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The Most Alarming Things We’ve Learned About True Blood Season 5

To awaken your inner fangbanger, HBO has been slowly releasing a collection of extended clips from the fifth season of True Blood. We’ve rounded them up, along with a healthy dose of images and leaked items, to create a massive spoilery guide to the new season. One thing stands out right away, there are a…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 2

Google Is Making a Huge and Annoying Mistake

Author, blogger, actor, and all-around Internet superhero Wil Wheaton recently encountered a new Google Plus/YouTube integration that—rightly—made him serious upset: I like Google Plus. Some of the smartest people I’ve ever read are on Google Plus, and the Hangout is amazing. But Google is doing everything it can to force Google Plus on everyone, and…

Tech News Wil Wheaton May 2

Shooting Challenge: Inked

Photography used to just create photos. But through post processing (like Photoshop and Illustrator), your photos can become incredible, inky drawings that you might never create by hand. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, you’ll draw with photos. The Challenge Take a photo and convert it to inked/line art. It can be in color or black…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 2

Why Physicists Need Philosophers

There’s a spat brewing between some theoretical physicists and philosophers of science recently, and NPR’s Adam Frank has all the details. It started when one philosopher of science, David Albert, questioned the notion that the universe came “from nothing,” as the title of Laurence Krauss’ new book claims. This quickly escalated into a debate over…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 2

Wikipedia’s founder will help make academic research available to all

The wealthiest university of Earth can’t afford its academic journal subscriptions. Why not? Because academic journals are expensive. Now, the British government is doing its part to change that. Yesterday afternoon, Science Minister David Willetts outlined the details of a plan that would make publicly funded research available online. Free of charge. They’re even enlisting…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez May 2

Reflections Off This Skyscraper Are Destroying Priceless Works of Art

The city of Dallas has a burning question. What does it do when a newly constructed high rise reflects so much heat that it’s frying the works of art in the galleries and the lawn of a museum it overlooks? Opened in 2003, The Nasher Sculpture Center is home to pieces by important artists like…

Tech News Leslie Horn May 2

It’s Time to Pay Attention to Mobile Security for Your Android

It seems like not a day goes by without a report of some new cyber security threat. That’s why, earlier this year, researchers at ESET predicted that mobile malware and localized attacks on modem platforms were some of the most important tech trends for consumers to stay conscious of. Since Android has become the dominant…

Tech News Sponsored post May 2

I’m the Guy Who Made Snack Bags So Impossible to Open

I’m that guy. The guy that everyone hates. The guy who made it so difficult to open your bag of potato chips. And this is the story of how, when, and why I did it. It was my first job right out of school. I was working for Hercules Chemical, a company that no longer…

Tech News John Spevacek - It's The Rheo Thing May 2

Here’s a few dozen superhero movies smushed into five minutes

There’s just about everything you’d want here, namely Condorman, Jet Jaguar, and Meteor Man. I’ve been looking for absolutely any excuse to post more Meteor Man-related stories. Did you know that Big Daddy Kane was in Meteor Man? And Naughty By Nature! Those were the days. Sadly, there’s no scenes from Darkman, Darkman II: The…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar May 2

Could garlic extract prevent food poisoning?

Diallyl sulfide is what gives garlic its characteristic smell and flavor, and is a latter day miracle compound, linked to everything from stopping colon cancer to blocking mold. Now you can add another use to that list. It’s been discovered to be an incredibly effective way to fight Campylobacter, the bacteria that cause a huge…

io9 Tim Barribeau May 2

You Really Don’t Want to Drop the New Nook Simple Touch

The Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight is an excellent ereader. It’s the best, actually. But it’s not indestructible. And with new features like a frontlit display, there are new things that can go wrong. Like this frightful little light tunnel that popped up after I scratched the new Nook’s screen all to hell. That gash…

Tech News Kyle Wagner May 2

This Beast Or Buddy Shooting Gallery Is Your Never-Shoot-A-Friend-In-The-Face-Again Deal of the Day

We’ve all heard the stories: You’re on a hunt, your buddy kicks back a few too many, and next thing you know HE SHOOTS YOU IN THE FACE. Nobody wants to be the partner of the friendly-fire hunting guy. Well, now your friends can practice their quick draw techniques with The Beast Or Buddy Shooting…

Tech News Andrew James May 2

Sex.com Is Now—You Guessed It—Another Porn Pinterest

When the domain Sex.com sold for the ungodly sum of $13 million dollars, we assumed that the new owners had something special in mind. Something that would revolutionize the already enjoyable activity of watching porn. Behold! The future of porn is… another porn Pinterest? To be honest, we’re a little disappointed that Sex.com is just…

Tech News Mario Aguilar May 2

Nature goes ahead and publishes study explaining how to create deadly mutant bird flu

After months of controversy, the journal Nature has published the details of an experiment describing how the avian flu can be modified into a human-contagious form. The publication has prompted critics to warn of a possible human disaster, should the details of study get into the wrong hands or the mutant virus accidentally escape the…

io9 George Dvorsky May 2

Over-Engineered Trays Create Crystal Clear Ice—One Cube At a Time

If you prefer your ice cubes to be free of cloudy bubbles and have loads of free time on your hands, the Polar Ice Cube Tray promises frozen perfection, one ice cube at a time. In nature ice is formed layer by layer from the top, pushing impurities and bubbles down as it freezes. But…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski May 2

Which villain is making a return in the Buffy comic books?

Come August, Buffy will face off against an antagonist we haven’t seen lately. Who is it? None other than the evil interdimensional law firm of Wolfram & Hart. These nefarious attorneys will be making their return in an upcoming issue of Dark Horse Comics’ Buffy series penned by Dollhouse writer Andrew Chambliss. As Dark Horse…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar May 2

Where You Will Waste The Rest of Your Day Staring At Enormous Gifs

Everyone loves animated gifs. They are the short attention span movies of the Internet. But they’re not big enough, or random enough, you dig? Which is why William Wilkinson created Maxgif, a big screen viewer for your favorite moving images. Maxgif is really, really simple. It just displays gifs embiggened to fill up your browser…

Tech News Mat Honan May 2

Designing The Avengers: The Art of Marvel’s Most Ambitious Movie

The Avengers isn’t just the culmination of five big superhero movies over a four-year period — it’s also the culmination of years of design work. When Marvel started preparing to bring its marquee heroes together in one giant adventure, some of the industry’s most talented designers had to spend years working on everything from their…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 2

Steve Jobs Played FDR in 1984 and It’s Impossibly Weird

We promise you, in the name of every religion, that this is the most bizarre thing you’ve have seen in a while: in 1984, Apple created this WWII-themed short film to inspire employees at a corporate retreat in Hawaii. Steve Jobs plays FDR. Steve Jobs plays FDR. Steve Jobs plays FDR. NetworkWorld, which acquired the…

Tech News Sam Biddle May 2

Oswald’s Mill Audio: You’ve Never Heard Music Sound This Good

Walking into the showroom of Oswald’s Mill Audio is like entering into another dimension where music is no longer what it was outside the walls of the airy Brooklyn loft. The sheer presence of the equipment in the room teases your senses in anticipation of the sound that’s waiting to burst out. Bespoke Audio Equipment…

Tech News Michael Hession May 2

The Most Alarming Things We’ve Learned About True Blood Season 5

Google Is Making a Huge and Annoying Mistake

Shooting Challenge: Inked

Why Physicists Need Philosophers

Wikipedia’s founder will help make academic research available to all

Reflections Off This Skyscraper Are Destroying Priceless Works of Art

It’s Time to Pay Attention to Mobile Security for Your Android

I’m the Guy Who Made Snack Bags So Impossible to Open

Here’s a few dozen superhero movies smushed into five minutes

Could garlic extract prevent food poisoning?

You Really Don’t Want to Drop the New Nook Simple Touch

This Beast Or Buddy Shooting Gallery Is Your Never-Shoot-A-Friend-In-The-Face-Again Deal of the Day

Sex.com Is Now—You Guessed It—Another Porn Pinterest

Nature goes ahead and publishes study explaining how to create deadly mutant bird flu

Over-Engineered Trays Create Crystal Clear Ice—One Cube At a Time

Which villain is making a return in the Buffy comic books?

Where You Will Waste The Rest of Your Day Staring At Enormous Gifs

Designing The Avengers: The Art of Marvel’s Most Ambitious Movie

Steve Jobs Played FDR in 1984 and It’s Impossibly Weird

Oswald’s Mill Audio: You’ve Never Heard Music Sound This Good

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