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Leaked HTC One Max Press Shots: Yep, It Looks Like a Large One

There have been rumblings suggesting that HTC is soon to launch a Galaxy Note rival in the shape of the six-inch HTC One Max. Now, @evleaks claims to have unearthed some press images of the montorous new phone. https://gizmodo.com/is-htc-taking-on-the-galaxy-note-with-a-rumored-6-inch-785143171 The images, which are apparently “non-final” but still of high-quality, show that the new phone is,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

From One Second To The Next: Werner Herzog’s Texting-and-Driving PSA

Acclaimed documentarian Werner Herzog has taken on some pretty remarkable subjects during his 50-year career, ranging from Antarctic scientists to Grizzly Man. His latest film, though, is about something much more familiar: Texting and driving. Yet it’s no less intense. Herzog, who worked at AT&T on the project, released the 30-minute mini-doc online this week.…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Get A Sense Of How Dire Shark Finning Is From This Visual Represenation

One thing infographics are really good for is providing a sense of scale. Certain numbers are just too big to really comprehend, and can also be made to sound bigger or smaller than they actually are depending on how they’re presented. As Shark Week comes to a close, it seems apt to take shark finning…

Tech News Lily Hay Newman

The strange Cone Nebula points to a gorgeous cosmic vista

Located about 2,700 light-years from Earth, the Cone Nebula is one of the seemingly countless stellar objects discovered by William Herschel. You can see it on the far left of this image, a bizarrely geometric structure pointing towards the beautiful array of swirling gases and bright stars. This particular image comes from the Subaru Telescope,…

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A potential new malaria vaccine puts weakened parasites into the body

Malaria is one of the deadliest diseases on the planet, killing about 2,000 people every day. Much effort has been put into developing a vaccine, and while there have been some encouraging results, it’s proved difficult to control the malaria parasites and their mosquito carriers. Now, a new vaccine actually makes those vaccines work for…

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The Breaking Bad Theme Played On Meth Lab Equipment, Minus The Meth

It’s the beginning of the end for Breaking Bad starting tonight, and it’s a tough time for us all. We’re staring into the abyss and contemplating what our lives will be like a mere eight episodes from now when darkness creeps into our hearts and emptiness settles in our souls. It’s understandable that in his…

Tech News Lily Hay Newman

In a gorgeous flooded city, a scavenger discovers that he isn’t alone

The short film Contre temps (Against time) is set in a post-apocalyptic city that was long ago covered by rising tides. While exploring the city at low tide, however, a scavenger discovers another soul within the city. This animated short was directed by Jérémi Boutelet, Thibaud Clergue, Tristan Ménard, Camille Perrin, Gaël Megherbi, and Lucas…

io9 Lauren Davis

Being Human‘s penultimate episode goes from slow burn to all-out war

How do you start a war between vampires and werewolves? If you’re the Devil, you bring in a temptress. And what begins as a quiet episode about friendship and betrayal turns into bloody chaos. What’s been interesting about this final series of Being Human is that it feels less like a continuation of the previous…

io9 Lauren Davis

This Stunning Spiral Galaxy Is Out There Right Now

No matter how wry your sense of humor or how pessimistic your outlook, you have to give into your human capacity for awe at some point. And it might as well be now because this photo is amazing. The spiral galaxy, M74, consists of about 100 billion stars and is 32 million light-years away if…

Space & Spaceflight Lily Hay Newman

Robbers used special effects masks to disguise themselves as white

How convincing can practical special effects be in real life? A trio of black men wore masks purchased from a special effects company while committing a robbery in order to make witnesses believe they were white—and it actually worked. The AP and the New York Post both report that three men allegedly invested $3000 in…

io9 Lauren Davis

These Abandoned Tanks Are Rusting Mementoes of the Wars of the Past

Swords may be driven into ploughshares when they’ve finished their fighting, but tanks are often left to rust, in graveyards of military vehicles or on the battlefields where they fell. The tank in the picture above is on Flamenco Beach, Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, and the photo was taken by Jami Dwyer. Soviet T-62s from…

io9 Vincze Miklós

Use Loop To Animate The World

I’m really bad at drawing. Really really really bad. Like hand turkeys and stick figures level. But Loop might be a way to bring me up a little bit. It’s an iPad app for making hand-drawn animations, but you can use it with guides like other drawings or photos for tracing. Basically there are a…

Tech News Lily Hay Newman

Channing Tatum’s Bizarre New Look in the Wachowskis’ Jupiter Ascending

Channing Tatum sports pointy ears, neon-blond hair, a bright blond goatee and a body harness, on the set of the Wachowskis’ new movie Jupiter Ascending. Plus knee pads and chunky boots. He’s playing Caine, a futuristic assassin who’s part wolf and part albino. Update: Clowncone points out the harness is probably to attach wires to,…

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This terrifying picture will give you nightmares tonight

The big fish eats the little fish, but this bloody giant Tiger shark (one of the most ferocious types) can eat the little fish and you at the same time, in one gulp. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-a-picture-of-a-shark-eating-another-shark-that-1095044915

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Is Continuum juggling too many plots for its own good?

Continuum’s second season continues to blow me away. Every episode has been fantastic. But at the same time, I keep suspecting that this show doesn’t really have a coherent mythos, and all this complexity will eventually collapse under its own weight. Friday night’s “Second Wave” provided a bit of evidence. Spoilers ahead… Consider just how…

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50,000 Stills Of Times Square Are Almost As Chaotic As Real Life

If you live in New York you know how unbelievably frustrating it is to try to walk through Times Square when you have somewhere to be. Peeps be all up in your way. If you don’t live in New York, you’re either part of the problem when you visit or you just generally know to…

Tech News Lily Hay Newman

Crowdfund WWI photographs and a better platform for FOIA requests

Requesting information through the Freedom of Information Act isn’t always simple, but a group of investigative journalists are making the process more accessible than ever. And one fellow is looking to share his German great-grandfather’s WWI photos with the world. Experience World War I through a German officer’s photos Dean Putney has an amazing trove…

io9 Lauren Davis

Which Kitchen Appliances Should Wise Up?

If you think about it, meals are kind of absurd because they have to happen every day. I love eating and I really love cooking, but three or more times a day every day? That just seems like a lot. Yet somehow it happens, because we need to sustain ourselves. Or whatever. Giz posts a…

Tech News Lily Hay Newman

Listen to the Breaking Bad theme song played on meth lab equipment

Andrew Huang covers Breaking Bad’s theme song using items you might find in a meth lab, plus a guitar. All those round-bottom flasks and propane tanks are good for more than cooking Blue Sky. [via The Awesomer]

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The Origin And Power Of Life Flows In This Ceiling

In ancient Greek lore, “arkhe” is the concept of origin and the forces underlying life. Standard philosophical themes to think about in a hair salon, right? Moriyuki Ochiai Architects designed this salon, ArKhe, in Chiba, Japan to channel water and remind people of the flow of life. The ceiling is made of recyclable aluminum sheets…

Tech News Lily Hay Newman

Leaked HTC One Max Press Shots: Yep, It Looks Like a Large One

From One Second To The Next: Werner Herzog’s Texting-and-Driving PSA

Get A Sense Of How Dire Shark Finning Is From This Visual Represenation

The strange Cone Nebula points to a gorgeous cosmic vista

A potential new malaria vaccine puts weakened parasites into the body

The Breaking Bad Theme Played On Meth Lab Equipment, Minus The Meth

In a gorgeous flooded city, a scavenger discovers that he isn’t alone

Being Human‘s penultimate episode goes from slow burn to all-out war

This Stunning Spiral Galaxy Is Out There Right Now

Robbers used special effects masks to disguise themselves as white

These Abandoned Tanks Are Rusting Mementoes of the Wars of the Past

Use Loop To Animate The World

Channing Tatum’s Bizarre New Look in the Wachowskis’ Jupiter Ascending

This terrifying picture will give you nightmares tonight

Is Continuum juggling too many plots for its own good?

50,000 Stills Of Times Square Are Almost As Chaotic As Real Life

Crowdfund WWI photographs and a better platform for FOIA requests

Which Kitchen Appliances Should Wise Up?

Listen to the Breaking Bad theme song played on meth lab equipment

The Origin And Power Of Life Flows In This Ceiling

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