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Hypnotic Timelapse Videos Show A Face Of Mother Nature We Rarely See

We don’t usually get to witness the movements of plants and fungi, which happen so slowly that we don’t notice it with our naked eyes. But these timelapse videos speed up the process, letting us appreciate the sometimes graceful growing and dying of these organisms. Spring Awakening, shot in Poland by Artur Homan Life cycle…

io9 Vincze Miklós

The most amazing Hubble Space Telescope fly-through yet defies belief

If space traveling the universe had a scenic route, this would be it. It’s a 3D fly-through of the nebula Gum 29 with the stunning star cluster Westerlund 2 in the middle and it’s absolutely gorgeous. The image was taken by the Hubble and shown off for its 25th anniversary. It’s the stuff of dreams.…

Sploid Casey Chan

How Do You Turn A Monkey Into A Therapist?

Harry Harlow’s most famous experiments involved isolating an infant rhesus monkey until it was socially and emotionally devastated. Less well-known is the experiment in which he revived them using “therapist monkeys.” In the 1960s, Harry Harlow made headlines when he revealed the experiments he done on rhesus monkey infants. He’d raised infants in isolation, with…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Why Even Magic Needs To Play By The Rules In Fiction

Sometimes magical events and characters can really push a story into a much more interesting place, but sometimes their appearance seems to stop things in their tracks. What makes the difference? Remembering that even magic has to follow the rules. Author V.E. Schwab joined us today to take questions about her latest novel, A Darker…

io9 Ria Misra

Watching realistic CGI giraffes dive into a pool is pure ridiculous fun

This is completely absurd but Nicolas Deveaux’s 5 Mètres 80 is so fun that it doesn’t really matter. A group of giraffes raid a pool and start jumping off the high dive while doing tricks. It’s all CGI but the giraffes look so realistic that I can’t help but imagine the alternate reality that this…

Sploid Casey Chan

Here’s The Official Apple Watch User Guide

The first time you strap on an Apple Watch, it’s hard to tell what it can do. When do you use the touchscreen, and when the digital crown wheel? When, exactly, does Force Touch actually do something? The answers are here: Apple just published a full, searchable User Guide. It’s an enormous guide—spanning 23 topics…

Tech News Sean Buckley

There Is More Than One Type Of Near-Death Experience

Researchers have attempted to categorize near-death experiences according to seven major themes. Photo Credit: Gareth via flickr | CC BY-NC 2.0 At BBC Future, Rachel Nuwer describes the work of Sam Parnia, director of resuscitation research (what a title!) at Stony Brook University School of Medicine in New York. Parnia, along with several colleagues, has…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Can Booties Make A Better Hiking Boot?

Can separating a boot’s liner from its outer make it better? Upmarket Canadian brand Arc’teryx just launched its first footwear range, distinguished by its use of interchangeable booties. This is what it’s like to wear them and what their designer has to say. “We thought we could introduce something with more climate comfort, durability and…

Tech News Wes Siler

Put a Pair of USB Ports Where You Really Need Them: In Your Couch

Instead of stuffing a 30-foot long USB charging cable into your couch—the one place your smartphone needs power most—this simple power station stays hidden between cushions so you’ll never have to go hunting for it. Called the Couchlet, the dual-USB charger features a folding leg that slips underneath a couch cushion (or your bed’s mattress)…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

It Follows Director’s New Gig: Developing A Mystery Series For TV

Great news for fans of indie horror smash It Follows: director David Robert Mitchell is bringing his retro-artful-terrifying touch to the small screen, in the form of a crime series titled Mr. Postman. As the title suggests, it’s about a postman. Who solves mysteries. Dark mysteries. https://gizmodo.com/it-follows-proves-that-horror-movies-dont-need-to-be-du-1691019297 https://gizmodo.com/how-it-follows-uses-dread-and-beauty-to-create-the-perf-1690601352 The Hollywood Reporter got the scoop: Mr.…

Television Cheryl Eddy

The Universe’s Earliest Star Clusters May Have Been RIDICULOUSLY Bright

New research from Western University in Ontario suggests the universe’s first stars amassed in conglomerations so bright they shone with the power of a hundred million suns. Above: An artist’s impression of some of the first stars in the early Universe. Five protostars are seen here forming in the centre of disks of gas. Caption…

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Tyler Perry Will Be Baxter Stockman In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2

Tyler Perry, seen above in his non-pivotal role in Star Trek, has just been cast as the evil, Mouser-creating scientist Baxter Stockman in the increasingly crowded Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sequel. I have no strong feelings about this one way or another. Seriously. I’m not necessarily a fan of his own movies, but I think…

Movies Rob Bricken

Area 51 Trailer Is A PSA For Not Breaking Into Top-Secret Military Bases

Oren Peli had a mega-hit with Paranormal Activity in 2007. His follow-up, Area 51, finished shooting in 2010, was overhauled in 2011, and is finally seeing the light of day next month. So was the wait worth it? The trailer is here to help us decide … if we can stand one more found-footage horror…

Trailers Cheryl Eddy

A GPS-Equipped Falcon Could Keep Birds From Flying Into Wind Turbines

Birds have a bad habit of flying directly into big machines, like planes or wind turbines. This phenomenon, dubbed “birdstrike,” usually ends, well… badly for our feathered friends. But the key to saving these doomed birds could be another bird. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has recruited a 15-year-old peregrine falcon named Houdini to fly…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin

Concept Art Writing Prompt: NASA Down

In our weekly Concept Art Writing Prompt, we invite you all to write short stories inspired by a particularly interesting illustration. This week’s prompt, by artist Johnson Ting, shows us a very battered NASA ship. You tell us: What happened here? Once you’ve written your story, share it here in the comments. Happy writing! “Downed”…

io9 Lauren Davis

New Deadites! Everything You Need To Know About The New Evil Dead Show

Evil Dead is back. Starz is digging up the original Evil Dead franchise (along with the creators and star) and giving the horror comedy its own series. But how will this work? Where is Ash? What happened to the Deadites? We got all your questions answered. Executive producer Robert Tapert and Evil Dead superstar and…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Sorry, Interstellar, We Just Saw Some Of The Martian And It’s Way Better

Holy hell, the adaptation of Andy Weir’s The Martian looks good. True, this movie is also about Matt Damon trying to survive alone on distant planet, but unlike Interstellar, no one is crying the whole goddamn time. Seriously, it looks amazing. Spoilers for the book below. The Martian was absolutely the standout film from Fox’s…

io9 Meredith Woerner

17 Gorgeous Hood Ornaments That Defined These Classic Cars

Even though I’m not a car buff, oldtimer car shows and exhibitions attract me. One reason is hood ornaments—a distinctive aspect of each automobile that beautifully combines art, design and typography. Hood ornaments and badges make the cars recognisable, and in the golden decades, the 40s, 50s, and 60s, these ornaments were little masterpieces. The…

Tech News Attila Nagy

Blue Food Coloring Could Be Better For You Than You Ever Imagined

Coomassie Brilliant Blue, or Brilliant Blue G, is a dye first manufactured in 1913 as a way of staining cloth. Over time, and with testing, it made the jump to food. Is it bad for you? No. In fact, it’s so good that doctors may one day use it to treat spinal cord injuries. Brilliant…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Eureka’s New Vac Automatically Cleans Disgusting Hair From Its Brushroll

Better suction, battery power, and HEPA filters are all great features to look for in a vacuum. But who cares about any of those now that Eureka has created an upright vacuum that can automatically clean hairs and threads tangled around its spinning brush roll? Never having to reach in there with scissors is a…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Hypnotic Timelapse Videos Show A Face Of Mother Nature We Rarely See

The most amazing Hubble Space Telescope fly-through yet defies belief

How Do You Turn A Monkey Into A Therapist?

Why Even Magic Needs To Play By The Rules In Fiction

Watching realistic CGI giraffes dive into a pool is pure ridiculous fun

Here’s The Official Apple Watch User Guide

There Is More Than One Type Of Near-Death Experience

Can Booties Make A Better Hiking Boot?

Put a Pair of USB Ports Where You Really Need Them: In Your Couch

It Follows Director’s New Gig: Developing A Mystery Series For TV

The Universe’s Earliest Star Clusters May Have Been RIDICULOUSLY Bright

Tyler Perry Will Be Baxter Stockman In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2

Area 51 Trailer Is A PSA For Not Breaking Into Top-Secret Military Bases

A GPS-Equipped Falcon Could Keep Birds From Flying Into Wind Turbines

Concept Art Writing Prompt: NASA Down

New Deadites! Everything You Need To Know About The New Evil Dead Show

Sorry, Interstellar, We Just Saw Some Of The Martian And It’s Way Better

17 Gorgeous Hood Ornaments That Defined These Classic Cars

Blue Food Coloring Could Be Better For You Than You Ever Imagined

Eureka’s New Vac Automatically Cleans Disgusting Hair From Its Brushroll

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