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Either Donnie Darko Hasn’t Aged Well or the Director’s Cut Isn’t As Good

Donnie Darko is one of those movies I watched and rewatched endlessly during college. The small, but bold, tale of a troubled young man saving his family and friends spoke to me in ways I don’t quite recall 15 years later. I just know I loved it. However, rewatching the director’s cut of the film…

Movies Germain Lussier Apr 28 '16

Distant Dwarf Planet Makemake Has Its Very Own Moon

Researchers working with the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a moon in orbit around Makemake, a distant minor-planet that’s about two-thirds the size of Pluto. Discovered in 2005, Makemake (pronounced mak-eh, mak-eh) is one of the brightest and largest objects in the Kuiper Belt. It’s one of several large trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) known to astronomers,…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Apr 28 '16

The Adventure Is Bigger Than Ever in the Last Kubo and the Two Strings Trailer

This summer some huge, epic action films will be coming to a theater near you, but none of them look like they can hold a candle to Kubo and the Two Strings. The third trailer is here and it shows an adventure on an epic scale we rarely see in movies—and definitely not movies made…

Trailers Germain Lussier Apr 28 '16

The Lawmakers Who Control Your Digital Future Are Clueless About Technology

It is becoming increasingly clear that Senators Dianne Feinstein and Richard Burr, co-chairs of the Senate Intelligence Committee, don’t have the slightest clue about how encryption works. Good thing they’re currently pushing disastrous legislation that would force tech companies to decrypt things for law enforcement! Today Feinstein and Burr co-authored an op-ed in the Wall…

Tech News William Turton Apr 28 '16

Charlie Brown and the ‘Peanuts’ Gang Are Coming Back to TV

Time Warner’s Boomerang network will begin airing the animated adventures of Charles Schulz’ “Peanuts” characters starting May 9. The shorts will air daily at 11:30am. However, the characters may not look exactly how fans of the classic cartoons (like A Charlie Brown Christmas) remember. This is because, as Variety explains, the new vignettes will be…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Apr 28 '16

Could Pretty Much Anyone Just Make a Jackson Pollock Painting?

You know that feeling, we’ve all had it. You’re walking in a museum and stumble upon something you think is so simple, a piece that is so ridiculous that you look at it and then look at the people around you and are like, “Oh my god, I could totally do this. How is this…

Sploid Casey Chan Apr 28 '16

Mad Scientist Builds Fully Functional Hoverbike

Because a thermite-blasting cannon isn’t crazy enough, Colin Furze used a pair of motors and propellers designed for parasailing to build himself a fully functional flying hoverbike. It’s easily one of the mad scientist’s most dangerous builds to date, but seeing how maneuverable it is almost makes us want to build one too. That being…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Apr 28 '16

The HTML Rube Goldberg Machine Is a Vortex You Can’t Escape

Every web developer take note: Sebastian Ly Serena has come up with a brilliant way to make your website more entertaining and captivating—without clogging it up with boring content. Just turn it into a HTML-based Rube Goldberg machine and watch the clicks roll in. Using self-filling forms, checkboxes, buttons, and other auto-triggering HTML tricks is…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 28 '16

The Evolution of Captain America in TV and Film

Like the country he represents, Captain America has changed a lot over the years. Though the 75-year-old super soldier was born as a reaction to fascism, Cap has gone through all manner of cancellations and team changes, appeared in various shows and PSAs, and come out the other end of Marvel’s cinematic universe as a…

Sploid Avery Ellis Apr 28 '16

The Totally Plausible Rick And Morty Fan Theory That Fixes Season 2’s Ending

Season 3 of Rick and Morty is fast approaching, and if you’ve been following the show’s spectacular run thus far you know we left off at something of an uncharacteristic cliffhanger. But things might not be as grim as they appear, especially if you’ve been paying close attention. (Spoilers ahead) When we last saw Rick,…

io9 Avery Ellis Apr 28 '16

Check Out X-Men Apocalypse‘s Comic-Inspired Uniforms in All Their Goofy Glory

We got a glimpse of the new generation of X-Men’s comic-inspired costumes thanks to Empire Magazine recently, but a new image of the mutant team reveals their uniforms from top to bottom, and they look wonderfully colorful and silly in just the right way. https://gizmodo.com/x-men-apocalypse-finally-puts-the-mutants-in-their-com-1767101699 The photo, which emerged on Reddit this morning, isn’t of…

Movies James Whitbrook Apr 28 '16

British Scientists Think Vaping Has ‘Huge Potential’

A new British report concludes that e-cigarettes are a blessing rather than a curse, arguing that the potential health benefits greatly outweigh the risks. It’s a position that runs in stark contrast to the dire warnings put out in the United States. After taking a look at the growing body of scientific evidence, researchers at…

Health George Dvorsky Apr 28 '16

Edward Snowden’s Latest Leak: His Terrible Music Video

Think back on the last two weeks of your life. Have you felt like part of your soul was missing? Have you noticed an eery silence ringing in your ears? Did you wake up in a cold sweat at 3:28 am last night and scream, “GODDAMMIT EDWARD, YOU GAVE US A SINGLE, BUT WHERE IS…

Tech News Sophie Kleeman Apr 28 '16

See the Incredible Amount of Work It Took to Make Deadpool’s Mask

One of the Deadpool movie’s best elements was how the movie brought his mask to life. This might shock you to learn, but there was an astounding amount of work involved in making a mask that could be as expressive as it is in the comics, but that Ryan Reynolds’ could still see and talk…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta Apr 28 '16

11 Twitter Hacks to Supercharge Your Tweeting Powers

Twitter may not be having the best of years so far, but it still runs circles around its rivals in so many ways. One of the reasons Twitter is worth sticking with (or making a start with) are the wealth of plug-ins, add-ons and third-party apps built on top of the platform. Here are our…

Gadgets David Nield Apr 28 '16

Person of Interest’s Final Villains Are Mark Zuckerberg and Isaac Asimov

For years, Person of Interest has been right on the cutting edge between commenting on current events and speculating about the future. With its final season, the show is depicting a futuristic nightmare—and yet, it’s also more topical than ever before. We talked to producers Jonathan Nolan and Greg Plageman, and they told us the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 28 '16

The Best Coffee Makers

Over the two years we’ve reviewed coffee makers, we’ve brewed hundreds of cups of coffee in 12 different machines, sampling the results with a blind-tasting panel of coffee roasters and interviewing numerous coffee connoisseurs—from roasters to baristas—to find the best. Depending on your priorities, we found the best do-it-all option, a machine that prioritizes taste…

Tech News The Sweethome Apr 28 '16

Dystopian Rabbit Masterpiece Watership Down Returns as a New Animated Series

Richard Adams’ beloved novel—and the infamously traumatizing 1978 animated adaptation—about a group of rabbits in search of a new home is getting an all-star re-imagining from Netflix and the BBC. In? Better roles for female characters. Out? Apparently, some of the novel’s shocking moments of brutality. The BBC has been circling a new adaptation of…

Television James Whitbrook Apr 28 '16

HP Is Finally Making a High Quality Chromebook

There are really good Chromebooks out there if you know where to look, and HP has made some very solid—if very cheap—options. Sadly their plastic clamshell Chromebooks still felt low budget in the face of quality devices like the Asus Chromebook Flip. But a new HP Chromebook shrugs off the failures of the past and…

Tech News Darren Orf Apr 28 '16

You’ll Never Be as Good at Anything as This Guy Is at RC Helicoptering

It might look like this erratic RC helicopter is malfunctioning and about to crash, but its pilot, Tareq Alsaadi, is in complete control. RC choppers are notoriously difficult to fly, but Alsaadi makes it look beyond effortless with a routine that has his craft flipping around in every direction. [YouTube via Likecool]

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Apr 28 '16

Either Donnie Darko Hasn’t Aged Well or the Director’s Cut Isn’t As Good

Distant Dwarf Planet Makemake Has Its Very Own Moon

The Adventure Is Bigger Than Ever in the Last Kubo and the Two Strings Trailer

The Lawmakers Who Control Your Digital Future Are Clueless About Technology

Charlie Brown and the ‘Peanuts’ Gang Are Coming Back to TV

Could Pretty Much Anyone Just Make a Jackson Pollock Painting?

Mad Scientist Builds Fully Functional Hoverbike

The HTML Rube Goldberg Machine Is a Vortex You Can’t Escape

The Evolution of Captain America in TV and Film

The Totally Plausible Rick And Morty Fan Theory That Fixes Season 2’s Ending

Check Out X-Men Apocalypse‘s Comic-Inspired Uniforms in All Their Goofy Glory

British Scientists Think Vaping Has ‘Huge Potential’

Edward Snowden’s Latest Leak: His Terrible Music Video

See the Incredible Amount of Work It Took to Make Deadpool’s Mask

11 Twitter Hacks to Supercharge Your Tweeting Powers

Person of Interest’s Final Villains Are Mark Zuckerberg and Isaac Asimov

The Best Coffee Makers

Dystopian Rabbit Masterpiece Watership Down Returns as a New Animated Series

HP Is Finally Making a High Quality Chromebook

You’ll Never Be as Good at Anything as This Guy Is at RC Helicoptering

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