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This Japanese Gymnast Game Is the Laziest Way To Train For the Olympics

You can do everything from fly fighters jets, to steal cars, to fight wars in a video game, but there will always still be something appealing about games like this gymnastics challenge that test your timing and reflexes in real life. Plus, it just might give you the skills you need to try out for…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 24 '15

Why Push Is Still One Of My Favorite Superhero Movies

I’m the sort of person who reads up on movies before I go and see them. It’s very infrequent I just see something on a whim — but Push was one of the rare movies I went in blind. And somehow, in the age of today’s superhero blockbusters, it still stands as one of the…

Movies James Whitbrook Apr 24 '15

I Now Have a Robot Editing All My Emails to Avoid Snafus

Gizmodo Reviews Editor Sean Hollister and I have a problem: we’re long time friends but we totally suck at communicating over email. We misunderstand each other and fight a lot. It’s terrible. Today I found a web app called “Crystal” that promises to fix that. It’s editing this post right now. According to Crystal, my…

Tech News Sean Buckley Apr 24 '15

Frank Miller Making A Third Dark Knight Comic Titled The Master Race

This… this will not end well. DC comics has just announced that Frank Miller, one of comics’ greatest creators who has since devolved into one of the comics’ world’s weird crazy uncles, is creating a third volume in the saga he began with The Dark Knight Returns, to be titled The Dark Knight: The Master…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken Apr 24 '15

Two Pictures That Show How The Hubble Telescope Changed The World

Happy Birthday, Hubble! The space telescope with an incredible eye for the weird and wonderful is turning 25 — and to look back over the past 25 years, NASA has put together an album of the best Hubble picture of the year, every year, since 1990. What’s really delightful about this album is that you…

io9 Ria Misra Apr 24 '15

Beautiful short film uses alchemy to tell a touching story about life

The Alchemist’s Letter by Carlos Stevens is a beautifully animated short film about a father’s letter to his son. It’s imaginative and touching and worth the watch just for the visuals alone. The story progresses through a machine that turns memories into gold and you get to see wonderful little worlds pop up in the…

Sploid Casey Chan Apr 24 '15

On Leaving The Anti-GMO Movement

In this week’s NYT Sunday Review, British author, journalist, and environmental activist Mark Lynas recounts how he was converted to genetically modified food. Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images A lifelong environmentalist, I opposed genetically modified foods in the past. Fifteen years ago, I even participated in vandalizing field trials in Britain. Then I changed my mind.…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 24 '15

Riding Motorcycles And Ostriches In Vietnam’s Mountains

Want to see the mountains, forests and farms of the “real” Vietnam? Get away from the tourist hoards, get on a motorcycle and go. I just did that, and even got to ride an ostrich. Here’s how you can too. Vietnam’s central highlands are defined by mountains, pine forests, and farms — and the rich…

Tech News Chris Brinlee Jr Apr 24 '15

Russell Crowe’s Magical Powers Totally Mess Up His World War I Drama

Magical realism can illuminate and amplify the emotions in a deeply personal story — or, in clumsy hands, it can just create extra distractions and create a giant mess. Russell Crowe tries to use magical realism in his directorial debut, The Water Diviner, and the results are less than great. Some spoilers follow. The Water…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Apr 24 '15

Pepsi Ditching Aspartame Is Not a Good Thing

You might not know it from certain conspiracy-minded corners of the Internet or 1990s-era chain emails, but aspartame is one of the most well-studied food additives ever. And yes, it is safe. Pepsi’s decision today to replace aspartame with, oh, another chemical sweetener may be a canny PR move—but it’s really a win for widespread…

Tech News Sarah Zhang Apr 24 '15

Watch All the Ways Apple’s Tried to Teach Us How to Use Its Products

The Apple Watch starts hitting wrists today with one of the most incredibly enormous user guides ever produced for an Apple product: 23 topics, almost 100 pages, not even including the 10 videos to teach people how to use this thing. Apple started creating “guided tours” for its new products back in 1984—here are some…

Tech News Alissa Walker Apr 24 '15

Scientists Mapped Activity In The Brain Of A Tinnitus Sufferer

Many people perceive a ringing in their ears when no sound source is present, a condition known as tinnitus. By mapping tinnitus inside the brain, scientists have shown just how complex these phantom sounds really are. Above right, the left hemisphere, and at left the primary auditory cortex. The circles show where brain activity is…

io9 George Dvorsky Apr 24 '15

Why the CIA Is Allowed to Run America’s Deadliest Drone War

“As President and Commander-in-Chief, I take full responsibility for all our counterterrorism operations,” President Obama said at a press conference yesterday about killing an American and an Italian hostage in a US drone strike on Pakistan. What Obama failed to explain: Why the Central Intelligence Agency is allowed to carry out these drone strikes in…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Apr 24 '15

We Really Need This LEGO Set Of Terry Pratchett’s Tiffany Aching

We have boundless love for Tiffany Aching, the teenage witch who stars in her own series set in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld. So while we’re all waiting for the final Tiffany book, The Shepherd’s Crown, let’s all vote for this lovely LEGO project paying tribute to her. And the Wee Free Men! Contact the author at…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Apr 24 '15

Meteor streaks across the sky and leaves a trail in the shape of a Z

Photographer Sam Cornwell captured this awesome meteor streaking across the sky and discovered that it left a gnarly smoke trail in the shape of a Z before it disappeared. You can see the photos he took of the fireball of a meteor here. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

Sploid Casey Chan Apr 24 '15

Google Glass 2.0 Is Coming, According To a Google Glass Partner

It seems that Google Glass is down, but not out: Italian eyewear maker Luxottica — better known as the company behind Oakley and Ray-Ban — has confirmed that it’s working with Google to make version 2.0 of the company’s faceputer. As the WSJ reports, Luxottica’s CEO told a general meeting in Milan that it is…

Tech News Chris Mills Apr 24 '15

You’ll Be Able To Watch Hi-Def, Live Feeds From the ISS Soon

Who needs a bird’s eye view when you could go with an astronaut’s? One company’s partnering with NASA to give us just that. Vancouver-based UrtheCast installed two cameras aboard the International Space Station via a Soyuz rocket in 2013, in a mission to “democratize the Earth Observation industry.” From your computer, tablet, or smartphone, you…

Space & Spaceflight Bryan Lufkin Apr 24 '15

Apocalyptic Yellowstone Supervolcano Now 5.5 Times Larger

You know about the potentially world-ending Supervolcano hiding under Yellowstone, right? Well, scientists just discovered a second magma chamber containing an additional 46,000 cubic kilometers of molten rock. Did we mention it’s “overdue” for eruption? Apparently not everyone is aware of the Yellowstone Supervolcano. That’s crazy because it a) has the potential to wipe out…

Tech News Wes Siler Apr 24 '15

What Would Life Be Like For A Man With Two Mouths?

William is an ordinary fellow in all respects but one: he has two completely functional mouths. In this fake documentary, we learn about the advantages and disadvantages of having two mouths that can taste, talk, and sing independent of one another. The Man With Two Mouths, which was directed by Marc Ortiz with cinematography by…

io9 Lauren Davis Apr 24 '15

New Software Turns Nearly Any Touchscreen Into A Biometric Scanner

In an effort to fix our broke-ass password system, manufacturers are looking to the world of biometrics, sticking fingerprint scanners into everything from photocopiers to, um, school buses. Now, a team of Yahoo researchers might’ve come up with a way to extend biometric recognition to anything with a touchscreen. https://gizmodo.com/the-tech-that-will-kill-passwords-dead-1660746026 To identify the ridges and…

Privacy & Security Chris Mills Apr 24 '15

This Japanese Gymnast Game Is the Laziest Way To Train For the Olympics

Why Push Is Still One Of My Favorite Superhero Movies

I Now Have a Robot Editing All My Emails to Avoid Snafus

Frank Miller Making A Third Dark Knight Comic Titled The Master Race

Two Pictures That Show How The Hubble Telescope Changed The World

Beautiful short film uses alchemy to tell a touching story about life

On Leaving The Anti-GMO Movement

Riding Motorcycles And Ostriches In Vietnam’s Mountains

Russell Crowe’s Magical Powers Totally Mess Up His World War I Drama

Pepsi Ditching Aspartame Is Not a Good Thing

Watch All the Ways Apple’s Tried to Teach Us How to Use Its Products

Scientists Mapped Activity In The Brain Of A Tinnitus Sufferer

Why the CIA Is Allowed to Run America’s Deadliest Drone War

We Really Need This LEGO Set Of Terry Pratchett’s Tiffany Aching

Meteor streaks across the sky and leaves a trail in the shape of a Z

Google Glass 2.0 Is Coming, According To a Google Glass Partner

You’ll Be Able To Watch Hi-Def, Live Feeds From the ISS Soon

Apocalyptic Yellowstone Supervolcano Now 5.5 Times Larger

What Would Life Be Like For A Man With Two Mouths?

New Software Turns Nearly Any Touchscreen Into A Biometric Scanner

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