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New 3D Images Let Doctors See What Causes an Irregular Heartbeat

A healthy heart beats evenly as a metronome, sending oxygen-rich blood to your organs and appendages. But if your ticker’s rhythm isn’t so even, it can lead to fibrillation—rapid, unsynchronized contraction of the muscles that impedes the delivery of blood around the body. However, scientists at the University of Manchester have developed a new technique…

Tech News Leslie Horn Apr 26 '12

Is this woman the future of Hollywood Science Fiction?

You may have seen female cult leader Brit Marling luring her special flock of followers into her creepy basement in indie darling Sound of My Voice. But this two-time scifi screenwriter (Sound of My Voice and Another Earth) is more than just an actor and the face of indie SF. It’s only a matter of…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 26 '12

This Toilet Is the Perfect Place To Sit When Perched On a Glass Floor Over a 15 Story Shaft

So what do you do when the penthouse atop the 15 story building you’re renovating has a small unused space that was originally constructed as a shaft for a second elevator? Well, if you’re the architects at Hernandez Silva, you turn it into a glass-floored bathroom that would give professional Hollywood stuntpersons second thoughts about…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 26 '12

Opera Has the Power to Raise the Devil, in Mary Gentle’s Spellbinding New Novel

Mary Gentle is one of the most under-appreciated authors in the U.S. — but the British author’s latest novel might finally be the one to introduce Americans to her deft touch. In Black Opera, Gentle approaches opera and her alternate Italy with the same care and style as her previous novels such as Ash, for…

Books & Comics Naamen Tilahun Apr 26 '12

Hi, My Name Is Molly and I’m Addicted to Browser Tabs

We need to talk about my addiction to opening browser tabs. And leaving them open. Because maybe it’s your addiction, too. Right now I have 16 tabs open, of which four are actively being used. The remaining 12 are split between a) pages I need to reference for something I’m not working on right now…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Apr 26 '12

Freezing glass may shed light on a great mystery in mathematics

The way in which disorderly systems like glasses freeze could shed light on one of the greatest enigmas in mathematics today. The mystery in question concerns prime numbers, which are essentially the elementary particles of arithmetic — a prime number such as 2 is divisible only by 1 and itself, while a composite number such…

io9 Charles Choi Apr 26 '12

Fringe gets a fifth and final season

We’ll get to see the final chapter of the saga of Walter, Walternate and the Observers after all. Fringe has been renewed for an astounding fifth season of 13 episodes — just enough to bring the show up to 100 episodes. Says Fox’s Kevin Reilly: Fringe is a remarkably creative series that has set the…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Apr 26 '12

FTC Hires Ace Prosecutor for Google Antitrust Case

The FTC has signaled it means business in its proceedings against Google for antitrust violations. For the first time in five years, the agency has hired an outside litigator to lead their prosecution—no, it’s not Harvey Birdman. The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it has hired Beth Wilkinson—the lead US prosecutor in the OK…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 26 '12

For $4500, You Can Drive Around in a Giant Milk Carton and Cereal Bowl

An Oakland-based Burning Man vet is selling this absurd “Mutant Vehicle/Art Car,” on Craigslist—fashioned in the likeness of a milk carton and cereal bowl—and has chopped down the price in hopes that some ambitious soul will buy and haul it over to Burning Man this year. The 1992 Ford Explorer was first created for the…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Apr 26 '12

How Women’s Eyes Are Different From Men’s

The idea that men and women see the world in different ways may be physically true… at least a little bit. It turns out the pupil — the black spot where light comes into the eye — appears wider in women than men, findings that could turn out to be linked with beauty and attraction.…

io9 Charles Choi Apr 26 '12

Why Hunger Games Is The New Little House on the Prairie

At a recent New York panel on historical young adult fiction, a group of authors and moderators began by insisting that reports of the subgenre’s death were greatly exaggerated. And yet, the truism that historical fiction is dead to teenagers is widespread in the industry. Anyone who has walked into a bookshop lately knows that…

Books & Comics Michael Ann Dobbs Apr 26 '12

Quirky Stem Lightning Review: Stab a Fruit and Spray its Juice

Sometimes a little lime or lemon juice is the perfect way to garnish a salad, accent a piece of fish, or flavor a glass of ice water. Go to cut it, though, and you either blast citric acid in your eye or sprinkle seeds in your food. With Quirky’s Stem, getting a spritz is as…

Reviews Andrew Liszewski Apr 26 '12

Privacy-Killing CISPA Bill Passes House

CISPA, a terrible bill that would let websites hand over your personal data to the government with little oversight, just passed the U.S. House of Representatives. That’s not good. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-cispa-5905360 Although the vote was scheduled for tomorrow, in something of a surprise, it took place today, and passed the House 248-168. The bill is still…

Privacy & Security Mat Honan and Brian Barrett Apr 26 '12

It’s Now Easier to Be Shot to Death by a Drone in Yemen

The US loves killing people in Pakistan with drones because it’s cheap and easy, and now it will also be cheap and easy in Yemen. Why? The government just relaxed its own rules. It was so simple all along! The Wall Street Journal reports that the “Obama administration has given the Central Intelligence Agency and…

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 26 '12

Fold Out Emergency Chair Hides Inside a Monolithic End Table

Never make a guest sit on an uncomfortable metal folding chair again with this exquisite emergency seat designed by d-Vision. It stays hidden in your living room, unfolding like an origami puzzle from a minimalist side table when needed. The catch? Even though the design firm has concocted a whole line of comfy looking furniture,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 26 '12

Analytical thinking really does reduce your belief in God

Does God exist or not? That question may never be answered to everyone’s satisfaction — but the question of why people become religious might be. Scientists found a way to meddle with the level of analytical thought people used, and in turn were able to influence the strength of people’s religious beliefs. Top image: CowGummy…

io9 Charles Choi Apr 26 '12

Google Glasses Make Their First TV Appearance on Charlie Rose

Much hoopla has been made over Google’s Project Glass, and on Wednesday’s Charlie Rose, we finally got a glimpse of the specs in action when Google Fellow and Stanford Professor Sebastian Thrun wore them throughout his interview and put them to work. While casually chatting up Rose, Thrun revealed that he had uploaded an image…

Tech News Michael Hession Apr 26 '12

The Ultimate Guide to This Summer’s Science Fiction and Fantasy TV

With Eureka and Game of Thrones already up and running, what else can we look forward to this summer season to keep us out of the terrible, evil sun? We’ve compiled all the new summer TV shows and returning series all in one post, for easier DVR planning. What are you more excited about: Falling…

io9 Meredith Woerner Apr 26 '12

Pick: Meet the Instagram of Japan

For some, the novelty of Instagram might eventually wear off. There are only so many ways to improve your mostly mediocre pictures. But Pick builds on the idea of altering your photos with filters and adds some extra features with an awesome twist. What does it do? Made by Japanese company Naver, Pick lets you…

Tech News Leslie Horn Apr 26 '12

Watching 56 Star Trek episodes all at once is strangely hypnotic

It turns out that watching the first two seasons of original Star Trek all at once is kind of addictive. Really, try it. You won’t be able to look away. It’s something about the way the theme tune comes on pane by pane, in staggered increments, so that the soaring opera wail appears over and…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Apr 26 '12

New 3D Images Let Doctors See What Causes an Irregular Heartbeat

Is this woman the future of Hollywood Science Fiction?

This Toilet Is the Perfect Place To Sit When Perched On a Glass Floor Over a 15 Story Shaft

Opera Has the Power to Raise the Devil, in Mary Gentle’s Spellbinding New Novel

Hi, My Name Is Molly and I’m Addicted to Browser Tabs

Freezing glass may shed light on a great mystery in mathematics

Fringe gets a fifth and final season

FTC Hires Ace Prosecutor for Google Antitrust Case

For $4500, You Can Drive Around in a Giant Milk Carton and Cereal Bowl

How Women’s Eyes Are Different From Men’s

Why Hunger Games Is The New Little House on the Prairie

Quirky Stem Lightning Review: Stab a Fruit and Spray its Juice

Privacy-Killing CISPA Bill Passes House

It’s Now Easier to Be Shot to Death by a Drone in Yemen

Fold Out Emergency Chair Hides Inside a Monolithic End Table

Analytical thinking really does reduce your belief in God

Google Glasses Make Their First TV Appearance on Charlie Rose

The Ultimate Guide to This Summer’s Science Fiction and Fantasy TV

Pick: Meet the Instagram of Japan

Watching 56 Star Trek episodes all at once is strangely hypnotic

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