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Parahawking: An Actual Sport That Mixes Paragliding And GIANT BIRDS

Parahawking is falconry in flight. Just with a vulture. There’s only one place in the world you can do it: Pokhara, Nepal and doing it is as awesome as it sounds. Full Disclaimer: This adventure, which costs $200, was made possible by Klook, a one-stop shop for unique travel activities throughout Asia. Klook caters all…

Tech News Chris Brinlee Jr

Why There’s Still No Electronic Technology That Can Put You To Sleep

If I learned anything from watching the Back to the Future movies, it is that prescience is dangerous. Someone who knows too much about their own future might try to reprogram it in their favor, and every small change has the potential to rewrite history. In an early scene from Back to the Future Part…

Tech News Meg Cramer

9 Roman Gods Who Weren’t Just Rip Offs Of Greek Gods

We know that the ancient Greeks had a massively entertaining sets of gods and goddesses. So it’s no wonder that when Rome conquered Greece, they replaced their own dull pantheon with renamed versions of Zeus, Athena, and the others. But not all Roman gods were Greek copies — here are a few of the more…

io9 Rob Bricken

Cheap Sennheiser Earbuds, New TVs for the Big Game, and More Deals

If you ever use the terrible earbuds that shipped with your smartphone, stop what you’re doing and replace them with this pair of Sennheisers, marked down to just $25 for the iPhone version, or $20 for Android. At $20-$25, you shouldn’t expect amazing sound quality from these headphones, but they’ll be huge upgrades over the…

Tech News Shep McAllister

Catch Up on Falling Skies, Ms. Marvel Volume 1, and More Deals

Heads Up: Falling Skies Has Gotten Pretty Watchable Again, so watch it on the cheap. https://gizmodo.com/heads-up-falling-skies-has-gotten-pretty-watchable-aga-1628247803 Falling Skies Seasons 1-3 ($15 Each) | Best Buy | Seasons 1-2 are the same price on Amazon If you haven’t read the revamped (and groundbreaking) Ms. Marvel comic books, Volume 1 is under $11 right now for a…

io9 Shep McAllister

Is the Innanet RUINING teh English Language??? ¯(°_o)/¯

There exists a certain paranoia that the web will somehow destroy the English language as we all start communicating solely in LOLs and smileys. But seen another way, the linguistic tricks we’ve enlisted to portray attitude and action, tone and meaning through text online are just the natural evolution of the written word—a way to…

Tech News Kyle Chayka

I Wish This Fan-Made Model Was An Actual Gundam

I have a hearty respect for the crazily dedicated fans of ‘Gunpla’ – the intricately detailed Japanese model kits of the oodles of awesome Mobile Suits of the Gundam franchise. But this custom-made Gunpla model is so cool, I wish it had a series of its own. The awesome model, dubbed ‘Gundam Albion’ was built…

Tech News James Whitbrook

Meet an Icicle Farmer

To most of us, icicles grow naturally, usually off the roofs of poorly insulated houses. But at Utah-based Ice Castles, man-made icicle farms are growing 15,000 icicles a day. ow else do you think giant ice palaces get built? Welcome to the world of icicle farming. We first heard of icicle farming from a short…

Tech News Sarah Zhang

“Tomb Raiders” Busted With $58 Million In Precious Antiquities

Somewhere in Hollywood, a screenwriter is licking his or her chops over this one: A European art trafficking ring has been busted with 5,361 antiquities, dating back to the 8th century BC and worth $50 million. The BBC reports that the haul, the result of a 14-year investigation, included “vases, statues, and frescoes looted from…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

What Wasted Food Looks Like All Over The World

Food waste is a problem all over the world, but how it happens — and what that looks like — changes wildly across country borders. Top image: A peek inside a dumpster by Taz, who notes “I so wanted to pull those salmon spines out of there, take them home and make stock.” We agree.…

io9 Ria Misra

A Leatherman Bracelet Puts 25 Tools On Your Wrist

Multitools are fabulously useful, unless you do not have yours handy when you need it. It doesn’t matter how many gadgets you cram into an all-in-one, if it is being a really efficient use of space on your nightstand. Frustrating. A wearable multitool you never take off, though, yeah, that sounds promising. Leatherman’s forthcoming Tread…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

How Do Cells Manage To Obey The Laws of Physics?

You know what’s absolutely impossible? A system going from chaos to order. You know what cells do? Turn a chaotic universe into organized, channeled motion, again and again and again. How can that be? Physics, Thermodynamics, and Cells We know a few things about all physical systems. We know that, in the aggregate, they have…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

2014 Was a Record Year for Skyscrapers, and That Could Be Bad News

It’s been a very, very tall year. In fact, 2014 actually broke the existing record for the number of skyscrapers completed over a year, with 97 new buildings over 656 feet tall. But is that necessarily a sign of health for our economy? Some economists suggest the opposite. Above: Chile’s Torre Costanera, tied for 10th…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Here’s A Spider So Awful You’ll Wish It Would Only Bite You To Death

The hackled orb weaver has no fangs. If you’re its prey, that might sound like good news. It’s not. It means that it will kill you in an even more excruciating way than spiders normally do. The hackled orb weaver spider doesn’t actually have any penetrating teeth, apparently because that gets the delicious business of…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

The Blob Is Getting Another Remake!

The Blob is back (again). Get ready to fear this slowly moving, gelatinous villain! We cannot wait. Last we heard, Rob Zombie was looking to make a remake of this 1958 scifi/horror classic back in 2009, but that’s apparently dead because now Deadline is reporting that director Simon West (The Mechanic, Expendables 2, Con Air,…

io9 Meredith Woerner

The Lego Movie video game comes to iOS

Hold onto your butts, The Lego Movie video game has launched today in the app store for $4.99. Game play is similar to the console title released last year, but now on your iDevice. Featuring cuts from the movie and all sorts of mini games it is sure to provide the same hours of gaming…

Tech News Michael Schulte

Mad Scientists in Switzerland Built a Drone That Flies and Walks

Meet DALER. That’s short for Deployable Air-Land Exploration Robot, and it’s designed for rescuing victims in dangerous places after a natural disaster. How does a robot do that? Well, it requires flying into a dangerous place and then walks around that dangerous place. DALER does both. DALER was built by a team of scientists at…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

This Is the Iron Giant Figure We Deserved 16 Years Ago

It’s a testament to Brad Bird’s skills as a storyteller that The Iron Giant still holds a soft spot in the hearts of countless fans, even if the animated film wasn’t as big a blockbuster as Bird’s later Pixar efforts. And if you’ve got an extra $300 lying around, you can finally bring home your…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Robert Valley’s Radical 70’s Wonder Woman Is Now A Stylish Statue

Remember when Robert Valley’s gorgeous shorts for DC Nation blew our minds with their great new take on Wonder Woman? Well, rejoice – Valley’s Wonder Woman is finally getting some merchandising love. https://gizmodo.com/an-animated-wonder-woman-like-youve-never-seen-her-befo-749708481 The statue is DC Collectibles latest entry in their Wonder Woman ‘The Art of War’ statue line, and while it’s sadly not…