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Twitter Got Paid to Promote a Tweet About “Killing Arabs”

It was a hateful message to spread under any circumstances. And Twitter actually took money to promote it. “My fellow Jews,” it read, “the time to start killing Arabs is NOW.” Today, Twitter blocked white supremacist tweets promoted by notorious troll and human-sized used condom full of diarrhea Andrew ‘weev’ Auernheimer. That’s good. But without…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

3D Printing Has A Strange, Unintended Consequence

So far, the reach of 3D-printing hasn’t extended too far into most of our lives. We still buy appliances, instead of punching specifications into a console. We do our shopping at stores instead of downloading patterns. We cook our food, we don’t print it. But 3D printing is making a major change to our lives,…

io9 Ria Misra

An Animated History Of The PG-13 Movie

The PG-13 rating wasn’t introduced Motion Picture Association of America’s film rating system until 1984, but why and how did it impact the ways that sex and violence are portrayed in mainstream American films? This video from Pitchfork takes a quick look at the history of PG-13 cinema. [via Neatorama]

Movies Lauren Davis

That’s No Fort… It’s an Observatory

This stunning aerial photograph of the Very Large Telescope platform somehow reminds me of a smaller base in a real time strategy game, like Starcraft or Total Annihilation. However, this scene is perfectly peaceful. What you’re seeing are the four Unit Telescopes, the four Auxiliary Telescopes, and the VST, operated by the European Southern Observatory…

Space & Spaceflight Attila Nagy

Glorious New Photos Capture A Sunset On Mars

We’ve seen photos of Martian sunsets before, but nothing quite as spectacular as these. Photo credits: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS / Damia Bouic (republished at io9 with permission) Long before Curiosity landed on Mars, the prospect of color photos made me dream. I imagined the wonderful pictures we’d get of Martian sunsets and sunrises.…

io9 Damia Bouic — Chez Damia Bouic

Here’s Our Clearest Look Yet At Google’s Rejected “Moon Shot” Campus

Yesterday we learnedthat Google’s robot-built glass wonderland had been struck down by Mountain View’s City Council in favor of a plan by LinkedIn. Today, Bloomberg paints a picture of the plan that got shirked. Yesterday Mountain View denied Google almost 80 percent of the land it requested to develop—giving most of it to LinkedIn, which…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Dirty Nest? No Sex For You!

To a female sand goby fish, this little guy could be everything she’s looking for. He has great dancing moves, good rhythm, and a fantastic burrow that looks like a fine place to leave some eggs. But before she commits to spawning, she’ll need to give his bachelor pad a sniff. She’s not being a…

Tech News Diane Kelly

The New Walking Dead Figures Feature A Wonderfully Gore-Splattered Carol

You wait ages for a Carol action figure, and two come along at once! Hot after her action figure debut late last year, the next wave of Walking Dead toys will feature another version of the TV show’s coolest badass: and she’s got an awful lot of red on her. The 8th series of McFarlane…

Tech News James Whitbrook

Watch Up Close As Stones Hit The Water And Bounce Off

For those of you who have been fascinated with skipping stones, this is a great video. We actually see how a projectile hits the surface of a liquid, scoops out a hollow, and bounces back upwards. Take a closer look at a skipping stone in action. That videos hows exactly what physicists have observed in…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Flickr Might Be Relevant Again Thanks to Magical Image Recognition

Despite being a totally excellent online repository for photos—you get 1TB of storage for free!—Flickr feels like an outmoded service. But a huge new update that adds features and a couple of new apps is a big step towards modernizing the service. Flickr 4.o is here, rolling out across mobile platforms, the web, and desktop.…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

This Masterful Scene From Lord Of The Rings Gives Me Chills Every Time

Everyone has those special film scenes that just give you chills, no matter how many times you see them. For me, one such scene takes place in the first film of the Lord of the Rings trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring. Here’s a video explaining why this one scene is so perfect. The scene…

Movies Michael Hession

So This Is What a Terrifying Quadcopter Tornado Looks Like

We’ve covered the remarkable work that researchers at ETH Zurich have been doing with robots and quadcopters before, but did you know its facility has a dedicated Flying Machine Arena where they tether drones to poles and make them fly in circles at terrifying speeds? It’s even more amazing than it sounds. You’d expect a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Newly Identified Species Of Penis Worm Still Looks Nothing Like A Penis

Scientists recently identified a new species of penis worm, a marine invertebrate named after its allegedly penislike shape. The gist is as follows: Researchers led by University of Cambridge paleobiologist Martin Smith used electron microscopy to examine and catalogue the teeth of 110 fossilized penis worms. The fossils were originally recovered from the paleontologically prolificWalcott…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Martin Ford, Author of Rise of the Robots, Is Here to Answer Questions

As robots in the workforce proliferate, will our automated future lead to a glorious age of leisure or a new class of unemployed humans? Is your job safe? Martin Ford’s new book Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future helps us imagine the post-robotic revolution future—but good and bad—from the…

Tech News Meg Neal

“Curtain Eruptions” on Enceladus Give Us a New Look at Saturn’s Moon

Enceladus, Saturn’s sixth largest moon, is a cold ball encrusted almost entirely in ice. One of its defining features are geyser-like jets of water vapor that shoot out of its surface. But a new analysis suggests those jets are not jets after all, but something odder: curtain eruptions. The jets may have just been an…

Space & Spaceflight Sarah Zhang

This camouflaged fish is so amazing that it’s pretty much invisibile

The camouflage on this fish is so impressive that you can barely see it, I mean, it’s essentially invisible. Anytime it stops, I lose track of it because it blends in so perfectly with the ground. Even when it’s moving, it looks more like a pile of dirt than an animal. Amazing. SPLOID is delicious…

Sploid Casey Chan

Why Don’t We Live In A World Where Every Avenger Is Gwen Stacy?

I’ll tell you why: Because the world is a sad, cruel place. But at least Marvel is willing to offer us a look at what might have been, in their series of Gwen-themed variant comic covers. Agwengers, Assemble! Last month Marvel unveiled their Gwen Stacy variant cover theme, set to come in effect in June…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

“Bad Boy” Bollywood Megastar Gets Five Years For Fatal 2002 Hit-And-Run

It’s been nearly 13 years since hugely popularBollywood star Salman Khan’s SUV plowed over a group of men who were sleeping on a Mumbai sidewalk, injuring four and killing one: 38-year-old Noor Ullah Khan. The case has been slogging its way through India’s legal system ever since. Until yesterday’s court decision to hand him a…

Tech News Cheryl Eddy

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

Another Thursday and another interesting week of apps. Two major apps finally make their way to iOS and Android, and Windows Phone gets two of the best mobile games in recent memory. So if you got some time to kill, take a look at these software wares. Multiplatform Mobile Justice This app could be one…

Tech News Darren Orf

Why Michael Bay Can Make Movies About Cartoons That Kids Can’t See

Greetings but no salutations, my friends! We have no time for salutations because we have important things to talk about! Why is Michael Bay allowed to turn TMNT into softcore porn? What the hell is happening to Sansa on Game of Thrones? And, most importantly, why do I hate Batman? (Answer: I’m secretly Egghead.) Kidding…

io9 Rob Bricken

Twitter Got Paid to Promote a Tweet About “Killing Arabs”

3D Printing Has A Strange, Unintended Consequence

An Animated History Of The PG-13 Movie

That’s No Fort… It’s an Observatory

Glorious New Photos Capture A Sunset On Mars

Here’s Our Clearest Look Yet At Google’s Rejected “Moon Shot” Campus

Dirty Nest? No Sex For You!

The New Walking Dead Figures Feature A Wonderfully Gore-Splattered Carol

Watch Up Close As Stones Hit The Water And Bounce Off

Flickr Might Be Relevant Again Thanks to Magical Image Recognition

This Masterful Scene From Lord Of The Rings Gives Me Chills Every Time

So This Is What a Terrifying Quadcopter Tornado Looks Like

Newly Identified Species Of Penis Worm Still Looks Nothing Like A Penis

Martin Ford, Author of Rise of the Robots, Is Here to Answer Questions

“Curtain Eruptions” on Enceladus Give Us a New Look at Saturn’s Moon

This camouflaged fish is so amazing that it’s pretty much invisibile

Why Don’t We Live In A World Where Every Avenger Is Gwen Stacy?

“Bad Boy” Bollywood Megastar Gets Five Years For Fatal 2002 Hit-And-Run

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

Why Michael Bay Can Make Movies About Cartoons That Kids Can’t See

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