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Kids Can Bring LeapFrog’s New Interactive Flash Cards Into Their Tablets

The LeapPad—that Tonka-tough tablet from LeapFrog you’re not afraid to hand over to your kids—is taking a cue from Nintendo amiibo and Disney Affinitiy with a collection of educational card packs called Imagicards that interact with apps and games on the device when imported through its camera. But they can also be enjoyed on their…

A Holographic Halo 5 Soldier Just Briefed Me Inside Microsoft’s HoloLens

No, I didn’t get to play Halo 5 in virtual reality. I wish. But I sure as heck just stepped into a sci-fi video game dreamland at E3 2015, thanks to Microsoft’s amazing HoloLens. Getting briefed for a mission by a holographic soldier? Cross that off the bucket list. My first stop at this year’s…

Watch This Guy Free Climb A Giant Redwood

Can tree bark work as well as granite to provide handholds? Legendary climber Chris Sharma thought so, and set out to climb this 252-foot tall redwood in northern California. To find the right tree, make sure he could climb it without hurting it and to learn more about his subject, Sharma reached out to Dr.…

Bryan Fuller’s American Gods TV Series Has Finally Been Greenlit

News about the American Gods show is rareand it feels like we’ve been hearing about the TV adaptation forever. But tStarz has just announced that they’ve greenlit Bryan Fuller’s series, and it looks like American Gods on TV finally be happening! In a press release issued today, Freemantle Media announced that Starz has given the…

Eerie Images of America’s Abandoned Amusement Parks Will Haunt You

Certain parts of the U.S. have teetered into decline. Places designed to bring joy are now rotting quietly, wrapped in weeds. Seph Lawless, an artist and chronicler of all things ruin-related, recently visited several of these abandoned amusement parks. He returned with some pretty creepy pictures. We’ve got a gallery. Over the years, we’ve seen…

Are you a woman with opinions about sex? For her doctoral work in Psychology at James Cook University, Hollie Baxter is running a survey to learn more about women’s attitudes about sexual relationships. If you’re a woman over the age of 18 of any sexual orientation, single or hooked up, she wants to hear from…

Nudists Accused Of Illegally Diverting Water To Resort During Drought

If you need evidence that the California drought has severely impacted outdoor recreation in the state, look no further than Lupin Lodge — a clothing-optional resort that would no doubt prefer keeping prying eyes out of its business, and yet made headlines this week when its owners were accused of water theft. Last year, SF…

Dying White Blood Cells Alert Others To The Presence Of Pathogens

For the first time ever, molecular biologists have filmed the death of a human white blood cell. But the video shows something else, too. These integral components of our immune system do not go quietly into that good night. Rather, they go down alerting their neighbors to the presence of potential pathogens. Scientists from the…

Am I An Idiot for Still Using a Password Manager? 

Hackers broke into popular password manager LastPass this week, which raises some obvious questions: If the service you use to protect your passwords from getting compromised gets compromised, should you still use it? Is it really wise to store all our passwords in the cloud? You’re not an idiot First off, no, you aren’t an…

3 Photos Of Blood (It’s OK, They’re Fake)

Blood. It’s not something you want to see more than you have to, but at the same time, it’s a miraculous substance, fueling both mankind’s daily exploits, and a full genre of YA fiction. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, we asked you to photograph it. Winner: Slasher This shows the gruesome mutilation that our victims…

This Might Be the First Building Designed By Facebook Poll

Getting a building approved by the public is tough—a few strong voices in the neighborhood could easily bring down the entire process. To win the public over, designer Karim Rashid turned to his Facebook page, asking his over 421,000 fans to vote on which concept for a new building they liked best. Rashid, who is…

Why On Earth Would You Want To Live In Space?

io9 and Gizmodo have launched Space Habitats Week, and all I can think is, “Why?” Oh, I understand the scientific challenge, and I don’t begrudge the goal, but there’s absolutely nothing about space that’s tempting to me, and here’s why. Space: The Ultimate Nightclub I’ve read about Dyson spheres and floating environments, and I’ve thought…

Would You Pay $10 For an Ant-Man Figure Smaller Than a Penny?

San Diego Comic-Con is just around the corner, which means endless announcements for exclusives and collectibles you can only get at the show. But rare or not, would you be willing to spend $10 on a 0.75-inch tall Ant-Man figure with zero points of articulation? As Yahoo revealed earlier today, Hasbro is betting lots of…

Report: Amazon Is Developing an Uber-Style Service for Package Delivery

Like Uber, but for delivering Amazon packages? In its ongoing effort to get packages to consumers as quickly as possible, Amazon may soon employ an Uber-like app that uses ordinary people as delivery drivers. The Wall Street Journal reports that the plan is known as “On My Way” and would involve using urban retail stores…

China Says Its Artificial Island Project Will Be Done In a Few Days

It’s been more than a year since we first started following China’s project to build artificial islands in contested areas of the South China Sea, setting off what could properly be called a diplomatic shit storm. Today, China reassured the world that it’s almost done, alright? Image: The Center for Strategic and International Studies For…

A Horrible Crime Begets An Even More Horrible Punishment In 1726 England

In the 18th century England, a woman who offed her husband wouldn’t just be charged with murder. Thanks to the 1351 Treason Act, she’d also have to own up to Petty Treason for taking the life of her “superior.” And if found guilty, her punishment was specially tailored to be extremely gruesome. In Catherine Hayes’…

Physicists Just Cooled Molecules to a Hair Above Absolute Zero

Many scientists say that reaching absolute zero is a lot like traveling at the speed of light: impossible. Well, some MIT scientists almost pulled a Doc Brown and got a lot closer to the impossible goal by cooling a molecule to 500 nanokelvins. That’s just above absolute zero and about a million times colder than…

Hasbro’s Ant-Man Box Set Comes Inside The Screaming Head Of Hank Pym

Marvel might be skipping SDCC, but its exclusive toys aren’t — Hasbro’s latest figure set for the Con would like to remind you that Ant-Man is coming out, and it’s going to do so by housing some Ant-Man figures inside the shouting head of Hank Pym. Pretty weird! The figure set, one of two exclusive…

Guitar Hero TV Is A Music Video Channel You Can Play Along With 

It’s a conversation anybody who grew up in the 90s has had at least a dozen times: “Remember when MTV actually played music videos?” Yes, yes—we all do. Those times are over. Well, those times were over: Activision is about to change everything. It’s launching Guitar Hero TV: a “channel” where you can not only…

Nope, We’re Not Tired of Dancing Groot Toys Yet

Guardians of the Galaxy has long been replaced by this summer’s batch of blockbuster films in theaters, but that doesn’t mean its memorable characters have been forgotten. Fans still love their Baby Groot, which is why there’s an endless run of dancing toys—and that’s totally OK. The latest, available from Entertainment Earth for just $14,…