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The First Look at Mars’ Ocean

We knew there was water in abundance on Mars, but we never saw its ocean. This is it, as uncovered by strong new evidence found over the course of two years by the MARSIS radar on board ESA’s Mars Express. Before this discovery, scientists suspected what could have been the shorelines of such ocean. However,…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Google Could Soon Help You See the World Like Iron Man

Iron Man’s HUD display is one of the cooler effects in sci-fi movies, and Google X is apparently pretty darn close to cramming similar tech in a pair of glasses you can buy in the real world. A 9to5google tipster got to see a prototype pair, and says that they look similar to Oakley Thumps…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

How the Beauty of Symmetry Applies To Even the Super Bowl

Instead of breaking down how much force and energy is applied during a tackle, Minute Physics takes a look at the role of scientific symmetry in yesterday’s big game. A nice departure from the typical scientific breakdowns of the sport. It might not be as obvious to spot as the symmetry occurring in nature, but…

Physics & Chemistry Andrew Liszewski

The Biologist Behind One of the Strangest Feuds in Scientific History

Atrazine is an herbicide marketed by agribusiness company Syngenta. It has been shown to “chemically castrate” frogs, turning males into females that are capable of rearing offspring; it is associated with birth defects, low birth weights, and menstrual problems in humans; and its use has been outright banned by the European Union. It is also…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Shure SRH-940 Headphones Lightning Review: Serious Bang for the Buck

Shure has been killing it for years with their line of professional in-ear monitors. In 2010, it turned its attention to full-sized headphones. Does the SRH-940, their latest and greatest closed-back model, earn its keep? What Is It? Shure’s SRH-940 headphones are the company’s $300 flagship, closed-back, over-the-ear headphones. Who’s it For? In addition to…

Reviews Adrian Covert

Even Knitting Needles Are Awesome in Space

Even the most mundane objects and experiences seem to become totally amazing up in space. Like, say, this knitting needle that’s been charged with static electricity interacting with tiny droplets of water. Combine the electric charge with the velocity of the droplet, and the result is a gravity-like orbit of the water around the needle.…

Space & Spaceflight Michael Hession

Scammers Use Impostor Apps to Flood the Android Marketplace With Malware

Android apps such as Jetpack Joyride, Madden NFL 12, Pinterest and Batman Arkham City Lockdown are rife with malware. But these aren’t the official apps. No, they’re merely impostor apps that have snuck past the security gates of the Android Market. According to Android Police, a scam outfit calling itself Rovio Mobile Ltd. (yes, it’s…

Tech News Adrian Covert

I Want These Rave Gloves So I Can Blow My Kid’s Mind

Okay, my rave days are long, long over. But I still want some of these EmazingLights gloves that the dude in this video has (who is apparently and unfortunately named Skidz) because I’m sure they would blow my one-year-old’s mind. When I was going to raves people wore white gloves, without the lit up fingertips.…

Tech News Mat Honan

Fukushima Crisis Awakes After Reactor Heats Up Mysteriously

Just when you thought it was over, the temperature at reactor number 2 at Fukushima’s nuclear plant has soared 26.7 degrees Celsius in the last few hours. Worse: they don’t know why the temperature is increasing after being stabilized for so long. https://jezebel.com/the-complete-japan-crisis-timeline-live-updates-5780998 The reactor reached 164 degrees Fahrenheit (73.3 degrees Celsius) after being stabilized…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Meet the tiny “bomber” worm that uses glowing decoys to escape predators

This awesome photo is of a newly discovered deep sea worm, Swima fulgida. Measuring just over an inch long, this little guy lives 9,000 feet underwater and escapes predators by flinging homemade “bombs” at its enemies. This is one of two new species discovered by researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. The creature uses…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Nooka Gallery

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Tech News Roberto Baldwin

Press-To-Open Keyring Just Blew My Mind (And Saved My Fingernails)

I’m really sorry dress pant sweatpants, but there’s only room in my heart for one amazing invention at a time, and you’ve just been replaced by these brilliant Free Key rings that open with a simple press. https://gizmodo.com/goodbye-sliced-bread-dress-pant-sweatpants-officially-5879654 I consider myself a fairly dexterous individual, but I’d rather be tasked with finding Atlantis than putting…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Every Amazing Detail from 5 Super Bowl Trailers — Including the Avengers‘ New Foes!

Last night we saw a ton of new movie trailers during the Super Bowl — including one amazing long look at The Avengers. We rounded up all the spots and stripped them of all their secrets in this five-part gallery. See what the aliens in Battleship look like, get a better look at a lady…

io9 Meredith Woerner and Charlie Jane Anders

This 8-bit Pixel Cube Construction Set Is Your Crate Deal of the Day

The Super Bowl is a national extravaganzaculturafanfreakingtasia. You’re forced to pay attention. Even if you don’t pay attention, you know you’re not paying attention so you still technically paid a little bit of attention (shout out to the people who really don’t pay attention though). And if you don’t like impossibly athletic giants who are…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals

Icelandic lake monster spotted slithering through ice

Cameraman Hjörtur Kjerúlf captured this video of the Lagarfljótsormurinn (or Lagarfljóts Worm) wending its way through its home in Lake Lagarfljót. This creature has been sighted on and off since 1345 and possesses an origin straight out of one of Hellboy’s less exciting adventures. Explains The Iceland Review: According to legend, it was at first…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Firefighter Rescues Man from Stuck Elevator, Both Immediately Get Trapped in Another Elevator

Getting stuck in an elevator’s rare, but you assume the experience would fall somewhere between the opening of Speed and a late-night Cinemax flick. A Chicago man turn it into Groundhog Day when, after being rescued from one elevator, he promptly got stuck in another on the way back down to safety. https://gizmodo.com/groundhog-day-the-movie-it-makes-sense-to-watch-over-a-5881807 Firefighters initially…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

A Watch That Helps You Stop Watching the Clock

Days fly by no matter what, and if you’re the type of stressed-out person who’s always counting every second, sometimes a watch just makes you feel worse. Denis Guidone’s “Sometimes” watch is intentionally disorienting, which might actually ameliorate your anxiety. The watch’s face is all black and it has no numbers on it, which makes…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

NASA is too poor to help Europe go to Mars

This is devastating news. The BBC is reporting that ExoMars — a joint program between NASA and the European Space Agency with Martian missions scheduled for 2016 and 2018 — is on the ropes, owing to America’s budgetary woes. Is this the first scientific casualty of the 2013 budget cuts? For those of you unfamiliar…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Purify Your Water With a Burnt Stick

It uses the same principle as your Brita filter to purify water, but Black+Blum’s Eau Good bottle does it with way more style using a stick of charcoal that’s always visible through the bottle’s lovely curves. Known as Binchotan, the black stick is a type of carbon made from tree branches, which the Japanese have…

Health Andrew Liszewski

Anonymous May Have Completely Destroyed This Military Law Firm

Anonymous’ gutting of Puckett & Faraj, the firm that defended the Marines behind the Haditha Killing, might have been more than a major embarrassment. The hack attack might have killed the group entirely. https://gizmodo.com/anonymous-leaks-marine-corps-massacre-case-updated-5882057 In an email released by Anonymous in the wake of the attack—suggesting they still had their hands inside the attorneys’ bowels…

Tech News Sam Biddle

The First Look at Mars’ Ocean

Google Could Soon Help You See the World Like Iron Man

How the Beauty of Symmetry Applies To Even the Super Bowl

The Biologist Behind One of the Strangest Feuds in Scientific History

Shure SRH-940 Headphones Lightning Review: Serious Bang for the Buck

Even Knitting Needles Are Awesome in Space

Scammers Use Impostor Apps to Flood the Android Marketplace With Malware

I Want These Rave Gloves So I Can Blow My Kid’s Mind

Fukushima Crisis Awakes After Reactor Heats Up Mysteriously

Meet the tiny “bomber” worm that uses glowing decoys to escape predators

Nooka Gallery

Press-To-Open Keyring Just Blew My Mind (And Saved My Fingernails)

Every Amazing Detail from 5 Super Bowl Trailers — Including the Avengers‘ New Foes!

This 8-bit Pixel Cube Construction Set Is Your Crate Deal of the Day

Icelandic lake monster spotted slithering through ice

Firefighter Rescues Man from Stuck Elevator, Both Immediately Get Trapped in Another Elevator

A Watch That Helps You Stop Watching the Clock

NASA is too poor to help Europe go to Mars

Purify Your Water With a Burnt Stick

Anonymous May Have Completely Destroyed This Military Law Firm

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