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Why We Love To Watch The World Burn

Whether by sweeping pandemic, by natural disasters of biblical proportions, by a horde of zombies, or by some unspecified slowly-unfolding environmental destruction, world-destroying fiction is having a moment. But what is it that makes it so appealing to see the world fall down around us? Today, we read responses from 5 authors explaining what made…

io9 Ria Misra Oct 21 '14

How to Turn Your Love of Physics into the Best Halloween Costume

Now you can combine your love of Halloween and spooky action at a distance. Over at Symmetry Magazine, Lauren Biron offers some excellent suggestions for dressing as your favorite concepts from physics. She’s got a whole list, but my favorite is the Feynman diagram, maybe because I spent a lot of time looking at said…

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 21 '14

Meet The Last Normal Person In a World Full Of Superheroes

When everyone on the planet has superpowers, only the ordinary is extraordinary — as loser Michael Fisher finds out when a freak event gives everyone incredible powers but him in Titan Comics’ Ordinary. Plus Edward Scissorhands, D&D, a TMNT/Ghostbusters team-up and more, all in this week’s comics! New Issues 13 Coins #1 (Titan) — An…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken Oct 21 '14

Makonnen featuring Drake: Tuesday

Makonnonen’s been having a moment ever since Drake hopped on this track early this fall. Now it’s Tuesday, and the video just dropped, so playing the song’s appropriate. But the song works every day, always. Makonnen is weird, but weird is good, and “club goin’ UP! On a Tuesday!” is infectious. This video essentially describes…

Tech News Leslie Horn Oct 21 '14

Ridley Scott’s Moses Movie Might Be 3 Hours And 20 Minutes Long

After we saw 40 minutes of Ridley Scott’s epic Moses movie Exodus, we left the theater with the sinking feeling that we’d yet to even scratch the surface on this filmic tome. It seems we were right, because rumor has it that this movie is going to be long as hell. According to IMDB (via…

Movies Meredith Woerner Oct 21 '14

This is how you actually break open a giant Italian cheese

I’m just posting this for two reasons. Because I find it fascinating from beginning to end—I just couldn’t stop watching him prepping the cheese wheel to break it open—and because I just discovered there’s a thing called Channel Cheese TV on YouTube. An entire channel about cheese! I’m doomed. This channel is going to suck…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Oct 21 '14

Freezing Your Eggs Isn’t the Future of Reproduction. Here’s What Is.

When Facebook and Apple announced that their new health plans include an option to freeze the eggs of female employees, the news was greeted with a mix of cheers and outrage. But freezing women’s eggs is just a starting point. The future demands more than that. Image via Batman and Robin It pisses me off…

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 21 '14

Christian Slater Will Star In The Next TV Show About Antisocial Hackers

Are you ready for more shows about how geeks don’t understand humans and emotions and regular social interactions and how to tie their own shoes? Well get ready. In the wake of the success of Scorpion, USA Network is rushing ahead with Mr. Robot, a show starring Christian Slater. Sadly, Mr. Robot is not actually…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 21 '14

Hackers Roamed Around JPMorgan Chase’s Financial Records for 2 Months

Earlier this month, approximate 76 million households—or roughly half of the households in America—were unhappy to hear their JPMorgan Chase accounts had been compromised. Those 76 million households will be equally unhappy to learn that the hackers who broke in were wandering around the bank’s servers for two months. Two whole months! The New York…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes Oct 21 '14

Tall Tale Fishing Postcards, The Ultimate Humblebrag Of The Early 1900s

These tall tale postcards, made by Alfred Stanley Johnson Jr. and William H. Martin. The hilariously exaggerated scenes of fishermen with their absurd catches were extremely popular before WWI, but they aren’t extinct yet. https://gizmodo.com/the-amazing-world-of-photo-editing-before-photoshop-461170976 A Bull-head Worth Catching, 1909 Catfish Caught in Beaver Pond Landing a pike in Attica, Wisconsin, c. 1910 There are…

io9 Vincze Miklós Oct 21 '14

New Trailer For Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 Shows Why It’s Still The Best

Arguably the greatest scifi film ever made, 2001: A Space Odyssey is getting a theatrical re-release in the U.K. (not the U.S. — for now, at least) and thus has earned this incredible new trailer. And it’s so goddamned good it makes all other science fiction movies look pitiful in comparison. Seriously! The Dissolve pointed…

Trailers Rob Bricken Oct 21 '14

Star Wars Rebels Does What We’ve Only Dreamed Of—Stealing A TIE Fighter

Well, Star Wars Rebels certainly knows how to have fun. What started out as a rather dull story of sibling rivalry between Zeb and Ezra turned positively gleeful when our characters kind of accidentally steal a TIE fighter and use it to mess with the Empire. At the start of this episode, I worried that…

Television Lauren Davis Oct 21 '14

Fitbit Charge, Charge HR, and Surge Leak Again in Sports Authority Ad

Sports Authority is the latest source of leaked images of Fitbit’s forthcoming activity trackers. An email advertisement sent to us by a tipster lists the unannounced Charge, Charge HR, and Surge trackers as available for pre-order. They’re not, but it’s almost certain that they will be soon. Information about the Fitbit’s new products has been…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Oct 21 '14

Hot Toys’ Wolverine Figure Definitely Counts As a Celebrity Encounter

We’re not entirely sure what kind of voodoo Hot Toys is using to create its remarkably detailed line of sixth-scale action figures, but we’re fairly confident that seeing its new Wolverine figure in person counts as a celebrity encounter with Hugh Jackman himself. Standing just shy of a foot tall the figure won’t be available…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 21 '14

Paralyzed Man Walks Again After Brain Cells Are Injected into His Spine

Back in 2010, Darek Fidyka became paralyzed from the waist down after suffering stab wounds to his back. Now, after 19 months of treatment in which cells from his brain were transplanted into his spinal column, he can walk with a frame. Researchers are calling it a “historic breakthrough.” The new technique, the details of…

io9 George Dvorsky Oct 21 '14

China’s President Wants To Ban Weird Buildings—And That’s a Huge Mistake

From smog-chomping supercities to giant penis skyscrapers, China has built its reputation on wild and wacky structures of late. But in a public speech last week, China’s president made a promise to his country: “No more weird architecture.” No way! Here’s why we need to Keep China Weird. President Xi Jinping began his attack by…

Tech News Alissa Walker Oct 21 '14

Some people in the 19th century called brunch “blunch”

There are all kinds of dark alternate histories to think about. What if the Nazis had won World War II? What if the doomsday prophecies about 2012 had made any sense? And what if brunch had actually been called blunch? As the New Republic reports, it nearly happened. Well, the blunch one. When the concept…

Tech News Matt Novak Oct 21 '14

John Carter Of Mars Rights Revert Back to Edgar Rice Burroughs

Disney’s rights to the John Carter series of stories have reverted back to Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. But does anyone want to buy it? In a press release, Edgar Right Burroughs, Inc. announced (via Coming Soon) that all movie, television and merchandise rights from John Carter have gone back to the original company. No doubt…

Movies Meredith Woerner Oct 21 '14

You can now crowdfund a Back to the Future-esque Hoverboard for $10,000

Ah, Kickstarter. It’s full of crazy ideas for all sorts of things – now including an actual goddamn Hoverboard that let’s you basically pretend to be Marty McFly. Thanks, science! The Hendo Hoverboard is made by Greg and Jill Henderson is a fully functioning prototype that they’ve placed on Kickstarter, in order to get more…

Tech News James Whitbrook Oct 21 '14

This Water-Resistant Goldfish Pouch Looks Wet But Keeps Stuff Dry

As a kid, winning a goldfish in a plastic baggie at the fair was the best possible prize—until they inevitably passed on within a week to that great big glass bowl in the sky. This handy little Tyvek pouch has all the fond memories, none of the deceased aquatic pet. This thing is small—four inches…

Tech News Jordan Kushins Oct 21 '14

Why We Love To Watch The World Burn

How to Turn Your Love of Physics into the Best Halloween Costume

Meet The Last Normal Person In a World Full Of Superheroes

Makonnen featuring Drake: Tuesday

Ridley Scott’s Moses Movie Might Be 3 Hours And 20 Minutes Long

This is how you actually break open a giant Italian cheese

Freezing Your Eggs Isn’t the Future of Reproduction. Here’s What Is.

Christian Slater Will Star In The Next TV Show About Antisocial Hackers

Hackers Roamed Around JPMorgan Chase’s Financial Records for 2 Months

Tall Tale Fishing Postcards, The Ultimate Humblebrag Of The Early 1900s

New Trailer For Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 Shows Why It’s Still The Best

Star Wars Rebels Does What We’ve Only Dreamed Of—Stealing A TIE Fighter

Fitbit Charge, Charge HR, and Surge Leak Again in Sports Authority Ad

Hot Toys’ Wolverine Figure Definitely Counts As a Celebrity Encounter

Paralyzed Man Walks Again After Brain Cells Are Injected into His Spine

China’s President Wants To Ban Weird Buildings—And That’s a Huge Mistake

Some people in the 19th century called brunch “blunch”

John Carter Of Mars Rights Revert Back to Edgar Rice Burroughs

You can now crowdfund a Back to the Future-esque Hoverboard for $10,000

This Water-Resistant Goldfish Pouch Looks Wet But Keeps Stuff Dry

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Why We Love To Watch The World Burn

How to Turn Your Love of Physics into the Best Halloween Costume

​Meet The Last Normal Person In a World Full Of Superheroes

Makonnen featuring Drake: Tuesday

Ridley Scott’s Moses Movie Might Be 3 Hours And 20 Minutes Long

This is how you actually break open a giant Italian cheese

Freezing Your Eggs Isn’t the Future of Reproduction. Here’s What Is.

Christian Slater Will Star In The Next TV Show About Antisocial Hackers

Hackers Roamed Around JPMorgan Chase’s Financial Records for 2 Months

Tall Tale Fishing Postcards, The Ultimate Humblebrag Of The Early 1900s

New Trailer For Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 Shows Why It’s Still The Best

Star Wars Rebels Does What We’ve Only Dreamed Of—Stealing A TIE Fighter

Fitbit Charge, Charge HR, and Surge Leak Again in Sports Authority Ad

Hot Toys’ Wolverine Figure Definitely Counts As a Celebrity Encounter

Paralyzed Man Walks Again After Brain Cells Are Injected into His Spine

China’s President Wants To Ban Weird Buildings—And That’s a Huge Mistake

Some people in the 19th century called brunch “blunch”

John Carter Of Mars Rights Revert Back to Edgar Rice Burroughs

You can now crowdfund a Back to the Future-esque Hoverboard for $10,000

This Water-Resistant Goldfish Pouch Looks Wet But Keeps Stuff Dry

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