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Amazing photos from NASA’s vaults show how they assembled Apollo 11

45 years ago today—on July 16, 1969—astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins launched to the Moon on top of the mightiest spaceship ever built. These amazing photos from NASA’s vaults show how they built and launched that spaceship—I look at them in awe and admiration. It was the most important trip in the…

Sploid Attila Nagy Jul 16 '14

Watching ceramics masters do their work is incredibly soothing

I wish there wasn’t any music to this video. I wish it would just be the sounds of the pottery wheel spinning, the hands shaping the clay and the quiet focus of the ceramics masters resonating. But even with the music, watching masters of their craft actually perform their craft is an incredible sight to…

Sploid Casey Chan Jul 16 '14

The Original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Are Terrified of the New Ones

This drawing by Jeff Victor is appropriately titled “Rebooted.” While you could see this as the specific problem with the upcoming film’s designs, it works just as well as a general commentary on the “gritty,” “dark,” and “realistic” bent of most reboots. This piece is part of a larger show of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle-inspired…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Jul 15 '14

Here’s how the wheels of the supersonic car are made

When you’re trying to build the fastest car in human history, like the guys making the Bloodhound SSC, you have to make wheels that basically re-invent the wheel. To reach 1000mph and go supersonic, the wheels they’re using weigh over 230 pounds, nearly 3 feet wide and spin four times faster than a F1 car.…

Sploid Casey Chan Jul 15 '14

These giant pipes help keep an entire city safe

You may think this is some real life level of Mario Bros. Or that it’s an organ pipe made for a robot giant but it’s actually one of the pump stations that keep beautiful New Orleans safe from flooding. It sucks in water from one side and spits it out on the other. What you’re…

Sploid Casey Chan Jul 15 '14

Seth Rogan Reveals Preacher‘s First Song. It’s Willie Nelson, Of Course

Seth Rogan tweeted another look at the storyboard for the Preacher television pilot, and he keeps proving that they’re hewing really close to the source material for it. This time, it’s the opening song. The last tweet there was a card reading “Daily Breakfast, Jesse w/” on the board, which could refer to the opening…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Jul 15 '14

Sling’s New Slingbox Is Better (and Cheaper) Than Ever

After nearly two years, Slingbox has just announced its newest boxes, and a brand new look. Welcome to SlingTV. An update to the previous Slingbox 350, the new Slingbox M1 comes with built in Wi-Fi (thank god) but still relies on old school component cables to hook up to your TV proper. It’s also fully…

Tech News Eric Limer Jul 15 '14

Turns Out Ghost-Hunting Is WAY Less Glamorous In The Suburbs

Check out the first trailer for Suburban Gothic, a new indie movie featuring Matthew Gray Gubler as a guy who has the power to see ghosts and shit. And he tries to train a surly barmaid (Kat Dennings) in the art of ghost-hunting. In the suburbs. In Suburban Gothic, Raymond’s high-powered MBA doesn’t save him…

Trailers Charlie Jane Anders Jul 15 '14

Watch La Jetée, the Incredible Experiment That Inspired 12 Monkeys

Syfy’s forthcoming 12 Monkeys TV show is actually more than 50 years in the making. If you read the previews, you’ll know that the show is based on the 1995 Terry Gilliam flick starring Bruce Willis. What you might not know is that that the Gilliam movie is based on a much older, much weirder…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jul 15 '14

Futurama in photorealistic 3D is absolutely stunning

Whoa. Artist Alexy Zakharov re-imagined the world of Futurama in 3D and transformed the cartoon into a complete stunner. It makes me want to watch a movie version of Futurama set in this world right now. Hell, it makes me want to cryogenically freeze myself so I can live in this world when I wake…

Sploid Casey Chan Jul 15 '14

How San Francisco’s Clean Drinking Water Destroyed The 2nd Yosemite

Did you know Yosemite Valley used to have an identical twin? It was dammed in the early 1900s to provide San Francisco with water it relies on to this day, but recently, conservationists have been calling for its restoration. Yosemite Valley is a spectacular glacial valley in the Sierra Nevada, forming the crown jewel of…

Tech News Wes Siler Jul 15 '14

The World’s Most Terrifying Pool Can Simulate Any Wave

Definitely not coming to water park near you is a FloWave, a state-of-the-art wave poolthat whips water around, simulating waves as tall as 90-feet and currents at 20 feet per second. FloWave is a real ocean simulator, you see, and its job is to prepare our infrastructure for the violent battering of the seas. Where…

Tech News Sarah Zhang Jul 15 '14

Curiosity Rover Finds A Huge Metal Meteorite

Talk about heavy metal! This shiny, lumpy rock spotted by NASA’s Curiosity rover is likely made mostly of iron —andcame from outer space! It’s an iron meteorite, similar to ones found in years past by Curiosity’s forerunners Spirit and Opportunity, but is considerably larger than any of the ones the MER rovers came across… in…

io9 Jason Major - Universe Today Jul 15 '14

What Scratched Records Look Like Through a Microscope

Everybody knows the sound of a scratched record. But have you ever wondered what that maddening little blemish looks like up close? Well, you’re in luck, because Zammuto’s music video for “Great Equator” featuring scratched records was filmed entirely with a microscope. And it’s more interesting than you might think. Up close, vinyl records look…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Jul 15 '14

A Woman Meets 30 Alternate Versions Of Herself. And They’re All Better.

Talk about a blow to your self-esteem. A crack in the universe brings 30 different versions of the same woman, from different universes, to visit Earth. And they’re all cooler than this universe’s version. Sarah Doyle’s short film You, Me & Her was made for just $25,000, and here’s the trailer. Doyle made this film…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 15 '14

Scientists Engineered Mutant Worms That Can’t Get Drunk

A team of researchers in Texas recently did something extraordinary. They made a genetic tweak to worms’ brains that made it impossible for them to get drunk. More specifically, the scientists modified the worms’ genes so that a molecular channel that binds alcohol to their brains would no longer work. And humans have a similar…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Jul 15 '14

L.A. had a mobile traffic court that brought the judge to you

Back in 1926, the town of Inglewood, California had a mobile traffic court that operated out of a truck — complete with a judge, a bailiff, and police officers. In the photo above we see one unlucky motorist in July of 1926 who’s been pulled over for speeding. Needless to say, it wasn’t the most…

Tech News Matt Novak Jul 15 '14

Treetop Camera Traps Catch Animals In Their Most Candid Moments

Most of the world’s photographs are taken between zero and six feet from the ground. Wildlife biologists love their camera traps, and one group finally decided to place some in the trees of a tropical rainforest, nearly 90 feet high. Here’s what they found. In Peru, a strip of rainforest was mowed down recently for…

Biology Jason G. Goldman Jul 15 '14

Spooky underwater photos reveal Nazi submarine off the coast of Texas

Robert S. Ballard and his team of ocean explorershave taken new crystal-clear photos of a Nazi submarine in the Gulf of Mexico, right off the Texas’ shoreline: U-166 was one of the many Kriegsmarine U-boats that swam like sharks waiting for prey around the United States’ coast. Admire it in all its decrepit glory—in high…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Jul 15 '14

An Under-Desk Hammock For Your Feet Is the Best Office Upgrade

Laying in a hammock while wrangling a simple book is often a challenge, which explains why hammocks replacing desks in offices never caught on. Here’s a nice compromise, though: A compact hammock for your feet that hangs under your desk and raises or lowers to put you in a working or slacking mood as needed.…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jul 15 '14

Amazing photos from NASA’s vaults show how they assembled Apollo 11

Watching ceramics masters do their work is incredibly soothing

The Original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Are Terrified of the New Ones

Here’s how the wheels of the supersonic car are made

These giant pipes help keep an entire city safe

Seth Rogan Reveals Preacher‘s First Song. It’s Willie Nelson, Of Course

Sling’s New Slingbox Is Better (and Cheaper) Than Ever

Turns Out Ghost-Hunting Is WAY Less Glamorous In The Suburbs

Watch La Jetée, the Incredible Experiment That Inspired 12 Monkeys

Futurama in photorealistic 3D is absolutely stunning

How San Francisco’s Clean Drinking Water Destroyed The 2nd Yosemite

The World’s Most Terrifying Pool Can Simulate Any Wave

Curiosity Rover Finds A Huge Metal Meteorite

What Scratched Records Look Like Through a Microscope

A Woman Meets 30 Alternate Versions Of Herself. And They’re All Better.

Scientists Engineered Mutant Worms That Can’t Get Drunk

L.A. had a mobile traffic court that brought the judge to you

Treetop Camera Traps Catch Animals In Their Most Candid Moments

Spooky underwater photos reveal Nazi submarine off the coast of Texas

An Under-Desk Hammock For Your Feet Is the Best Office Upgrade

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Amazing photos from NASA’s vaults show how they assembled Apollo 11

Watching ceramics masters do their work is incredibly soothing

The Original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Are Terrified of the New Ones

Here’s how the wheels of the supersonic car are made

These giant pipes help keep an entire city safe

Seth Rogan Reveals Preacher‘s First Song. It’s Willie Nelson, Of Course

Sling’s New Slingbox Is Better (and Cheaper) Than Ever

Turns Out Ghost-Hunting Is WAY Less Glamorous In The Suburbs

Watch La Jetée, the Incredible Experiment That Inspired 12 Monkeys

Futurama in photorealistic 3D is absolutely stunning

​How San Francisco’s Clean Drinking Water Destroyed The 2nd Yosemite

The World’s Most Terrifying Pool Can Simulate Any Wave

Curiosity Rover Finds A Huge Metal Meteorite

What Scratched Records Look Like Through a Microscope

A Woman Meets 30 Alternate Versions Of Herself. And They’re All Better.

Scientists Engineered Mutant Worms That Can’t Get Drunk

L.A. had a mobile traffic court that brought the judge to you

Treetop Camera Traps Catch Animals In Their Most Candid Moments

Spooky underwater photos reveal Nazi submarine off the coast of Texas

An Under-Desk Hammock For Your Feet Is the Best Office Upgrade

Lego’s New ‘Mandalorian & Grogu’ Set Confirms a Very Silly Name Change

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