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Why Does February Have Just 28 Days, Anyway?

February gets the shaft when it comes to days in the month. While other months last 30 or 31 days, February has 28 or 29, depending on the year. Why? Well, this video explains all of the fiddling that Romans did to the calendar, and how that resulted in a single short month. In the…

io9 Lauren Davis

Nobody would have believed this 70 years ago

Looking at this picture it is hard to believe that the United States and Australia were in a bloody no quarter war against Japan only 70 years ago: Spot the Mitsubishi F-2 escorting a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, the direct heir of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers that obliterated Hiroshima and Nagasaki. U.S. Air Force, Japan…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Introducing Jews Vs. Zombies And Jews Vs. Aliens, Two Very Strange Books

The chosen people are going where they’ve never gone before. Two new anthologies, Jews Vs. Zombiesand Jews Vs. Aliens, feature an all-star group of writers, explaining just what happens when Judaism confronts the unimaginable. To celebrate, we’ve got an exclusive excerpt: A brand new story by Naomi Alderman! The two ” Jews Vs.” anthologies are…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

10 Books That Will Change How You See History

History doesn’t have to be the stultifying grind you remember from high school. It can be shocking, and funny, and sad — and even if you don’t remember all the dates and faces, it can leave you knowing more about the world. Here are 10 popular history books that will change your view of reality.…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

LinkedIn Will Give You a Whopping $1 for Leaking Your Password

A few years ago, LinkedIn screwed up big-time, and millions of user passwords got leaked. And now LinkedIn is prepared to pay each eligible screwed-over person a truly tiny settlement in one of the most arrogant and insulting settlements for digital duncery yet. In 2012, around 6.5 million LinkedIn user’s passwords were leaked by Russian…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs

The Problem With Those DNA-Based Mugshots

A little less than a year ago, researchers announced a new technique that used DNA analysis to recreate the image of a person’s face. It was a stunning idea—but a new a New York Times report reveals that there’s more than one big problem with the scifi promise of DNA-based mugshots. The technique, called forensic…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

An Astounding Amount Of Saharan Dust Fuels The Amazon Basin

Using satellite data, NASA scientists have created the first-ever 3D model showing just how much dust makes its way from the Saharan Desert to the Amazon forest. Incredibly, this dust is seeding the rain forest with an essential nutrient, an indication of just how interconnected these disparate regions really are. Each year, wind kicks up…

io9 George Dvorsky

Recreate Your Favorite Calvin and Hobbes Comics With Tiny Snowman Molds

In the comics world, a little kid like Calvin can churn out a small army of miniature snowmen in a single afternoon. In reality, it takes a lot longer, and you’ll end up with a pair of freezing soaking wet gloves well before you’re finished. But if you have access to a 3D printer, you…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

This Power Rangers fan film starring Katee Sackhoff is fucking amazing

Holy Ice-hockey-Jesus-on-a-Pogo-stick. I can’t believe the darkness in this short by Joseph Kahn, a “deboot” of the Power Rangers, as he calls it—a fan film, “not a pilot, not a series, not for profit, strictly for exhibition.” A free fan film starring Katee Sackhoff, the iconic Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica. As Kahn describes it: This…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

A New Pee-Wee Herman Movie Is On Its Way, Thanks To Netflix

And that’s not all! Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday, as it’s been titled, will be produced by Judd Apatow, directed by Broad City’s John Lee, written by Paul Reubens and Comedy Bang Bang’s Paul Rust, and begin produced in just a few months. So not only is a new Pee-Wee movie finally happening, it’s already on its…

io9 Rob Bricken

No, These Apps Can’t Detect Cancer. Just Stop.

A slew of apps have cropped up touting the ability to diagnose any number of diseases over the past few years, and now thanks to the federal trade commission, at least two of them will have to stop. Because science isn’t backing up any of it. The apps currently in question, MelApp and Mole Detective,…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

A Beer Bottle For Babies Helps Kids Unwind After a Long Day At the Park

If you thought pushing papers at the office all day was stressful, just imagine what your baby has to deal with. The average playground is a full-on obstacle course to an infant, with dogs to dodge, quicksand to avoid, and slides that seem a mile long. So when you kick back with a cold relaxing…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Why Are People Still Surprised That Aquaman Is A Badass?

You’ve heard the jokes, seen the memes. Even when Zack Snyder unveiled the tattooed, Khal Drogo-ized Aquaman of the DC movieverse, many saw it as a response to the character’s perceived bad rep. But Aquaman has been formidable for years. Here’s a complete history of Aquaman’s rise to badassery. Troubled Origins Despite his stature today…

io9 James Whitbrook

This tidal bore makes waves that people can surf for 15 minutes non-stop

This is the mascaret at the port of Saint-Pardon de Vayres, near the city of Bordeaux, a tidal bore that produces waves for 15 minutes of continuous surfing. One second the river is completely quiet, the next the waves break in, taking dozens of surfers with them. A close up from the boards: Some aerial…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

The Horrible Reality of Tiny Houses, Revealed By Portlandia

Aww, tiny houses! Tiny apartments. Micro-living. So cute! And green! What could go wrong!? A clip from this week’s forthcoming episode of Portlandia explores the realities of micro-living: Your loved one’s hybrid toilet/work desk. Your cat’s fold-up litter box. The perils of handling knives in tiny spaces. The full episode airs on Thursday, but check…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Tiny Robot Grippers Dissolve Away in Your Body Once Their Job Is Done

As robots get small enough to easily swim around inside the human body, they’ll soon be used to perform medical procedures all from within a patient. And researchers at Johns Hopkins University are making such an idea even more plausible with the development of tiny robotic grippers that will actually dissolve away inside a patient…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Depriving Infants Of Peanut Products May Have Been A Colossal Mistake

For years, parents have been told to withhold peanuts from their children until the age of three, to prevent the onset of dangerous peanut allergies. A landmark study is now throwing this conventional wisdom on its head, instead suggesting that most peanut allergies can be staved off by introducing peanuts to children early. The prevalence…

io9 George Dvorsky

Coolest Couple Ever Blows Stuff Up for a Living

Meet Rich and Dee Gibson, founders of Rich’s Incredible Pyro, a spectacle of explosions that takes place at air shows around the country. In this New York Times documentary, the couple shares what they love about blowing shit up. The video entitled Kaboom! (which is beautifully shot, by the way), is laced with terrific explosions…

Tech News Michael Hession

An Adorable Ride-on Combine That Actually Harvests Toys

The combine harvester looks like one of the more terrifying tools a farmer has at their disposal. But when shrunk to the size of a toddler, suddenly it becomes an adorable way for kids to scoot around their play room while sucking up bright yellow balls. Available later this year for just $60, the combine…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Lego CHAPPiE May Not Be The Harbinger Of Sentient A.I., But He Is Cute

For a former police drone, the titular robo-hero of CHAPPiE sure has a cutesy design. I mean look a the little flappy ears and everything! Recreating it in Lego as Eric Tsai did only makes him look even cuter. Header Image Credit: Eric Tsai. All images credited as such unless otherwise stated. Tsai recently posted…

Tech News James Whitbrook

Why Does February Have Just 28 Days, Anyway?

Nobody would have believed this 70 years ago

Introducing Jews Vs. Zombies And Jews Vs. Aliens, Two Very Strange Books

10 Books That Will Change How You See History

LinkedIn Will Give You a Whopping $1 for Leaking Your Password

The Problem With Those DNA-Based Mugshots

An Astounding Amount Of Saharan Dust Fuels The Amazon Basin

Recreate Your Favorite Calvin and Hobbes Comics With Tiny Snowman Molds

This Power Rangers fan film starring Katee Sackhoff is fucking amazing

A New Pee-Wee Herman Movie Is On Its Way, Thanks To Netflix

No, These Apps Can’t Detect Cancer. Just Stop.

A Beer Bottle For Babies Helps Kids Unwind After a Long Day At the Park

Why Are People Still Surprised That Aquaman Is A Badass?

This tidal bore makes waves that people can surf for 15 minutes non-stop

The Horrible Reality of Tiny Houses, Revealed By Portlandia

Tiny Robot Grippers Dissolve Away in Your Body Once Their Job Is Done

Depriving Infants Of Peanut Products May Have Been A Colossal Mistake

Coolest Couple Ever Blows Stuff Up for a Living

An Adorable Ride-on Combine That Actually Harvests Toys

Lego CHAPPiE May Not Be The Harbinger Of Sentient A.I., But He Is Cute

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