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And Now, LeVar Burton Reading Go The F**k To Sleep

Here’s renowned actor, director, and reader of children’s books delivering a stirring narration of Go the F**K to Sleep. For charity. In a Captain Planet t-shirt. Burton read Adam Mansbach’s satirical bedtime story as part of a stretch goal for Rooster Teeth’s Extra Life charity drive. Believe it or not, we actually enjoy his delivery…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Butt Plugs, High Rent, Horses: What’s Ruining Our Cities This Week

A giant sex toy is enraging Paris, high rents are challenging Brooklyn’s churches, and one mayoral candidate has a rather interesting idea for tackling Oakland’s transportation crisis. It’s What’s Ruining Our Cities! A butt plug sculpture is ruining Paris (and then it got ruined, too) Artist Paul McCarthy is well-known for exploring the dark underside…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Former Astronaut Chris Hadfield Explains How to Take Photos in Space

Chris Hadfield is known primarily for his internet-friendly personality, his love of David Bowie and being one of the most charismatic commanders aboard the ISS. But he’s also an amazing photographer, and he had the opportunity to capture a subject many would die for—outer space. But like everything in space, taking great photos also comes…

Tech News Darren Orf

You can now read the World’s most expensive Comic Book Online

Action Comics #1 holds an almost mythical status in Comic history, the début of Superman and the birth of the Superhero comic as we know it. It’s been available to read online before, but never in a quality quite like this – not surprising, as this is the most valuable, pristine version of it ever…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Eleanor Lutz’s Animated Guide To Breathing

Designer Eleanor Lutz is fast becoming one of our very favorite science-visualization artists. Her latest work provides a mesmerizing look at the weird and wonderful ways that animals breathe. (Did you know, for example, that grasshoppers have no lungs?) Lutz’s last infographic, while visually striking, was more art than science. This time, she’s struck a…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

How to Use the Internet to Get (and Stay) in Shape

Even if you can’t afford a swanky Equinox membership but can’t stand packing in among the masses at 24 Hour Fitness, you’ve got no excuse for letting your body go to pot over the winter. With these websites at your disposal and a bit of sweat equity, you’ll be ready for beach season. And, while…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

The Very Best Physics-Themed Halloween Costumes

Looking for a last-minute costume idea? The folks at Symmetry Magazine have put together a list of fun and quirky (quarky? I’m sorry.) physics-themed getups, complete with animated illustrations. Up top is one of our favorites (and one of the few well suited to couples-costuming): Entangled particles! Entangled Particles Einstein described quantum entanglement as “spooky…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Lenovo Quietly Reveals Its Own Smartband Because Why Not

Lenovo likes to do its own thing. Sometimes that pays off, such as the company’s lovable Yoga laptops, other times you end up with tablets with weird kickstands and built-in projectors. Now, Lenovo has quietly posted its first wearable on its website, but this gadget seems content with just following the crowd. https://gizmodo.com/ashton-kutcher-must-be-stopped-before-he-corrupts-our-1644148765 Currently named…

Tech News Darren Orf

You Can Fit Every Planet In The Solar System Between Earth And The Moon

I’d honestly never heard this stat before, and it’s pretty amazing how well they tightly fit together. I ran into this intriguing infographic over on Reddit that claimed that you could fit all the planets of the Solar System within the average distance between the Earth and the Moon. I thought it would be a…

io9 Fraser Cain – Universe Today

Who Remembers Major Inapak: Space Ace?

In the heyday of America’s love affair with space travel, there were few products that weren’t tied in somehow to rockets and astronauts. One of these was Inapak, an unfortunately named Ovaltine wannabe. Jumping on the bandwagon with both feet it came up with the eponymous “Major Inapak—-the Space Ace”, to show all the junior…

io9 Ron Miller

How to Make People Believe Your Expert Lies

If you’re an accomplished and knowledgeable expert, how do you persuade people to come over to your way of thinking? Rank manipulation, of course! Here’s how to rope people in with lies. Are you a movie critic who loved a great movie, but knows no one will see it? Are you an expert on books,…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

9 of the Biggest Mess Ups in Tech History

Technology is tough to create and even tougher to predict. What can seem like a breakthrough product one minute, can quickly turn into a nightmarish mistake. Last week, I asked what were the biggest tech gaffes in history. This question was prompted, in part, by the dismal sales of Amazon’s Fire Phone, which the company’s…

Tech News Darren Orf

3DAround Camera App Will Add a New Dimension to Your Food Photography

Innovation in the world of food photography has been a long time coming, and I wouldn’t mind a little shake up since my Instagram feed is completely full of it. An upcoming iOS app releasing next month called 3DAround will do exactly that—by capturing every angle of that delicious dish you’re about to devour. The…

Tech News Darren Orf

This might be the scariest Doctor Who toy ever made

Would you like a jelly baby? No? Well then, gaze upon the petrifying plush gaze of Tom Baker, and DESPAIR. This product from the depths of hell latest bit of merchandise from Doctor Who is ostensibly meant to be an adorable plush depiction of Tom Baker’s fourth Doctor, but have a look at it yourself…

Tech News James Whitbrook

NYT: U.S. Officials Worried About Russia Cutting Undersea Data Cables

The New York Times reports that Russia has a series of submarines and spy-ships “aggressively operating” close the the undersea cables that carry the bulk of the world’s internet communications. In a piece written by David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt, the pair raise concerns that “the Russians might be planning to attack those lines…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe

The SpaceX Dragon Splashes Down With Moustronauts And Arugula

The Dragon capsule detached from the International Space Station, carrying 1,486 kilograms of cargo safely back to Earth. This fourth cargo mission by SpaceX carried a wide variety of science samples, including the first live mammals transported by the commercial company. Top image: The Dragon passing over a cloudy Sidney, Australia before re-entry. Credit: NASA/Reid…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

When Doctor Who Gets Lost In The Forest, It REALLY Gets Lost

Another week, another Doctor Who story that stretches the limits of the show’s format — to the point where it’s hard to say if it’s a total work of genius, or just kind of a weird mess. Unfortunately, this week’s “In The Forest of the Night” chases a ton of ideas that it never quite…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Catch Up On The Sci-Fi Culture You’re Missing With Blade Runner

I have a confession to make: despite writing stuff about tech on the internet for a couple years now, and despite making poorly-worded references to it in hastily-written ledes, I’ve never actually watched Blade Runner, which is (as I am informed by my incredulous friends and colleagues) the seminal sci-fi film. Blade Runner is cited…

Tech News Chris Mills

Muse: Showbiz

15 years ago, a tiny British alt rock band, led by concert pianist/conspiracy theorist Matthew Bellamy, released their debut album, Showbiz. Nowadays, Muse plays sell-out stadium shows with ridiculous pyrotechnic displays and gymnasts dangling from blimps, but back then, they were just another semi-goth band of community college dropouts. Showbiz was their debut album, and…

Tech News Chris Mills

Twitpic Will Live On As an Archive, Owned by Twitter

The saga of Twitpic vs Twitter, probably the most ridiculously petty argument in the entire social media industry, is finally coming to a semi-satisfactory end: Twitpic is definitely shutting down, but its archives will live on in read-only mode, owned by Twitter. The news comes courtesy of a blog post, in which Twitpic owner and…

Tech News Chris Mills

And Now, LeVar Burton Reading Go The F**k To Sleep

Butt Plugs, High Rent, Horses: What’s Ruining Our Cities This Week

Former Astronaut Chris Hadfield Explains How to Take Photos in Space

You can now read the World’s most expensive Comic Book Online

Eleanor Lutz’s Animated Guide To Breathing

How to Use the Internet to Get (and Stay) in Shape

The Very Best Physics-Themed Halloween Costumes

Lenovo Quietly Reveals Its Own Smartband Because Why Not

You Can Fit Every Planet In The Solar System Between Earth And The Moon

Who Remembers Major Inapak: Space Ace?

How to Make People Believe Your Expert Lies

9 of the Biggest Mess Ups in Tech History

3DAround Camera App Will Add a New Dimension to Your Food Photography

This might be the scariest Doctor Who toy ever made

NYT: U.S. Officials Worried About Russia Cutting Undersea Data Cables

The SpaceX Dragon Splashes Down With Moustronauts And Arugula

When Doctor Who Gets Lost In The Forest, It REALLY Gets Lost

Catch Up On The Sci-Fi Culture You’re Missing With Blade Runner

Muse: Showbiz

Twitpic Will Live On As an Archive, Owned by Twitter

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