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And now, a dolphin with an octopus stuck to its naughty bits

Dolphins are known to engage in interspecies play, but here’s an example of some accidental interspecies foreplay. While observing bottlenoses last week off of the Greek island of Kalamos, biologist Joan Gonzalvo of the Ionian Dolphin Project photographed this, ahem, unique shot of a dolphin receiving the tender touch of cephalopod. Explains Gonzalvo of this…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jun 18

This Is the Healthiest Meal in the World

Take a superstore full of crazy nutritional advice, and shove it all into the biggest pot you can find. Simmer gently for months, skimming the scum off the top occasionally. Finally, reduce until you have only the best, most trustworthy claims left. What’s left? The world’s healthiest meal. That’s pretty much the recipe that the…

Health Jamie Condliffe Jun 18

Who needs particle accelerators when you can just use black holes?

As any particle physicist will tell you, if you want to find new particles, you’re going to need a lot of energy. This is why huge accelerators are used to propel particles to nearly the speed of light. But scientists are now suggesting that there may be another way — if we can detect some…

io9 George Dvorsky Jun 18

Ridiculous Vacuum Floormat Sucks the Dirt Right Off Your Shoes

For just $20, your run-of-the-mill floormat does a marginally good job at cleaning the bottom of your shoes. But if you’re willing to spend a little more, like $6,000, you can upgrade to this vacuum-powered mat that sucks every last bit of dirt off your soles. The mat was developed by Paionia Furyokuki and its…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jun 18

10 Climate Change Pictures We Really Don’t Need to See Again

Sad Earth is sad. But what is Earth sad about, exactly? Climate change, of course. At the same time, what does this picture really communicate? It doesn’t tell us anything; it does nothing to convey the subtlety of climate science or the nature of its global impact. It just sort of is. It’s boring, meaningless…

io9 Christian Hunt - The Carbon Brief Jun 18

The charming case of a woman yanking a 4-foot tapeworm out of her throat

If that “squid inseminating a woman’s face” incident didn’t single-handedly fulfill your annual quota of heebies and jeebies, here’s another medical oddity to sear your psyche. In 2002, two doctors from the Lady Hardinge Medical College in New Delhi, India wrote to the journal Anesthesia & Analgesia describing the case of a 20-year-old patient who…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jun 18

The Air Force’s Mystery Space Weapon Lands After a Year in Orbit

The Air Force’s shadowy mini-Space Shuttle, the X-37B, spent over a year traveling around our planet. What was it down? We don’t know—it’s a secret. But now that it’s finally landed, it’s time for some questions. Despite more or less copying the design of of the Space Shuttle, the X-37 is completely robotic, guiding itself…

Space & Spaceflight Sam Biddle Jun 18

Turn Your iPod Into an Old School Cassette Player With a Square Card Reader

If it works as claimed, here’s a fascinating hack for anyone still in love with the analog sound from audio tape. With some simple modifications, Evan Long managed to turn an iPod Touch and a Square credit card reader into a rudimentary cassette player. The magnetic stripe reader on the Square basically works exactly like…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jun 18

This Week’s TV: Good News, Everyone: Futurama is back!

In this week’s TV, Futurama returns with a full hour of insanity. And Legend of Korra reaches its intense conclusion. You’ll never guess which show is doing a body-swapping episode! Also, Lumpy Space Princess is writing a tell-all book, the Red Hulk is on a rampage, and there’s a startling loss. Meanwhile, Syfy’s latest TV…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jun 18

Best Buy Cutting Up to $375 Off Sandy Bridge MacBook Airs and Pros

If you’re wanting some shiny new Apple hardware in your life but can’t afford the latest releases, get down to Best Buy sharpish. It’s currently slashing the price of Sandy Bridge MacBook Airs and Pros to make way for the new models. The largest discount’s to be had on a 13.3-inch MacBook Air with a…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jun 18

Scientists spark the growth of a human eye with stem cells

Biologists in Japan have grown a human-eye precursor from stem cells, and amazingly, it was done without the guidance from a scaffolding structure. The breakthrough indicates that the information to form such organs are embedded within the cells themselves, and not driven by environmental cues. Researchers hope to take this insight into clinical settings where…

io9 George Dvorsky Jun 18

Just How Resilient Is a Bulletproof Vest Against Everything Else?

In addition to concocting some of the most original and dangerous-looking weaponry the internet has to offer, slingshot master Joerg Sprave also likes to conduct the occasional science experiment. And if you’ve ever wondered just how well body armor can protect you, Joerg has the answer. Sprave tested a German police ballistic vest rated to…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jun 18

“Science proves ideas,” and other misinterpretations of the scientific process

The scientific process is the most effective method humans have for learning about the natural world, yet there remain numerous misconceptions about its application, even among scientists. Over at Understanding Science, a team of UC Berkeley researchers, teachers, designers and web experts has assembled a fantastic list of some common misconceptions about science and how…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jun 18

US Government Takedown Requests Doubled in the Last Year

In a new Transparency Report issued by Google, the company has analyzed the takedown requests—for everything from search results to YouTube videos—issued to it from around the world. It turns out that such demands are on the rise, with requests from the US courts and government doubling in the last twelve months, from 92 in…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jun 18

Test footage from Alien was way creepy, even with the xenomorph out of costume

You may remember that the titular xenomorph in Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic Alien was sometimes depicted by a man in a suit. Here’s test footage of 6’10” Nigerian actor Bolaji Badejo practicing his extraterrestrial motions. Even with a mock-up of the xenomorph’s head alone — and Badejo running around in his underwear — these reels…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Jun 18

Verizon’s Insane 300Mbps Home Internet Is Also Insanely Expensive

We knew it was on its way, but Verizon has now officially announced the new speeds and pricing for its updated FiOS home interent provision. If you can afford to stump up a frankly insane $205 a month, you can now enjoy a blisteringly quick 300Mbps home internet connection. Verizon’s existing top-of-the-line FiOS was already…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jun 18

Why does magic need so many rules?

We often hear people criticize fantasy books for not having clearly enough defined “systems” of magic. Rules, formulas, strongly defined sets of cause and effect. But why does magic need to be treated like physics? Why does magic need to have rules? asks N.K. Jemisin, author of The Killing Moon and its new sequel, The…

io9 N.K. Jemisin Jun 18

This Story Proves Apple Stores in the UK Are Incredibly Dumb

Apple is a pretty slick operation—in the US, at least. Because, following the launch of the new Retina MacBook Pros, the UK’s flagship Apple Store managed to sell eight of the new laptops that were only ever intended to be used for display purposes. According to New Statesman, Apple’s flagship UK store on Regent Street…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jun 18

It will never die! Lionsgate dreaming up ways to reboot Twilight?

This November, the Twilight franchise will end once and for all with Breaking Dawn: Part 2. Unhappy about losing their cash cow, Lionsgate is allegedly furiously looking for a way to keep the $2-billion franchise afloat, even if that means redoing the entire thing with a whole new cast. Bloody Disgusting reports that the studio…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 18

Gruesome injuries recreated with candy and ice cream are pure nightmare fuel

What you’re currently squirming at is Faces 5, a cloyingly morbid series of portraits by Utrecht photographer Ashkan Honarvar, whose work deals with the malleability of the human body. In these unnerving photographic manipulations, men’s mutilated faces weep sprinkles, frosting, and candy vines. The ensuing pictures resemble artifacts of a three-way war between Candyland, The…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jun 18

And now, a dolphin with an octopus stuck to its naughty bits

This Is the Healthiest Meal in the World

Who needs particle accelerators when you can just use black holes?

Ridiculous Vacuum Floormat Sucks the Dirt Right Off Your Shoes

10 Climate Change Pictures We Really Don’t Need to See Again

The charming case of a woman yanking a 4-foot tapeworm out of her throat

The Air Force’s Mystery Space Weapon Lands After a Year in Orbit

Turn Your iPod Into an Old School Cassette Player With a Square Card Reader

This Week’s TV: Good News, Everyone: Futurama is back!

Best Buy Cutting Up to $375 Off Sandy Bridge MacBook Airs and Pros

Scientists spark the growth of a human eye with stem cells

Just How Resilient Is a Bulletproof Vest Against Everything Else?

“Science proves ideas,” and other misinterpretations of the scientific process

US Government Takedown Requests Doubled in the Last Year

Test footage from Alien was way creepy, even with the xenomorph out of costume

Verizon’s Insane 300Mbps Home Internet Is Also Insanely Expensive

Why does magic need so many rules?

This Story Proves Apple Stores in the UK Are Incredibly Dumb

It will never die! Lionsgate dreaming up ways to reboot Twilight?

Gruesome injuries recreated with candy and ice cream are pure nightmare fuel

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