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The Mystery of Craig Wright and Bitcoin Isn’t Solved Yet

On Tuesday, Gizmodo and Wired published the results of separate but parallel investigations into documents that suggested a new candidate for the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin. In emails and documents shared with both publications (by an individual who identified themselves to Gizmodo reporters as a hacker) Dr. Craig Wright, an…

Tech News Andy Cush Dec 11 '15

What the moon will look like for each day in 2016

If you want to know exactly what the moon will look like (to those in the northern hemisphere, at least), this video by NASA has got you covered. It tracks all the phases of the moon for 2016, that is you’ll see the moon wax and wane as it corresponds to each day of the…

Sploid Casey Chan Dec 11 '15

Dead Ant Sounds Like It’s Going to Be the Platonic Ideal of a B-Movie

Technically, the real news is that Sean Astin and Tom Arnold (of, “He’s still working?” fame) are starring in Dead Ant. But the fun news is literally everything else about this movie. Dead Ant is the story of a down on their luck hair metal band who has to fight a pack of giant ants…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta Dec 11 '15

The Ancient Material That’s Being Used To Develop Earthquake-Proof Skyscrapers? Wood.

Some of the fastest-growing cities in the world sit in high-risk earthquake zones. That’s why researchers are trying to figure out how to build tall buildings using a material that’s not only plentiful and renewable, but even more resistant to earthquakes than conventional building materials. What 7th Century Japanese Builders Knew The perfect example of…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Dec 11 '15

These Elegant New Harry Potter Book Covers Tell Their Own Stories

J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books have become such an integral part of the way we all live our lives, sometimes we take aspects of them for granted. Like, for example, the amazing original cover art by Mary GrandPré. She now has new a colleague: Olly Moss. Moss, a popular designer in the pop art scene,…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier Dec 11 '15

This NYC Skyscraper Design Is Like the Chrysler Building Went to Burning Man and I Love It

The crop of new skyscrapers going up on 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan are very tall, whisper thin, and—yawn—rather boring. This idea for a supertall on the same street is a throbbing EDM antidote to the architectural elevator music that’s taking over New York City. The proposal that takes design audacity to new heights is…

Tech News Alissa Walker Dec 11 '15

Motion Tracking Technology Will Help NASA Build Better Space Habitats

As we send humans deeper into space for longer periods of time, habitat design is going to become a crucial part of mission planning. A clever new technology could help NASA figure out how astronauts use their environments, so that we can build much better ones. In partnership with NASA, engineers at Draper are currently…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone Dec 11 '15

Cool time lapse of an aircraft carrier being assembled piece by piece

Man, building an aircraft carrier is just like playing with Lego bricks! At a much, much larger scale, of course. Here is footage showing how the final section of the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier the HMS Prince of Wales was slapped on top of the ship. The piece, known as Aft Island, weighs 750 tonnes…

Sploid Casey Chan Dec 11 '15

If You’re a Star Wars Fan, the Novel Lost Stars Is an Essential Companion to the Original Trilogy

Here’s the pitch: A Rebel and an Imperial fall in love against the backdrop of the entire Star Wars trilogy. Sounds like a winner, right? It is. It’s the plot of Lost Stars by Claudia Gray, one of the first releases from the new Journey to the Force Awakens series of books. Though the book…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier Dec 11 '15

Dynamite’s New Tarzan Comic Reunites Him With Sheena, Comics’ First-Ever Leading Female Hero

It’s been a good week for Tarzan in general—first a look at his latest cinematic incarnation (played by Alexander Skarsgård’s abs), and then a ridiculously wild trailer—but also good news for fans following his comic book escapades! Dynamite’s latest Tarzan book will team him up with the undisputed Queen of the Jungle: Sheena! Sheena, created…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Dec 11 '15

This Weed Takes Out Other Plants by Attacking Their “Gut Bacteria”

You need bacteria to help you digest your food and go about your day. It turns out that plants have their own version of this. And one weed is driving out the competition by attacking the gut bacteria of other species. Without bacteria, we’d need a great deal more food to get by. Although humans…

Tech News Esther Inglis-Arkell Dec 11 '15

10 TV Series Where Santa Claus Is Real

At a certain point, as we grow up, we all learn the hard truth that Santa Claus isn’t real. And then, as we grow up some more, we discover that’s a lie, and Santa is totally real. We know this because TV shows—many of them ostensibly for adults—have gone out of their way to show…

io9 Rob Bricken Dec 11 '15

Badass Historical Chemists: Eugene Houdry Solved the World’s First Fuel Crisis

Do you like being able to drive in cars? Do you like the way World War I turned out? Do you not like Nazi collaboration? If your answer to all three questions is “yes,” then Eugene Houdry is your kind of guy. Eugene Houdry was born in France in 1892 – not an ideal time…

Tech News Esther Inglis-Arkell Dec 11 '15

It’s Holiday Time, Celebrate With Your Gifs!

It’s the time of year where many of us are forced to endure awkward holiday party. Instead of one of those, have a non-awkward gif party! Or 11th. Contact the author at [email protected].

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Dec 11 '15

This Ancient Armored Mud Dragon Could Help Solve an Evolutionary Mystery

It looks like an alien parasite come to invade our brains, but the truly bizarre creature pictured above is a mud dragon—a tiny worm, roughly half the size of a grain of rice, that squirmed about the seafloor 530 million years ago. It’s one of the first fossils of a mud dragon ever discovered, and…

Tech News Maddie Stone Dec 11 '15

Syfy Takes Some Liberties With Childhood’s End, But Its Powerful Message Stays the Same

A fleet of alien ships suddenly appears overhead, carrying a mysterious race of visitors with weirdly benevolent intentions: They’re here to fix all of the world’s problems. Great! So what’s the catch? That’s the set-up for Arthur C. Clarke’s novel Childhood’s End, now a Syfy “event series” that kicks off on Monday. Childhood’s End was…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Dec 11 '15

For the First Time Ever, a Rover Has Ventured Onto a Martian Sand Dune

NASA’s Curiosity rover has boldly gone where no robotic probe has gone before: a Martian sand dune. NASA’s probe is currently exploring a section of the “Bagnold Dunes,” which is located along the northwestern flank of Mount Sharp. It’s the first time in history that a robotic probe has studied a Martian sand dune up…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Dec 11 '15

The Kubo and the Two Strings Trailer Features Stop-Motion Like We’ve Never Seen Before

When you say “stop-motion animation” a very specific aesthetic comes to mind. It’s not a bad thing, it’s just how the art form looks. Well, LAIKA has taken a step beyond that with its latest film, Kubo and the Two Strings. The fantasy, samurai-adventure film which hits theaters August 19 doesn’t really look like stop-motion…

Trailers Germain Lussier Dec 11 '15

A Quirk of Physics Could Give Us a Fast, Cheap Way To Diagnose Diseases

Nearly all diseases take time and money to diagnose. A new test that exploits a quirk of physics could make blood tests for certain diseases faster, cheaper, and easily performed in virtually any setting. When light moves through water, or window glass, it bends slightly. This is a familiar phenomenon to nearly everyone, and it…

Tech News Esther Inglis-Arkell Dec 11 '15

Andy Serkis Is Going to Produce, Direct, and Star In a Rumplestilskin Movie? Okay, Sure.

Why not? At least this live-action, updated version of a fairy tale from the perspective of the villain isn’t a remake of something. Plus, there’s something distinctly Rumplestiltskin-y about Serkis. None of this is officially confirmed yet, but The Tracking Board reports that Serkis has been tapped by Fox to produce, direct, and star in…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta Dec 11 '15

The Mystery of Craig Wright and Bitcoin Isn’t Solved Yet

What the moon will look like for each day in 2016

Dead Ant Sounds Like It’s Going to Be the Platonic Ideal of a B-Movie

The Ancient Material That’s Being Used To Develop Earthquake-Proof Skyscrapers? Wood.

These Elegant New Harry Potter Book Covers Tell Their Own Stories

This NYC Skyscraper Design Is Like the Chrysler Building Went to Burning Man and I Love It

Motion Tracking Technology Will Help NASA Build Better Space Habitats

Cool time lapse of an aircraft carrier being assembled piece by piece

If You’re a Star Wars Fan, the Novel Lost Stars Is an Essential Companion to the Original Trilogy

Dynamite’s New Tarzan Comic Reunites Him With Sheena, Comics’ First-Ever Leading Female Hero

This Weed Takes Out Other Plants by Attacking Their “Gut Bacteria”

10 TV Series Where Santa Claus Is Real

Badass Historical Chemists: Eugene Houdry Solved the World’s First Fuel Crisis

It’s Holiday Time, Celebrate With Your Gifs!

This Ancient Armored Mud Dragon Could Help Solve an Evolutionary Mystery

Syfy Takes Some Liberties With Childhood’s End, But Its Powerful Message Stays the Same

For the First Time Ever, a Rover Has Ventured Onto a Martian Sand Dune

The Kubo and the Two Strings Trailer Features Stop-Motion Like We’ve Never Seen Before

A Quirk of Physics Could Give Us a Fast, Cheap Way To Diagnose Diseases

Andy Serkis Is Going to Produce, Direct, and Star In a Rumplestilskin Movie? Okay, Sure.

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