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Dan Aykroyd Says He’ll Be in the New Ghostbusters Movie

At least one original Ghostbuster will be showing up in Paul Feig’s new Ghostbusters flick. Dan Aykroyd tweeted that he was filming a cameo on the set of the new movie alongside Kristen Wiig. But does that necessarily mean Ray Stantz will be showing up? He’s deleted the tweet since then, but here’s a jpg…

io9 Rob Bricken

The Turing Phone Looks Like a Cross Between a Spaceship and Superman

The Turing Phone is just one big piece of weird. Yep. That thing pictured above is super-strong and ultra-secure, like the spawn of galactic lovemaking between the U.S.S. Enterprise and Superman. That otherworldly design is intentional, says CEO Syl Chao, and so is its intention to herald the next age of mobile devices. Big words…

Tech News Darren Orf

Seeing a giant stingray eat a crab is like seeing a UFO abduct a person

And here I thought stingrays were jolly surfers of the ocean. Not to crabs! Watch as this giant stingray catch a spider crab and vacuum suck the poor crab right into the stingray’s mouth. It’s like one minute the crab is there, the next he’s been vaporized. Poor crab was too busy molting to realize…

Sploid Casey Chan

So Cool: A Pocket-Sized Frisbee-Ball You Can Play Catch With

This Kickstarter toy looks like a rubber hockey puck or neon drink coaster, but it’s a tiny Frisbee-like disc you play catch with, capable of being flung 200 feet. I want one. It’s called ZipChip. It’s designed like a Frisbee, fits in your hand like a ball, and is thrown like a skipping stone. It’s…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin

The X-Men Could Finally Wear Their Comic Costumes In X-Men Apocalypse

And Jennifer Lawrence says she would be open to returning as Mystique in future X-Men films. Daniel Craig denies a Force Awakens cameo. Plus, a crucial Game of Thrones character returns for season six, learn more about Westworld, and Bryan Fuller talks Hannibal’s future. Spoilers Now! X-Men: Apocalypse Stan Lee has confirmed he’s filmed a…

Television James Whitbrook

This Transistor’s Made From a Molecule and a Few Atoms

It might look like some kind of grade school abstract painting, but you’re actually looking at a microscopic transistor which is made up of a single molecule and a smattering of of atoms. An international team, including researchers from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and the NTT Basic Research Laboratories in Japan, built this tiny…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Why Choosing the Right Surgeon Matters Even More Than You Think

In February 2012, LaVerne Stiles went to Citrus Memorial Hospital near her home in central Florida for what should have been a routine surgery. The bubbly retired secretary had been in a minor car accident weeks earlier. She didn’t worry much about her sore neck until a scan detected a broken bone. The operation she…

Health Marshall Allen and Olga Pierce - ProPublica

Samsung Galaxy A8: Its Slimmest Phone Ever

Samsung has announced the latest in its A series of phones: the Galaxy A8. It isn’t the most powerful phone, but its all-metal body makes it Samsung’s thinnest ever—but sadly, you might not be able to buy one. The new phone measures just 5.9 millimeters in thickness and weighs 5.3 oz. In terms of specs,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Okay, Who Stole the Head of Nosferatu‘s Director From His Grave?

Fess up. Someone broke into a cemetery in Germany and stole the head of director F.W. Murnau, of Nosferatu fame. Put it back! Damn kids and their grave-robbing. It’s not a grudge against the Murnaus in general, since F.W. is buried in his family plot in Stahnsdorf, Germany and his brother’s nearby graves were undisturbed.…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

This Music Video Is Also an Amazing Lesson in Acoustics

Different places shape sound in unusual ways: a cathedral creates rich reverb, in wide open space your voice gets lost, and in an anechoic chamber very strange things happen indeed. This music video was shot in 15 different locations and it reveals how their acoustic characteristics vary so wildly. The song is performed by Joachim…

Physics & Chemistry Jamie Condliffe

Google Accidentally Released Details of Right To Be Forgotten Requests

A year has passed since the EU ruled that people have the “right to be forgotten” online, and Google has been busy removing links when people ask it to. But now it’s accidentally revealed details about the requests—and it turns out the truth is less salacious than you may have hoped for. The Guardian stumbled…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Watch Neil deGrasse Tyson and Stephen Colbert Geek Out Over Pluto

Stephen Colbert and Neil deGrasse Tyson are rightfully excited about the successful Pluto flyby of New Horizons. They’re so excited that they made a little video where Colbert brings his trademark layman curiosity to the proceedings (while also correcting Tyson on Pluto’s size and the temperature of the 9th circle of Hell). Here’s the full…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

What It’s Like to Visit a Radiation Spa

When Geoff Watts went to a radon clinic within an Austrian mountain, he found the heat and humidity more troubling than the radioactivity. For anyone sharing my dislike of high temperatures and extreme humidity, a trip into Bad Gastein’s healing galleries is a foray through something akin to one of Dante’s nine circles of hell.…

Health Geoff Watts

Logitech’s New iPad Case Doesn’t Sacrifice Style For Protection

Logitech may have done some radical rethinking concerning its name recently, but the company is still sticking with what they’ve done best for the past 34 years—making tech accessories. So it makes sense that the first product to emerge from this rash rebranding is none other than a family of iPad cases. Note: Logitech flew…

Tech News Darren Orf

Find Out What’s Really Warming the World With This Interactive Chart

Climate change is happening: global temperatures are rising. Unpicking why it’s happening is of course notoriously difficult, but this interactive chart correlates the observed temperature rises with the effects provided by various natural and man-made sources. The results are pretty damning. The chart was created by Bloomberg using data from NASA’s Goddard Institutes for Space…

Climate Change Jamie Condliffe

Concept Art Writing Prompt: When Scientists Gather on the Volcano Planet

Huddled over a moving river of magma, scientists in protective suits take readings on a newly discovered planet. It’s routine to them, but the planet has nothing but surprises in store. This is “Magma” by Florent Llamas. See more of his work on deviantArt, Behance, tumblr, Facebook, Artstation, drawcrowd, and CGSociety. Contact the author at…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

We Get the Best Space Images When Scientists Pull All-Nighters

Fifty years ago today, the Mariner 4 mission sent home the first images of Mars. Today, the New Horizons probe sent home gloriously detailed photos of Pluto. Despite the intervening decades, the vibrant excitement of the mission scientists staying up all night to see that first image is exactly the same. Colour-by-numbers chart for the…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

Josh Holloway Betrays Humanity to Save His Son In The Colony Trailer

As you’d expect from Carlton Cuse, who created Colony with Ryan Condal, there are more questions than answers in the trailer for the new USA show. We’ve got a giant cordon surrounding Los Angeles, a former FBI agent (Holloway) and his wife (Sarah Wayne Callies) separated from their son, and a creepy suited man with…

Trailers Katharine Trendacosta

Best Buy Is [Update: Was] Selling $200 Gift Cards for $15

Thanks to an (assumed) technical glitch that will almost certainly get someone fired in the morning, Best Buy’s website is currently offering a $200 gift card for $15. Even if your order will almost certainly be cancelled, it’s probably worth a try. Update: And it seems to be gone, but still working for some people!…

Tech News Chris Mills

How Shipping Containers (and Their Monster Cranes) Changed The World

Talk to a future-technology brand evangelist (sadly a real thing), and they’ll probably tell you that the Internet of Things is the next up-and-coming trend. But for the last 40 years, a very different kind of network of interconnected stuff has been quietly revolutionizing the global economy. Shipping containers, being at heart a 8x8x20 steel…

Tech News Chris Mills

Dan Aykroyd Says He’ll Be in the New Ghostbusters Movie

The Turing Phone Looks Like a Cross Between a Spaceship and Superman

Seeing a giant stingray eat a crab is like seeing a UFO abduct a person

So Cool: A Pocket-Sized Frisbee-Ball You Can Play Catch With

The X-Men Could Finally Wear Their Comic Costumes In X-Men Apocalypse

This Transistor’s Made From a Molecule and a Few Atoms

Why Choosing the Right Surgeon Matters Even More Than You Think

Samsung Galaxy A8: Its Slimmest Phone Ever

Okay, Who Stole the Head of Nosferatu‘s Director From His Grave?

This Music Video Is Also an Amazing Lesson in Acoustics

Google Accidentally Released Details of Right To Be Forgotten Requests

Watch Neil deGrasse Tyson and Stephen Colbert Geek Out Over Pluto

What It’s Like to Visit a Radiation Spa

Logitech’s New iPad Case Doesn’t Sacrifice Style For Protection

Find Out What’s Really Warming the World With This Interactive Chart

Concept Art Writing Prompt: When Scientists Gather on the Volcano Planet

We Get the Best Space Images When Scientists Pull All-Nighters

Josh Holloway Betrays Humanity to Save His Son In The Colony Trailer

Best Buy Is [Update: Was] Selling $200 Gift Cards for $15

How Shipping Containers (and Their Monster Cranes) Changed The World

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