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This Flying Clown Fish Is Your Enormous-Hovering-Zepplin-Of-Fun Deal of the Day

Blimps never really caught on, did they? Tragic, since they would have been great; enormous floating people-movers streaming through our cities. Congestion-free streets. No road repair work ever again. Just large, silent, air-swimming glide-o-matics taking you up above the city on your commute, and never spending another dark day elbowing your way through the subway…

Tech News Andrew James

Google Drive, iCloud, Dropbox and More Compared: What’s the Best Cloud Option?

Now that Google Drive is finally here and you can use it, the first question is simple: Is it better than the cloud service you’re already using (or maybe considering using)? We haven’t had the chance to put Google Drive through the wringer quite yet, but we can compare it to the competition on paper.…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Teens Are So Desperate for Alcohol They’re Chugging Hand Sanitizer (Update: Video)

Los Angeles-area hospitals are reporting a terrifying new trend amongst teens: They’re using hand sanitizer—and not the good way that results in germ-free fingers. Kids are getting dangerously hammered on the stuff. What happened to the good old days when just a little filched church wine was good enough to do the job? According to…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

In the Return of the Jedi novel, Wicket the Ewok delivered an unusually beautiful speech

If you’ve ever seen Return of the Jedi, you probably walked away with the impression that the Ewoks are only capable of hoots, hollers, and the occasional “yub nub.” Such was not the case in the 1983 novelization of the film, wherein Wicket the Ewok convinces the Ewoks to aid the Rebels with a galvanizing…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Here Are the 61 Organizations With Permission To Fly Drones

The FAA has released a list of all the organizations in the U.S. that are allowed to fly drones. There’s 61 of them, and while it includes the players you’d expect, there are also a lot of random ones that somehow made it. The list has been made public as a result of a Freedom…

Tech News Leslie Horn

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

Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight Lightning Review: This Is the Best eReader You Can Buy

The Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch is the best eReader on the market. The new Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight is the same device, with an improvement. (Can you guess what it is?) If you’re thinking of getting your first eReader, start here. https://gizmodo.com/barnes-and-noble-simple-touch-nook-review-the-e-reader-5807381 What Is It? An eInk reader with a built-in lighted…

Reviews Kyle Wagner

Read the first chapter of Mira Grant’s Blackout right here, right now!

At long last, it’s the third book of Mira Grant’s Newsflesh trilogy. You’ve followed the zombie apocalypse and the blogger drama in Feed and Deadline, and now it’s time to find out how it ends. We’re proud to present the first chapter of Blackout, the final chapter in the trilogy, below. Warning: There are huge…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Mathematic Proof That The Universe Had A Beginning

There are probably more theories floating around to explain the birth, life and death of the universe than for any other scientific concept. Some scientists champion the idea of the Big Bang that created everything around us, others postulate that that we live in a steady state universe with no beginning or end. Now, math…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe

Neil Gaiman and a dead Boba Fett make their mark on Wednesday’s comics

What’s on the stands tomorrow? Let’s start with Wednesday’s crop of first issues. Some sundry debuts on the stands this Wednesday include the superhero fisticuffs series Avengers Vs. X-Men: Versus (more on that here), Mass Effect: Homeworlds , Vampirella: Red Room, and Star Wars: Blood Ties – Boba Fett Is Dead. You can check out…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

How the Space Miners Will Bring Trillions of Dollars to Earth

A group of billionaires and former NASA scientists is now unveiling the first asteroid mining company in history. They claim they will “add trillions of dollars to the global GDP” and “help ensure humanity’s prosperity” by mining asteroids for rare metals like gold and platinum. https://gizmodo.com/new-space-mining-company-unveils-plans-to-bring-asteroi-5904589 Their objective is to “harness resources from passing-by asteroids”.…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

10 Most Unconvincing Romances in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Many of science fiction and fantasy’s most epic stories are also great love stories. Love is the ultimate mystery, and a huge motivation for many of our favorite characters. But sometimes, even with warp drives and magic flying horses, the hardest part of a fantastical story to believe in… is the romance. https://gizmodo.com/science-fictions-10-most-epic-love-stories-5466295 When creators…

io9 Marykate Jasper, Jennifer Griffith and Charlie Jane Anders

This Incredible Video Shows All Roads, Air, and Shipping Routes on the Entire Planet

Scientists are thinking about starting a new geological era: the Anthropocene, the period of geological, environmental and biological transformation of the planet by humans. Cities, towns, shipping routes, global roads and air networks are all changing Earth. This video shows the extent of this change. https://gizmodo.com/the-map-of-human-impact-on-planet-earth-5817121 The new era’s name (anthropo- means human and -cene…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The io9 Book Club Is in Session! Let’s talk about His Majesty’s Dragon.

Welcome to the monthly meeting of the io9 Book Club. In April, we read Naomi Novik’s Her Majesty’s Dragon. It’s the first novel in her Temeraire series — the latest, Crucible of Gold, just came out. Jump into comments to get started talking about it! For those unfamiliar with the io9 book club, here’s how…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Never Underestimate the Power of a Strong Title Sequence

An amazing opening-credit sequence can really immerse an audience, setting the tone for the entire film. PBS’s Off Book series showcases the designers behind such films as Seven, Blue Valentine, and Mad Men. Watch the video to hear their approach to such a specific, but important, aspect of filmmaking. [YouTube / PBS va Laughing Squid]

Tech News Michael Hession

What Is Google Drive?

Google has finally taken the lid off of the long-rumored Google Drive, giving you another option for stashing your stuff in the cloud. But what is it, exactly? https://gizmodo.com/googles-cloud-storage-could-launch-in-the-coming-weeks-5883648 The Dropbox-dominated cloud storage space has become increasingly crowded. Microsoft’s SkyDrive, Apple’s iCloud, Evernote, and Box are all contending for your content. But Google Drive might…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Shooting Challenge: Black & White 3

Laying on the ground getting my 8 year old Boxer Taja to cooperate as my neighbors stare at me I snapped this picture. I had a lot of fun and always enjoy the shooting challenges. Not much of a story surrounding it really. I have only had my camera for about 3 months but carry…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

What if The Avengers came out in 1978?

Then they would be fighting KISS obviously. Hey, they were part of the Marvel Comics roster! I can also appreciate how they used Exo-Man as a stand-in for Iron Man. And Loki, as Paul Lynde from Hollywood Squares! Yeah, this is priceless. https://gizmodo.com/kiss-vs-doctor-doom-is-the-best-and-or-worst-comic-you-5711513 https://gizmodo.com/10-deranged-scifi-tv-shows-that-lasted-about-as-long-as-5774460 [Via Nerdcore]

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Shooting Challenge: Black & White 1

Hi Giz, Here is my submission for the Blank and White photo contest. April 19, 2012 was my 33rd birthday, so like anyone celebrating a none milestone birthday I went out for a beer or 2 and dinner with some friends. Well a few hours later, I got a really bad case of food poisoning…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Gorgeous Modern Rocking Horse Is Reason Enough To Have Kids

The crying, the diapers, the terrible twos, the teenage angst—these are all valid reasons not to have kids. But they’re all rendered moot when you realize young’ns are an excuse to buy beautiful items like this Rocky rocking horse made just for children. Designed by Marc Newson for a company called Magis, the un-inspiringly named…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

This Flying Clown Fish Is Your Enormous-Hovering-Zepplin-Of-Fun Deal of the Day

Google Drive, iCloud, Dropbox and More Compared: What’s the Best Cloud Option?

Teens Are So Desperate for Alcohol They’re Chugging Hand Sanitizer (Update: Video)

In the Return of the Jedi novel, Wicket the Ewok delivered an unusually beautiful speech

Here Are the 61 Organizations With Permission To Fly Drones

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

Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight Lightning Review: This Is the Best eReader You Can Buy

Read the first chapter of Mira Grant’s Blackout right here, right now!

Mathematic Proof That The Universe Had A Beginning

Neil Gaiman and a dead Boba Fett make their mark on Wednesday’s comics

How the Space Miners Will Bring Trillions of Dollars to Earth

10 Most Unconvincing Romances in Science Fiction and Fantasy

This Incredible Video Shows All Roads, Air, and Shipping Routes on the Entire Planet

The io9 Book Club Is in Session! Let’s talk about His Majesty’s Dragon.

Never Underestimate the Power of a Strong Title Sequence

What Is Google Drive?

Shooting Challenge: Black & White 3

What if The Avengers came out in 1978?

Shooting Challenge: Black & White 1

Gorgeous Modern Rocking Horse Is Reason Enough To Have Kids

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