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In CW’s Beauty and the Beast remake, the Beast’s origin ties in with 9/11

Last week, we learned that there were currently two Beauty and The Beast TV pilots in development. One at ABC, which focuses on the fantasyland aspect of the fairy tale. And the second at CW, which was supposedly much more similar to the 1980s series, starring Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman. But now a new…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jan 30 '12

Fraggle Rock: The Complete Series Is Your Down-In-Fraggle-Rock Deal of the Day

Have you ever studied philosophy? Oh it’s dreadful, theorems upon postulations upon unwashed grad students and stuffy dead depressed Germans. Phooey! Fie! If you’re considering a philosophy class, please don’t do it. They’ll tell you all about Plato’s Cave, which is where prisoners see shadows and the prisoners are philosophers and Socrates is there and…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals Jan 30 '12

Mostly naked South African man training to become real-life Tarzan

Never mind real-life superheroes, 24-year-old DeWet Du Toit of George, South Africa wants to become the flesh-and-blood incarnation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Lord of the Jungle. The ex-security guard/jobless bodybuilder spends his days caroming through the forest, communing with the animals, and abstaining from human vices: I certainly never get drunk […] I prefer to…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jan 30 '12

Protect Your iPhone’s Glass Display With… More Glass?

Most screen protectors are just a thin layer of flexible plastic that do an adequate job at shrugging off scratches. But they’re no where near as tough as Spigen’s new GLAS.t which adds another layer of glass for maximum protection. At just 0.4mm thick the chemically treated tempered glass adds minimal thickness to your iPhone…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 30 '12

A Musical Message for George R.R. Martin, from Last Night’s W00tstock

Trust the crew at W00tstock to come out and say what everybody else is thinking — Paul and Storm performed a new song last night at W00tstock Founder’s Night in San Francisco, addressed to George R.R. Martin. And even though the lyrics acknowledge that the creator of Westeros is nobody’s bitch, they still advise him…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Jan 30 '12

Teen Science Wiz Goes from Homeless to White House to New Home

Samantha Garvey and her family had been homeless for months before she became a finalist in Intel’s Science Talent Search. Now, she’s a White House honoree, has appeared on Ellen and Today, and has a roof over her head. This is how she got there: Despite the fact that both of Garvey’s parents worked—her father…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski Jan 30 '12

Julian Assange to Appear on The Simpsons

The news just broke that Julian Assange will play himself on the 500th episode of The Simpsons, which is set to air February 19th. The Entertainment Weekly report comes just days after we heard that Julian Assange would have his own TV show in mid-March. Apparently, when you’re an international man of secrets who is…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 30 '12

How Glass Changed the World—Over and Over Again

You probably haven’t given much thought to the fact that there’s a slab of chemically strengthened glass in your pocket, deflecting blows from keys or change or any other hard objects might slide or scrape or scratch against it, or that the hundreds of millions of similar slices of glass lining pockets around the world…

Tech News Rachel Swaby Jan 30 '12

The Dark Knight rides a shark in bondage-crazy 1960s Batman art

In 1966, famed pulp artist Norman Saunders — who illustrated the 1962 Mars Attacks cards — produced a series of magical paintings for Topps’ Batman trading card line. https://gizmodo.com/robots-mad-scientists-and-damsels-astounding-pulp-cov-5834890 https://gizmodo.com/hang-the-martian-invasion-on-your-living-room-wall-5550481 These illustrations often featured the Caped Crusader and the Boy Wonder being tied up or dolefully getting clobbered by bad guys (such as The Joker,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jan 30 '12

What Should Facebook’s Stock Symbol Be?

Guys! Can you hear Mark Zuckerberg splish-splashing in his giant gold bullion-filled tub? It’s IPO time—Facebook’s going public, and a bunch of rich people are about to become even richer. But shall this Ultimate Stock be labeled? https://gizmodo.com/wsj-100-billion-facebook-ipo-happening-next-week-5879996 Witty Twitter stranger Andrew Teman pitched the following clever suggestion: If #Facebook has a sense of humor,…

Social Media Sam Biddle Jan 30 '12

How to get the caffeine out of coffee

Chances are, you are reading this with both hands gripping a mug of coffee. Whether that coffee has caffeine in it or not depends on whether it’s the morning or the afternoon. But how does the caffeine get stripped away from a caffeinated bean? Find out. Caffeine, on its own, is an off-white powdery substance…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jan 30 '12

10 Frightening Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Ants

We all know ants are incredibly capable creatures. They live in vast, interconnected colonies, can lift several times their own body weight, and coordinate their activity with incredible precision. But many of the things that make ants impressive would also make them formidable foes. Perhaps it’s time we took a look at some of these…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 30 '12

This Bullet from the Future Flies Itself

What’s that ghostly trail in the air? A bullet, flying and turning on its way to nail a target over a mile away. This is science fiction—4-inches long, and launched from the barrel of a gun. The guided bullet was cooked up at Sandia National Laboratories, a joint weapons toyshop between the Department of Energy…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jan 30 '12

Longevity scientist Aubrey de Grey sets the record straight about immortality

Aubrey de Grey, a software engineer turned gerontology expert in the UK, is known for his controversial books and lectures about how humans will eventually extend their lifespans. Currently he’s the Chief Science Officer at SENS Foundation, a nonprofit in Silicon Valley aimed at funding new biotechnologies that could extend human life. In fact, many…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jan 30 '12

Here’s Everything Apple Could Buy With the Billions They Just Made

We know that Apple just had its biggest quarter in history. We know that they made an insane $46.33 billion in revenue. But do we really know how much money $46.33 billion is? It’s hard to visualize, so this presentation and facts may help: • 2,204 Mitt Romney’s in 2011 • the value of 72,220…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 30 '12

Charge Your iPhone With a Book

On Etsy you can find these books turnediPhone docks, which might be the most awesome and unnecessary Apple accessory since TenOne’s iPad stand. Want something understated? Try the Possession dock. Want to feel shame in the morning after your third one night stand of the week? Try the Scarlet Letter dock, you filthy whore. Or…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 30 '12

Apple Makes New Employees Work on Fake Products Until Apple Can Trust Them

In Adam Lashinsky’s book Inside Apple, he examines how brutally insane and awful it is to work at Apple. Turns out having plainclothes spies and murky job descriptions isn’t enough because Apple sometimes makes its new employees work on fake products until they prove themselves trustworthy. https://gizmodo.com/working-at-apple-is-brutally-insane-and-awful-5877213 ADHERE OR DIE LITTLE ENGINEERS. Anyway, I guess…

Tech News Casey Chan Jan 30 '12

How did a heavily-armored dinosaur end up at the bottom of the ocean?

Although a few dinosaurs were adapted to live underwater, most dinosaurs were landlubbers through and through. And perhaps no dinosaur had less business going for a swim that this fellow, the heavily-armored, 13,000-pound Ankylosaurus. That’s why it’s so bizarre that the fossils of one of these tank-like behemoths was found in the Suncor mine of…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jan 30 '12

Is Daniel Radcliffe’s Woman In Black actually scary? Decide with these scenes

Rumor has it Daniel Radcliffe’s new ghost picture The Woman In Black is exceptionally stylish, but one question still remains — is it scary? Here are three spirit-filled clips to help you decide. The Woman in Black hits theaters this Friday. https://gizmodo.com/new-woman-in-black-trailer-shows-harry-potter-scared-ou-5850046

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 30 '12

Will Listening to Mozart Really Make You Smarter?

Yes, but no more than listening to Justin Bieber. The misconception that there’s something unique about Mozart’s ability to increase brainpower began in 1993, with a paper in Nature. Neurobiologists Gordon Shaw, Frances Rauscher and Katherine Ky of the University of California at Irvine found that students who listened to 10 minutes of a Mozart…

Tech News Joseph A. Bernstein--Popular Science Jan 30 '12

In CW’s Beauty and the Beast remake, the Beast’s origin ties in with 9/11

Fraggle Rock: The Complete Series Is Your Down-In-Fraggle-Rock Deal of the Day

Mostly naked South African man training to become real-life Tarzan

Protect Your iPhone’s Glass Display With… More Glass?

A Musical Message for George R.R. Martin, from Last Night’s W00tstock

Teen Science Wiz Goes from Homeless to White House to New Home

Julian Assange to Appear on The Simpsons

How Glass Changed the World—Over and Over Again

The Dark Knight rides a shark in bondage-crazy 1960s Batman art

What Should Facebook’s Stock Symbol Be?

How to get the caffeine out of coffee

10 Frightening Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Ants

This Bullet from the Future Flies Itself

Longevity scientist Aubrey de Grey sets the record straight about immortality

Here’s Everything Apple Could Buy With the Billions They Just Made

Charge Your iPhone With a Book

Apple Makes New Employees Work on Fake Products Until Apple Can Trust Them

How did a heavily-armored dinosaur end up at the bottom of the ocean?

Is Daniel Radcliffe’s Woman In Black actually scary? Decide with these scenes

Will Listening to Mozart Really Make You Smarter?

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