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Falling Skies just keeps getting better… and creepier

If you gave up on TNT’s Falling Skies after the first few episodes, now’s a great time to give it another chance. The just-concluded “Sanctuary” two-parter was genuinely intense and awesome. And this Sunday’s new episode has answers, action and weirdness. The above clip contains the moment when we finally found ourselves on the edge…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 29 '11

How science will ruin the drug binge you had planned for this weekend

Rehab isn’t a reliable way of getting off drugs, so neuroscientists are investigating ways to create drugs that will prevent you from getting high in the first place. Now a new discovery promises to make your brain totally immune to the effects of cocaine. Published this week in Nature Neuroscience, the study investigated receptors in…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 29 '11

How Chaos Really Works

According to this explanation, the butterfly effect used to explain chaos theory is just a big exaggeration. Watch the video for a much better understanding of how it works and why we can’t predict the outcome of these complex systems. Actually, just watch it because it has scientists talking physics with English accents. Always a…

Physics & Chemistry Jesus Diaz Jul 29 '11

Olivia Wilde Uses Fake Nipples, Online Dating Profile Setup Made Easy, and We Reveal the Most Powerful Tech Publicists

AT&T Chokes Unlimited Data Dead. Dead Dead Dead. https://gizmodo.com/at-t-chokes-unlimited-data-dead-dead-dead-dead-5826060 If you’ve still got an unlimited AT&T data plan that you’re holding onto for dear life to stream gigs and gigs of Spotify and Netflix and god knows what else, your life is about to suck a lot more. More » How to Set Up the Perfect…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jul 29 '11

Sexy Post-Apocalyptic Fashions and Giant Crossbows from This Year’s Mad Max Festival! [NSFW]

If you’ve ever fantasized about living in the world of the Mad Max movies, you owe it to yourself to get to the California desert in late September for the annual Road Warrior-inspired festival. This year’s Wasteland Weekend promises crazier punk fetishwear… and huge-ass Road Warrior gates with ginormous weaponry. Check out our exclusive gallery…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 29 '11

Why no one hears the ocean in a sea shell

They also don’t hear the blood going through their veins, although that is a popular misconception. What is it exactly that causes the roaring sound when the shell gets close to your ear? Children are told many ridiculous things over the course of their slow slog towards adulthood. Many of those things, they believe, until…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jul 29 '11

6 Tools to Settle Any Argument for Good

The National Debt Ceiling debate has reached an unprecedented level of rancor recently with no end to the wrangling in sight. These 6 tools can help our glorious leaders reach an accord, or at least die trying. [top image via shutterstock.com] Google Nothing makes your point more clearly than verifiable facts. So if you need…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jul 29 '11

Facebook Will Pay You to Break Its Website

Starting today, Facebook will pay $500+ to anyone who exposes a vulnerability that could compromise user data. To qualify, you must be the first to report it and give them time to fix it before going public. [Facebook via TheNextWeb]

Social Media Michael Zhao Jul 29 '11

How Much Smartphone Data Do You Use?

Smoke your data stogies if you got ’em, because AT&T’s going to be taking away the unlimited data fun starting October 1st. The top 5% of data users will see their speeds hamstrung. Are you one of them? https://gizmodo.com/at-t-chokes-unlimited-data-dead-dead-dead-dead-5826060 If you’re big into streaming video (Netflix!), music (Spotify!), app downloading, or just heavy web browsing,…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 29 '11

The Birthday Paradox

How many people need to be crowded into a room before two of them are likely to have the same birthday? The answer is a mere 23 to have a fifty-fifty shot. To bring the probability to ninety-nine percent, you need a crowd of only fifty-seven people. And yet there are three hundred and sixty-five…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jul 29 '11

Alien Bike Creeps the Shriveled Testes Out of Me

I wonder what HR Giger would say about this horrendous bike created by Roo Roongrojna Sangwongprisarn, a Bangkok man who apparently sells them to people all over the world. I can’t imagine the horror of crashing riding one of these things. [Daily Mail]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jul 29 '11

Olivia Wilde explains how she stole her character’s look and backstory from “The Man With the Black Hat”

Olivia Wilde is quickly becoming the biggest leading lady in science fiction, so what’s the next role she wants to tackle? A female Captain Kirk! While promoting Cowboys & Aliens, the self-proclaimed Trekkie sat down with a few journalists, including io9, and talked about transforming the Western staple of the Man With The Black Hat…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 29 '11

Eco-horror cheesefest Frogs has the most misleading title ever

I can’t overstress how misleading the title Frogs is. This is a film ostensibly about killer frogs, in which the frogs don’t really do any of the killing. To be fair, they are a constant presence-lurking in every shot and ribbiting their way into your nightmares. (Honestly, without amphibian reaction shots the movie would be…

Movies Louis Peitzman Jul 29 '11

How to Tell the Politicians That Matter to Raise the Roof on America’s Debt

President Obama has requested that you tweet your representatives to help solve this whole debt ceiling mess. But if you live in, say Cleveland, that’s a waste of time. Tweet at these pols—who can actually get stuff done—instead. House Republicans @SpeakerBoehner Representative John Boehner (R-OH) – As the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jul 29 '11

The New Essential Apps July 2011

iPhones. iPads. Android. Windows Phone 7. We’ve updated all of our essential apps lists to include a few forgotten favorites, some long awaited arrivals and, as always, even more amazing apps. Check them out! If you want to jump to see the best apps in a specific platform, click here: iPhone | Android | iPad…

Tech News Gizmodo Jul 29 '11

Why I’m No Longer Sorry I Camped Out 6 Weeks for Star Wars: Episode One

Cecil Castellucci, author of the forthcoming novel First Day on Earth as well as several other books, was one of a group of fans who spent six weeks camping out in line for Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. She also sang about Star Wars in the indy-rock band Nerdy Girl, and collected damaged Star Wars…

io9 Cecil Castellucci Jul 29 '11

Who’s Spying on You Through Your Browser?

Wall Street Journal has amassed a sizeable infographic containing all the ways top websites track your data. While nearly all websites send your data to third-party trackers, some are worse than others. Luckily the main offenders are websites that suck. The worst website of them all is Dictionary.com, who send your browsing data to 234…

Privacy & Security Adrian Covert Jul 29 '11

NBC’s Grimm is like early Angel… unfortunately

Fans of Angel, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer spinoff, will remember that took a long time to find its feet. The makers of Angel have a new production, a fairy-tale cop show called Grimm. And the pilot gave us a very “early Angel” feel. That is to say, the Grimm pilot is not quite firing…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 29 '11

Don’t hold your breath for more Torchwood

Torchwood: Miracle Day has been one of the summer’s great triumphs, both creatively and in the ratings. But Starz CEO Chris Albrecht tells Entertainment Weekly he doesn’t see it as an annual event. This season’s order of 10 episodes is an unusually large one for their production partner, the BBC, he claims. And the question…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 29 '11

The Most Amazing But Least Effective Way to Pickpocket Somebody Is to Use Chopsticks

How good are you with chopsticks? Probably good enough to pick up sushi but probably not even close to Miyagi-ing a fly, right? Well check this out, this guy managed to pickpocket a phone with chopsticks. Just watch the video, the grimy old guy—who for some reason had a pair of chopsticks on the ready—stakes…

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 29 '11

Falling Skies just keeps getting better… and creepier

How science will ruin the drug binge you had planned for this weekend

How Chaos Really Works

Olivia Wilde Uses Fake Nipples, Online Dating Profile Setup Made Easy, and We Reveal the Most Powerful Tech Publicists

Sexy Post-Apocalyptic Fashions and Giant Crossbows from This Year’s Mad Max Festival! [NSFW]

Why no one hears the ocean in a sea shell

6 Tools to Settle Any Argument for Good

Facebook Will Pay You to Break Its Website

How Much Smartphone Data Do You Use?

The Birthday Paradox

Alien Bike Creeps the Shriveled Testes Out of Me

Olivia Wilde explains how she stole her character’s look and backstory from “The Man With the Black Hat”

Eco-horror cheesefest Frogs has the most misleading title ever

How to Tell the Politicians That Matter to Raise the Roof on America’s Debt

The New Essential Apps July 2011

Why I’m No Longer Sorry I Camped Out 6 Weeks for Star Wars: Episode One

Who’s Spying on You Through Your Browser?

NBC’s Grimm is like early Angel… unfortunately

Don’t hold your breath for more Torchwood

The Most Amazing But Least Effective Way to Pickpocket Somebody Is to Use Chopsticks

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