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Space Project Album Uses Real Space Sounds To Make Beautiful Music

Take a listen to the track “Worms” by Youth Lagoon, which uses sounds from the rings of Uranus recorded by NASA’s Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. This is but one song from The Space Project album, which mixes music with the real sounds of our solar system’s celestial bodies. Brought to you by Lefse Records,…

io9 Meredith Woerner Apr 25 '14

This Week in Time Capsules: Shooting a $30 Million Capsule to Mars

This week we have senior pranks, important lessons in disappointment taught through the magic of time capsule, and a long-shot to Mars. Raising $30 million to send a time capsule to Mars Ever dreamt of sending a time capsule to Mars? No? Well, soon you might be able to do it anyway! Maybe. The idea…

Tech News Matt Novak Apr 25 '14

This Student Animation Contest Can Get Your Work On Fox’s ADHD

Attention all student animators: here is your chance to have your work reach hundreds of thousands of people through Fox’s Animation Domination High-Def. Adobe and MovieFest have joined together to search for some latent talent in the fields of animation, special effects, character illustration, and musical composition. You can even enter as many pieces as…

Tech News Jason Krell Apr 25 '14

Who’s The Most Hilariously (Or Painfully) Conceited Character?

You have to have a pretty high opinion of yourself to venture into space, or fight monsters, or try to take over the world. But some people’s self-esteem is just too high. Who’s the most amusingly (or annoyingly) conceited character in science fiction and fantasy? Please include a picture or clip or book cover for…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Apr 25 '14

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

It’s the weekend! We know you worked hard all week, and you’re ready to chill out, max, and relax all cool. Make sure your smartphone’s ready too, with our favorite apps of the week. Android Opera Browser Updated this week for smoother swiping and more stable navigation, Opera’s browser is fast and smooth. “Off-Road” mode…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich Apr 25 '14

Smut Peddler‘s Editor Tells Us How To Make Great Pornographic Comics

Smut Peddler is an anthology of pornographic comics made by women for everyone. We spoke with Smut Peddler editor C. Spike Trotman about why she features so many science fiction and fantasy comics, what she looks for in porn, and why she drew a sexy comic about the Virgin Mary. The first volume of Smut…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis Apr 25 '14

Cruel And Unusual Imagines The Most Horrific Punishment For Murder

Death is a scary enough thing but for many, the unknown that comes after death is even scarier. Do we simply stop being or is there something for our subconsciousness after our physical body stops breathing? Writer/director Merlin Dervisevic has an idea of what may come next and it’s not pleasant. Cruel & Unusual stars…

Trailers Marina Antunes - Quiet Earth Apr 25 '14

Apple Will Fix Your iPhone 5’s Sleep Button for Free—If You Qualify

Is your iPhone’s sleep/wake button finicky? You might be in luck. On Friday, Apple announced a new program to fix a small number of iPhone 5s with faulty buttons. Just input your phone’s serial number on this page to see if you qualify. And if you do, be prepared to be without your phone for…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Apr 25 '14

A Full Set of Keychain Cutlery Makes Picnics More Civilized

It won’t quite elevate your next picnic lunch to an experience akin to dining with the queen, but this compact cutlery set that includes a separate knife, spoon, and fork, is much better than eating with your fingers. The utensils are made from stainless steel, so they’re not going to instantly snap like disposable cutlery…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 25 '14

An Alternate History Of The Creationist Movement

How would the creationism-evolution controversy have been different if World War I had never happened? That’s the premise for a series of intriguing short articles posted at the website of the National Center for Science Education. The NCSE—inspired by the centennial of the outbreak of World War I in 1914—has invited several guest scholars to…

io9 Mark Strauss Apr 25 '14

Travel through the Monkey Head Nebula in this new Hubble visualization

A belated happy birthday to the Hubble Space Telescope: Our favorite source of wonder and joy was 24 years old on April 24, and the Hubble site celebrated it with this spectacular visualization of the Monkey Head Nebula. NGC 2174 is “a star-forming region in which bright, newborn stars near the center of the nebula…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Apr 25 '14

Aren’t You Sick of Possession Movies That Always Look Like This?

It’s got a creepy old house, a possessed teenage girl, a scary doll, a mad paranormal researcher, hot babes in hot pants, and a semi-religious young man documenting everything with his charming 1970s camera. Is there anything that the latest Hammer film The Quiet Ones hasn’t got? I’d have to say it’s missing a sense…

Movies Annalee Newitz Apr 25 '14

Both Vampire Diaries TV Series Have Descended Into Tribal Warfare

Originally, The Vampire Diaries was a show about going to high school with vampires — and about both vampires and humans trying to keep their humanity and compassion, in the face of huge challenges. But now TVD and its spinoff, The Originals, are about tribal warfare where everybody is a casualty eventually. Spoilers ahead… This…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Apr 25 '14

A Tale of Three Cocktails: How Booze and Cities Helped Each Other Boom

You might order a Manhattan—or a Berlin, or a London Buck—at your corner dive without giving it a second thought. But what you might not realize is how closely related urbanity and cocktails really are. The modern cocktail owes a lot to cities—and, in fact, cities owe a lot to booze. Archaeologists have long suggested…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Apr 25 '14

Nighttime Images From Space As You’ve Never Seen Them Before

London-based artist Marc Khachfe was “blown away” by the images taken of cities at night by the astronauts on the International Space Station. But when he tried to print out poster-sized versions, he found them too blurry. So, he developed a technique to replicate them on Earth. As designboom magazine explains: [Using] open map data,…

io9 Mark Strauss Apr 25 '14

An iPhone App Knows How You Feel By Checking Your Pulse

The Morpholio Project‘s latest development uses an iPhone’s camera and flash as an impromptu pulse monitor, measuring your visceral reaction to the things you’re seeing. It’s like a lie detector for your aesthetic taste, and Morpholio’s Toru Hasegawa let me play with it. The Morpholio Project is a collaboration of architects and academics focused on…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich Apr 25 '14

Major Landmarks In The History Of Dark Fantasy

Dark fantasy is more popular than ever. Game of Thrones is rocking our TV sets. Tons of authors have moved to the genre. We’re obsessed with bloody tales of morally gray people and supernatural forces. But where does dark fantasy come from? And how did it become so huge? Here’s a brief history of dark…

Books & Comics Ryan Plummer and Charlie Jane Anders Apr 25 '14

The Perfect Selfie Is a Half-Selfie

Now that we all take photos of ourselves constantly, we need to evolve the way we think about our faces in photos. Specifically, we need to abandon the notion that photos of ourselves should include the entirety of our faces when those photos are actually much better with only half a face. Or to be…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Apr 25 '14

First Look At The Star Wars Books Of The Post-Expanded Universe

Now that Disney is well and truly ditching the Star Wars Expanded Universe to start with a clean slate, it’s time for the Lucasfilm Story Group to start building again. And its first order of business (well, after working on Episode VII, presumably) will be four books, and we have an exclusive look! First up…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken Apr 25 '14

Watch The First Spooky Trailer For Horror Flick Jessabelle

In Jessabelle, a woman loses her fiance and the use of her legs in a car accident, and we watch as she tries to piece together what’s left of her life. But things go terribly, horribly wrong. For some reason we’re all kind of enchanted by the movie Jessabelle, perhaps because it feels fairly original…

Trailers Meredith Woerner Apr 25 '14

Space Project Album Uses Real Space Sounds To Make Beautiful Music

This Week in Time Capsules: Shooting a $30 Million Capsule to Mars

This Student Animation Contest Can Get Your Work On Fox’s ADHD

Who’s The Most Hilariously (Or Painfully) Conceited Character?

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

Smut Peddler‘s Editor Tells Us How To Make Great Pornographic Comics

Cruel And Unusual Imagines The Most Horrific Punishment For Murder

Apple Will Fix Your iPhone 5’s Sleep Button for Free—If You Qualify

A Full Set of Keychain Cutlery Makes Picnics More Civilized

An Alternate History Of The Creationist Movement

Travel through the Monkey Head Nebula in this new Hubble visualization

Aren’t You Sick of Possession Movies That Always Look Like This?

Both Vampire Diaries TV Series Have Descended Into Tribal Warfare

A Tale of Three Cocktails: How Booze and Cities Helped Each Other Boom

Nighttime Images From Space As You’ve Never Seen Them Before

An iPhone App Knows How You Feel By Checking Your Pulse

Major Landmarks In The History Of Dark Fantasy

The Perfect Selfie Is a Half-Selfie

First Look At The Star Wars Books Of The Post-Expanded Universe

Watch The First Spooky Trailer For Horror Flick Jessabelle

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Space Project Album Uses Real Space Sounds To Make Beautiful Music

This Week in Time Capsules: Shooting a $30 Million Capsule to Mars

This Student Animation Contest Can Get Your Work On Fox’s ADHD

Who’s The Most Hilariously (Or Painfully) Conceited Character?

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

Smut Peddler‘s Editor Tells Us How To Make Great Pornographic Comics

Cruel And Unusual Imagines The Most Horrific Punishment For Murder

Apple Will Fix Your iPhone 5’s Sleep Button for Free—If You Qualify

A Full Set of Keychain Cutlery Makes Picnics More Civilized

​An Alternate History Of The Creationist Movement

Travel through the Monkey Head Nebula in this new Hubble visualization

Aren’t You Sick of Possession Movies That Always Look Like This?

Both Vampire Diaries TV Series Have Descended Into Tribal Warfare

A Tale of Three Cocktails: How Booze and Cities Helped Each Other Boom

Nighttime Images From Space As You’ve Never Seen Them Before

An iPhone App Knows How You Feel By Checking Your Pulse

Major Landmarks In The History Of Dark Fantasy

The Perfect Selfie Is a Half-Selfie

First Look At The Star Wars Books Of The Post-Expanded Universe

Watch The First Spooky Trailer For Horror Flick Jessabelle

From Silicon Valley to Geneva, Proton’s Lumo Offers a Different Vision for AI

The Live-Action ‘Naruto’ Movie Is Finally Happening, for Real

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Is Projected to Have the Year’s Biggest Opening

Yoshitaka Amano Assembled a Pantheon of Legends for His New Anime ‘ZAN’

Taylor Swift Chose the Stupidest Place in the World to Have a Secret Wedding

Amazon Goes All-In on the Tapo Indoor Security Camera at Its Lowest Price Yet, Making an Affordable Baby Monitor or Pet Cam

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No One Can Afford to Buy Hardware, So Nvidia Made Trading Cards to Reminisce About the Good Times

Razer Blade 16 (2026) Review: A Gaming Laptop You Can Actually Call ‘Portable’

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An Alternate History Of The Creationist Movement