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Stop Disasters! as an Emergency Manager

The United Nations Stop Disasters! game puts you in the role of an Emergency Manager. Time after time, your careful planning runs headlong into utter catastrophe. In this disaster simulator, your mistakes will result in digital damages, injuries, and deaths. When I introduce the game out to new players, they all start with the brash…

Tech News Mika McKinnon Apr 4 '14

These Mesmerizing GIFs Look Like They Come From An Alternate Reality

Inspired by physics and math, French engineering student Hugo Germain has created some of the oddest GIFs we’ve seen in quite some time — from incoming asteroids that can change direction to gravity-defying coils. Germain says his GIFs are a way to get people interested in subjects typically considered too inaccessible. His animations demonstrate such…

io9 George Dvorsky Apr 4 '14

Afflicted Is A Vampire Story That You Actually Need To See

If there’s possibly a more overused genre than “found-footage horror” flicks, it’s the glut of vampire movies we’ve seen over the past decade or so. So I know your reaction to hearing that Afflicted is a found-footage vampire flick is to avoid it. But all you’d be avoiding is a damn fine film. Two friends…

io9 Rob Bricken Apr 4 '14

Blood Glacier Is A Movie About A Glacier Made Of BLOOD

Pulling inspiration from The Thing, the new practical effects-laced horror movie Blood Glacier has our attention. Because of the title, and the monsters. So many monsters! Check out the trailer now. Here’s the official synopsis: Gore descends upon the Alps in this grisly tale of snowbound terror. Janek (Gerhard Liebmann), a prickly, lone-wolf technician, is…

Trailers Meredith Woerner Apr 4 '14

Scientists Genetically Modified Trees So They Can Make Greener Paper

Wood scientists just announced an exciting breakthrough in tree research. They’ve come up with a way to make more environmentally friendly paper—by genetically modifying trees. And it’s not just the paper industry that will benefit. First things first: Being a wood scientist sounds like a pretty awesome job. This collaboration between researchers across North America…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Apr 4 '14

Did you know moray eels have secondary jaws just like Alien xenomorphs?

Moray eels are the closest earthly thing you will get to the xenomorphs in the Alien series. Like the Giger beasts, this ambush predator has developed a terrifyingly efficient set of secondary grasping jaws to aid in yanking the eel’s meals down its gullet. This video from UC Davis show it in action. Known as…

Sploid Andrew Tarantola Apr 4 '14

How Steve Jobs’ Passion Shaped Pixar Into an Oscar-Winning Studio

While Apple was Steve Jobs’ first professional love, the Pixar animation studio that he helped foster was far more than a mere pet project. As Pixar President Ed Catmull explains in his upcoming book, Creativity Inc, Jobs’ involvement with the studio proved a revolutionary experience for both parties. Here’s a brief look at the Steve…

Tech News Ed Catmull - Creativity Inc Apr 4 '14

Your Guide to Witnessing the Biggest, Brightest Mars in Over Six Years

On April 8th, Earth will soar between the Sun and Mars. When it does, the Red Planet will reach what astronomers call “opposition” in the night sky. Just a few days later, Earth will be closer to Mars than it’s been in more than six years – and during a total lunar eclipse! Here’s how…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 4 '14

This Russian Doomsday Plane Is President Putin’s Personal Escape Pod

America isn’t the only superpower with a “Doomsday Plane” for its head of state. When Russian President Vladimir Putin needs to escape danger, he hops aboard this top-secret flying communications center. A special missions variant of the Tupolev Tu-214 commercial transport aircraft, the Tu-214SR is Russia’s answer to the US E-4B, an airborne command and…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 4 '14

NASA Has One More Chance to Explain Bizarre Glow on Moon’s Horizon

Later this month, a NASA spacecraft will get one last chance to solve the mystery of the strange “horizon glow” seen on the moon. Scientists think the glow is caused by tiny particles of moon dust catching the sun’s ultraviolet rays, becoming electrically charged, and then shooting upwards. But they don’t know for sure. This…

Space & Spaceflight Adam Clark Estes Apr 4 '14

This Is Outrageous: The Jem Movie Is Filming In Three Weeks?

We’ve waited 29 years for a live action Jem movie. But now every piece of news we hear about this project makes us want to rip out our pink hair and weep. The new Jem movie announced last month is now filming in three weeks! How is this possible? What is going on? Where are…

io9 Meredith Woerner Apr 4 '14

One Map Showing Where the Water Shortages Will Hit

When we talk about a future of drought and water shortages, we’re not just talking about the amount of water. We’re also talking about how it’s distributed — a feature that this world map of the per capita renewable water resources in each country illustrates nicely. The map, which is the work of the UN’s…

io9 Ria Misra Apr 4 '14

150 Years Ago, People Watched Competitive Walking Instead of Baseball

If it was 1874, instead of hitting your local baseball diamond tonight, you’d be grabbing a few friends and heading to a competitive walking match. Yes, walking was a national pastime, according to author Matthew Algeo: “Watching people walk was America’s favorite spectator sport.” The sport was known as “pedestrianism,” and Algeo has written an…

Tech News Alissa Walker Apr 4 '14

Adorable 5-Year-Old Discovers Bonehead Xbox Vulnerability

Five-year-old Kristoffer Von Hassel’s parents didn’t want him getting into the grown-up games on the family’s Xbox, so they put the gory stuff behind a password. But Kristoffer’s an inquisitive little guy, and he blew right past the parental safeguard—and discovered a pretty silly Xbox security flaw in the process. San Diego’s 10News explains how…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich Apr 4 '14

Watch the City of Los Angeles Metastasize into Sprawl

Over the past hundred years, Los Angeles has grown from a tiny desert city to a sprawl of suburbs that stretch deep inland and down the southern coastline of California. In this quietly disturbing video, you can watch the city creeping outward over time. This is just one of three visualizations from NYU’s Stern Urbanization…

io9 Annalee Newitz Apr 4 '14

Erosion in a Martian Crater

This well-preserved crater on Mars features evidence of mass wasting — reoccurring slope linea formation. Material is being eroded from the high-elevation crater lip, forming shifting gullies into the basin below. Two photographs from HiRISE on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter are blended together to produce this high-resolution digital terrain model (DTM). The rainbow colours indicate…

Tech News Mika McKinnon Apr 4 '14

Amazon Fire TV Review: A Fast Ride That’ll Cost You

Take your pick of streaming devices—there are already plenty out there. Amazon says its new Fire TV can best every Roku, Chromecast, and Apple TV in the land on speed, ease of use, and a treasure box of extras. In most cases, Fire TV delivers on those promises. But it comes at a price. What…

Commerce Leslie Horn Apr 4 '14

Astronomers Publish Study On Extraterrestrial Zombies

While some scientists fritter away their time searching for extraterrestrial life, two astronomers have performed a genuine public service for Earth by calculating the likely number of nearby planets inhabited by the undead. The study—written by Stephen Kane (who divides his time between San Francisco State University and the Center for Global Extinction Pandemic Control)…

io9 Mark Strauss Apr 4 '14

The Gorgeous Tics And Errors of Laser Scanning Gone Wrong

Matthew Shaw and William Trossell, the London-based duo known as ScanLAB Projects, continue to push the envelope of laser-scanning technology, producing visually stunning and conceptually intricate work that falls somewhere between art and practical surveying. Their work also often has an unexpected political dimension, as they have scanned concentration camp sites, designed insurgent objects for…

Tech News Geoff Manaugh Apr 4 '14

10 Shocking Ways the Second World War Could Have Ended Differently

Decisions during wartime are monumental things. Each move and countermove has the potential to change the course of history. Here are ten shocking ways the Second World War could have unfolded differently than it did. Listed in rough chronological order. 1. Germany Invades Britain Instead of the Soviet Union Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union…

io9 George Dvorsky Apr 4 '14

Stop Disasters! as an Emergency Manager

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150 Years Ago, People Watched Competitive Walking Instead of Baseball

Adorable 5-Year-Old Discovers Bonehead Xbox Vulnerability

Watch the City of Los Angeles Metastasize into Sprawl

Erosion in a Martian Crater

Amazon Fire TV Review: A Fast Ride That’ll Cost You

Astronomers Publish Study On Extraterrestrial Zombies

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Stop Disasters! as an Emergency Manager

These Mesmerizing GIFs Look Like They Come From An Alternate Reality

​Afflicted Is A Vampire Story That You Actually Need To See

Blood Glacier Is A Movie About A Glacier Made Of BLOOD

Scientists Genetically Modified Trees So They Can Make Greener Paper

Did you know moray eels have secondary jaws just like Alien xenomorphs?

How Steve Jobs’ Passion Shaped Pixar Into an Oscar-Winning Studio

Your Guide to Witnessing the Biggest, Brightest Mars in Over Six Years

This Russian Doomsday Plane Is President Putin’s Personal Escape Pod

NASA Has One More Chance to Explain Bizarre Glow on Moon’s Horizon

This Is Outrageous: The Jem Movie Is Filming In Three Weeks?

One Map Showing Where the Water Shortages Will Hit

150 Years Ago, People Watched Competitive Walking Instead of Baseball

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Watch the City of Los Angeles Metastasize into Sprawl

Erosion in a Martian Crater

Amazon Fire TV Review: A Fast Ride That’ll Cost You

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The Terms of Cybercab Ownership Don’t Add Up, Musk Admits

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Afflicted Is A Vampire Story That You Actually Need To See