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This Abandoned Warehouse Is Full of Live Jellyfish

If you find yourself wandering around Liverpool in the middle of the night, you might be surprised to happen upon a warehouse with a glowing blue door. Inside, you’ll see countless live jellyfish floating peacefully in the unlikely setting. It’s not a hallucination. It’s art. Artist duo Walter Hugo and Zoniel quietly openedthe installation a…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Star Wars: Rebels‘ Agent Kallus Is The Ultimate Imperial Officer

Smart, efficient, ruthless and a badass: That pretty much sums up Agent Kallus, the new Star Wars: Rebels villain voiced by David Oyelowo. He’s called “the perfect Imperial poster boy” because he represents everything the Empire thinks of itself — which makes him an extremely dangerous foe to the Rebels. A couple other things to…

io9 Rob Bricken

The Plan to Resurrect NASA’s Long-Lost Satellite Has Failed

Someone throw together an IndieGoGo for a 21 gun salute. The crowdfunded project take control of ISEE-3, NASA’s 30-year-old satellite, is kaput. The sad news is a blow to anyone who loves space, science, or stories of redemption by scrappy underdogs. If you’re just joining us, here’s the backstory: ISEE-3 was a satellite launched in…

Space & Spaceflight Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Happy Birthday Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla was a legendary futurist before the term futurist even existed. He made all kinds of predictions about the way that world would and should operate — some of them accurate, and some of them controversial. And guess what? It’s his birthday! Born “at the stroke of midnight” on July 9th/10th in 1856, Nikola…

Tech News Matt Novak

FTC: Amazon Billed Parents Millions for Kids’ Unauthorized App Buys

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against Amazon demanding refunds for parents billed for millions of dollars in app purchases. The FTC alleges that Amazon profited from charging parents for unauthorized in-app purchases their children made. If the FTC wins its lawsuit, Amazon will have to refund the money it made. It would…

Commerce Kate Knibbs

The Simplest Way to Track Your Sleep Yet

A lot of us suck at sleep. But exactly how do we suck at it? Do we toss and turn a lot? Snore? Are we roused by outside noises? Well, the new Misfit Beddit Sleep System promises to answer those questions. You might remember Misfit as the makers of the Shine—one of the most attractive…

Health Brent Rose

World’s first climate-controlled neighborhood to be built in Dubai

Dubai has unveiled plans for the world’s first indoor, climate-controlled neighborhood—a 450-hectare city area with a retractable glass roof and the world’s largest shopping center.This sounds to me like the hell on earth but I better get used to it: Every major city will probably be like this by the end of the century. It…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

Deals: The Best Wireless Headphones, Roll Your Own Aereo, Faster Bacon

These wireless on-ears from Jabra are the Wirecutter’s favorite Bluetooth headphones, and you can own a pair for just $140 today. They usually sell for over $200, so we don’t expect this deal to last long. [Jabra REVO Bluetooth Headphones, $140] If you’re a displaced Aereo customer, or if you wanted the service but it…

Tech News Shep McAllister

Why Smooth Surfaces Make Your City Sizzle in Summer

It’s not just you, city-dwellers. Urban areas actually do get noticeably hotter than the rural areas around them, and that’s especially problematic in summertime. Why does that happen? Well, a new study says it all has to do with the aerodynamic shape of your city. In other words, the smoother your skyline, the hotter you’ll…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

Could Snowpiercer Be A Hit Movie In the U.S. After All?

Never bet against a massive ice-cracking high-speed train. For months, everybody’s been talking about how the Weinstein Company dumped the masterpiece Snowpiercer in limited release after director Bong Joon-ho wouldn’t agree to cuts and a voiceover. But now… the movie’s actually on its way to being a sleeper hit. According to BusinessWeek, Snowpiercer made an…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Transformers Trilogy Contains Only 20 Minutes Of Robots Fighting

Someone made a supercut of all the footage of the Autobots and Decepticons actually battling each other in the first three of Michael Bay’s Transformers films. It’s a nice highlight reel, but the real story is this: These movies contain less than 5% of giant robot-on-robot action. Don’t believe me? Let’s do the math. Here’s…

io9 Rob Bricken

Aerosmith made more money on Guitar Hero than from any of their albums

According to the head of Activision, Aerosmith has made more money from licensing their songs and image for the Guitar Hero: Aerosmith game than from any one of their albums. This should really come as no surprise. Even back in the recording industry’s most profitable days, bands were almost always making more money from live…

Tech News Matt Novak

Here Are The Robots That Could Be Exploring Space For Us In The Future

As we move further out into space, these robots — including a sticky-sided grasping robot and a hedgehog-inspired hopping cubebot — could be the ones exploring that terrain for us. Top image: Artist’s conception of robot with microspine gripper legs, to remain locked on a surface even in microgravity. NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA has announced that it’s…

io9 Ria Misra

This Waterproof Case Lets You Dive With Your iPhone To Over 300 Feet

If your vacation involves a scuba adventure to some exotic underwater locale, of course you’re going to want to take photos to make everyone back home jealous. And since the iPhone has become the go-to pocket camera for most tourists, Thanko’s now selling a monstrous, over-engineered case that promises to keep your iPhone bone dry,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Humble Sci-Fi eBook Bundle Is An Amazing Bargain For Book Lovers

For just $12, you can get 11 science fiction books right now, by authors including Alan Dean Foster, Barbara Hambly, Harlan Ellison, Greg Bear and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. But you better move fast: the Humble Sci-Fi eBook Bundle won’t last forever. Chances are, you’ve done the Humble Bundle thing before, so you’re familiar with the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

These Are The Fan Cartoonists That Marvel And DC Should Hire Right Now

We’re always giddy when Marvel or DC announces that an exciting new creator is taking over the writing or art of a favorite character, but there are even more talented creators that the Big Two could be drawing from. Here are just a few of our favorites. Top image from Brittney Williams’ The Daily Planet…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

Watch a Researcher Zip Line Over the Door to Hell For Science

The more biologists look, the stranger the places they find life. Whether it’s in the boiling mud ponds of Yellowstone or in radioactive seams miles beneath the surface of the Earth, microbes seem capable of surviving just about anywhere. That’s why one team is heading to the deep desert of Turkmenistan to see if life…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Tarantola

Declassified Memos Reveal Debate Over Naming the Shuttle “Enterprise”

NASA had initially planned to name the first Space Shuttle Constitution. Now, declassified White House documents reveal what convinced President Gerald Ford to overrule that decision and thrill Star Trek fans by calling it Enterprise. (Photo: NASA) On September 3, 1976, William Gorog, a senior economic adviser to Ford, sent the president a decision memorandum:…

io9 Mark Strauss

I’m Not Sure How to Feel About this Neko Case Video About Geeks

Awesome singer-songwriter Neko Case got together with Kelly Hogan to make the song “These Aren’t the Droids” for the 2776 comedy/music benefit project. A lot of the sight gags are great, but the “geek stuff is for boys” message is a little … outdated. It’s hard to tell exactly what Case and Hogan are trying…

io9 Annalee Newitz

This Green Monster Was Once the Fastest Car on Earth

The Green Monster isn’t just a wall in Boston. That title was also once carried by a series of land speed record-breaking jet cars. For a few glorious years in the mid-1960s, these vehicles showed the world what six wheels and the engine from an F-104 Starfighter could do. The early 60s were an exciting…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

This Abandoned Warehouse Is Full of Live Jellyfish

Star Wars: Rebels‘ Agent Kallus Is The Ultimate Imperial Officer

The Plan to Resurrect NASA’s Long-Lost Satellite Has Failed

Happy Birthday Nikola Tesla

FTC: Amazon Billed Parents Millions for Kids’ Unauthorized App Buys

The Simplest Way to Track Your Sleep Yet

World’s first climate-controlled neighborhood to be built in Dubai

Deals: The Best Wireless Headphones, Roll Your Own Aereo, Faster Bacon

Why Smooth Surfaces Make Your City Sizzle in Summer

Could Snowpiercer Be A Hit Movie In the U.S. After All?

The Transformers Trilogy Contains Only 20 Minutes Of Robots Fighting

Aerosmith made more money on Guitar Hero than from any of their albums

Here Are The Robots That Could Be Exploring Space For Us In The Future

This Waterproof Case Lets You Dive With Your iPhone To Over 300 Feet

The Humble Sci-Fi eBook Bundle Is An Amazing Bargain For Book Lovers

These Are The Fan Cartoonists That Marvel And DC Should Hire Right Now

Watch a Researcher Zip Line Over the Door to Hell For Science

Declassified Memos Reveal Debate Over Naming the Shuttle “Enterprise”

I’m Not Sure How to Feel About this Neko Case Video About Geeks

This Green Monster Was Once the Fastest Car on Earth

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