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It’s Amazing How Far The Originals Manages To Push Klaus’ Superdickery

Behold my favorite scene from last night’s episode of The Originals — Mama Original has been compelled to tell the truth to Klaus, so we know she has no hidden agenda. And she says she just wanted him to love her again. His response is totally priceless. (And also incredibly vicious.) Spoilers ahead… One of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 7 '15

It’s impossible to tell the difference between real life and video games

I know which one is reality and which one is video game graphics and yet my brain keeps flip flopping and pretending like the video game is real life and real life is actually the game. The graphics are so impressive that in some angles, I honestly can’t tell which is which. This side-by-side video…

Sploid Casey Chan Apr 7 '15

Rand Paul’s Presidential Campaign Video Just Got Pulled From YouTube

Copyright law is a bitch. Just ask Rand Paul’s newly launched presidential campaign whose video “Stand With Rand: Kentucky”just got pulled from YouTubeon copyright grounds. YouTube’s Content ID systemflagged a song in the video by country singer John Rich. “Sorry about that,” says the YouTube page now. It’s hard to figure out who to blame…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Apr 7 '15

NASA’s Awesomely Elaborate Plan to Deal with Splattered Bug Guts

Bug guts on your windshield are an inevitable part of life and a reminder of your own fleeting mortality. But they’re also a major drag on the aerodynamics of a car or plane—reducing the fuel efficiency of airplanes as much as a whopping six percent, according to NASA. That’s a major difference in cost, and…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Apr 7 '15

Why Earth Is Constantly Ringing Like a Bell

Seismologists have long known that Earth can oscillate like a planet-sized bellafter the shock of an earthquake. More mysterious is why our planet is also oscillating all the time—at low frequencies and barely detectable by instruments. A new study suggests a surprising answer: waves at the bottom of the ocean. Long ocean waves can actually…

Tech News Sarah Zhang Apr 7 '15

What happens when a GoPro free falls from 10,000 feet

Ooh wee! Now this is a fun ride. A GoPro fell from 10,000 feet and basically went into like some sort of drug-induced hyperlapse speed mode as it plummeted to the ground. Basically, it spun all over the place and looks completely crazy. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

Sploid Casey Chan Apr 7 '15

This Week, DC’s Convergence Kicks Off With A Ridiculous Amount Of Comics

DC is starting a period of big comic events off with Convergence – which launches a new weekly series and ten tie-in miniseries today. But it’s not all big events this week: Mark Millar fills in the events set before Jupiter’s Legacy, Boom! uncovers the history behind Sleepy Hollow’s Ichabod and Abbie, and more. Comics!…

io9 James Whitbrook Apr 7 '15

Touching Pixar compilation video makes me want to rewatch all the movies

Don’t watch this excellent compilation video of Pixar movies if you have work you want to get done or plans for fun in the next few days. Because after you watch it, you’ll want to re-watch every single Pixar movie that has ever been made immediately. Just kidding, you’ll want to watch every Pixar movie…

Sploid Casey Chan Apr 7 '15

“Netflix For Torrents” Just Snuck Its Way Onto iOS At Long Last

PopcornTime aka basically “Netflix for Torrents” is a wonderful piece of software, but until now it’s been impossible to use it on an iPhone or iPad without jailbreaking the gadgets. Now, the crafty devs have figured out a way to load unauthorized software on a regular iOS device. The original, open source PopcornTime project has…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Apr 7 '15

The Monument Was Striking, But It Required A Ton Of Power To Maintain

In the waning days of Luminara’s religious and political power, fewer and fewer pilgrims traveled to the Broken Obelisk. But the council was trillions of dollars in debt before it even considered shutting off the monument’s levitation beam. Concept art by Jorge Jacinto. “The Desolate” is featured with permission. See more of Jacinto’s work on…

io9 Lauren Davis Apr 7 '15

The New Terminator Genisys Figure Is Basically Old Arnold Schwarzenegger

I mean yeah, he has a shotgun, but the first revealed Terminator Genisys figure from NECA could just as easily double as an “Old Man Arnie” figure, regardless of the fact he’s meant to be a Killer Robot. In fact, now I just kind of want an Arnold Schwarzenegger toy line. Think of all the…

Tech News James Whitbrook Apr 7 '15

What If You Woke Up 60 Years In The Future And Robots Ran The Planet?

Kickstarted feature film Aurora takes place in the future after an robotic alien invasion that has left our Earth pretty much totaled. The first-ever trailer for this low-budget feature is out, and it’s pretty impressive. Check it out. Robert Kouba is the writer/director/producer and according to his Kickstarter page, this is the basic (somewhat spoilery)…

io9 Meredith Woerner Apr 7 '15

A New Way of Using Sound Waves to Find Rare Cancer Cells

The cancer cells that circulate in many patients’ bloodstreams are incredibly rare but potentially dangerous. They break off from existing tumors, traveling to new locations where they can grow into new tumors. Scientists have come up with a better way of looking for these cells—using invisible sound waves. Existing ways to sort cancer cells out…

Tech News Sarah Zhang Apr 7 '15

Haunting Photos Of The Inner Workings Of Space Tools

Usually, the focus of space photography is on letting us see close-up views of far away things we could never see otherwise. But what happens when the focus of the camera is turned onto the tools of the trade themselves? That’s the premise of Chris O’Leary’s Cloud Chambers project, which he shared with us in…

io9 Ria Misra Apr 7 '15

Rand Paul’s “NSA Spy Cam Blocker” Might As Well Be Masking Tape

Trained ophthalmologist Rand Paul wins the chucklegoof-of-the-day award today. Not because he’s running for president, though! But rather because the United States senator is selling an “NSA Spy Cam Blocker” in his little fundraising store for $15. But of course a little bit of buzz-hungry fundraising will not actually stop the government from spying on…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Apr 7 '15

NASA Invests In Ultra-Lightweight Tech For Missions To Mars And Beyond

For future deep-space missions, NASA wants to reduce the mass of its spacecraft by 40 percent. To do it, they’ll need ultra-lightweight (ULW) materials. Today, the Agency announced its selection of three proposals that will develop and manufacture these materials “for future aerospace vehicles and structures.” Image Credit: NASA “Lightweight and multifunctional materials and structures…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 7 '15

Lightest Full-Face Helmet Ever Brings Motorcycle Safety To Bicycles

With mountain bike racers now reaching motorcycle speeds, the full-face protection of a DOT-certified, full-face helmet is needed. But, street-legal motorcycle helmets have always been too big and too heavy. Enter this new Kali Protectives Shiva, the smallest and lightest helmet of its kind ever made. Kali says the $500 Shiva weighs 1050 grams in…

Tech News Wes Siler Apr 7 '15

They’re Making Radio Plays Out Of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Novels!

This is excellent. They’re doing audio versions of three of the Earthsea books, along with The Left Hand of Darkness. Plus a new radio documentary, Ursula Le Guin at 85. More details from Den of Geek: The programming gets underway with a documentary about Le Guin’s influence on the sci-fi and fantasy genres, presented by…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 7 '15

Video: Inside the studio of amazing papercraft illustrators

Lobulo Design is a team that specializes in making awesome designs and illustrations with paper. This video gives you a glimpse of what they do on a daily basis and it basically looks like an awesome arts and craft class for professional artists. Imagine never having to grow up and just playing with scissors all…

Sploid Casey Chan Apr 7 '15

Helvetica’s Long-Lost Rival Has Been Resurrected After 35 Years

They found them in a file cabinet. The original masters for a legendary typeface called Haas Unica, designed in the late 1970s and killed shortly thereafter by what amounts to bad luck—and the digital age. The person who found them was Dan Rhatigan, the Director of Type at the foundry Monotype. He was actually looking…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Apr 7 '15

It’s Amazing How Far The Originals Manages To Push Klaus’ Superdickery

It’s impossible to tell the difference between real life and video games

Rand Paul’s Presidential Campaign Video Just Got Pulled From YouTube

NASA’s Awesomely Elaborate Plan to Deal with Splattered Bug Guts

Why Earth Is Constantly Ringing Like a Bell

What happens when a GoPro free falls from 10,000 feet

This Week, DC’s Convergence Kicks Off With A Ridiculous Amount Of Comics

Touching Pixar compilation video makes me want to rewatch all the movies

“Netflix For Torrents” Just Snuck Its Way Onto iOS At Long Last

The Monument Was Striking, But It Required A Ton Of Power To Maintain

The New Terminator Genisys Figure Is Basically Old Arnold Schwarzenegger

What If You Woke Up 60 Years In The Future And Robots Ran The Planet?

A New Way of Using Sound Waves to Find Rare Cancer Cells

Haunting Photos Of The Inner Workings Of Space Tools

Rand Paul’s “NSA Spy Cam Blocker” Might As Well Be Masking Tape

NASA Invests In Ultra-Lightweight Tech For Missions To Mars And Beyond

Lightest Full-Face Helmet Ever Brings Motorcycle Safety To Bicycles

They’re Making Radio Plays Out Of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Novels!

Video: Inside the studio of amazing papercraft illustrators

Helvetica’s Long-Lost Rival Has Been Resurrected After 35 Years

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