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Watch One Man Climb Up A 919-Foot Chimney — Just Don’t Look Down

Watch one climber ascend the 919-foot chimney in Pitesti, Romania — from his point of view. Just watching this makes my arms tired. Juggler and danger enthusiast Flaviu Cernescu strapped a camera onto his noggin while scaling this massive creation. Discovered by Redditor bladek23. [reddit via Laughing Squid]

io9 Meredith Woerner

Start Burning Off That Turkey With This Wood and Leather Weight Set

Rarely does fitness gear prioritize form over functionality (understandably) and that’s why most of the time exercise machines and ellipticals are hidden away in a basement workout room. But wouldn’t you be more inclined to exercise if your workout gear was in the living room next to the TV? This stylish set of woo and…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

We Want To Hug This Short About Two Kids With Competing Imaginations

If you need a good happy-cry, take a few minutes to watch Playground, the sweetly animated short film by Ryosuke Oshiro. A boy who has always considered himself a “lone wolf” gets into a competition of imagination with a classmate who, like him, dreams of superpowers, magical forests, and grand cities. Juri Ito provided the…

io9 Lauren Davis

Report: Europe’s Upping Its Space Game

Elon Musk’s private space company, SpaceX, has been coming on in leaps and planetary-sized bounds of late, so much so that it’s apparently threatening our friends across the pond. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the EU is about to invest in a whole new generation of low-cost rockets in order to…

Space & Spaceflight Chris Mills

An “Impenetrable Barrier” Protects The Earth From Killer Electrons

It appears that our planet’s built-in force field is much stronger than we thought. Scientists studying the Van Allen belts have discovered the presence of a nearly impenetrable barrier that prevents some of the fastest and most powerful “ultrarelativistic” electrons from reaching the surface. Discovered back in 1958, the Van Allen belts are two doughnut-shaped…

io9 George Dvorsky

The Western World’s First Gene Therapy Drug Has Set A New Price Record

At a cost of $1.4 million per patient, Glybera will be used to treat a rare genetic disorder that clogs the blood with fat. After years of development, gene therapy is finally arriving. But as to who will be able to pay for it, well, that’s another issue. Image: An operator installs a chromatography column…

io9 George Dvorsky

A Freeze-Dried, Irradiated And Thermostabilized Thanksgiving Dinner

Astronauts on the space station get holiday feast, although the adjectives are less “juicy” and more “irradiated.” The menu is irradiated smoked turkey, thermostabilized candied yams, freeze-dried green beans, mushrooms, and cornbread dressing, and a thermostabilized cherry-blueberry cobbler for dessert. Top image: A freeze-dried, irradiated, and thermostabilized thanksgiving dinner. Credit: NASA/Butch Wilmore The very first…

Space & Spaceflight Mika McKinnon

Looking Back At The History Of Star Wars Teaser Trailers

The Internet is gearing itself up for the hype-explosion that is the very first trailer for The Force Awakens coming tomorrow. But what were our first glimpses of Star Wars movies like – and in turn, what can they tell us about what we might expect from tomorrow? Let’s take a look back at the…

Trailers James Whitbrook

Why It’s A Lot Harder To Spill Beer Than Coffee

I think it’s well known that beer is one of mankind’s greatest inventions. But aside from the perfect taste, and ability to make in-laws seem magically more tolerable, it turns out that beer also has its very own built-in anti-spill mechanism. Scientists from Princeton University noticed that liquids with a foamy top — like latte,…

Tech News Chris Mills

Spend A Year Inside The Loneliest (And Coldest) Place On Earth

New Zealand filmmaker Anthony Powell spent 10 years working on Antarctica: A Year on Ice, a striking documentary that makes use of special cameras designed to withstand extreme temperatures. We talked to Powell about the incredible challenges of filming in the relentless cold. Antarctica is no mere nature film — it’s also a look at…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

Madeline Ashby’s Warped Singularity Novel Company Town Is Coming Soon!

We’ve been excited about Madeline Ashby’s futuristic thriller Company Town since she wrote an essay for us about it last April. This book was supposed to be out in October, but was delayed (along with some others) due to Angry Robot’s sale to entrepreneur Etan Ilfeld. But now Ashby tells us Company Town has a…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Most Accidentally Hilarious Lines From Science Fiction And Fantasy

Sometimes our favorite movies and TV shows feature some hideously ridiculous dialogue. And this nonsensical and melodramatic speech is part of why some movies are such a guilty pleasure. Here are the 10 awesomest lines of unintentionally funny dialogue from science fiction and fantasy movies and television. We asked everyone over on io9’s Facebook page…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Turkey Does Not Make You Sleepy After You Eat It

Turkey does not make you drowsy after you eat it. Now to be clear, turkey does contain tryptophan. Tryptophan is an amino acid which the human body doesn’t naturally produce, but is essential to proper body function and, thus, must be acquired from food. The reason tryptophan is tied to drowsiness is that it is…

Tech News Daven Hiskey - TodayIFoundOut.com

We’ve Got Good News And Bad News About Independence Day 2

Finally some news to be thankful for! Independence Day 2 is officially greenlit. And now we can catch up with all our favorite characters. Like President Bill Pullman, the Levinson family and grown up Mae Whitman (who played the president’s daughter). However, there’s also some bad news. Deadline is reporting that Fox has is officially…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Does Lego no longer promote creativity?

Yesterday BBC News’ ‘Magazine’ section posed an interesting question: has Lego’s growing success stifled the toymaker’s imagination-driven products? It’s an interesting debate, and you often hear the nostalgic ribbing of adults who tend to chime in ‘back in my day, you had basic bricks and nothing else, you made whatever you want!’ whenever Lego is…

Tech News James Whitbrook

The Science Behind Dark and Light Meat

White meat vs dark meat is a long-running battle for the Thanksgiving ages, with no clear winner likely to be determined soon . (Just kidding. White meat is better. Obviously.) But have you ever actually wondered why different delicious turkey parts have different colors? DNews does an excellent job of explaining in this video. In…

Tech News Chris Mills

The 20 Most Revolting Special Effects Ever Created [NSFW]

Ever since Star Wars, the special effects industry has taken us to amazing new worlds and recharged our sense of wonder. It’s also grossed us the frak out. Exploding heads, severed limbs, strange mutilations… Here are the 20 most disgusting special effects of all time. Warning: NSFW! Warning: These are in no particular order. But…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders and Abhimanyu Das

DNA Can Survive Sub-Orbital Spaceflight And Atmospheric Reentry

The discovery is a boost for the Panspermia Hypothesis — but it’s a potential nightmare for scientists concerned about interplanetary contamination. European scientists have learned that artificial plasmid DNA — small loops of DNA — are capable of surviving a 13-minute trip into space and subsequent reentry. The result came as a complete surprise to…

io9 George Dvorsky

This Paradox Shows Why Irrational Choices Are Sometimes Better

Psychologists and sociologists point out all the ways that human beings are far less rational than we like to consider ourselves. Sometimes, though, their analysis is blind to some of the factors humans consider automatically. And this paradox proves it. The Saint Petersburg Paradox The Saint Petersburg Paradox is also known as the Saint Petersburg…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

The New Jem And The Holograms Look Reasonably Outrageous (Updated!)

When IDW’s new Jem and the Holograms comic arrives in March, the princesses of pop-rock will be sporting a brand new style, courtesy of artist Ross Campbell. Check out the cover for the first issue! Update: The cover is new but the sketches below are actually Campbell’s older fan art of the Jem characters. They…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken

Watch One Man Climb Up A 919-Foot Chimney — Just Don’t Look Down

Start Burning Off That Turkey With This Wood and Leather Weight Set

We Want To Hug This Short About Two Kids With Competing Imaginations

Report: Europe’s Upping Its Space Game

An “Impenetrable Barrier” Protects The Earth From Killer Electrons

The Western World’s First Gene Therapy Drug Has Set A New Price Record

A Freeze-Dried, Irradiated And Thermostabilized Thanksgiving Dinner

Looking Back At The History Of Star Wars Teaser Trailers

Why It’s A Lot Harder To Spill Beer Than Coffee

Spend A Year Inside The Loneliest (And Coldest) Place On Earth

Madeline Ashby’s Warped Singularity Novel Company Town Is Coming Soon!

The Most Accidentally Hilarious Lines From Science Fiction And Fantasy

Turkey Does Not Make You Sleepy After You Eat It

We’ve Got Good News And Bad News About Independence Day 2

Does Lego no longer promote creativity?

The Science Behind Dark and Light Meat

The 20 Most Revolting Special Effects Ever Created [NSFW]

DNA Can Survive Sub-Orbital Spaceflight And Atmospheric Reentry

This Paradox Shows Why Irrational Choices Are Sometimes Better

The New Jem And The Holograms Look Reasonably Outrageous (Updated!)

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