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Burning Car Explodes Right In Firefighter’s Face—but He Shrugs and Keeps Working

In case there was any doubt, here is another proof of the courage of firefighters: watch as this man stands with his hose right next to a blazing car and the car explodes literally on his face. And yet, he keeps drenching it like nothing really happened. Two words: Steel balls. And steel everything too.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 24

The National Cathedral Got a Lot of Damage During Yesterday’s Earthquake

Unlike every other building, the National Cathedral in Washington DC got quite hit in yesterday’s earthquake. There was quite a lot of damage to the whole building, which extended from fallen gargoyles to big cracks in the flying buttresses. The spires actually got quite damaged, with one of them turning on its own vertical axis.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 24

Sony Alpha A77: The 24-Megapixel Shooter Is Finally Real

The Sony Alpha A77 has popped up unofficially for bit now, but the rumors are true. It’s a 24.3-megapixel camera which uses Sony’s translucent mirror technology, their EXMOR APS HD sensor and claims to have the world’s fastest contnuous autofocus. https://gizmodo.com/sonys-24-megapixel-monster-reveals-itself-5823214 The A77 has an ISO range of 50-16000, 19-point autofocus, an OLED viewfinder (yes,…

Tech News Adrian Covert Aug 24

World War Z set pics from WENN.com

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io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 24

Blackened, Dying Skin Is The Latest Cocaine Side Effect

Cocaine users are reportedly flooding hospitals with blackened, dying skin and compromised immune systems. The culprit is not the cocaine itself, but the white powder being used to cut the drug. The foreign substance causing all the trouble is levamisole, a veterinary de-worming drug. According to the DEA, three-quarters of cocaine seized by the agency…

Tech News Kelly Aug 24

Combat Cavities By Re-Growing Your Decaying Teeth

A team of researchers at the University of Leeds’ School of Chemistry is developing a pain-free method to combat cavities. The technique uses a fluid called P 11-4 that has a fiber-like peptide. When the fluid is applied to a damaged tooth, it fills the tooth’s cavities and forms a gel matrix that attracts calcium.…

Tech News Kelly Aug 24

Stop-Motion Video With 500 People And 1500 Photos In 110 Seconds

Here’s an excellent video from Eran Amir that features 500 people holding 1500 photographs in a mere 110 second clip. What’s interesting about this film is that it’s a stop-motion video within a stop-motion video. It’s a dizzying effect that you should avoid watching while under the influence, unless you enjoying tossing your cookies all…

Tech News Kelly Aug 23

World’s First Images of The Earth Taken From The Moon’s Orbit

It was 45-years ago today that NASA’s Lunar Orbiter 1 snapped several photos of the Earth while the craft was orbiting the moon. It’s our first real glimpse of the Earth from such a vantage point. In the 1940s and 1950s, other spacecraft took photos of the Earth, but they captured only part of the…

Tech News Kelly Aug 23

The 9/11 Memorial App Will Be An iPad Exclusive

The ten-year anniversary of the World Trade Center bombing is approaching fast and writer-director Steve Rosenbaum is preparing his 9/11 Memorial app to commemorate this occasion. Rosenbaum made a semi-controversial decision to develop the 9/11 Memorial: Past, Present and Future app for the iPad only. Rosenbaum believes the iPad “was simply the best device on…

Tech News Kelly Aug 23

Summer Glau guest stars on Alphas as a one-woman R&D department

Last night’s Alphas — “Catch and Release” — gave us a brief appearance by Summer Glau as Skylar, Nina’s partying buddy turned government fugitive. In this episode, Skylar’s a technosavant who can invent futuristic devices using household devices within minutes. In short, she’s a modern Ada Lovelace with Siouxsie Sioux’s hairdresser. And unlike Dr. Rosen’s…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Aug 23

Everything We Learned About Myka on Last Night’s Warehouse 13

Warehouse 13 has given us a lot of backstory on Pete lately, including his father’s death and his ex-wife. But his partner, Myka, has been sort of left a bit sketchy, other than getting over her feelings about misjudging H.G. Wells. Luckily, last night’s episode was a pretty great primer on all things Myka. Here’s…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 23

Antarctica’s Volcanic Ice Caves Rival Hoth’s

Antarctica’s Mount Erebus is a bit of an odd duck in the world of volcanoes. While virtually all others have a solid cap of rock covering their magma pools, Erebus’ has none—just a mile deep lake of roiling, liquid hot magma. It’s also the only volcano covered in massive ice caves. As gasses escape fissures…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Aug 23

Picture of the Day: August 23, 2011

DON’T FORGET YOUR SUNSCREEN | “Sunrise in Space” by Gucken on DeviantArt. Want to read today’s io9 stories a different way? Check out our blog view.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 23

Why Celebrating With Gunfire Is Really Stupid

Libyan rebels are rejoicing in Tripoli by firing their guns in the air. Little do they know, this is one of the dumbest ways they could celebrate. It all comes down to our good friend gravity. When a bullet goes up, it must come down and you have little control where it’s going to land.…

Tech News Kelly Aug 23

Tons Totally Tooting while Tweeting From Tablets Taken to Toilet

More than one third of tablet owners use them in the bathroom. Mull on that, next time you see a Twitter update sent from an iPad. A new study reveals interesting tablet-use facts, but I’d love to see even more. A study done by Staples finds that 35 percent of tablet owners cop to using…

Tech News Mat Honan Aug 23

Wikileaks Releases Thousands More Cables Covering China, Taiwan and Libya

Wikileaks just dropped thousands more embassy cables today. These centered around China, Taiwan, and Libya. The first batch to drop were 2170 cables about Taiwan. Some 3004 cables from China followed quickly behind. And perhaps most interestingly, given the news of the day, they closed out with 349 cables from Libya. While we haven’t had…

Tech News Mat Honan Aug 23

Scientists have discovered the missing link in the evolution of lager

The yeast Saccharomyces cerivisiae is the brewer’s go-to fungus for converting sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide in potent potables like ciders and ales, but when it comes to brewing lager beer… well, lager brewing is a completely different animal. In fact, to be more specific, lager-brewing requires a different organism altogether. The modern-day lager-brewing…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Aug 23

Fancy Mags, Facebook Drags, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. Nook Newsstand Adds Mags Take the subsection of people who own a Nook Color. Now take the…

Social Media Brian Barrett Aug 23

Mount Kimbie: Before I Move Off

Today’s soundtrack is Mount Kimbie’s Live Daytrotter Session. If you’re unfamiliar with Daytrotter and/or Mount Kimbie, you’ll love both! Daytrotter is a music site that brings in a never ending parade of quality musicians, records a live session, and posts it for all of us to listen to. Mount Kimbie are two UK electronic wunderkinds…

Tech News Adrian Covert Aug 23

How Your Dog Knows an Earthquake Is Coming Way Before You Do

No scientific study has proven that animals reliably predict natural disasters, but if your beagle starts losing it for no apparent reason, brace yourself. There’s enough anecdotal evidence of creatures freaking out and even fleeing areas en masse before earthquakes to take unusual animal behavior seriously, as our gallery of dog-related tweets that followed today’s…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski Aug 23

Burning Car Explodes Right In Firefighter’s Face—but He Shrugs and Keeps Working

The National Cathedral Got a Lot of Damage During Yesterday’s Earthquake

Sony Alpha A77: The 24-Megapixel Shooter Is Finally Real

World War Z set pics from WENN.com

Blackened, Dying Skin Is The Latest Cocaine Side Effect

Combat Cavities By Re-Growing Your Decaying Teeth

Stop-Motion Video With 500 People And 1500 Photos In 110 Seconds

World’s First Images of The Earth Taken From The Moon’s Orbit

The 9/11 Memorial App Will Be An iPad Exclusive

Summer Glau guest stars on Alphas as a one-woman R&D department

Everything We Learned About Myka on Last Night’s Warehouse 13

Antarctica’s Volcanic Ice Caves Rival Hoth’s

Picture of the Day: August 23, 2011

Why Celebrating With Gunfire Is Really Stupid

Tons Totally Tooting while Tweeting From Tablets Taken to Toilet

Wikileaks Releases Thousands More Cables Covering China, Taiwan and Libya

Scientists have discovered the missing link in the evolution of lager

Fancy Mags, Facebook Drags, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

Mount Kimbie: Before I Move Off

How Your Dog Knows an Earthquake Is Coming Way Before You Do

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