Robbie Gonzalez, Author at Gizmodo

This woman is made of star stuff, and so are you

I’m loving this side panel tattoo of an internal spiral galaxy. It belongs to Valentene Peinhardt, who tells Carl Zimmer her corporeal star systems were inspired by Carl Sagan’s Cosmos: I wanted a tattoo that would embrace my love for astronomy and consciousness of being. I remember years ago realizing the fact that we were…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 28 '13

Holy sht these undead teddy bears are terrifying*

So uh… these exist. They’re by Phillip Blackman, and they are grisly beyond grisly. The British illustrator spends his free time stripping synthetic flesh from the faces of adorable teddies and replacing with ample helpings of blood, bone and gristle. They’re horrifying. But we can’t. Look. Away. More at the Undead Teds tumblr.

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 25 '13

Here, have a limerick about four-headed penises

Because it’s Friday, and that’s just how we do. (Warning: uncensored quadriphallus below the fold.) By Michele Banks, an incomparable maker of Science-y art and slinger of dirty, dirty rhymes: If you seek someone handsome or quick This echinda would not be your pick But Grumpy would win For his shit-eating grin And remarkable four-nozzled…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 25 '13

Here’s what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object

Here’s an idea! Let’s get reeaaaal pedantic about what it means for an object to be truly “immovable” (i.e. “un-accelerateable”) and a force to actually be unstoppable (spoiler: all forces are unstoppable) and use the thought experiment to answer one of the oldest, most ancient questions to ever come up ever. Turns out Minute Physics’…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 25 '13

6 Possible Secrets to Happiness, According to Science

Science has all the answers, right? Wrong. But it has a pretty good sense of things, a lot of the time*. So what does science have to say about the pursuit of happiness? A lot. Like, build-an-entire-industry-around-it, even-the-pseudo-scientific-stuff a lot. So let’s look at some of the more recent things science has had to say…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 25 '13

Among Independent voters, belief in climate change actually shifts with the weather

A newly published study by climatologists and sociologists at the University of New Hampshire suggests the views of Independent voters on anthropogenic (i.e. caused by humans) climate change are as capricious as New England weather. Write researchers Lawrence Hamilton and Mary Stampone, who conducted the study (emphasis added): Statewide data from 5,000 random-sample telephone interviews…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 25 '13

The physics of fire, gasoline, and sheer unbridled idiocy

This is what it looks like when you set a bucket of gasoline on fire, toss it through the air, film it at 2500 fps and then slow down the footage reaaaaal slow. It’s totally dangerous, highly inadvisable (don’t attempt this at home, etc.) and absolutely awesome to watch. Plus, as Fuck Yeah Fluid Dynamics…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 24 '13

Tigers brutally maul snowmen, look adorable in the process

Siberian tigers — aka Amur tigers — are the largest cats alive on Earth. My favorite Siberian tiger description comes from nature journalist John Vaillant, who once characterized them as creatures that possess “the agility and appetite of the cat and the mass of an industrial refrigerator.” The video below shows what happened when four…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 24 '13

This is how far we’ve driven on other worlds

Here’s a freshly-updated infographic by SPACE.com’s Karl Tate, illustrating the distances driven by various rovers on the Moon and Mars. Tate assembled a similar infographic back in August 2012 (see below), just a few days before NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on the suface of the Red Planet. The one-ton, six-wheel drive, nuclear-powered super lab is…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 24 '13

Watch this squirrel deliver the greatest “oh sh*t” face in the history of nature documentaries

David Attenborough narrates as a leopard blows its cover, and a squirrel delivers one of the animal kingdom’s greatest “oh shit” faces since dramatic chipmunk. From the first episode of Africa, the BBC’s latest nature documentary. (We’ve included the obligatory reaction GIF, but we think the audible nut-drop and scamper are what really make this.)…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 24 '13

The geography of abortion access in the United States

Forty years after the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision, The Daily Beast’s Michael Keller and Allison Yarrow have published this interactive map of America’s 724 abortion clinics, highlighting, among other things, the distance women across the country must travel in order to visit one. Points of interest include Wichita, Kansas (which has been…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 24 '13

Think you can multitask? Congratulations, you’re probably living a lie.

Hey you. Yeah, you. The one reading this while you take a working lunch to bang out some emails and phone your friend, all while scanning your twitter feed. Do you fancy yourself a multitasker? Guess again, hotshot. New research suggests you’re living a lie. As it turns out, many people who think they can…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 23 '13

This is the largest collection of planetarium projectors in the world

The Planetarium Projector Museum is home to the world’s largest collection of old school planetarium projectors. Museum owner Owen Phairis (who, when he’s not overseeing his collection, plays Nikola Tesla in an electrical stage show called “Man of Lightning”) has been obsessed with the machines ever since he visited the Hayden Planetarium as a child…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 23 '13

41% of Democrats are young-Earth creationists

Contrary to popular belief, science denialism is not confined to the political right. Over at Scientific American, Michael Shermer expounds on the harsh reality of the “Liberal War on Science”: We are well aware of the Republican war on science from the eponymous 2006 book (Basic Books) by Chris Mooney, and I have castigated conservatives…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 23 '13

No, George Church is not looking for “an extremely adventurous female human” to give birth to a Neanderthal

Is prominent synthetic biologist George Church in search of a human surrogate for a Neanderthal baby? “Definitely not,” he said yesterday, dashing the hopes of extremely adventurous human females everywhere, in a phone interview with AP’s Malcolm Ritter. “We have no projects, no plans, we have no papers, no grants [to do that.]” Reports and…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 23 '13

“FireFly” spaceships to begin exploring asteroids in 2015

Asteroid-mining company Deep Space Industries has just announced plans to launch a fleet of “FireFly” spacecraft as soon as 2015. Their mission? Find asteroids, rich with valuable metals, that could aid in humanity’s colonization of space. “Using resources harvested in space is the only way to afford permanent space development,” said Deep Space CEO David…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 22 '13

These WWII nurses in gas masks look like retro-futuristic superheroes

Pictured here: members of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps advance through a cloud of smoke during a gas mask drill, ca. 1942. The masks, combined with the nurse’s uniforms, look like something out of a 1940s comic book. These are the ladies we want saving us from peril. More at Retronaut and Adventures in Geneology.

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 22 '13

Divers capture amazing dolphin-rescue on video

If this video of interspecies collaboration doesn’t warm your heart, you probably don’t have a heart. When a dolphin gets caught on a fishing hook, it seeks out this group of human divers for help, resulting in a remarkable display of trust, intelligence and cooperation – from both species. Via Americablog: It turns out that…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 22 '13

So this is what time zones look like in Antarctica

Pretty trippy, right? Given that Antarctica rests on every line of longitude, you might be tempted to think the continent observes every single time zone, but this is not the case. In fact, as the maps featured here illustrate, even regions that lie along the same meridian don’t necessarily observe the same time zones, due…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 22 '13

Sleep deprivation could be ruining your love life

Add this to the ever-growing list of reasons to go back to sleep: a new study led by UC Berkley psychologist Amie Gordon reveals that lack of sleep tends to make people less appreciative towards their significant others. https://gizmodo.com/10-reasons-to-go-back-to-bed-5882503 Via CBS News: More than 60 couples between the ages of 18 to 56 were enrolled…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 21 '13

Robbie Gonzalez

This woman is made of star stuff, and so are you

Holy sh*t these undead teddy bears are terrifying

Here, have a limerick about four-headed penises

Here’s what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object

6 Possible Secrets to Happiness, According to Science

Among Independent voters, belief in climate change actually shifts with the weather

The physics of fire, gasoline, and sheer unbridled idiocy

Tigers brutally maul snowmen, look adorable in the process

This is how far we’ve driven on other worlds

Watch this squirrel deliver the greatest “oh sh*t” face in the history of nature documentaries

The geography of abortion access in the United States

Think you can multitask? Congratulations, you’re probably living a lie.

This is the largest collection of planetarium projectors in the world

41% of Democrats are young-Earth creationists

No, George Church is not looking for “an extremely adventurous female human” to give birth to a Neanderthal

“FireFly” spaceships to begin exploring asteroids in 2015

These WWII nurses in gas masks look like retro-futuristic superheroes

Divers capture amazing dolphin-rescue on video

So this is what time zones look like in Antarctica

Sleep deprivation could be ruining your love life

What Footage Could Possibly Be Added to ‘Endgame’ to Make it ‘Critical’ for ‘Avengers: Doomsday’?

Spirit Airlines Wants a Trump Bailout as Jet Fuel Prices Skyrocket

California Accuses Amazon of Price Fixing

Even Team Avatar Wants ‘Legend of Aang’ Back in Theaters, Leaks Be Damned

Egyptian Archaeologists Find Perfectly Circular Temple Tied to Ancient Water Cult

House Candidate Unveils Plan to Pay Americans Who Face AI Job Displacement

NASA Shut Down Voyager 1 Science Instrument After Unexpected Power Drop

Tim Cook Is Done as CEO of Apple

You Have to Watch This Trailer for What Is Basically ‘Hungry Hungry Hippos’ Made Horror

On ‘Maul: Shadow Lord’, the Old Ways Aren’t as Over as They Seem

I’ve Tested a Lot of Bad Smart Glasses and These Are the Worst Yet

Roborock’s Qrevo Curv 2 Flow Is the Ultimate Robot Mop—If You Don’t Have Corners or Walls

Alienware’s $350 QD-OLED Gaming Monitor Nixes Everything for a Pretty Screen

Sony Inzone H6 Air Review: A Perfect Case for Open-Back Gaming Headsets

Anker’s EufyMake E1 Finally Brings Printers Out of the Dark Ages

The Soundboks Mix Is Going to Make You the Most Popular Guy at the Park

Asus Zenbook A16 Review: Start Considering Snapdragon on PC, for Real

Aqara Thermostat Hub W200 Review: Almost Better than My Ecobee

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

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

Holy sht these undead teddy bears are terrifying*