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Don’t forget to get your flu shot!

It’s flu vaccine season, and this year the new quadrivalent vaccines are looking more promising than ever. Time to get your shot (or your snorty nose thing). Here’s where to find out more. The CDC has an excellent, frequently-updated page on the vaccines available. The Health Map guys have this awesome shot locator, where you…

io9 Annalee Newitz

There will be an alien cathedral in Barcelona by 2026

I love Antoni Gaudí’s modernist architecture—but I always thought the Sagrada Familia looked like a insectoid nest built by giant alien wasps. When it’s completed in 2026, it will truly look like a majestic alien cathedral to adore Gozer and Zuul. https://gizmodo.com/heres-how-sagrada-familia-will-look-when-its-finally-1400455342

Sploid Jesus Diaz

The world’s first mind-controlled robotic leg is ready for prime time

Late last year we told you about Zac Vawter, recipient of the first mind-controlled prosthetic leg. Now, after extensive testing and a series of important tweaks, the device is ready for actual clinical applications. Your cyborg future awaits. https://gizmodo.com/bionic-man-scales-willis-tower-with-the-worlds-first-ne-5957772 Until now, the only thought-controlled prosthetics available to amputees were bionic arms. But the new leg…

io9 George Dvorsky

What Happens When Natural Disasters Instantly Change Our Maps?

Pakistan’s devastating earthquake this week killed hundreds, with a death toll that’s certain to rise. While the country recovers, the world has become fascinated by a geographic side-effect of the disaster: the quake was so powerful that it created a new island in the Arabian Sea. And as of Wednesday morning, people were already exploring…

Tech News Alissa Walker

This Handheld Radar Will Track Disaster Victims by Their Heartbeats

Building collapses are a tragic and overwhelmingly fatal occurrence in the developing world. But that could soon change once NASA and the DHS’s revolutionary, handheld radar unit comes to fruition. It scans for and identifies buried building collapse victims based solely on their breathing patterns and heartbeats. Dubbed the FINDER (Finding Individuals for Disaster and…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Retail Therapy: Inside the Apple Store

An Apple employee is never supposed to point when giving directions in their store. For example, when asked where the iPhone cases are sold, a specialist should either gesture with an open hand or, preferably, walk the customer to the proper location. If you’ve ever wandered into an Apple Store just to covertly check your…

Tech News J.K. Appleseed - McSweeney's

This Smart Desk Will Track the Calories You Burn By Simply Standing Up

By now we’ve all likely heard the deafening buzz proclaiming that sitting is the new smoking; sitting is ruining our bodies and irreparably hunching our backs; sitting is going to be the death of us all, damnit. But are you ready to give up the passive, sedentary pseudo-comfort of a long day spent in a…

Tech News Jordan Kushins

Why the Cuckoo Finch Is Called a Brood Parasite

When you think about parasites, usually one of the “mind-controlling” types comes to mind, or maybe the chestbursters from the Alien franchise. But in the animal kingdom, particularly among birds, there’s another kind: the brood parasite. https://gizmodo.com/12-real-parasites-that-control-the-lives-of-their-hosts-461313366 https://kotaku.com/even-the-making-of-video-for-the-aliens-chestburster-is-1269893629 Image: Cuckoo finch chick sitting in the nest of its foster parents. Courtesy of Claire Spottiswoode. Cuckoo…

io9 Joseph Bennington-Castro

Delusional Scientist Has Incredible List of Collaboration Requirements

Spurred by the racist, sexist, and aggressively witless dating criteria of one 39-year-old Austinite, analytical chemist Dr. Rubidium has taken this man-child’s Incredible List of Dating Requirements and replaced it with the Incredible List of Collaboration Requirements of one delusional scientist. The results are pretty damn perfect. https://jezebel.com/delusional-man-child-has-most-incredible-list-of-dating-1382052948 The criterial foundations for a fair number…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

World’s First Fully Bionic, Mind-Controlled Leg Goes for a Walk

When Zac Vawter lost his leg in a motorcycle accident a few years ago, he thought he’d never walk like a normal person again. But today, the 32-year-old software engineer can climb stairs, wiggle his toes and stroll through parks. The only difference is that one of his legs is a mind-controlled robot. Vawter is…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Exploring the Prehistoric World, By Way of Virtual Reality

For most history students, “exploring the past” means sifting through mountains of data. But digital archaeologist Marcus Abbott wants to make early human civilization—or its digital simulacra—freely accessible to anyone who wants to explore it. His first prehistoric VR environment? A 3,000-year-old spiritual site in the East Anglian fens. Abbott is a professional archaeologist based…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Theros is a gorgeous neoclassical fantasy, in this new Magic set

The latest Magic: the Gathering expansion is set on a magical plane called Theros. Check out this gallery of Theros art and interview with Magic’s senior creative designer to learn how they borrowed from Greek mythology to create a new fantasy realm. Theros will be officially released this weekend. I talked to Senior Creative Designer…

io9 Ed Grabianowski

Why the hell does Mario have to rescue Princess Peach?

Is it really worth it, Mario? She keeps running away, you keep dying and spending your lives and you never get anything out of this except your own unrequited love. It’s time to find someone else, man. Or just enjoy life and hang out with some Koopas. Let Bowser deal with that shit. Update from…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Who Are You? Introduce Yourselves in the Comments!

We’ve talked about scientists, artists, superheroes, and robots with practically human feelings. But today, the fascinating individual that we want to know more about is you. Please take a moment to introduce yourself in the comments below, along with any details you’d like us to know. Whatever you want to let us know about yourself,…

io9 Ria Misra

Here’s a Wireless Charger That’s as Thin as Your Phone

If you’re fortunate enough to use one of the handful of smartphones that natively support the Qi wireless charging standard—or have even opted for a case that adds that functionality—MugenPower’s now got a backup battery that lets you leave all your charging cables at home. The Mugenizer N11—yep, that’s what it’s called—features an inductive charger…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Here’s How Sagrada Familia Will Look When It’s Finally Done In 2026

When Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí was tragically killed by a train in 1926, he was in the middle of building of his masterpiece—the Barcelona basilica, Sagrada Familia. Eighty-six years later, the church still isn’t complete. But according to Jordi Faulí, the current architect on the magnificent life-sized sand castle, it’ll be done by 2026. This…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Dreadful woman tries to abash man for rejecting her after three dates

Princess Snowflake Quin Woodward Pu—self-described as a “a 25-year-old with two published books and a condo”—seems to be mentally and/or emotionally unbalanced enough to try to humiliate a man who rejected her via text after only three dates, forwarding said man’s texts to his employers. http://gawker.com/guy-breaks-up-with-girl-by-text-girl-publicly-shames-g-1389989148

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Apple Maps Glitch Takes Drivers to Runway of International Airport

Here’s another reason why you shouldn’t just blindly follow directions provided by your friendly neighborhood mapping service: An error on new iPhones and iPads directs drivers to a runway at a major international Alaskan airport. To be fair, the map actually stops at the tarmac. What’s more, there’s a gate, warning lights, and numerous signs…

io9 George Dvorsky

You Can Now Explore the Large Hadron Collider on Street View

Google Street View is a great way to explore parts of the world you’ve never visited. And thanks to Google’s European team, it’s now one of the easiest ways to explore a facility you’re not exactly allowed to just stroll through whenever you want. Google’s panoramic cameras were given access to CERN’s Large Hadron Collider,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

8 Spaceports That Are America’s Gateway to the Stars

We are so, so close to commercial orbital tourism. We sit on the cusp of a new space age—an age of convenience rather than exploration, where anybody—really, anybody—can become an astronaut. To date, only eight non-governmental facilities in the entire country have received FAA licensing approval to operate as spaceports. These spaceports have grown largely…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Tarantola

Don’t forget to get your flu shot!

There will be an alien cathedral in Barcelona by 2026

The world’s first mind-controlled robotic leg is ready for prime time

What Happens When Natural Disasters Instantly Change Our Maps?

This Handheld Radar Will Track Disaster Victims by Their Heartbeats

Retail Therapy: Inside the Apple Store

This Smart Desk Will Track the Calories You Burn By Simply Standing Up

Why the Cuckoo Finch Is Called a Brood Parasite

Delusional Scientist Has Incredible List of Collaboration Requirements

World’s First Fully Bionic, Mind-Controlled Leg Goes for a Walk

Exploring the Prehistoric World, By Way of Virtual Reality

Theros is a gorgeous neoclassical fantasy, in this new Magic set

Why the hell does Mario have to rescue Princess Peach?

Who Are You? Introduce Yourselves in the Comments!

Here’s a Wireless Charger That’s as Thin as Your Phone

Here’s How Sagrada Familia Will Look When It’s Finally Done In 2026

Dreadful woman tries to abash man for rejecting her after three dates

Apple Maps Glitch Takes Drivers to Runway of International Airport

You Can Now Explore the Large Hadron Collider on Street View

8 Spaceports That Are America’s Gateway to the Stars

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