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This Inception-Inspired Silicon Skyline Is a Delightful Dish Rack

For many people who live in cities, dish-drying racks are an ugly necessity. You can find some decent-looking ones and some that you can fold up and hide. But this bendy silicon skyline of a dish rack would look terrific on any countertop. https://gizmodo.com/a-structural-dish-rack-makes-you-forget-youre-doing-di-590040414 Designed by Francesco Dompieri and inspired by Christopher Nolan’s Inception, this…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Here’s the Story Behind Those Lights at Saturn’s North Pole

Stunning ultraviolet images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope show bursts of light zipping around Saturn. These are aurorae, created as the planet’s magnetic field is battered by charged particles from the sun. Scientists studying the auroras say this latest data finally reveals the unseen dynamics in the choreography of the dancing lights. University of…

io9 Mark Strauss

Check Out These Fantastic Examples of Sign Language Poetry

This short video shows us three different American Sign Language poems – two of which are less than a minute long. They give us an idea of poetry that is entirely out of most mainstream experience, and surprisingly understandable. We read science fiction and fantasy fiction to explore different realms of experience, but different realms…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

One Mistake Fooled an Entire Nation About Who Would Be President

Have you heard of President Alfred Landon? That’s odd, because in 1936 everyone, including Alfred Landon, was sure you would. It was all the result of the most extensive political polls ever conducted. As you may have guessed, the poll had some fatal flaws. The President Who Wasn’t The most infamous example of flawed polling…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Fully functional, full size Lego R2-D2

Rejoice, for the first fully functional, 1:1 scale R2-D2 is at last a reality. And it’s amazing. As amazing as this video of Darth Lily—the cutest girl in the galaxy—hugging him. L3-G0, as it is called, started as a CAD project in August 2013, when Shawn and Lara Steele decided that it was time for…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Which Character Is Awesome In Both Their DC And Marvel Versions?

The two big comic companies have a ton of characters who basically occupy the same space. Two Kings of Atlantis. Two fast-running guys. A few stretchy guys. But which characters are equally awesome in either version? And which pair would you want to team up? Please include a picture or comic-book cover for your chosen…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Leave the Bottles At Home With This Silicone Pocket Pill Holder

If your daily regimen of medications has you traveling with the equivalent of a small pharmacy in a bag, maybe it’s time to simplify things with Unikia’s silicone Pill Pouch that can easily slip into the pockets of even the tightest jeans. With four individual pockets marked with unique braille patterns, you can keep groups…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Primates In Planet Of The Apes Could Take Tips From This Monkey

Without the help of a species decimating disease and some brain-boosters from humanity, the primates in Planet of The Apes would have had a hard time conquering Earth. On the other hand, all this monkey needs to take over the world is an electric razor and determination. In fact, this monkey makes climbing the business…

Tech News Jason Krell

Every Neuron in a Brain Recorded in 3D on a Millisecond Timescale

To learn how the whole brain works, it doesn’t do to just record from one neuron—you want to know what every single neuron is doing every millisecond. Now scientists have invented a technique that can actually capture the 3D activity of an entire brain milliseconds at the time—possibly the most complete picture of brain activity…

Tech News Sarah Zhang

It’s Amazing That This Action-Packed Short Film Was Made For Just $9000

Just because you’re working on a tiny film budget, that doesn’t mean that you can’t show the destruction and hi-tech weaponry of a human-alien war. That’s the case in this fun action flick, in which soldiers battle for control of a powerful alien child. Directed by Geoff O’Rourke, NOVR is the first of three planned…

io9 Lauren Davis

On Penny Dreadful, It’s Not a Party Without a Seance

The first episode of Penny Dreadful gave us Victorian pulp, some great acting, immersive atmosphere, and things that go bump in the night. Turns out this Gothic was just getting started, as “Séance” rockets the show into an impressive second act. Spoilers ahead… I want to break down a lot of things here, especially since…

io9 Genevieve Valentine

Rio’s Olympic Site Looks Even Worse From the Air

A few months ago, we published a set of shocking photos from the shores of the heavily polluted Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro—which also happens to be the site chosen for water sports at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. Well, the situation is clearly even worse when seen from the air. https://gizmodo.com/shocking-photos-from-the-water-sports-site-of-the-rio-o-1506442186 Global Post…

Tech News Attila Nagy

Using Twitter, Flickr, and More To Crowdsource a Wildlife Timelapse

In September of 2013, a giant wildfire dubbed the “Morgan Fire” burned through Mount Diablo State Park in California. It left thousands of acres of bush and forest charred, but researchers at URS have embraced the opportunity to study how the local ecosystem responds and recovers from the disaster, using crowdsourced timelapse images. Collecting the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Anki DRIVE Is the Hilariously Fun Future of Weaponized Slot Cars

These tiny little speedsters are Anki DRIVE, the awesome 21st century take on the classic slot car. They use your iPhone as both a remote control and an artificial intelligence brain, so you can race against human or a computer opponent. And did I mention these cars also have laser guns and tractor beams? At…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

Watch An Enormous Supercell Thunderstorm As It Forms

If ever you felt uncertain about the sheer power of thunderstorms, this gorgeous video of a gigantic forming supercell over Wyoming should convince you otherwise. Top image: Still of the forming supercell / Basehunters Chasing on Twitter Supercells are severe thunderstorm, notable for both their rotating winds and for the long duration they can play…

io9 Ria Misra

A Self-Sustaining Indoor Garden System Made Me a Summer Fresh Sandwich

An aeroponics system called the Replenishing Tower is living in our kitchen, and it just gave me fresh-from-the-roots lettuce and basil for a sandwich. Fresh vegetables are within reach all year long in the future. For the uninitiated, aeroponics is a soil-free self-watering gardening system that you pretty much can’t screw up, even if your…

Tech News PJ Smith

New International Transformers 4 Trailer Features Way More Transformers

If you thought the latest Transformers: Age of Extinction trailer was surprisingly light on Autobots and Decepticons, this new international trailer contains a lot of new footage or robots in… well, not disguise, actually, because they’re too busy blowing stuff up to stay hidden. Robots in action, I guess. We also get a lot Mark…

io9 Rob Bricken

Can Your City Be Brought Back from the Dead?

The signs of a dying city are usually all too obvious. Houses and landmarks stand vacant, their walls crumbling into ruin; businesses are failing while residents’ incomes drop; and young people are fleeing in droves to seek jobs elsewhere. But there are also ways to revitalize a city, and reverse its decline. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-tell-if-your-city-is-dying-5915922 Photo by…

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Time Warner Cable’s Phone Bot Is a Flat Circle

My Time Warner internet went down at home today. This isn’t unusual, because it goes down all the time. But it’s a problem, given that I work at home. And it’s starting to feel personal because my neighbor, Lifehacker Whitson Gordon, has the same shitty internet provider, but his service rarely goes out. I called…

Tech News Matt Novak

That “Drop of Seawater” Photo Was More Than A Bit Misleading

This photo that’s been going around purports to show all the little critters found in a single drop of seawater, magnified 25 times. It’s a beautiful photo, but there’s just one problem: it’s not really a single drop of seawater (though it is probably magnified 25 times). It’s not as if the photographer, David Littschwager,…

Biology Jason G. Goldman

This Inception-Inspired Silicon Skyline Is a Delightful Dish Rack

Here’s the Story Behind Those Lights at Saturn’s North Pole

Check Out These Fantastic Examples of Sign Language Poetry

One Mistake Fooled an Entire Nation About Who Would Be President

Fully functional, full size Lego R2-D2

Which Character Is Awesome In Both Their DC And Marvel Versions?

Leave the Bottles At Home With This Silicone Pocket Pill Holder

Primates In Planet Of The Apes Could Take Tips From This Monkey

Every Neuron in a Brain Recorded in 3D on a Millisecond Timescale

It’s Amazing That This Action-Packed Short Film Was Made For Just $9000

On Penny Dreadful, It’s Not a Party Without a Seance

Rio’s Olympic Site Looks Even Worse From the Air

Using Twitter, Flickr, and More To Crowdsource a Wildlife Timelapse

Anki DRIVE Is the Hilariously Fun Future of Weaponized Slot Cars

Watch An Enormous Supercell Thunderstorm As It Forms

A Self-Sustaining Indoor Garden System Made Me a Summer Fresh Sandwich

New International Transformers 4 Trailer Features Way More Transformers

Can Your City Be Brought Back from the Dead?

Time Warner Cable’s Phone Bot Is a Flat Circle

That “Drop of Seawater” Photo Was More Than A Bit Misleading

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