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This “women in science” outreach video is so godawful it hurts

This video, released yesterday by the European Commission, is supposed to promote women in science… so why does it feel like a cosmetics commercial? (Seriously. Watch it. The male gaze is strong with this one.) European Commission spokesman Michael Jennings chalks it up to its appeal in focus groups, telling Radio Free Europe: We know…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Celebrate Alan Turing’s 100th Birthday With a Turing Machine Google Doodle

If Alan Turing Were Still Alive today, he would have turned 100 tomorrow. Or if he lived in Australia, he’d be 100 right now. That’s why the Aussie iteration of Google is paying tribute to the pioneering computer genius with a Google Doodle that simulates the behavior of a Turning machine. Turing conceived of his…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Those who forget history are doomed to have it reenacted by vampires: Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter

As Americans, we are expected to be optimistic. We look to the future, and the vista of endless progress — but we’re still haunted by the past, including the stuff we brought with us from the Old World. And vampires perfectly represent this great national tension. They’re going to live forever (just like Fame!) but…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

For the Price of a Decent Meal, You Can Dine on the Moon

Fine china and other dinnerware are fine, I suppose, but they’re also a little bit boring, no? Where’s the fun? Where’s the imagination? Why not toss in a serving bowl fashioned in the likeness of the moon? The inhernetly grayscale nature of the moon means that you can stick this thing in your house and…

Space & Spaceflight Adrian Covert

Your Spidey Sense Ain’t Got Nothin’ on These Early Warning Systems

The days of putting your ear to the ground detect approaching cavalry are over. Now nations sport systems like the Iron Dome, THAAD radar, and these nine all-seeing early warning systems from our friends at Oobject. Really, there’s no use hiding. https://gizmodo.com/israels-iron-dome-intercepts-incoming-rocket-threats-5914690 If you can’t see them coming a mile away already, be sure to…

Tech News David Galbraith - Oobject.com

Whoa, Mars might have as much water underground as Earth does

If you’re planning on helping to colonize Mars, you’ll be thrilled to hear that a recent analysis of Martian meteorites indicates that there may be more water on Mars than we previously thought — a lot more. Scientists now think that the amount of water that’s underground on Mars could rival that of Earth. The…

io9 George Dvorsky

You Can Hear Dolby’s New 64-Speaker Audio in Pixar’s Brave

This weekend, the world will get its first chance to experience the latest sounds from the cinema audio nerds at Dolby. Pixar’s new animated feature, Brave, is the first film to use Dolby’s new Atmos technology, which makes 7.1 sound on Toy Story 3 seem pathetic. https://gizmodo.com/dolbys-new-atmos-system-will-pipe-128-channels-of-audio-5904802 The new technology allows sound designers to mix…

Movies Mario Aguilar

Our Summer Must-Read Book List, Plus Kim Stanley Robinson Tells All

This week on the io9 show, we share our summer science fiction must-read list — so you can escape to other worlds when you hit the beach. We also interview Kim Stanley Robinson about his brand new book, 2312. You can catch more episodes of the io9 Show on YouTube or Revision3. We’re also on…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Why NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover Landing Will Be Seven Minutes of Absolute Terror

On August 5, NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover will touch down on the surface of the Red Planet. Or that’s what we all hope, because it will be the craziest landing in the history of space exploration. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-next-mars-rover-5789639 The landing sequence alone requires six vehicle configurations, 76 pyrotechnic devices, the largest supersonic parachute ever built, and…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Tweetbot’s Coming to Mac; Here’s Your First Look

Under the guise of praising the new MacBook Pro’s gorgeous retina display, Tapbots’ Mark Jardine just confirmed the existence of the Tweetbot Mac app. He was lauding the pretty screen, posting a picture that showed Tweetbot for OS X open on his laptop. When asked later, he wouldn’t say anything directly about the client, but…

Tech News Leslie Horn

10 Law Enforcement Careers That You Can Have in the Future

In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate but equally important groups. But in the future? We’re going to need more groups than that. There are going to be a lot of new opportunities for crime, and that will mean a whole bunch of new policing jobs. Here are 10 jobs…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

This Blade-Thin Carbon Fiber Table Looks Like It Might Fall Over

If you want to make your guests feel very uncomfortable sit them down at this absurd dinning room table. The 12-foot-long carbon fiber table only stands up on one leg. How is that even possible? The ostentatiously-named Monolito and Megalito by British designer Jules Sturgess looks mighty precarious. But its dramatic, angled design is actually…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

More evidence that a drink (or two) won’t hurt your unborn baby

While going off on a tequila bender is decidedly not a good thing if you’re carrying an unborn child, there’s an increasing body of evidence that suggest low to moderate drinking might not be the worst thing imaginable for your baby. A cohort of five papers have just been published from Denmark, looking at maternal…

io9 Tim Barribeau

Facebook Just Stole an Apple Design Guru

One of Apple’s top interface talents, frogdesign veteran and UI Design Manager Chris Weeldreyer, just jumped ship. And he’s paddling straight for the muscular, Poseidon-like arms of Mark Zuckerberg. Is Facebook about to become beautiful? 9to5Mac points out Weeldreyer has some serious design clout under his well-designed belt (we’re assuming it’s well-designed): He is listed…

Tech News Sam Biddle

What happens when our robot soldiers go rogue? Watch the impressive Prototype trailer now!

The folks behind Act of Valor are going scifi. Check out their first trailer for their mandroid film The Prototype. So far, this looks good! The movie follows a humanoid robot — who appears to be linked with his government scientist creator in some way — who escapes from its cargo hold and goes “rogue.”…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

This OS X Wallpaper Knows Where You Are

Satellite Eyes is a smart OS X app that changes you desktop wallpaper to an aerial view of where you are, each time you change locations. So when you load up your laptop in midtown Manhattan, you might glimpse the Empire State Building. Then when you go home to Brooklyn, you’ll see… lots of industrial…

Tech News Leslie Horn

This is what a cyborg looked like in 1964

On May 3, 1964, The Miami News ran this fanciful illustration of the man-machine of tomorrow, abutting this article explaining why plastic-organed cyborgs will not land on the Moon. (Short answer: cost, reality, human spirit blabbity-blah.) I adore the now-anachronistic accessories like the tape-recorder ears and the movie camera eyes. He’s like Inspector Gadget, but…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

All Cramped Apartments Should Have Furniture That Hides in a Bookshelf

If you live in a small apartment, you know how valuable space is. And for the vast majority of people, having a dining room set is necessary, but ultimately space consuming. What if you could easily tuck it away somewhere when you needed more space? Orla Reynolds’ “As If From Nowhere” furniture set takes a…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Brave shows how to create a brand new fairy tale from scratch

Pop culture is obsessed with fairy tales right now. But it’s all retreads of the same few stories from the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen — and not even the original, dark-as-hell stories, but rather the warmed-over Disneyfied versions. Where are the people creating brand new fairy tales from scratch? And why don’t these…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

NASA’s Morpheus Lander Could Use Space Waste to Make Its Own Fuel

Conventional rocket fuel—mostly ammonium perchlorate and aluminum—is difficult stuff to come by when you’re on, say, the Moon. So we’ll need to develop flexible alternative fuels if we ever want escape the backwoods of the solar system. Luckily, NASA’s green engine test rig, the Morpheus Lander, is doing just that. The Morpheus Lander is an…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Tarantola

This “women in science” outreach video is so godawful it hurts

Celebrate Alan Turing’s 100th Birthday With a Turing Machine Google Doodle

Those who forget history are doomed to have it reenacted by vampires: Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter

For the Price of a Decent Meal, You Can Dine on the Moon

Your Spidey Sense Ain’t Got Nothin’ on These Early Warning Systems

Whoa, Mars might have as much water underground as Earth does

You Can Hear Dolby’s New 64-Speaker Audio in Pixar’s Brave

Our Summer Must-Read Book List, Plus Kim Stanley Robinson Tells All

Why NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover Landing Will Be Seven Minutes of Absolute Terror

Tweetbot’s Coming to Mac; Here’s Your First Look

10 Law Enforcement Careers That You Can Have in the Future

This Blade-Thin Carbon Fiber Table Looks Like It Might Fall Over

More evidence that a drink (or two) won’t hurt your unborn baby

Facebook Just Stole an Apple Design Guru

What happens when our robot soldiers go rogue? Watch the impressive Prototype trailer now!

This OS X Wallpaper Knows Where You Are

This is what a cyborg looked like in 1964

All Cramped Apartments Should Have Furniture That Hides in a Bookshelf

Brave shows how to create a brand new fairy tale from scratch

NASA’s Morpheus Lander Could Use Space Waste to Make Its Own Fuel

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