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Highly Reflective Clothing Turns Paparazzi’s Camera Flashes Against Them

Even if you’re not a celebrity, some of us just don’t like having our picture taken and spread around social media. Until now, assaulting the person behind the camera was the only way to make it stop, but Betabrand’s new Flashback clothing turns the photographer’s gear against them by reflecting the light from a flash…

Privacy & Security Andrew Liszewski

These Charts Show Which Foods Are Most Likely To Be Wasted

Wasting food is a problem all over the world, but are all kinds of foods equally likely to be wasted? The answer is no. Some foods are especially prone to it, while others are likely to be used much more carefully. Here are the world’s most wasted common foods in helpful chart form. At the…

io9 Ria Misra

“Uber for Helicopters” Is Gross, Absurd and I Want to Use It Every Day

Helicopter rides are fun and fast; and ridesharing apps are booming. These are the core ideas behind Gotham Air, a helicopter rideshare service that promises to get you from helipad to airport in six minutes. Do you need it? Definitely not. Is it amazing? We tried it — and yes, it absolutely is. Gotham Air…

Reviews Ashley Feinberg

Sentinel’s Stylish Hulkbuster Toy Is Way Sleeker Than Age Of Ultron‘s

Sentinel have long been known for their slick ‘Re:Edit’ Iron Man toys, but at Wonder Festival this weekend they lifted the lid on even more toys based on the Marvel legend – including a sleek, gorgeous Hulkbuster fit to rival Age of Ultron’s brilliant rendition. Sentinel’s Re:Edit line has produced some lovely figures, but their…

Tech News James Whitbrook

This Week’s TV: Is Thomas Jefferson Alive In Modern-Day Sleepy Hollow?

One of America’s Founding Fathers may still be alive in Sleepy Hollow’s latest colonial-themed quest. Plus, Tarkin arrives on Star Wars Rebels — and he’s Grand Moff Tarkin now. Check out a clip of Batman rocking out on Teen Titans Go! and see what happens when the SSR agents meet Agent Carter’s pearl-clutching landlady! Tonight…

Television Lauren Davis

Experts Gather To Discuss Whether We Should Send Messages To Aliens

This coming weekend at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, experts will be discussing the potential benefits and risks of a SETI scheme in which messages about Earth — including the entire contents of Wikipedia — would be transmitted to hundreds of star systems. This is an issue we’ve…

io9 George Dvorsky

Tokyo looks naked without its iconic street ads

French graphic designer Nicolas Damiens made this cool series of animated black and white GIFs showing the difference between a Tokyo with and without its iconic street ads, logos, or banners. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

The Walking Dead‘s Never Been More Devastating Than It Was Last Night

Oh, man. Whether or not you had you issues with The Walking Dead’s mid-season finale last year, last night’s mid-season premiere was a shocking, gut-wrenching episode that has to rank in the show’s Top 10. Warning: Major spoilers ahead, obviously. So The Walking Dead is good at a lot of things — suspense, gore, shock…

Television Rob Bricken

Nicolas Winding Refn’s Neon Demon Actually About Cannibal Supermodels?

Okay, we’ll admit it. We did not expect the plot for Nicolas Winding Refn’s female-lead horror movie Neon Demon to be centered around cannibal supermodels. You’ve got our attention now, Refn. Earlier this month the cast for Neon Demon was announced, and it’s a great group including Christina Hendricks, Elle Fanning, Abbey Lee, Jena Malone,…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Ukrainian Wildfires May Bring Chernobyl’s Radiation Back to Life

The legacy of the world’s worst nuclear accident lives on—and it might be causing new problems, according to researchers from the Norwegian Institute for Air Research. The 1986 nuclear plant explosion saw the 4800 square kilometres of land surrounding it evacuated and abandoned. The exclusion zone has been taken over by a dense boreal forest…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

How Big Is The Biggest Star We Have Ever Found?

The universe is such a big place that it is easy to get baffled by the measurements that astronomers make. The size of UY Scuti, possibly one of the largest stars we have observed to date, is certainly baffling. Above: UY Scuti (Rutherford Observatory/CC). Not surprisingly, UY Scuti is classified as a “hypergiant” star –…

io9 Jillian Scudder — The Conversation

Who Is The Worst Fictional Scientist Ever?

Improper pipetting procedure, a total lack of any sort of note-taking protocol, the failure to even attempt to get the proper clearance for human testing — we’ve seen all these travesties and more on-screen. Today, though, we want to know which fictional scientist is the very worst at their job? Tell us who your pick…

io9 Ria Misra

Neat video shows the evolution of Batman movies over the last 70 years

Editor Jacob T. Swinney put together this cool video showing the evolution of Batman from the 1943 serial to Nolan’s blockbusters. Many things have changed: The suit, the vehicles, or even the psychological approach to the character. But others, like people’s interest on this superhero, remain exactly the same. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

This Video Chat Software Runs in Terminal, Renders Your Face in ASCII

If you find Skype a little too… polished, then why not use your computer’s abilities in a rather more retro way? p2pvc is a point-to-point color video chat system, only it runs in terminal and renders the images in ASCII. Free to download and use on GitHub, the sofware isn’t perhaps for the code-shy, as…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Terraforming Gone Wrong Resulted in a Plague of Rabbits

When the “frontier” was first being settled, prairie rabbits were a boon. They were easy game for hungry families. But during the Depression, they became a terror that whole communities fought through gruesome “Jack Rabbit Drives.” During the First World War, the price of wheat went through the roof, and one of the best places…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Leaked Data From 30,000 Swiss Bank Accounts Reveals Mass Tax Avoidance

A slew of 30,000 leaked Swiss HSBC bank account details—what the Guardian callsthe “biggest banking leak in history”—lays bare the practices of the organization and its customers. And it doesn’t look pretty. The leaked files, which you can explore online, reveal the use of Swiss bank accounts by actors, footballers,politicians, business owners and more to…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Rumors: Angelina Jolie Directing Captain Marvel, And A Star Wars Reunion

James Gunn talks Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Samuel L. Jackson may join Tim Burton’s Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children, while a Firefly actor could co-star in Deadpool. Plus, pictures from the Sherlock Christmas special, and the first details about The Lego Movie 2’s new female character. Spoilers, Assemble! Top image: Star Wars Rebels.…

Television James Whitbrook

This Is What a Spiral Galaxy Looks Like Side-On

This is a rare glimpse of a spiral galaxy seen directly along its edge. The image of NGC 7814, known as the “Little Sombrero” to its buddies, was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Measuring 60,000 light-years across, NGC 7814 has a bright central bulge and a bright halo of glowing gas which extends outwards…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe

How the Cardboard Box Was Invented

The cardboard box goes largely unappreciated. Yet, it is indispensable to our daily living. It holds all of our knick-knacks and personal mementos when we move or have things shipped. It holds our breakfast cereal. It has been used for countless children’s art projects; fashioned into a robot head or a horse’s body. Heck, it…

Tech News Matt Blitz - TodayIFoundOut.com

North Korea Justifies Why It Shuns Light at Night

North Korea has long been known to plunge into darkness overnight, choosing not to light even its city streets. Now it’s justified its love of the deep, black night. In an editorial in North Korea’s main (state-run) newspaper, the Rodong Sinmun, the darkness—seen in contrast to South Korea in the image above—is explained with reference…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Highly Reflective Clothing Turns Paparazzi’s Camera Flashes Against Them

These Charts Show Which Foods Are Most Likely To Be Wasted

“Uber for Helicopters” Is Gross, Absurd and I Want to Use It Every Day

Sentinel’s Stylish Hulkbuster Toy Is Way Sleeker Than Age Of Ultron‘s

This Week’s TV: Is Thomas Jefferson Alive In Modern-Day Sleepy Hollow?

Experts Gather To Discuss Whether We Should Send Messages To Aliens

Tokyo looks naked without its iconic street ads

The Walking Dead‘s Never Been More Devastating Than It Was Last Night

Nicolas Winding Refn’s Neon Demon Actually About Cannibal Supermodels?

Ukrainian Wildfires May Bring Chernobyl’s Radiation Back to Life

How Big Is The Biggest Star We Have Ever Found?

Who Is The Worst Fictional Scientist Ever?

Neat video shows the evolution of Batman movies over the last 70 years

This Video Chat Software Runs in Terminal, Renders Your Face in ASCII

Terraforming Gone Wrong Resulted in a Plague of Rabbits

Leaked Data From 30,000 Swiss Bank Accounts Reveals Mass Tax Avoidance

Rumors: Angelina Jolie Directing Captain Marvel, And A Star Wars Reunion

This Is What a Spiral Galaxy Looks Like Side-On

How the Cardboard Box Was Invented

North Korea Justifies Why It Shuns Light at Night

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Highly Reflective Clothing Turns Paparazzi’s Camera Flashes Against Them

These Charts Show Which Foods Are Most Likely To Be Wasted

“Uber for Helicopters” Is Gross, Absurd and I Want to Use It Every Day

Sentinel’s Stylish Hulkbuster Toy Is Way Sleeker Than Age Of Ultron‘s

This Week’s TV: Is Thomas Jefferson Alive In Modern-Day Sleepy Hollow?

Experts Gather To Discuss Whether We Should Send Messages To Aliens

Tokyo looks naked without its iconic street ads

​The Walking Dead‘s Never Been More Devastating Than It Was Last Night

Nicolas Winding Refn’s Neon Demon Actually About Cannibal Supermodels?

Ukrainian Wildfires May Bring Chernobyl’s Radiation Back to Life

How Big Is The Biggest Star We Have Ever Found?

Who Is The Worst Fictional Scientist Ever?

Neat video shows the evolution of Batman movies over the last 70 years

This Video Chat Software Runs in Terminal, Renders Your Face in ASCII

​Terraforming Gone Wrong Resulted in a Plague of Rabbits

Leaked Data From 30,000 Swiss Bank Accounts Reveals Mass Tax Avoidance

Rumors: Angelina Jolie Directing Captain Marvel, And A Star Wars Reunion

This Is What a Spiral Galaxy Looks Like Side-On

How the Cardboard Box Was Invented

North Korea Justifies Why It Shuns Light at Night

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

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