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The Origins and Evolution of the Strategy Board Game RISK

A game combining luck, strategy, and diplomacy, RISK brings together friends for a maniacal six hour adventure, where just setting up the game and strategically placing armies can take up to an hour. The fragile alliances that you make and break over the course of a game are key to the game’s popularity — along…

io9 Keith Veronese Mar 30 '12

Watch the History of April Fools Day

This Sunday is April’s Fools Day. Here’s a very interesting video showing the history of this silly day, which may have started in 1582. Still, do you know what’s the biggest calendar joke this year? This one. https://gizmodo.com/what-the-hell-happened-to-apples-attention-to-detail-5885346

Tech News Jesus Diaz Mar 30 '12

Two leaders of “Faster-Than-Light” Neutrino Team Resign

On the morning of September 22, 2011, OPERA spokesperson Antonio Ereditato announced to the world that members of the OPERA experiment had observed neutrinos traveling faster than the speed of light. The next day, experimental coordinator Dario Autiero presented the team’s findings at an internationally broadcasted presentation. Today, it is being reported that Ereditato and…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Mar 30 '12

A Treasure Trove of Cosplay from the Swinging 1970s [NSFW]

Science fiction and fantasy cosplay has changed a lot in the last 35 years. Back in the late 1970s, there weren’t very many rules, if any. And there certainly was nothing like a separate costuming fandom. There were also an awful lot of naked people (which eventually resulted in the only rule I ever remember…

io9 Ron Miller Mar 30 '12

This Card Shuffler Is Your The-House-Always-Wins Deal of the Day

Hey kids, gather ’round. I’ve got something important to share. In Macau, the Vegas of Asia, things are pretty much exactly the same as the original gambling Mecca – lots of people in pyjamas and loads of smoke. The same rules apply too. But I’m going to go out on a limb here, the food…

Tech News Andrew James Mar 30 '12

Foxconn Workers: Please Let Us Work More!

After the people Apple hired to clear its name wrote up a gloomy report of Foxconn working conditions, the manufacturer vowed to reform. First up: shorter, legal working days. But now these overworked workers want to keep overworking. What? https://gizmodo.com/overworked-and-in-danger-the-full-foxconn-labor-report-5897593 Foxconn says it’s going to bring its employees under the dictates of Chinese law, which…

Tech News Sam Biddle Mar 30 '12

This Ukrainian salt mine is like a tourist resort for morlocks

Or a spring break destination for CHUDs. In the Ukrainian town of Soledar, an unused salt mine 300 meters underground has become a tourist attraction thanks to its ornate passageways. A church, soccer arena, and sanitarium have been carved out of the salt, giving the mine the veneer of the Mines of Moria with high…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 30 '12

What Being Inside a Tornado Looks Like

If you’ve ever wondered what being inside the swirling terror of a tornado looks like, watch this video. It’s footage from a school bus that got trapped inside the destructive spin of the grey cyclone. It’s utterly terrifying. The tornado attacks quickly, so watch carefully. Once it hits the bus, it takes less than 10…

Tech News Casey Chan Mar 30 '12

NASA’s New Rocket Sled Looks Like a Lot of Fun

This is NASA’s latest project and it looks like a lot of fun. Built by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the US Naval Air Weapons Station at China Lake, California, this rocket sled on rails is designed “to replicate the forces a supersonic spacecraft would experience prior to landing.” It will allow NASA to test…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Mar 30 '12

The Nimble Empire: In Defense of Cable

One of the most fascinating stories of the last year has been the evolution of Amazon Prime. In exchange for a recurring fee, you get access to a huge, varied media library: movies, TV shows and books. And yeah, some of that content isn’t all that great, and even more isn’t stuff I would choose,…

Commerce Tim Carmody - Wired Mar 30 '12

So where did life on comets come from in the first place?

There’s an increasing body of evidence that suggests organic molecules that formed the origin of life on Earth got their start on meteors — but then how did the organic compounds get there to begin with? https://gizmodo.com/more-evidence-that-life-first-came-from-comets-5895604 Top image: Michael Jacger According to research published in Science Express, it may all go back to ice,…

io9 Tim Barribeau Mar 30 '12

Megaramps Suck, But This First-Ever Skateboard 1080 Is Cool

Megaramps. Giant wooden launch pads that professional aerialists like Danny Way and Bob Burnquist make their livings off of. As a longtime skateboarder, I have always resented the megaramp trend. Why? It reduces the subtleties and variety of skateboarding to mere spectacle. Who can launch the farthest from the biggest roll in? It turns skateboarders…

Tech News Michael Hession Mar 30 '12

10 Deadly Enemies that Humans Turned Into Servants

We hear a lot, in science fiction, about things that now serve us but will soon kill us. Like robots. But what about the reverse — things that used to kill us in droves, but now serve us? Predatory animals, microbes, and the elements themselves — they all held dominion over us. Once. Celebrate the…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Mar 30 '12

11 New Lives for Dead Tennis Balls—None of Which Involve Tennis

Old tennis balls may not be able to bounce around the court, but they can be incredibly handy around the house. Here are eleven second acts for the Wilsons. Just give the balls a chance. 1. Park perfectly. Tape the ball to a string and hang it from the garage ceiling so it touches the…

Tech News Brett Martin Mar 30 '12

And now, Robocop watching a woman take a shower

In this deleted scene from the Robocop 2 workprint, our metal hero gives a bathing police office a spot inspection. I realize this scene is supposed to mournfully symbolize Robocop’s lost humanity, but nonetheless — it is Robocop peeping with impunity. That’s odd behavior for him, even in a historical context. And here are some…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Mar 30 '12

NBA T-Shirts with Players’ Twitter Handles Are So Very Stupid and Wonderful

The NBA is making Twitter-themed t-shirts with a hashtag and the team’s logo on the front, and a star player’s Twitter handle on the back. It’s calling these “____ Has Handle.” They are impossibly stupid and ugly and horrific and oh my god I want one. But look, if you’re going to wear an absurd…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Mar 30 '12

New Evidence that Our Insecticides are Killing Off the Bees

We’ve all heard that bee populations are dwindling. Far less clear, however, is what’s actually causing the slump. Now, two studies have provided some of the most compelling evidence to date that a popular class of insecticides may be contributing strongly to the collapse. Scientists call the mysterious wasting-away of the the world’s bee populations…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Mar 30 '12

Cute Baby Sloth Photobombs a Group Picture

As desirable a lifestyle as sloths live, they’re hardly ever cute. This baby sloth however, is the cutest darn thing on the Internet. A group of students were taking a picture in Costa Rica when an upside down sloth crept into the shot and stayed there, giving the picture a hilarious photobomb. [NY Daily News]

Biology Casey Chan Mar 30 '12

The First Transhumans, or Why Doc Savage Lost His Superpowers

Transhumanism is a popular movement to convert ordinary humans into superhumans, using technology. For 20 years, transhumanism has been a favored topic of futurists, who see it as a possible salvation for humanity. But we’ve already seen one attempt at transhumanism, and it failed – badly. The Victorians and New Athleticism The British took great…

io9 Jess Nevins Mar 30 '12

Shooting Challenge: Spring

I know, not all of you have spring right now. Some live in different climates. Some of you just feel like spring happened a month ago. Regardless, for this week’s Shooting Challenge, try to capture the feeling of spring, again. https://gizmodo.com/264-stupendous-spring-wallpapers-5515261 The Challenge Take a photo that says “spring” to you. That first fracture of…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 30 '12

The Origins and Evolution of the Strategy Board Game RISK

Watch the History of April Fools Day

Two leaders of “Faster-Than-Light” Neutrino Team Resign

A Treasure Trove of Cosplay from the Swinging 1970s [NSFW]

This Card Shuffler Is Your The-House-Always-Wins Deal of the Day

Foxconn Workers: Please Let Us Work More!

This Ukrainian salt mine is like a tourist resort for morlocks

What Being Inside a Tornado Looks Like

NASA’s New Rocket Sled Looks Like a Lot of Fun

The Nimble Empire: In Defense of Cable

So where did life on comets come from in the first place?

Megaramps Suck, But This First-Ever Skateboard 1080 Is Cool

10 Deadly Enemies that Humans Turned Into Servants

11 New Lives for Dead Tennis Balls—None of Which Involve Tennis

And now, Robocop watching a woman take a shower

NBA T-Shirts with Players’ Twitter Handles Are So Very Stupid and Wonderful

New Evidence that Our Insecticides are Killing Off the Bees

Cute Baby Sloth Photobombs a Group Picture

The First Transhumans, or Why Doc Savage Lost His Superpowers

Shooting Challenge: Spring

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