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World’s oldest message in a bottle discovered

Scooped out of the North Sea by the Scottish fisherman Andrew Leaper, this 98-year-old note is the oldest message-in-a-bottle. Certified by the Guinness World Records this letter isn’t the stuff you make Kevin Costner movies out of — instead, it’s sexy science. The message posted by National Geographic actually contains a “return to sender” request.…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 24

Watch a Girl Transform Old Bicycle Parts into Terminator Chandeliers

In this video by Etsy, Carolina Fontoura Alzaga shows how and why she transforms old junkyard bicycle parts into chandelier sculptures that look more like something from our apocalyptic future. Who knew bicycle chains and wheels could add up to be Terminator? Alzaga is obviously passionate about using salvaged materials to create her works of…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 24

Milky Way Galaxy is dwarfed by its massive hot gas “halo”

Check out the insane scale of this artist’s representation of the Milky Way Galaxy, looking tiny and insignificant in the middle of a huge ball of hot gas. The image shows the hot gas extending with a radius of 300,000 light years — but NASA says it may “extend significantly further.” A new study, based…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 24

How the iPhone 5 Camera Stacks Up with a DSLR

In our iPhone 5 camera battle, we mostly pitted it against cameras in its own weight class: the Galaxy SIII, the HTC One X and the 4S. Sure, we stacked the odds a bit when we compared it to the Canon S100 and Nokia’s 808 PureView, but we didn’t go as far as to see…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 24

This is what it’s like to be devoured alive by a sea star

This is totally fascinating. In this arresting timelapse video, produced by the folks over at Shape of Life, a sea star can be seen plunging its stomach inside the shell of a hapless mussel before digesting its prey alive. Accordng to the video, it’s the world’s first-person-view (first-mussel-view?) of a sea star devouring its prey.…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Sep 24

Chicago comes up with a plan to get rid of pedestrian deaths within a decade

If you’re a pedestrian in a major city, then you live in fear of your life every day. To cross the street is to be reminded that your life is cheap, and traffic rules are often viewed purely as suggestions. Even if you don’t jaywalk. So it’s amazing to hear that Chicago is taking the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 24

Watch Bon Iver Play Radio City

Bon Iver played three nights NYC’s Radio City Music Hall last week. The folky band played a beautiful 97-minute set on Friday, the final evening, and it’s streaming on YouTube for the next two days. It’s definitely worth checking out—I went to the Wednesday show, and it was utterly beautiful. Some bands just don’t sound…

Tech News Leslie Horn Sep 24

Could science fiction bring back the epistolary novel?

The epistolary novel was one of the greatest forms in literature. Popular during the 18th century, this form basically consisted of people writing long, long letters to each other, narrating their lives. One of the most famous epistolary novels of all time is Clarissa by Samuel Richardson — which many people consider one of the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 24

This Air Force Officer Looks Like He’s Serving on Another Planet

Look at this badass soldier. In this beautiful picture, 1st. Lt. Drew Parks helps guide a Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet through the gorgeous, star-speckled night sky of Kuwait as a part of Operation Spartan Shield. Parks is a JTAC, or a joint terminal attack controller, meaning he helps things along in the air—communications,…

Tech News Leslie Horn Sep 24

And now, President Obama riding a lion while wielding a lightsaber

I don’t care who you’re voting for this November, this digital rendering of a lightsaber-wielding, lion-mounted Obama — created by digit artist Jason Heuser — is hands down the most badass thing we’ve seen today. Scratch that. Upon visiting Heuser’s DeviantART page, we’ve encountered several viable contenders for today’s “most badass thing we’ve seen” slot,…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Sep 24

High Heels Made Almost Entirely Out of a T-Rex

These clever heels are everything we’ve ever wanted in a pair of dinosaur high heels. The dinosaur isn’t merely painted on to the shoe — rather, the dinosaur IS THE SHOE. Therefore making you one with the great dinosaur. We don’t know where you can purchase these beauties, but when we find out, we’ll let…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 24

New Life of Pi trailer shows the fantastic floating islands of madness

Finally! A trailer for Ang Lee’s Life of Pi that takes us outside of the relationship between the boy and his tiger. The latest look at this creative film shows how a the main character ends up stranded on a wild island a host of wild fantasy creatures (and meerkats)! Bringing Yann Martel‘s novel to…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 24

Thanks to RFID, You’ll Never Lose a Sock Again

Pushing war and world hunger to the back of the line, the next important issue that technology is tackling is mismatched and missing socks. A company called Blacksocks has developed what it’s claiming are the world’s first smart socks that make them virtually impossible to mis-match, and incredibly easy to find in a basket overflowing…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Sep 24

The Dean + Sexy Unicorn Go-Go Dancers = Exceptional New Community Pic

Dan Harmon’s departure from our beloved Community has left us nervous for the final season. However, this brand new promo photo of Jeffrey and the Dean from the Community Facebook Page has certainly raised our expectations a little. So pull on your Deanies and get the Deanily Deans to Deansville. Also, what caption would you…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 24

This Lovely Folding Ice Scraper Will Have You Begging For Blizzards

Who cares if Mother Nature’s just buried your ride to work under four feet of ice and snow? You’ll be as excited as a kid on a snow day to get outside and clean it off with this lovely folding ice scraper from Eva Solo. If you’ve ever struggled to find room to store a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Sep 24

Breville YouBrew Review: Excellent, Expensive, Safe for Idiots (Like Me)

Confession: I can tolerate some pretty mediocre coffee. I’m sipping a K-Cup right now. I grew up in the south drinking Waffle House coffee that had scorched on a hot plate since the last shift. And Waffle House was considered “the good stuff.” So I’m the farthest thing from a coffee snob you’ll ever find.…

Reviews Harry Sawyers Sep 24

This robotic snake will slither through your body in search of tumors — and destroy them

Engineers from OC Robotics in Bristol, U.K., have taken us one step closer to a Prometheus-style med pod — and one that might be just as creepy. At the recently concluded International Conference on Oncological Engineering, the developers unveiled a prototype medical robot that will soon help surgeons reach deep inside of patients without having…

io9 George Dvorsky Sep 24

Guy re-edits Toy Story 3 with a depressing ending, convinces his mom it’s the real thing

Without spoiling too much, if you’ve ever seen Toy Story 3, you’ll remember that the movie almost ends on an extremely bleak note. As a prank, YouTube user Justin Wallin recut the film with this extraordinarily traumatizing ending and screened the entire film for his none-the-wiser mother. This video runs a little long, but the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 24

Recapping “The Jetsons”: Episode 01 – Rosey the Robot

This is the first in a 24-part series looking at every episode of “The Jetsons” TV show from the original 1962-63 season. Episode 01: “Rosey the Robot,” originally aired: September 23, 1962 If you flipped through the Cedar Rapids Gazette on September 23, 1962 the news looked fairly typical for the early 1960s. There was…

Tech News Matt Novak Sep 24

Wearable Camera Captures Every Last Moment Of Your Mundane Existence

Promising Google Glass-like functionality in a form factor that’s only half as idiotic looking to wear, this $650 Autographer camera automatically snaps away while you live your life—capturing up to 2,000 photographs every day. When it’s officially available in the UK sometime in November—and presumably the rest of the world shortly thereafter—the Autographer will serve…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Sep 24

World’s oldest message in a bottle discovered

Watch a Girl Transform Old Bicycle Parts into Terminator Chandeliers

Milky Way Galaxy is dwarfed by its massive hot gas “halo”

How the iPhone 5 Camera Stacks Up with a DSLR

This is what it’s like to be devoured alive by a sea star

Chicago comes up with a plan to get rid of pedestrian deaths within a decade

Watch Bon Iver Play Radio City

Could science fiction bring back the epistolary novel?

This Air Force Officer Looks Like He’s Serving on Another Planet

And now, President Obama riding a lion while wielding a lightsaber

High Heels Made Almost Entirely Out of a T-Rex

New Life of Pi trailer shows the fantastic floating islands of madness

Thanks to RFID, You’ll Never Lose a Sock Again

The Dean + Sexy Unicorn Go-Go Dancers = Exceptional New Community Pic

This Lovely Folding Ice Scraper Will Have You Begging For Blizzards

Breville YouBrew Review: Excellent, Expensive, Safe for Idiots (Like Me)

This robotic snake will slither through your body in search of tumors — and destroy them

Guy re-edits Toy Story 3 with a depressing ending, convinces his mom it’s the real thing

Recapping “The Jetsons”: Episode 01 – Rosey the Robot

Wearable Camera Captures Every Last Moment Of Your Mundane Existence

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