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Watch the Seattle Symphony Perform “Baby Got Back” with Sir Mix-a-Lot

So this is awkward. Last Friday, the Seattle Symphony teamed up with Sir Mix-a-Lot to perform his number one hit “Baby Got Back.” It’s not so much the idea of rapping over an orchestra that’s awkward, though. It’s the dancing. However, the arrangement of “Baby Got Back” by Gabriel Prokofiev is very good. The London-based…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

The interior of the V-22 Osprey could have been used in Aliens

His is Technical Sergeant Edilberto Malave, ‘from the 8th Special Operations Squadron flight engineer, conducting a preflight inspection of a CV-22 Osprey on Hurlburt Field, Florida.’ But if you tell me it’s Vin Diesel entering the set for a new Aliens movie, I will believe you. What an awesome cable mess. The Bell Boeing V-22…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Illinois Bans the Microbeads in Soap That Are Ruining the Great Lakes

Some years ago, soap companies began putting plastic exfoliating beads into body wash in hopes of greater profits and smoother skin. Since then, billions of plastic beads have polluted our waterways and poisoned fish. Illinois has become now the first state to take a stand against the beads. The Illinois bill, signed into law Sunday,…

Tech News Sarah Zhang

The Entirety Of Game Of Thrones Summed Up In One Perfect Illustration

All hail Nedesem for this brilliant, brilliant image. Now we all need to make sure to keep George R.R. Martin far away from mules until he’s finished writing the series.

Books & Comics Rob Bricken

Even Robots Get Really Greedy, Sometimes

Don’t let this little red robot’s humble beginnings as a pencil-pusher fool you. He has ambition, and no one else is going to stand in the way of that. But when a small parade of other robots start showing off their nifty tricks, little red gets a little jealous. Watch what happens to him in…

Tech News Jason Krell

Guy jumps from speeding truck into 328-foot-deep gorge

The guy with the big hair and the titanium gonads is Sebastián Álvarez, who decided it was a great ice to jump over the safety railing of the Amonalas Viaduct, in Coquimbo, Chile, into a 328-foot (100 meter) deep. He only had a couple second before he could open his parachute—or die. SPLOID is a…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Why Tall Buildings Make Cities Hotter

The breezy dark corridors between a city’s tallest buildings seem like shady respites from the blistering summer sun. But it turns out those shadowy urban canyons are actually making your city more hell-like. NASA released some images today shot from the International Space Station which help to illustrate why. The photos show the shadows created…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Swap Your Boring Moleskine For This Tetromino-Edged Tetris Notebook

There’s only one way to properly celebrate Tetris’ recent 30th birthday, and it doesn’t involve breaking out your original Game Boy. Instead, wherever possible, you should replace anything and everything you own with Tetris-themed alternatives, starting with swapping your Moleskine notebook for this tetromino-ic alternative. Like with those old-school address books that featured alphabetical tabs…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Fierce Warrior Elf Erotica Makes Nudity Into Something Badass [NSFW]

She’s not your ordinary nude subject, but we’ve never seen anything more beautiful, strange and fierce than this warrior elf — whether she’s dressed in armor or not at all. Warning: NSFW. We just absolutely love these photographs from the Tumblr for BareMaidens.com — they’re erotic and intense, just like our favorite supernatural romances. And…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Have A Kindle of Kittens, and 10 Other Hilarious Names for Animal Groups

You know that a group of crows is a murder and that an aggregation of lions is called a pride. But what do you call a collection of kittens? A kindle. A kindle of kittens. Here are five more WTF labels for groups of animals, followed by five of the most clever-because-they-actually-make-sense ones: A Kindle…

Biology Jason G. Goldman

A Terrifying PSA Scares Moviegoers Into Never Texting and Driving Again

Sometimes experience is the best way to learn, but when it comes to driver safety, it’s not like you can have a deadly accident more than once. But you can come close, as Volkswagen demonstrated with this highly effective interactive PSA it revealed to unsuspecting moviegoers in Hong Kong. Instead of movie trailers playing when…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

This Glistening Steel Armadillo Now Occupies Downtown Paris

Relax, it’s not a real armadillo. The hulking silver structure that now fills the inside of a city block in Paris is the new home to the Pathé Foundation. But this glisteningk, sinuous roofline sure makes it seem as though the structure’s architects, the Renzo Piano Building Workshop, just dropped a huge creature in the…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

This Map Shows How Often U.S. Couples Are Having Sex To Get Pregnant

Across this great land, there are couples trying to conceive a child. And some are trying a bit harder than others. This map was created by a company called Ovia, based upon data compiled from its fertility app: 4.35 million instances of sex and tens of millions of data points from hundreds of thousands users.…

io9 Mark Strauss

If We’re Lucky, There’s Going to Be a Clone High Movie

Clone High creators Chris Miller and Phil Lord made your favorite cartoon about cloned historical figures in high school. Now they want make it into a movie. Please sweet baby clone jesus, make it so. We want to know what happens next to Abe, Joan, and Ghandi! In an interview with Collider the LEGO Movie…

Movies Meredith Woerner

How Robert Heinlein Went from Socialist to Right-Wing Libertarian

The second massive volume in William Patterson’s fannish biography of classic science fiction author Robert Heinlein has just come out, and it explores — in part — the writer’s strange political transformation. It all started, and ended, with free love. Jeet Heer has a fantastic article about the late Patterson’s biography in The New Republic…

io9 Annalee Newitz

How Should Fictional Universes Deal With Real Wars?

Fictional universes occasionally cross paths with the real world, borrowing histories, people, and sometimes even tragic events. But what obligations come with borrowing from history? In response to a post on whether Captain America’s portrayal of the title character’s experiences as a solider during WWII strayed too far, a discussion began over just what it…

io9 Ria Misra

14-Year-Old Kids “Hack” Into ATM Using Default Security Code

A couple of crafty 14-year-old kids from Winnipeg figured out how to get past the security on a a Bank of Montreal ATM. Crazy as it might sound, the “hack” didn’t require any advanced computer hacking at all—these kids just looked up the ATM manual on the internet. The Edmonton Journal reports that Matthew Hewlett…

Privacy & Security Mario Aguilar

The Memory Garden By Mary Rickert Is A Breathtaking Masterpiece

Many of the best fantasy novels have an aura of mystery that goes beyond signs and portents into the realm of the ineffable. There are mysteries that have answers, and mysteries that are their own answer, and they intertwine. The Memory Garden by Mary Rickert manages this blend beautifully. And heart-breakingly. Spoilers ahead… Top image:…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Slingshot, Facebook’s Snapchat-Like Competitor, Is Finally Here (Update: Patience!)

Adding to Facebook’s ever increasing lineup of standalone apps, Slingshot is the social media giant’s latest attempt to take on Snapchat. Hey—it can’t be any worse than Poke. Just like Snapchat, Slingshot lets you annotate and draw all over self-destructing images. Unlike Snapchat, it seems that your friends won’t actually be able to see the…

Social Media Ashley Feinberg

Developer: There’s Code in iOS 8 for Split-Screen Multitasking

An app developer says he’s found code in iOS 8’s SpringBoard, the hidden app that manages the homescreen, that offers the ability to run two apps side-by-side. Not only does the code let you split the screen in two with an app on each side, but you can also go 1/4- or 3/4-size allowing for…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Watch the Seattle Symphony Perform “Baby Got Back” with Sir Mix-a-Lot

The interior of the V-22 Osprey could have been used in Aliens

Illinois Bans the Microbeads in Soap That Are Ruining the Great Lakes

The Entirety Of Game Of Thrones Summed Up In One Perfect Illustration

Even Robots Get Really Greedy, Sometimes

Guy jumps from speeding truck into 328-foot-deep gorge

Why Tall Buildings Make Cities Hotter

Swap Your Boring Moleskine For This Tetromino-Edged Tetris Notebook

Fierce Warrior Elf Erotica Makes Nudity Into Something Badass [NSFW]

Have A Kindle of Kittens, and 10 Other Hilarious Names for Animal Groups

A Terrifying PSA Scares Moviegoers Into Never Texting and Driving Again

This Glistening Steel Armadillo Now Occupies Downtown Paris

This Map Shows How Often U.S. Couples Are Having Sex To Get Pregnant

If We’re Lucky, There’s Going to Be a Clone High Movie

How Robert Heinlein Went from Socialist to Right-Wing Libertarian

How Should Fictional Universes Deal With Real Wars?

14-Year-Old Kids “Hack” Into ATM Using Default Security Code

The Memory Garden By Mary Rickert Is A Breathtaking Masterpiece

Slingshot, Facebook’s Snapchat-Like Competitor, Is Finally Here (Update: Patience!)

Developer: There’s Code in iOS 8 for Split-Screen Multitasking

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