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This 51,000-Ton Cargo Ship Was Deliberately Run Aground

This gigantic car transporter has been run aground—on purpose—after it began to list just off the coast of the UK. It weighs 51,000 tons, is laden with 1,400 cars—and now needs to be righted. The Hoegh Osaka began to list shortly after it left the port of Southampton yesterday. It was then deliberately run aground…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Show Us What You’re Working On!

What projects have you been together in your spare (or not so spare) time? Perhaps a 3D-printed “working” Stargate as pictured above, a quilt stitching together your favorite fabric-printed deep space shots, a cordless charging device you’re testing in your lab? We want to see what you’re working on! Show us pictures of your completed…

io9 Ria Misra

Watch Some Penguins Use an iPad (It’s as Adorable as It Sounds)

Watching animals use gadgets is always fun. So amid the hubbub of CES announcements and the drudgery that is the first working Monday of 2015, why not settle back and watch some penguins play with an iPad? The video shows Magellanic penguins at California’s Aquarium of the Pacific getting involved with the tablet. Sara Mandel,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Every Time Carl Sagan Said Millions, Billions And Trillions In Cosmos

Some enterprising soul decided to go through the classic Cosmos TV series and collect every single instance of beloved astronomer Carl Sagan pronouncing an “-illion” word in his unique, inimitable way in one, amazing supercut. There are infinitely worse ways to start the work week. [Via Geeks Are Sexy]

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Report: The American Drone Fleet Is Stretched to ‘Breaking Point’

The U.S. Air Forces has been forced to admit that too many missions not enough crew means that its drone fleet is currently being stretched to “breaking point.” The Daily Beast has seen an internal service memosent by senior military officials. In it, Air Combat Command’s General Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle wrote: “ACC believes we are…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

You Could Have This Inside You And Not Know It

What the hell is that? (Besides a good example of a throckmorton sign.) The object the arrow is pointing at was first discovered by doctors in 1974. It has been subsequently discovered by a few very surprised patients. That right there is a “pelvic digit.” It’s not a growth, or a bone spur. Most doctors…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Get A Look At Iron Man’s latest Armor. Plus What’s Next For Ichabod!

An action figure gives us a close-up look at Age of Ultron’s Iron Man suit, plus a better look at Ultron. Learn more about Agent Carter’s mythology. And take a good look at Powers’ cast. Plus, has Doctor Who started hiring directors for season nine? Spoilers now! Top image: Sleepy Hollow Masters of the Universe…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Crazy dude jumps and swings from a rope hanging from a paraglider

French BASE jumper Matthias Giraud had the “ridiculously dumb idea” of making a paraglide rope swing. Everyone probably told him that it was also a bad, absolutely crazy idea but, after a couple of years of preparation, he went with some friends to the Columbia River Gorge and did it. This is what happened: SPLOID…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

We Finally Get Some Answers on Resurrection

At least where Grandma Margaret and the Langstons are concerned. Of course, the show can’t let us learn anything without immediately throwing it into question. Spoilers… In terms of actual plot movement, not a ton happened this week. Marty got custody of his Returned sister and Dr. Maggie’s finished the disease cure, so I guess…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

A Clever Segmented Hinge Ensures These Glasses Fit Anyone’s Face

Most eyewear innovations these days involve the addition of tiny screens and cameras to turn your glasses into a ‘smart’ interface for your phone. But a company called REM Eyewear has actually come up with a clever way to improve the glasses themselves with a unique segmented hinge and cable system that helps them not…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

What Did People Use to Mask Surgical Pain Before Modern Anesthesia?

Other than ingesting alcohol and narcotics in sufficient doses to induce a state of analgesia, for most of its history, people in the West got through surgery with the aid of little more than forcible restraint and grit. Drugs and alcohol were well known in the ancient world. Artifacts depicting opium poppies dating back to…

Tech News Melissa - TodayIFoundOut.com

Nokia 215: Internet in Your Pocket For $30

Microsoft’s latest smartphone launch is no flagship—but that’s not to say it’s unimportant. Costing just $30, it’s perhaps the cheapest way to get a slice of the web in your your hand. Unlike other cheap phones in Nokia’s line-up, the phone can run apps like Facebook, Messenger, Twitter, Bing Search, MSN Weather and Opera Mini.…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Here’s What Earth Looked Like At the Start of the New Year

NASA tweeted out this photo taken by the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-East on January 1, 2015. This photo the Americas was taken at 9:45 EST, making it one of the first shots of the Earth in 2015. Image credit: NASA/GEOS-East [via ABC News]

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This Is What Famous Paintings Look Like as Raw Data

These days, you’re more likely to see the works of great artists on a screen rather than in person. And that raises an interesting question: what are you really looking at? That’s exactly what artist Yousuke Ozawa wondered, and it forms the basis for his new series Data Visualization. He explains: Art is now seen…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

UE Megaboom: The Best Bluetooth Speaker, Supersized

Ultimate Ears’ Boom is the best all around portable Bluetooth speaker you can buy. With the new Megaboom speaker, UE takes that superb design and makes it bigger, tougher, and perhaps, even better. The UE Megaboom looks exactly like a much lager version of the original Boom speaker. Here’s an image that’ll give you a…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

California’s 220MPH High-Speed Railway Is Finally Being Built

It’s been a long time coming, but the state of California is finally building its long-promised high-speed rail link. The new line, which will see trains travel at up to 220mph, will finally start construction this week. The initial build begins on January 6th at Frenso, and will eventually see trains travel from Sacramento in…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Of Course Fairy Tales Come to Life and Endanger a Town On The Librarians

This week’s episode was pretty simple “magical artifact of the week” deal, but, as usual, was completely entertaining. It was like cotton candy: It doesn’t need to be super-unique or substantial if it’s delicious and exactly what you expected when you bought it. Let’s start with a question I’ve been getting a lot: Do I…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

HP’s VR Workstation Is Like a Holodeck For Your Desk

If you want to know what HP’s new Zvr display is like, imagine a drafting table. Then, imagine that you are wearing silly glasses, reaching inside the drafting table with a pair of tweezers and using them to twist and turn a beating, 3D, human heart. It’s the future of work! I hope. At its…

Tech News Eric Limer

This Curvy Flash Drive Hides Behind Your iPhone So It’s Less Intrusive

If you’re regretting your decision to save a few hundred bucks on your iPhone or iPad by opting for the smaller 16GB model, there are ways to boost your smartphone’s storage capacity. But because swapping in a larger microSD card just isn’t an option in the Apple world, you’ll have to settle for an external…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Tegra X1: Incredible Mobile Graphics For Driving Your Games and Your Car

Nvidia just announced the new Tegra X1 processor at its CES press conference. Last year, Nvidia brought its killer desktop Kepler graphics to a mobile chip, and this year X1 will bring the newer, kickass Maxwell graphics there as well. K1 brought all kinds of crazy power to mobile devices like the Nvidia Shield tablet,…

Tech News Eric Limer

This 51,000-Ton Cargo Ship Was Deliberately Run Aground

Show Us What You’re Working On!

Watch Some Penguins Use an iPad (It’s as Adorable as It Sounds)

Every Time Carl Sagan Said Millions, Billions And Trillions In Cosmos

Report: The American Drone Fleet Is Stretched to ‘Breaking Point’

You Could Have This Inside You And Not Know It

Get A Look At Iron Man’s latest Armor. Plus What’s Next For Ichabod!

Crazy dude jumps and swings from a rope hanging from a paraglider

We Finally Get Some Answers on Resurrection

A Clever Segmented Hinge Ensures These Glasses Fit Anyone’s Face

What Did People Use to Mask Surgical Pain Before Modern Anesthesia?

Nokia 215: Internet in Your Pocket For $30

Here’s What Earth Looked Like At the Start of the New Year

This Is What Famous Paintings Look Like as Raw Data

UE Megaboom: The Best Bluetooth Speaker, Supersized

California’s 220MPH High-Speed Railway Is Finally Being Built

Of Course Fairy Tales Come to Life and Endanger a Town On The Librarians

HP’s VR Workstation Is Like a Holodeck For Your Desk

This Curvy Flash Drive Hides Behind Your iPhone So It’s Less Intrusive

Tegra X1: Incredible Mobile Graphics For Driving Your Games and Your Car

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