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Animal Dating Profiles Are Unexpectedly Adorable

The latest webcomic from the always-excellent Rosemary Mosco (previously) gives us a whimsical peek at the animal kingdom’s online dating scene. Mosco also recommends this David Attenborough clip on the wild orchid wasp mimic. For those left scratching their head over the sanderling joke, this ought to clear things up: “Animal Dating Profiles” is Mosco’s…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Aug 30 '14

Airline Seats, iPhone 6, Viral Hoaxes, How We Watch Porn, and More

Well folks, September is almost here, and you worked hard. Hard enough to earn yourself and everyone else a long weekend. Here are the best stories we wrote this week, in case you missed them while you were workin’ hard for the money. A Gadget That Stops Seats From Reclining Caused a Plane-Diverting Fight Planes…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich Aug 30 '14

You Can Now Access All Of Richard Feynman’s Physics Lectures For Free

The lectures of Nobel Prize winning physicist Richard Feynman were legendary. Footage of these lectures does exist, but they are most famously preserved in The Feynman Lectures. The three-volume set may be the most popular collection of physics books ever written, and now you can access it online, in its entirety, for free. https://gizmodo.com/watch-a-series-of-seven-brilliant-lectures-by-richard-f-5894600 The…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Aug 30 '14

Here’s How Anatomically Impossible That Spider-Woman #1 Cover Is (NSFW?)

A few weeks ago, our pals over at io9 showed the Milo Manara cover illustration for Spider-Woman #1 in all its as(s)tounding opposite-of-majesty. Now, a Redditor did a 3D rendering to show just how ridiculous that pose is, from an anatomical standpoint. Some nudity and a lot of weirdness ahead. https://gizmodo.com/check-out-spider-woman-1-starring-spider-womans-ass-1624535918 Yeeeeeesh. Torsos, necks, and…

Books & Comics Bob Sorokanich Aug 30 '14

Do You Really Want To Live Forever?

The average human lifespan is increasing at a rate of around five hours a day. Meanwhile, “longevity startups” have become a thing. According to one aging expert, life extension is the biggest change confronting humanity in the 21st century. Are we prepared for this change? Do we even want it? https://gizmodo.com/a-world-map-of-average-life-expectancy-by-country-how-5964093 https://gizmodo.com/craig-venters-new-longevity-startup-will-make-100-the-1536833065 https://gizmodo.com/google-wants-you-to-live-forever-1349384338 Photo Credit:…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Aug 30 '14

There Is A Tiny Donald Glover Easter Egg Hidden In Amazing Spider-Man

Donald Glover got to voice one Spider-Man, Miles Morales, but he also turns up in The Amazing Spider-Man in a very small way. Even Peter Parker is a Glover fan. https://gizmodo.com/donald-glover-is-the-perfect-miles-morales-on-ultimate-1626877097 After the Internet campaign to see Glover cast as Peter Parker, director Marc Webb told MTV News in 2012 that there would be a…

Movies Lauren Davis Aug 30 '14

6 Simple Things Google’s Self-Driving Car Still Can’t Handle

Self-driving cars are most definitely the future. They have been for decades. For Google, that future isn’t quite as close as you might think—as of right now, its autonomous vehicle would fail a driver’s license test before it ever got out of the parking lot. MIT Technology Review took a closer look at the driving…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich Aug 30 '14

What Time is It in the Universe?

Check your watch. What time is it? But wait, you’ve actually been moving and accelerating, and according to Einstein, everything’s relative. So what time is it really? It all depends… Flavor Flav knows what time it is. At least he does for Flavor Flav. Even with all his moving and accelerating, with the planet, the…

io9 Fraser Cain – Universe Today Aug 30 '14

NASA Sets A 2018 Launch Date For The Rocket That Will Take Us To Mars

Three years after its unveiling, NASA managers have approved the development of the rocket that will carry astronauts into deep space. Called the Space Launch System (SLS), the heavy-lift rocket will be the most powerful ever built, and is designed to launch the next generation of space explorers to deep-space worlds well beyond Earth’s moon.…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Aug 30 '14

The Moon Landing Went Far Better Than the Practice Landing

Just months before the first moon landing, Neil Armstrong was squeezing in a few more practice landings. In an altogether disconcerting turn of events, the lunar lander exploded during practice. Between our stronger gravity and thick atmosphere, it’s hard to practice landing on the moon by flying on Earth. The best the test flight engineering…

Tech News Mika McKinnon Aug 30 '14

Awesome Home-Built Elysium Exoskeleton Lifts 170 Pounds Like Nothing

YouTuber The Hacksmith has been working on his Elysium-inspired exoskeleton for a long time. Now it’s finally paid off: The pneumatic-powered cyborg arms let him curl more than 170 pounds like it’s an empty pillow sack, complete with exactly the sort of robotic sounds you’d expect. Clearly, The Hacksmith’s work isn’t done yet—he’s still relying…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich Aug 30 '14

Good Life-Advice From Maryam Mirzakhani

Earlier this month, Iranian-born Stanford mathematics professor Maryam Mirzakhani became the first woman to be awarded the prestigious Fields Medal in the prize’s nearly 80-year history. Perhaps unsurprisingly, she has some pretty solid advice to offer on making one’s way through the world. A quote from Mirzakhani has been making the rounds recently. Many have…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Aug 30 '14

World’s Most Badass GoPro Doesn’t Even Blink at Up-Close Rocket Testing

When it comes to punishing GoPros, Copenhagen Suborbitals definitely takes the cake: The experimental rocket-building startup mounted an action cam right in the line of (literal) fire during a rocket test. Astoundingly, the thing survived. It’s been to hell and back, and it has the video to prove it. The footage next to the rocket…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich Aug 30 '14

This beautiful starry sky is a cave full of glowworms in New Zealand

NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day features an amazing photo by Phill Round. It looks like a frame from a Spielberg movie—an humanoid figure appearing at the base of a mountain, with the unknown starry sky of an alien world behind it. In reality, it’s a man getting into New Zealand’s Hollow Hill Cave. From…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Aug 30 '14

Happy 30th Birthday to Discovery, NASA’s Greatest Space Shuttle

On August 30th, 1984, the space shuttle Discovery launched on its first voyage to space. It wasn’t the first, but over the next 27 years it became the undeniable king of NASA’s shuttle program. That first launch 30 years ago was a clear success, but it capped off an incredibly rocky month for the then-new…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich Aug 30 '14

These hyperrealistic paintings of lips are so erotic they should be NSFW

Sometimes you don’t need to show much to turn people on. For me, it’s the lips and the tongue (and kissing and the licking) that send me into hyperdrive. Hyperrealistic painter Hubert de Lartigue seems to share this fascination. His series of large scale lips paintings are amazing—and so erotic. So much that some will…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Aug 30 '14

I think I can eat 12 of these pintxo burgers for breakfast right now

The Basque Country is the culinary center of the world. Not only for its many gastronomical temples—like Martín Berasategui, Arzak, Zuberoa, or Azurmendi—but for the infinite amount of places where they prepare amazing plates—and pintxos. The Inglorious Basque-ard Burger is Pornburger’s homage to the latter. The ingredients: Braised oxtail burger comes served in it’s own…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Aug 30 '14

Good night, New Zealand

If you want to get away from people and feel like you’re not living on Earth while living on Earth, the places that come to mind are like Iceland for the out of this world alien paradise life or Montana for the punishingly beautiful outdoors or New Zealand, where the world looks like it hides…

Sploid Casey Chan Aug 29 '14

Here’s What Happens To Your Beer Can After You Recycle It

Hey! Friday night! Time to celebrate. With beer. Since we already know what happens to us once we’ve popped the top on a few too many cold ones—hello, hangover—let’s take a look at what happens to that can after you’ve pounded it; chances are, it will be less than a few months until it’s already…

Tech News Jordan Kushins Aug 29 '14

The Arctic is such a gorgeously pure wonderland

Labor Day is near so summer is just about wrapped up which means the idea of cold and winter is just beginning to percolate. And the best part about winter is thinking about it. When you can remember the memories of holidays and taste the hot chocolate and not feel a single drop in temperature…

Sploid Casey Chan Aug 29 '14

Animal Dating Profiles Are Unexpectedly Adorable

Airline Seats, iPhone 6, Viral Hoaxes, How We Watch Porn, and More

You Can Now Access All Of Richard Feynman’s Physics Lectures For Free

Here’s How Anatomically Impossible That Spider-Woman #1 Cover Is (NSFW?)

Do You Really Want To Live Forever?

There Is A Tiny Donald Glover Easter Egg Hidden In Amazing Spider-Man

6 Simple Things Google’s Self-Driving Car Still Can’t Handle

What Time is It in the Universe?

NASA Sets A 2018 Launch Date For The Rocket That Will Take Us To Mars

The Moon Landing Went Far Better Than the Practice Landing

Awesome Home-Built Elysium Exoskeleton Lifts 170 Pounds Like Nothing

Good Life-Advice From Maryam Mirzakhani

World’s Most Badass GoPro Doesn’t Even Blink at Up-Close Rocket Testing

This beautiful starry sky is a cave full of glowworms in New Zealand

Happy 30th Birthday to Discovery, NASA’s Greatest Space Shuttle

These hyperrealistic paintings of lips are so erotic they should be NSFW

I think I can eat 12 of these pintxo burgers for breakfast right now

Good night, New Zealand

Here’s What Happens To Your Beer Can After You Recycle It

The Arctic is such a gorgeously pure wonderland

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