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These Are the Twisted Shockwaves Produced By an Exploding Star

Looking more like a wisp of stellar smoke than anything else, these shockwaves are anything but gentle. The twisted mass is part of the Veil Nebula, the remnants of a star that now tears through space. The Veil Nebula was, ten thousand years ago, a star. Brighter and bigger than our Sun, it burned out,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 9 '15

Another Surprising Marvel Hero Joins Captain America: Civil War!

Neill Blomkamp discusses how Chappie may have delayed District 10. More The Force Awakens rumours offer a tease of what to expect from the next trailer. Gotham casts a familiar ally of Batman. Plus, Sharlto Copley talks Powers, and more info on the heroes joining the Arrow/Flash spinoff. Behold, Spoilers! Top image: Avengers: Age Of…

Television James Whitbrook Mar 9 '15

Out on a Limb: The Future of Trees in Cities

Of all the environmental resources we take for granted, large, older trees might be near the top of the list. Not only do we rely on trees for oxygen and wood products, but about 180 different animal species rely on the hollow-bearing features of these trees for shelter, roosting, and nesting. Unfortunately, rapid urbanization poses…

Tech News Chloe Medosch - PLoS Blogs Mar 9 '15

And Or Not: An Explanation of the Logic Gates That Define Our Gadgets

Logic gates are fundamental building blocks of digital circuits. In combination, they can be used to build large networks that performs complex operations—like your computer. But how, exactly, do they work? In the real world, logic gates tend to assume the form of transistors—though in the past, they’ve been created using vacuum tubes, electromagnets and…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 9 '15

All the Ways Butterflies Use Color to Stay Alive

We all know that camouflage is an important tool in the evolutionary toolbox. But it’s only one of the ways that butterflies and caterpillars use color to keep themselves safe. Image credit: First Butterfly In May by tdlucas5000/flickr/CC BY 2.0 Liz Langley atNational Geographichas an article on the bright colors used by various species of…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Mar 9 '15

Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World Follow-Up Will Be Intelligent Life

Instead of doing another big franchise film after Jurassic World, Colin Trevorrow’s next project, Intelligent Life, will bring him back to his Safety Not Guaranteed roots. Fingers crossed that this film will continue to put him on a upward trajectory. Intelligent Life will be directed by Trevorrow, and was written with his Safety Not Guaranteed…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta Mar 9 '15

The Incredible Artistry That Went Into The Hobbit‘s Endless Battles

Weta’s put a huge amount of concept art from The Battle of the Five Armies. The level of detail going into the costumes, weapons, and fight scenes is simply incredible. In Weta’s video, you can see ideas go from concept art to practical and visual effects. No matter what else The Hobbit is, it looks…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta Mar 9 '15

Celebrate the Women of Science With These Beautiful Pieces of Art

It’s International Women’s Day, and along with celebrating the women who changed the history of physics and those working in science now, there are these amazing prints from Rachel Ignotofsky. Ignotofsky’s work is available on Instagram and for purchase as t-shirts and prints on etsy. She’s finished seven of her planned total of fifty —…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Mar 8 '15

Senator on Internet Policy Subcommittee Has “Never Sent an Email”

US Senator and delicate southern flower Lindsey Graham has, in his own words, never sent an email in his life. He also just so happens to be a member of the Senate Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law. Naturally. The bizarre statement was made during Graham’s appearance on Meet the Press earlier this morning,…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg Mar 8 '15

Watch This Mesmerizing Zoetrope Grow

This GIF is mesmerizing, but what the hell is it? It’s one of many bio-inspired designs created by Nervous System, a design studio that uses 3D printing to recreate patterns found in nature, including corals, cellular colonies, and this technicolor fungus looking thing. According to the designers, the animation shown here is an homage to…

Tech News Maddie Stone Mar 8 '15

Spectacular video of F-18s in never-before-seen action

Our friend Lieutenant Chris Nigus—Weapons Training Officer with the Strike-Fighter Squadron VFA-27 Royal Maces—sent us his new video, which has some truly spectacular shots that I have never seen before. Like the night shot footage above—we only had photos—or this cool landing footage from a carrier’s deck camera. There are a lot more outstanding sequences…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Mar 8 '15

The Lord of the Rings ‘Door of Durin’ is Now a Reality

There’s Lord of the Rings fandom—attending midnight movie premiers and dressing up as your favorite elf for Comic-Con, for instance. And then there are the super-fans who speak elvish fluently and reconstruct iconic landmarks from Tolkein’s fantasy world in their own homes. Case in point—The Tolkien fan known online as Neular has recreated the Mines…

Tech News Maddie Stone Mar 8 '15

Stop And Admire This Charismatic, Saucer-Eyed Octopus

This fetching creature comes courtesy of the NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program,”Our Deepwater Backyard: Exploring Atlantic Canyons and Seamounts.” The caption on NOAA’s Flickr photostream page notes: As we prepared to leave the seafloor at Physalia Seamount, ROV Deep Discoverer came across this photogenic octopus. What a great way to end a dive! More striking photos…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Mar 8 '15

An Intriguing Theory That Explains This Winter’s Intensely Cold Weather

In this scenario, put forth by physicists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the rise in air pollution via coal emissions from China and Southeast Asia is to blame for the relentless snows that have blanketed parts of the United States. NPR’s Goats and Soda blog reports: The animation from NASA [seen below] shows how pollution…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Mar 8 '15

We Still Don’t Know What the Vast Majority of Our DNA Does

Welcome to Reading List, a weekly collection of great tech reads from around the web. This week we explore the bizarre sex-in-a-box reality show, watch a writer compose an article in real-time, and learn how a single bulb can hack a whole smart home. Enjoy! For a long time it was believed that some 98%…

Tech News Meg Neal Mar 8 '15

Find Inspiration From These Women Working With Science In Public

One of the things that brings me joy in life is finding enthusiastic, friendly people working on interesting and unusual projects. Here’s my short list of fantastic women who inspire me by doing cool things with science and sharing it all with us on Twitter. Water-colour coelacanth for this weeks’ Science Art Tweetstorm. Image credit:…

Tech News Mika McKinnon Mar 8 '15

This Mirror House Is a Giant Optical Illusion

Most of us are content getting back to nature with a hiking or camping trip every now and again. But if you’re serious about making a life off the grid, and you don’t want your pesky habitation to obscure your view of the scenery, then this mirror house might be just the thing for you.…

Tech News Maddie Stone Mar 8 '15

For Dino Geeks, the Twitter #SciArt Storm Was Undeniably Awesome

If you love both science and art, Twitter was a wonderful place to be last week. #SciArt week, which officially ran from March 1st through the 7th, was initiated by Symbiartic bloggers Glendon Mellow, Kalliopi Monoyios and Katie McKissick, who encouraged science artists of all stripes to rally together and tweet their work to the…

Tech News Maddie Stone Mar 8 '15

Florida’s Environmental Strategy: Banning The Phrase “Climate Change”

The devastating effects of rising sea levels are well-documented in Florida, but officials in the state’s Department of Environmental Protection are ordered against using the terms “climate change,” “global warming,” or “sustainability” in any official communications or documents. This impressively detailed report by the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting cites records as well as past…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Mar 8 '15

The Camera Inside This Satellite May Soon Scan Your Skin for Cancer

The European Space agency has just announced that doctors will be adapting its Proba-V vegetation-scanning satellite camera for a decidedly non-vegetative purpose: Monitoring human skin cells. The hardware within this satellite may, in a few years, form the core of a new medical device that doctors can use to scan human skin for disease. Proba-V…

Tech News Maddie Stone Mar 8 '15

These Are the Twisted Shockwaves Produced By an Exploding Star

Another Surprising Marvel Hero Joins Captain America: Civil War!

Out on a Limb: The Future of Trees in Cities

And Or Not: An Explanation of the Logic Gates That Define Our Gadgets

All the Ways Butterflies Use Color to Stay Alive

Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World Follow-Up Will Be Intelligent Life

The Incredible Artistry That Went Into The Hobbit‘s Endless Battles

Celebrate the Women of Science With These Beautiful Pieces of Art

Senator on Internet Policy Subcommittee Has “Never Sent an Email”

Watch This Mesmerizing Zoetrope Grow

Spectacular video of F-18s in never-before-seen action

The Lord of the Rings ‘Door of Durin’ is Now a Reality

Stop And Admire This Charismatic, Saucer-Eyed Octopus

An Intriguing Theory That Explains This Winter’s Intensely Cold Weather

We Still Don’t Know What the Vast Majority of Our DNA Does

Find Inspiration From These Women Working With Science In Public

This Mirror House Is a Giant Optical Illusion

For Dino Geeks, the Twitter #SciArt Storm Was Undeniably Awesome

Florida’s Environmental Strategy: Banning The Phrase “Climate Change”

The Camera Inside This Satellite May Soon Scan Your Skin for Cancer

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