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10 Tricks to Make Yourself an Evernote Master

Evernote is well established as the go-to app for organizing just about everything in your life. Whether it’s notes for a novel or bookmarks from the Web, Evernote can take pretty much anything you want to throw at it. But are you using the platform to its full potential? Here are 10 quick tips for…

Gadgets David Nield Jan 1 '15

The Healing Power Of Antimatter

Antimatter is treated like an exotic substance, fraught with danger, which can only be harnessed in the future to send star ships to warp speed. However, this isn’t true. We use antimatter right now, and we use it in hospitals. Learn how PET scans use positrons to help you. Antimatter Ideas and Antimatter Reality Antimatter…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jan 1 '15

Dust Off That Day Planner For These Compact Solar Charging Panels

The Blackberry struck the first blow, but eventually those multi-page day planners were all but completely replaced by modern smartphones. However, they might have finally found a way to claw their way back into relevancy with these replacement day planner pages that are actually functional solar panels, letting you charge your smartphone when left out…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 1 '15

Stunning New Cinderella Trailer Smashes The Glass Slipper

The more we see of Disney’s live-action adaptation of Cinderella, the more excited we get. This movie looks like magic on film. It’s colorful, whimsical, but also downright chilling, thanks entirely to Cate Blanchett as the Evil Stepmother. We simply cannot wait to see this.

io9 Meredith Woerner Jan 1 '15

12 More ’80s Cartoons Absolutely No One Will Ever Have Nostalgia For

When we first ran a list of a dozen unmemorable ’80s cartoons back in November, we barely scratched the surface of the decade’s crappiest animated shows. Here are 12 more that deserve to be re-forgotten immediately after you read this list. And if you claim you liked them, you’re either lying to us or to…

io9 Rob Bricken Jan 1 '15

Ants Are So Passé, You Need a Termite Farm On Your Desk

Is there any better way to relax than being reminded of your species’ dominance on this planet while watching a bunch of bugs trapped in a clear plastic enclosure? Not likely. But ant farms are so yesterday, what you need is your own personal termite farm, and that’s exactly what the Termitat delivers—complete with a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 1 '15

You Can Get A Pox From Seals

This cute little guy is just waiting to infect you. In the late 1960s, scientists realized that seals had a virus that they could share back and forth with other pinnipeds. Over 30 years later, scientists have confirmed that it can be given to humans. Sealpox isn’t as bad as it sounds. Although it shares…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jan 1 '15

This Is Not A Screenshot From Star Wars, It’s A @#$%ing Toy

Hot Toys has done it again. They’ve used their dark magics to somehow create a 12-inch Darth Vader action figure so stunning, so accurate, that it could honestly be used in the actual movie itself. Get all the details (and more unbelievable pics) here! https://gizmodo.com/hot-toys-darth-vader-is-impressive-most-impressive-1676954463

io9 Rob Bricken Jan 1 '15

The Definitive Darth Vader Figure Even Has His Iconic Breathing Sounds

Every time Hot Toys announces a new figure it’s a chance for fans and other toy companies to see exactly how a collectible should be made. And while there have been thousands of Darth Vader toys released since Star Wars premiered in 1977, Hot Toy’s 14-inch version is easily the definitive Vader figure thanks to…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 1 '15

Hot Toys’ Darth Vader Is Impressive, Most Impressive

2015 is upon us, and that means the deluge of money falling out of Star Wars fan’s pockets will begin this year as Hot Toys’ line of figures starts coming out – and they’re being headlined by the most gorgeous figure of the Dark Lord of the Sith himself, Darth Vader. Vader is the fourth-revealed…

Tech News James Whitbrook Jan 1 '15

What This Bond Villain Can Teach You About Extra Nipples

In The Man with the Golden Gun, Francisco Scaramanga is a typical Bond villain, flamboyant and menacing, with a supposedly unusual feature — a third nipple. But it’s actually not that unique an identifier. One in 18 men have third nipples, while one in 50 women have them — and many people may have more…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jan 1 '15

What Is a Hangover?

Yippee! Let’s poison ourselves with beverages that will make us violently ill! It was your battle cry last night, and today you’re paying the price. But what is that hangover you’re experiencing, exactly? A hangover is your body’s reaction to drinking too much alcohol… Everyone has a different tolerance (it’s usually lower for women than…

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 1 '15

It Took This Guy Over 7 Hours To Solve the World’s Hardest Rubik’s Cube

Seven hours sounds just about right for the average puzzle enthusiast to solve a standard 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube. But Youtuber RedKB isn’t your average puzzle enthusiast. Instead of tackling a 3x3x3 cube, he solves this incredibly complex 17x17x17 cube designed by Oskar Van Deventer. In the end it took him about seven-and-a-half hours to get…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 1 '15

What’s Your Pop Culture Resolution For 2015?

Every time New Year’s Day rolls around, people fall all over each other to make resolutions about losing weight, stopping smoking, being better people, and other nonsense. But what about what’s really important — namely, your continued pop culture education? Is this the year you fill in the gap and watch that Star Trek TV…

io9 Rob Bricken Jan 1 '15

8 Healthy Tech Habits to Adopt in 2015

Hello, 2015. How are you? I’m fine, I’m just currently bouncing back from last night’s rager that left me with a bad hangover. Not a great start to the day, but that doesn’t mean we can’t better ourselves this year. It’s 2015, and if we’re going to live in the bright future that Robert Zemeckis…

Tech News Darren Orf Jan 1 '15

What Is Howard Stark Hiding in Agent Carter?

Art from Avengers: Age of Ultron indicates a showdown between two of the new characters. Weta confirms that Batman v. Superman will have a huge standalone scene that they’re working on. Plus a look ahead to the rest of The Walking Dead season five. Spoilers now! Top image: Agents of SHIELD Batman v. Superman It’s…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Jan 1 '15

I Hope You Can Eat Every Part Of This Incredible Batman ’66 Cake

Yes, right down to the itty-bitty Adam West and Burt Ward. But then again, how do you eat any of this marvellous cakey recreation of the Batcave from the classic Batman ’66 TV show? This delightful creation was made earlier this month by Mike’s Amazing Cakes for a client, and although it’s hard to tell…

Tech News James Whitbrook Jan 1 '15

The World’s 19 Weirdest Hangover Remedies

Hope you had fun last night. Now it’s time to kick that hangover, whatever it takes. Okay, well, maybe not the Sicilian method. Whether you find the preferred ritual to be shocking, disgusting, or delightful, here are 19 of the strangest remedies you’ll encounter. It’s the morning after New Year’s Eve. You survived. Now it’s…

Tech News Brent Rose Jan 1 '15

Back to the Future II Takes Place This Year. How Close Did We Get?

Every decade produces iconic pieces of futurism that help to define a generation. For the 1960s it was The Jetsons and Star Trek. For the 1970s it was Future Shock and Soylent Green. What about the 1980s? It was almost certainly Back to the Future Part II. Sure, Back to the Future Part II didn’t…

Tech News Matt Novak Jan 1 '15

The Seine Is A River Of Clouds And Water

Weather is oddly topographical. Rarely is it as clear as in this photograph snapped by astronaut Terry Virts from the International Space Station, where clouds have settled into the Seine river valley meandering near Paris, France. We have a truly beautiful planet. Can we try to take a bit better care of it this year…

Tech News Mika McKinnon Jan 1 '15

10 Tricks to Make Yourself an Evernote Master

The Healing Power Of Antimatter

Dust Off That Day Planner For These Compact Solar Charging Panels

Stunning New Cinderella Trailer Smashes The Glass Slipper

12 More ’80s Cartoons Absolutely No One Will Ever Have Nostalgia For

Ants Are So Passé, You Need a Termite Farm On Your Desk

You Can Get A Pox From Seals

This Is Not A Screenshot From Star Wars, It’s A @#$%ing Toy

The Definitive Darth Vader Figure Even Has His Iconic Breathing Sounds

Hot Toys’ Darth Vader Is Impressive, Most Impressive

What This Bond Villain Can Teach You About Extra Nipples

What Is a Hangover?

It Took This Guy Over 7 Hours To Solve the World’s Hardest Rubik’s Cube

What’s Your Pop Culture Resolution For 2015?

8 Healthy Tech Habits to Adopt in 2015

What Is Howard Stark Hiding in Agent Carter?

I Hope You Can Eat Every Part Of This Incredible Batman ’66 Cake

The World’s 19 Weirdest Hangover Remedies

Back to the Future II Takes Place This Year. How Close Did We Get?

The Seine Is A River Of Clouds And Water

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