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Dramatic Cave Art Confirms that Neanderthals Were Basically Humans

They made jewelry, buried their dead, and left behind haunting abstract paintings on the walls of their caves. Now a new finding in Gibraltar, one of the last regions of the world where Neanderthals survived, is further evidence that Neanderthals had a recognizably human culture. We’ve known for almost a decade that early humans interbred…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Sony A7 Series Gets Two Gorgeous New Prime Lenses From Zeiss

Sony’s A7 line of full-frame mirrorless cameras are friggin’ awesome, but there haven’t been many native lens options, especially in the realm of fast prime lenses. That’s slowly changing, and it’s starting with Zeiss. The famed lens company has announced two full-frame FE lenses under the name Loxia. There is a 35mm and a 50mm,…

Tech News Michael Hession

This Portable Charger Reminds You To Bring It Along on Busy Days

A portable charger can save your butt on days when your smartphone never seems to leave your hand—but only if you remember to bring it with you. So not only has Elgato packed 6,000 mAh into its new Smart Power battery, but Bluetooth and an accompanying iOS app as well, so that it can peek…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

“Nightmarish” Cricket That Eats Anything Is Now Invading the US

A cricket with a voracious appetite for anything — including members of its own species — is now spreading across the eastern United States with no end to the invasion in sight. The invader, known as the greenhouse camel cricket (Diestrammena asynamora), is described in the latest issue of the journal PeerJ. “The good news…

io9 Jennifer Viegas — Discovery News

12 Sinister Movie Posters From the Golden Age of Film Noir

“She was part-good before—SHE’S ALL BAD NOW!” “From the moment they met it was Murder!” “Blood-red kisses! White-hot thrills!” No other style of cinema mastered sensational taglines better than film noir, and posters from the genre’s mid-century heyday are a goddamn dark delight. Film Noir 101 is a new book from Fantagraphics that collects some…

Tech News Jordan Kushins

Rough Cut Star Wars’ Cantina Scene Is Like Being On The Set Of New Hope

The Mos Eisley Cantina set is probably one of the most recognizable and beloved Star Wars settings. And now, thanks to an edited together rough cut video, you can experience what it probably felt like inside the Star Wars set while George Lucas was filming in 1976. Granted, everything would be a lot slower as…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Internet reacts to Persona 5’s new hero with glorious fan art

Yesterday morning, Atlus unveiled a new trailer for the latest game in the supernatural JRPG series Persona, revealing the games’ main character. Within a matter of minutes after the reveal, fans celebrated a character they know barely anything about with some wonderful, wonderful art. Header Image Credit: すばる@インテ多謝！次スパーク on Pixiv Not much is known about…

Tech News James Whitbrook

A Federal Judge Has Struck Down An Anti-GMO Law In Hawaii

Last year, Hawaii’s fourth-largest island, Kauai, passed a local ordinance restricting the use of pesticides and genetically modified crops. But,a federal judge has ruled the county overstepped its legal authority — which has potentially huge implications for whether local communities across the U.S. can ban GMO crops. The Kauai County ordinance known as Bill 2491…

io9 Mark Strauss

Sonos Just Fixed Its Most Annoying Feature

Completely wireless music in your house is the future, and Sonos did it right first. We’ve been fond of the company for years because the system is painless to setup, easy to use, and reliable (not to mention the sound). Today, Sonos gets even simpler by killing the final wire between you and your music.…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Striped Electrical Tape Makes It Easy To Find the Starting Edge

How many laps of a roll of tape do you usually need to find the starting edge with your fingernail? Three? Four? You won’t even need fingernails with with this clever roll of electrical tape that features a wavy double-stripe pattern making the starting edge impossible to miss—all you need to do is spot the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Put This Weeping Angel Wallpaper On Your Desktop And Terrify Everyone

In the right setting, Doctor Who’s Weeping Angels can still deliver the creeps. And you can spook your friends—and yourself—with this rotating series of Weeping Angel desktop backgrounds. This image (via ManaPraxula) has been making the rounds online for a while: But you can also put the wallpaper on your own desktop (or sneak it…

io9 Lauren Davis

Phony Cell Towers Could Be Intercepting Your Data

You wouldn’t know an interceptor from an ordinary cellphone tower, there’s no way you can. Except that when your phone connects to one, a variety of over-the-air attacks become possible—everything from eavesdropping to pushing spyware on the device. It all happens stealthily, silently. It turns out that there are way more interceptors in the United…

Tech News Pranav Dixit

Radar Eyes Can See the Scars of the Napa Valley Quake From Space

The colourful picture you’re looking at isn’t modern art. In fact, it’s a radar image that shows the damage caused by the earthquake that hit California’s Napa Valley at the end of last month. It’s actually an interferogram generated from two radar images snapped by Sentinel-1A, the radar imaging satellite of the European Space Agency,…

Tech News Attila Nagy

Dracula Is A Peace-Loving Family Man In Newest Dracula Untold Trailer

Hollywood has finally wrung every last drop of evil out of the classic literary movie monster with Dracula Untold, the new prequel in which Vlad the Impaler is a loving dad who would rather take his son on a happy riding trip than, you know, impale his enemies. Sigh. Sure, it’s awesome to see Dracula…

Trailers Rob Bricken

Our Planet Is Ethereally Alien In These Dusky Photos From Space

While it looks like an unearthly landscape from a distant exoplanet, this is our own Earth as seen from the International Space Station. Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev captured this delicate moment of diffuse light and rich shadows of clouds at sunset. While this is the most recent bit of extreme beauty sent home by Artemyev, it’s…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

There’s a Dating Site For… Algorithms?

Just like humans, algorithms vary in popularity: some get all the attention, while others languish unnoticed, even if they’re actually quite special. Which is why there’s now a dating site for them. Wait, what? No, it’s true, honest. A startup called Algorithmia is set up especially to match up researchers and data analysts with the…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Cool paintings show the everyday life of a post-futuristic world

Sci-fi movies are often cold and emotionless but Swedish artistSimon Stalenhagthinks otherwise. His paintings, inspired by those movies, escape from the artifices of the genre to show the calm everyday life in a post-futuristic world full robots and abandoned mechanical structures. You canbuy Simon’s prints here or pre-order his book here. SPLOID is a new…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

The Mad Science Of Pouring A Vat Of Liquid Nitrogen Over Your Head

Canadian chemist Muhammad Qureshi has taken the viral ALS ice bucket challenge to its logical conclusion by dumping a bucket of liquid nitrogen over his head. Undeniably, it was a very dangerous thing to do — but Qureshi did have some basic chemistry on his side. “So a lot of you are saying that since…

io9 George Dvorsky

What Time (Other Than Now) Would You Most Want To Live In?

Quick! You have a time machine with just enough juice for one more trip, so when do you set it for? Pick a date and stick by it, ’cause this ticket only takes you one-way. Unfortunately, there’s not time to do any research, and it’s very unlikely that your smartphone’s search functions will still be…

io9 Ria Misra

How Music Proves We Live In Three Dimensions

String theory has dimensions popping up all over the place. We are currently at over 10 dimensions. But how would living in that many dimensions affect us? The first thing to do would be to throw out all your albums, because they won’t sound right anymore. Three dimensions are convenient for sound waves. They begin…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Dramatic Cave Art Confirms that Neanderthals Were Basically Humans

Sony A7 Series Gets Two Gorgeous New Prime Lenses From Zeiss

This Portable Charger Reminds You To Bring It Along on Busy Days

“Nightmarish” Cricket That Eats Anything Is Now Invading the US

12 Sinister Movie Posters From the Golden Age of Film Noir

Rough Cut Star Wars’ Cantina Scene Is Like Being On The Set Of New Hope

The Internet reacts to Persona 5’s new hero with glorious fan art

A Federal Judge Has Struck Down An Anti-GMO Law In Hawaii

Sonos Just Fixed Its Most Annoying Feature

Striped Electrical Tape Makes It Easy To Find the Starting Edge

Put This Weeping Angel Wallpaper On Your Desktop And Terrify Everyone

Phony Cell Towers Could Be Intercepting Your Data

Radar Eyes Can See the Scars of the Napa Valley Quake From Space

Dracula Is A Peace-Loving Family Man In Newest Dracula Untold Trailer

Our Planet Is Ethereally Alien In These Dusky Photos From Space

There’s a Dating Site For… Algorithms?

Cool paintings show the everyday life of a post-futuristic world

The Mad Science Of Pouring A Vat Of Liquid Nitrogen Over Your Head

What Time (Other Than Now) Would You Most Want To Live In?

How Music Proves We Live In Three Dimensions

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Dramatic Cave Art Confirms that Neanderthals Were Basically Humans

Sony A7 Series Gets Two Gorgeous New Prime Lenses From Zeiss

This Portable Charger Reminds You To Bring It Along on Busy Days

“Nightmarish” Cricket That Eats Anything Is Now Invading the US

12 Sinister Movie Posters From the Golden Age of Film Noir

Rough Cut Star Wars’ Cantina Scene Is Like Being On The Set Of New Hope

The Internet reacts to Persona 5’s new hero with glorious fan art

A Federal Judge Has Struck Down An Anti-GMO Law In Hawaii

​Sonos Just Fixed Its Most Annoying Feature

Striped Electrical Tape Makes It Easy To Find the Starting Edge

Put This Weeping Angel Wallpaper On Your Desktop And Terrify Everyone

Phony Cell Towers Could Be Intercepting Your Data

Radar Eyes Can See the Scars of the Napa Valley Quake From Space

Dracula Is A Peace-Loving Family Man In Newest Dracula Untold Trailer

Our Planet Is Ethereally Alien In These Dusky Photos From Space

There’s a Dating Site For… Algorithms?

Cool paintings show the everyday life of a post-futuristic world

The Mad Science Of Pouring A Vat Of Liquid Nitrogen Over Your Head

What Time (Other Than Now) Would You Most Want To Live In?

How ​Music Proves We Live In Three Dimensions

‘Scream 4’ Is Back, and on Tape

Iran Threatens to Attack U.S. Tech Companies Starting April 1

Amazon Clears Out Netflix-Licensed Nebula Capsule 3 Mini Projector at 32% Off, Dolby Audio Home Theater for Less

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