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Is This the Most Epic Marriage Proposal In History? I Don’t Really Know, But I Would Say YES!

This is from last week, but since we missed it and today it’s been such a bad Sunday, I wanted to end the day on a happy note: the most epic and tear-jerking marriage proposal I’ve ever seen. The guy is Portland actor Isaac Lamb and the whole number was done by 60 people—all friends…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 3

New Dark Knight Rises footage shows why Catwoman is so scared

MTV capped off its Movie Awards show with an incredible collection of new footage from Chris Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises. Check out an amazing moment between Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anne Hathaway’s Catwoman, which we only just glimpsed in the last trailer. Looks like Selina Kyle is nervous about someone — it sounds like she’s…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 3

These Guys Are Now the Craziest Climbing Russians of All Craziest Climbing Russians

What the goddamn hell is wrong with these Russians? First some mad ones climbed some towers. Then a crazy dude climbed up a skyscraper. Then some other nutcases spidermanned a bridge. And now these ones, who are just completely out of their mind. That guy in green is actually letting himself go from the beam…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 3

Who the Hell Buys Stock Images for Their Facebook Timeline?

Timeline Images is a stock photography web site. They sell images. Nothing wrong with that. There are many companies like that out there. Like Shutterstock. But Timeline Images only caters to one type of people: Facebook users. Who the hell buys a stock image to put on the top of their Facebook timeline? Would you…

Social Media Jesus Diaz Jun 3

Best of the Week: May 26-June 1, 2012

MOON WAR II | Amazing concept art from the “Nazis on the Moon” film Iron Sky, by artist Jussi Lehtiniemi. See tons more here. How do we know time travelers aren’t constantly changing the past? We take it for granted that the past is fixed. History always happened the way we remember it happening. But…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 3

These Nazi Propaganda Leaflets Dropped on American Soldiers Are Nauseating

Here’s yet one more proof that Nazis—especially Goebbels—were not only disgusting bloody bastards but also cunning manipulators. Or perhaps stupid manipulators. Look at these propaganda leaflets that tried to convince American and British forces to desert by appealing to their most basic instincts. The leaflets—conserved at the US Army Combined Arms Research Library at Fort…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 3

The Coyote finally catches the Road Runner, with a little help from Boba Fett

Wile E. Coyote finally learned what Jabba the Hutt figured out decades ago: when you want to capture a slippery character, you put a bounty on his head. Boba Fett should watch out, though; the next magical hole the Road Runner paints might lead straight into a sarlacc’s stomach. Kazakh artist Evgeny Yakovlev has created…

io9 Lauren Davis Jun 3

Lego Minecraft Set Hands-On Has Excited Me to the Point of Licking Some Bricks

I was excited about the official Lego Minecraft set before it actually arrived to the stores—although not as excited as for the Lego Back to the Future set. After seeing this hands-on, I definitely want one. I love how this thing is made, and how the modules connect. [Brothers Brick]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 3

Gorillas communicate with their infants using their own version of baby talk

Parents often change their speech when talking to babies, simplifying their sentences and altering the words and noises they make to sound – and this is a technical term here – “more adorable.” Turns out we’re not the only ones. Baby talk, also known as motherese, is essentially a way for parents to bridge the…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jun 3

This Huge Cake Is Made of Grasshoppers and It Looks Disgustingly Delicious

This is gross and old, but it made me hungry. Also, it makes sense: some students made this giant grasshopper cake to celebrate a new book that promotes the cooking of insects as one of the most efficient, greenest ways to feed humans. Apparently, the cake is delicious, like all the sweets made in Netherlands.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 3

Supervolcanoes can erupt with pretty much zero warning

A single volcanic eruption wiping out life on entire continents isn’t exactly a cheery thought, but at least we had the mild comfort that it would take as much as 200,000 years for one to erupt. Yeah, about that… There’s only a handful of known supervolcanoes capable of destruction on near-planetary levels – the one…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jun 3

Live fish found in 12-year-old boy’s lung

Plenty of kids accidentally swallow bugs or eat dirt while playing, but 12-year-old Anil Barela went a bit further: he accidentally inhaled a nine-centimeter fish while playing in river in central India’s Khargone district. The fish was still alive and flapping when the doctors performed a bronchoscopy. The fish was surgically removed, and all is…

io9 Lauren Davis Jun 3

Flying an RC Helicopter From a Real Airplane Looks Like Fun

This guys thought it would be cool to fly an RC helicopter in formation with a real airplane, controlled from the airplane itself. It’s pretty cool to see the helo spinning on the tarmac just to spring to the air as the Cessna gets within radio range. The guys at HeliGraphix—the makers of the helo—completed…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 3

Incredible close-up photos of animals’ eyes

Suren Manvelyan’s macroscopic photos of the human eyes amazed us with their resemblance to a Martian landscape. His photos of various animals’ eyes reveal the varied alien planets shining in their irises. Manvelyan’s photos not only contrast the varying shapes of eyeballs and pupils, but also let us explore the textures and colors or different…

io9 Lauren Davis Jun 3

159-Passenger Airliner Crashes Into Apartment Building (WARNING: Strong Images)

159 passengers may have died in a crash in the Iju Ishaga area of Lagos, Nigeria. It seems that the airplane—from a company called Dana Air—crashed into a two-story apartment building just after taking off. Witnesses say it hit a power line, but there is no official cause yet. (WARNING: STRONG IMAGES) According to tweets…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 3

Science May Have Just Beaten Prostate Cancer

How do you know when your new cancer drug is working better than expected? When they shut down the clinical trial so that every participating patient can receive it. Johnson & Johnson’s Zytiga is kind of a big deal. The FDA approved its use last year for advanced prostate cancer patients who had already received…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jun 3

The not-so-glamorous lives of superheroes in the real world

Not all superheroes fight crime in gorgeous futuristic cities or don their costumes in grand mansions or glamorous apartments. Eric Carter’s photo series, Fallen Superheroes, places costumed crimefighters in the real world, where they encounter both the odd and the ordinary. These photos form just part of the book Fallen Superheroes, which pair Curtis’ photos…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis Jun 3

The Space Shuttle Is Sailing Around New York Today

Atten-shun, New Yorkers! This will not be as spectacular as her flyover on top of her 747 mothership, but it will be a great view for all of you: NASA’s Space Shuttle Enterprise is going around New York right now! Enterprise is en route to Port Elizabeth, New Jersey, where it will remain till Tuesday.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 3

Crowdfund Cthulhu tiki mugs, a classroom-based RPG, and a documentary about Detroit

Cthulhu and cuteness are vying for your crowdfunding dollars this week, with unholy tiki mugs, an adorable collection of comics featuring Metroid’s Samus, and a charming video game about a girl with time-traveling goggles. There’s also a system for turning school into a role-playing game and a documentary about the rise, fall, and future of…

io9 Lauren Davis Jun 3

This propeller-powered monorail would have linked London to Paris

Scottish inventor George Bennie had a dream. Where trains couldn’t link destinations separated by water, grand railways would stretch through the skies, guiding propeller-powered planes from city to city. Technically, the Bennie Railplane isn’t actually a monorail; to the contrary, it requires both a top and bottom rail to guide its propeller-powered planes. But like…

io9 Lauren Davis Jun 3

Is This the Most Epic Marriage Proposal In History? I Don’t Really Know, But I Would Say YES!

New Dark Knight Rises footage shows why Catwoman is so scared

These Guys Are Now the Craziest Climbing Russians of All Craziest Climbing Russians

Who the Hell Buys Stock Images for Their Facebook Timeline?

Best of the Week: May 26-June 1, 2012

These Nazi Propaganda Leaflets Dropped on American Soldiers Are Nauseating

The Coyote finally catches the Road Runner, with a little help from Boba Fett

Lego Minecraft Set Hands-On Has Excited Me to the Point of Licking Some Bricks

Gorillas communicate with their infants using their own version of baby talk

This Huge Cake Is Made of Grasshoppers and It Looks Disgustingly Delicious

Supervolcanoes can erupt with pretty much zero warning

Live fish found in 12-year-old boy’s lung

Flying an RC Helicopter From a Real Airplane Looks Like Fun

Incredible close-up photos of animals’ eyes

159-Passenger Airliner Crashes Into Apartment Building (WARNING: Strong Images)

Science May Have Just Beaten Prostate Cancer

The not-so-glamorous lives of superheroes in the real world

The Space Shuttle Is Sailing Around New York Today

Crowdfund Cthulhu tiki mugs, a classroom-based RPG, and a documentary about Detroit

This propeller-powered monorail would have linked London to Paris

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