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Why Is NASA Burning Out Its Comet Hunting Spaceship?

This is Stardust, NASA’s comet hunter about 312,000,000 kilometers from Earth. Yesterday, they ordered her main engines to burn at full throttle until they consumed all the available fuel, and then turned off her radio. But why? Swinging around the solar system Launched in February 7, 1999, the brave 661-pound spaceship was the first spacecraft…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

A N00b’s Guide to Safer Regime Change

Tech-centric human rights group Access has published a handy primer for those looking to participate in a Middle Eastern or North African revolution (and keep their identities private while at it). You know—those secret police are assholes. The guide could be a huge boon for would-be dissidents who might otherwise be too scared for their…

Privacy & Security Sam Biddle

Did you see this bright green light zooming overhead earlier this week?

Several people in the southern United States reported seeing a crazy green light shooting overhead on March 23. One wrote to the Lights in the Sky blog: I was driving over a hill in Hutto Texas and saw a bright green blue light in the sky (kinda looked like a shooting star but not the…

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iRig Mic Makes iPhone Audio Recording Not-Horrible (Updated)

Your iPhone is a wonderful point-and-shoot cam, and grabs pretty solid HD video. Not so solid? The audio, unless you’re recording something an inch away from you in a soundproof chamber. iRig’s mic gives you pro-quality sound, mobilized. Plusses It does what you want a microphone to do—you make noises near it, and it records…

Reviews Sam Biddle

The mysterious Twilight Zone of superconductors

Superconductors conduct electricity perfectly, but only at an extreme low temperature. Just above that temperature is a ‘pseudogap’ where neither regular nor low temperature rules apply. A group of scientists are fixing to find out why. Superconductors are used shamelessly in medicine, science, and technology, and they put up no resistance. That’s the definition of…

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Color’s Already Working On Making Their App Less-Shit

Everyone’s bemoaning the fact that Color only works with those within 150 feet of you—and as it’s such a new app, that’s next to no-one. Never fear though, because on day two of the app being available, they’re working on making it less “lonely.” Two important changes are going to feature in the next update—namely,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Sleepy Air Traffic Controller Suspeneded

The Reagan National Airport traffic controller who fell asleep in the tower on Wednesday has been suspended after undergoing a drug test. Perhaps they should put more than one person on the overnight shift? Just a thought! [Gawker https://gizmodo.com/air-traffic-control-abandoned-as-two-passenger-planes-t-5785259

Tech News Jeff Neumann

Showtime adapting the ultra-weird, super-gross comic book Chew for TV‎

There’s a lot of excellent buzz surrounding John Layman and Rob Guillory’s comic Chew, the story of an FBI agent who snacks on the dead to absorb their memories. And now the comic is getting its own TV series. Deadline broke the news that Showtime is readying a dark series adaptation of the popular comic…

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Japan Widens Evacuation Zone Around Crippled Nuke Plant

Another sign that the Fukushima crisis is far from over: the Japanese government has widened the danger zone around the facility from 12 to 19 miles. But even more unsettling? The aloofness of the government itself. You see, the extra seven miles of added radius are only part of an encouraged evacuation, not a mandatory…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Two possible villains for the Superman reboot. Plus Joe Quesada talks Captain America, Thor, and The Avengers!

Two wonderfully villainous actors are rumored for roles in Zack Snyder’s Superman reboot. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is already happening. Neil Gaiman talks Doctor Who, and Futurama is sticking around for a long time! Spoilers ahead! Top image from Thor. Superman Reboot Still no word on who they might play, but a pair of awesome…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

A Tool to Help Pull Socks Up

Excluding the elderly or injured or disabled—who have a very valid reason to need help putting on socks—if things are bad enough that you can’t pull your own socks up, perhaps you should get some exercise? [Taylorgifts via RandomGoodStuff via OhGizmo] UPDATE: Apologies if anyone took offense at this post; I should’ve done a better…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Japanese Nuclear Plant Will Have to Cough Up Compensation

Normally, a natural disaster often results in companies being exempt from having to pay compensation. In TEPCO’s case, however, the Japanese government has said being exempt from having to pay would be “impossible under current social circumstances.” This has saved the government from having to foot the bill, when it’s got thousands upon thousands of…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

This Is the Problem With Scientists

Scientists are great and all, what with their discovery of new and wonderful things and unlocking the secrets of our universe, etc. YAWN. The thing is, can’t they just let some stuff better off alone? Like, gross stuff? [xkcd]

Books & Comics Brian Barrett

Would Sir Like a Geiger Counter With That Sushi?

A Taiwanese restaurant isn’t doing anything to sate those fears over radiation, supplying a Geiger counter with every order of sushi. According to the restaurant manager, customers were actually asking for it, but surely handing them out actually encourages fear of radioactive contamination, even if said sashmi is deemed clear? Sure, the seawater around the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

You Can Stick Your Online Gambling—I’m Playing Blackjack on My Watch

I can just see Vegas poker-twats strapping this Christophe Claret watch on and lecturing me about how I can’t put my vodka on the blackjack table when having a flutter. With three games built into the analogue display—dice, roulette and blackjack—you’d never be bored while waiting for a table to clear. Though I imagine if…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Google Music Could be Close to Launching

Of course, we’ve heard that one before. But according to CNET’s sources, the cloud-based streaming service is being tested now, and has been held up this long because of a little thing called…permission. Yes, they’re still sorting out rights with the labels. The reason it’s so tricksy for Google is because they need to gain…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Fringe has been renewed for a fourth season

The news just hit this afternoon: Fringe, which was on the bubble, has at last been renewed for another season. We’ve been rooting for this crazy show, where we’ve come to care for people in the alternate Earth as much as we do the people in our own. According to Entertainment Weekly, network executives have…

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Clever iPhone App Only Shows You the Best of Everything

The Village Voice has just put out a clever iPhone app called Best Of. The app basically uses your location to help you find every place that was voted the “best of” something—be it restaurant or hot dog. The great thing about the app is that it’s “utilizing the picks from publications like Houston Press,…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Celeste App Lets You Send and Receive Files Via Bluetooth on Your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch

Celeste is a new jailbreak app that allows you to send and receive files using your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch with any Bluetooth-transfer capable device. You can transfer songs, photos, videos, contacts, and more, with the feature pretty well-integrated into your iOS apps; you might even forget it wasn’t there originally. It’s good to…

Tech News Davey Alba

Like a Gizmodo Staff Member? Show It by Becoming His or Her Fan on Facebook!

After reading our posts day after day, you’ve probably grown to like—or maybe hate—a few of us. Well, we’d love it if you’d express any positive feelings by showing us just how much you like us on our Facebook pages. You see, most of Gizmodo’s staff members maintain individual Facebook pages for our thoughts, photos,…

Social Media Rosa Golijan

Why Is NASA Burning Out Its Comet Hunting Spaceship?

A N00b’s Guide to Safer Regime Change

Did you see this bright green light zooming overhead earlier this week?

iRig Mic Makes iPhone Audio Recording Not-Horrible (Updated)

The mysterious Twilight Zone of superconductors

Color’s Already Working On Making Their App Less-Shit

Sleepy Air Traffic Controller Suspeneded

Showtime adapting the ultra-weird, super-gross comic book Chew for TV‎

Japan Widens Evacuation Zone Around Crippled Nuke Plant

Two possible villains for the Superman reboot. Plus Joe Quesada talks Captain America, Thor, and The Avengers!

A Tool to Help Pull Socks Up

Japanese Nuclear Plant Will Have to Cough Up Compensation

This Is the Problem With Scientists

Would Sir Like a Geiger Counter With That Sushi?

You Can Stick Your Online Gambling—I’m Playing Blackjack on My Watch

Google Music Could be Close to Launching

Fringe has been renewed for a fourth season

Clever iPhone App Only Shows You the Best of Everything

Celeste App Lets You Send and Receive Files Via Bluetooth on Your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch

Like a Gizmodo Staff Member? Show It by Becoming His or Her Fan on Facebook!

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