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This really could be the year we find the elusive Higgs Boson

“If nature is kind to us, we will find it next year.” That’s one physicist’s bold prediction for when the Large Hadron Collider will detect the long-awaited Higgs Boson, the missing particle of the standard model of physics. According to CERN physicist Christoph Rembser, 2011 might actually be the year that we discover the Higgs…

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Meet Charles, the Disembodied, Terror-Inducing GPS Navigator Robot

You know what’s not terrifying enough? GPS systems. Thank goodness for Charles. Charles, you see, is a bodiless GPS system that vaguely resembles a man’s head and shoulders. It sits in your passenger seat (as much as a bodiless GPS terrorbot can sit anyway), reads your facial cues, tone of voice and other behavior and…

Tech News Jack Loftus

A brief history of Daft Punk’s costumes

Daft Punk’s never been content to stay with one robotic bodysuit for too long, and here’s a visual history of their cyber-sartorial choices. You can see a massive version of this chart here. [Agent Raybans via Laughing Squid]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Verizon Cuts Galaxy Tab to $500, Refunds Inbound

Good news and good news for Verizon Galaxy Tab owners and anyone thinking about picking up this diminutive slate: The price is dropping by $100 to $500, and anyone who bought one at the old price gets a refund. Or, should I say, they will when Verizon institutes the new pricing. The move hasn’t technically…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Nasty case of writer’s block creates the most brilliant scientific paper ever

Scientific papers can be lots of different things. They can be world-changing, eye-opening, impenetrable, ridiculous, just plain wrong…or the most awesome thing ever. The absolutely incredible paper we’re about to share will change how you think about writer’s block forever. Published in 1974, this paper by Dennis Upper promises a harrowing but scientifically illuminating tale…

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Hotmail Account Holders Ring in the New Year with Missing Emails

Microsoft Hotmail users have a lot to complain about as the new year kicks off in earnest: Many are reporting today that their emails have gone missing as a result of a new bug plaguing that popular email system. Basically, users report that their emails are being sent to a deleted mail folder instead of…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Hour-long “Joy of Stats” video explains why statistics is the sexiest science

This is perfect for some lazy Sunday viewing: the complete, hour-long documentary “The Joy of Stats”, in which incredibly excited host Hans Rosling takes you inside the world of numbers. Prepare to fall in love with statistics all over again. The program originally aired on BBC4, but the entire thing is now freely viewable online.…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

To the untrained eye, black holes and solar eclipses are alarmingly similar

No, this isn’t a black hole sucking Earth up. It’s a solar eclipse zipping across the Earth’s surface at 2000 kilometers per hour. This stunning shot was taken from the Mir space station on August 11, 1999. [CNES/NASA; thanks Roklimber!]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Verizon Purportedly Snatching Up iPhone Domains

As we prepare for yet another year where the iPhone is coming to Verizon, let us take a look at this most recent rumor-creating development: An entity called “Verizon Trademark Services” is busily buying iPhone domains from across the web. Some of the inconspicuous domains are iphoneforverizon.com and iphoneonverizon.com, which could be another smoking gun…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Plot of upcoming Toy Story short film leaked

A new Toy Story short will run in front of Cars 2 when it hits theaters June 24. What’s the film about? Well, it sounds a lot less tear-jerking than Toy Story 3. The below synopsis comes from the children’s book Play-Cation!, which is based on the upcoming short: Bonnie is off to Hawaii, and…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Unnamed Vizio Tablet Sneaks Into Rose Bowl Coverage

Mere seconds into the chairman’s message at this year’s Rose Bowl a mysterious Vizio tablet appeared. The appearance was rather without warning or details, yet it was certainly there, revealed on national television. More to come at CES, perhaps. While specifics were not something Vizio chief sales officer Randy Waynick was about to give up…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Over a thousand dead black birds rain down on Arkansas town

Last Friday, hundreds of dead black birds fell from the sky over Beebe, Arkansas. Officials suspect the poor birds were the victims of weather conditions like lightning or high atmosphere hail, but we’re chalking it up to a Romulan Warbird. [KATV via CNN. Spotted on The Occultist.]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Would a near extinction event spur an interest in space travel?

What do Viking colonies teach us about space colonization? The former offers a dire lesson about why the latter may become necessary. Paul Gilster of Centauri Dreams discusses the circumstances that could force humanity to avoid a “planetary Greenland.” Although Jane Smiley has made the haunting story of the Viking settlement of Greenland widely known…

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The Best Lego Builds of the Year

We’ve seen some remarkable and imaginative projects this year employing the iconic blocks, here are a few of our favorites. 1. In Soviet Russia, Lego Can’t Even Make Its Own Products Right For Its Ads This is one of the best series of adverts I’ve ever clapped eyes on. Last month, Lego Russia released a…

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The story of Via Galactica, the scifi Broadway musical flop of the 1970s

Decades before Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark was just a twinkle in Julie Taymor’s eye, Broadway had weathered a prior most expensive scifi musical ever: 1972’s Via Galactica, a spacey extravaganza starring Raul Julia and a set made of trampolines. In a retrospective at The New York Times, Jennifer George recalls how her parents poured…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Somebody Tell Me What All These People Are in Line For

No, Apple didn’t release an iPhone just for China. Instead, all these people were waiting in line for the Meizu M9, the Android 2.2-powered successor to the Meizu M8. Pretty impressive turnout for something that once started as a ripjob. https://gizmodo.com/meizu-m8-rips-off-the-iphone-ui-and-why-thats-a-good-th-312963 Apparently, there was no limit on how many units each person could get. I’m…

Tech News Casey Chan

This Is Probably the Best DIY Lightsaber Ever

The blade is ridiculously bright and lights up in an instant, the handle is gorgeous and beautifully constructed, I mean, everything about this lightsaber is just perfect. Even Luke Skywalker would be drooling over this. Watch it light up: The Return of the Jedi lightsaber was made by Bradley Lewis and he documented his entire…

Tech News Casey Chan

Mac OS X Running on a Cr-48 Brings Back Memories of the Black MacBook

Albeit, a less useful black MacBook. But anyway! A hacker decided to toss Mac OS X onto the Google’s Chrome OS laptop, the Cr-48, and mostly everything works. Well, except sleep, QE/CI and the trackpad is kinda wonky. Check it out. Just watching the stark naked notebook boot Mac OS X (or something that’s not…

Tech News Casey Chan

This New Design for the Post-it Could Solve the Post-it’s Classic Problem

It might be a little hard to see, but this is a design for an improved post-it note. The paper is made from wood waste and the end of the note ends in a triangle to prevent the corners from fraying. I’ve used many a post-it in my time and those damn bottom corners always…

Tech News Casey Chan

Why the Human Body Temperature Is 98.6 Degrees

Scientists have found the reason why our body temperature is 98.6° Fahrenheit (37°C). Apparently it’s the perfect balance, as it’s warm enough to prevent fungal infection but not so hot that we need to eat nonstop to maintain our metabolism. Scientists have always wondered why advanced mammals are so hot compared to other animals. And…

Tech News Casey Chan

This really could be the year we find the elusive Higgs Boson

Meet Charles, the Disembodied, Terror-Inducing GPS Navigator Robot

A brief history of Daft Punk’s costumes

Verizon Cuts Galaxy Tab to $500, Refunds Inbound

Nasty case of writer’s block creates the most brilliant scientific paper ever

Hotmail Account Holders Ring in the New Year with Missing Emails

Hour-long “Joy of Stats” video explains why statistics is the sexiest science

To the untrained eye, black holes and solar eclipses are alarmingly similar

Verizon Purportedly Snatching Up iPhone Domains

Plot of upcoming Toy Story short film leaked

Unnamed Vizio Tablet Sneaks Into Rose Bowl Coverage

Over a thousand dead black birds rain down on Arkansas town

Would a near extinction event spur an interest in space travel?

The Best Lego Builds of the Year

The story of Via Galactica, the scifi Broadway musical flop of the 1970s

Somebody Tell Me What All These People Are in Line For

This Is Probably the Best DIY Lightsaber Ever

Mac OS X Running on a Cr-48 Brings Back Memories of the Black MacBook

This New Design for the Post-it Could Solve the Post-it’s Classic Problem

Why the Human Body Temperature Is 98.6 Degrees

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