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Google’s New Plan: Annoy You Into Compliance

Google Plus users just got a pretty horrible new feature: search your name, and instead of finding out information about yourself, you’re asked to provide it. Quite simply, Google doesn’t want to give you information until you give it information. Guh. As Drew Olanoff of The Next Web noted today, if you are using Google’s…

Tech News Mat Honan Jan 23 '12

This paper on men falling asleep after sex is Exhibit A for weak evolutionary psychology

A new study purports to use evolutionary psychology to explain why men fall asleep after sex, and what it actually means. The study is being widely reported as proving that men only fall asleep after sex to avoid giving affection or commitment to their female partners. Or maybe it proves that men who fall asleep…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jan 23 '12

Go Running, Outrun the Cops, and Help a Frightened Ball

We have a problem in this country. We don’t work out enough. I’m not saying we have to become fitness freaks, but a few walks around the neighborhood could help reverse the obesity trend. For fun, check out a free app that’ll let you make a game of your workouts. iOS: Highway2Hell – Free Don’t…

Commerce Roberto Baldwin Jan 23 '12

Gamers Redesign a Protein That Stumped Scientists for Years

Folding: it’s detestable and boring, as any Gap employee can tell you. But it’s also a totally fun thing you can do in a video game! And today it’s particularly exciting because players of the online game Foldit have redesigned a protein, and their work is published in the science journal Nature Biotechnology. It seems…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski Jan 23 '12

This Cheap Focus Rig Will Vastly Improve Your Boring Home Videos

Want to add a little drama the next time your baby does something YouTube-worthy? Coupled with any video-capable DSLR, this cheap follow focus can help you create Spielberg-like camera moves without a Dreamworks-sized budget. What’s a follow focus? It’s basically a tool that makes focus adjustments smoother and more precise while recording video. When shooting…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 23 '12

A Handcrafted Selection of Wonderful Quotes from RIM’s Recently Departed CEOs

After enduring a few years of shrinking relevance in the smartphone market, RIM punctuated its decline with the simultaneous departure of its conjoined CEOs, Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie. And while thist may signal a new direction for the company, it also likely means the stream of moronic soundbytes we’ve grown accustomed to will cease…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 23 '12

Strapping a Giant Space Engine to a Crane Looks Fun (Updated)

It’s important to test our space gear before it heads upwards—otherwise these things tend to break. But simulations can only go so far. This crazy looking rocket test gives scientists the full experience right here on Earth. The method above, developed by non-profit tech firm Draper Laboratory and NASA, is essentially tying a firecracker to…

Space & Spaceflight Sam Biddle Jan 23 '12

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Tech News Roberto Baldwin Jan 23 '12

This 350 Piece K’Nex Value Tub Is Your Creative-Building Deal of the Day

When I was a wee pup, my parents told me to always stay open minded. Be accepting, try everything and don’t ever discriminate. I think that was some sort of life lesson about people but I took it as COOL, I’LL EAT PIZZA, BURGERS AND ICE CREAM. Not really. I didn’t eat ice cream. I…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals Jan 23 '12

Paleontologists have discovered the oldest dinosaur nursery on Earth

What’s the only thing better than dinosaurs? That would be baby dinosaurs. Paleontologists working in South Africa have made an incredible discovery in the region’s Golden Gate Highlands National Park: 10 nests thought to belong to the herbivorous dinosaur Massospondylus, a forbear of massive sauropods like Brachiosaurus. Many of the nests contain eggs. Others are…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 23 '12

Charles Stross’ latest novel is coming true over on The Pirate Bay

The Pirate Bay is one of the most famous BitTorrent trackers online. Their political agenda and staff have changed a lot over the years, but they’ve continued to provide a terrific online resource for sharing media files. And now they’re taking the first step in the direction of a future that Charles Stross rendered vividly…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jan 23 '12

If Journey 2 is a hit, then who should star in Journey 3?

Journey to the Center of the Earth starred a ridiculously game Brendan Fraser, who mugged his way through a series of computer-generated situations in 3D. Now the second movie, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, stars an equally “why the hell not” Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Plus an “as long as I get paid” Michael Caine.…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jan 23 '12

How to Make Cheap Whiskey Taste Like Fancy Whiskey

You like whiskey. You looooove good whiskey. You can’t afford to drop hundreds of dollars on a high-end bottle. You stick with rotgut, right? Nope. There’s a new process of hyper-aging booze that apparently turns run-of-the-mill whiskey into dark and delicious firewater of the gods. The process is called TerraPure, and was dreamt up by…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jan 23 '12

What Sherlock Holmes Can Teach Us About the Power of Mindful Decisions

Sherlock Holmes isn’t what you’d call a traditional psychologist. In fact, he isn’t even real (despite the letters that to this day arrive at 221B Baker Street). But his insights into the human mind do more to teach us about how we do think and how we should think than many a more conventional source.…

Books & Comics Maria Konnikova - Scientific American Jan 23 '12

Single-Sided Headphones Let You Cheat Death By Keeping One Ear Open

Earbuds (or good ones, anyway) work like corks for your ears: sealing in music while blocking surrounding sounds. They’re fine when you’re safe at home, but not so much outside when you need to be aware of your environment. While you might think it’s crazy for a company to be selling one-sided headphones, there’s a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 23 '12

Can You Find the Hidden Mothers in These Old Photographs?

Back in the olden days of photography, big box cameras had slow as snails shutters so it was nearly impossible to get kids to sit still for the duration of the long exposure. If they moved, the pictures would be blurry! So what was the old photog solution? Why let’s have their mothers hide under…

Tech News Casey Chan Jan 23 '12

How Return of the Jedi Should Have Ended reminds us that Anakin is still a piece of crap

Finally someone has trimmed the fat — and the bad ideas — out of the conclusion to the Star Wars saga! The latest short from the “How It Should Have Ended” crew is a perfect re-imagining of Star Wars Return of the Jedi.

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 23 '12

A Must-Watch Video On How Military Drones Are Changing War

This is a very good roundup on the effect of drones and the increased robotization of warfare from documentary series Fault Lines. If you have twenty minutes over lunch, it’s a must watch. Narrated by Josh Rushing, a 14-year ex-US Marine veteran and co-host of the program, it talks through the effect of America’s 7,000…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 23 '12

Senile Twitter Senator Grassley Hacked Hard (By Anonymous?)

Senator Chuck Grassley, previously documented for his inability to express a coherent thought via World Wide Web, just had that burden removed: his Twitter account has been hacked. For the first time ever, his tweets make sense! The hacker—who claims to be affiliated with Anonymous, but who ever truly knows—posted a flurry of missives after…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jan 23 '12

A massive solar eruption may lead to the strongest radiation storm in seven years

Last week, a swelling solar storm on the surface of the Sun sent a stream of charged particles hurtling toward Earth, making for beautiful northern lights in the planet’s extreme latitudes. But late last night, at 10:59 p.m. EST, the now massive tempest unleashed an eruption that scientists expect will be responsible for Earth’s largest…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 23 '12

Google’s New Plan: Annoy You Into Compliance

This paper on men falling asleep after sex is Exhibit A for weak evolutionary psychology

Go Running, Outrun the Cops, and Help a Frightened Ball

Gamers Redesign a Protein That Stumped Scientists for Years

This Cheap Focus Rig Will Vastly Improve Your Boring Home Videos

A Handcrafted Selection of Wonderful Quotes from RIM’s Recently Departed CEOs

Strapping a Giant Space Engine to a Crane Looks Fun (Updated)

Darth Maul Me Gallery

This 350 Piece K’Nex Value Tub Is Your Creative-Building Deal of the Day

Paleontologists have discovered the oldest dinosaur nursery on Earth

Charles Stross’ latest novel is coming true over on The Pirate Bay

If Journey 2 is a hit, then who should star in Journey 3?

How to Make Cheap Whiskey Taste Like Fancy Whiskey

What Sherlock Holmes Can Teach Us About the Power of Mindful Decisions

Single-Sided Headphones Let You Cheat Death By Keeping One Ear Open

Can You Find the Hidden Mothers in These Old Photographs?

How Return of the Jedi Should Have Ended reminds us that Anakin is still a piece of crap

A Must-Watch Video On How Military Drones Are Changing War

Senile Twitter Senator Grassley Hacked Hard (By Anonymous?)

A massive solar eruption may lead to the strongest radiation storm in seven years

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