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Why Birds Take Turns At The Front When Flying In V-Formation

Migrating birds fly in a V-formation to take advantage of the aerodynamic effects of flying behind another bird. Remarkably, birds take turns at the front despite no obvious benefit to the individual. A new study explains why they do it, and why cooperation can be a powerful evolutionary tool. Top image: A.G. Schmalstieg. Last year,…

io9 George Dvorsky Feb 3

Turn Your Valuables Into a Mesh Network So You Never Lose Them

Losing things is a pain, partly because you spend so much time looking for them. A new technology called Pixie is trying to solve that problem, and even make tracking down your misplaced valuables kinda fun, by turning them into a connected network you can search with an augmented reality interface. The Pixie platform consists…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Feb 3

Finally, Orphan Black Toys Are Here – And They Look Great

Part of what has made Funko’s Pop toys so monstrously successful in recent years is that they tie several disparate franchises together into a single, all-encompassing style – you can have Batman next to Joffrey next to Cthulhu, and so on. It also means making a series of Orphan Black toys makes total sense! Nerdist…

Tech News James Whitbrook Feb 3

Cool pictures of food cut in half while it is cooking

These cool pictures of food and kitchen supplies cut in half come from The Photography of Modernist Cuisine—a giant book published in 2013 featuring impressive photos of food taken from unexpected and weird perspectives. Here’s the video: You can buy The Photography of Modernist Cuisinehere. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Feb 3

The CW Loads Up On New Genre Shows And Reboots Tales From The Darkside

The CW just picked up a bunch of scifi and supernatural series as they announced their brand new pilot orders. This includes a Tales From The Darkside reboot, a plague series and another show about a cab driver who can see dead people. Once again proving that The CW loves genre, Deadline is reporting that…

Television Meredith Woerner Feb 3

Helix Is Syfy’s Secret Gem And The Craziest Show On TV

Chances are you’ve never watched Syfy’s mad science show Helix. It airs on Friday nights, it doesn’t get a lot of buzz, and if you’ve ever caught a promo, it must look pretty confusing. And it is! But it’s also completely insane, and that’s what makes it one of the most fascinating, entertaining shows on…

Television Rob Bricken Feb 3

Which Onscreen Character’s Job Would You Most Want To Do?

There are some career paths (dinosaur park consultant, lunar mine supervisor, proton pack maintenance person) that only exist in the fictional world. Today we want to know which one you most wish you could follow. Tell us in the comments what the job is, what character has it, and why you’d apply to it if…

io9 Ria Misra Feb 3

A Bacteria That Hasn’t Had To Evolve In More Than Two Billion Years

Scientists from UCLA have discovered a deep-sea microorganism that’s the same today as it was two billion years ago. It’s an observation that actually bolsters Darwin’s theory of natural selection, while offering the most extreme example of evolution’s “null hypothesis.” Above: A 1.8 billion-year-old fossil-bearing rock. The fossils are virtually the same as fossils 500…

io9 George Dvorsky Feb 3

This is why dogs have an incredible sense of smell

Dogs have an extraordinary sense of smell—a complex nasal architecture that lets them pick up scents and distinguish the chemical composition of hormones released by other animals. Alexandra Horowitz explains how this happens in an interesting TedEd lesson. Check it out: SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Feb 3

Could The Joker Really Appear On Gotham This Season!?

Check out new Avengers: Age of Ultron pics. Another geek icon joins AKA Jessica Jones. Freddie Prinze Jr. talks about Star Wars: Rebels’ second season. Plus glimpses of Inside Out, Seventh Son, Minions and Person of Interest, and what’s next for Sleepy Hollow, Once Upon a Time and Defiance. Behold, Spoilers! Top image: Gotham. Avengers:…

Television James Whitbrook Feb 3

Disney Takes Action Against A Possible Star Wars VII Leaker

There are so many things that purport to be pieces of concept art, plot details, information on the state of Luke Skywalker’s possible cold, etc. on the Internet these days, it’s actually shocking we haven’t seen Disney step in more. Could this mean that this leaked image was the real deal? As with the Avengers:…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta Feb 3

Seriously, Pay Attention In Your Math Classes

Or this could be you. [via Tastefully Offensive]

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Feb 3

A New NASA Conspiracy: Does This Photo Show a Man Fixing the Mars Rover?

Look at the above image. Doesn’t that shadow look like a man in a spacesuit of some sort working on the Curiosity rover? Which is supposed to be on Mars, and not where humans can mess with it? The image is from 2012, and at least one person seems to think that this means that…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Feb 3

These are the new 2015 Lego Technic sets

Milan Reindl and Markus Kossmann from the Lego Technic design team have put up a few videos showcasing the newest sets. These designer videos are a great way to see what’s new with Technic and help you decide which of the 2015 sets that you want to purchase before you get to the store. Cherry…

Tech News Michael Schulte Feb 3

Short film: An inspiring tale about friendship and sacrifice and hope

The animation of this short film, Le Gouffre, is beautiful but the story might be even better. It tells a tale of two friends who decide to build a bridge where there is none in order to cross a wide chasm and how a village unites behind the two pals and how the two pals…

Sploid Casey Chan Feb 3

Here’s What A Grid-Plan City Looks Like From Space

Here’s a stunning picture of humans stamping our footprint onto the landscape. Taken by a member of the Expedition 35 mission to the ISS in 2013, this photo of the Phoenix, Arizona area is like a fractal — the closer you look, the more squares of light you see. Image credit: NASA There’s a ton…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Feb 3

Seeing a GoPro video of a roller coaster might be scarier than riding it

Somehow, it’s almost scarier to watch a GoPro video of a roller coaster than to ride the roller coaster itself in real life. I don’t know why that works but it’s like you get none of the thrills and all of the fear when you see the first person point of view, it’s just terrifying…

Sploid Casey Chan Feb 3

Riding a motorcycle through Southeast Asia is the most beautiful thing

I just came back from a trip around Southeast Asia and did a (very) brief moped ride around Thailand. It was one of the coolest things I’ve done and it was absolutely beautiful to cruise by and see the greenery set against the backdrop of a perfectly blue sky. But after watching this video, I…

Sploid Casey Chan Feb 3

Asa Butterfield Will Star As a Martian Teen In Out of This World

Ender’s Game star Asa Butterfield will also play the lead in the intriguing film Out of This World, where he’ll play a kid who was raised in secret on Mars. Out of This World is a Relativity film based on the idea of a female astronaut discovering she is pregnant while on a mission to…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta Feb 3

Watch The Simpsons couch gag get recreated in glorious pixel animation

Here’s one way to make you nostalgically love The Simpsons even more: add more nostalgia by recreating the entire opening sequence in pixel animation. Animated by Paul Robertson and Ivan Dixon, this 16-bit pixelated rendition of The Simpsons completely nails it. It should totally be an official couch gag for a future episode. SPLOID is…

Sploid Casey Chan Feb 3

Why Birds Take Turns At The Front When Flying In V-Formation

Turn Your Valuables Into a Mesh Network So You Never Lose Them

Finally, Orphan Black Toys Are Here – And They Look Great

Cool pictures of food cut in half while it is cooking

The CW Loads Up On New Genre Shows And Reboots Tales From The Darkside

Helix Is Syfy’s Secret Gem And The Craziest Show On TV

Which Onscreen Character’s Job Would You Most Want To Do?

A Bacteria That Hasn’t Had To Evolve In More Than Two Billion Years

This is why dogs have an incredible sense of smell

Could The Joker Really Appear On Gotham This Season!?

Disney Takes Action Against A Possible Star Wars VII Leaker

Seriously, Pay Attention In Your Math Classes

A New NASA Conspiracy: Does This Photo Show a Man Fixing the Mars Rover?

These are the new 2015 Lego Technic sets

Short film: An inspiring tale about friendship and sacrifice and hope

Here’s What A Grid-Plan City Looks Like From Space

Seeing a GoPro video of a roller coaster might be scarier than riding it

Riding a motorcycle through Southeast Asia is the most beautiful thing

Asa Butterfield Will Star As a Martian Teen In Out of This World

Watch The Simpsons couch gag get recreated in glorious pixel animation

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