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Disney reveals its new Star Wars cartoon, Rebels

It isn’t a first look, exactly, but Disney has announced its new Star Wars cartoon, which will be called Rebels. Here’s everything we (now) know: • It will be set between Episodes III and IV • It will be based on the concept art of Ralph McQuarrie • Dave Filoni is executive producing it, and…

io9 Rob Bricken May 20 '13

How a Trumpet Works Explained In One Animated GIF

Compared to electric gadgetry, something like a trumpet is a pretty simple contraption, but the way it actually works is super clever when you see it in action. The principle is very straight-forward, but the construction of the actual pieces that re-route your hot air are damn cool to see at work. Now does anyone…

Tech News Eric Limer May 20 '13

Meet a real-life climate science troll

Ever wonder what an internet climate science troll is like in person? Here’s your chance to find out. Via James West and Tim McDonnell at The Climate Desk: Internet researchers at George Mason University recently found that when it comes to online commenting, throwing bombs gets more attention than being nice, and makes readers double…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez May 20 '13

Croatian Bees Are Being Trained to Hunt Down Deadly Land Mines

Sending animals to do our dirty work—specifically of the drug-sniffing, bomb-hunting variety—isn’t a novel concept by any means. But while an animal bomb-sniffing squad might conjure up the image of a noble K9 dog, Croatians are now depending on a very different, perhaps not quite as lovable bomb fiend: the common honeybee. Because though the…

Biology Ashley Feinberg May 20 '13

This week’s TV: The Tourettes Outbreak That Racked a Small Town

Summer TV season is starting, which means television is getting weird. There’s a new sitcom where Anne Heche communicates with God. There’s a taste of Disney XD’s brand new Avengers show. There’s new proof that mermaids are real. And there’s a documentary about the town whose teen girls got Tourettes Syndrome. Plus tons more! Top…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 20 '13

Teen trillionaires have problems too in this preview of Green Team #1

Money is its own kind of superpower; just ask Bruce Wayne or Lex Luthor. But when yo aren’t a genius or vengeance-fueled vigilante, how can you use it to help people? That’s what the Green Team wants to know in this unlikely relaunch of an obscure DC comic from 1975. Check out a special 5-page…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken May 20 '13

Here’s Your First (Blurry) Look at the PS4

We didn’t get to see the PS4 at Sony’s big reveal event a few months ago, but with the NextBox announcement right around the corner (read: tomorrow), Sony’s showing off a sneak peek to get us all riled. It’s hard to make out much of anything other than the vague shape of the thing, but…

Tech News Eric Limer May 20 '13

Interstellar distances, measured in memes

If aliens are listening in on Earth, a speed-of-light delay dictates that many of pop culture’s jokes and catch phrases are only just now being heard. By XKCD’s estimation, that means Alpha Centauri system just learned about Rickrolling. (Our sincerest apologies.)

io9 Robbie Gonzalez May 20 '13

Will The Internet of Things Make Our Lives Any Easier?

The “Internet of Things” is shaping up to be the buzzphrase of the year as more and more of our machines take off their dunce caps. But as history has shown us, a smarter gadget doesn’t necessarily mean an easier life. If our modern soothsayers can be believed, soon your refrigerator will be snapchatting your…

Tech News Matt Novak May 20 '13

How the Runaways Movie That Never Happened Helped to Fuel Iron Man 3

Before Drew Pearce co-wrote Iron Man 3, he was working on a screenplay of Brian K. Vaughan’s amazing comic The Runaways. And before that, he created the superhero sitcom No Heroics. He talked to io9 about how those projects helped lead to Iron Man 3, and also addresses Iron Man 3’s most controversial twists. Maximum…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders May 20 '13

Why Brushing Your Teeth Makes Orange Juice Taste Like Death

If you’re going to have a glass of orange juice and brush your teeth (a good idea), there’s only one order in which to do them. It makes sense that your minty toothpaste-mouth would make OJ taste weird, but why so down-right heinous? As Bytesize Science explains, it’s because your tongue gets coated with a…

Tech News Eric Limer May 20 '13

Pretty Little Liars is secretly about the supernatural world

ABC Family hit Pretty Little Liars has become the teenage version of Desperate Housewives, full of backstabbing pretty people with an undercurrent of murder. Oh, and also? Vampires and other magical beings. A spinoff, Ravenswood, will deal with the Liars’ paranormal side. Entertainment Weekly has a ton of details about Ravenswood, which executive producer Joseph…

Television Annalee Newitz May 20 '13

Why It’s Dumb to Abandon Tumblr Today

Since it became clear that Yahoo was going to buy Tumblr, WordPress saw the number of blog imports from Tumblr rise from about 400 an hour to more than 72,000. That’s a ridiculous jump—and also a stupid one. Here’s why you shouldn’t leave Tumblr just because it’s under new management. https://gizmodo.com/its-official-yahoo-is-buying-tumblr-508846808 There’s nothing better out…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe May 20 '13

Your first new rumored Star Wars: Episode VII cast member is…

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, according to Latino Review. There’s no telling if it’s true, if it’ll happen, or who the hell he’ll play if it all works out, but I think he does look like he could be Han and Leia’s kid if they want to go the Star Wars: The Next Generation route.

Movies Rob Bricken May 20 '13

Gimme Shelter: 9 Instant Buildings From Disaster Zones to Battlefields

Describing architecture as “instant” can mean different things to different people. During the post-War housing shortage, it meant prefab homes that went up in weeks. For disaster survivors, it can mean something as simple as a shelter that’s assembled in hours. For the military, instant architecture often means truly instantaneous—hangars and medical tents that pop…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan May 20 '13

What is Evolution?

A fantastic primer on descent with modification. The video comes from the folks at Stated Clearly, and features illustrations from nature cartoonist Rosemary Mosco‘s Bird and Moon comics. It’s cute, clever, and thorough – without being didactic. Good stuff. Via Joe Hanson, who has one bone to pick with the video.

io9 Robbie Gonzalez May 20 '13

Flashback: How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet

In the wake of Yahoo’s $1.1 billion acquisition of beloved social platform Tumblr, it’s perhaps worth looking back what the company did after it caught—and gutted—another big fish. https://gizmodo.com/its-official-yahoo-is-buying-tumblr-508846808 Yes, Yahoo’s a different company now, especially with Marissa Mayer at the helm. And Tumblr, along with its price tag, are an order of magnitude larger…

Social Media Mat Honan May 20 '13

The fraud who worked with Einstein

Emil Rupp spent the late 1920s and early 1930s being lauded as the most impressive experimental physicist in the world. He managed to pull off experiments that no one else could. He worked with Einstein. And he’d made it all up. Emil Rupp was born in Germany in 1898; he had an interest in physics,…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell May 20 '13

Matt Smith and David Tennant chat about Doctor Who‘s 50th birthday!

Joss Whedon reveals what Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch will bring to The Avengers 2, while Edgar Wright explains why he’s waited so long to make Ant-Man. Aaron Eckhart really wants you to know about the hardcore stick fighting in I, Frankenstein. Plus Karl Urban previews Fox’s new robot cop show Almost Human! Spoilers alive! Top…

Television Alasdair Wilkins May 20 '13

It’s Official: Yahoo Is Buying Tumblr, Promises “Not to Screw It Up”

After rumors spread during the weekend, it’s now official: Yahoo is buying Tumblr. Yahoo has announced the takeover, aptly enough, on Tumblr, explaining that it “promises not to screw it up.” That’s a reference, obviously, to the complete mess it’s made of pretty much every other company it’s ever bought. In that Tumblr post Marissa…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe May 20 '13

Disney reveals its new Star Wars cartoon, Rebels

How a Trumpet Works Explained In One Animated GIF

Meet a real-life climate science troll

Croatian Bees Are Being Trained to Hunt Down Deadly Land Mines

This week’s TV: The Tourettes Outbreak That Racked a Small Town

Teen trillionaires have problems too in this preview of Green Team #1

Here’s Your First (Blurry) Look at the PS4

Interstellar distances, measured in memes

Will The Internet of Things Make Our Lives Any Easier?

How the Runaways Movie That Never Happened Helped to Fuel Iron Man 3

Why Brushing Your Teeth Makes Orange Juice Taste Like Death

Pretty Little Liars is secretly about the supernatural world

Why It’s Dumb to Abandon Tumblr Today

Your first new rumored Star Wars: Episode VII cast member is…

Gimme Shelter: 9 Instant Buildings From Disaster Zones to Battlefields

What is Evolution?

Flashback: How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet

The fraud who worked with Einstein

Matt Smith and David Tennant chat about Doctor Who‘s 50th birthday!

It’s Official: Yahoo Is Buying Tumblr, Promises “Not to Screw It Up”

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