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What the Ukrainian Crisis Means for Astronauts in Space

Ever since NASA retired its space shuttle program in 2011, the only way to get up to the International Space Station is on a Russian Soyuz. That’s why the six humans currently orbiting in space—including two Americans and three Russians—might be paying attention to what’s happening on earth two hundred miles below. As tensions run…

Space & Spaceflight Sarah Zhang

No, this definitely isn’t a viral for Back to the Future 4

There’s a bunch of online speculation that this celebrity-filled fake hoverboard commercial is actually a secret viral for Back To the Future 4. But we’re pretty sure it’s just a fake ad, plain and simple. Some folks think the random countdown on HuvrTech’s websiteand the handful of celebrity cameos in this hastily made “commercial” are…

io9 Meredith Woerner

I didn’t realize I was writing a science fiction novel

I didn’t set out to do it. I didn’t even know I was doing it. But it seems I have written a science fiction novel. At least that’s what the SF community is telling me with their much-appreciated support formy novel, Black Moon. What makes this book science fiction? This is tough to answer. My…

io9 Kenneth Calhoun

Pancakes from Space!

Today’s challenge: how do you profess your passion for all-things-space in a fried breakfast food? For a literal approach, I refuse to allow the pancake-astronaut meme to be the first, last, and only word in astronomy-based pancakes when so many other scrumptious possibilities exist. Even though renowned pancake-artist Saipancakeshas tackled fractals, he hasn’t produced a…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

Rise of the Intestinal Selfie

Londoners! The luckiest amongst you will be treated to a bizarre new public event next week, hosted by culinary wunderkinder Bompas & Parr. On Friday, March 14th, before a live, paying audience, “food writer, pop-up chef and Sunday Times columnist Gizzi Erskine” will “swallow a medical grade pill-cam which will broadcast its footage live to…

Tech News Geoff Manaugh

The Epic 12-Year Quest to Make a Mr. Peabody and Sherman Movie

This Friday, at long last, Mr. Peabody and Sherman hits theaters, and everyone who grew up loving the time-traveling dog and his boy can rejoice. But what you probably don’t know is how hard it was to get this movie off the ground, and how many versions it went through. We talked to director Rob…

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I Would Have Killed to Have This Open-Source Laser Tag Game as a Kid

Even when it’s just team deathmatch in a dark, smelly room inside the local roller rink, laser tag is awesome. So imagine how cool it would be if you could liberate it, and play an open-source version wherever you want with game-types you made up. It’d be like a video game in real life! Or…

Tech News Eric Limer

Is Earth’s infrared radiation a potential energy source?

At any given moment, our planet bleeds 100 million gigawatts of infrared radiation back into space. Needless to say, converting this wasted heat to a renewable energy source would be a sure-fire game changer. Physicists from Harvard University may have just figured out how to do it. Our Earth, which is heated by the sun,…

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AirPnP Connects Mardi Gras Partiers With Places to Pee

Today is Mardi Gras, and like any booze-fueled street celebration, that means tons of full-bladdered revelers seeking out a place to relieve themselves. Thankfully, technology’s here to save New Orleans from becoming a literal Urinetown. Meet AirPnP, the web app that lets you do your business in the privacy of a stranger’s home. As the…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

Sorry, It’s Not Tech Money Ruining San Francisco

They’re being targeted as harbingers of evil as their buses chug through otherwise inaccessible, gentrified neighborhoods. Now San Francisco’s tech workers are fighting back with a networking event called theTech Workers Against Displacement Happy Hour, that, in addition to sounding like a whole lot of fun, hopes to gather attendees who are “sick of being…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Why it’s easier to swear at people in another language

People who speak two or more languages often prefer to use one language over another, depending on the situation. This is especially true when it comes to cursing and insults. It seems that people prefer not to use their native languages to talk smack. Here’s why. In a study published a couple of months ago…

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Kindle Paperwhite, 12 Years A Slave, Venture Bros. Season 5 [Deals]

If you or someone you know still doesn’t own a Kindle, today’s a great day to fix that. Amazon has taken $20 off both of their E-ink models, dropping them firmly into impulse buy territory. The flagship Paperwhite will only set you back $99 today, representing a very rare discount, but if a backlight and…

io9 Shane Roberts

Orion Nebula: first photo from 1880 outclassed by 2014 iPhone

First the iPhone camera was used for a microscope. Now it’s being used in astrophotography.

Tech News Mika McKinnon

Watch shirtless Tahmoh Penikett teach Star-Crossed‘s alien groin punch

Here’s the main thing you need to see from last night’s episode of Star-Crossed: Helo from Battlestar Galactica with his shirt off, doing a “training session” where he teaches all about the secrets of the magic groin-punch. Basically, with a special herb, the Atrians can turn a groin punch into the Vulcan Death Grip. Spoilers…

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The Quantum D-Wave 2 Is 3,600 Times Faster than a Super Computer

Quantum computing is being hailed as the future of data processing, with promises of performing calculations thousands of times faster than modern supercomputers while consuming magnitudes less electricity. And in the span of just two years the only commercially available quantum computer, the D-Wave One, has already doubled its computational power. Kiss your law goodbye,…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Oh wow, it took me a second to realize this pen is actually a tattoo

I don’t like most tattoos, but I have to recognize that, when the artist is good, they can be admirable works of art. Like this pen on an ear—it looks so real it’s surreal! It could have been created by Salvador Dalí or René Magritte. Especially Dalí, looking at the melting ear: SPLOID is a…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

8 Godawful Anime Adaptations of American Properties

America has had plenty of experience in taking awesome Japanese anime and making terrible adaptations of them. But for every Dragonball: Evolution, Japan has also borrowed one of our properties, and desecrated it in much the same fashion. Here are eight American casualties in this cross-pop culture war. 1) Batman: Gotham Knight Released shortly before…

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Watch a pod of dolphins stampede, as shot by a drone

Just what does it look like when a pod of dolphins stampede? Footage shot by a drone has the answer — and it could be used to answer other questions about the hidden world of animals in the future.

io9 Ria Misra

You wouldn’t need to be drunk to enjoy Intelligence, for once

Last night’s episode of Intelligence had its flaws – my god, how awful is Cyber Com’s security? – but I will forgive those because this was the first time the show delivered solid entertainment, on purpose. Right up until Riley’s little speech at the end. Spoilers ahead… The episode opens by reminding us of that…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

When scientists belived there was a little man inside every sperm cell

Preformationism was a popular theory in the 17th and 18th centuries. It allowed people to believe in a clockwork world, where there were tiny people running around in sperm. And those tiny people also had tiny people in their sperm. But there was a peculiar kind of logic to it all. Throughout the 17th and…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

What the Ukrainian Crisis Means for Astronauts in Space

No, this definitely isn’t a viral for Back to the Future 4

I didn’t realize I was writing a science fiction novel

Pancakes from Space!

Rise of the Intestinal Selfie

The Epic 12-Year Quest to Make a Mr. Peabody and Sherman Movie

I Would Have Killed to Have This Open-Source Laser Tag Game as a Kid

Is Earth’s infrared radiation a potential energy source?

AirPnP Connects Mardi Gras Partiers With Places to Pee

Sorry, It’s Not Tech Money Ruining San Francisco

Why it’s easier to swear at people in another language

Kindle Paperwhite, 12 Years A Slave, Venture Bros. Season 5 [Deals]

Orion Nebula: first photo from 1880 outclassed by 2014 iPhone

Watch shirtless Tahmoh Penikett teach Star-Crossed‘s alien groin punch

The Quantum D-Wave 2 Is 3,600 Times Faster than a Super Computer

Oh wow, it took me a second to realize this pen is actually a tattoo

8 Godawful Anime Adaptations of American Properties

Watch a pod of dolphins stampede, as shot by a drone

You wouldn’t need to be drunk to enjoy Intelligence, for once

When scientists belived there was a little man inside every sperm cell

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What the Ukrainian Crisis Means for Astronauts in Space

No, this definitely isn’t a viral for Back to the Future 4

I didn’t realize I was writing a science fiction novel

Pancakes from Space!

Rise of the Intestinal Selfie

The Epic 12-Year Quest to Make a Mr. Peabody and Sherman Movie

I Would Have Killed to Have This Open-Source Laser Tag Game as a Kid

Is Earth’s infrared radiation a potential energy source?

AirPnP Connects Mardi Gras Partiers With Places to Pee

Sorry, It’s Not Tech Money Ruining San Francisco

Why it’s easier to swear at people in another language

Kindle Paperwhite, 12 Years A Slave, Venture Bros. Season 5 [Deals]

Orion Nebula: first photo from 1880 outclassed by 2014 iPhone

Watch shirtless Tahmoh Penikett teach Star-Crossed‘s alien groin punch

The Quantum D-Wave 2 Is 3,600 Times Faster than a Super Computer

Oh wow, it took me a second to realize this pen is actually a tattoo

8 ​Godawful Anime Adaptations of American Properties

Watch a pod of dolphins stampede, as shot by a drone

You wouldn’t need to be drunk to enjoy Intelligence, for once

When scientists belived there was a little man inside every sperm cell

Don’t miss out: Bitdefender, One of the World’s Best Antiviruses, Is Now on Sale

The Secret to Better Sperm? It’s Probably Already on Your Schedule

Lego Is Leaning Into Your Marvel Memories With a New Helicarrier Set

Toshiba’s 65-inch Smart Fire TV Now Matches 43-Inch Pricing After 44% Drop on Amazon

Kash Patel’s Email Account Hacked, Iran-Linked Group Takes Credit

Repair Workers Accidentally Stumble Upon Lost Remains of Legendary ‘Fourth Musketeer’

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8 Godawful Anime Adaptations of American Properties