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Watching this guy jump down into the thick unknown fog made me scream

The whole time I was watching this video of Marshall Miller base jumping into Lauterbrunnen in Switzerland, I was screaming inside. You see the entire jump from his perspective, as he looks down and around and can’t see anything but fog and yet he still makes the jump. And as he’s falling down, you still…

Sploid Casey Chan

Valve Is Getting Ready to Debut “SteamVR”

You’ve got your Oculus Rift. You’ve got your Sony Project Morpheus. You’ve got your Microsoft Hololens. Which gaming heavyweight is missing? OK maybe Nintendo, but I’m talking about Valve, and Valve just announced it’s making “SteamVR.” In an understated update to its Steam Universe page (where SteamOS and Steam Machines were introduced) Valve says the…

Tech News Eric Limer

Lawmaker Asks If Women Can Swallow Camera… For Gynecological Exams

During a debate over abortion legislation Monday between Idaho lawmakers, Republican state representative Vito Barbieri asked whether it would be possible for a woman to swallow a small camera, so that doctors might perform a remote gynecological examination (presumably, à la capsule endoscopy). Above: Vito Barbieri | Credit: Matt Cilley/AP According to the Associated Press,…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

The Best Times Movies Changed Plot Points From Their Source Materials

Maintaining fidelity to their source material is usually a point in favor of the on-screen versions of our favorite characters who first began their lives on the page. Sometimes, though, changing a plot point is not only a necessity; it’s a good thing. In some cases, for instance in the rapidly overlapping TV and book…

io9 Ria Misra

This Beautiful Estuary Hides A Nasty Secret

This beautiful estuary holds a hidden secret: these dendritic tributaries carving through rock carry wastewater from the busiest industrial port in Iran and heavy metals from its petrochemical plants into the surrounding ecosystem. Musa Bay, Iran as seen by the Advanced Land Imager on NASA’s EO-1 satellite on January 20, 2015. Image credit: NASA Musa…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

New Study Reveals Smoking Weed Is 114 Times Safer Than Drinking Booze

It’s a long-held belief, not just among stoners, that marijuana is the safest drug. A new scientific study comparing the risks associated with various drugs backs this up, and proves that weed might even be safer than we thought. The study looked at alcohol, heroin, cocaine, tobacco, ecstasy, meth, and cannabis; the way they appear…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Last Man On Earth Clips Are Delightful, But Also Deeply Depressing

The title says it all for new comedy series Last Man On Earth starring Will Forte, but these clips touch on something a lot darker. It’s great, and makes sense as the talent behind this premise includes includes LEGO Movie lords ChrisMiller and Phil Lord. The pilot was penned by Forte and directed by Phil…

io9 Meredith Woerner

This Crazy Geodesic Dome Is Actually a Power Plant

Biomass cogeneration doesn’t scream “family fun for all ages” to most of us, but the city of Uppsala, Sweden, is hoping it might some day. Its plan involves a geodesic dome, stained glass, and a zany Danish architect. Last year, the city invited the architect Bjarke Ingels to design a new power plant that will…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

The Psychology Behind Anti-Vaccination

Hank Green takes a different tack in confronting and understanding the anti-vaccination movement in a recent episode of SciShow, in which he explores a handful of the many, many cognitive biases and logical fallacies to which anti-vaxxers (and the rest of us) are so readily susceptible. https://gizmodo.com/the-12-cognitive-biases-that-prevent-you-from-being-rat-5974468 https://gizmodo.com/8-logical-fallacies-that-fuel-anti-science-sentiments-1679442426 See also this recent episode of It’s…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Lenovo CTO: We Have No Intention Of Shipping a Superfish Product Again

Last week, news broke that many Lenovo computers were shipped with a dangerous piece of Superfish adware, which made the computers vulnerable to malicious hacks. Now, with a class action lawsuit looming and anti-virus vendors pledging to root out the adware, Lenovo’s CTO has said his company is done with Superfish. https://gizmodo.com/lenovo-joins-the-malevolent-side-of-the-online-advertis-1686922941 I spoke with…

Privacy & Security Annalee Newitz

These Brilliantly Colored Bolivian Buildings Look Like Alien Spaceships

These strangely decorated, brightly-colored buildings in El Alto, Bolivia, are the early examples of a new Bolivian architectural style, started after the election of President Evo Morales Ayma in 2006, when the national pride became more important than ever. Appropriately, they are called cohetillos — “spaceships.” The key architect behind these so-called cohetillos is Freddy…

io9 Vincze Miklós

Secret Mystery Tunnel Discovered in Toronto — Is Drake Involved?

A “large, sophisticated” tunnel was recently discovered near York University in Toronto. Unlike regular, non-spooky tunnels built for known reasons, the Toronto Mystery Tunnel was forged by hands unknown, for deeds unknown. Maybe it was Drake? The CBC reports that authorities have ruled out “drug lab” and “marijuana grow operation” as potential uses for the…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

How To Find a Friend to Take on Your Next Camping Adventure

Adventure is calling! But, it can be a lonely pursuit. Ever wanted to convince a pretty guy or girl to come with you or just want to share the experience with a new friend? Here’s how, and how to make sure they have a good time, too. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-find-a-friend-to-take-on-your-next-camping-adven-1687567846

Tech News Kyra Sacdalan

This Wordless Webcomic Is The Perfect Myth To Brighten Your Winter

Winter is the perfect time to curl up and tell stories, and the webcomic Frostblight is a wonderful winter tale, a beautifully painted story about a fox, a bear, and what happens to the humans who invade their woods. Frostblight was created by artists Michael Doig and India Swift as a self-contained story. And while…

io9 Lauren Davis

How To Find a Friend to Take on Your Next Camping Adventure

Adventure is calling! But, it can be a lonely pursuit. Ever wanted to convince a pretty guy or girl to come with you or just want to share the experience with a new friend? Here’s how, and how to make sure they have a good time, too. Camping is a pastime that anyone from the…

Tech News Kyra Sacdalan

Yep, Google Is Going To Make Another Chromebook Pixel

Remember the Pixel, that beautiful, high-end, ludicrously expensive Chromebook that comes with a laundry list of reasons to not buy it? Get ready for number two. Google has announced it has a sequel “coming soon.” Spotted by OMGChrome, the “announcement” came in the form of a comment by Google’s Renee Niemi at an event called…

Tech News Eric Limer

The World Health Organization Urges Switch To “Smart” Syringes By 2020

By using the same syringe to give injections to multiple people, health practitioners around the world are significantly driving the spread of many deadly infectious diseases. In an effort to deal with this problem, the WHO is pushing for syringes that cannot be used more than once — and they want this worldwide switch to…

io9 George Dvorsky

DC And Marvel Superheroes Take On The Transformers In This Wild Mash-Up

Having partnered up and taken on the Star Wars universe, what’s next for the combined might of DC and Marvel’s many movie superheroes? Throwing down with some giant freaking robots, obviously. https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-challenges-marvel-and-dc-heroes-in-epic-mash-1679077045 This 5-minute video — I’m not really sure it can be called a trailer, really — pits everyone from Superman, Batman, the Avengers,…

io9 Rob Bricken

Look How Comically Pissed This Injustice Superman Figure Is

The Superman of Injustice: Gods Among Us is meant to be a misguided tyrannical dictator driven mad by the death of Lois Lane, but Bandai’s take on him just looks like he’s about to win first prize in the Metropolis’ ugliest gurn contest. Thank god for alternate heads, eh? Bandai’s latest DC figuarts is the…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Jeans Are Yellow Just After They’re Dyed. Here’s Why.

The American Chemical Society has given us a video that looks at the chemistry of the pants you’re probably wearing right now. Jeans are indigo when they’re on your body, but just after they’re dipped in dye, they’re yellow. Find out what changes them. The iconic indigo blue that makes jeans so popular only sets…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Watching this guy jump down into the thick unknown fog made me scream

Valve Is Getting Ready to Debut “SteamVR”

Lawmaker Asks If Women Can Swallow Camera… For Gynecological Exams

The Best Times Movies Changed Plot Points From Their Source Materials

This Beautiful Estuary Hides A Nasty Secret

New Study Reveals Smoking Weed Is 114 Times Safer Than Drinking Booze

Last Man On Earth Clips Are Delightful, But Also Deeply Depressing

This Crazy Geodesic Dome Is Actually a Power Plant

The Psychology Behind Anti-Vaccination

Lenovo CTO: We Have No Intention Of Shipping a Superfish Product Again

These Brilliantly Colored Bolivian Buildings Look Like Alien Spaceships

Secret Mystery Tunnel Discovered in Toronto — Is Drake Involved?

How To Find a Friend to Take on Your Next Camping Adventure

This Wordless Webcomic Is The Perfect Myth To Brighten Your Winter

How To Find a Friend to Take on Your Next Camping Adventure

Yep, Google Is Going To Make Another Chromebook Pixel

The World Health Organization Urges Switch To “Smart” Syringes By 2020

DC And Marvel Superheroes Take On The Transformers In This Wild Mash-Up

Look How Comically Pissed This Injustice Superman Figure Is

Jeans Are Yellow Just After They’re Dyed. Here’s Why.

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