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The jury is still out on whether this is science fiction or not

Is Breaking Bad science fiction? I mean, it’s fiction about science. What about William Gibson’s novel Pattern Recognition? Don’t even get me started on Person of Interest and Sneakers. We could argue all day! And we will. What’s your candidate for the story that defies categorization? Tell us about stories — books, movies, comics, TV,…

io9 Annalee Newitz Aug 16 '13

Newly-discovered mammal is ‘mix of house cat and a teddy bear’

Say hello to the olinguito, the first carnivorous mammal to be discovered in the Western hemisphere in 35 years. And HOLY CRAP is this thing ever cute. It took more than a decade for Smithsonian Institute researchers to properly identify the mammal — a story that began when zoologist Kristofer Helgen found some bones and…

io9 George Dvorsky Aug 16 '13

A House With a Roof That Retracts, Thanks to a Hand-Operated Winch

If you happened upon architect Javier Corvalán‘s house in rural Paraguay while its roof was down, you probably wouldn’t give it a second thought—this tiny aluminum box looks more like a bunker than a home. But thanks to a simple winch, the client who lives inside can tilt the entire roof upward by 25 degrees…

Physics & Chemistry Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Aug 16 '13

The very best storytelling games to light your imagination on fire

Take an evening joking around with friends, add a pinch of D&D and a dash of Who’s Line Is It Anyway?, and you’ve got some idea of what a story game is. These collaborative storytelling games cover Shakespearean tragedies, the careers of metal bands, heists gone wrong and all that lies in between. The exact…

io9 Ed Grabianowski Aug 16 '13

Tiny sea snail grows and hatches inside little boy’s knee

Pictured in the foreground is the snail. In the background is the child from whence the snail emerged. The child’s name is Paul Franklin. A few weeks back Paul was visiting the beach with his family when he tripped and dashed his right knee against a rock. His parents cleaned and bandaged the injury. A…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Aug 16 '13

This Flat Flexible Lunch Bag Can Hold Your Heftiest Hoagie

Almost like a real-life version of Santa’s bag, Unikia’s new Compleat Foodskin lunchbag can magically expand—thanks to the wonder that is silicone—to accommodate even a massive midday meal. And when you’re done eating, it’s flat enough to easily slip in your bag and take home at the end of the night. But an ever-expanding capacity…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 16 '13

The Nine Healthiest Alcoholic Drinks

Did you have a few too many cookouts this summer, and maybe pack on a few too many pounds? Here’s a refresher on some healthy booze to get you drunk while keeping you trim. It’s summer time. You want to look good. You want to feel good—especially after that hangover from the time you tried…

Health Brent Rose Aug 16 '13

A Clock That Conceals The Time Until You Find Its Sweet Spot

Inspired by the seemingly random clouds of data points recorded when a performer’s wearing a 3D motion capture suit, J.P.Meulendijks’ Mocap clock requires just the perfect angle to interpret the time. That’s because the numbers around the clock’s face are actually made of small white dots mounted to black pins at varying heights. So when…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 16 '13

Watch Val Kilmer morph into Mark Twain — YIKES

Val Kilmer gave the world an inside look into his makeup-heavy transformation for his one-man play Citizen Twain. Which we then turned into a fairly terrifying gif. Watch as Batman becomes the be-joweled Samuel Clemens. Thanks to Val Kilmer for posting all these selfies on his twitter.

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 16 '13

Grant Morrison claims Alan Moore secretly killed the Joker in 1988

Grant Morrison delivered a bit of a mindfuck on Wednesday. Strangely, he didn’t do it in one of his own comics, but by revealing the secret end of Alan Moore’s seminal Batman graphic novel The Killing Joke — namely, that Batman actually murders the Joker at the end. Morrison was talking to Kevin Smith on…

io9 Rob Bricken Aug 16 '13

Architecture Student Converts School Bus Into Cozy Home

School buses are so much fun. The springy seats, the awkward-to-open windows, the rumbling engine—it all hearkens back to a time in your life when you were younger, happier and worry-free. But did you ever imagine living in one? Hank Butitta did. By his last semester at architecture school, Butitta had grown weary of doing…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Aug 16 '13

NASA says Kepler isn’t quite dead yet

According to NASA, the ailing Kepler Space Telescope is officially beyond repair, and is hereby relieved of its planet-hunting duties. But the Agency isn’t giving up entirely. The question now turns to how the prolific spacecraft might be put to new use, and NASA is open to suggestions. Above: An artist’s depiction of Kepler 62f,…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Aug 16 '13

Live Your Entire Life in Bed With A Bedsore Detecting Mattress

Spending your life at home and never getting out of bed is not only considered socially unacceptable, it can lead to serious medical conditions like bedsores. But thankfully one of those two concerns has been eradicated thanks to the MAP System, a pressure sensing mat that helps prevent pressure ulcers from happening. Technically designed for…

Health Andrew Liszewski Aug 16 '13

This creepy psychological technique will sabotage anyone’s self-esteem

Want to change someone’s mind while pretending to encourage them? All you need to do is set a high standard for something and give them a little time. Even if they reach your standards, they’ve already self-sabotaged. Welcome to another little guide to practical evil. Today, we’ll show you how the “availability heuristic” can be…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Aug 16 '13

This Week in Time Capsules: They Lost a Capsule, But Found Each Other

Today in our time capsule news round-up we have a mystery time capsule from 1927, some ideas for building your own back-to-school capsule, and former classmates in Connecticut who went looking for a time capsule but wound up finding each other. They didn’t find the capsule though. It’s nice they found each other, but I…

Tech News Matt Novak Aug 16 '13

Doctor Who is finally validated with an official Mr. Potato Head toy

You’re not a pop culture juggernaut until Mr. Potato Head says you are. Spider-Man? Star Wars? Star Trek? Kiss? Batman? All these were nothing until this starchy Solomon designed to recognize them with a themed Mr. Potato Head toy. And now, Doctor Who is joining this carbohydrate-loaded elite. The official Doctor Who Mr. Potato Head…

io9 Rob Bricken Aug 16 '13

Watch an Insanely Relaxing Flight Across the Arctic Ice Plains, by NASA

What you see here is some of the best footage shot from the front and back mounted cameras on one of the P-3B aircraft that runs NASA’s IceBridge missions. These vistas are from the spring mission over Greenland and the Arctic, but NASA’s going back for more this fall. See, NASA’s not just concerned about…

Tech News Eric Limer Aug 16 '13

Famous old singer wants HP to pay millions for his namesake penis app

American singer Chubby Checker—known for popularizing the twist dance in 1960—is suing the underpants off HP. The conflict: the Palo Alto multinational corporation published a third-party penis measuring app for their now defunct Palm phones called Chubby Checker. https://gizmodo.com/chubby-checker-singer-can-sue-hp-over-chubby-checker-1155156358

Sploid Jesus Diaz Aug 16 '13

If you wear lipstick, you may be eating toxic metals

Whether you’re one of those tinted chapstick people, or a ruby red lipstick lover, there’s something you should know. That stuff you’re putting on your lips is going into your mouth. And it could be poison. Over at the New York Times, Deborah Blum has inaugurated a new column about chemistry called Poison Pen —…

io9 Annalee Newitz Aug 16 '13

Dealzmodo: Nikon D800, MacBook Air $800, Haswell, Mousing Surface

The Nikon D800 is arguably the best camera you can buy. Its 36-megapixel sensor re-opened the conversation about megapixels, and in terms of raw image quality, the D800 is second to none. Roberts Camera (via eBay) has the manufacturer refurbished D800 for $2000 today. That’s at least $800 off a new model, and comes with…

Tech News Shane Roberts Aug 16 '13

The jury is still out on whether this is science fiction or not

Newly-discovered mammal is ‘mix of house cat and a teddy bear’

A House With a Roof That Retracts, Thanks to a Hand-Operated Winch

The very best storytelling games to light your imagination on fire

Tiny sea snail grows and hatches inside little boy’s knee

This Flat Flexible Lunch Bag Can Hold Your Heftiest Hoagie

The Nine Healthiest Alcoholic Drinks

A Clock That Conceals The Time Until You Find Its Sweet Spot

Watch Val Kilmer morph into Mark Twain — YIKES

Grant Morrison claims Alan Moore secretly killed the Joker in 1988

Architecture Student Converts School Bus Into Cozy Home

NASA says Kepler isn’t quite dead yet

Live Your Entire Life in Bed With A Bedsore Detecting Mattress

This creepy psychological technique will sabotage anyone’s self-esteem

This Week in Time Capsules: They Lost a Capsule, But Found Each Other

Doctor Who is finally validated with an official Mr. Potato Head toy

Watch an Insanely Relaxing Flight Across the Arctic Ice Plains, by NASA

Famous old singer wants HP to pay millions for his namesake penis app

If you wear lipstick, you may be eating toxic metals

Dealzmodo: Nikon D800, MacBook Air $800, Haswell, Mousing Surface

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