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Mad Max‘s Imperator Furiosa Gets The Unbreakable Theme Song She Deserves

Females are strong as hell, whether they’ve lived most of their lives in a bomb shelter sequestered from humanity or are driving a giant war-rig across the post-apocalyptic wasteland. So it makes sense that someone would modify The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s theme song to suit Fury Road’s star. Correction! The amazing song was composed by…

io9 Rob Bricken

You Could Soon Slap Barcodes on Your Sperm or Egg

It seems like we’re putting QR codes on pretty much everything these days. And that could soon include your sex cells. Researchers at the Autonomous University of Barcelona came up with a means of attaching microscopic barcodes to sperm and eggs. The barcodes, made of polysilicon and tenth the width of a human egg, are…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin

8 D-List Characters Who Tried And Failed To Replace A-List Superheroes

With a woman taking on the mantle of Thor and a new, heavily armored Batman in Gotham, the idea of a “replacement hero” — where a new character is introduced to take up a legacy hero’s name — is back in style. But more often than not, these shake-ups don’t workout. Here’s eight of the…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Here’s How Space Megastructures Will Look, According to Neal Stephenson

Famed scifi author Neal Stephenson’s new novel Seveneves is out today, and one of the most exciting things about it is that it’s packed with realistic representations of space megastructures where humans live. We talked to Stephenson about his ideas, and have some exclusive art from Weta showing what they look like. Mild spoilers for…

Space & Spaceflight Annalee Newitz

Adblock Browser Righteously Fends Off Ads on Your Android Phone

Completely essential browser extension Adblock Plus is plowing forward on its quest to keep bothersome ads out of the web with a new browser for Android devices. The new Adblock Browser is in beta, and currently available for direct download from this Google+ page. (It hasn’t been approved by Google just yet, but you should…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Here’s What Countries Whose Hunger Problem Is Improving Do Differently

Hunger is a problem all around the world, but in some places,that problem is getting better, and in some places it isn’t. So what are the improvers doing differently than the rest of the world? There’s one big difference. The USDA takes a regular look at the state of countries with hunger problems around the…

io9 Ria Misra

Awesome time lapse shows the entire transformation of bees as they hatch

Watch bees hatch right before your eyes in this stunningly clear time lapse that tracks the growth from larva to pupa to the full grown bee. You can see the entire transformation from nearly transparent organisms that swim around in fluid to hairy bees with lots of color. It’s really stunning. Photographer Anand Varma explained…

Sploid Casey Chan

The Air Force’s Secretive Space Plane Just Launched Again

The U.S. Air Force’s unmanned X-37B shot off into space for the fourth time today. The extreme secrecy shrouding all three previous missions have fueled plenty of conspiracy theories. But for once, we actually have some inkling of what the X-37B will do. Before the launch, officials actually revealed two of the experiments onboard, which…

Tech News Sarah Zhang

Russian App Trawls Social Media To Predict and Prevent “Mass Disorder”

A new computer program developed by a pro-Kremlin political center mines social network sites for chatter about unauthorized protest rallies — and then reports its findings to the local authorities. As Isvestia is reporting, the project was launched by the Center for the Study of Legitimacy and Political protest. Ominously, it’s named after “Laplace’s Demon”…

io9 George Dvorsky

Spotify Wants To Be Your Endless Source for Video and Podcasts, Too

Spotify just revealed a huge service overhaul that adds video, podcasts and improved discovery to its massive streaming music service. During a New York City press conference, CEO Daniel Ek expounded how his company wants to be a comprehensive source for every type of entertainment media possible through its formerly music-only platform. That means podcasts…

Tech News Darren Orf

The Quickest Way to Send Photos in iMessage

A picture is worth a thousand words, so the old saying goes, so you’ll often want to snap a photo of what you’re seeing or looking like rather than try and describe it using old-fashioned text. If you’re on iMessage on iOS, there’s a shortcut you can use to get your images sent faster. It’s…

Gadgets David Nield

Here’s What Sharks Do When You Give Them Cameras

Fisheries biologist John Shepherd once said that “counting fish is like counting trees—except you can’t see them and they move.” This can make animal behavior research extremely difficult. And while increasingly advanced electronic telemetry tags can tell us a lot, there’s just no substitute for seeing a behavior on video. Knowing how animals behave in…

Tech News David Shiffman

Hey Other Comic Book Shows, The Flash Finale Just Kicked Your Ass

The Agents of SHIELD can stand down. Constantine can go to hell. Daredevil got the crap kicked out of it. And Arrow? You just got outshot by your little brother. The Flash finale wasn’t quite perfect, but it showed exactly why it’s the best comic book show currently on TV. I know I’m frequently guilty…

Television Rob Bricken

Homemade propane rifle cannon shoots like a sci-fi weapon

Science is fun! Especially when it is used to create a homemade cannon that looks so cool when it fires. This guy connected a self-igniting propane torch to some tubes and then colored the flame so that it pops off green when it blasts. It looks like an alien’s weapon! The Backyard Scientist writes: The…

Sploid Casey Chan

Fire-Breathing Robots, Mega Mech Warriors and More at Maker Faire

What’s one part country fair, one part art festival, a side of Burning Man and an educational, geek-filled fun-fest? Maker Faire, of course. We went to the Bay Area Maker Faire this past weekend, and overdosed on creative, inspiring DiY technology. Here’s what we saw. Want to spend an afternoon ogling mind-blowingly huge, fire-breathing robotic…

Tech News Sean Buckley

The Deadly Chemical Scavengers In Our Atmosphere Are Saving Our Lives

Our atmosphere is crawling with things called “chemical scavengers.” Inside our body, they can be deadly. Out in the sky, they do very good work. Here’s why you want do chemical scavengers in the atmosphere and you don’t want them anywhere near you. Chemical scavengers aren’t sentient, but that doesn’t keep them from being voracious.…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

How To Build a Cheap(ish) Drill-Powered Go-Kart

You can pretend it’s for your kids, but over on Make they’ve posted a step-by-step breakdown on how to build this adult-friendly wooden go-kart. It’s powered by nothing but a pair of 36-volt cordless drills, but surprisingly they’re more than powerful enough for even grownups to take a ride. The Drill Kart’s wooden frame not…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Brainprint: Your Mind’s Reaction to Certain Words Could Be Your Password

We’ve heard a lot about how our bodies—our faces, our irises, even our heartbeats—will replace passwords. Now, a group of neuroscientists are adding another body part to that list: the brain. Or more specifically, the brain’s response to certain words. Brainprint is the name of a study from Neurocomputing featured on New Scientist and Engadget…

Privacy & Security Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

The Apple Television That Never Was

The fabled Apple TV may be the most on-again, off-again gizmo to ever exist, seeming every sixth months a rumor would surface about its impending existence. Now, despite the protestations of billionaire Carl Icahn, Apple has reportedly quietly shelved the idea of making an Apple-branded television. Technology is filled with all kinds of rumors and…

Tech News Darren Orf

This Is Where Space Tourists Should Make Their First Stop

To travel to space you need a lot: gear, funding, a ship, years of prep time, not to mention serious training in math, engineering, and science. But eventually, space travel will be available much faster and to more people, and then travelers will need something else — they’ll need an itinerary. Tell us 1) where…

io9 Ria Misra

Mad Max‘s Imperator Furiosa Gets The Unbreakable Theme Song She Deserves

You Could Soon Slap Barcodes on Your Sperm or Egg

8 D-List Characters Who Tried And Failed To Replace A-List Superheroes

Here’s How Space Megastructures Will Look, According to Neal Stephenson

Adblock Browser Righteously Fends Off Ads on Your Android Phone

Here’s What Countries Whose Hunger Problem Is Improving Do Differently

Awesome time lapse shows the entire transformation of bees as they hatch

The Air Force’s Secretive Space Plane Just Launched Again

Russian App Trawls Social Media To Predict and Prevent “Mass Disorder”

Spotify Wants To Be Your Endless Source for Video and Podcasts, Too

The Quickest Way to Send Photos in iMessage

Here’s What Sharks Do When You Give Them Cameras

Hey Other Comic Book Shows, The Flash Finale Just Kicked Your Ass

Homemade propane rifle cannon shoots like a sci-fi weapon

Fire-Breathing Robots, Mega Mech Warriors and More at Maker Faire

The Deadly Chemical Scavengers In Our Atmosphere Are Saving Our Lives

How To Build a Cheap(ish) Drill-Powered Go-Kart

Brainprint: Your Mind’s Reaction to Certain Words Could Be Your Password

The Apple Television That Never Was

This Is Where Space Tourists Should Make Their First Stop

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