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Must watch: remarkable footage reveals this bird is more skilled at fishing than most humans

The Green Heron’s use of bait and lures to catch fish is arguably one of the most impressive instances of tool use in the animal kingdom. Tool use in animals is rare, and bespeaks a level of intelligence that most of us are unaccustomed to associating with non-humans. This has a way of personifying creatures;…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

YouTube Is Trying to Organize Its Videos by “Vibe” Whatever That Means

YouTube is a great place to go and find a specific video, but YouTube wants more from you. YouTube wants you to get trapped and bounce from video to video to video forever, and the new feature it’s testing aims to do exactly that. Called the “Moodwall,” this unusual interface is starting to pop up…

Tech News Eric Limer

Monster of the Week recaps The X-Files in webcomic form

Great shows never die; they just jump to Netflix and Hulu. Anyone who wants to relive nine seasons of The X-Files need only subscribe to a streaming video service. So how does the show hold up after all these years? Veteran webcomicker Shaenon Garrity decided to dive into an X-Files rewatch with her pens and…

Television Lauren Davis

How to Find the Best Seat in a Theater

Any time you’re out to see a show—whether it’s actors on stage or Hollywood’s latest money grab, the place you sit in relation to the action is vitally important to your viewing enjoyment. But it’s not just a matter of preference—there’s a science to getting the best seat. Here’s where to go to get the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Over 100 Past, Present and Future NASA JPL Missions in One Handy Infographic

Three weeks ago, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (aka JPL) landed the Curiosity rover on Mars. It was a monumental achievement, but only the most recent in a long and impressive string of missions in which JPL has played a major part. This beautiful data visualization — which shows the launch dates of more than 100…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Sony Wants To Let You Skip Commercials But Only If You’ll Stand Up and Shout Brand Names At Your TV

As technology marches ever forwards, there are companies who will want to make sure advertising can keep up. That’s why Sony filed a patent for next-gen ads that let you skip through them, but only if you yell a brand name at your TV. The patent includes a whole bunch of annoying, but relatively benign…

Tech News Eric Limer

George Takei kidnaps Finn and Jake on Adventure Time and we visit Chuck E. Cheese!

This week in the world of cartoons, Dipper and Mabel talk to a time traveler on Gravity Falls, while George Takei makes an amazing, hilarious, and at the same time extremely creepy appearance on Adventure Time. Since it’s a light week, we also get the joy of watching the intro to 1993’s Stone Protectors, one…

io9 Keith Veronese

Here Are The Damages Samsung Has to Pay Apple, Scrawled by Hand on The Verdict

Sure, we’ve all written a number that big, but have you ever written a number in the billions knowing that there might be actual dollars moving behind it, eventually, after endless appeals? Samsung did manage to get a sweet little 0.24 percent discount, which caused the whole thing to have to be rewritten, but either…

Tech News Eric Limer

Ikea Uses Fake, Digitally Created Rooms Inside Its Catalog

When you’re flipping through the IKEA catalog and wondering how they make all that easy-to-assemble furniture look so good inside that lovely apartment, know this: it’s fake. As in, it doesn’t exist. As in, it was made on a computer by a 3D graphic artist. According to the WSJ, 12% of IKEA pictures—catalog, web, brochure—were…

Tech News Casey Chan

Where Do You Get Your News?

Increasingly, as we turn more to our computers and tablets to watch TV episodes, we tune out other important programming: namely, the news. And, if you’re like me and get your news from your Twitter feed, a moment (or an hour, or a few) away from the internet can mean missing out on a entire…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

The Stoner Channel: Homer’s D’ohrigins, Cypress Squid, and The Character of Physical Law

This Is What Cypress Hill’s Insane in the Membrane Looks Like When Played Through a Squid Finally, science with practical real-world applications! They just haven’t figured out what those are just yet. Greg Gage of Backyard Brains explains how his team achieved these results: During experiments on the axons of the Woods Hole squid (loligo…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

MakeLoveNotPorn.tv Is the NSFW Social Media and Content-Sharing Platform the Internet’s Been Waiting For

Porn is porn is porn is porn. It’s packaged, produced, precisely staged. Even “amateur” porn isn’t really amateur. As Cindy Gallop, founder of the US ad firm Bartle Bogle Hegarty and driving force behind MakeLoveNotPorn.com, is quick to clarify: the submission guidelines for user-generated porn sites specify everything from strategic camera angles to scripted dialogue,…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Charge!

It’s not easy leading a phalanx. The sandals are uncomfortable, the tunics itch. Oh, and if you’re at the front of the charge, you’re definitely going to end up as collateral damage. Fortunately, if you’re Rhys Darby (Murray from Fight of the Conchords), when you get banged up at least it’s very, very funny. Full…

Tech News Splitsider

One Tiny Victory: Samsung Just Got a 0.24% Discount on the $1.05 Billion It Owes Apple

After the jury decided that Samsung would owe Apple $1,051,855,000 for infringing on patents, Samsung noticed a few inconsistencies in the jury’s verdict on a few patents. Basically, the jury screwed up a teeny bit. So the jury went back into their room and came out with a new bill for Samsung: $1,049,343,540, a 0.24%…

Tech News Casey Chan

Captain America: The First Avenger

Our dear Leslie was supposed to do Movie Night tonight, but after a few minutes of writing she sent this message: Leslie Horn wags you can do movie night beucase i DONT remember what hepepend in jumangi i guess So no Jumangi for you, I guess. Captain America is way better anyway, although I still…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Using Facebook to Find Love

This headline might sound like the subject line of a crass spam email—but wait! You actually can use Facebook and Twitter as tools to get a date. No, really—shut up, we’re serious here! Just play it cool. Think about it this way: almost everyone you actually know, along with everyone you pretend to know, is…

Social Media Sam Biddle

Dutchess House, Vintage Lighters, and More

To remind you that there are still wonderful gorgeous things in this world, here is, as usual, the gift of the most beautiful items of the week. A House You Cannot Throw Stones From/Be Naked In https://gizmodo.com/a-house-you-cannot-throw-stones-from-be-naked-in-5936287 You could never live in this all-glass house if you are a) obsessive compulsive, because think of the…

Tech News Leslie Horn

What Do You Think About the Apple vs. Samsung Verdict?

After hearing trade secrets from both Apple and Samsung throughout the court hearings and waiting forever for the jury to make a decision, the verdict finally came in today. Shockingly swift, the jury leveled Samsung and rewarded Apple with a huge victory: Samsung now owes Apple $1.05 billion in damages. Was it unexpected? What do…

Tech News Casey Chan

Why is NASA studying the Tears of Wine?

The Tears of Wine are the most famous manifestation of the Marangoni Effect. This is a physical phenomenon that was first discovered in the 1800s and is still being investigated by space agencies. Why? I’m guessing because there is wine involved. Images by John W.M. Bush/MIT, via RedOrbit. Chances are that you’ve had wine at…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Shut Up And Play the Hits: A DVD Doc to Make You Dance

My love for LCD Soundsystem is well documented. I went to one of their last shows in New York last March, and recently I went to see Shut Up and Play the Hits, the documentary about the band’s last gig ever at Madison Square Garden. So naturally, I’m jonesing for the DVD, hard. https://gizmodo.com/lcd-nyc-waxing-nostalgic-about-lcd-soundsystem-5922880 You…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Must watch: remarkable footage reveals this bird is more skilled at fishing than most humans

YouTube Is Trying to Organize Its Videos by “Vibe” Whatever That Means

Monster of the Week recaps The X-Files in webcomic form

How to Find the Best Seat in a Theater

Over 100 Past, Present and Future NASA JPL Missions in One Handy Infographic

Sony Wants To Let You Skip Commercials But Only If You’ll Stand Up and Shout Brand Names At Your TV

George Takei kidnaps Finn and Jake on Adventure Time and we visit Chuck E. Cheese!

Here Are The Damages Samsung Has to Pay Apple, Scrawled by Hand on The Verdict

Ikea Uses Fake, Digitally Created Rooms Inside Its Catalog

Where Do You Get Your News?

The Stoner Channel: Homer’s D’ohrigins, Cypress Squid, and The Character of Physical Law

MakeLoveNotPorn.tv Is the NSFW Social Media and Content-Sharing Platform the Internet’s Been Waiting For

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Charge!

One Tiny Victory: Samsung Just Got a 0.24% Discount on the $1.05 Billion It Owes Apple

Captain America: The First Avenger

Using Facebook to Find Love

Dutchess House, Vintage Lighters, and More

What Do You Think About the Apple vs. Samsung Verdict?

Why is NASA studying the Tears of Wine?

Shut Up And Play the Hits: A DVD Doc to Make You Dance

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