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Constantine‘s Angel Gets Locked In A Human Body, Jumps Right To Oral Sex

“Heroes are usually jerks at heart,” John says at the beginning of this week’s episode. And he proves his own point when he gets annoyed at the angel Manny and curses him into a human body. And it doesn’t take long for Manny to experience anger, righteousness, and the pleasures of a workplace quickie. Manny…

Television Lauren Davis Feb 9 '15

Deep Web Search Engine Memex Fights Crime a Bit Like Minority Report

Exactly one year ago, DARPA announced a characteristically scifi-inspired mission: to create a search engine that could find things on the deep web that Google’s crawlers would miss. The so-called Memex project is now well underway, and for the first time we’re getting a look at the crime-fighting search engine in action. Pardon the clichéd…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Feb 9 '15

Live Your Fairy-Tale Dreams By Moving Into This Magical Amusement Park

“Aggressively priced” at just over $2.1 million: the awesomely retro Enchanted Forest, located in an actual old-growth forest in British Columbia. The owners, who built up the park in the 1950s and 60s, are retiring … which means this is your chance to take over (pet dragon included). According to the real-estate listing, “The main…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Feb 9 '15

What Came First, the Chicken, Egg, or These Transforming Star Wars Toys?

Force choke. Force lightning. These are but a few of the more well-known Dark Side powers. Lesser known? Force transforming-into-an-egg, one of the many more obscure Sith tricks Vader never quite found a good excuse to use in any of the films. The new toys inexplicable egg-transforming toys, leaked by Toy People, are expected to…

Tech News Eric Limer Feb 9 '15

Why Dingoes Could Be The Solution To Australia’s Feral Cat Problem

Feral cats are a huge problem in Australia, feeding off more than 400 of Australia’s animal species. A new study has discovered that tiny, endangered animals fare better in areas populated by dingoes, suggesting these canine cousins could be used as effective conservation tools. Australian conservationists have observed a disturbing increase in feral cats over…

io9 George Dvorsky Feb 9 '15

An Ode to the Design Legend Behind the Soy Sauce Bottle and Bullet Train

Odds are good that you’re familiar with the work of Kenji Ekuan, even if you don’t know his name. Ekuan, who died in Japan yesterday at the age of 85, was the force behind some of the most iconic industrial design of the 20th century—and he said he was inspired to do it after the…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Feb 9 '15

The History Behind Superman’s Ever-Changing Superpowers

Over the years, Superman’s level of power has fluctuated perhaps more than any other hero’s — he’s gained them, lost them, grown weaker and stronger pretty much from the moment he was created, culminating in the addition of a new power last week. Here’s your guide to the Man of Steel’s power creep. The Not-So-Superman…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Feb 9 '15

A Coffee Table Book That Turns Into a Coffee Table Isn’t the Worst Idea

We all laughed at Kramer’s transforming coffee table coffee table book on Seinfeld (or maybe it was just the laugh track), but it turns out it’s not actually a terrible idea. Or at least the version created by Mike Mak isn’t. Using a combination of traditional book-binding techniques and a paper honeycomb structure, the Bookniture…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 9 '15

The Apple Watch Will Bring Glucose Tracking to Your Wrist

With Apple Watch quickly approaching its April release month, app developers are giving us a better sense of the wearable’s capabilities than the designers at Cupertino. For instance, we know how the watch will work with your car or draw up a to do list. Now its health merits are getting some attention. With help…

Tech News Darren Orf Feb 9 '15

This is how the dragons of Game of Thrones are made

Pixomondois one of the digital imaging companies working on Game of Thrones’stunning visual effects. Among other things, they are responsible for bringing Khaleesi’s terrifying dragons to life. Here’s how they do it. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Feb 9 '15

Uh, Did FXX Just Secretly Air A Pilot For A Wheel Of Time TV Show?

Well, the FXX Network aired something related to Robert Jordan’s bestselling fantasy series last night. Subtitled “Winter Dragon,” no one seems to know what exactly it is. A failed pilot? A stealthy promo? Something else? As we investigate, ODeck’s Nicole has an excellent breakdown of… whatever it is.

Television Rob Bricken Feb 9 '15

How Do I Look in These Genes? The Science of DNA Dating

That sensation you feel when you meet someone you like—that visceral pull towards another human being—there’s biology behind that. And if there’s biology behind that, it can be measured, and controlled for, and used to help determine if two people will be attracted to each other before they ever even meet in person. That’s the…

Tech News Brendan O'Connor Feb 9 '15

Guy Totally Crashes Drone While Teaching Drone Safety on TV

It doesn’t take much to turn a drone from a gliding wonder-thing into a scourge of the sky—anyone’s dumb dad can get ahold of one and wreak havoc. Such is the lesson viewers of this

Tech News Michael Hession Feb 9 '15

Dairy Creamer, Water, And A Turntable Make Something Mesmerizing

Here we see scientists at the UCLA Spinlab having a good time and sharing it with the world. The experiment is as simple as throwing creamer into a tank of water on a turntable. The results are fun to watch and teach us about gyroscopic forces. Did you know that when half-and-half hits water it…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Feb 9 '15

Out of Thermal Paste for Your PC? Just Use Nutella

If you’ve ever gone elbow-deep inside your computer to do some tweaking, you know all about the joys(?) of meticulously applying thermal paste or grease. Even if you’re a pro at applying the goop, there’s a trick that you probably don’t know about: You canjust use Nutella instead. Seriously. As CoolMaster demonstrates in this video…

Tech News Eric Limer Feb 9 '15

Ditch Your Shoulder Bag For This Felted R2-D2 Carry-all

Say goodbye to your current backpack, purse, or messenger bag because once you lay eyes on this amazing R2-D2 carry-all nothing else will ever satisfy your carrying needs again. Hand-made by the talented folks behind Krukrustudio, this Artoo is entirely made of felt and can be purchased on Etsy for $185. Compared to other designer…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 9 '15

Why Are Sea Levels Dropping In Places Closest To The Melting Glaciers?

Our dynamic planet has an apparent paradox: the more ice melts from landlocked glaciers, the lower the sea level gets in nearby areas. How does this happen? Through the physics of isostatic rebound, when the surface of the planet acts as an elastic sheet dimpling and rebounding under changing loads. Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina…

io9 Mika McKinnon Feb 9 '15

KickassTorrents Domain Seized, Site Back Up at Its Old Home

The ongoing legal drama of the world’s huge torrent trackers has just taken another turn. TorrentFreak reports that KickassTorrents, one of the most popular torrent trackers that had most recently taken up residence at Kickass.so, is down after an apparent domain seizure. The .so registry has banned Kickass’s domain, according to the domain’s Whois listing.…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Feb 9 '15

A Supercut To Chart The Cinematic Evolution Of Batman

Batman has had almost as long a history of appearances on the big screen as he has had in his 75 years of comic book adventures – and this great supercut by video editor Jacob T. Swinneycharts the characterisation of the Dark Knight across decades of cinematic incarnations pretty succinctly. It’s cool to see the…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Feb 9 '15

How Predestination Made Jumping Through Time Look So Damn Good

Predestination was a cool-looking, psychologically complex movie about time travel and shifting identities. And one of the best things about this film is how it dramatizes the toll that traveling through time takes on people. Here’s an exclusive clip from the Blu-ray special features that shows how they did it. Predestinationcomes out on Blu-Ray tomorrow,…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Feb 9 '15

Constantine‘s Angel Gets Locked In A Human Body, Jumps Right To Oral Sex

Deep Web Search Engine Memex Fights Crime a Bit Like Minority Report

Live Your Fairy-Tale Dreams By Moving Into This Magical Amusement Park

What Came First, the Chicken, Egg, or These Transforming Star Wars Toys?

Why Dingoes Could Be The Solution To Australia’s Feral Cat Problem

An Ode to the Design Legend Behind the Soy Sauce Bottle and Bullet Train

The History Behind Superman’s Ever-Changing Superpowers

A Coffee Table Book That Turns Into a Coffee Table Isn’t the Worst Idea

The Apple Watch Will Bring Glucose Tracking to Your Wrist

This is how the dragons of Game of Thrones are made

Uh, Did FXX Just Secretly Air A Pilot For A Wheel Of Time TV Show?

How Do I Look in These Genes? The Science of DNA Dating

Guy Totally Crashes Drone While Teaching Drone Safety on TV

Dairy Creamer, Water, And A Turntable Make Something Mesmerizing

Out of Thermal Paste for Your PC? Just Use Nutella

Ditch Your Shoulder Bag For This Felted R2-D2 Carry-all

Why Are Sea Levels Dropping In Places Closest To The Melting Glaciers?

KickassTorrents Domain Seized, Site Back Up at Its Old Home

A Supercut To Chart The Cinematic Evolution Of Batman

How Predestination Made Jumping Through Time Look So Damn Good

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