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more about #scary Jacubious: I was pretty disturbed by this article as I usually am when I read things about people getting death sentences. I must say though, the comments really... more » ForestFire0: So the jury came to the same conclusion, but it took 9 hours longer, and that is a victory? "Well, you'll still be killed, but they thought about it ... more » Duckspwn: Wooo! Death penalty! This article had a happy ending. more » yogibimbi: interesting to know that forensics seem to understand the brain better than neurobiology does. fMRI so far is mostly empirical data, meaning, that in ... more » Canoehead: Strikes me as a darned good reason to kill him, since apparently his brain architecture will prevent rehabilitation. One would think that defense cou... more » Nelson: Still waiting for advances in dream-recording technology, and then using a combination of someone's dream and intent to convict people. When that happ... more » tomsomething: I don't see this as a gateway to guilt-sniffing robots. This is a medical image used to prove that someone's brain is broken and could not function co... more » Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Pop a xanax. more » travisco_nabisco: This is truly a disturbing concept. I have not doubt that science will one day get to the point where this is reliable, but it should take a lot more ... more » Nathan Obbards: I don't think anyone should be subject to the death penalty ever, but I also think that people who suffer from psychosis or who are pscyho/sociopaths ... more » Kaiser-Machead: And what's to distinguish guilt of a murder from guilt from infidelity. more » chocorate: In the black-and-white illustration, why are there two men and no women? more » nutbastard: now IUDs are dangerous for men only. i've had my dick sort of paper-cut on the dangly string thing. if you bump the cervix already, it gets worse with... more » Ron-E-Bear: Here`s a 100% fail safe method. Ladies, don`t let guys ejaculate into your vagina. Simple. #contraception more » TJ: Hey now, just remember...one woman's pain is another woman's pleasure. I therefore invoke rule 34 and consider the issue closed. #contraception more » Gordon McAlpin: The best birth control is oral sex. #contraception more » Gann: Don't forget the most damaging form of birth control ever - abstinence via the threat of damnation. #contraception more » Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: When is Frucci going to do a hands on demonstration video of these products ala the fleshlight furniture? #contraception more » Gordonium: Back in Medieval times, they'd use animal organs as condoms, too. Just imagine how many diseases were contracted in the name of not having a kid? Blec... more » Curves: Modern methods arent much better if you dont know how to use them. My cousin is a doctor in a rural area and a young woman came to him for the pill a... more » -
#crime
How Your Brain Will Betray You in a Court of Law
I know it's science, which is ostensibly more objective than human intuition, but there's something unnerving about an MRI brain scan being admitted as evidence in a murder trial in Chicago, the first in the US. More » -
#scary
Birth Control Used to Be Utterly Terrifying
Abstinence was so the sexiest way to not have children until the 20th century, as Newsweek's terrifying illustrated history of birth control shows. Look at this scary contraption that went inside of ladyparts around the time Lysol douches were popular: More » -
#weapons
Guy Finds Missile Launcher In His Backyard, Government Lazy About Retrieving It
A resident of Comal County, Texas named Jarrette Schule found a military issue missile launcher in his backyard. Figuring that the government would surely be looking for it, he made some calls. Amazingly enough, no one seemed to care. More » -
#robots
iRobot Makes First Version of T-1000 or Number Six—We Will All Die Anyway
Gizmodo's bullpen five minutes ago. Me: "Holy f*ck. Check this." Matt: "We're all dead." Me: "We're so f*cked." Wilson: "Soft robotics. That's a scary phrase." Jason: "You mean a sexy phrase. Mmmm. Soft robots." Wilson: "Now, jamming skin... More » -
#scary
Cellphone Calls Fire Up This Guy's Maytag Oven
Surely you have heard rumors about cellphones wreaking havoc around electronics and flammables, but this guy claims that calls to his Sony Ericsson PDA (P910 perhaps?) light up his Maytag Magic Chef oven—and he has video to prove it. More » -
#scary
Computerized Train Runs Over Local Man for "Unknown Reason"
We here at Gizmodo are anything but fearmongering sensationalists. We're analytical, skeptical, and rational at all costs. That being said, this robot train ran over some dude in Miami and everyone in south Florida should run for their lives. More » -
#scary
What Happens When an Airplane Engine Blade Gets Loose
Here's a crystal-clear video showing what happens when an airplane engine fan blade gets loosewhen you fire a chicken at 250 knots into a turbojet using a chicken gun. Result: (Contained) Boom. Update: Corrected. More » -
#scary
Knife-Wielding Teen Holds Parents Hostage Over Cellphone Punishment
If you have teenage daughters, you had better think twice about taking away their cellphone—because you could end up hiding in a bedroom while she frantically stabs at the door with two kitchen knives. More » -
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#scary
If You Thought Drunk Dialing Was Bad, Try Sleep Emailing on Ambien
Sending emails in your sleep—once thought impossible by neurologists, a case of sleep emailing by a woman has become the first reported example of “complex nonviolent cognitive behavior.” More » -
#robocop
New Robotic McGruff Costume Out-Scares the Analog Original
Reader Alex points us to this robotic McGruff costume police departments are now purchasing for their "scaring the poop out of little kids"" program. It looks about ten times as effective as the old one. -
#omfg
After Losing Nukes, Air Base Fails Inspection: Security Caught Playing Games On Cellphones
After losing track of six nuclear warheads last year, you would think that the crack security team at Minot Air Force Base would pull it together for their much anticipated nuclear security inspection. Unfortunately, you would be mistaken. Inspectors from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency failed the security wing based on a number of infractions—including an incident where an airmen was observed playing video games on his cellphone while standing guard at a "restricted area perimeter" during a simulated attack. More »
