Keith Veronese, Author at Gizmodo

Chase solar storms without even leaving your house

The Sun can eject billions of tons of particles at velocities up to a million miles an hour. These solar storms are incredibly difficult to predict, but a recently developed citizen science project lets you help track these storms from right behind your keyboard. Researchers at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich have created Solar Stormwatch,…

io9 Keith Veronese Dec 13

On Saturday Morning Cartoons, Emma & Cyclops get intimate on X-Men…and a 16-bit Twilight !

Last week’s episode of Ben 10: Ultimate Alien is continued, Generator Rex stars on a Spanish soap opera, and more this week on Saturday Morning Cartoons. Young Justice, Clone Wars, and Thundercats were repeats this week, but we’ve got a nice little extra to fill in your Clone Wars fix. Minor spoilers ahead. Generator Rex…

io9 Keith Veronese Dec 10

Concept Art from Lucas’ forgotten Star Wars Animated Series

The current CGI Star Wars: The Clone Wars series is great, but it’s hard to beat the traditional animation style and storytelling of the original animated Clone Wars series. Star Wars: Clone Wars aired on the Cartoon Network between 2003 and 2005. The episodes, directed by Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack, Dexter’s Laboratory), take place in…

io9 Keith Veronese Dec 9

What is the most scientific way to optimize your driving time?

You know how much gas is in your car, your average miles per gallon, and your road speed. And you want to get from your home to your destination as quickly as possible, as efficiently as possible. Does speeding actually work? If you are driving a 2012 Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, fuel efficiency is worthless…

io9 Keith Veronese Dec 9

21st Century Children Raised by Wild Animals

Tales of children raised by wolves and other wild animals are strewn throughout human history and fiction, with one of the earliest surrounding Romulus and Remus and the founding of Rome. Most modern stories of this sort turn out to be false when subjected to scrutiny. A Syrian Gazelle-Boy covered by Life magazine in the…

io9 Keith Veronese Dec 8

Three Sleazy Moves Pharmaceutical Companies Use to Extend Patents

When pharmaceutical companies get a patent on a new molecule, they have 20 years to recoup the cost of developing a drug out of it. Two decades sounds like a long time, but clinical trials eat several of those years, leaving only a handful of years to earn back the money spent bringing the drug…

io9 Keith Veronese Dec 6

Anakin moves to the dark side, Beast is unleashed on X-Men, and BraveStarr returns!?

Anakin and Ahsoka go undercover to get to the bottom of a slave trading ring while Ben Tennyson confronts his arch-nemesis Vilgax. Generator Rex should be back next week, but in the mean time, enjoy some Marvel Anime: X-Men and a blast from the past that might be airing in your area! Minor spoilers ahead.…

io9 Keith Veronese Dec 3

Unseen Empire Strikes Back Storyboards Detailing the Battle of Hoth!

The Battle of Hoth – the grandest battle of the original Star Wars trilogy. The battle features all the tension of Yavin, machines more fearsome than those in the Battle of Endor, and a vulnerability not seen in the rest of the series. How did this epic battle sequence come to be? Take your first…

io9 Keith Veronese Dec 2

Sustainability Science: How to Create a New Research Field

If the world needs a new field of science, can you simply create one from scratch? That’s the question of a group of researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The scientists recently chronicled the twenty-five year journey of sustainability science, a newly coined field with the goal of advancing society without destroying our planet.…

io9 Keith Veronese Dec 1

10 Bizarre Names and Strange Origins of Real Molecules

Everybody knows that scientists have an unconventional sense of humor — and paleontologists and astronomers are known for naming some of their discoveries in a whimsical fashion. But chemists and biochemists are required to stick to a strict set of naming conventions. Nevertheless, sometimes researchers get a little freedom and give a molecule a clever…

io9 Keith Veronese Dec 1

Ben 10 & Generator Rex Unite, The Season Finale Of Thundercats, And Ahsoka Returns To Clone Wars!

There may have been less cartoons this week because of Thanksgiving holidays in the U.S., but they were good! Ben 10 and Generator Rex teamed up for a one hour special, Ahsoka returned for a new arc on Clone Wars, and the season finale of Thundercats saw Tygra and Lion-O square off in a duel!…

io9 Keith Veronese Nov 26

How to Deflect an Asteroid Attack

A 15 kilometer wide asteroid is headed toward the Earth, but NASA scientists spot it three years before impact. Movie lore not withstanding, what the hell are we supposed to do? Could we even organize the global community enough to stop this flaming ball that astronomers call a near-Earth object (NEO)? Let’s find out. Top…

io9 Keith Veronese Nov 25

10 of the Most Dangerous Chemicals in the World

It’s our chemical all-star team of death. We’ve got historic poisons that have claimed the lives of millions in a sinister manner, along with a couple of chemicals that might be in your home. Contact with any of these, in the right dose, will send you running for a hastily scribbled bucket list. Before we…

io9 Keith Veronese Nov 23

Tired of Coffee? This Tea has Cocaine!

Yesterday’s article got you down on coffee? Looking for another daily stimulant? Coca leaf tea, or mate de coca to the locals, has been used in many South American countries for millenia and is more prevalent in the region than coffee. https://gizmodo.com/10-reasons-coffee-is-both-the-best-and-the-worst-bevera-5861402 The tea provides an effect similar to coffee, but instead of caffeine, it…

io9 Keith Veronese Nov 22

The Clone Troopers finally fight Krell, Wally West dresses up as Teen Wolf, & Harry Potter leaves Hogwarts!

We’ve got some great clips this week! Jedi General Krell shows his true colors on Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Peter David pens late Halloween party on Young Justice, and Batman: The Brave and the Bold comes to an end with a comical finale starring Pee-wee Herman. Minor spoilers ahead! Star Wars: The Clone Wars…

io9 Keith Veronese Nov 19

Are coffins being stored in Atlanta for a “high casualty event”?

For years, the internet has swirled with rumors about a large number of black plastic containers stored along a stretch of interstate near Atlanta. Conspiracy theorists dubbed the black containers coffins, and hypothesized that they were being stored for a planned or foreseen event that would cause the deaths of millions of North Americans. This…

io9 Keith Veronese Nov 18

Adding electrode arrays to your brain can stop seizures

Medicine increasingly involves modifying your body with technology, becoming a little bit cyborg to lead a normal human life. Case in point: new research suggests that brain implants may be the best treatment for epileptic seizures. Called “electrode array monitoring technologies,” these devices wire the brain with a hair-thin electrode and could make dangerous seizures…

io9 Keith Veronese Nov 17

Krokodil: Russia’s Designer Drug That Will Eat Your Flesh

It sounds like a direct-to-Netflix horror movie plot — a cheap, addictive drug available in a foreign land, that turns the user’s skin a scaly green color. Soon it rots the flesh, causing the user’s skin to emulate that of a crocodile, leaving bone and muscle tissue exposed to the world. But the Russian drug…

io9 Keith Veronese Nov 15

Green Lantern premieres, Clone Troopers go black ops, & Jack Kirby creations co-star on Young Justice!

We’ve got a phenomenal lineup for you this Saturday morning – clips from an hour long preview of Green Lantern: The Animated Series, the Forever People popping up on Young Justice, a glimpse into the future of Generator Rex, and clone troopers deciding they are not meat for the Jedi war machine on Star Wars:…

io9 Keith Veronese Nov 12

This is what $2 million worth of comic book art looks like

Next week in Beverly Hills, several million dollars will be spent buying the pen-and-ink artwork behind the comics we love. Including some classic Batman art, and some Jack Kirby inks. Check out a gallery of the artwork that’s for sale — with suggested bids totaling around $2 million. Comic book art has firmly entrenched itself…

io9 Keith Veronese Nov 11

Keith Veronese

Chase solar storms without even leaving your house

On Saturday Morning Cartoons, Emma & Cyclops get intimate on X-Men…and a 16-bit Twilight !

Concept Art from Lucas’ forgotten Star Wars Animated Series

What is the most scientific way to optimize your driving time?

21st Century Children Raised by Wild Animals

Three Sleazy Moves Pharmaceutical Companies Use to Extend Patents

Anakin moves to the dark side, Beast is unleashed on X-Men, and BraveStarr returns!?

Unseen Empire Strikes Back Storyboards Detailing the Battle of Hoth!

Sustainability Science: How to Create a New Research Field

10 Bizarre Names and Strange Origins of Real Molecules

Ben 10 & Generator Rex Unite, The Season Finale Of Thundercats, And Ahsoka Returns To Clone Wars!

How to Deflect an Asteroid Attack

10 of the Most Dangerous Chemicals in the World

Tired of Coffee? This Tea has Cocaine!

The Clone Troopers finally fight Krell, Wally West dresses up as Teen Wolf, & Harry Potter leaves Hogwarts!

Are coffins being stored in Atlanta for a “high casualty event”?

Adding electrode arrays to your brain can stop seizures

Krokodil: Russia’s Designer Drug That Will Eat Your Flesh

Green Lantern premieres, Clone Troopers go black ops, & Jack Kirby creations co-star on Young Justice!

This is what $2 million worth of comic book art looks like

The ‘Mass Effect’ Show is Getting Rewritten to Get Greenlit

See the Early Stages of How ‘Project Hail Mary’ Brought Rocky to Life

‘Cognitive Surrender’ Is a New and Useful Term for How AI Melts Brains

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Marshall Acton III Home Speaker Drops to a Record Low, the Deal Countdown Has Already Started

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

I’m Worried About the Helpless AI Disruptors of the Future

Russia Allegedly Swung at VPNs but Accidentally Hit Its Own Banking Sector Instead

Ryan Coogler Is Shifting ‘Animorphs’ Into a Disney+ Show

No Fooling, ‘Spaceballs 2’ Will Hit Theaters April 2027

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Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

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Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

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