Robbie Gonzalez, Author at Gizmodo

Must watch: Neil deGrasse Tyson Discusses the Link Between Space and Culture

If you’ve been on the internet at any point in the last five years, there’s a good chance you’ve heard Neil deGrasse Tyson talk about the far-reaching scientific and technological benefits of space exploration. Now’s your chance to hear him discuss its cultural implications. Last week, Tyson delivered this keynote address at the 28th National…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 25 '12

Humanity and nature become one in these beautiful metamorphic illustrations

It’s easy to regard humankind as a species that exists apart from the rest of the natural world. Dwell on that idea too much, however, and it can grow into an unsettling feeling of detachment. The next time you’re feeling isolated from nature, let these breathtaking illustrations, which seamlessly weave the bodies of humans with…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 25 '12

Cocaine abuse may actually accelerate brain aging

All drugs affect your brain differently… that’s assuming, of course, that these drugs have a brain to affect in the first place. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-what-your-brain-on-drugs-really-looks-like-5878523 New research reveals that the grey matter of chronic cocaine users actually melts away at an accelerated rate, suggesting that the brain of a cocaine addict ages faster than that of someone…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 25 '12

The harvest mouse is nature’s most adorable acrobat

The Harvest Mouse, aka Micromys minutus, measures just two-to-three inches in length, and weighs about half as much as your typical house mouse. But M. minutus — which makes its home in wheat fields, reed beds, and other forms of tall vegetation — has a unique and enviable skill that its more domestic cousins simply…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 24 '12

The first 4,000,000 digits of Pi, visualized in a single image

Pi is what’s known as an irrational number, which means that its decimal representation is both infinite and non-repeating. We’ve been using computers to calculate the digits of Pi for decades. In 1949, John von Neumann and his colleagues used ENIAC — the world’s first general-purpose electronic computer — to calculate Pi to the 2,037th…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 24 '12

Are creative people naturally more dishonest?

Are creative people more adept at justifying immoral behavior, and thereby more likely to transgress ethical boundaries? Or does unethical behavior require people to be more inventive, causing them to be more imaginative? Whatever the relationship between creativity and immorality, a growing body of evidence suggests that the two are, in fact, linked. Over on…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 24 '12

The wealthiest university on Earth can’t afford its academic journal subscriptions

Yes, you read that right. According to a memorandum issued last week by Harvard Library’s Faculty Advisory Council, the cost of its peer-reviewed journal subscriptions has become prohibitively expensive. What does it say about the world of academic publishing, the accessibility of knowledge, and the flow of information when the richest academic institution on the…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 24 '12

It’s Official: Planetary Resources Unveils Plans for Asteroid-Mining

A recently announced space venture backed by James Cameron, Google executives, and others isn’t scheduled to formally announce its plans until later today, but as of late last night, the news is official: Planetary Resources, Inc. is fixing to do some asteroid-mining. Here’s everything we know about the venture so far. https://gizmodo.com/is-james-camerons-next-big-venture-asteroid-mining-5903345 This is big…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 24 '12

American Airlines to air anti-vaccination programming in-flight (UPDATE)

Vaccines are important. Very important. https://gizmodo.com/how-vaccines-saved-the-world-5840419 Update: American Airlines has announced that the Meryl Dorey audio interview has been cancelled and will not air. This reportedly applies to the printed material, as well. Good on American Airlines for making the right call on this one. So we were surprised to hear that American Airlines is…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 23 '12

Watch a video of the first known all-white adult killer whale

Everybody, meet Iceberg. Iceberg looks and behaves like a lot of other killer whales, with one very big exception: Iceberg is entirely white. In fact, researchers say he’s the only all-white, adult orca to ever be observed. A group of Russian scientists and students co-led by conservationist Erich Hoyt recently spotted Iceberg off the coast…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 23 '12

Everything you need to know to catch this weekend’s Lyrid meteor shower

This year’s Lyrid meteor shower is expected to peak between midnight and dawn on Saturday night/Sunday morning. That means two things. One: it’s the weekend, which means you have no excuse not to stay up. Two: it’s a new Moon, which means for the first time in almost nine months, stargazers will have a chance…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 20 '12

Kids narrate Planet Earth, and adorableness ensues

This one pretty much does what it says on the tin. Dayvun Abbenburgle would be proud. [Joe Sabia for BBC America via boingboing]

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 20 '12

This beautifully composed space footage will 100% give you chills

Trust us. Stop what you’re doing, set aside two minutes of your time, full-screen this bad boy and just watch. Listen. Think about the fact that the “video” you see here was, in fact, carefully pieced together from thousands of individual photographs captured during NASA’s Cassini and Voyager missions. Let the carefully selected mix of…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 20 '12

Why some people get angry when they’re drunk

Not everyone responds to alcohol in the same way. Some of us get frisky. Others of us get sleepy. Some of us are happy drunks, and some of use are I’m-going-to-order-a-pizza-and-eat-the-entire-thing-in-my-underwear drunks. Then, of course, there are the angry, potentially dangerous drunks. How does ethanol make one person friendly and another belligerent? The answer, say…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 20 '12

Beautiful footage shows “Rocket Man” Yves Rossy pulling loop-the-loops above the Swiss Alps

As if you weren’t jealous enough of Yves Rossy, new footage has just been released of the Swiss Pilot, inventor and “aviation enthusiast” (who also goes by the not-so-subtle sobriquet of “JETMAN”) soaring free as a rocket-powered bird high above the Swiss Alps. His wings: an eight-foot-wide, carbon-fiber wing of his own invention. His propulsion…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 19 '12

If this video doesn’t make you grin like an idiot, there might be something wrong with you

Don’t use a lawnmower on the carpet. Don’t mix Coke and chainsaws. Don’t light fireworks inside the house. Don’t microwave bottles of red wine. Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t. The folks at Danish TV show Dumt & Farligt got sick of being told what not to do, so they went and did it. All of…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 19 '12

XNA is synthetic DNA that’s stronger than the real thing

New research has brought us closer than ever to synthesizing entirely new forms of life. An international team of researchers has shown that artificial nucleic acids – called “XNAs” – can replicate and evolve, just like DNA and RNA. We spoke to one of the researchers who made this breakthrough, to find out how it…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 19 '12

Is James Cameron’s next big venture asteroid-mining?

James Cameron, Google founders Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, and Ross Perot, Jr. are just a few of the big names backing a brand new space exploration company called Planetary Resources, that next Tuesday will “unveil a new space venture with a mission to help ensure humanity’s prosperity.” According to the press release: [Planetary Resources]…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 19 '12

An entire day represented in one 360° panorama photo

Greek photographer Chris Kotsiopoulos recently decided to try visualizing a full day in a single photograph. What he ended up with was the incredible, 360°, time-spanning panorama pictured here. We’ve featured Kotsiopoulos’ breathtaking photography before, but this is the first time we’ve seen him produce something like this. According to him, the composite image [hi-res…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 18 '12

Real-life Futurama tube-transport will catapult you from New York to Beijing in 2 hours

The Simpsons have the monorail. Futurama has the Tube Transport System. The difference is that tube-transport is a fantasy — at least for now. The folks at ET3 want to make what they call “Evacuated Tube Transport” a reality. Their proposed maglev system would be capable of propelling six-person-capacity cylinders to speeds of over 4000…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 18 '12

Robbie Gonzalez

Must watch: Neil deGrasse Tyson Discusses the Link Between Space and Culture

Humanity and nature become one in these beautiful metamorphic illustrations

Cocaine abuse may actually accelerate brain aging

The harvest mouse is nature’s most adorable acrobat

The first 4,000,000 digits of Pi, visualized in a single image

Are creative people naturally more dishonest?

The wealthiest university on Earth can’t afford its academic journal subscriptions

It’s Official: Planetary Resources Unveils Plans for Asteroid-Mining

American Airlines to air anti-vaccination programming in-flight (UPDATE)

Watch a video of the first known all-white adult killer whale

Everything you need to know to catch this weekend’s Lyrid meteor shower

Kids narrate Planet Earth, and adorableness ensues

This beautifully composed space footage will 100% give you chills

Why some people get angry when they’re drunk

Beautiful footage shows “Rocket Man” Yves Rossy pulling loop-the-loops above the Swiss Alps

If this video doesn’t make you grin like an idiot, there might be something wrong with you

XNA is synthetic DNA that’s stronger than the real thing

Is James Cameron’s next big venture asteroid-mining?

An entire day represented in one 360° panorama photo

Real-life Futurama tube-transport will catapult you from New York to Beijing in 2 hours

Ecovacs New Robot Vacuum and Mop Sees Its First Price Drop to an All-Time Low, Solving a Problem Other Robots Left Behind

TCL’s New TV Launch Pushes 2025 55-Inch Smart TV into Clearance at Record Low, Works With Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple HomeKit

Netflix Has Found the Cast For Its ‘Gundam’ Movie

AirPods 4 Are Back at a Record Low Below $100 on Amazon, Even Cheaper Than Apple Store

Star Wars Day Deals Arrive Early on Amazon With LEGO Millennium Falcon and Dark Falcon Starship at Record Low

According to Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool Is Strictly a Supporting Character Now

Logitech MX Master 3S Wireless Mouse Gets Cheaper and Quickly Becomes a Top-Selling Deal on Amazon

Oscar Isaac Says ‘Somehow, Palpatine Returned’ Came From Reshoots

Welcome The Mandalorian and Grogu Into Your Home With These Star Wars Echo Dots for 20% Off

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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