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I Love The Attention To Detail On This Replica TARS

If you weren’t a fan of Matthew McConaughey’s brooding lead in Interstellar, then the obvious highlight of the movie wasTARS, the 70 percent funny army-surplus robot that accompanies him through space and time. This replica, made for Seattle Comic Con, honestly looks better than the real thing. Iain Heath, the creator, pieced together an enthralling…

Tech News Chris Mills Apr 7 '15

Parents File Complaint Over “Hyper-Commercialized” YouTube Kids App

When the YouTube Kids app was announced six weeks ago, it seemed like a nice, safe way to ensconce your child in a fuzzy walled garden of Sesame Street and a certain friendly Tank Engine. But according to a complaint filed with the FTC today, it’s exposing kids to a “hyper-commercialized” environment with basically no…

Tech News Chris Mills Apr 7 '15

Why You Should Care About VP9, Google’s Clever Video Codec

As the ongoing Meerkatification of humanity proves, the internet (in one form or another) is becoming more and more about video. At peak times, Netflix and YouTube alone account for half of all web traffic. That’s an understandably huge burden for ISPs to carry. But as well as making the pipes bigger, we can also…

Tech News Chris Mills Apr 7 '15

NASA’s Latest Astronaut Is Pretty Good With A Camera

During Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield’s tenure on the International Space Station, he became the space-geek heartthrob, mostly thanks to his extensive series of YouTube insights into life on the ISS (plus the ‘stache, of course). The newest occupants of the ISS have some big moon boots to fill, but they’re starting out the right way.…

Space & Spaceflight Chris Mills Apr 6 '15

There’s Already A Plan For The Next 5 Years Of Doctor Who

The Doctor isn’t going anywhere for quite some time, show runner Steven Moffat has a plan that will (at the very least) take them through five more years. That’s Five more years of timey wimey goodness. The Radio Times interviewed Moffat, who looked back on the ten years the new-iteration of the series and he…

io9 Meredith Woerner Apr 6 '15

Nina Dobrev and Michael Trevino Are Leaving The Vampire Diaries

After six years, Nina Dobrev and Elena will be leaving The Vampire Diaries. Also leaving? Michael Trevino and his character Tyler. Dobrev made her announcement on Instagram, writing: Dearest TVD Family, I’ve just spent the most beautiful weekend on Lake Lanier in Georgia with my own TVD Family, the cast and crew of The Vampire…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Apr 6 '15

Here’s Why Roku Has A Chance To Win The Streaming Wars

The single best reason to buy a Roku? You’re looking at it. Roku is the only streaming media box that does all the comparison shopping for you. Why pay $3 to rent a movie when you can stream it with your existing Netflix plan, or on Crackle for free? And soon, Roku’s comparison shopping will…

Movies Sean Hollister Apr 6 '15

The new THX intro sequence is like being inside a haunting monster

I still remember feeling like THX’s iconic Deep Note sound vibrated inside my chest whenever I watched a movie in a theater. So I guess it’s appropriate that the new, updated sequence gives me that same trembling sensation while also making it feel like I’m inside the body of some monster’s eyeball. It sounds perfectly…

Sploid Casey Chan Apr 6 '15

All the Ways That Your Livefeed Is a Lie

There’s nothing new about streaming video from your phone, or posting live news updates from important events. But now companies are trying to make the experience of streaming your life more real than ever before — and they’re doing it by telling us very dangerous white lies. Image by Alexander Supertramp via Shutterstock Livestreaming started…

Tech News Annalee Newitz Apr 6 '15

45 Percent of People Featured in Memes are White

It turns out that memes are something that white people like. At least, that’s one possible way to understanda recent study of 50 popular memes, which found that there are an awful lot of white people in these widely-shared internet joke cycles. Over at the Washington Post, Caitlin Dewey explains this aspect of the study:…

Tech News Annalee Newitz Apr 6 '15

Game Of Thrones Built “World’s Largest Fire-Breathing Crane” For Drogon

This year on Game of Thrones, the dragons are bigger and nastier — so the VFX crew bringing them to life had to come up with two new methods for portraying Drogon, the biggest of the bunch. Including “the world’s largest fire-breathing crane.” TV Insider has a great feature about the VFX behind Drogon in…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 6 '15

Google’s Wireless Service Could Come With Free International Roaming

Yes, Google wants to be a wireless carrier. Not to take the whole world by storm (yet), but to push the limits of what wireless carriers do. The latest possible perk? Service outside the US at no additional cost. According toreports from The Telegraph, Google’s in talks with the UK carrier Three so that its…

Tech News Eric Limer Apr 6 '15

The Large Hadron Collider Is Back, Baby

It’s been closed for renovations and upgrades since 2013, but on Sunday, the Large Hadron Collider powered on with no sign of complications, and successfully carried two proton beams, fired in opposite directions, around its 27km circumference. Above: The New and Improved LHC, with numerical callouts designating the particle accelerator’s upgrades – click to enlarge.…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 6 '15

Video: Insane guy breaks the world mountain bike speed record

Blink and you’ll miss him. That’s because mountain bike rider Eric Barone is going faster than anyone has ever gone on a mountain bike on snow. He reached 138.752 MPH on a bike with the help of a terrifyingly steep, snowy hill and the wonder of aerodynamic gear. He goes FAST. One wrong move or…

Sploid Casey Chan Apr 6 '15

How To Learn Any New Sport Without Sucking

Want to do the stuff you read about us doing? There’s a practical approach to learning any new sport, one which breaks down the barriers, reduces risk and speeds the learning curve. It’s what we do, and it should work for you too. This year I’ve decided to pick up shotgun shooting, I need to…

Tech News Wes Siler Apr 6 '15

A Weeping Angel Night Light Is The Ultimate Way Of Petrifying Your Kids

Although their repeated use has blunted their impact a little, Doctor Who’s Weeping Angels are still capable of giving young kids (and the kids at heart) a good jump-scare now and then. What better way to remind your little loved ones of such moments of terror than ensuring they never sleep again? The tiny little…

Tech News James Whitbrook Apr 6 '15

Yellowstone Coyote Demonstrates Flawless Downward Dog Technique

A stretching coyote emulates just the right yoga pose in this shot taken near Yellowstone Lake on March 27, 2015. Though the coyote population in Yellowstone declined after the reintroduction of wolves in the mid-1990s, recent data has shown their numbers are on the rise. Photo by Diane Renkin, via the Yellowstone National Park Flickr…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Apr 6 '15

Trailer For Joe Dante’s Burying The Ex Digs Up Unrequited Zombie Love

Joe Dante brings the undead love in his new horror-comedy Burying the Ex, which features Anton Yelchin and Ashley Greene as a pair of lovers separated by death and hatred. The premise is simple: Boy loves girl. Girl is a stereotypical Hollywood-type shrew creature. Boy wants to break up with girl. Girl dies in horrific…

io9 Meredith Woerner Apr 6 '15

Only six of today’s baseball stadiums were built before 1989

Today is opening day for most of major league baseball, a sport that’s imbued with tradition. But this game outfitted with old-timey pinstripes and vintage Cracker Jack packaging is enjoyed in mostly contemporary spaces: 23 out of 30 teams play in stadiums that were built after 1990. Put another way: Two-thirds of major league ballparks…

Tech News Alissa Walker Apr 6 '15

This Video Shows The Craziest Thing You’ve Ever Seen Water Do

This video is just water splashing on a hydrophobic surface in slow motion. That doesn’t sound like much, until you see the first fifteen seconds, in which a water droplet smashes to pieces and comes together again like the liquid-metal Terminator. GE put out this video of ultra-slow motion water droplets hitting a hydrophobic surface.…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Apr 6 '15

I Love The Attention To Detail On This Replica TARS

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Video: Insane guy breaks the world mountain bike speed record

How To Learn Any New Sport Without Sucking

A Weeping Angel Night Light Is The Ultimate Way Of Petrifying Your Kids

Yellowstone Coyote Demonstrates Flawless Downward Dog Technique

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Only six of today’s baseball stadiums were built before 1989

This Video Shows The Craziest Thing You’ve Ever Seen Water Do

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I Love The Attention To Detail On This Replica TARS

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Trailer For Joe Dante’s Burying The Ex Digs Up Unrequited Zombie Love

Only six of today’s baseball stadiums were built before 1989

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