, trickier question: How big can a neutron star get? This is going to sound weird, but mathematically speaking, we aren’t entirely…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

This Week’s TV: Constantine Is Back!

What does this week’s TV have in store? TWO Star Wars shows! THREE zombie shows! And FOUR DC Comics superhero shows! Plus the first episode of the mysterious Agent X, and Doctor Who’s wildest cliffhanger gets resolved. All of that, in This Week’s TV! Monday Gotham (8PM, FOX) “Butch leads Penguin and his men to…

io9 Gordon Jackson

Sometimes a Feel-Good Documentary About Young Coders Is Just What You Need

There’s a lot of uncertainty about the future of women and minorities in the tech industry, but I think there’s one thing we can all agree on. This documentary about young women competing to win a Google prize for their apps is pretty damn uplifting. Six teams of high school students — three from the…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Mark Wahlberg’s Six Billion Dollar Man Movie Is Officially Happening

Cross The Six Million Dollar Man off the list of classic TV shows that had yet to get a big screen adaptation. After a several months of development, an updated version called The Six Billion Dollar Man starring Mark Wahlberg now officially has a release date and brand new director. Damian Szifron, who made last…

Movies Germain Lussier

Video: A bubble instantly freezes

There’s something really peaceful about seeing this video of a bubble freezing in the still of winter. The shapes it makes, how the freeze slowly spreads all over and finally connects, how it turns opaque, it’s a very calm yet wonderful phenomenon. It’s also a hell of a reminder that winter is best experienced through…

Sploid Casey Chan

Cyclone Chapala Still Looking Nasty as it Advances on Yemen

Yemen is in for a mess as last week’s rapidly-growing Cyclone Chapala continues to hold it together while approaching the dry desert air. If it makes landfall, it’s anticipated to be the largest storm to hit the country since we started recording them. Based on the latest reports from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, the…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

How Rice Built the World As We Know It

Rice: It’s not just delicious, it’s also the building block of a large percentage of the world’s diet. But rice—and how we finally figured out how to domesticate it—is responsible for shaping a lot more than just what’s on our plates. A new study published in Nature Plants by researchers from the University of Manchester,…

Tech News Ria Misra

11 of the Most Constipated-Looking Action Figures Ever Released

As action figures have become more detailed, toy fans have been treated to some amazing-looking figures over the years. But not that long ago, when sculpting techniques were less advanced, toy likenesses could range from the mediocre to the terrifying. Here are 11 figures who look less like they’re ready for action and more like…

io9 James Whitbrook

Newly Discovered Exploit Makes Every iPhone Remotely Hackable

The government would love to get its hands on a foolproof way to break into the new highly encrypted iPhone. And it looks like some clever hackersjust gave it to them. Bug bounty startup Zerodium just announced that a team has figured out how to remotely jailbreak the latest iPhone operating system and will take…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Y: The Last Man Producer Explains How She Won Brian K. Vaughan Over

Hollywood tried very hard to make Brian K. Vaughan’s classic comic Y :The Last Man into a movie but, finally, everyone gave up. The story was just too epic and too risky to condense into that form. TV has always been the right medium and now that’s happening thanks to a very passionate fan. That person…

io9 Germain Lussier

The Melting Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Heading Towards Irreversible Collapse

Computer models suggest that the melting West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is melting at a rapidly accelerating rate. A new computer simulation shows that at current melting rates, the ice sheet will hit a critical point in about 60 years, and could result in a sea level rise of as much as 10 feet over…

Climate Change George Dvorsky

You Will Always Read Like a Child, According to Science

Why is the word “meen” different from the word “glack”? A 1971 experiment showed that you will linger over the first and dismiss the second. But maybe it’s a bit more complicated. If you think you’ve gotten over the practice of sounding words out, you’re probably wrong. Although people watching you read will see you…

Tech News Esther Inglis-Arkell

This Is Why You Carry A Backup ‘Chute

Ever been tempted to shoot your parachute with a flare gun mid-flight? Well, this is what will happen if you do. It looks like Brianne Thompson does this on purpose, I guess demonstrating what would happen if a ‘chute was ever hit by flaming debris. Thank god for backup ‘chutes! [Via GearJunkie] IndefinitelyWild is a…

Tech News Wes Siler

The Leftovers Hits a Season High With a Totally Depressing Episode

Talk about harrowing. We finally spend more than a scene or two with the Jamiesons—which means a lot of heavy lifting for Christopher Eccleston’s determined reverend—and in a season that’s been all about scaling down, “No Room at the Inn” was The Leftovers’ most intimate hour yet. And possibly its darkest. Spoilers! Mary Jamieson has…

Television Cheryl Eddy

Photographer Caught Stunning Meteor Instead of Spooky Asteroid

Hungarian photographer Péter Komka wanted to capture the Halloween asteroid that looked like a skull, as it made its closest approach to Earth. What he got instead was a striking image of a meteor streaking across the sky. Komka set up his camera gear on an equatorial mounted tripod near the medieval castle of Salgó,…

Tech News Attila Nagy

Best New Bows, The Longterm Impact Of Frostbite, And Fracking In National Parks: What’s New Outside

Want to improve your ultralight water purification? Shopping for a new backpacking saw or hunting bow? What about a pair of hiking shoes? This is What’s New Outside. Easy Ultralight Water Filtration: Section Hiker has a great guide to a simple, cheap and, most importantly, light water purification system for ultralight backpacking. It’ll be applicable…

Tech News Wes Siler

Vanessa Helsing TV Series Coming to Syfy. Get It? Get IT?!

You probably get it. Syfy announced the new series, set for fall 2016, which is basically Buffy the Vampire Slayer-meets-I Am Legend. Here’s the official description, courtesy of THR: In this new interpretation, the central character is now a female, Vanessa Helsing, the next in a lineage of warriors who must lead mankind against a…

Television Rob Bricken

A Harrowing Account of What It’s Like to Die From a Snakebite

In 1957, American herpetologist Karl P. Schmidt was bitten by a poisonous boomslang snake. With no anti-venom available—and mistakenly believing he hadn’t received a fatal dose—he proceeded to do what any diligent scientist would do: he kept a detailed diary chronicling the last agonizing hours of his life. This fascinating video of Schmidt’s “Death Diary”…

Tech News George Dvorsky

Sprint Will Be the First American Carrier to Offer Service In Cuba

Always eager for an angle to win over new customers, Sprint just announced a direct roaming agreement with Cuba. That means the last place carrier is the first to offer American customers mobile service in Castro-land. Take that Verizon. The new roaming deal also includes a direct long-distance interconnection agreement. This is all good news…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

How Pixar Rescued The Good Dinosaur From Creative Extinction

What Happens When Neutron Stars Collide?

This Week’s TV: Constantine Is Back!

Sometimes a Feel-Good Documentary About Young Coders Is Just What You Need

Mark Wahlberg’s Six Billion Dollar Man Movie Is Officially Happening

Video: A bubble instantly freezes

Cyclone Chapala Still Looking Nasty as it Advances on Yemen

How Rice Built the World As We Know It

11 of the Most Constipated-Looking Action Figures Ever Released

Newly Discovered Exploit Makes Every iPhone Remotely Hackable

Y: The Last Man Producer Explains How She Won Brian K. Vaughan Over

The Melting Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Heading Towards Irreversible Collapse

You Will Always Read Like a Child, According to Science

This Is Why You Carry A Backup ‘Chute

The Leftovers Hits a Season High With a Totally Depressing Episode

Photographer Caught Stunning Meteor Instead of Spooky Asteroid

Best New Bows, The Longterm Impact Of Frostbite, And Fracking In National Parks: What’s New Outside

Vanessa Helsing TV Series Coming to Syfy. Get It? Get IT?!

A Harrowing Account of What It’s Like to Die From a Snakebite

Sprint Will Be the First American Carrier to Offer Service In Cuba

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