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This Treadmill Test Can Predict Your Odds Of Surviving Another Decade

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have devised a simple treadmill test and formula to calculate your odds of surviving the next ten years, and it goes like this: FIT Treadmill Score = %MPHR + 12 (METS) – 4 (age) + 43 (if female). Here’s how it works and what it means to your health. “The…

The First Official Shots of That Unbelievable Iron Man Hulkbuster Figure

Hot Toys is well known for its line of unbelievably-detailed action figures that are often hard to distinguish from the actual characters seen on-screen. And now we finally have the first official shots of its upcoming 21-inch tall Iron Man Hulkbuster figure from Avengers: Age of Ultron. If anyone needed further proof that Hot Toys’…

The Hot Toys Hulkbuster Is Here To Bust Hulks, Your Wallet

They teased a reveal coming soon when they showed off the Age of Ultron Hulk figure, but Hot Toys are back this week with a look at their gigantic, wonderful take on the Hulkbuster suit. It’s a big one! I’m not joking when I say that it’s a big one either. Hot Toy’s 1:6 figures…

What The Reveal On Last Night’s Rebels Means For Star Wars

The last episode of Star Wars Rebels’ first season aired last night, and capped off with the reveal of a wider world of Rebellion for our main cast — but it also unveiled the return of a character that signifies great importance not just for the show, but the direction of Star Wars as a…

For 30somethings, It’s Tinder That’s Doing the Screwing

Tinder sets age-based pricing tiers, BlackBerry makes a weird sliding phone, and Cyanogen wants to “slaughter” Samsung. The last 24 hour of news bits and rumors have been full of weird, and it’s all on BitStream. Tinder Plus launched yesterday and with it came a very strange pricing model—one completely based on age. For U.S…

iZombie Trailer Explains What This Odd Undead Series Is All About

Behold iZombie, the next work from Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas. While this series is still centered around a girl who solves crimes every episodes, this time the girl is undead. So it’s admittedly a little confusing, but finally there’s a new trailer to explain it all. Based on the Vertigo comic of the same…

Wow, this video has totally screwed up my brain

This is not an optical illusion, but it takes advantage of exactly the same principles that make optical illusions work: Our eyes and brain don’t scan reality like a camera does. Instead, the brain interprets external inputs, building its own reality. No spoilers, just watch. It has always blown my mind that our brain can…

What If Gotham Is Actually A Prequel To the 1960s Batman TV Series?

Watching Gotham continue its complete and utter lunacy in “Everyone Has a Cobblepot” last night, I was struck with a single, amazing thought. What if Gotham is an origin story not for regular Batman, but for the old Batman TV show from the ’60s? Because the ridiculousness is reaching that level. In fact, there are…

Watch a flock of paper cranes dancing using electricity

Japanese creative group Ugoita spices up traditional origami crane figures by adding electromagnets to their feet. The paper cranes stand on a board where the electric currents are applied to make them move and dance like the most awesome boy band I’ve ever seen. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

An Exclusive Glimpse Of Jim Butcher’s Next Book, Aeronaut’s Windlass!

For 15 years, Jim Butcher has been keeping us guessing with his twisty urban fantasy series, The Dresden Files. But now, he’s changing gears and launching a Horatio Hornblower-esque new series, The Cinder Spires. Check out the cover of the first book, The Aeronaut’s Windlass, and an excerpt, exclusively at io9! The Aeronaut’s Windlass comes…

These Are Pebble’s Secret Weapons In The Smartwatch War

Did you think the new Pebble Time’s color screen and new UI paradigm made for an exciting smartwatch? Well, you ain’t seen nothing yet. The company’s been hiding two major announcements that could make Pebble Time the smartwatch to beat this year. First, take a nice long look at the picture on top of this…

How much better at explaining your research would you be after learning improv from Alan Alda? The New York Timeshas a profile of one of the classes at Stony Brook’s Center for Communicating Science, and how improv has gone from being a quirk to an essential class.

Grand Central Station Is Radioactive

Behold, the miserable relic of a toxic era! Its denizens scurry through it, unaware or unable to avoid the poison it gives off. Seriously, though, Grand Central Station gives you a dose of radiation when you go through it, thanks to the granite used to build it. Radiation is a part of the natural world,…

The Ultimate Shadow Selfie: Rosetta’s Silhouette On Comet 67P

This brand new image from the OSIRIS scientific imaging camera of European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft reveals two fascinating things. First, we have an incredibly detailed view of the surface of Comet 67P. Second, look at that fuzzy, dark patch at the bottom of the photo—it’s the shadow of the spacecraft itself! The photo was…

A gun silencer cut in half looks really weird inside

I have always wondered about two things since I was a kid and saw James Bond screwing a silencer into his gun: How the hell does a silencer look inside and how does it work? The picture above answers the first question and this animated infographic by SilencerCo, the second: SPLOID is delicious brain candy.…

What Have You Been Working On?

Whatever you’ve been working on in your garages, labs, sewing rooms, workshops, kitchens, studios, theaters, and mad scientists lairs, it’s time to bring it out into the light and let the rest of us in on it. That’s right, it’s io9 show and tell time! Show us the project, tell us how long you’ve been…

This Is How Microsoft’s New Spartan Browser Will (Probably) Work

Microsoft first revealed that Internet Explorer was to be replaced by a new browser—codenamed Spartan—back in January. Now, a new leaked video reveals what it will look like. This video has been put together by Windows site WinBeta. The site claims to have obtained a copy of Project Spartan and created a video demo. In…

Here Are the Results of the Most Comprehensive Penis Size Study

The enduring question about average penis length is difficult to settle. Now, the most comprehensive scientific study of the topic has some hard numerical answers. The study is claimed to be the first to combine all existing data on penis length and girth—a total of 15,521 data points—into a definitive analysis. Its results show that…

No, It’s Not Illegal To “Spock” Your Fives In Canada

In the wake of Leonard Nimoy’s death, a number of Canadians have taken to the practice of converting the portrait of Prime Minister Sir Wilfred Laurier on the Canadian $5 bill into the iconic image of Mr. Spock. According to the Bank of Canada, defacing bills is not illegal — but it’s not without consequences.…

Hugh Jackman Is Ready For Wolverine To Show Up In Deadpool

Chris Weitz discusses writing his Star Wars spinoff movie. Find out what’s in store for Grant and Skye on Agents of SHIELD, and get a tiny hint of Jared Leto’s Joker. Plus Robin Lord Taylor teases the Penguin’s future on Gotham, and learn what’s in store for Sasha in the next Walking Dead. Spoilers, ho!…