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Take a Wild Ride on This 100-Foot-Tall Twisty Slide

The Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany, has one of the highest concentrations of Good Design on the planet—a confluence of A+ architecture and furnishings, complete with a dedicated museum. Now, the site is also home to a 100-foot-tall twisty slide. Of course, this isn’t just a twisty slide. It’s also Art that enables…

Tech News Jordan Kushins

Congress Won’t Decommission Nuke Silos, Which Is Dumb And Dangerous

The closure of military bases is fraught with political peril, since they pump millions of dollars into state economies. So, when members of Congress learned that the reduction of 50 nuclear-armed nuclear missiles could shut down Air Force bases, they pushed for a compromise to keep them open. The number of land-based nuclear missiles is…

io9 Mark Strauss

These A-10 Warthogs look like perfect miniatures but they are real

These A-10 Warthogs have to be models shot against a gradient background, right? Wrong, apparently. It’s an official US Air Force photo straight from their Flickr account, taken by Senior Airman Sierra Dopfel with a crappy Canon PowerShot ELPH 130 IS, according to the EXIF data. A pair of Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Invisible Illness: When Sick Animals Pretend To Be Well

Everyone has pretended to be sick, at least once, to get out of some sort of obligation or to convince our parents to let us stay home from school. Many animals do the opposite. They pretend to be well, when they’re actually in great danger from poor health. Photo Credit: Smithsonian’s National Zoo via flickr…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

A Man in a Tiny Booth Wrote a Song About My Whole Life in 30 Minutes

When I got invited to Custom Melodies by Eternal Lips, I was skeptical. It sounded like another painfully self-aware ode to irony, the kind of art that can’t see straight for its own winking. Perhaps it is. But it was also one of the most genuinely sweet experiences I’ve had in NYC. http://www.mmuseumm.com/cm Mmuseumm is…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

Professors Prank Their University to Protest Crappy Education System

College is incredibly expensive, but the quality of undergraduate classroom experiences has gone downhill. That’s because universities aren’t spending any money to hire professors. Now, a group of Canadian professors have become overnight legends for pulling a prank that called attention to this sorry situation. Are these four awesome professors equivalent to one administrator? Here’s…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Invisible Illness: When Sick Animals Pretend to Be Well

Illness is a powerful force in evolution, pushing animals to evolve a suite of behaviors – “sickness behaviors” – to help them get over those illnesses more efficiently. For a long time, doctors thought that they were just side effects of being sick, but in recent decades researchers have increasingly come to recognize the valuable,…

Biology Jason G. Goldman

Watching this video can send intense pleasure waves down your spine

Do you experience autonomous sensory meridian response? If the answer is “yes” or “don’t know,” put on your headphones, make this video big, and watch it. If you do, the sound and the action will send intense waves of pleasure up and down your spine. By the way, I can’t believe this is how they…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Pixar’s Next Short Isn’t Out For A Year, But It Sounds Fantastic

It’s safe to say that Pixar shorts are a cherished thing. Whenever they come out with a new one, animation fans rejoice at the simple beauty of the short-form storytelling. Fans also have high-expectations, too, as there hasn’t ever been a bad short yet. Well, Pixar doesn’t intend to disappoint, appointing veteran animator James Ford…

Tech News Jason Krell

Facebook Pokes: Creepy or Funny?

Facebook pokes, LinkedIn romance, and how to deal with someone who doesn’t understand email—that’s what we’re dealing with this week at User Manual, Gizmodo’s weekly internet advice column. We’re here to help! https://gizmodo.com/send-user-manual-your-burning-questions-about-online-et-1586730713 If you are in a relationship, are you required to de-activate your online dating profiles (Hinge, Tinder, OkCupid, etc…)? If you don’t…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Looper‘s Rian Johnson Is The Director Of Star Wars: Episode VIII

He will also reportedly be the scriptwriter of Episode IX, but not the director. Man, not only is Disney is getting their Star Wars biz together quickly, they’re hiring some real scifi talent with Johnson, Gareth Edwards and Josh Trank. It’s getting immensely difficult not be excited about the future of Star Wars. Oh, the…

Movies Rob Bricken

The Internet’s Eye Candy: Drones Videos Are the New Time Lapse

Remember when the internet was bursting at the seams with splendorous time lapse videos showing off bustling metropolises and exotic corners of the globe? Well, there’s a new visual novelty act in town, and it hovers noisily above your head, peering down at earth with a fisheye lens. Drone footage is rapidly sweeping every video…

Tech News Michael Hession

Why Do Wheels Sometimes Appear To Spin Backwards?

You’ve seen this optical illusion in movies — but it happens when you’re watching in person too. What’s really going on? Above: The reverse-rotation effect, as filmed by 1 Stop Auto Shop It’s a familiar scene to most anyone with a television: The wheels of a forward-moving vehicle will appear at first to spin in…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

The Problem With 3D Printing in Space

Recently, NASA’s been toying with the idea of 3D-printed spacecrafts, and the prospect alone has fans of the medium positively giddy. But in our 3D-printing-for-space frenzy, we’ve overlooked the simplest problem of all: Imperfect surfaces and outer space don’t mix. The potential of 3D printing in space is phenomenal. Not only does the process itself…

Space & Spaceflight Ashley Feinberg

This London bus stop is made entirely from 100,000 Lego bricks

An entire Lego bus stop built to Transport for London specifications has been constructed in London’s Regent Street—right in front of a toy store, of course. The route signs, the windows, even the seats are made of Lego bricks! The structure was crafted from 100,000 Lego bricks by Trueform, a company that makes street furniture,…

Tech News Alissa Walker

What If Batman Had Been In Watchmen?

What happens when The Dark Knight Returns version of Batman faces off against Alan Moore’s smartest man on the planet? Only funny things. Artist Axel Medellin drew this short comic for the latest installment of Comics Should Be Good’s The Line It Is Drawn art challenge. This week, artists were asked to send a comic…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

80 Years of World Cup Ticket Designs

FIFA World Cup 2014 is underway, and for those lucky spectators who have managed to get a ticket for one or more of the tournament matches, it’s a little piece of print design they’ll probably cherish for years to come. This post originally appeared on Creative Bloq. But one thing’s for sure, that design will…

Tech News Jonny Rowntree - Creative Bloq

Tabletop Gaming Deals: Free RPG Day, Paranoia, 10 Years of DriveThru

This Saturday is Free RPG Day, plus there’s a a Paranoia bundle, charity auctions, and other gaming deals going on right now. Don’t miss these great summer gaming deals. DriveThruRPG is holding their ten-year anniversary sale, with bundles of ten products selling for $10. That’s $1 per product, and there’s some really great stuff in…

io9 Ed Grabianowski

This Mission Plan Could Get NASA To Europa On The Cheap

NASA is currently accepting ideas for a mission to Europa — the moon voted most likely to harbour alien life. But thanks to recent budget cuts, it can only consider the most affordable solutions. The fine minds at Draper Labs may have just come up with the answer. https://gizmodo.com/nasa-is-now-accepting-ideas-for-a-mission-to-europa-1572408544 Here’s how it would work: A…

io9 George Dvorsky

Drones Are Now Banned in Every National Park In America

The National Parks Service just announced a sweeping ban on drones. The new policy prohibits “launching, landing, or operating unmanned aircraft on lands and waters administered by the National Park Service.” Why? Because they’re disruptive, that’s why. Drones are already banned in a few national parks, including Yosemite, for the simple fact that they’re a…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Take a Wild Ride on This 100-Foot-Tall Twisty Slide

Congress Won’t Decommission Nuke Silos, Which Is Dumb And Dangerous

These A-10 Warthogs look like perfect miniatures but they are real

Invisible Illness: When Sick Animals Pretend To Be Well

A Man in a Tiny Booth Wrote a Song About My Whole Life in 30 Minutes

Professors Prank Their University to Protest Crappy Education System

Invisible Illness: When Sick Animals Pretend to Be Well

Watching this video can send intense pleasure waves down your spine

Pixar’s Next Short Isn’t Out For A Year, But It Sounds Fantastic

Facebook Pokes: Creepy or Funny?

Looper‘s Rian Johnson Is The Director Of Star Wars: Episode VIII

The Internet’s Eye Candy: Drones Videos Are the New Time Lapse

Why Do Wheels Sometimes Appear To Spin Backwards?

The Problem With 3D Printing in Space

This London bus stop is made entirely from 100,000 Lego bricks

What If Batman Had Been In Watchmen?

80 Years of World Cup Ticket Designs

Tabletop Gaming Deals: Free RPG Day, Paranoia, 10 Years of DriveThru

This Mission Plan Could Get NASA To Europa On The Cheap

Drones Are Now Banned in Every National Park In America

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