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Scientists use trout to unlock the secrets of magnetic cells

This trout looks guilty for a reason. It’s hiding one of nature’s most intriguing mysteries: the secret of magnetoception. For decades, behavioral experiments have suggested that a variety of animals possess this ability to sense — and navigate by — the Earth’s magnetic fields, but identifying what, exactly, endows these animals with their sense of…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

How to Run OnLive’s Remote Microsoft Office on OS X, For Free

Even if you’re a Microsoft Office hater, sometimes it’s extremely useful to have access to its features. Well, here’s a quick way to achieve that on OS X, for free, using OnLive’s Desktop service. OnLive offers a free service through which iOS and Android users can access an install of Office running from its servers.…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

New study shows that Facebook is not making us depressed after all

Earlier this year, a study published in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin suggested that Facebook was making its users sad. The authors of the paper, titled “Misery Has More Company Than People Think,” claimed that the constant barrage of positive depictions were making people feel inadequate, thus leading to depression. But a new…

io9 George Dvorsky

A First Look At The Brand New Comic Star Wars (With Darth Vader Illustrated By Alex Ross!)

Scads of new comic books will be announced at the San Diego Comic-Con this week, but here’s a doozy with a pedigree. In January, Dark Horse Comics will publish Star Wars (full stop), an ongoing comic set during the original Star Wars trilogy by prolific author Brian Wood (DMZ, Channel Zero, Northlanders, The Massive), More…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Google Faces FTC’s Largest Ever Fine Over Safari Cookie Debacle

Five months on from the Wall Street Journal spotting that Google was circumventing cookie privacy settings in Safari, the big G is now close to settling the matter with the FTC. There’s one bitter pill that still remains to be swallowed, though: the WSJ reports that Google is set to pony up $22.5 million, the…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

What would your ideal science fiction convention look like?

In mere days, tens of thousands of science fiction, fantasy, and comic book fans will take over San Diego for the San Diego Comic-Con. SDCC certainly has its positives — exclusive announcements, stars, con swag, and some event to fill every waking hour of the day. The show also has its detractors, thanks to its…

io9 Keith Veronese

Massive Hobbit scroll shows off 10 gorgeous scenes from Peter Jackson’s movie

Take a look at ten different scenes all stitched together on one beautiful scroll from Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit. There’s been a ton of hype around this picture lately, leading us to believe that The Hobbit will roll out the Shire-green carpet this week at San Diego Comic-Con. Hidden in this scroll is the first…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Being Obese Is Better Than Being Underweight

Modern society is obsessed with weight: everyone longs to be skinny, and obesity is demonized. But while being overweight does carry with it health risks, a new study suggests that being underweight is far more dangerous than being obese. In fact, the study, carried out at University of California Davis School of Medicine, shows that…

Health Jamie Condliffe

Major Casting Updates for The Wolverine, Catching Fire, Game of Thrones, American Horror Story, and Much More!

Christopher Nolan discusses how The Dark Knight Rises ends. Dredd might kick off a trilogy. Check out a new Man of Steel synopsis, and a preview video for the new season of The Walking Dead. Plus Independence Day sequel news! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Man of Steel. The Dark Knight Rises…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Stanley Cup Goals, Turned Into Song

If you’ve ever wondered what the pool of data which is the Stanley Cup results would sound like turned into song, then… well, you have an overactive imagination. But now that artist Bard Edlund has done just that, you’ll wonder why more visualizations don’t make use of audio, too. Edlund explains how he sonified the…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Google Nexus Q Hacked to Run Android Launcher, Apps, Netflix

The Nexus Q is an odd little piece of hardware, filling a very small niche rather expensively. It could, however, turn out to be more useful than first thought, because a simple hack seems to bring it to life with the Android launcher, apps and as a result—you guessed it—Netflix. In the xda-developers forums kornyone…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Kim Dotcom’s Extradition Hearing Pushed Back to March 2013

Legal proceedings against Kim Dotcom aren’t going so well for the US authorities. First a New Zealand court ruled that the Megaupload seizures were illegal, and now Dotcom’s extradition hearing has been pushed back to March 2013. The hearing was originally due to take place August 6th, but a series of complications—including the siezure ruling…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

All-You-Can-Read Magazine App “Next Issue” Now Available for iOS

Next Issue, the Netflix-for-magazines mobile app that launched for Android devices a little over three months ago, is finally available for iOS devices, starting today! A partnership between what are arguably the five top magazine publishers around (Conde Nast, Hearst, Meredith, Time, and News Corp), Next Issue offers subscribers access to its library of 39…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

An Incomplete List of Discussion Topics from the Forums of Lady Gaga’s New Social Network

Mother Monster Lady Gaga launched the beta version of her own social network, Littlemonsters.com, back in May. Now, the free-to-join social networking site is open to the public, allowing fans of the performer to connect and communicate in discussion forums, share news items, and post Gaga-related items in a Pinterest-like manner. Here is an incomplete…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

The Stoner Channel: Slugs vs Robots, Spider-Man vs Batman, and Ken Block Blows the Doors Off of SF

Gymkhana V That is some major league hoonin’ right meow. Exoids – Aristomenis Tsirbas And for all their advanced technologies, in the end, both slugs and machines were destroyed by their common enemy—salt. [Cartoon Brew] Weed May Help Obese Diabetics Burn More Fat “Metabolic Syndrome” is a deadly trifeca of diabetes, high blood pressure and…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

How Do You Use Your iPad? Mine Is My TV

Between the shows and movies available streaming on Netflix, and those on HBOGo, I consume more TV now, with my iPad, than I did a year ago, when I still had an actual TV and a cable bill to with it. The battery life is long enough for me to get through several hours of…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

AT&T Opens Up Watson Speech-Recognition Software API to App Developers

In a blog post today, AT&T SVP for technology and network operations John Donovan made the official announcement that the API for Watson (the company’s proprietary voice-recognition software that transcribes spoken words into text) are now open to and available for app developers to access. Donovan noted that Watson API can be used for app…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

This Bowl Will Always Be Exactly the Size You Need it to Be

The Stretchy Bowl is the easy-to-store fruit basin that never wants to disappoint. Composed of a white metal base (which requires minimal assembly) and a matching metal hoop wrapped in a layer of breathable, elastic fabric, this bowl is always the right size to accomodate your haul of produce. As you add more fruit to…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Scientists Say ‘God Particle’ May Be an Impostor

Last Wednesday everyone went crazy when CERN scientists announced proof of the existence of the Higgs boson, which theoretically gives us mass and holds the Universe together. Now, other physicists say that CERN may have found an impostor and not the popularly called God Particle. After analyzing the data collected at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

PSA: Accidentally Emailing a Nic Cage Picture Won’t Help Your Job Search

Online job boards and application hosting platforms have made seeking employment as easy and painless as such a thing can be. No longer is it necessary to pound the pavement, a fat pile of resumes tucked under one sweaty, unemployed arm. Now, submitting your resume for review can be done from the comfort of your…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Scientists use trout to unlock the secrets of magnetic cells

How to Run OnLive’s Remote Microsoft Office on OS X, For Free

New study shows that Facebook is not making us depressed after all

A First Look At The Brand New Comic Star Wars (With Darth Vader Illustrated By Alex Ross!)

Google Faces FTC’s Largest Ever Fine Over Safari Cookie Debacle

What would your ideal science fiction convention look like?

Massive Hobbit scroll shows off 10 gorgeous scenes from Peter Jackson’s movie

Being Obese Is Better Than Being Underweight

Major Casting Updates for The Wolverine, Catching Fire, Game of Thrones, American Horror Story, and Much More!

Stanley Cup Goals, Turned Into Song

Google Nexus Q Hacked to Run Android Launcher, Apps, Netflix

Kim Dotcom’s Extradition Hearing Pushed Back to March 2013

All-You-Can-Read Magazine App “Next Issue” Now Available for iOS

An Incomplete List of Discussion Topics from the Forums of Lady Gaga’s New Social Network

The Stoner Channel: Slugs vs Robots, Spider-Man vs Batman, and Ken Block Blows the Doors Off of SF

How Do You Use Your iPad? Mine Is My TV

AT&T Opens Up Watson Speech-Recognition Software API to App Developers

This Bowl Will Always Be Exactly the Size You Need it to Be

Scientists Say ‘God Particle’ May Be an Impostor

PSA: Accidentally Emailing a Nic Cage Picture Won’t Help Your Job Search

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