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This Time Lapse of Iceland Is So Beautifully Alien

You can travel every inch of this world and probably travel every inch of the galaxy and you’d find very few places more beautiful than Iceland. Even alien paradises don’t look this good. Stian Rekdal covered over 3,000 miles and took more than 40,000 photos of Iceland over three weeks to cook this time lapse…

Tech News Casey Chan

New videos: NYC car attack bikers are even worse than we thought

Seven new videos show that the group of idiots who attacked a Range Rover in New York City last week are even more obnoxious than anyone could have imagined. Look at these imbeciles riding their bikes in all kinds of dangerous and illegal situations just before the car incident.

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Here’s How to Check If the Apple Store Has an iPhone 5S in Stock

As it seems to go every year, iPhone inventory is depleted from the Apple Store. You have to sift through wooden shelves for a single speck of a goldpagne iPhone 5S, pray to the angels for a white 5S and… well, you can actually get a ‘space gray’ iPhone anywhere you want. If you want…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Honest Truth About The Matrix

It’s been 14 years since The Matrix came out in theaters and became one of our favorite sci-fi movies ever. It’s been 10 years since The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions straggled onto screens and changed the way we thought about one of our favorite sci-fi movies ever. Honest Trailers smacks down the series…

Movies Casey Chan

Can Your Brain Be Hacked?

Your computer can be hacked. Your phone can get hacked. Your e-mail account. Your Facebook account. And even… your brain. AsapSCIENCE explains how we’re coming up with ways to use technology—special lasers!—to hack our brains. It’s a little bit scary to think about but the possibilities could be amazing. [AsapSCIENCE]

Tech News Casey Chan

Is the testicle-eating fish taking over the world?

I hate pacus. Look at those bastards’ teeth. They look like they have been retrofitted with four lines of human teeth, all ready to bite the testicles of any men swimming naked in a lake or river. Nobody is safe, my friends: The pacu was a native of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers, but now…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

The mutant peacock that baffled London has made it home

Why did the white mutant peacock cross the road? This question was a source of great discussion and consternation in the Ilford area of Greater London, where a mutant white peacock was wandering across the street near the Newbury Park station. The mutant — who appears to be an albino, but is actually a cross…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Mythic monsters take back the planet in This Week’s Comics!

You might think you’ve had a bad day, but Prosper Monday is having a bad life. Something called the blight has nearly killed off the human race, and monsters of myth and creature of legend stalk the Earth in Vertigo’s new fantasy series Hinterkind. Plus, Spider-Man has 99 problems (and a bitch may or may…

io9 Rob Bricken

How did crows develop a social safety net?

A lot of crows come to my backyard looking for peanuts, but this group of five was different. They were scrappy, with tattered white bits of down sticking out from between their black feathers. One of them made a cry more like a bleat than your typical caw caw! And then I discovered them doing…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Once Upon A Time is back, and serving up hot lunacy in Neverland

The premiere of Once Upon A Time made a big splash in the new world of Neverland. And it also did a lot of really stupid crap that makes no sense. Oh well — let’s watch the daughter of fairy-tale characters do pull-ups! First up, many apologies for being late on this. I fell into…

io9 Meredith Woerner

C2C: Delta

That time human history was benevolently reset by a higher consciousness. C2C is a French quartet of master-class turntablists and kind of a big deal. They won the DMC World Competition four times in a row (2003-2006) without breaking a sweat, they blew through the 2013 French Grammy’s winning “Best New Artist”, “Best Music Video”,…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

This bizarro 3D-printed toothbrush can clean your teeth in 6 seconds

Life just suddenly got all that more convenient. Introducing Blizzident, a $300 toothbrush that’s specifically tailored to your own teeth. Just stick it in your mouth and let the bristles do the rest. Blizzident utilizes two intersecting technologies: 3D scanning and 3D printing. After having your dentist take an impression of your teeth, you send…

io9 George Dvorsky

This Is The End gag reel is actually a lot like the movie itself

This is The End, the movie in which James Franco and Seth Rogen and their friends play themselves after the apocalypse, is one of the most ridiculous things we’ve ever seen. And so is the movie’s blooper reel. Get More: Movie Trailers, Movies Blog

io9 Meredith Woerner

This Automated Drive-In Market Was Pretty Retro, Even For 1956

This fully automated drive-in food market held the promise of a leisurely, push-button future. But even people of the 1950s probably recognized it as a sleek re-imagining of a surprisingly retro idea. The drive-in market of the 1920s revolutionized how a lot of Americans shopped for food. For better and worse, the world was fast…

Tech News Matt Novak

This Power Bar Politely Steps Aside So It Doesn’t Block Other Outlets

What’s the point of using a compact travel power bar that gives you extra outlets when it ends up using and blocking the pair already on a wall? With Quirky’s new Contort Power supply that’s no longer an issue, since its short plug is angled 45 degrees so the extra outlet and USB ports don’t…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Russia’s confused homophobes

The origins of this anti-gay propaganda film are unclear. The video is so gross — a mashup of Hitlerite hate-mongering and American attack ads — that it could be a spoof. But assuming its authenticity, here’s what’s so shocking: the utter lack of self-awareness. Take just three refrains from the subtitles: that gays die early;…

Sploid Nick Denton

The Best and Worst Things 4Chan Gave the World

Incredible as it may seem, today 4chan turns a full 10 years old—hello tween years! But 4chan is, let’s say, advanced for its age. And the precursor to pretty much the entire internet as you know it has given us a whole lot to think about over the years. Some of it was fun! Some…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

A Massive Map of Beer For Obsessive Brew Snobs

There comes a time in life when the cheap, watery beer ubiquitous at youthful keg parties and in not-quite-legally-sourced 24-packs just isn’t good enough anymore, when Natty Ice and Keystone Light are upgraded to… absolutely anything but Natty Ice and Keystone Light. For those who have developed a more refined taste for beer, the can’t-stop-won’t-stop…

Tech News Jordan Kushins

This lake will kill you and turn you into a statue

If you go to Tanzania, don’t bathe in Lake Natron or you will end up like these animals: petrified for all eternity thanks to the water’s extreme alkalinity. The animals get confused by the lake’s reflectivity and stay there until they turn into statues. https://gizmodo.com/any-animal-that-touches-this-lethal-lake-turns-to-stone-1436606506

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Comment of the Day: Cat Seismology Edition

In today’s comments we watched NASA’s website go (temporarily?) dark, talked about the off-screen deaths of our favorite characters, and learned the theory behind your pet’s curious pre-earthquake behavior. USGS geophysicist John Bellini joined us today for a Q&A on the inner life and effects of earthquakes, and shared with us this tidbit on why…

io9 Ria Misra

This Time Lapse of Iceland Is So Beautifully Alien

New videos: NYC car attack bikers are even worse than we thought

Here’s How to Check If the Apple Store Has an iPhone 5S in Stock

The Honest Truth About The Matrix

Can Your Brain Be Hacked?

Is the testicle-eating fish taking over the world?

The mutant peacock that baffled London has made it home

Mythic monsters take back the planet in This Week’s Comics!

How did crows develop a social safety net?

Once Upon A Time is back, and serving up hot lunacy in Neverland

C2C: Delta

This bizarro 3D-printed toothbrush can clean your teeth in 6 seconds

This Is The End gag reel is actually a lot like the movie itself

This Automated Drive-In Market Was Pretty Retro, Even For 1956

This Power Bar Politely Steps Aside So It Doesn’t Block Other Outlets

Russia’s confused homophobes

The Best and Worst Things 4Chan Gave the World

A Massive Map of Beer For Obsessive Brew Snobs

This lake will kill you and turn you into a statue

Comment of the Day: Cat Seismology Edition

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