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OpenStreetMap Finally Does Directions

OpenStreetMap is an amazing, free, open-source alternative to the other mapping tools on the Internet. And now, it just got a whole lot better: it now offers A-to-B directions, directly from its homepage. While third parties have used OpenStreetMap data to offer directions in the past, the main site now pulls together a number of…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Hunting a Silent Killer: How to Cure Hepatitis C in the Undiagnosed

Hepatitis C has a cure, but how do we find those who need it? Patrick Strudwick reports on one attempt to identify some of the estimated 100,000 undiagnosed people in the UK. A young woman – jeans and boots and wild hair – is sitting in a cubicle in the Accident and Emergency department of…

Tech News Patrick Strudwick - Mosaic

How Did This Skull Get Cut Clean in Half?

Don’t worry: that vertical cut was made after the subject died. In fact, it’s an incredibly rare example of vertical skull dissection, most likely performed at the end of the 1800s as a teaching aid. The skull was discovered by Jenna Dittmar from the University of Cambridge in the UK. Found in a dusty part…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Exposed: The Backdoors Spying on Majority of the World’s Hard Drives

New research from Russian researchers at the Kaspersky Lab reveals that the someone—most likely the NSA—has developed spying software that can be hidden deep with hard drives. Known to work with hardware made by Western Digital, Seagate, Toshiba and more, it’s said to provide the agency with the means to eavesdrop “on the majority of…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe

Posters of Classic Movies, Boiled Down to Circles

Designer Nick Barclay’s Circle Movies poster series takes a very minimalist approach to classic films. And yet, even rendered in only circles, the films are still instantly recognizable. We asked Barclay, “Why circles?” and he told us: I chose circles because after watching interstellar me and a friend were talking about 2001 a space odyssey…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Magneto Cat Has the Most Useful Superpower for a Cat Ever

The ability to manipulate the food holders and weapons? Yeah, this is all cats have ever wanted. This video is by Kaipotainment, which also brought us Magneto Cat’s nemesis, Professor X Cat. [via Tastefully Offensive]

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Video: What having super vision to see the wind blowing must look like

We can feel the wind when it hits us and we can track wind patterns when we check the weather and when it’s really strong, we can totally see the effect wind has on the world around us but this video let’s us imagine what seeing actual wind would look like. It looks like ghosts.…

Sploid Casey Chan

Pouring paint on top of paint creates mind melting art

Here’s a nice way to have fun without doing drugs: pour different colors of paint on top of other colors of paint on top of a wooden block. The layers of paint will stack on top of each other and the colors will expand and you’ll get a super psychedelic art piece that looks like…

Sploid Casey Chan

Another Reason To Worry About The Measles

We’re in the middle of a scary measles outbreak, and reminding ourselves just how deadly this disease can be. But in case you needed another reason to be alarmed by the measles, here’s one: It was brought to Earth by Doctor Who’s cybernetic war machines, the Daleks. That’s just one of the fascinating Dalek facts…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

This Century-Old Audio Technique Could Be Key to Virtual Reality

Binaural audio sounds like a no-brainer. Humans have two ears, so we should record sounds with two microphones, right? But the late 1800s technique of sticking microphones inside a pair of life-like ears mounted on a fake head has never been more than a novelty. Which is a shame, because as you’re about to hear,…

Tech News Sean Hollister

We’re Salivating Over These Italian Cannibal Classics On VHS

Attention, fellow sickos! Here’s an excellent reason to break out that VCR you still have lurking by the TV: Cult Movie Mania and Grindhouse Releasing are joining forces to release VHS versions of Cannibal Holocaust, Cannibal Ferox, and other gory classics. According to the press release, the two Cannibal films will be the first to…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Robotic hand made of wires is flexible enough to rotate meditation balls

Baoding balls are two metal balls that are rotated over and over again in one hand for meditation, exercise or rehab purposes. A lot of dexterity and focus and strength is necessary to pull of the rotation. Not everyone can do it! This robotic arm controlled by wires can though. Look at those fake flexible…

Sploid Casey Chan

Your Starship Dock Is Ready Now

One day, parking lots will be a lot more badass. Tyler Thull is a concept artist in Detroit. You can see more of his work in his Art Station gallery.

Tech News Annalee Newitz

The City Between The Cliffs Was Only Open Six Months Of The Year

As soon as the rainy season began, the tourists, merchants, and hospitality workers would pack up and move to the top of the ravine. Then once the water level fell again, they would return to clean out the rooms and make repairs. “Twin Gorges” is by artist Saul Espinosa. You can see more of his…

io9 Lauren Davis

Get Trippy on Poker Night With These Glitch Playing Cards

Boy do I love fancy playing cards. Not only do they make playing cards more fun. They also make you want to play cards more often—which is generally healthy, so long as you don’t struggle with a gambling edition. My favorite card game is spades, and boy would that be fun with a trippy deck…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Watch white blood cells swarm and attack a parasite

The human body is such a magnificent thing. Just check out this video that shows how our immune system works. When a parasite finds its way inside a place where it clearly shouldn’t be, white blood cells immediately start rushing to the rescue. It only takes a few seconds for the parasite to get swallowed.…

Sploid Casey Chan

The Strangest Extinct Animals That Used To Roam The Earth

There are plenty of strange, beautiful, and altogether unusual animals living amongst us today, but a look through the annals of Earth’s ancient history reveals that, when it comes to interesting animals, we missed out. Here’s a collection of the some most improbable creatures that once walked the Earth. Top image: Subfossil lemur, Megaladapis edwardsi…

io9 Ria Misra

How to Turn Your New Car into an Adventuremobile

I just bought the first car I’ve owned in 13 years and decided to break it in properly over the weekend. Ingredients for this adventure included: Death Valley, being naked around your friends and a bunch of crusty hippies, hot springs, Unimogs full of twinks, mushrooms and 125 miles of off-roading. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-turn-your-new-car-into-an-adventuremobile-1686163808

Tech News Wes Siler

Acceptance Proves Weird Stories Are The Best Way To Understand Our World

Closing out an acclaimed trilogy is always a difficult task: tying up plot threads, character arcs and all the lingering questions, but with Acceptance, Jeff Vandermeer has closed out his Southern Reach Trilogy in grand style. This novel brings to an end the story begun in Annihilation and Authority, and like its predecessors, it’s difficult…

io9 Andrew Liptak

How to Turn Your New Car into an Adventuremobile

I just bought the first car I’ve owned in 13 years and decided to break it in properly over the weekend. Ingredients for this adventure included: Death Valley, being naked around your friends and a bunch of crusty hippies, hot springs, Unimogs full of twinks, mushrooms and 125 miles of off-roading. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-drive-off-road-1651459334 Me and car…

Tech News Wes Siler

OpenStreetMap Finally Does Directions

Hunting a Silent Killer: How to Cure Hepatitis C in the Undiagnosed

How Did This Skull Get Cut Clean in Half?

Exposed: The Backdoors Spying on Majority of the World’s Hard Drives

Posters of Classic Movies, Boiled Down to Circles

Magneto Cat Has the Most Useful Superpower for a Cat Ever

Video: What having super vision to see the wind blowing must look like

Pouring paint on top of paint creates mind melting art

Another Reason To Worry About The Measles

This Century-Old Audio Technique Could Be Key to Virtual Reality

We’re Salivating Over These Italian Cannibal Classics On VHS

Robotic hand made of wires is flexible enough to rotate meditation balls

Your Starship Dock Is Ready Now

The City Between The Cliffs Was Only Open Six Months Of The Year

Get Trippy on Poker Night With These Glitch Playing Cards

Watch white blood cells swarm and attack a parasite

The Strangest Extinct Animals That Used To Roam The Earth

How to Turn Your New Car into an Adventuremobile

Acceptance Proves Weird Stories Are The Best Way To Understand Our World

How to Turn Your New Car into an Adventuremobile

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