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Crazy wingsuit guy smashes right through a sign while flying super fast

The last thing I would want to do while flying in a wingsuit (other than fly in a wingsuit) is to blast through a sign while flying. But wingsuit pilot Sebastian Alvarez is not me. He angled his flight route perfectly so that he would smash the Chilean flag sign on his way down. That…

Sploid Casey Chan

A map that shows the signature food from each state in the USA

Playboy has a map that uses data from Reddit to showcase what the signature food item (or alcohol! or drugs!) from each state is. California gets In N Out burger, New York gets bagel love and Texas gets Tex-Mex. That mostly makes sense. But I’m not sure why Nevada gets cheeseburgers and why Colorado and…

Sploid Casey Chan

A Particle Accelerator in Space Could Trigger Artificial Auroras

Auroras appear according to the whims of nature, not humans, which might just be part of their eerie appeal. But c’mon, it’s the 21st century now. Why are we just waiting around? So here’s a crazy idea unearthed by Mark Zastrow writing in Eos: Let’s a build a particle accelerator to trigger auroras whenever we…

Physics & Chemistry Sarah Zhang

Amazon’s Echo Just Added New Ways To Control Your Home With Your Voice

Just as you may have suspected, Amazon’s voice-controlled personal assistant getting even more functionality—and branching out into controlling your home’s technology with its hub. An email to Echo customers today announced that Echo will work with Philips Hue lights and switches, as well as Belkin’s WeMo gadgets, which include everything from slow cookers to humidifiers…

Commerce Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

The more money Americans make, the more sleep they get

How do you sleep at night? If you’re rich, the answer is probably “really well.” Research compiled by the CDC reveals that there’s a correlation between how much money you make and how much sleep you get. To no one’s surprise, Americans who make less money aren’t getting as much sleep as the wealthy. If…

Tech News Matt Novak

Illustrations of characters from Wes Anderson movies

Wes Anderson’s quirky characters are always memorable and leave an impression on me even long after I’ve watched the movie. Artist Alejandro Giraldo memorialized them in these illustrations, capturing the essence of each character in his drawings. It says a lot about the characters you create when a simple drawing of them, even with their…

Sploid Casey Chan

Google Patented a Warning System to Make Social Media Spoiler-Free

It’s something we’ve all felt. The low, sinking kick in the metaphorical groin when you’ve read some asshole’s tweet or post, expounding on some previously unknown spoiler. But maybe, social media doesn’t need to be such a minefield of potential despair. Well, it seems Google is working on it. A new Google patent, spotted by…

Tech News Darren Orf

How Astronauts Perform Everyday Tasks In The Microgravity Of Space

When you’re an astronaut living in microgravity, mundane tasks such as brushing your teeth, washing your hair, and running on a treadmill work just a tiny bit differently. How do you live, cook, clean, and exercise when you’re not on Earth? These videos explain it all. Washing hands Brushing teeth Sleeping Shaving Using the toilet…

io9 Vincze Miklós

Goofy Animated Series Follows Misadventures Of Game Of Thrones‘ Jon Snow

Jon Snow just can’t catch a break in Snow Knows, an animated series that shows the brother of the Night’s Watched getting kicked in the teeth over and over again. See how much Jon Snow knows — and doesn’t know — in these short videos. This piece of Westerosi lunacy was brought to us by…

io9 Lauren Davis

I Cannot Stop Watching This Food Science Porn

I never would have guessed I would spend an entire afternoon glued to the screen watching corporate instructional videos, but these food science equipment videos are fascinating stuff. See peanut butter act like spray paint and learn about how how companies test the strength of pasta noodles. It all started innocently. I read that the…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Just How Similar Are Earth’s And Mars’ Landscapes Really?

Much of the information we’ve gleaned about the Martian surface is based on the idea that we can explain some of what we see using Earth-based parallels. But how often do the two really line up? Using Earth comparisons has been extraordinarily useful to researchers who have used them to answer questions on everything from…

io9 Ria Misra

All the close up shots from The Matrix

I think this is my new favorite way to re-watch movies that I have seen a million times already: just follow the story through the close up shots. It works surprisingly well! As in the of The Matrix, you can see Neo’s progression from outsider to The One and all the things that happened in…

Sploid Casey Chan

7 Machines That Are Meta As Hell

What’s better then a monster machine? A meta machine. Here are a bunch of machines that really took the advice “Just do you!” to heart. A train that lays its own tracks You can tell just how much this machine loves Fleetwood Mac by how it’s Going Its Own Way. A ship that ships ships…

Tech News Eric Limer

Original Twin Peaks Cast Members Rally Around David Lynch

Just days after director and Twin Peaks showrunner David Lynch revealed thathe would NOT be participating in Showtime’s revived Twin Peaks series, the Log Lady and much of the show’s original cast has sent out a video rally call: Don’t make this series without Lynch. And the public negotiations between David Lynch and Showtime continue…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Facebook’s Messenger App Is Now a Full-Fledged Social Network

Facebook just checked off another step in its plan to turn Messenger into its own separate service— launching a distinct web version of its messaging app. If you go to Messenger.com today, you’ll see all your Facebook messages without dealing with Newsfeed. When Facebook spun Messenger off into its own mobile app, it felt like…

Social Media Kate Knibbs

Which Live-Action Adaptation of An Animated Classic Is The Most Doomed?

There’s been a deluge of live-action adaptations of classic animated films lately. Some have been pretty great, some have been flawed… and some have been best forgotten. But there’s still a slew of them on the horizon. Here’s our ranking of the upcoming live-action adaptations, according to which is most doomed. It seems that a…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Dell’s Android Tab for Work Looks Great—If That’s a Thing You Want

Last September, Dell quietly announced one of the most exciting and horribly named Android tablets ever made—the Venue 8 7000. Now, that awesome slate is getting a big brother. The Dell Venue 10 7000 (still a dumb name) is a $500 10.5-inch tab running Android Lollipop. It’s sleek and slim and black, just like its…

Tech News Darren Orf

Shooting Challenge: Money

Tax day is upon us. For some that means a refund check, and for others, that means saying goodbye to your cold hard cash. So for this week’s Shooting Challenge, we’re photographing money. But be sure to read how to do it legally: The Challenge Take a photograph of money. Specifically? COINS. Because it’s illegal…

Tech News Mark Wilson

This Might Be Our First Actual Look At Age Of Ultron‘s Vision

I can’t think of another comic book movie character to have more “first looks” than the Vision. We’ve had blurred posters, concept art, promotional art, teasers in behind the scenes footage, and the briefest of looks in the trailers. But this might be the first time we’ve seen the full character, in the android-flesh. Entertainment…

io9 James Whitbrook

Being trapped underneath an icy lake is terrifyingly beautiful

Diving underneath ice might be the easiest way to be transported into another world that’s completely unlike ours. You need the correct equipment and you never want to be really trapped, but it looks completely ethereal. The colors, the shapes, the ceiling, it’s all so pristine and so beautiful. Kino Zig filmed this video of…

Sploid Casey Chan

Crazy wingsuit guy smashes right through a sign while flying super fast

A map that shows the signature food from each state in the USA

A Particle Accelerator in Space Could Trigger Artificial Auroras

Amazon’s Echo Just Added New Ways To Control Your Home With Your Voice

The more money Americans make, the more sleep they get

Illustrations of characters from Wes Anderson movies

Google Patented a Warning System to Make Social Media Spoiler-Free

How Astronauts Perform Everyday Tasks In The Microgravity Of Space

Goofy Animated Series Follows Misadventures Of Game Of Thrones‘ Jon Snow

I Cannot Stop Watching This Food Science Porn

Just How Similar Are Earth’s And Mars’ Landscapes Really?

All the close up shots from The Matrix

7 Machines That Are Meta As Hell

Original Twin Peaks Cast Members Rally Around David Lynch

Facebook’s Messenger App Is Now a Full-Fledged Social Network

Which Live-Action Adaptation of An Animated Classic Is The Most Doomed?

Dell’s Android Tab for Work Looks Great—If That’s a Thing You Want

Shooting Challenge: Money

This Might Be Our First Actual Look At Age Of Ultron‘s Vision

Being trapped underneath an icy lake is terrifyingly beautiful

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