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The British Government Wants To Build A Tunnel Under Stonehenge

In an effort to ease traffic around the region, the British government has announced proposals to bury the A303 highway under Stonehenge. The howls of outrage have begun. Ever since the A344 was closed last year on account of the new visitor center, traffic jams have increased considerably in the area around Stonehenge. The proposals,…

io9 George Dvorsky

Tuesday Game Room: Videogame of Thrones Edition

Telltale have dropped a pleasant surprise on us this week with episode one of their long-awaited Game of Thrones series, a welcome sight in an otherwise quiet post-Thanksgiving week. There’s still plenty of gaming to be had though – share what you’ve been playing in this week’s Tuesday Game Room! What have you been playing…

Tech News James Whitbrook

Finally, Someone Is Going to Jail for Revenge Porn

On Monday, a Los Angeles man named Noe Iniguez became the first person ever to receive a sentence for violating California’s new revenge porn law. Iniguez got one year in jail and 36 months probation for three criminal counts, one of which was revenge porn-related. Revenge porn is awful. That’s why California made it illegal.…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Sleepy Hollow‘s Fall Finale Changes Everything…But Should It?

Well, THAT was an episode of television! For its fall finale, Sleepy Hollow pulled out all the stops and went straight for Moloch. But what about all that collateral damage? Let’s be honest: Sleepy Hollow, at its best, is one of the most fun shows on TV. But season two, so far, has largely not…

Television Genevieve Valentine

The Ugliest Christmas Sweaters Use a Little Pixel Magic

Last year, our pal (and former NASA JPL engineer) Mark Rober whipped up the first digital ugly Christmas sweater. Technology being technology, they just got an upgrade. This year’s crop of animations blend in much more seamlessly with the sweaters that house them. You just open the free Digital Dudz app, drop the phone in…

Tech News Brent Rose

Is the Toys”R”Us Lego mark-up ripping us off?

I hear cries all the time from the casual Lego buyer about how expensive Lego sets have become, how they used to be cheaper…once upon a time. I’ve often wondered where these people are buying their Lego. Is it possible that their perception of price is simply because they are buying Lego from Toys”R”Us? I…

Tech News Michael Schulte

We’re Running Out of the Nuclear Fuel That Powers Space Travel

Rosetta’s lander lasted just 60 hours on a comet after it bounced into the dark shadows of a cliff, where its solar panels couldn’t power the vehicle. Why didn’t it carry a more reliable power source, say a nuclear battery like one that’s unfailingly fueled Voyager for decades? It’s a simple question with a fascinating…

Space & Spaceflight Sarah Zhang

Twitter Is Finally Making It Easier to Deal With Harrassment

Being the primary stream of consciousness for the internet, Twitter faces the herculean task of trying to remain open but also protect people from vicious trolls and online abusers. In the wake of Gamergate and other random instances of violent verbal abuse and sexism, Twitter has often been criticized for how they handle online safety.…

Tech News Darren Orf

Finally an R2-D2 Suitcase That Actually Bleeps and Bloops

If the Star Wars movies taught us anything, it’s that it’s always safer to travel with an astromech droid by your side. And while previous R2-D2-themed suitcases left us disappointed by their silence, this one actually lights up, beeps, and chirps away at the push of a button. In fact this rolling case seems particularly…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

This Laundry Bot Will Only Eradicate Stains, Not Humans

Willow Garage’s PR2 robot is designed to work in factories performing repetitive tasks, but unlike other manufacturing bots it’s not purpose built for a single job. Instead, it can be easily taught to perform almost any task—and that now includes almost handling every step required to do a load of laundry. Rosie from The Jetsons…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Terminator: Genisys Motion Poster Disintegrates An Endoskeleton

The new Terminator: Genisys Endoskeleton does its best “like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives” pose in this new motion poster. Warning: poster plays automatically. So here it is, with a countdown. This means the Terminator: Genisys trailer is coming out this Thursday, and we really need to see something…

Movies Meredith Woerner

This Jet-Powered Race Car Nearly Won the Indy 500

While electric race cars and superbikes are all the rage these days, these wheeled power plants are hardly the first revolutionary engine technology. Why, back in 1967, one racing team blew more than a few minds when they dropped a genuine jet engine into their car and nearly drove it to victory at the Indianapolis…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Superheroes Go Norman Rockwell In Adorable Saturday Evening Post Covers

DC superheroes and villains get a dose of Norman Rockwell and J.C. Leyendecker-inspired whimsy in artist Juan Carlos Ruiz Burgos’ tributes to the Saturday Evening Post. We especially love the ones where superheroes encounter children who read their comic book adventures. You can see Burgos’ full series so far on deviantART (although his Poison Ivy…

io9 Lauren Davis

UberFacts Is Still Full of Lies

Today we’re fact-checking UberFacts so you don’t have to. Again. We looked at every “fact” tweeted by the incredibly popular Twitter account on Sunday from midnight until midnight PT. The account failed miserably. Again. We did this same experiment back in March and found that just 59 percent of UberFact facts in a 24-hour window…

Tech News Matt Novak

HIV May Be Evolving Into A Less Deadly and Less Virulent Form

It’s possible that HIV’s ability to cause AIDS is slowing. A new paper from Oxford University suggests the disease is becoming less deadly and less infectious over time as it adapts to our immune system and therapies. The new study, which appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that HIV’s virulence…

io9 George Dvorsky

See All the Things You’ve Bought Online With a Simple Google Search

As Google blurs the line between the web, your email and Google Now, more and more of your personal information can be shown in general Google searches (though only visible to you, of course). You can run a query for recent purchases to show up confirmation emails, for example, and the new feature includes a…

Gadgets David Nield

The History of NASA’s Iconic Countdown Clock (And a Look at the New One)

A few days ago every space enthusiast got sentimental when, after 45 years of operation, the iconic countdown clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center’s Press Site was disassembled for removal. Perhaps more than any other piece of equipment near the launch site, the countdown clock was a piece of history. The clock was designed by…

Tech News Attila Nagy

Cumberbatch Nails It, But The Imitation Game Still Disappoints

Benedict Cumberbatch, who stars as computing pioneer Alan Turing, is the best thing about the uneven period drama The Imitation Game. A pair of movies about British geniuses are about to go head-to-head in the year-end awards race. Both are science-minded period dramas cast with rising-star actors whose respective performances — Cumberbatch as Turing, and…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

This John Constantine Fan film is as good as the TV show

Constantine’s transition to NBC has gotten off to a pretty good start, but man, this fan film captures the tone of the Hellblazer comics so well that it can easily rival the show, at a fraction of the cost. Warning: There’s some decidedly NSFW language throughout, so be careful where you’re watching! The Soul Play,…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

A CNC Mill Backpack Drills Permanent Messages Into Solid Rock

Everyone wants to live forever. Or at the very least, leave something behind that will last. In some ways, that’s the most basic driving force behind graffiti: I was here. Paint washes away, but rock carvings, on the other hand, have a considerably longer half life. The device you see above is called The Petroglyphomat:…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

The British Government Wants To Build A Tunnel Under Stonehenge

Tuesday Game Room: Videogame of Thrones Edition

Finally, Someone Is Going to Jail for Revenge Porn

Sleepy Hollow‘s Fall Finale Changes Everything…But Should It?

The Ugliest Christmas Sweaters Use a Little Pixel Magic

Is the Toys”R”Us Lego mark-up ripping us off?

We’re Running Out of the Nuclear Fuel That Powers Space Travel

Twitter Is Finally Making It Easier to Deal With Harrassment

Finally an R2-D2 Suitcase That Actually Bleeps and Bloops

This Laundry Bot Will Only Eradicate Stains, Not Humans

Terminator: Genisys Motion Poster Disintegrates An Endoskeleton

This Jet-Powered Race Car Nearly Won the Indy 500

Superheroes Go Norman Rockwell In Adorable Saturday Evening Post Covers

UberFacts Is Still Full of Lies

HIV May Be Evolving Into A Less Deadly and Less Virulent Form

See All the Things You’ve Bought Online With a Simple Google Search

The History of NASA’s Iconic Countdown Clock (And a Look at the New One)

Cumberbatch Nails It, But The Imitation Game Still Disappoints

This John Constantine Fan film is as good as the TV show

A CNC Mill Backpack Drills Permanent Messages Into Solid Rock

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