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How To Do Justice To The Suicide Squad’s Mighty Amanda Waller

Amanda Waller is both one of the most original characters in the DCU and one of the hardest to get right. With the Suicide Squad movie on the horizon, we’ll be seeing a new version of the Wall. Here’s what it takes to get her right. Respect the Icon In a medium that gives nearly…

Books & Comics Esther Inglis-Arkell May 20 '15

4 Typefaces That Let You Write Like Einstein and Other Famous Thinkers

The art of handwritten script is lost on most of us keyboard-attached slobs. But over the past few years, a small group of designers have dug into the archives of famous thinkers and artists to bring their script into the digital world—meaning that you, too, can write like Einstein, even if you can’t think like…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan May 20 '15

A Princess Once Dueled A Countess Over Floral Arrangements… Topless

When we think of historical duels, we may tend to imagine two men handsomely dressed wielding pistols or swords over some offense to one party’s honor. One particular duel, however, presents a very different picture of honor battles. Not only was it between two women; it was between two women fighting topless. Atlas Obscura has…

io9 Lauren Davis May 20 '15

Watch 40 years of awesome ILM special effects in 1 minute

For the past 40 years, Industrial Light & Magic has cooked up the special effects for countless movies and basically helped shape the imagination of movie watchers. They put together this reel of some of their work and the movies featured are basically any good movie with special effects in them. SPLOID is delicious brain…

Sploid Casey Chan May 20 '15

Ask IndefinitelyWild: What’s The Best Add-On Camping Insulation?

You’re out camping when suddenly it’s colder and wetter than expected. What’s the best add-on or emergency insulation you can bring that doesn’t take up too much space or weight in your pack? Space blanket, emergency bivvy, silk sleeping bag liner…tell us your experiences. Welcome to the first in an irregular series — Ask IndefinitelyWild.…

Tech News Wes Siler May 20 '15

Shooting Challenge: Grilled Goodness

Flames. Burgers. Maybe some veggies, too. Memorial Day weekend is coming up, and as we grill away our three-day weekend, let’s take some photos of it. The Challenge Photograph food on the grill, or off the grill. But it should be grilled food. Make sense? The Method We had a grill challenge a while back,…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 20 '15

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 May 20 '15

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 May 20 '15

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 May 20 '15

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 May 20 '15

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 May 20 '15

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 May 20 '15

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 May 20 '15

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 May 20 '15

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 May 20 '15

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 May 20 '15

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 May 20 '15

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 May 20 '15

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 May 20 '15

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 May 20 '15

How To Do Justice To The Suicide Squad’s Mighty Amanda Waller

4 Typefaces That Let You Write Like Einstein and Other Famous Thinkers

A Princess Once Dueled A Countess Over Floral Arrangements… Topless

Watch 40 years of awesome ILM special effects in 1 minute

Ask IndefinitelyWild: What’s The Best Add-On Camping Insulation?

Shooting Challenge: Grilled Goodness

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

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