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Incredible New Artifacts Found In 2,000-Year-Old Mexican Tunnel

For the past year, archaeologists have been working in a 2,000-year-old tunnel at the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan. The dig has yielded thousands of new relics and the discovery of three chambers that could hold more important finds. First, a little bit of history. Established around 100 B.C., the city of Teotihuacan dominated central…

io9 George Dvorsky

It’s A Halloween GIF Party!

Lurch on over here, GIFs! We’re throwing you a party. What are your plans for the weekend? Do you have a costume? Are you prepared for trick-or-treaters? What kinds of candy will you be passing out (please note that there are correct and incorrect answers to the question)? Tell us about it, all through our…

io9 Ria Misra

New Avengers 2 Clip Shows Tension Between Iron Man And Captain America

It’s no secret the Marvel Cinematic Universe is slowly building to an all out Captain America vs. Iron Man. This is why Captain America’s third movie is called Civil War. And in this brand new Avengers: Age of Ultron clip, you can see the tension mounting. This animosity has always existed – even in the…

Movies Meredith Woerner

A Giant Drill Came This Close to Tearing Through a Packed NYC Subway Car

A whole bunch of Queens commuters almost got to star in their very own horror movie yesterday when a rogue contractor accidentally bored through an F-train subway tunnel with a 10-inch drill bit. So, uh, happy Halloween. Or something. According to the New York Post: The operator heard a thundering noise on the roof and…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

7 Half-Assed, Last-Minute Halloween Costumes

You hate Halloween. Now you have to go to a party, and you don’t have the guts to not dress up. You’re screwed, but don’t worry, not so screwed that you can’t make a good showing. First of all, just accept mediocrity. It’s the thought that counts right? I’m sure you’ve got a charming personality…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

A Stunning View Of Sunlit Seas On Titan

As NASA’s Cassini spacecraft soared past Saturn’s moon Titan, it recently caught a glimpse of bright sunlight reflecting off hydrocarbon seas. In the past, Cassini had captured, separately, views of the polar seas and the sun glinting off them, but this is the first time both have been seen together in the same view. [Image:…

io9 Mark Strauss

Fascinating mechanical music boxes

Every time I see a mechanical music box my jaw drops. But when I saw these extraordinary pieces, by 18th century master watchmaker Jaquet Droz, I couldn’t believe they worked mechanically and not by magic spell. The level of precision and complexity is mind-blowing. [Thanks for the tip Fernando] SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

RocketSkates Look Fun, Damn Hard To Use

Ars Technica’s Andrew Cunningham got a chance to try out a pair of RocketSkates, a motorized pair of step-in, battery-powered skates that recently brought in over half a million bucks in Kickstarter funding. We’ll admit, these things look like they could be pretty fun to use – once you got over the learning curve, anyway.…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

The World’s Smallest 3D Printer Costs Less Than $300

The two biggest factors when it comes to choosing a printer are price and capacity. The bigger an item you want to print, the more expensive the printer will be. But if you’ve decided to just tip-toe into the world of 3D printing, and are just testing the waters, the $299 iBox Nano looks like…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

7 Brilliant Facebook Cover Photos Just in Time For Halloween

Too lazy to whip up a Halloween costume? It’s fine; you can just dress up your Facebook cover photo. Too lazy to do that? Just take a look at these clever cover photos, change you profile picture to a pumpkin, and imagine what it’d be like to be more creative. [E3, Ori Hasson]

Social Media Eric Limer

A Star Wars pumpkin that’s more Machine now than Gourd

At long last, the day is here. Happy Halloween! Let’s rejoice in the only way we can – by watching a man carve a pumpkin into the shape of an Astromech droid before stuffing its innards with electronics. Oh internet, you never cease to delight me. The delightfully named OCT-31 comes from Greg Aronowitz of

Tech News James Whitbrook

Tons Of Wild Rumors About Wonder Woman, Spider-Girl And Spider-Woman!

There are tons of pictures, storyboards and new details for Terminator: Genysis. And what could make Game of Thrones end after a seventh season? Plus new reveals for Avengers: Age of Ultron, Star Wars: Episode VII, Skull Island and American Horror Story. Spoilers now! Top image: Batman v. Superman Wonder Woman Rumor has it that…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

The Best Free Android Apps in Amazon’s Hallowe’en Giveaway

The Amazon Appstore already gives away one free app each day, but today it’s decided give away 30 apps, worth a combined total of $115, for free to anyone with an Android phone. Here are the pick of the bunch that you should download first. The offer runs until Saturday, and there are some great…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Top photographers explain what modern photography is really about

Award-winning filmmaker and photographer Tyrone Lebon created this neat documentary showing the state of the art of modern photography. The film features some of the world’s best contemporary photographers talking about their creative process, inspiration, and ultimately, what modern photography is about. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

This Is Why National Parks Are So Important

This incredible satellite image is of the dormant volcano of Egmont National Park on New Zealand’s North Island. And that clear, sharp boundary on the left is where the park stops and human kind starts. The image, taken on 6 March 2013 by Korea’s Kompsat-2 satellite, clearly shows the boundary between protected and non-protected areas:…

Tech News Attila Nagy

3 Hours of Tongue-Pulling Was a Real Option to Check Mortality in 1848

Courtesy of the wonderful QI Elves on Twitter, here’s a graphic showing real entries in an 1848 contest for the best way to determine if someone was really dead or not. It’s so good that they had the competition, how would anyone have come up with “check for heartbeat with a stethoscope” otherwise? For other…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Google Fined $2,000 for Street View Cleavage Shot

Google has been handed a fine from a Canadian court, after it was found to have embarrassed a lady and invaded her privacy by sticking a photo of her cleavage on Street View. The lady claimed such high levels of embarrassment were caused by seeing the top-heavy photo of herself sitting outside her house in…

Tech News Gary Cutlack - Gizmodo UK

Cool interactive ad lets you choose between a plain and a badass story

This interactive ad is actually two commercials in one. If you let the video roll, you’ll end up with your average car commercial. But if you press R in your keyboard while watching it, you’ll see a badass action film. Of course, the combination of the two makes it even cooler. Watch the full ad…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

Hungary Withdraws Its Proposed Internet Tax—For Now

Following continued protests, Hungary’s Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, has announced that he’s withdrawing plans for his proposed Internet tax—at least for now. https://gizmodo.com/protests-against-internet-tax-in-hungary-continue-large-1652169631 Orbán took to the radio this morning to explain that the government won’t move ahead with the proposal to tax the transfer of data. But he did point out that he is…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

10 Tropes Involving Fantasy Weapons That Should Die In A Fire

Weapons are a major part of fantasy literature of every kind. That’s why there’s a whole category called “Sword and Sorcery.” But as fantasy stories have proliferated, some fantasy weapons tropes have taken over the genre. Here are the ten we’d like to see retired. Nothing in this list was necessarily bad the first few…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Incredible New Artifacts Found In 2,000-Year-Old Mexican Tunnel

It’s A Halloween GIF Party!

New Avengers 2 Clip Shows Tension Between Iron Man And Captain America

A Giant Drill Came This Close to Tearing Through a Packed NYC Subway Car

7 Half-Assed, Last-Minute Halloween Costumes

A Stunning View Of Sunlit Seas On Titan

Fascinating mechanical music boxes

RocketSkates Look Fun, Damn Hard To Use

The World’s Smallest 3D Printer Costs Less Than $300

7 Brilliant Facebook Cover Photos Just in Time For Halloween

A Star Wars pumpkin that’s more Machine now than Gourd

Tons Of Wild Rumors About Wonder Woman, Spider-Girl And Spider-Woman!

The Best Free Android Apps in Amazon’s Hallowe’en Giveaway

Top photographers explain what modern photography is really about

This Is Why National Parks Are So Important

3 Hours of Tongue-Pulling Was a Real Option to Check Mortality in 1848

Google Fined $2,000 for Street View Cleavage Shot

Cool interactive ad lets you choose between a plain and a badass story

Hungary Withdraws Its Proposed Internet Tax—For Now

10 Tropes Involving Fantasy Weapons That Should Die In A Fire

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