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Visit a crashed military jet in the woods of New Jersey

In the bucolic New Jersey town of West Milford lies the abandoned remains of a military aircraft. Despite crashing almost 50 years ago, no one’s thought to entirely clean it up. Shades of Mr. Eko’s beechcraft, anyone? In 1962, a Lockheed T2V-1 SeaStar crashed in West Milford, which is approximately 50 miles from Manhattan. The…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar May 31 '11

The Best Deal of the Day

I love the Internet. Hell, I’m lost without it. And between me and every Internet interaction is my trusty router. My gatekeeper. And the only thing better than a router that connects is a router that backs up. So check out the D-Link DIR-685 Xtreme N Storage Gigabit Router today for $85. Not only does…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals May 31 '11

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The Fiskars UpRoot The UpRoot standing The UpRoot standing again The underside of the UpRoot some bad ass gripping claws The UpRoot with the plunger in the Up position The UpRoot with the plunger in the Down position

Tech News Andrew Tarantola May 31 '11

Cellphones Deemed “Possibly Carcinogenic” by World’s Leading Cancer Experts

The back and forth brawl between studies suggesting that cell phones do and don’t cause cancer just took a bold step toward the former camp today, with the World Health Organisation classifying cellphones as potential links to brain cancer. The study, conducted by the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer, stops far short of…

Health Sam Biddle May 31 '11

No, George Lucas does not have 50 hours of a live-action Star Wars TV show in the can

Everybody’s talking about George Lucas having already filmed his mysterious live action Star Wars TV show today. Just a reminder, we debunked this rumor last week. Sorry, there’s no huge stash of never-before-seen live-action Star Wars in the Lucas Bunker. https://gizmodo.com/no-george-lucas-does-not-have-50-hours-of-a-live-actio-5806117

Television Meredith Woerner May 31 '11

Way Better Than Having a Tube Jammed Inside Your Peehole

The current “gold standard” for tests to determine bladder disease are “invasive” tests—jamming things in peeholes. But there might be a better way soon: A simple, wireless near-infrared spectroscopy device strapped right above your bladder. In a recent study in the International Journal of Spectroscopy, an NIRS device and its software measured “the differences in…

Health Matt Buchanan May 31 '11

World Health Organization: Cell phones as big a risk as “lead, engine exhaust, and chloroform”

After a meeting with scientists from around the world, the World Health Organization announced this morning that it has now categorized cell phone radiation as a “possible carcinogenic hazard.” This is a label that the WHO has also placed on lead, engine exhaust, and chloroform. The WHO says in a release that this new warning…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 31 '11

I Wish the World Had a Mute Button for Real

After wanting to use a grenade launcher on the ice cream truck parked near my house this weekend, I wish this video wasn’t a stunt by Improv Everywhere. I definitely want a real life mute button. https://gizmodo.com/improv-everywheres-8-geekiest-stunts-5662209 Why do ice trucks have licenses to annoy people with their bloody music anyway? Can you imagine every…

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 31 '11

Apple to Replace Peeling Macbook Butts

If your plastic unibody Macbook is having peeling rubber butt issues, you aren’t alone. Apple’s now actually fixing the problem for free—either through the Genius bar or a DIY kit. They’ll even refund any money you’ve spent before. Apple has determined that under certain circumstances the rubber surface on some MacBooks may separate from the…

Tech News Michael Zhao May 31 '11

The Awful, Wonderful Truth Behind Grimm’s Fairy Tales

The world is full of retellings of the Brothers Grimm lately, but Lisa Goldstein’s new novel The Uncertain Places makes the world of fairy tales feel like a living place, with a long history that intersects with our own world. The Grimms’ stories are much stranger and darker than many people realize from looking at…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders May 31 '11

Shooting Challenge: 1 Second Gallery 2

Camera Model Canon EOS 50D Tv 1.0 Av f/22 ISO 500 Lens EF28-135 IS USM (IS off) Focal Length 55.0mm – 135mm Flash Off Tripod 2 x 1500W Fluorescent bulbs (No Diffusion) Processing: removed strings holding up the guitar I found this a good opportunity to get use out of equipment for my other hobby,…

Tech News Davey Alba May 31 '11

72 Different Memories of Exactly One Second

It’s a cool idea: your brain doesn’t necessarily catalog whether something lasted one second or five seconds. But a camera is precise. The 72 photos from this week’s Shooting Challenge were each exposed for exactly one second. https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-1-second-5805415 WINNER: Eiffel Blast-Off I was at the Eiffel Tower the other night and there was a guy…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 31 '11

Shooting Challenge: 1 Second Gallery

Camera: Canon EOS 40D Lens: Tamron 17-50 2.8 f/3.5 Exposure 1sec ISO-200kyl Focal Lenth 50mm When I decided to shoot something for this challenge I immediately thought of shooting something with movement to take advantage of the long one second exposure. Being near my guitars/bass’s at the the time I decided to try and capture…

Tech News Davey Alba May 31 '11

Black hole shoots out plasma jets that are even bigger than its galaxy

The galaxy in this picture is Centaurus A, but it’s being upstaged in its own cosmic neighborhood. Its central black hole is emitting jets that are a million light-years long…and this is our best look yet at this mysterious phenomenon. We still don’t quite know how supermassive black holes like the one at the heart…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins May 31 '11

Prozac is killing bacteria in the Great Lakes

So many humans are taking Prozac that traces of the antidepressant drug are showing up in the Great Lakes of the United States, where bacteria are dying as a result. Microbiologist Steve Mauro has studied water samples from the Great Lakes in Erie, Pennsylvania, and found that Prozac ingredient fluoxetine is killing E. coli, a…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 31 '11

Punch Someone in the Face with 500,000 Volts of Electricity

Getting socked in the jaw really sucks. But at least you didn’t get popped by someone wearing the BodyGuard electro-gauntlet, which combines a laser pointer, video camera, taser, and armored beating-plate into one wonderful little garment. The BodyGuard offers a non-violent approach. With a laser-sighted camera, police can let baddies know they’ve been caught on…

Tech News Sam Biddle May 31 '11

ASUS’ UX21 Matches MacBook Air’s Sizes and Scorches Its Specs

Obviously, nobody was going to let Apple be the king of skinnybook mountain. ASUS is talking up its new UX21: roughly as thin as an Air, but filled with fiery guts. A Core i7 processor and USB 3.0, made dainty. Now it’s only fair to note that the UX21 will be available in September, by…

Tech News Sam Biddle May 31 '11

10 Worst Recastings of Science Fiction’s Rock-Star Characters

Can James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender make us believe they’re playing the same characters as Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen, in X-Men: First Class? We have high hopes. But recasting iconic characters doesn’t always work out that great. Sometimes you swap out an actor, and believability — and character growth — go out the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 31 '11

NBC’s Wonder Woman pilot pics show off the superhero’s secret jet!

Sad that David E. Kelley’s Wonder Woman show got the thumbs down from NBC? Now you can see what you missed! A batch of stills from the pilot have leaked, showing off Adrienne Palicki’s shorts, business meetings and jet! Back in April we reported on the Wonder Woman pilot script overhaul, which tried to make…

Television Meredith Woerner May 31 '11

Life-Size Hot Wheels Track Breaks World Record

As far as publicity stunts go, this is pretty great: a giganto-sized orange Hot Wheels set. And unlike the ones you played with as a tyke, the car didn’t go crashing into a wall, but broke a distance world record. The big boy-sized Hot Wheels car, with X-Games veteran and stunt driver Tanner Foust, flew…

Tech News Sam Biddle May 31 '11

Visit a crashed military jet in the woods of New Jersey

The Best Deal of the Day

Uproot Gallery

Cellphones Deemed “Possibly Carcinogenic” by World’s Leading Cancer Experts

No, George Lucas does not have 50 hours of a live-action Star Wars TV show in the can

Way Better Than Having a Tube Jammed Inside Your Peehole

World Health Organization: Cell phones as big a risk as “lead, engine exhaust, and chloroform”

I Wish the World Had a Mute Button for Real

Apple to Replace Peeling Macbook Butts

The Awful, Wonderful Truth Behind Grimm’s Fairy Tales

Shooting Challenge: 1 Second Gallery 2

72 Different Memories of Exactly One Second

Shooting Challenge: 1 Second Gallery

Black hole shoots out plasma jets that are even bigger than its galaxy

Prozac is killing bacteria in the Great Lakes

Punch Someone in the Face with 500,000 Volts of Electricity

ASUS’ UX21 Matches MacBook Air’s Sizes and Scorches Its Specs

10 Worst Recastings of Science Fiction’s Rock-Star Characters

NBC’s Wonder Woman pilot pics show off the superhero’s secret jet!

Life-Size Hot Wheels Track Breaks World Record

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