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Listen To The Sunrise Via Special Weather Sensors And A Custom Synth

Watching sunsets and sunrises are some of life’s loveliest pleasures, and hey—it turns out listening to them is pretty incredible, too. Quintron, an experimental musician based in New Orleans, built a synthesizer and sensors that convert weather to sound, with special audio effects at dusk and dawn. The result is a totally dreamy soundtrack streaming…

Tech News Jordan Kushins

Remembering Rod Serling And the Debut of The Twilight Zone

On this day in 1959, American TV audiences embarked on a trip to a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. This first journey to the middle ground between light and shadow was a powerful voyage we still haven’t forgotten. It was the first time we caught a glimpse of The Twilight…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

Why Did The Doctor Start Eating Meat Again On Doctor Who?

The Doctor doesn’t make too many major life decisions on Doctor Who. He’s like Batman or Captain Kirk: Any character development will probably get rolled back at some point. But it’s still kind of sad that one of his few great changes of heart(s) has been undone: his turn to vegetarianism. In a way, it…

Tech News Charlie Jane Anders

Short film: A stick figure drawing destroys the computer that drew it

What happens when the crude artwork you draw in Photoshop becomes sentient and gains superpowers and starts darting across your desktop screen with weapons? A whole lot of desktop destruction. Even worse, the stick figure will draw goons to help them ruin your computer forever. But it’ll be fun to see. It’s been a while…

Sploid Casey Chan

Popularity of the top music genres since 1950 in one beautiful graphic

I know that Google has a Music Timeline, but it’s horrendous. This one made by Atracktion is much prettier. And it’s interactive too, so go an enjoy it here. Rock, pop, hiphop, and electronic look equally distributed now. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook

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Titan’s Toxic Vortex

A report from the Jet Propulsion laboratory today reveals that in May 2012, while Titan’s southern hemisphere was experiencing autumn, images from NASA’s Cassini orbiter revealed a huge swirling cloud, several hundred miles across, taking shape above Titan’s south pole. The polar vortex appears to be an effect of the cooling taking place as the…

io9 Ron Miller

Ex-NASA Scientist Writes, Directs And Stars In Science Fiction Movie

Kollywood’s latest movie star is Paarthi — pictured above, he has a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, and worked at NASA studying ozone depletion, climate change, and the search for extraterrestrial life. And now he’s making his own movie. That movie is Vingyani, which Paarthi is starring in as well…

Trailers Charlie Jane Anders

Going to watch this lid spinning till the world ends

Play. Play. Play. Play. Play. Play. Play. I don’t know what’s going on, but I can’t get enough of this Tostitos lid spinning around under the water and the satisfying sound it produces. Just watch the video and listen. Thanks for ruining my life, Lindsay McCutcheon. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

The Ebola virus was named in 1976 after the Ebola River in Zaire

As the New York Times reminds us today, the Health Ministry of Zaire named the Ebola virus after the Ebola River back in 1976. That river is a tributary of the Congo River. Zaire is, of course, now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. From the November 30, 1976 New York Times: The…

Tech News Matt Novak

A Hydraulic Bridge That Opens and Closes Like a 30-Ton Steel Fan

More than 200 years ago, this canal in London was a critical vein in the city’s industrial infrastructure, carting goods between Birmingham and London. The bridge that spans it today would have seemed utterly bizarre—but a lot has changed since 1801. Like so many other post-industrial port cities, London has plenty of waterfront real estate…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Report: 76 Million Households Affected by JPMorgan Chase Data Breach

Following reports last month that JPMorgan Chase was one of at least five U.S banks targeted by hackers who stole gigabytes of data, today Bloomberg reports that over 76 million households—that’s half the households in America (!)—were affected by the breach, in addition to 7 million small businesses. The revelation comes from a regulatory filing…

Tech News Jordan Kushins

Which TV Episode Does Everybody Seem To Love Except For You?

Everybody knows that loving or hating a particular TV show is a matter of intensely personal taste — but sometimes, this includes individual episodes. Everybody else might think one episode is genius, and you just can’t understand why. But what’s the most overrated single episode of a TV show, in your book? Please include a…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

One Weird Trick for Controlling the Spread of Invasive Plants

You might assume, by virtue of being called the “common reed,” that it’s a common element of Eastern United States marshes. And you’d be right. But the common reed is an invader from the Old World, and it must be stamped out. Kill it with fire, etc. Okay, the truth is that most ecologists have…

Biology Jason G. Goldman

Video: The invisible F-22 Raptor flying on its way to bomb ISIS in Syria

We saw the awesome photos and now we got the video: Witness the F-22 Raptor refueling somewhere over the Arabian Peninsula en route to ISIS targets in Syria, captured from a KC-135 tanker on September 27, 2014. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook

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Now Anyone Can Get the Malware That Exploits USB’s Fundamental Flaw

Don’t plug strange USB sticks into your computers. Don’t do it. A pair of hackers just made public the code for super scary malwarethat takes advantage of a fundamental flaw in USB firmware. They didn’t do this to be mean, but you can be sure some evil hackers will use it to be mean. The…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes

This Toy might be the best rendition of The Dark Knight Returns‘ Batman

Frank Miller’s iconic representation of Batman in his 1986 graphic novel has been a touchstone of Batman merchandise for years and years – but this new version from Mezco is definitely one of the best renditions there’s been. The bulky figure stands at about 6.5″ tall, and as well as bring its imposing form, it’s…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

A Collar Laser Pointer Is the Dangling Carrot Your Pet Will Never Catch

The only thing better than a toy that keeps your cat and dog occupied for hours is one that requires no intervention on your part. A ball needs to be tossed, a pull toy needs to be tugged, but this laser pointer that clips onto a collar will have your pet chasing, but never catching,…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Concept Art Writing Prompt: A God Emerges From The Temple Ruins

Something great and glowing emerges from a dilapidated complex in this week’s concept art writing prompt. What is the tiny figure at the opening to do? Play Indiana Jones? Serve as lion tamer of the divine? Or just get out of the being’s way? This week’s illustration is by artist Tucker Cullinan. You can check…

io9 Lauren Davis

The Most Detailed Map of the Ocean Floor Ever Was Made From Space

The bottom of the ocean is dark, mysterious, and vast—nearly all of it unmapped. Today, however, scientists reveal the clearest map of the ocean floor ever. They didn’t explore the ocean floor. They didn’t even send instruments into the water. Instead, they used gravity measurements from two satellites orbiting in space. The map shows thousands…

Space & Spaceflight Sarah Zhang

Behold the newest, fastest, most badass attack helicopter in the world

The S-97 Raider—Sikorsky new attack helicopter—is out and it is not only gorgeous. It’s absolutely badass. It is based in the same technology as their X2 technology demonstrator, which broke the world helicopter speed record in 2010: 260 knots—that’s 299.2mph (481.5km/h) vs the 172mph of conventional helicopters. According to Sikorsky’s Mike Miller, it “is an…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Listen To The Sunrise Via Special Weather Sensors And A Custom Synth

Remembering Rod Serling And the Debut of The Twilight Zone

Why Did The Doctor Start Eating Meat Again On Doctor Who?

Short film: A stick figure drawing destroys the computer that drew it

Popularity of the top music genres since 1950 in one beautiful graphic

Titan’s Toxic Vortex

Ex-NASA Scientist Writes, Directs And Stars In Science Fiction Movie

Going to watch this lid spinning till the world ends

The Ebola virus was named in 1976 after the Ebola River in Zaire

A Hydraulic Bridge That Opens and Closes Like a 30-Ton Steel Fan

Report: 76 Million Households Affected by JPMorgan Chase Data Breach

Which TV Episode Does Everybody Seem To Love Except For You?

One Weird Trick for Controlling the Spread of Invasive Plants

Video: The invisible F-22 Raptor flying on its way to bomb ISIS in Syria

Now Anyone Can Get the Malware That Exploits USB’s Fundamental Flaw

This Toy might be the best rendition of The Dark Knight Returns‘ Batman

A Collar Laser Pointer Is the Dangling Carrot Your Pet Will Never Catch

Concept Art Writing Prompt: A God Emerges From The Temple Ruins

The Most Detailed Map of the Ocean Floor Ever Was Made From Space

Behold the newest, fastest, most badass attack helicopter in the world

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