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The Olympic Torch Is Borderline Indestructible

The Olympic torch’s one job is to stay lit no matter what. And honestly, I never gave much thought to how that was accomplished. Lots of tiki torch fluid? Very careful runners? Ghosts? Correct answer: pressurized gas and a chassis that could probably survive reentry into Earth’s atmosphere. What’s Inside cut open one of the…

Sploid Avery Ellis Jul 30

Why Instagram’s Plans to Combat Online Harassment Won’t Work on Twitter

Since the beginning of the internet, online harassment has been a problem. We created this big, beautiful digital landscape that lets people be completely unfiltered, and we all do different things with this freedom. I, for example, use my platform to make sex memes and lightly neg Silicon Valley billionaires. Others take this opportunity to…

Tech News Eve Peyser Jul 30

Tarantino’s Suicide Squad is the Greatest Team-Up We’ll Never See

I’m pretty sure we’re all aware that Suicide Squad is a thing and, yes, it looks like it could be awesome. But what if it were brought to you by the one-and-only Quentin Tarantino? Well, then I think it would be too awesome and we would all explode in a giant fireball of awesomeness. Loot…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jul 30

At Least 16 Dead After Hot Air Balloon Crashes in Texas (Updated)

At least 16 people are dead after a hot air balloon caught on fire and crashed into a pasture in Texas, according to the Associated Press. The crash happened in the town of Lockhart, around 30 miles south of Austin in Texas. An official with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the crash happened at…

Tech News Carli Velocci Jul 30

It’s Official: Game of Thrones Ends After Season 8 [Updated]

The night is dark and full of terrors, also sadness. HBO has confirmed that Game of Thrones’ eighth season will be its last. The network’s programming executive Casey Bloys told Entertainment Weekly at the Television Critics Association’s press tour that HBO is going along with the plan from Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and…

Television Beth Elderkin Jul 30

Watch A Robot Possibly Discover Weird Shit on The Ocean Floor

Space may be called the “final frontier” but what about unexplored areas that are on our very own Earth? The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has been using the Okeanos Explorer to document uncharted waters since 2010 and it’s off to do it again, this time at the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.…

Tech News Carli Velocci Jul 30

HBO’s Westworld Finally Gets a Release Date

It feels like we’ve been waiting for HBO’s Westworld forever. The science fiction western/Firefly with robots was originally supposed to come in 2015, then 2016, then maybe 2017. We recently learned it was definitely coming in October 2016, but now we know exactly when. HBO has unveiled its fall release calendar and here’s when Westworld…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jul 30

Take a Look at Tessa Thompson’s Sweet Thor: Ragnarok Sword

We’re loving Tessa Thompson’s addition to Thor: Ragnarok as the badass warrior Valkyrie, and now we’ve got a look at her (possible) weapon. The Creed star shared a photo on Instagram showing off her official Valkyrie set chair, as well as something a bit more awesome: her sword. We’re not sure if the sword is…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jul 30

10 Tricks to Make Yourself an Apple Photos Master

Apple’s slow evolution of its Photos app—Camera Roll, iCloud library and all—has been a little confusing for users at times, but with iOS 10 and macOS Sierra now on the horizon, it’s finally settling down into a coherent, reliable service. There are still ways to get the most out of your app that you might…

Gadgets David Nield Jul 30

Kiefer Sutherland Confirms New Flatliners is Actually a Sequel

It’s been a week of surprising sequels. First, The Woods was unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con to be a continuation of the Blair Witch saga. Now, Kiefer Sutherland has confirmed the Flatliners “reboot” is actually a sequel. In an interview with Metro UK, Sutherland revealed some details about his character in the new Flatliners film,…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jul 30

This Photo Editing Software Hopes To Make Your Selfies Look More Attractive

Science has already proven that certain camera lenses can distort your face (so don’t worry if you just can’t seem to look right in photos), but there’s more that can go into your appearance in a selfie. For instance, the closer the camera is to your face, the larger your nose looks, the smaller your…

Tech News Carli Velocci Jul 30

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Book Comes Out Tonight And Everyone’s Freaking Out

You wouldn’t think a play in book form would be the most-anticipated novel of the year, and yet here we are. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts 1 & 2, the printed script of the West End play, debuts at midnight Sunday and the world is going nuts. Barnes & Noble said the eighth…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jul 30

Turns Out Killer Croc Wasn’t Suicide Squad‘s First-Choice Monster

It looks like Killer Croc originally had some steep competition to be on the Suicide Squad. If things had been different, we would’ve gotten an entirely different monster on the team. The Suicide Squad cast, along with director David Ayer, took to Twitter Friday for #askthesquad. We learned a couple of interesting tidbits for the…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jul 30

You Can Watch 8 Minutes Of That Cheesy Mr. Robot Horror Film Online

The previous episode of Mr. Robot finally gave us an origin story for the F Society, specifically where the group got its weird, Monopoly Man-inspired mask that has become its symbol—it comes from a fake 1980s horror film that you can watch online. Darlene and Elliot apparently have a shared love of a particularly shitty…

io9 Carli Velocci Jul 29

A New Yahoo AI Can Detect Online Abuse, But Automation Isn’t the Answer

Online harassment is a serious, but tough problem to try and solve. There is a need for a new system that can ease the burden on moderators who have to comb through those reports. As someone who was once responsible for doing that for a local news station (a much smaller venue than, say, Twitter),…

Artificial Intelligence Carli Velocci Jul 29

Early Animals Could’ve Caused Earth’s First Mass Extinction Simply By Existing

You don’t need a disastrous, immediate event to bring about the end of the world. Sometimes you just need evolution to take its toll. That’s according to a new study published by Vanderbilt University, which looks at the Earth’s first mass extinction 540 million years ago and puts the blame on not something like a…

Tech News Carli Velocci Jul 29

Get Your Math Geek On with This A Capella Hamilton Parody

It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of the uber-nerdy A Capella Science series on YouTube. And now it’s back with another super-clever geeky video, parodying the hip-hop opening number of the smash Broadway musical Hamilton. Except in this case, the Hamilton in question is the Irish physicist and mathematician William Rowan Hamilton, who…

Tech News Jennifer Ouellette Jul 29

The Next Avengers Movie Is Called Infinity War, But We Don’t Know About the One After That

In May 2018, the Avengers are going to have an Infinity War. A year after that though, we now have no idea what they’ll be doing. Marvel just clarified a rumor that had been circling for several months: its previously announced two-part Infinity War movie is no more. Here’s a brief recap. In 2014, Marvel…

io9 Germain Lussier Jul 29

These Are the Four Stages of Your Brain on Math

Have you ever wondered what your brain is really doing as you sweat your way through a math test? Now you can see for yourself, thanks to a new brain imaging study from Carnegie Mellon University that captured the brain activity of people in the act of solving math problems. As described in a paper…

Tech News Jennifer Ouellette Jul 29

Guy Builds a Crazy Bellows Using Only Primitive Technology

The story of mankind is one of doing as little work as possible. And that plays out most excellently as Christian Bale lookalike Primitive Technology seeks to build the most efficient “forge blower” he can with the bounty of the forest. He starts with something similar to a fan: two intersecting pieces of bark with…

Sploid Avery Ellis Jul 29

The Olympic Torch Is Borderline Indestructible

Why Instagram’s Plans to Combat Online Harassment Won’t Work on Twitter

Tarantino’s Suicide Squad is the Greatest Team-Up We’ll Never See

At Least 16 Dead After Hot Air Balloon Crashes in Texas (Updated)

It’s Official: Game of Thrones Ends After Season 8 [Updated]

Watch A Robot Possibly Discover Weird Shit on The Ocean Floor

HBO’s Westworld Finally Gets a Release Date

Take a Look at Tessa Thompson’s Sweet Thor: Ragnarok Sword

10 Tricks to Make Yourself an Apple Photos Master

Kiefer Sutherland Confirms New Flatliners is Actually a Sequel

This Photo Editing Software Hopes To Make Your Selfies Look More Attractive

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Book Comes Out Tonight And Everyone’s Freaking Out

Turns Out Killer Croc Wasn’t Suicide Squad‘s First-Choice Monster

You Can Watch 8 Minutes Of That Cheesy Mr. Robot Horror Film Online

A New Yahoo AI Can Detect Online Abuse, But Automation Isn’t the Answer

Early Animals Could’ve Caused Earth’s First Mass Extinction Simply By Existing

Get Your Math Geek On with This A Capella Hamilton Parody

The Next Avengers Movie Is Called Infinity War, But We Don’t Know About the One After That

These Are the Four Stages of Your Brain on Math

Guy Builds a Crazy Bellows Using Only Primitive Technology

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