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Fab Sauce is one of the most disturbing animations I’ve seen in a while

Adult Swim has new promotional shorts, and they are fantastically weird. This one is Fab Sauce, a film about a sauce so good that it makes every object, plant, and animal irresistibly delicious. Humans too. John Carpenter should do a movie based on this. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Sep 10 '14

Why You Should Put $19.05 on Your MetroCard to Outsmart the MTA

We’ve all been there. The train is coming into the station, and you grab your MetroCard and quickly try and swipe it at a turnstile. “Please Swipe Again.” “Please Swipe Again.” “Insufficient Fare.” The last two words are killer. You think to yourself, “I swear I had a balance on this card.” You go and…

Tech News Ben Wellington - I Quant NY Sep 10 '14

An Ant With A Parasitic Mite Stuck To Its Head Preserved In Amber

This ancient ant and its parasitic companion became locked together in amber about 44 to 49 million years ago. It’s the oldest known example of a mite attached to its victim. Image: Jason Dunlop/Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin It’s amazing what we’ve found preserved in amber, from a fossilized scene of a spider attacking a wasp,…

io9 George Dvorsky Sep 10 '14

The Science of Dog Training: Is It Okay To Use A Shock Collar?

The use of electronic shock collars as aids in dog training is, to put it mildly, controversial. Some are outraged that owners would subject their canine companions to electric shocks; others insist they’re the only way to get their dogs to behave. What does science say? Let us break it down for you. Image: Verkhovynets…

io9 Jason G. Goldman Sep 10 '14

What does JJ Abrams’ love of Apple tell us about… Episode VII!?

JJ Abrams is a huge fan of all things Apple – so when the company unveiled its new iPhone and Watch yesterday, he took to Twitter to share his thoughts. But in doing so, in true JJ style, he also teased a new teeny bit of news for Star Wars Episode VII. Header Image: iStar…

Tech News James Whitbrook Sep 10 '14

Can Apple’s Watch Overcome the History of Broken Smartwatch Promises?

Yesterday, Apple announced that it will release its own smartwatch in “early 2015.” But the smartwatch has a trail of broken promises in its wake. Around this time last year Samsung announced that they were going to bring us the sci-fi future we had always dreamt about. Can Apple finally make our smartwatch dreams a…

Tech News Matt Novak Sep 10 '14

Why China’s Building a Military Base in the Middle of the Ocean

After flying a surveillance plane over the South China Sea last February, the Philippine government saw how China was constructing islands in order to bolster its claim to the territory. (See above.) It even suspected that China might plan to build a military air strip to protect them. Looks like they were right. The BBC…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Sep 10 '14

This Dinosaur Tricycle Kills State-Funded Religious Education

Artist Markus Moestue made headlines recently by pedaling across Norway’s bible belt (a term describing theSouthernand Western parts of Norway, apparently) on a hand crafted dino-trike – a tour he undertook in protest “against the dogmatic religious education of children” in state schools. See now this raptor-tastic footage of his travels. H/t Boing Boing

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Sep 10 '14

Scientists find mysterious species that defy all classifications of life

Marine biologists from the University of Copenhagen have discovered two new species that “defy all existing classifications of life.” They are rather cute and pretty—like some monsters from a Mario Bros. game. Found in the sea southeast of Australia, the research paper published in PLOS ONE describes two asymmetrical mushroom shaped beings found at a…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Sep 10 '14

Godzilla Was Only In 8 Minutes Of Godzilla And Here They Are

Wow. Gareth Edwards’ new Godzilla movie got pretty solid reviews, but I don’t think people realized how little the Big G was actually on screen during the film. As this video compiled by John Nemesis reveals, it’s less than eight total minutes — yeesh. According to Wired, that accounts for less than 7% of the…

Movies Rob Bricken Sep 10 '14

This N64 GoldenEye Watch Face Is the Best Reason To Buy the Moto 360

Apple Watch, Schmapple Watch. If you grew up playing GoldenEye 007 on the Nintendo 64, the decision to strap a Moto 360 to your wrist was just made for you by a developer who’s created this amazing Android Wear watch face that looks like just the GoldenEye pause screen. As modeled by the folks at…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Sep 10 '14

You Can Finally Buy the Design Manual That Defined the NYC Subway

Earlier this year we wrote about the unlikely story of three graphic designers who discovered a copy of the book that dictates every aspect of the subway system, forgotten in the basement of the design studio Pentagram. Now, the MTA has agreed to reprint the 44-year-old design bible for sale—but only for the next 30…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Sep 10 '14

10 Apps That Are The Next Best Thing To Being In Space

Most of us won’t ever visit space. But space has been brought to us, in the form of images and data collected for years by spacecraft, satellites and telescopes. Here are the 10 best online, interactive apps that allow you to explore space from your computer. Grab your mouse, Ensign — you have the helm.…

io9 Mark Strauss Sep 10 '14

This Mixer Could Have Originally Been an Industrial Factory Robot

Mixing and kneading dough for bread can be a back-breaking process. It’s a chore best left to a grandparent who’s been doing it all their life—or a machine like Bosch’s new MaxxiMUM mixer, which actually looks like a robotic arm from an automotive factory that was laid off but has since found other work. With…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Sep 10 '14

Science Explains Why Beer Is The Liquid That Fuels Civilzation

Ever wondered exactly how your favorite alcoholic beverage that isn’t scotch is made? PBS’s wonderful “It’s Okay to Be Smart” series reveals the science of beer, from hops to bacteria to why we like it so damn much. Take notes; when the apocalypse comes you’ll be glad you have ’em. [Via Neatorama]

io9 Rob Bricken Sep 10 '14

The Real Story Behind Canada’s Sudden Interest In Arctic Archaeology

Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper was absolutely gushing yesterday when he announced the discovery of one of the lost ships from the doomed Franklin expedition. But this anti-science government doesn’t actually care for archaeology. Rather, it plans to use the find as a way to make a territorial claim on the Arctic — and its…

io9 George Dvorsky Sep 10 '14

Remarkable 17th Century Maps Of The Earth’s Interior

Born in 1601, Athanasius Kircher has been hailed as the “last Renaissance Man” owing to his scholarly works in fields as diverse as biology, geology, medicine and technology. Among his most remarkable books was Mundus Subterraneus, a study of the Earth’s interior that might have inspired Jules Verne. Kircher wrote his 1664 opus some three…

io9 Mark Strauss Sep 10 '14

Philips’ New Headphones Connect Digitally To an iPhone’s Lightning Port

It was widely assumed that when Apple bought Beats a few months ago we’d soon see a set of Apple-branded headphones that connected directly to the iPhone or iPad’s digital Lightning port, instead of the analog headphone jack. But it seems like Philips has actually beaten Apple to the punch with its new Lightning-friendly Fidelio…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Sep 10 '14

A Blu-ray Disc Player on Your Car’s GPS Is Probably Not a Good Idea

There’s just one thing that could make your drive to work less agonizing when the GPS is telling you there’s no way around the endless traffic: access to your Criterion Collection Blu-ray discs. Or at least that’s the scenario Panasonic is envisioning now that it’s including Blu-ray players on its satellite navigation units. To start…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Sep 10 '14

A Japanese city has its own, Police-approved Batman

A few weeks ago, Japanese media blew up with twitter images of a man, completely clad in a Batman costume, riding a kitted out trike on the streets of Chiba. It turns out the city has a new popular hero, one that even the local police force are fans of: Chibatman. Header Image Credit: Doorblog…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Sep 10 '14

Fab Sauce is one of the most disturbing animations I’ve seen in a while

Why You Should Put $19.05 on Your MetroCard to Outsmart the MTA

An Ant With A Parasitic Mite Stuck To Its Head Preserved In Amber

The Science of Dog Training: Is It Okay To Use A Shock Collar?

What does JJ Abrams’ love of Apple tell us about… Episode VII!?

Can Apple’s Watch Overcome the History of Broken Smartwatch Promises?

Why China’s Building a Military Base in the Middle of the Ocean

This Dinosaur Tricycle Kills State-Funded Religious Education

Scientists find mysterious species that defy all classifications of life

Godzilla Was Only In 8 Minutes Of Godzilla And Here They Are

This N64 GoldenEye Watch Face Is the Best Reason To Buy the Moto 360

You Can Finally Buy the Design Manual That Defined the NYC Subway

10 Apps That Are The Next Best Thing To Being In Space

This Mixer Could Have Originally Been an Industrial Factory Robot

Science Explains Why Beer Is The Liquid That Fuels Civilzation

The Real Story Behind Canada’s Sudden Interest In Arctic Archaeology

Remarkable 17th Century Maps Of The Earth’s Interior

Philips’ New Headphones Connect Digitally To an iPhone’s Lightning Port

A Blu-ray Disc Player on Your Car’s GPS Is Probably Not a Good Idea

A Japanese city has its own, Police-approved Batman

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