Ria Misra, Author at Gizmodo

All the ways Americans refuse to eat their vegetables in one chart

It’s no surprise that we are not eating enough vegetables. But in how many different ways are we not eating our vegetables? We are not eating green vegetables. We are not eating orange vegetables. We are really not eating legumes. This chart from the USDA compares actual grocery spending with the recommended over an eight-year…

io9 Ria Misra Jan 15

Is Almost Human set in the retro future?

Every time period has its own vision of the future, whether that future consists of unlimited plenty and moon colonies or zombies and ruthless ape overlords. But do retro visions of the future sometimes cycle back into our current movies and TV? In response to this week’s recap of Almost Human, commenter Briareosdx advances an…

Movies Ria Misra Jan 14

These sculptures reveal the muscles, bones, and organs inside toys

The internal spaces of toys are made up of cotton, plastic, and air. But these amazing sculptures reveal an entire re-imagined internal anatomy for our favorite toys — ranging from Lego man, to My Little Pony, to Barbie — complete with bones, detailed musculature, and internal organs. The sculptures are the work of Jason Freeny,…

io9 Ria Misra Jan 14

Meet Robosimian, the ape-inspired robot!

Robosimian, the four-limbed, ape-inspired robot created by JPL/Caltech’s Robotics team, is pretty incredible in this new video — watch as it tightens bolts, navigates an obstacle course, opens doors, and does some light retrieval work. With the ability to stand on two legs, walk across difficult terrain on four limbs, and dexterous hands that can…

io9 Ria Misra Jan 14

Why our memories don’t begin until we’re three years old

Everyone has a first memory, but the average age that those first memories begin isn’t until 3- and 1/2-years-old. A new theory explains just why that may be so. “Every one of us has a personal ‘beginning of time,’ the first events we recall from our lives,” Nautilus magazine explains. To get at why that…

io9 Ria Misra Jan 14

The impossible science of Godzilla’s gait

After a first look at one of the newest incarnations of Godzilla to walk the earth, one question kept popping up: how would Godzilla manage to walk on his rather small feet at all? https://gizmodo.com/toy-offers-best-look-at-the-brand-new-godzilla-design-y-1500166438 The question was first raised by commenter Captain Max and JINX, and then taken up by commenter Lizardman, who noted…

io9 Ria Misra Jan 13

A scale for the size of the universe, from quarks to quasars

Imagining the smallest of the small and the largest of the large in the universe can be a mind-bendingly difficult task. This awesome interactive graphic, that let’s you slide from an infinitesimally tiny strange quark all the way out to the gigantic Eridanus Supervoid hanging around near the ragged edges of our observable universe, makes…

io9 Ria Misra Jan 13

A simple cure for public speaking anxiety: Get excited

To make public speaking easier, don’t calm down, scientists say. Instead, get excited. A study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology took a look at strategies for getting through a tense public performance — ranging from making a speech, to solving a math problem, to belting out a tune at karaoke — and found…

io9 Ria Misra Jan 13

What do you know now that you wish you’d known back then?

Advice from the future is hard to come by, but if you could do it all over again, what do you know now that you would like to tell your past self? Whether it’s something that you’ve learned over the years or just a useful fact that’s only come to light recently, share with us…

io9 Ria Misra Jan 13

How TV could still become the best format for comic adaptations

There have been plenty of successful comic to movie adaptations, but finding the right balance for a TV series has been a little trickier. Still, TV adaptations of comics have a lot of potential. In response to a post on the lessons Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D could learn from Star Trek: The Next Generation, commenter lightninglouie…

Movies Ria Misra Jan 10

A map that shows the most popular movie set in each U.S. state

What’s the most popular movie set in your home state? This map has the answer. Created by reddit user Jakubisko, the map uses ratings culled from IMDb to pick the most popular movie set in each state. It’s an interesting look at where the movies we love make their fictional homes — and also highlights…

Movies Ria Misra Jan 10

These images of Mars are just unspeakably gorgeous.

It’s been 10 years since Spirit and Opportunity, our two intrepid robot-representatives in space, began roving across the surface of Mars to see what they could see — now some of the very best images are being sent over to live at the Smithsonian as part of an exhibit of images from Mars. The pictures…

io9 Ria Misra Jan 10

It’s the perfect time for a GIF Party, so let’s have one now!

After a stormy couple days, it looks like we might be on our way to thawing out soon, just in time for the GIF Party! How was your week? Did you spend it shoveling snow, clearing out your Netflix queue, and testing the outer limits of how many sweaters can be worn at once? Or,…

io9 Ria Misra Jan 10

This Xenomorph nesting-doll tells the whole story of Alien

Chest-bursting aliens have never looked quite so adorable as they do here in this nesting doll. The doll was made by commenter redfarex, who tells us: “I’ve only got the biggest one and the littlest one finished so far, but the order is Adult > Egg > Facehugger > Kane > Chestburster.” https://gizmodo.com/what-are-you-working-on-1497828427 Of course,…

io9 Ria Misra Jan 9

These new species of biofluorescent fish are beautifully strange

Biofluorescence is what happens when an animal absorbs light, then throws it back out in a different color. It’s one of the weirdest and most beautiful traits in the animal kingdom, but now we know it is not among the rarest. Scientists have just identified 180 new biofluorescent fish — and they look pretty amazing.…

io9 Ria Misra Jan 9

Here’s what the computer code on TV really means. (Hint: Not much.)

When our favorite TV and movie heroes find themselves in a technological jam, they’ll often pull up some source code to spot an incredible, unlikely solution. But what exactly does the code they’re looking at mean? Turns out, not so much. The Moviecode tumblr grabs instances of on-screen computer code and translates what we’re actually…

Movies Ria Misra Jan 9

What are you working on?

It’s a show-and-tell thread today, people! What have you made (or are working on now) that you’d like to show us? Whether you’ve been designing a videogame, writing a short story, building a robot in your garage, cross-stitching nebulae on throw pillows, or something else entirely, tell us about it now in the comments. Pictures…

io9 Ria Misra Jan 9

This is the deepest into space anyone has ever seen

Using a naturally-existing zoom lens in space, the Hubble telescope has taken the deepest look into a cluster of galaxies ever taken in space to grab these pictures of galaxy cluster Abell 2744. NASA used the power of the Hubble, a long exposure, and what they call a naturally-existing “gravitational lens” formed when the gravities…

io9 Ria Misra Jan 8

Is our love of character reboots killing our creativity?

Is our love of character reboots a source of creative inspiration, that lets us re-imagine and reinvigorate our favorite stories? Or is it a symptom of a progressively timid nostalgia that comforts us with the familiar (but this time, with more lens flare)? In a post for The New York Times, James Parker asks if…

io9 Ria Misra Jan 8

The covers for the Japanese editions of Game of Thrones are incredible

We’ve seen some pretty amazing arton book covers recently, but these covers for the Japanese translations of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire are especially gorgeous. After looking at all the different versions of Harry Potter covers from around the world, commenter cortexsession recommended these covers from the Japanese translations from Martin’s…

io9 Ria Misra Jan 3

Ria Misra

All the ways Americans refuse to eat their vegetables in one chart

Is Almost Human set in the retro future?

These sculptures reveal the muscles, bones, and organs inside toys

Meet Robosimian, the ape-inspired robot!

Why our memories don’t begin until we’re three years old

The impossible science of Godzilla’s gait

A scale for the size of the universe, from quarks to quasars

A simple cure for public speaking anxiety: Get excited

What do you know now that you wish you’d known back then?

How TV could still become the best format for comic adaptations

A map that shows the most popular movie set in each U.S. state

These images of Mars are just unspeakably gorgeous.

It’s the perfect time for a GIF Party, so let’s have one now!

This Xenomorph nesting-doll tells the whole story of Alien

These new species of biofluorescent fish are beautifully strange

Here’s what the computer code on TV really means. (Hint: Not much.)

What are you working on?

This is the deepest into space anyone has ever seen

​Is our love of character reboots killing our creativity?

The covers for the Japanese editions of Game of Thrones are incredible

The Trump Phone Still Looks Like Total Trash

‘Masters of the Universe’ Really, Really Wants to Be the Next ‘Barbie’

Samsung’s Micro RGB TVs Provide So Much Color It May Be Too Much

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Is our love of character reboots killing our creativity?