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The next time you’re stranded on an island with only one food source, make sure it’s breast milk

What would happen if you tried to survive on just one type of food? The short answer: you would die. Of course, how you died (organ failure, muscle-wasting, rapidly spreading pustular wounds… some combination thereof) would depend entirely on which type of food you decided to ride out your last weeks/months/years of life consuming. Unless…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 27 '12

It’s Time to Rethink Steampunk

Once upon a time, not so long ago, everybody agreed what the label “steampunk” referred to. But now the term is being used to refer to all sorts of entertainments, from future history to adventures on other planets. Is it time to rethink what steampunk means? As recently as 2005, F. Brett Cox’s entry in…

io9 Jess Nevins Jan 27 '12

How the puffer fish gets you high, zombifies you, and kills you

Puffer fish, or fugu, is well-known for being a dish that stands a good chance of killing the person it’s served to. But people still eat it — partly because some people like living life on the edge, but mostly because all people like getting high. Find out how the puffer fish helps them get…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jan 27 '12

What Playing in a Dog Park Looks Like from a Dog’s Point of View (Hint: Awesome)

I’ve always wondered what the world looks like from a dog’s point of view. After watching this video, now I know. Kelsey Wynn outfitted his Great Dane, Bishop, with a GoPro and took him to the dog park to play. You get to see everything Bishop’s see and it looks so freaking fun. Wynn attached…

Biology Casey Chan Jan 27 '12

The Best Time to Change All Your Passwords

February 1 is change your password day. But don’t make it a one-time thing. Password changing should be a routine you practice regularly. Like hand-washing, or trolling Facebook. Especially ones you’ve shared. https://gizmodo.com/february-1-is-change-your-password-day-5879669 There are all kinds of obvious times to change your password: if an account has been hacked, if mysterious charges apear on…

Privacy & Security Mat Honan Jan 27 '12

This Centimeter of Dried Glue Is Apparently Worth Thousands of Dollars

This glob of dried glue kind of looks like Homer Simpson. Kind of. The thing is that this insignificant blip in the scheme of humanity is about to sell on eBay UK for a metric crap ton. It’s at £151,000 with two days to go. Let’s be real here. Crazy stuff happens on eBay all…

Tech News Lily Hay Newman Jan 27 '12

The iLuv Alarm Clock with iPod Dock and Bed Shaker Is Your BEEP-BEEP-WAKE-THE-F*&K-UP Deal of the Day

I know that my alarm clock is the devil. It doesn’t matter which physical clock I’m using. There’s a spirit that moves from clock radio to cellphone to travel clock and channels evil at my motionless body. My subconscious is so sure of this that it wakes me a few minutes before the alarm goes…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals Jan 27 '12

Meet the galaxy’s 26 newest planets

Chalk another one up to NASA’s Kepler Mission. The Agency’s team of planet-hunters announced yesterday the discovery of 11 new planetary systems, which together harbor 26 brand spanking new planets. For those you keeping score at home, that brings the total number of Kepler-confirmed extrasolar planets from 35 to 61, and almost triples the number…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 27 '12

Droid Razr Maxx Gets an Insane 8+ Hours of LTE Battery Life

If the Droid Razr Maxx is anything to go by, idiotically terrible battery life on LTE phones might be a thing of the past. Laptop Mag ran battery tests on all of Verizon’s LTE models and the Maxx crushed everything by a crazy margin. The result was 8 hours 25 minutes of continuous LTE surfing…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jan 27 '12

The scientists behind Mitochondrial Eve tell us about the “lucky mother” who changed human evolution forever

This month marks the 25th anniversary of the discovery of Mitochondrial Eve, a common ancestor of all humanity who helped rewrite the story of human evolution. In honor of this anniversary, we talked to the scientists who started it all. https://gizmodo.com/how-mitochondrial-eve-connected-all-humanity-and-rewrot-5878996 The original paper, “Mitochondrial DNA and Human Evolution”, appeared in the January 1987 issue…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jan 27 '12

WSJ: $100 Billion Facebook IPO Happening Next Week

The Wall Street Journal’s golden box of anonymous sources has rattled once more, this time with news that Facebook is finally going public. Now that’s cooler than a million dollars. Says the Journal: Facebook could file papers for the IPO as early as this coming Wednesday, but that timing is still being discussed, said a…

Social Media Sam Biddle Jan 27 '12

Why locust swarms seem to hit those who are already suffering the most

With a swarming locust consuming its own bodyweight in food every day, the many-tonne swarms can utterly destroy a farmer’s livelihood. But why is it that they seem to target farms that already aren’t doing well? According to new research, it all comes down to nitrogen. The Oedaleus asiaticus in Northern Asia strongly prefers foods…

io9 Tim Barribeau Jan 27 '12

The Seven Best Auroras From the Biggest Solar Storm In Seven Years

On January 22, an M8.7 class flare helped cause the biggest solar storm since 2005. Airplanes had to change routes, and the power grid and satellites were affected. It also caused some of the best auroras ever seen. https://gizmodo.com/a-raging-solar-storm-is-hitting-the-earth-right-now-5878656 This spectacular coronal aurora was captured over Fairbanks, Alaska, recorded from 1:44 to 2:11am local time…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 27 '12

Breakthrough treatment could fight both leukemia and breast cancer

A new avenue of treatment could fight two of the most prominent cancers — effectively hitting both leukemia and breast cancer. We could soon be inhibiting tumor growth by targeting a single protein, and this could revolutionize treatments of both diseases. Two papers published this week in the Journal of Experimental Medicine examine the protein…

io9 Tim Barribeau Jan 27 '12

The Supreme Court Pulled a Miracle for Your Privacy

The highest court of the land scored a victory for your privacy versus the cops this week, but the worst threats of digital surveillance remain standing. The good news? These justices aren’t backing down anytime soon. The court ruled Monday in US v Jones that cops who’d placed a GPS tracking device on a suspected…

Privacy & Security Sam Biddle Jan 27 '12

An Even Weirder Film from the Maker of that Psychic Killer Tire Movie

Quentin Dupieux’s cult hit Rubber had the good manners to open with a direct pronouncement of its philosophy: “No reason,” Stephen Spinella’s layers-deep meta impresario (Officer Chad) repeated again and again. But with Dupieux’s second film, we have to do the work ourselves. Over a crack in some asphalt, to spacey sounds on the soundtrack,…

io9 Jordan Hoffman Jan 27 '12

Today’s e-Book Deal of the Day: Sandman Slim for 99 Cents

Haven’t checked out Richard Kadrey’s ridiculously fun noir urban fantasy Sandman Slim yet? Now’s your chance. It’s available for 99 cents on both the Kindle and the Nook.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 27 '12

Scratching Your Ankle Is the Most Pleasurable Itch-Scratching Relief of All

Scientists have made the shocking discovery that it’s your ankle, not your back, that feels the most awesome to scratch when you are itchy. I assumed this might have something to do with the ability to reach the itchy body part. Like your back is hard to reach so it would feel the most wonderful…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski Jan 27 '12

10 Real-Life Lost Voyages That Would Make Amazing Science Fiction Novels

Many an expedition has gone out into the Great Unknown seeking Adventure. And who knows? They may even have found it. Many expeditions are lost entirely, or all of their members died. And since nobody came back, there’s no telling how their adventure turned out, or what they found. So these real-life stories are crying…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jan 27 '12

Watch one woman’s quest to build her own TARDIS

German teacher and YouTuber Sillysparrowness had a simple goal — to build a transportable TARDIS for daily usage. She succeeded in building a full-scale police box that can be assembled in under 10 minutes. More than enough time for an alacritous getaway! You can watch her procedure above or check out her progress on TARDIS…

Television Cyriaque Lamar Jan 27 '12

The next time you’re stranded on an island with only one food source, make sure it’s breast milk

It’s Time to Rethink Steampunk

How the puffer fish gets you high, zombifies you, and kills you

What Playing in a Dog Park Looks Like from a Dog’s Point of View (Hint: Awesome)

The Best Time to Change All Your Passwords

This Centimeter of Dried Glue Is Apparently Worth Thousands of Dollars

The iLuv Alarm Clock with iPod Dock and Bed Shaker Is Your BEEP-BEEP-WAKE-THE-F*&K-UP Deal of the Day

Meet the galaxy’s 26 newest planets

Droid Razr Maxx Gets an Insane 8+ Hours of LTE Battery Life

The scientists behind Mitochondrial Eve tell us about the “lucky mother” who changed human evolution forever

WSJ: $100 Billion Facebook IPO Happening Next Week

Why locust swarms seem to hit those who are already suffering the most

The Seven Best Auroras From the Biggest Solar Storm In Seven Years

Breakthrough treatment could fight both leukemia and breast cancer

The Supreme Court Pulled a Miracle for Your Privacy

An Even Weirder Film from the Maker of that Psychic Killer Tire Movie

Today’s e-Book Deal of the Day: Sandman Slim for 99 Cents

Scratching Your Ankle Is the Most Pleasurable Itch-Scratching Relief of All

10 Real-Life Lost Voyages That Would Make Amazing Science Fiction Novels

Watch one woman’s quest to build her own TARDIS

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