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Stop What You’re Doing And Watch This 11-Hour Video Of Puppies Sleeping

Exactly what it says on the tin, folks: 11 hours and 1 minute of puppies sleeping. That’s 39,660 perfect seconds of snoozing pups, complete with twitching, yawning, stretching, and paralyzingly adorable cooing noises. Isn’t it time you indulged in some longform puppy footage? Haven’t you earned it? That one little dude is a real ham:…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 3 '15

Why One Kind of Disposable Coffee Cup Lid Dominates All The Rest

The Solo Traveler lid takes in to account human anatomy, ergonomics and functionality in a simple and elegant way. It is very hard to improve upon this form-follows-function design. The Solo Lid broadcasts, by its very design, how to use the product; many other lid systems do not. The iconic design has been featured in…

Tech News Brian Roemmele - QUORA Apr 3 '15

Archer Ends Its Rebound Season On Top Form And Hints At A New Status Quo

After season five’s detour into Archer: Vice, the gang returned to good old spycraft in season six … which wrapped up last night with the conclusion of the two-parter “Drastic Voyage.” Including the heavy suggestion that season seven, slated for 2016, will take yet another new direction. Spoilers ahead! When last we saw them, the…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Apr 3 '15

The Best Action Camera For Every Need

If I’m going to be doing stupid things that risk the health of my various important body parts—and I do, often—I want to make sure I capture those moments so I can relive them later. That’s how I elbowed my way into the action camera beat more than three years ago, and I haven’t looked…

Tech News Brent Rose Apr 3 '15

The beautiful whimsy of Spike Jonze movies

I love to watch movies by Spike Jonze because he always tells interesting stories with even more interesting characters. But what I may love more is the look of his films. Jacob T. Swinney edited together this video to show the aesthetics of whimsy and you’ll see interesting camera angles, lens flares and more. Jacob…

Sploid Casey Chan Apr 3 '15

These Aren’t The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Figures You’d Be Hoping For

So last year’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles wasn’t great — and many fans were displeased at the “realistic” designs of the Turtles themselves, noses and all. So Three Zero’s latest toys being based on those designs may not be the best news, but even then, they still make for some cool looking toys. ThreeZero’s 1:6…

Tech News James Whitbrook Apr 3 '15

Netflix’s Nostalgia Trips Are Squelching TV’s Creativity

Netflix is apparently super close to inking a deal to rebootFull House, everyone’s favorite family-oriented sitcom about a grieving widower, his children, and his fuckup adult permanent houseguests leeching off his benevolence and remarkable real estate in San Francisco. And you know what? Uncles Jesse and Joey aren’t the only leeches in this situation. Netflix…

Movies Kate Knibbs Apr 3 '15

Very Dark Short Film About A Couple Who Find A Duplicator In Their Yard

Out of the blue, Sally and Jack discover a strange phenomenon in their back yard — a burned patch of grass capable of duplicating any organic matter. Then one of them makes a very rash decision — one that will challenge the nature of their identity and change their lives forever. Burnt Grass was directed…

io9 Lauren Davis Apr 3 '15

Here’s A Map That Shows All The Future Megacities From Science Fiction

The cities of the future are massive, sprawling, beautiful monsters, covering entire coastlines — and in some cases, entire continents. Whether it’s Judge Dredd’s Mega-Cities or William Gibson’s “Sprawl,” future cities always devour land. Here’s a map of future megalopolises. So why are these cities so overwhelmingly large? And where do they come from? Here’s…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 3 '15

Why Are Chemists Willing To Risk Their Lives To Make “Satan’s Kimchi”?

A few days ago I wrote aboutsodium azide, a nasty chemical that has been put to a nice use. As usual, io9 commenters one-upped me by bringing up dioxygen difluoride — also known as Satan’s Kimchi, or FOOF. Learn all about the chemical that requires you risk life and limb just to synthesize it. Dioxygen…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Apr 3 '15

The Fake Places That Only Exist to Catch Copycat Mapmakers

There are fake towns, there are real towns, and then there is Agloe in upstate New York. The town was invented as a cartographical ruse in the 1930s, but it somehow ended up becoming real. Agloe’s story might be the strangest in the already strange history of copyright traps in maps. Usually, mapmakers don’t invent…

Tech News Sarah Zhang Apr 3 '15

Newly Developed Liquid Perfume Starts To Smell Good When You Sweat

Antiperspirants reduce perspiration and deodorants conceal its associated smells, but a new perfume developed by researchers at Queen’s University Belfast uses sweat to its advantage, releasing pleasant aromas when it comes into contact with moisture and trapping molecules responsible for BO. Photo Credit:Justin Brown | CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The researchers call their creation a “pro-fragrance…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 3 '15

Microsoft at 40: Still Turning It the Fuck Around

Tomorrow is Microsoft’s 40th birthday, and the perfect time to look back on its successes, failings, and that time it bought a convertible in its thirties because it was freaking out about a receding hairline. Over those 40 years there have been countless twists and turns but now—right now—Microsoft is in the process of rejuvenating…

Tech News Eric Limer Apr 3 '15

Super clever animation is filled with idioms brought to life

This short animation by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms is fun to watch because it bring idioms and other common sayings to life. Featuring the elephant in the room and the skeleton in the closet, sayings like a clean slate and shooting fish in a barrel and others are shown off literally (and sillily). Language…

Sploid Casey Chan Apr 3 '15

What To Expect In The Future Of Walking Dead, According To The Comics

The Walking Dead’s fifth season has come to a close! Finding the Alexandria Safe Zone is a huge turning point for the show — and it was equally so in the comics, transforming the series. Here’s a brief catch up on what’s happened in the comics, and how likely it is those changes will come…

io9 James Whitbrook Apr 3 '15

DARPA’s Crazy But Genius Plan to Replace Batteries With Propane

If you’re a soldier doing reconnaissance in enemy territory, you’ve got a lot of problems. Taking fire, staying invisible, and enduring the elements are obvious. Battery life is a little less so. The idea that propane is a solution to these woes? That sounds crazy. And yet, battery life remains an increasingly cumbersome struggle that…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Apr 3 '15

How Katherine Kurtz Changed Fantasy Books Forever

She doesn’t get the same level of props as Michael Moorcock. But Katherine Kurtz, author of the Deryni novels, had a huge impact on fantasy, arguesa new essay over at Strange Horizons. Starting in 1970, her books were the first of a new kind of fantasy — closer to historical fiction than epic quest narratives.…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 3 '15

A New Muppet Show Is In The Works!

What’s the next step for the Muppets after their movies? Well, if all goes according to plan, they’ll be returning to TV for a brand-new Muppet show. ABC is filming a proof of concept for bringing the puppet actors back to the small screen. Statler and Waldorf already hate it. The Hollywood Reporter has the…

io9 Lauren Davis Apr 3 '15

The 17 Most Effective Insults From Science Fiction and Fantasy

Don’t ever let anybody tell you that you’re wasting your time watching science fiction and fantasy. Because if you find yourself getting messed with, you’ll have the perfect comeback ready. Science fiction and fantasy are full of pithy insults. To prove it, here are 17 totally devastating put-downs from movies and TV. Note: We tried…

Movies Abhimanyu Das Apr 3 '15

Christina Ricci’s Lizzie Borden TV Series Looks Like Campy, Bloody Fun

After the success of Lizzie Borden Took An Axe, Lifetime opted to turn the Christina Ricci-starring movie into an eight-episode series, The Lizzie Borden Chronicles. It kicks off April 5, and based on new clips posted to its official site, looks to be a campy good time (with fabulous costumes … those hats!) Here’s a…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Apr 3 '15

Stop What You’re Doing And Watch This 11-Hour Video Of Puppies Sleeping

Why One Kind of Disposable Coffee Cup Lid Dominates All The Rest

Archer Ends Its Rebound Season On Top Form And Hints At A New Status Quo

The Best Action Camera For Every Need

The beautiful whimsy of Spike Jonze movies

These Aren’t The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Figures You’d Be Hoping For

Netflix’s Nostalgia Trips Are Squelching TV’s Creativity

Very Dark Short Film About A Couple Who Find A Duplicator In Their Yard

Here’s A Map That Shows All The Future Megacities From Science Fiction

Why Are Chemists Willing To Risk Their Lives To Make “Satan’s Kimchi”?

The Fake Places That Only Exist to Catch Copycat Mapmakers

Newly Developed Liquid Perfume Starts To Smell Good When You Sweat

Microsoft at 40: Still Turning It the Fuck Around

Super clever animation is filled with idioms brought to life

What To Expect In The Future Of Walking Dead, According To The Comics

DARPA’s Crazy But Genius Plan to Replace Batteries With Propane

How Katherine Kurtz Changed Fantasy Books Forever

A New Muppet Show Is In The Works!

The 17 Most Effective Insults From Science Fiction and Fantasy

Christina Ricci’s Lizzie Borden TV Series Looks Like Campy, Bloody Fun

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