Robbie Gonzalez, Author at Gizmodo

Here’s the earliest known map of the Gulf Stream, created by Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin’s perspicacity never fails to amaze. In few places is his mental acuity more evident than his letters of correspondence, wherein Franklin frequently ruminated on topics scientific, technical and philosophical. What follows is an excerpt from one such letter, originally addressed to a scientific colleague in France, in which Franklin describes the process by…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Dec 28 '12

These photographs of nude dancers are absolutely stunning — and 100% SFW

Despite appearances, these are not long exposure photographs. Long exposure shots of risqué subjects — like this one of two people having sex — are often equally “safe” for work, but somehow lack the definitive blur of body parts, the undeniable signature of human motion, that you see in the images featured here. These photographs…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Dec 27 '12

This is what it sounds like aboard the International Space Station

You’d think that soaring around Earth on the International Space Station would be pretty quiet, but it turns out life aboard humanity’s orbital outpost is surprisingly noisy — albeit in that comforting, white-noise sort of way. This, straight from commander Chris Hadfield’s twitter, is a recording taken from inside the U.S. lab of the ISS:…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Dec 27 '12

Geese will tremble before the might of THE GOOSINATOR

Do you hate geese? Of course you do. Fear not, because the GOOSINATOR is here to save the day. Geese are probably pretty much the worst things on Earth. People talk about the Black Death like it was some sort of great scourge of humanity, but biblical-grade plague can’t hold a candle to geese, in…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Dec 27 '12

Are you boozing this holiday season? Try blunting hangovers with asparagus

New Year’s Eve is fast approaching — will you be drinking? If so, you may want to pick up some asparagus while you’re laying in champagne, liquor and other supplies for your tipple-lipped festivities; studies show the stalky vegetable may actually help treat hangovers. Via Popular Science: Research published in the Journal of Food Science…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Dec 27 '12

This perpetual beer machine is fake, BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN WE CAN’T DREAM

Back in the seventeenth century, scientist Robert Boyle devised a perpetual motion machine that he claimed would enable a flask to refill itself ad infinitum. It didn’t work. But in this video by Munchausen Today (who “publishes videos created on pseudo-scientific beliefs, unproven facts, false evidences, not-patented inventions and my own crazy ideas”), Boyle’s thermodynamically…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Dec 26 '12

Why do mirrors reverse left and right, but not top and bottom?

Position yourself in front of a mirror and you’ll notice it immediately. The text on your sweatshirt is reversed. The part in your hair has switched to the other side of your reflection’s head. The mole on your left ear stares back at you from your mirror image’s right earlobe. Before you stands a bauplan…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Dec 26 '12

FINALLY: Obesity rates among America’s impoverished children are actually declining

Some not-so-surprising facts and figures on fat and figures: Americans are fat. According to data released earlier this year by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, America is the fattest country in the developed world; and tragically, it’s kids who bear much of obesity’s burden. https://gizmodo.com/dr-pepper-releases-evolution-advertisement-the-interne-5943274 http://io9.com/5967345/obesity-now-leading-cause-of-ineligibility-for-army-volunteers https://gizmodo.com/new-study-confirms-our-worst-fears-about-why-kids-are-g-5957848 The CDC reports that roughly 17%…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Dec 26 '12

Here’s an adorable baby elephant gallivanting around at the beach

‘Tis the season to bring the cuteness. And what’s cuter than a baby elephant playing on the beach? Nothing. End of discussion. Photos by Willy Thuan via Phuket101 [facebook | blog] This io9 flashback originally appeared March, 2012 Photos by Willy Thuan via Phuket101 [facebook | blog] Photos by Willy Thuan via Phuket101 [facebook |…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Dec 25 '12

Minimalist posters explain complex philosophical concepts with basic shapes

When it comes to explaining philosophy, sometimes less is more — and we think this arresting collection of minimalist posters encompasses that idea perfectly. The illustrations you see featured below are from a a series entitled “Philographics,” and were created by London-based graphic designer Genís Carreras. Using basic colors, simple geometric design, and concise definitions,…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Dec 25 '12

This TARDIS replica really is bigger on the inside

Using an augmented reality app and a 3D rendering of the TARDIS’s interior (as it appeared between 2005 and 2010), tech writer Greg Kumparak took an already-impressive model of The Doctor’s time&spacecraft and endowed it with perhaps its most commented-upon feature: an impossibly spacious interior. Kumparak explains: I’ve spent the last few months tinkering with…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Dec 25 '12

A view of Earth on Christmas morning, as seen from space

It’s Christmas morning, and you probably have the day off — but NASA satellites are still hard at work; this just-released image gives a view of the planet’s weather this morning as it was seen by the Agency’s GOES East satellite. Cosmic Log’s Alan Boyle explains: The GOES satellites, East and West, are in geostationary…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Dec 25 '12

The Hottest Space Porn of 2012

2012 was a remarkable year for jaw-dropping space imagery. Here, in no particular order, are our 22 favorite photos, videos, composites, timelapses and animations of the cosmos for the year. An Impossibly Beautiful Image of Earth Released in January of this year, NASA calls this update to the iconic “Blue Marble” photograph “the most amazing…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Dec 24 '12

Co(s)mic Sans may be the greatest font ever created ever

Not just the best science/sci-fi themed font (though it certainly is that, also); but the best font, full stop. Sez DESIGNTAXI: A husband and wife team, consisting of designer Brad McNally and printer Sara McNally, have rallied a band of designers to help them create a series of spaced-themed typographic art prints-that features everyone’s ‘favorite’…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Dec 24 '12

Incredible chemical reactions captured at thousands of frames per second

We love chemical reaction videos. We also love high speed videography. Now, Destin from Smarter Every Day and The Prof from Periodic Table of Videos have teamed up to record some of the most visually arresting chemical reactions on Earth at thousands of frames per second. https://gizmodo.com/ten-amazing-and-occasionally-explosive-chemical-react-5886602 https://gizmodo.com/if-this-video-doesnt-make-you-grin-like-an-idiot-there-5903530 According to the teaser up top, we…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Dec 24 '12

Watching a face waggle at 1,000 fps is weirdly hypnotic

Staring at this flexcam footage of a man whipping his face-flesh to-and-fro, his lips projected outward in what might be the best impersonation of a lolface ever commited to video, I can’t help but recall something evolutionary biologist Christopher Schneider told us in an interview last month — that the most recent common ancestor of…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Dec 21 '12

New Orleans schools ban creationist curriculum, shun Texas revisionist textbooks

Sanity wins this round — at least for six schools in New Orleans. By a unanimous vote, N.O.’s Orleans Parish School Board voted on Tuesday to keep creationism out of its classrooms. Hallelujah. “No teacher of any discipline of science shall teach any aspect of religious faith as science or in a science class,” reads…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Dec 21 '12

Visualizing 5 years of traffic fatalities: what is the deadliest time to drive?

Data visualization expert John Nelson uses graphic design to illustrate risk. In his latest infographic, he plots the perilousness of driving — something many of us will be doing a lot of in the coming weeks. Using traffic fatality data collected between 2006 and 2010, Nelson set out to look for daily, weekly, monthly, and…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Dec 21 '12

Child hides eggs in wardrobe. Eggs hatch deadly, venomous snakes. Because Australia.

When three-year-old Kyle Cummings found a stash of eggs near his home in Townsville, Queensland, he did what any three-year-old would do: he gathered them up in a plastic container, took them home, squirreled them away inside a wardrobe and then tottered off. Later, his mother discovered the eggs had hatched seven eastern brown snakes…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Dec 21 '12

Charting causes of death in America between 1970 and 2006

Some damn fine data visualization (interactive data visualization, at that!) by the folks at the Institue for Health Metrics and evaluation. Here are some snap-judgements: All Causes (males pictured above) A downward trend in the combined causes accounted for. True for males and females alike. Tuberculosis Not much of an issue in the U.S. anymore.…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Dec 20 '12

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Here’s the earliest known map of the Gulf Stream, created by Benjamin Franklin

These photographs of nude dancers are absolutely stunning — and 100% SFW

This is what it sounds like aboard the International Space Station

Geese will tremble before the might of THE GOOSINATOR

Are you boozing this holiday season? Try blunting hangovers with asparagus

This perpetual beer machine is fake, BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN WE CAN’T DREAM

Why do mirrors reverse left and right, but not top and bottom?

FINALLY: Obesity rates among America’s impoverished children are actually declining

Here’s an adorable baby elephant gallivanting around at the beach

Minimalist posters explain complex philosophical concepts with basic shapes

This TARDIS replica really is bigger on the inside

A view of Earth on Christmas morning, as seen from space

The Hottest Space Porn of 2012

Co(s)mic Sans may be the greatest font ever created ever

Incredible chemical reactions captured at thousands of frames per second

Watching a face waggle at 1,000 fps is weirdly hypnotic

New Orleans schools ban creationist curriculum, shun Texas revisionist textbooks

Visualizing 5 years of traffic fatalities: what is the deadliest time to drive?

Child hides eggs in wardrobe. Eggs hatch deadly, venomous snakes. Because Australia.

Charting causes of death in America between 1970 and 2006

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