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The 10 Creepiest Parasites

Scared of sharks? Stay out of the water. Scared of bears? Stay out of the woods. But parasites? They’re small enough to be anywhere. They trigger our natural fear of being preyed on, and add the spice of creeping paranoia. Parasites can be in the water, or buzzing through the air, or hiding in clothes…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Apr 22

Let Us Count the Ways We Can Explode a Cadbury Creme Egg

To celebrate the Easter holiday, a gaggle of UK chemistry boffins subjected the legendary Cadbury Creme Egg to a handful of experiments in the name of science. SPOILER: many creme eggs were harmed while making this video. [The Atlantic]

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 22

Nuggets of Wisdom from Brilliant Designers, All in One Place

“The utopizing tension of the origins of design must be recovered.” “Stop Making Crap.” “Once you’re done you can throw it away.” These, and many, many other zen-like statements are included in the fantastic Manifesto Project, gathering wisdom of designers. [Manifesto Project]

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 22

Microsoft Has Sold More Windows 7 Licenses Than There Are People in the United States

Whoever’s idea it was, it looks like it was a good one. 350 million licenses for Windows 7 have been sold in just 18 months. The platform’s numbers have continued to climb after reaching 240 million sales in its first year and 300 million back in January. By contrast, Windows Vista sold just 180 million…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Apr 22

Come Along, Pond: The Greatest Fan Art and Cosplay featuring Doctor Who’s Amy Pond!

Tomorrow night sees the return of one of the universe’s most fearless and stylish time travelers. We’re speaking, of course, of Amelia “Amy” Pond, the Doctor Who character who’s redefined style in the face of time paradoxes and monsters. Time may be rewritten, but the style of Amy Pond is indelible. To celebrate her return,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 22

Get In On This Week’s Top Deals With Chase Slate

There’s nothing quite like that thrilling, fuzzy feeling you get in your stomach when you realize you’re about to save major cash on an item you really, really want. Which is why, with help from Slate from Chase, we’ve gathered some of the best online tech deals, and brought them here to you, our budget-minded…

Tech News Sponsored post Apr 22

It’s Earth Day! Wanna Donate to Worthwhile Non-Profit Organizations?

Farming! Tree Planting! Sustainable Housing!!! It’s Earth Day and our good friends over at Philanthroper and TreeHugger have combined do-good powers to send money to non-profits interested in keeping the Earth inhabitable. But they need your help. Normally, Philanthroper has a single chairty each day that you can send a dollar to (no more, no…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 22

Samsung Follows Through on Apple Lawsuit Threat

Lawyer fight! After Apple sued Samsung up and down for alleged mobile patent infringement, the defense has wasted little time in mounting a counterattack of the “no, YOU are” variety. Samsung has filed complaints against Apple in Seoul, Tokyo, and Germany, saying that Apple in fact infringed on their patents. It’s nothing new that everybody’s…

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 22

The last three months have seen a measles outbreak in Europe

Between January and March of this year, more cases of measles in France have been reported than were reported in that country in all of 2010. Scientists say dipping immunization rates may be the cause. Measles is a virus that has made a comeback in the past few years. It’s relatively long incubation period of…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Apr 22

A plan from the 1920s to drain the Mediterranean Sea and create the nation of Atlantropa

On the cusp of the Great Depression, architect Hermann Soergel had a radical idea: Why not expand the landmass of Europe by draining part of the Mediterranean? It was all part of his plan to found the nation of Atlantropa. Here you can see one of his plans for the dams that would be part…

io9 Annalee Newitz Apr 22

The Rentable Folding Sauna: BYO Awkward Eye Contact

What I hate about camping, or going anywhere that doesn’t have a roof? The lack of immediate access to an easily portable six-person sauna. You know, one with a wood-burning fire, a bench, a changing room, maybe a shower. The essentials, I mean. Which is why the Folding Sauna by Studio Elmo Vermijs gets me…

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 22

Inside the Geeky Serial Killer’s Head

A serial killer’s offing prostitutes on Long Island. Police know he’s smart. Very smart. Smart enough to beat them at their own sophisticated game. But what else do they know? An increasing amount about the inside of his head. https://gizmodo.com/the-geeky-serial-killer-5790489 Piecing together scraps of evidence and the precedent of past likeminded murderers, serial killer experts…

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 22

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles gets cancelled… again

Syfy announced with great fanfare in late February that it was buying the complete run of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles to run starting April 7. Fans were excited to rediscover this series… but it didn’t exactly last. After just a couple weeks of T:SCC, Syfy pulled the plug. The network is replacing the show…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 22

The T-Mobile G-Slate Is $100 Off if You Know the Secret Password

The 3D functionality of the T-Mobile G-Slate might be a total joke, but it’s a pretty good Android tablet. And now T-Mobile is offering a $100 instant discount if you give them a call and mention the right promo code. T-Mo News says all you have to do is call T-Mobile (1.866.464.8662), select option three,…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 22

Pope to Phone Space Next Month

Internationally-recognized celestial being Pope Benedict XVI will holler at space next month, when he calls a pair of Italian astronauts aboard the International Space Station on a special Vatican hotline set up especially for holy calls from the Pope to outer space. If the Pope is really nice, he’ll give the astronaut going up in…

Tech News Jeff Neumann Apr 22

The Wi-Fi Location Data Google Collects From Your Phone? It’s Tagged With a Unique ID (Updated)

The WSJ’s headline—”Apple, Google Collect User Data”—borders on art, but the real point of note from the piece as it attempts to corral and make sense of the sprawling issue of cellphone location data is that when Google collects data about nearby Wi-Fi hotspots from your phone, that data is apparently tagged with “a unique…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Apr 22

Did the early universe have only one dimension?

Some scientists believe that, as the universe gets older and larger, it adds more dimensions. Cute theory. But how does this help solve pressing questions of of physics? And how can it be tested? One of the crazier theories of physics is the idea of Vanishing Dimensions. It should, technically, be the idea of Appearing…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Apr 22

First hilarious trailer for The Asylum’s latest major movie knock-off, Almighty Thor

We take a lot of pleasure in watching The Asylum dream up their “mockbuster” rip-off films — especially when their Thor copycat has the Norse god running down the street wielding an Uzi. Plus it stars Richard Grieco. Amazing! Here’s the full trailer via MTV: Next up, watch a scene of Richard Grieco (we may…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 22

French Skiers Parachute off Cliff to Avoid Avalanche

TWO BIG CAVEATS HERE: This video is an advertisement for GoPro. It also might be a fake viral video, because 99.99% of everything on the internet is a fake viral video. With that in mind, this is still awesome. AVALANCHE!

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 22

New Green Lantern promo shows more of the movie’s cosmic villain. Plus hear Basement Jaxx’s soundtrack in the new Attack the Block trailer!

Paul Bettany takes us inside the post-apocalyptic, action-packed world of Priest. Tyler Perry wants to return in the new Star Trek. Plus John Noble previews tonight’s Fringe, while the cast and crew of Doctor Who drop some seriously intriguing hints. Spoilers from here on out. Top image from Green Lantern. Star Trek 2 Tyler Perry…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Apr 22

The 10 Creepiest Parasites

Let Us Count the Ways We Can Explode a Cadbury Creme Egg

Nuggets of Wisdom from Brilliant Designers, All in One Place

Microsoft Has Sold More Windows 7 Licenses Than There Are People in the United States

Come Along, Pond: The Greatest Fan Art and Cosplay featuring Doctor Who’s Amy Pond!

Get In On This Week’s Top Deals With Chase Slate

It’s Earth Day! Wanna Donate to Worthwhile Non-Profit Organizations?

Samsung Follows Through on Apple Lawsuit Threat

The last three months have seen a measles outbreak in Europe

A plan from the 1920s to drain the Mediterranean Sea and create the nation of Atlantropa

The Rentable Folding Sauna: BYO Awkward Eye Contact

Inside the Geeky Serial Killer’s Head

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles gets cancelled… again

The T-Mobile G-Slate Is $100 Off if You Know the Secret Password

Pope to Phone Space Next Month

The Wi-Fi Location Data Google Collects From Your Phone? It’s Tagged With a Unique ID (Updated)

Did the early universe have only one dimension?

First hilarious trailer for The Asylum’s latest major movie knock-off, Almighty Thor

French Skiers Parachute off Cliff to Avoid Avalanche

New Green Lantern promo shows more of the movie’s cosmic villain. Plus hear Basement Jaxx’s soundtrack in the new Attack the Block trailer!

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