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New beautiful photo reveals the violent birth of a star

This photo of the birth of a star—newly captured by the Hubble Space Telescope—is so beautiful that it seems unreal, like a picture-perfect matte painting for a science-fiction movie. But there’s no fiction in here—it’s all science. This new Hubble image shows IRAS 14568-6304, a young star that is cloaked in a haze of golden…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

How Mountain Hardwear Designs The Lightest Nylon Jackets In The World

Mountain Hardwear completely reinvented nylon to create the Ghost Whisperer fabric — an incredibly lightweight, stretchy, wind and water resistant nylon. We talked to the company’s head designer about how it’s made. Top Photo: I’m wearing Mountain Hardwear’s Ghost Whisperer Hooded Jacket here on the summit of Mt. Baldy. At only 2 oz (just a…

Tech News Chris Brinlee Jr

V/H/S Will Bring Your Worst Nightmares To Life

V/H/S, which released in 2012, didn’t really get much critical acclaim. But since then, the horror flick has acquired a cult following. Despite its 116-minute run time, it’s really a short-film anthology – five twisted shorts directed by 10 directors, most shot the the POV found-footage style made popular by The Blair Witch Project. Menacing…

Tech News Pranav Dixit

The Milky Way Galaxy, As Seen From a 747

On the right of this image is our home galaxy, the Milky Way. On the left, the wing of a Boeing 747. How, pray tell, does one acquire such a photograph? Photograph featured by kind permission of Alex Merga Astrophotographer Alex Merga captured the image June 7th, while aboard a red-eye flight from New York…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Smile: Uncle Kracker

Uncle Kracker’s Smile from his 2009 album, Happy Hour, is one of those tracks that goes from being a random-song-that-Pandora-threw-up to a played-on-loop-all-day-long in about a minute. Kracker falls out of bed, sings like a bird, spins like a record and forgets how to breathe in this breathless ode to a loved one. The earworm-y…

Tech News Pranav Dixit

It’s Easy to Infect People With Malware If You Pay Them a Few Cents

Would you install malware on your computer if someone paid you to do it? A team of four researchers found that 22 to 43 percent of their test subjects would download and run an unknown executable file for payments ranging from as low as $0.01 to $1. The researchers used Amazon’s Mechanical Turk to conduct…

Tech News Pranav Dixit

Tor Is For Everyone: Why You Should Use Tor

EFF recently kicked off its second Tor Challenge, an initiative to strengthen the Tor network for online anonymity and improve one of the best free privacy tools in existence. The campaign—which launched with partners at the Freedom of the Press Foundation, the Tor Project, and the Free Software Foundation—is already off to a great start.…

Tech News COOPER QUINTIN - EFF

Read George R. R. Martin’s 1963 Letter To Stan Lee and Jack Kirby

In 1963, George R. Martin (who, at that age, had yet to earn his second “R”) wrote to Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in feigned praise of Fantastic Four #17, an issue he refers to, dryly, as “greater than great… absolutely stupendous, the ultimate, utmost!” Proving that even as a boy, GRRM was an acerbic,…

Books & Comics Robbie Gonzalez

A Scientific Guide To Surviving Summer

The first day of summer is fast approaching – will you be prepared for suntanning, swimming, and swarms of bugs? Here’s our handy guide to surviving the sultriest of seasons, with SCIENCE. Image by Jim Cooke, sources via Shutterstock Why Do Mosquitos Bite Some People And Not Others? Above: Rockefeller University’s Emily Dennis offers her…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

How Much More Would You Pay For A Larger iPhone?

If the leaks are to be believed, we’ll see two new iPhone models sized at 4.7-inches and 5.5-inches this fall. Hold off on the trumpets though: they might also cost more. Analysts are saying that the new, larger-sized iPhones could be as much as a hundred dollars more than the iPhone 5S. But analysts simply…

Tech News Pranav Dixit

Carnival of Space #358

It’s time for the weekly roving collection of astronomy-themed links from around the web, Carnival of Space! We’re hosting this week, so here’s the list: Next Big Future has articles on NASA NIAC, which has funded new technology to improve mass and power savings by two orders of magnitude, and another solar electric space sail,…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

What Sound Did T. rex Actually Make?

It’s an iconic scene in every dinosaur movie: the huge, conquering carnivorous theropod rears back and lets out a terrifying bellow. But how close to reality are these sounds? Do we have any ways of using science to figure out what dinosaurs and other stem-birds may have sounded like? Do we have evidence that they…

io9 Matthew Martyniuk – DinoGoss

Fly Around The World With This Map of Drone-Recorded Videos

Ever wish you could pick a place on the planet and instantly have a drone’s-eye view? Well, now you can. Head over to TravelByDrone, a curated index of drone videos on YouTube sorted on a handy world map. Pick a place, click a pin and boom – you’ll be floating over oceans, cities and forests…

Tech News Pranav Dixit

All Of The Antagonists On Orphan Black Are Baby Crazy

Uh-oh, Rachel is laughing maniacally. That can’t be a good sign for Clone Club on this week’s episode. It’s probably not a good sign for her, either. You know what I miss? Seeing the main Clone Club trio together. Having them chat over video just isn’t the same, and I’m worried that Cosima might die…

Television Lauren Davis

Live Action Space Subsite Coming to Conventions This Summer

Convention season is starting, which also means it’s the less-well-known panel-pitching season. If I were coming to a city near you, what would you want me to talk about? I’ll be in full guest-mode for at a scattering of events this summer, but what should I talk about? If you had the chance for me…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

This Carbon Fiber Chair Is Lighter Than a Two-Liter Bottle Of Soda

You know that feeling when you reach for the milk carton and you think it’s almost full but in fact it’s nearly empty, so you way overcompensate on strength and nearly throw the thing over your shoulder? That’s what picking up this Carbon Fiber chair is like. Even knowing full well that it’s a five-pound…

Tech News Jordan Kushins

In The Flesh‘s Season Finale Breaks Our Hearts Yet Again

I’m increasingly convinced that In the Flesh is a nefarious plot to make me cry about zombies. But when the season finale wasn’t tugging on our tear ducts, it was steering the direction of the show in an intriguing new direction. We open on a pair of agents from Halperin & Weston, the pharmaceutical company…

Television Lauren Davis

This Nanotube Sponge Can Suck Up Water Straight From The Air

A team of researchers has found inspiration in an unlikely critter: the humble Namib Desert beetle, a south African species that gathers water molecules straight from the air. The beetle does this by developing a pattern of water-attracting and repelling molecules on its wings and trapping water molecules in these peaks and troughs. The scientists…

Tech News Pranav Dixit

Color Visions and Philosophical Zombies

Ever heard of the philosophical zombie? It’s a philosophical concept that rarely translates into physiology – until now. A case of false color-blindness makes us wonder: What’s the difference between seeing something and knowing that you’re seeing something? Philosophical zombies are a matter of debate in the philosophical community. Start with the concept of a…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Spontaneous Stratification of Sand and Sugar

Sorting sand from sugar is a classic chemistry challenge — dissolve the mixture in water, filter out the sand, and evaporate the water to recrystallize the sugar. But spontaneous stratification offers a different, mesmerizing approach. The experiment is simple: sift some fine sand, hopelessly mix it with coarse sugar (colourfully dyed for maximum visual impact),…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

New beautiful photo reveals the violent birth of a star

How Mountain Hardwear Designs The Lightest Nylon Jackets In The World

V/H/S Will Bring Your Worst Nightmares To Life

The Milky Way Galaxy, As Seen From a 747

Smile: Uncle Kracker

It’s Easy to Infect People With Malware If You Pay Them a Few Cents

Tor Is For Everyone: Why You Should Use Tor

Read George R. R. Martin’s 1963 Letter To Stan Lee and Jack Kirby

A Scientific Guide To Surviving Summer

How Much More Would You Pay For A Larger iPhone?

Carnival of Space #358

What Sound Did T. rex Actually Make?

Fly Around The World With This Map of Drone-Recorded Videos

All Of The Antagonists On Orphan Black Are Baby Crazy

Live Action Space Subsite Coming to Conventions This Summer

This Carbon Fiber Chair Is Lighter Than a Two-Liter Bottle Of Soda

In The Flesh‘s Season Finale Breaks Our Hearts Yet Again

This Nanotube Sponge Can Suck Up Water Straight From The Air

Color Visions and Philosophical Zombies

Spontaneous Stratification of Sand and Sugar

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