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Hypnotizing GIF shows how ice cream bars are made

Step 1. Get an ice cream factory. Step 2. Make cream ice cream batter. Step 3. Freeze batter till creamy. Step 4. Fill that “in” tube in that popsicle machine. Step 5. Load the wooden sticks. Step 6. Push “on” button. Step 7. Sit and watch in trance. Step 7b. Put face at the end…

Get Every Single Dark Horse Star Wars Comic For Just $300

There’s just a few days left before all of Dark Horse’s Star Wars comics vanish from digital sales forever. But luckily, Dark Horse is making it easy to stock up before it’s too late. For the rest of 2014, all Dark Horse Star Wars comics are 50 percent off, and you can buy every single…

Why Team America Suceeds As Satire Where The Interview Fails

The “Let’s kill Kim Jong-un” move The Interview has drawn inevitable, and not always favorable, comparisons to another movie that skewers North Korea, Team America: World Police. But why do people hold up the South Park creators’ often crudely funny film as a bar The Interview fails to reach? In yesterday’s discussion of The Interview,…

Totally Gorgeous Photos Of Superheroes Spending Time In Nature

Most superheroes are pretty urban. We tend to think of Superman hanging around Metropolis, or Batman protecting Gotham. But photographer Benoit Lapray has been working for the past four or five years on a series showing superheroes in nature. Lapray tells io9 it started when he was living in the French Alps, and he was…

Explore Research On The Space Station With This Phone App

The International Space Station is inarguably a source of incredible photographs of our home planet, but does it actually get any science done? Yes, and if you have a smart phone, NASA has an app to guide you through all of it. The overall navigation is divided into Experiments, Facilities, Benefits, and Media so you…

What Is Your Favorite Marvel Version of a DC Character?

There are two universes out there: Marvel and DC. They used to be found exclusively in comics, but now they live in movies, television, games and books. And you may have noticed some (ahem) similarities between their heroes and villains. Like Hawkeye and Green Arrow. Or Iron Man and Batman. Which Marvel universe character is…

The Greatest Breakout Stars of 2014

2014 is almost over — but before we say goodbye, let’s say “thank you” to the people who made this year way more awesome. Without these beautiful apes, superheroes and robots, we would have been left with a pretty crap year, overall. Here is our complete list of the best breakout stars of 2014. Last…

That iPhone Case With Wall Prongs Finally Has a Built-in Battery

When we first discovered the original PocketPlug case, we loved the convenience of having a charger, complete with prongs, attached to our iPhones at all times. But without an extra battery onboard, we weren’t thrilled with the bulk it added to our svelte devices. Fortunately, that’s been fixed. The PWR Case finally includes the built-in…

The Truth About Your ‘Cage Free’ Eggs

What’s the difference between “Cage Free,” “Farm Fresh,” and “Free Range”? Photo Credit: Pietro Izzo via flickr | CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 NPR’s Anders Kelto has assembled a glossary of terms “for the wannabe informed egg buyer” that contrasts what you might think these phrases mean with what they actually mean. If you’ve ever wondered what…

Megalodon Molar Discovered in Santa Cruz Mountains

The Santa Cruz Mountains seem like an unlikely spot to stumble upon a 10 million year old tooth from a 60-foot shark that lived during the Cenozoic Era … but that’s exactly what happened to scientist Giancarlo Thomae this week. “I was ecstatic when I found it,” Thomae — who works for a whale watching…

These Toys Make Batman and Superman’s New 52 Suits Actually Look Good

When the New 52 revamped the DC comics universe in 2011, one sticking point with fans was some of the new looks for the companies most popular characters, especially the overdesigned suits. But Medicom might have actually made Batman and Superman look pretty great with these new figures! Medicom’s 12-inch Real Action Heroes line has…

Can “Facial Coding” Really Predict A Pro Athlete’s Performance?

The new owners of the Milwaukee Bucks have deep pockets and big ambitions — a combination that’s led them to one-up the Moneyball teambuilding strategy and hire “a facial coding expert who reads the faces of college prospects and NBA players to determine if they have the right emotional attributes to help the Bucks.” Reports…

The Weirdest Questions People Asked Librarians Before The Internet

Before we had Google for all of our embarrassing questions, Pinterest for craft inspiration, and Craigslist for all of the odds and ends of life, more people relied on public librarians to field all manner of questions. And the New York Public Library still has records of some pretty odd ones. If you’re not already…

Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings has been banned in Egypt and Morocco, “after the country’s head of censorship objected to a number of ‘historical inaccuracies’ in the epic Biblical tale,” Deadline reports. Egypt also banned Darren Aronofsky’s Noah earlier this year, at the behest of religious authorities.

How a Portuguese City Turned Its Buses and Taxis Into Wi-Fi Hotspots 

In Porto, Portugal, picking up a free Wi-Fi signal is as simple as hopping into a bus or taxi. The city recently launched a Wi-Fi program that serves 70,000 people a month by offering free internet connections in more than 600 buses and taxis. The program helps people keep their data usage down, and it…

Get a new iPhone? Camera? Tips to Master Your Brand New Gadget

There are a couple things that can go through your head upon unwrapping a shiny new electronic device: hell yesss is closely followed by: uhhh, so how do I use this thing? You could read the instructional manual cover to cover, but c’mon F that. So, we’ve compiled some tips for how to master your…

It’s Hard To Believe This “Ancient Rome Vs. China” Movie Is Real

Here we have it: a strong early contender for 2015’s guiltiest pleasure. Jackie Chan, John Cusack, Adrien Brody and Peng Lin star in Dragon Blade, an alt-history in which Rome fights Han Dynasty China for control over the Silk Road. You’ve never seen Brody chewing scenery like this before. According to Slashfilm, this is the…

What Amazing Gift Do You Wish You’d Gotten for Christmas?

My three younger sisters are in the other room playing with Gear VR right now and having a blast. It’s a unit I bought to review, and ultimately plan to return, but if they could have their way it would never leave the house. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-gear-vr-review-hell-yes-i-will-strap-this-phon-1670312012 If your wildest dreams had come true this Christmas, what…

How Do Jackson’s Lord of the Rings Characters Compare To Tolkien’s?

When it comes to personality traits, how does J.R.R. Tolkien’s Gandalf compare to Peter Jackson’s movie version? An IBM researcher used the company’s artificially intelligent Watson computer system to crunch the data and find out. Watson is probably best known for wiping the floor with former Jeopardy! champions Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings during a…

This Latte Art Stop-Motion Film Was Made With 1,000 Cups Of Coffee

This adorable short film may be a commercial for a food product, but it’s also a rather cleverly executed piece of animation. The characters were carefully placed on 1,000 individual cups of coffee, turning food and beverage into a love story. The commercial is for Ajinomoto General Foods’ Maxim Stick drink flavoring. And there’s a…