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Does Ad Tracking Really Bother You?

The thought of being watched is always sort of unsettling. The thought of being watched by enemies or the government can be downright scary, but the thought of being watched by advertisers is anywhere from gross to “meh.” Do Not Track, and privacy-oriented browser extensions show that the lack of privacy is concerning to a…

Privacy & Security Eric Limer

A geyser sprays water vapor from the surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus

We’ve known for some time that geysers on Saturn’s moon Enceladus sprays water vapor that eventually finds its way to Saturn. But this striking image lets us see that water vapor spilling into space. https://gizmodo.com/the-moon-enceladus-rains-down-water-on-saturn-5824879 Michael Benson composited this image from image fragments sent by the Cassini spacecraft, just one of the incredible bits of…

io9 Lauren Davis

The Obama family reimagined as The Incredibles

During the last presidential election, comic book artist Alex Ross portrayed Barack Obama as Superman. Now Nikkolas and Nicole Smith have gotten the entire first family in on the superheroic family in on the act, envisioning the Obamas in the style of Pixar’s The Incredibles. My question is: What is Bo’s superpower? Because I’m pretty…

io9 Lauren Davis

Killer whales need their mamas to look after them… even as adults

Despite their fearsome nickname, orcas might actually be among the animal kingdom’s biggest mama’s boys. Males rely on their mothers to keep them alive well into their adulthood — and that might help explain the evolution of menopause. Killer whale females can live as long as fifty years after when they produce offspring in their…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Clever Folding Bunk Bed Leaves So Much Extra Space for Activities

In many homes, and nearly all apartments, floorspace comes at a premium. That’s what makes bunkbeds such a space saver. The Dumbo Double Murphy Bed takes it a step further by letting you fold them up. Designed by Roberto Gil and built from baltic birch plywood, these bunk beds from Casa Kids are both compact…

Tech News Eric Limer

All of Chewbacca’s dialogue from A New Hope on a single sticky note

What happens if you line up all of Chewbacca’s dialogue from the first Star Wars movie on one oversized Post-It Note? We haven’t vetted every roar and growl in Doug Savage’s comic ode to our favorite Wookiee, but a Chewbacca-centered Star Wars is recipe for high (if unintelligible) comedy. This is actually one of the…

io9 Lauren Davis

This $6,000 Bullet-Proof Attaché Will Keep Your Documents Way Safer Than They Probably Need To Be

Say you’ve got some really important documents—like the meaning of life scrawled on a napkin, or a viable method of time travel in the margins of a newspaper—and someone really wants to shoot them for some reason, like a bunch of times, with a gun. You better hope they’re in the Tegra-Lite Bulletproof Attaché. Pretty…

Tech News Eric Limer

The weirdest Alice in Wonderland movie ever made

Tim Burton’s Alice has nothing on Czech filmmaker Jan Švankmajer’s Alice, a 1988 adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland.” Wildly weird and inventively low-tech, this movie was created in the spirit of the original novel. The film opens with Alice tossing stones into a stream while her sister reads. The opening credits are intercut…

Movies Jason Shankel

A solar system like ours… except in the middle of a star cluster

This planet is a hot Jupiter, meaning it’s a massive gas giant that orbits in tight proximity to its star. That may not sound like home, but its star could double for our Sun… if you ignore its location. This artist’s conception depicts a newly discovered solar system in the Beehive Cluster, a conglomeration of…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

The iPhone 5’s Custom A6 Boasts 1GB of Samsung RAM

During the iPhone 5 announcement, Apple mentioned the new phone would have its own new chip, the A6. Specific specs were sparse then, but AnandTech did some sleuthing and found the custom chip packs 1GB of RAM, and 33% more peak memory bandwidth than the iPhone 4S, which it will need for its high-res screen.…

Tech News Eric Limer

Would you plug your brain into the internet?

So we’ve done an interview with the great William Gibson, author of Neuromancer. His book anticipated the internet, except plugged directly into a person’s brain instead of into their computer. People were inspired by this then, and they’re inspired now. But would you do it? It’s clear from even the most cursory glance a Harry…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Outrageous movie fan theories illustrated in offbeat movie posters

There’s a rather detailed fan theory that claims that Stanley Kubrick helped fake the moon landing and then used his film The Shining as a heavily veiled confession. Another claims that the cuddly creature from My Neighbor Totoro is actually an avatar of the god of death. Artist Fernando Reza, also known as Fro, has…

Movies Lauren Davis

iPhone Oil Paintings Put Greasy Fingers to Good Use

Touch screens can get kind of gross. After all, you’re rubbing them with your dirty fingers almost constantly. As it turns out, the greasy filth that adorns your screen can actually be manipulated to look pretty neat. It’s still gross though. JK Keller has composed a nice series of gifs that show off the way…

Tech News Eric Limer

The Eiffel Tower: Who destroyed it best?

The Eiffel Tower was originally scheduled to be demolished in 1909, 20 years after it was built. It survives into the present day, but it hasn’t been quite so lucky in movies, comics, and television. We know the tower has been punched, shaken, melted, and turned into a sandwich toothpick. The question is: Who did…

Movies Lauren Davis

Steve Ballmer Suggests That Surface Isn’t Going to Try to Beat Anyone on Price

We’re well into tablet season with the release of the new Kindles and the almost certain release of the iPad Mini next month, but Microsoft’s Surface is in the game too, though we know quite little about it. In an interview with the Seattle Times, CEO Steve Ballmer was kind enough to mention the “sweet…

Tech News Eric Limer

Jiro Dreams Of Sushi: You’ll Never Be Half as Good at Anything.

So Jiro Dreams of Sushi is a documentary about a guy who is really, really good at making sushi. But wait, bear with me, because it is also the best damn documentary about a guy who is really, really good at making sushi that you will ever see. It’s actually a little inaccurate to call…

Tech News Eric Limer

Marvel at the majestic Milky Way stretching over Australia’s Bungle Bungles

Even if you can’t see the stars from where you’ll be tonight, you can still enjoy this incredible panorama of the Milky Way taken by photographer Mike Salway. The galaxy glitters over the domes of Western Australia’s Bungle Bungle formations These layered sedimentary formations can be seen in Western Australia’s Purnululu National Park. Here, they…

io9 Lauren Davis

Dear and the Headlights: It’s Gettin’ Easy

Off Dear and the Headlight’s wonderful debut Small Steps, Heavy Hooves, “It’s Gettin’ Easy” is a great little jam with what might be one of my favorite crescendos ever. Beyond the slowly climbing piano scale, accompanied by the ever more frantic yelps of the lead singer, “It’s Getting Easy” is one of those great songs…

Tech News Eric Limer

Good News: Your iPhone 5 Might Not Ship Late After All

The rush for iPhone 5s as soon as they were available was intense, rabid even. So rabid that the delivery dates got pushed back about two weeks within an hour. According to AppleInsider though, if you wound up with the two-weeks-later date, you might not have to wait it out. Apparently emails are rolling out…

Tech News Eric Limer

Sookie Stackhouse meets her one true love at last: Sesame Street‘s Count

After five seasons, True Blood’s Sookie Stackhouse has found the love of her twisted life, and it’s not Bill or Eric or even Alcide. No, it’s that G-rated vampire from Sesame Street, the Count. Finally, someone who is willing to count all the plot lines happening in this show. This unholy pop culture tryst comes…

io9 Lauren Davis

Does Ad Tracking Really Bother You?

A geyser sprays water vapor from the surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus

The Obama family reimagined as The Incredibles

Killer whales need their mamas to look after them… even as adults

Clever Folding Bunk Bed Leaves So Much Extra Space for Activities

All of Chewbacca’s dialogue from A New Hope on a single sticky note

This $6,000 Bullet-Proof Attaché Will Keep Your Documents Way Safer Than They Probably Need To Be

The weirdest Alice in Wonderland movie ever made

A solar system like ours… except in the middle of a star cluster

The iPhone 5’s Custom A6 Boasts 1GB of Samsung RAM

Would you plug your brain into the internet?

Outrageous movie fan theories illustrated in offbeat movie posters

iPhone Oil Paintings Put Greasy Fingers to Good Use

The Eiffel Tower: Who destroyed it best?

Steve Ballmer Suggests That Surface Isn’t Going to Try to Beat Anyone on Price

Jiro Dreams Of Sushi: You’ll Never Be Half as Good at Anything.

Marvel at the majestic Milky Way stretching over Australia’s Bungle Bungles

Dear and the Headlights: It’s Gettin’ Easy

Good News: Your iPhone 5 Might Not Ship Late After All

Sookie Stackhouse meets her one true love at last: Sesame Street‘s Count

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