Ria Misra, Author at Gizmodo

What Will The Spacesuits Of The Future Look Like? In A Word, Awesome.

The modern spacesuit is a classic, but it can’t be denied that it’s a little bulky and in need of an update. Enter the Z-2, the new prototype spacesuit that could rule the future — complete with three new design options. The prototype is set to launch in November 2014, but before it does, the…

io9 Ria Misra Mar 24

What Happens To The Surrounding Stars When One Of Them Goes Supernova?

What happens to a pair of binary stars when one of them goes supernova? These gorgeous shots of a binary star, in which one went supernova and the other remained intact, gives us one answer to that question. https://gizmodo.com/companion-to-a-supernova-1549709337

io9 Ria Misra Mar 24

What Invention Has Made The Biggest Difference To You Personally?

There are innovations that are aimed at the changing the world (smartphones! the internet!) and then there are those with a much smaller focus group: you. Today, we want to know about the technological invention that has been most helpful to you personally. Is it a new lab technique that you changed the way you…

io9 Ria Misra Mar 24

Why Don’t 3D Glasses Work Backwards?

It’s a question that has occurred to anyone who has ever sat in a theater fiddling with their theater-provided 3D shades waiting for the promos to finish rolling up: Why don’t these work if I flip them around? Here’s the physics behind the persnicketiness of 3D glasses. In this thread, commenter (and physicist) FlowerGirlPhysicist explained…

io9 Ria Misra Mar 21

Watch Bill Nye Reminisce About Carl Sagan’s College Astronomy Class

Before either Bill Nye or Carl Sagan were on television, Nye was a student in Sagan’s astronomy class at Cornell. Here’s Nye reminiscing about that class — and the advice Sagan gave him before he started his own show. The clip comes from Nova’s Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers. Nye wasn’t the only future…

io9 Ria Misra Mar 21

The U.S. throws 2 billions pounds of fish back in the ocean a year

American fisheries are throwing about 2 billion pounds of fish back in the ocean a year — and a lot of it is edible (even delicious) fish that is already dead or dying, or marine life not intended to be caught for food, including sharks, seals and dolphins. The report comes from Oceana, who used…

io9 Ria Misra Mar 21

The GIF Party Is Here

Deal with it, House Stark. Winter is over, spring is here, and we’re celebrating with a GIF party! Sure, we may still get a last minute snow storm or two, but the thaw has begun. So send out your favorite GIFs, along with a note about any news or updates you have to tell us…

io9 Ria Misra Mar 21

An Interactive Map That Lets You Spin Around The Milky Way Galaxy!

A new interactive panoramic lets you a take a full 360° tour of our galaxy — complete with a few stops along the way. It’s the work of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, and is made up of almost 2 million snaps of the galaxy taken by the telescope, all stitched together into a single panoramic…

io9 Ria Misra Mar 20

Kim Harrison Explains Why Westerns And The Fantastical Go Together

Just what is the link between westerns and science fiction and fantasy? Kim Harrison, author of The Hollows series, explains just how — and why — she blends features of old westerns into her books. In a Q&A with the io9 book club, a sharp-eyed reader pointed out that many of her titles seemed to…

io9 Ria Misra Mar 20

The Largest Genome Ever Sequenced Belongs To This Common Pine Tree

Scientists have finished unraveling the largest genome ever sequenced. The genome of the loblolly pine encompasses just under 23 billion base pairs — seven times more than the human genome. The loblolly pine knocked the previous record holder, the Norway Spruce, off its perch by about an additional 2 billion base pairs, to become the…

io9 Ria Misra Mar 20

Author Kim Harrison Is Here To Talk To You About Dead Witch Walking

In February, the io9 book club read Kim Harrison’s Dead Witch Walking. Today, from noon – 1:00 pm (PDT), Harrison will be joining us to answer your questions about Dead Witch Walking, alternate histories, and anything else! https://gizmodo.com/the-io9-book-club-is-in-session-lets-talk-about-dead-w-1540881074 Just start asking your questions in the comments section now, and Harrison will answer as many as…

io9 Ria Misra Mar 20

One Map Explaining Why This Winter Wasn’t Nearly As Bad As You Thought

This was one weird, long, cold winter — at least it certainly felt that way. But this map, put together by NASA’s Earth Observatory, tells a different story. Although we topped out with strange cold-weather phenomena this winter, the overall temperature in North America only dropped a single degree Fahrenheit below average temperatures. So what’s…

io9 Ria Misra Mar 20

What Should Batman’s Next Costume Look Like?

So, we’re getting another Batman, and with that comes another Batsuit. But just what should that look like? In response to this post on Ben Affleck’s future turn as Batman, a conversation began about just what Batman’s next costume might look like: https://gizmodo.com/who-would-be-the-worst-green-lantern-in-the-universe-1547179277 CthulhuDreams So… am I the only one that thinks that a Black…

io9 Ria Misra Mar 19

These Before-And-After Shots Confirm A New Gully Has Formed On Mars!

Check out these before and after snaps of a Martian crater and you’ll see something that wasn’t there before — and that something is a brand new gully, marked above with the arrow. But anyone hoping that this is even further evidence of flowing water on Mars may be disappointed. https://gizmodo.com/are-these-pictures-of-water-flowing-on-mars-right-now-1520115138 The pictures were taken…

io9 Ria Misra Mar 19

The New Big Bang Evidence Explained With Just A Towel!

After reading about the ground-breaking new evidence for the Big Bang this week you may have been left with a question: Just what are gravitational waves anyway? This video, using just a towel, an apple, and a ping pong ball, explains. https://gizmodo.com/have-physicists-detected-gravitational-waves-yes-1545591865 The video from The New Scientist uses a towel to represent space-time and,…

io9 Ria Misra Mar 19

Daylight Savings Time Makes You Happier, At Least On Facebook

Facebook has taken a look at their post Daylight Savings Time data and found, unsurprisingly, that losing an hour of sleep made people sleepier. There was, however, one surprise: losing that hour may make us tired, but it also seems to make us feel happier. On the Monday following the switch over to DST, people…

io9 Ria Misra Mar 19

The Secret Link Between Dune, Alien, And Blade Runner

Although Alejandro Jodorowsky’s version of Dune never made it into theaters, the movie’s concept art from still managed to make a splash. The director of documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune, which traces the story behind the movie, explains to us just how that happened. Jodorowsky’s Dune director Frank Pavich and composer Kurt Stenzel both joined us today…

io9 Ria Misra Mar 18

Interactive Moon Map Is The Next Best Thing To Piloting Your Own Lander

You may not be able to pilot your own personal spacecraft right into a crater on the Moon yet, but this complete interactive map from NASA of the moon’s north pole — the largest, most complete map of the area ever created — is pretty close. Each pixel on the map is equivalent to six-and-a-half…

io9 Ria Misra Mar 18

Ask the director of Jodorowsky’s Dune anything you want!

Frank Pavich, the director of documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune, is here to answer your questions about the behind-the-scenes action of Dune, the film, and its art. Plus, take a look at a gallery of clips and art from the documentary! Jodorowsky’s Dune is Pavich’s first feature. It made its premiere at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival,…

io9 Ria Misra Mar 18

What’s Your Favorite Science Photo?

Science not only answers some of our most basic questions, it also provides us with some truly spectacular photography. Today we want to see your favorites! It could be a classic, like this shot from NASA’s first lunar mission, a new image that you think deserves to be a classic, or even one that you’ve…

io9 Ria Misra Mar 18

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What Will The Spacesuits Of The Future Look Like? In A Word, Awesome.

What Happens To The Surrounding Stars When One Of Them Goes Supernova?

What Invention Has Made The Biggest Difference To You Personally?

Why Don’t 3D Glasses Work Backwards?

Watch Bill Nye Reminisce About Carl Sagan’s College Astronomy Class

The U.S. throws 2 billions pounds of fish back in the ocean a year

The GIF Party Is Here

An Interactive Map That Lets You Spin Around The Milky Way Galaxy!

Kim Harrison Explains Why Westerns And The Fantastical Go Together

The Largest Genome Ever Sequenced Belongs To This Common Pine Tree

Author Kim Harrison Is Here To Talk To You About Dead Witch Walking

One Map Explaining Why This Winter Wasn’t Nearly As Bad As You Thought

What Should Batman’s Next Costume Look Like?

These Before-And-After Shots Confirm A New Gully Has Formed On Mars!

The New Big Bang Evidence Explained With Just A Towel!

Daylight Savings Time Makes You Happier, At Least On Facebook

The Secret Link Between Dune, Alien, And Blade Runner

Interactive Moon Map Is The Next Best Thing To Piloting Your Own Lander

Ask the director of Jodorowsky’s Dune anything you want!

What’s Your Favorite Science Photo?

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The First Trailer for ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Takes Terror Stateside

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