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Soooo Barbie Is A Superhero Now

Yeah, you read that right. Mattel, begrudgingly admitting that maybe, just maybe, girls also like superheroes, has turned its flagship doll character into one herself. Thus when someone is in trouble, Barbie transforms from her ordinary, blonde, pink-wearing self to a super… blonde, pink-wearing superhero, I guess. Okay, we gotta talk about this. Let’s first…

io9 Rob Bricken

Watch a Rotten Orange Full of Fireworks Explode at 62,000 FPS

Every wonder what it would look like if you exploded an orange and filmed the carnage at 62,000 frames per second? Turns out, it looks a lot like the end of a very small world. The very crazy man of vaguely Eastern European descent that runs Slo Mo Lab just posted his latest. With little…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

A Stunning 3D Cross-Section Of Greenland’s Ice Sheet

NASA scientists have used ice-penetrating radar to create a remarkable visualization of the many frozen layers that constitute Greenland’s expansive ice sheet. Prior to the new analysis, scientists who wanted to study the ice sheet had to drill down into it. By pulling up core samples, researchers were able to detect signs of past snow…

io9 George Dvorsky

Cecil B. DeMille Kept a Wolf and Guns To Defend Against Edison’s Thugs

Why did Southern California become the epicenter of the American film industry? The nice weather certainly helped. But there’s another element that modern Hollywood probably hopes you’d forget: Rampant piracy. Even though it was just the piracy of movie camera tech rather than the Jack Sparrow variety, there were plenty of real world bullets being…

Tech News Matt Novak

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

A smartphone isn’t much without apps. It’s where the whole “smart” part of the equation comes from. Without them, we’re back in the 1990s again. Nobody wants that—except maybe Dustin Diamond. So exercise some of those smarts and outfit your phone with the best apps of the week. Android Seene Seene has been a neat…

Tech News Darren Orf

In 2000, The X-Men Movie Pranked Congress

The first X-Men movie came out in 2000, long before all of our movie trailers started showing up on YouTube and clever marketing ploys could be forwarded with a click of the mouse. So the marketing department for X-Men decided to try something a bit silly: they played a joke on the people who open…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

J.K. Rowling’s Hand-Written Outline For Harry Potter Book 5 Is Amazing

Just how carefully did J.K. Rowling plot out her Harry Potter novels? Incredibly carefully, it turns out. Behold a chapter-by-chapter spreadsheet of Order of the Phoenix, covering the prophecy, Ginny and Cho, Snape, and a bunch of other stuff. This image has been floating around on the internet for a few years, but I hadn’t…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Dell Is Back

Dell is the company building the most interesting computers right now. Dell is making computers interesting again, period. Who would have thought? Feast your eyes on the gorgeous tablet in the picture above. Then take a peek at the sleek laptop below. Those barely-there bezels. That premium ultrathin construction. They came from Dell. They’re not…

Tech News Sean Hollister

When You Overcook Eggs, You Turn Them Into Chemical Weapons

Remember that ad campaign a while back, that was meant to show you that eggs weren’t bad for you? Turns out, they understated the case. Eggs are desperately trying to save your life. The “green” on boiled eggs shows where they saved you from your own attempts at chemical warfare. Hydrogen sulfide is a toxic…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

I Totally Want This Camera Bag That Looks Like a Normal Bag

Camera bags are not only almost always ugly, but they also shout to the world that you are carrying expensive objects around. The Brevitē is a backpack that looks gloriously normal yet has all the necessary compartments to stow your camera gear. I’m so tired of bulky, oddly-shaped backpacks for cameras. I want something unassuming,…

Tech News Michael Hession

The Insane Camera Rig Being Used to Shoot 360-Degree Oculus Porn

Producing quality 360-degree video for Oculus Rift-like headsets is still really difficult to do, which is why high-tech porn company Huccio had the $250,000, seven camera rig above custom-designed for its venture into the world of immersive video. You might remember Huccio as the pioneers who first brought us 4K porn a few years back.…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Dish DVR Lets You Skip the Football And Watch Nothing But Super Bowl Ads

If you’re one of the many Americans who couldn’t care less which group of grown men is better at surprise bear hugs and rolling in the grass, Dish DVR is granting you a big Super Bowl surprise with Reverse AutoHop. Now, you can cut out all that garbage football from this year’s Super Bowl, and…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

These Dice Celebrate Every Critical Hit With Flashing Lights

A critical success role – whether it’s to successfully scamper up the side of a spike pit or send the head of a kobold careening off its shoulders – is something all gamers treasure, no matter how your dice-rolling luck is. These new die go even further by treating you to a light show whenever…

Tech News James Whitbrook

Rare Fox Spotted In Yosemite For The First Time In Nearly 100 Years

For the first time in nearly a century (!), a Sierra Nevada red fox has been sighted in Yosemite National Park. Above: A photo of the Sierra Nevada Red Fox taken by Yosemite’s motion-sensitive camera | Photo Credit: NPS Photo Two photographs of the critically endangered animal were captured by motion-sensing cameras in the far-northern…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Shooting Challenge: Coffee

Coffee. You owe that shit. Big time. It gets you out of bed, keeps you employed, and only stains your teeth moderately. So for this week’s Shooting Challenge, we’re photographing coffee—in beans, brewing, and cups. The Challenge Take a photo with coffee as the subject. It can be any sort of scene you like—from an…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Ted 2 Trailer Is Disgusting And We Feel Bad For Laughing At It

Dammit, Ted 2 trailer, we didn’t want to experience the shame of laughing at a guy knocking over a giant shelf of ejaculate. But we laughed, and now we hate ourselves for it. Behold the trailer for Seth MacFarlane’s sequel to Ted, now even more vile than the first movie — and that one had…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

This Bonkers Short About A Spider-Legged Alien Has A Brilliant Ending

Alone on a strange planet, a solitary alien creature spots something unusual and decides to investigate. While this short film starts out trippy and strange, you’ll want to watch it all the way to the end. Zerogon is by directors Joshua Planz and John Mattiuzzi. And yes, we are suckers for natural phenomena translated into…

io9 Lauren Davis

It Was Dumb To Drive Into A Desert Race With Crappy Rentals, I Now Know

From TruckYeah! — We’d only been in rough stuff for a mile or so when the crashes started. “Can’t carry on mate,” my friend coughed as I unearthed him from a sand pit. “Welp hop in the truck, big guy,” I offered with a smile and a backslap “And hangonta that roll bar like your…

Tech News Wes Siler

The Galaxy S6 Could Be (Almost) Free of Annoying Bloatware

Samsung’s next big flagship phone, presumably the Galaxy S6, is almost certainly going to be announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in March. And according to new rumors, it’s looking more likely than ever that it’ll be running something close to stock Android. Be still, my heart. Past rumors have suggested that the new…

Gadgets Eric Limer

Why Do Birds Have ZW Sex Chromosomes Instead Of XY?

Your sex characteristics were determined by X and Y chromosomes, same as most other creatures from humans to fruit flies. So why do birds and butterflies have ZW chromosomes instead? And more importantly, why does ZW produce a female bird while ZZ produces a male? The XY and ZW Systems of Sex Determination Birds, butterflies,…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Soooo Barbie Is A Superhero Now

Watch a Rotten Orange Full of Fireworks Explode at 62,000 FPS

A Stunning 3D Cross-Section Of Greenland’s Ice Sheet

Cecil B. DeMille Kept a Wolf and Guns To Defend Against Edison’s Thugs

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

In 2000, The X-Men Movie Pranked Congress

J.K. Rowling’s Hand-Written Outline For Harry Potter Book 5 Is Amazing

Dell Is Back

When You Overcook Eggs, You Turn Them Into Chemical Weapons

I Totally Want This Camera Bag That Looks Like a Normal Bag

The Insane Camera Rig Being Used to Shoot 360-Degree Oculus Porn

Dish DVR Lets You Skip the Football And Watch Nothing But Super Bowl Ads

These Dice Celebrate Every Critical Hit With Flashing Lights

Rare Fox Spotted In Yosemite For The First Time In Nearly 100 Years

Shooting Challenge: Coffee

Ted 2 Trailer Is Disgusting And We Feel Bad For Laughing At It

This Bonkers Short About A Spider-Legged Alien Has A Brilliant Ending

It Was Dumb To Drive Into A Desert Race With Crappy Rentals, I Now Know

The Galaxy S6 Could Be (Almost) Free of Annoying Bloatware

Why Do Birds Have ZW Sex Chromosomes Instead Of XY?

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