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Even More Disgusting Cigarette Packaging Pictures From Around the World

Remember those new cigarette package pics we showed you the other day? Disgusting! But pics on packs are actually nothing new as far as 39 other countries worldwide are concerned. Here are some more! Warning: Gross. [NYT]

Tech News Jack Loftus Jun 26

A lunar eclipse leaps over the Acropolis

In this picture from June 15, photographer Elias Politis has condensed an entire 100-minute lunar eclipse over Athens, Greece into a single composite image. Also check out a haunting time-lapse video Politis captured from that evening’s “Acropoclipse.” Be sure to click on the above image to embiggen. [Elias Politis via NASA]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jun 26

Why global warming will make the world smellier

It’s hard to know where to begin when calculating the effects that climate change might have on our planet, but I’m guessing most people haven’t considered the smell factor. Global warming could super-charge the production of a particularly smelly gas. The problem starts in the Southern Ocean, which encircles Antarctica. That’s the natural habitat of…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jun 26

Top Gear Season 17, Episode 1: Video Open Thread

Is your torrent of tonight’s first episode of Top Gear’s 17th season not yet done? Then click through to see the entire show including Richard Hammond buy a cup of coffee in a Marauder fighting vehicle. [Jalopnik] https://jalopnik.com/top-gear-season-17-episode-1-video-open-thread-5815659

Tech News Apisuper Jun 26

Is this the roster for DC’s new Justice League?

New Jim Lee artwork of DC’s revamped Justice League appeared yesterday on superhero cup manufacturer Toon Tumblers‘ Facebook page. The illustration (which was made for a Comic-Con exclusive cup) may give readers new clues about the team’s line-up. https://gizmodo.com/why-is-dc-comics-canceling-and-restarting-all-its-super-5811314 The new heroes appear to be (from top left) Deadman, Atom, the heroine Element Woman from…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jun 26

Hand Lemo-nades

Sadly, you cannot make lemonade from lemons by pulling the pin on these incendiary pieces of fruit to make them explode. They’re inert, you see, and just a side project for tinkerer Chris Myles. Myles says he created the faux grenades (officially, COMBUSTIBLE LEMONS MODEL 0419) by securing some plastic lemons, paper decals and a…

Tech News Jack Loftus Jun 26

The best conspiracy rant you’ll hear all day: Ray Kurzweil, DMT, and the clockwork elves

According to professional paranoid yelling man Alex Jones, the government’s dosing us with DMT because the clockwork elves are conspiring with Satan and the Large Hadron Collider. Given that io9 is staffed entirely by clockwork elves, he’s not off-base. [Via Dose Nation]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jun 26

Laboratory yeast artificially evolve into multicellular organisms

One of the biggest evolutionary hurdles for life on Earth was the jump from single-celled to multi-cellular organisms…or at least, that’s what we thought. Scientists set out to replicate this evolutionary leap in laboratory conditions. It took them two months. There almost certainly wasn’t one single leap to multicellularity, and scientists suspect there were about…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jun 26

In Mongo Wrestling Alliance, Metalocalypse’s Tommy Blacha brings us a world where pro wrestling is reality

Imagine a world in which professional wrestling dynasties carry the same weight as royal families. Such is the standard operating procedure of Metalocalypse co-creator Tommy Blacha’s new Adult Swim cartoon Mongo Wrestling Alliance. Mongo follows Rusty Kleberkuh, an all-American wrestler on the manic quest to become the world’s finest grappler. But Rusty has his work…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jun 26

NAU’s Slick-Looking Take On the Future of the RV

Zero-emissions. Smooth lines right out of Tron: Legacy. Scenic, rendered vistas. Yup, sounds like a design firm’s taken a crack at the future of camping. Let’s have a peek. Called the Ecco Camper, this concept fills up with electricity and skirts occupants off on what appears to be a luxurious, albeit slightly cramped jaunt across…

Tech News Jack Loftus Jun 26

The Kanagawa Coffee Table Gives Me the Heebie-Geebies

It’s not coffee that I’d place on my Kanagawa table, should I ever procure one, but RAID. Centipede aesthetics aides, designer William Mecker has nothing but warm things to say about his freaky-deaky table: Inspired by the work of kinetic sculptors Theo Jansen & Reuben Margolin, the Kanagawa Coffee Table is the result of a…

Tech News Jack Loftus Jun 26

Mayflies might just have the saddest, most perfectly evolved existence of any species

Mayflies spend a year awaiting their birth, and then most die after living just one day. Their sole purpose is to pass on their genes, and most never even bother eating…and that’s been the status quo for 100 million years. An ancient mayfly became trapped in amber all those millions of years ago, and her…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jun 26

New Apollo 18 trailer showcases a bunch of upset astronauts yelling

We don’t know exactly why they’re forlorn (or why we can’t go back to the moon), but the most recent trailer for the found-footage lunar horror flick Apollo 18 certainly does feature some of NASA’s finest in crappy moods. After its release date was changed five times, Apollo 18 will now hit theaters September 2.…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jun 26

Believing in the tooth fairy can warp your young mind

As far as imaginary icons go, the Tooth Fairy runs a distant second to Santa Claus, perhaps even trailing the Easter Bunny. Still, don’t underestimate the Tooth Fairy’s real-life powers, which range from sparking youthful creativity to implanting false memories. Back in 2007, researchers published a study in which young children were asked to recount…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jun 26

Relax. Just Let the PossessedHand Electromagically Take Over Your Limbs and Create a Masterpiece

Having trouble learning the violin? Finges not moving as they should? All thumbs? Just be patient. In the future there will exist devices that take control of your limbs and use electricity to make them move on their own. One such device, unabashedly called PossessedHand, already exists and does exactly that by way of subtle…

Tech News Jack Loftus Jun 26

The Eight-Burst Nebula is one of the strangest sights in the universe

The evocatively named Eight-Burst Nebula is formed from the gases spewing forth from two dying stars. But that’s about all we know for sure about this strangely shaped cosmic oddity. The Eight-Burst Nebula, which is officially designated NGC 3132, is what’s known as a planetary nebula. That name is a pretty big misnomer, since they…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jun 26

LEGO Mordor cannot be reached with plastic eagles

It took 50,000 interlocking bricks, but sculptor Kevin J. Walter was able to recreate Sauron’s fortress of Barad-dûr out of LEGOs, presumably to keep out some wee DUPLO Hobbits. You can see more photos at Kevin’s Flickr page. [Via Nerdcore]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jun 26

“A-Team” Hacker Group Posts Purported Identities and Locations of LulzSec Members

A group calling itself the A-Team has posted what they contend are the names, locations, aliases and even family members of the hacking cabal known as LulzSec. Could this be the real reason the high-profile hacking group disbanded this weekend? Listening to A-Team tell the story, there is no love lost between this new hacking…

Privacy & Security Jack Loftus Jun 26

The list of the 2011 Locus Award winners

Yesterday Locus magazine announced the 2011 Locus Award Winners. Here’s the full list, and congrats to all the winners and nominees. Best Science Fiction Novel – Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Spectra) – Surface Detail, Iain M. Banks (Orbit UK; Orbit US) – Cryoburn, Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen) – Zero History, William Gibson (Putnam; Viking UK)…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jun 26

3D Printer Harnesses the Sun to Transform Egyptian Sand Into Glass

After starting off with what looks like a jaunt through the dunes of Tatooine, this video from Markus Kayser will eventually bring you to a 3D printer that uses the immense power of the sun to turn sand into glass. The 3D printer, called the Solar Sinter, was conceived of by Kayser to create shapes…

Tech News Jack Loftus Jun 26

Even More Disgusting Cigarette Packaging Pictures From Around the World

A lunar eclipse leaps over the Acropolis

Why global warming will make the world smellier

Top Gear Season 17, Episode 1: Video Open Thread

Is this the roster for DC’s new Justice League?

Hand Lemo-nades

The best conspiracy rant you’ll hear all day: Ray Kurzweil, DMT, and the clockwork elves

Laboratory yeast artificially evolve into multicellular organisms

In Mongo Wrestling Alliance, Metalocalypse’s Tommy Blacha brings us a world where pro wrestling is reality

NAU’s Slick-Looking Take On the Future of the RV

The Kanagawa Coffee Table Gives Me the Heebie-Geebies

Mayflies might just have the saddest, most perfectly evolved existence of any species

New Apollo 18 trailer showcases a bunch of upset astronauts yelling

Believing in the tooth fairy can warp your young mind

Relax. Just Let the PossessedHand Electromagically Take Over Your Limbs and Create a Masterpiece

The Eight-Burst Nebula is one of the strangest sights in the universe

LEGO Mordor cannot be reached with plastic eagles

“A-Team” Hacker Group Posts Purported Identities and Locations of LulzSec Members

The list of the 2011 Locus Award winners

3D Printer Harnesses the Sun to Transform Egyptian Sand Into Glass

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