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Court Rules Galaxy Tab 7.7 Can’t Even Be Shown on Germany’s IFA Show Floor

Will the Galaxy Tab 7.7’s svelt size topple the iPad? Probably not, at least in Germany, where Apple’s lawsuit against Samsung has resulted in the pulling of the tablet not only from store shelves, but the IFA floor as well. It’s true! Bloomberg reports that a new injunction from the Düsseldorf Regional Court has mandated…

Tech News Jack Loftus Sep 4

Opposites really do attract…but only when you’re stressed out

It’s an old cliche, but generally speaking opposites don’t attract: we actually tend to be attracted to people who look like us. The big exception is when we get stressed out, as mounting tension pushes us towards different-looking prospective mates. In a result that seems to be making lots of murky but trenchant points about…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Sep 4

Tiny Tanks, Howitzers-On-Wheels and Other Deadly, Dusty Scenes from WW2’s North African Front

The North African theater was every bit as savage and deadly as its better-known European and Pacific cousins during World War 2, with the added exposure to the Sun and dust storms for good measure. These pictures tell that story. Culled together by In Focus as part of a 20-part photographic retrospective on World War…

Tech News Jack Loftus Sep 4

Floating rocks were the first cradles of life

We know that ancient organisms crawled out of the sea onto land, not the other way round. We know that the earliest life predates the existence of true continents. But life might just have began on land after all…sort of. The secret is volcanic pumice. This type of rock is one of the very few…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Sep 4

BGR: Best Buy Expects iPhone to Come On the First Week of October (Updated)

The folks at BGR have stumbled upon some documents that allegedly detail basic first steps and prep work for a Best Buy iPhone 5 launch in the first week of October. We’ll add this evidence to the growing pile. Updated. https://gizmodo.com/the-iphone-5-rumor-roundup-redux-5836942 While it’s unclear at this time, the docs suggest a preorder period. Also mentioned…

Tech News Jack Loftus Sep 4

Georgian army rented for Russia-hating war flick

The August 2008 war between Georgia and Russia was fought at sea, in the air, on land … and in the press, as both sides tried to spin events in their favor. The shooting has ended. The propaganda war continues. On Aug. 19, Georgia fired potentially its most powerful information broadside: the U.S. debut of…

Movies David Axe - Danger Room Sep 4

The Real Life Aquatic with 75-Year-Old Diver Ray Ives

For half a century Ray Ives has essentially lived beneath the ocean’s surface as a commercial diver. He’s recovered wrecks, amassed countless trinkets and forgotten undersea lore Now retired, the 75-year-old “pirate” divers recreationally, and adds to his collection of bottles, clay bottles, swords, guns, pipes, ammo boxes, cigarette boxes, pieces of silver and even…

Movies Jack Loftus Sep 4

A video tour through an abandoned Japanese mining village nobody cleaned up

In the late 1970s, the mining industry dried up at the isolated mountain town of Nichitsu in Japan’s Saitama prefecture. Residents began to move away, leaving entire houses filled with possessions to time and the elements. Nichitsu has since become a hotspot for urban exploration. The above video is a tour of the town from…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 4

Xenomorph piglet born in Guatemala

Here’s a barnyard beast to join the ranks of the two-headed Armenian cow. In the village of Santa Cruz El Chol, Guatemala, a mutant piglet was born after residents saw curious, hovering lights in the night sky. https://gizmodo.com/two-headed-armenian-calf-is-twice-as-cute-as-your-norma-5747096 As you can see, the animal’s cranium hearkens back to a certain cinematic alien. Hopefully the remainder…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 4

Cyborg Beetles Powered by a Wing and a Piezolectric Prayer

Remember this day, friends. Remember when the cyborg beetles early first took flight in our labs and flew right into their world domination destiny. Look! Even now one of the brood is stealing a quarter, no doubt for financing purposes. But total world domination won’t happen just yet. First, their human scientist handlers must perfect…

Tech News Jack Loftus Sep 4

These are the remains of an ancient river on Mars

This image reveals the dark sediments and worn path of what was once a river delta, connecting a river with its lake terminus. Though this river bed has been dry for eons, it’s proof that rivers once ran on Mars. Proof of rivers and lakes like this are not unheard of on Mars, but this…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Sep 4

Doctor Who explains why your kids need a good scare

For a good chunk of tonight’s Doctor Who episode, I was wondering if it was a bit of a retort to the people who claim the BBC’s time-traveling horror-comedy is too scary for little kids. After all, the episode seemed to be saying, over-protecting children from what scares them can perversely have the opposite effect,…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Sep 4

Torchwood: Miracle Day reveals the ultimate evolution of humanity

Last night’s Torchwood had two things we love: Dystopian insanity, and a deep, ancient, pulsating horror. Check out this totally excellent clip, where Jilly Kitzinger travels deep into the heart of the mystery of the Blessing. After a while in which Torchwood Miracle Day seemed to be in a holding pattern, last night’s penultimate episode…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Sep 3

Being a Stuntman Means Kicking Ass in Slow Motion

This balletic work of aerial badassery is performed by Dante Ha, a professional stuntman who you can find in movies like The Dark Knight Rises and X-Men: First Class. Just try to do half of what he does. It was shot by Rishi Kaneria with a Canon 60D. And I’m completely in awe. [Fubiz]

Tech News Kwame Opam Sep 3

What Pixar films looked like 40 years ago

In 1972, future Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull and University of Utah classmate Fred Parke produced this short film of Catmull’s hand, which is one of the earliest examples of 3D computer rendering. The animation eventually showed up in Futureworld (a.k.a. the sequel to Westworld). You can read more about this animation here. [Robby Ingebretsen via…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Sep 3

Quite possibly the most magical Amazon product description ever

This honor goes to the book Deadly Equines: The Shocking True Story of Meat-Eating and Murderous Horses by CuChullaine O’Reilly. The product description reads as such: There is widespread belief in a warm and comforting story which states the horse is a gentle herbivore. What if a Rosetta Stone had been found to unlock the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 3

Could the iPhone 5 Be Smaller Than We Think?

Yesterday, Macitynet showed off some pictures of the iPhone 4 and iPod Touch practically drowning in the now-famous iPhone 5 cases, pointing toward a thinner and wider design revamp. But MacRumors hired a designer to confirm the design. It’s smaller. Significantly so. https://gizmodo.com/picture-proof-that-the-iphone-5s-thinner-and-wider-5836936 Both MacRumors’ designer and the third party iPhone 5 cases used a…

Tech News Kwame Opam Sep 3

Is Shark Night 3D the culmination of all human aesthetic thought? Probably

Tragedy, comedy, irony, post-irony, paint-by-numbers Hollywood, post-celebrity, lurid, ascetic, penis, vagina, bull shark, tiger shark. Shark Night 3D is all of these. Shark Night 3D is directed by David Ellis, who brought us the movie-meme Snakes On A Plane. Ellis originally wanted to call this film Untitled 3D Shark Thriller, a formal acknowledgment of the…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Sep 3

Facebook Is Getting a Translate Button for Your International Friends

According to Inside Facebook, Facebook is currently testing a translate button for international users to getting around the language barrier. Facebook will provide a button to translate users’ comments on the fly. Inside Facebook reports that only a few languages, including Spanish, French, Hebrew, and Chinese, are currently supported, but that’s just the start. The…

Social Media Kwame Opam Sep 3

This is what the patent for a dinosaur suit looks like

ON-ART Corp., Tokyo (“a top artistic structure airbrush paint production company in Japan”) have just been granted their US patent (7,997,991 B2) for a “Costume suit of large size animal.” “The costume suit is made of special clothing or material, covers a whole body of the person inside, and is used to transform into an…

io9 Martin Gardiner - Improbable Research Sep 3

Court Rules Galaxy Tab 7.7 Can’t Even Be Shown on Germany’s IFA Show Floor

Opposites really do attract…but only when you’re stressed out

Tiny Tanks, Howitzers-On-Wheels and Other Deadly, Dusty Scenes from WW2’s North African Front

Floating rocks were the first cradles of life

BGR: Best Buy Expects iPhone to Come On the First Week of October (Updated)

Georgian army rented for Russia-hating war flick

The Real Life Aquatic with 75-Year-Old Diver Ray Ives

A video tour through an abandoned Japanese mining village nobody cleaned up

Xenomorph piglet born in Guatemala

Cyborg Beetles Powered by a Wing and a Piezolectric Prayer

These are the remains of an ancient river on Mars

Doctor Who explains why your kids need a good scare

Torchwood: Miracle Day reveals the ultimate evolution of humanity

Being a Stuntman Means Kicking Ass in Slow Motion

What Pixar films looked like 40 years ago

Quite possibly the most magical Amazon product description ever

Could the iPhone 5 Be Smaller Than We Think?

Is Shark Night 3D the culmination of all human aesthetic thought? Probably

Facebook Is Getting a Translate Button for Your International Friends

This is what the patent for a dinosaur suit looks like

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