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Watch This Massive Australian Flood Clear an Entire Parking Lot

Queensland, Australia is in the midst of a massive flooding disaster that’s already claimed (at least) eight lives. Now, we’ve got some amazing amateur video of the flooding that shows—in horrifying glory—its full, powerful, car-moving devastation. Watch inside. [The Daily What]

Tech News Matt Cherette Jan 10 '11

Automato: The Remote-Controlled Butler That Kicks Ass, Takes Names, Dispenses Ketchup

Whirling muscle arms? Check. High-powered squirting mechanism? Check. Pinpoint accuracy? Irrelevant. If you’re going to invite the Automato into your home, you need to let it do what it does best: dispense ketchup in the most badass way possible. And let’s not leave out the little Automato, which, in its free time, enjoys spinning donuts…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 10 '11

Sex with a giantess at the end of the world – what could go wrong?

I am confused and intrigued by indie flick Apocalypse, CA, about a group of friends trying to enjoy life in the final days before Earth is due to be destroyed by incoming asteroids. Apparently, this enjoyment includes really giant women. Here’s the synopsis: Mysterious radio personality and apparent part-time genie, ‘Sassy Boots’ (Elizabeth Sandy) takes…

Trailers Annalee Newitz Jan 10 '11

A Two-Piece Speaker Dock So Gorgeous That You’ll Overlook Its Price

The Perch is a pretty little gadget with a two-piece design that allows you to use it as a standalone Bluetooth speaker or as a dock for your smartphone. It’s a bit steeply priced at $180, but it’s definitely beautiful. The Perch connects to smartphones or media players using Bluetooth and has a built-in microphone…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Jan 10 '11

11 Reasons to be Scared of 2011

There’s lots of reason for optimism about the coming year — Game of Thrones! More Doctor Who and Fringe! Dozens of huge movies! But there are also reasons for apprehension. Here’s what we’re scared could happen this year. https://gizmodo.com/55-science-fiction-fantasy-movies-to-watch-out-for-in-2-5723075 Luckily, out of our list of things we were scared of in 2010 only about half…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 10 '11

Polar bear courtship is half cute, half ursine pornography

In this clip from the BBC’s David Tennant-narrated documentary Polar Bear – Spy On The Ice, a female polar bear seduces a mate by adorably burying her head in the snow…and intermittently flashing him. Oh, you saucy Ursus maritimus. And here’s more footage of the bears gleefully destroying the BBC’s ice-camouflaged spy cameras. https://gizmodo.com/a-polar-bear-mauling-a-robotic-spy-camera-is-superb-ent-5722466 [John…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jan 10 '11

Concept Art from the Teen Batman Series that Never Was, Gotham High

Check out a whole gallery of images from this teenaged Batman animated series that never got off the ground, Gotham High. Harvey Dent versus Poison Ivy for class president, emo Joker… This would have been epic. Artists Jeffrey Thomas and Celeste Green recently they released a batch of never-before-seen Gotham High concept art, based on…

Television Meredith Woerner Jan 10 '11

Honey I Shrunk No Country For Old Men

Sometimes you happen upon something on the web and try to divine its greater meaning. Sometimes you just say “OK why the hell not.” These meticulous 1:87 scale dioramas inspired by No Country For Old Men? Sure, yes, absolutely! The series, dubbed No Country For Small Men, currently includes some 47 pieces, each a wonder…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Jan 10 '11

Of course you want Darth Vader’s head molded onto the front of your Adidas

Adidas has a new Star Wars shoe out in its “Originals” line, and this one will remind you that your toes’ lack of faith is disturbing. The Freshness blog explains the subtle hip hop reference on these shoes, called the Ultrastar: With the exception of the toe guard in the form of Darth Vader, the…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jan 10 '11

If You Got Three Minutes, Watch 3 Minutes

I like shorts, especially when they are as well produced as this. And if you add light sabers for no reason, even better. This Ross Ching guy—the director—would probably make Clone Wars 12. Wait and see. [Ross Ching]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 10 '11

Bacteria ate up all the methane that spilled from the Deepwater Horizon well

All the methane that erupted in the Deepwater Horizon disaster has disappeared. What happened to it? One theory says it was eaten. On April 20, 2010, a bubble of methane raced up the drill column of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, bursting through the seals and barriers in its way. By the time it exploded…

io9 Ed Yong - Discover Jan 10 '11

This Amazing Ghostbusters Cake Should Cross Streams With My Belly

An incredible, edible recreation of the climactic Stay Puft Marshmellow Man scene. Any couple so united in their love of Ghostbusters that they’d commission that cake is destined for a lifetime of Slimer-free bliss. Oh, and it’s glow-in-the-dark: From the same mad Charm City Cakes geniuses who brought you Wall-E and Eve. Here’s hoping they…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 10 '11

A simple model could explain how the first cell came into being

How did a bunch of lifeless molecules transform themselves into living cells, turning the ancient, dead Earth into a planet teeming with life? It’s an incredibly difficult question to answer, but a new model might explain part of the story. Before you can have life, complex organic molecules have to start replicating themselves in much…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jan 10 '11

A cartography of Judge Dredd’s Cursed Earth

Navigating the world outside the walls of Mega-City One isn’t easy — the Cursed Earth of the 21st century is filled with radiation, mutants, and sundry forms of lurking death. It pays to have zarjaz maps like these lying around. Be sure to check out io9’s own cartography of futuristic cities here. Also, here are…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Jan 10 '11

Google Goggles Now Solves Sudoku for You

The newest version of Google Goggles has some nice upgrades—barcode scanning is faster, and it’ll recognize and search print ads for you. But, really, the hands-down coolest feature is automatic Sudoku solving. No need to use your brain! While it sort of (actually, completely) defeats the purpose of Sudoku to begin with, it’s definitely a…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jan 10 '11

Colin Farrell’s Total Recall wants to be the new Blade Runner

Details are leaking out on Len Wiseman’s Total Recall reboot. And instead of trying to recapture the glorious weirdness of the Verhoeven original, it’s sounding more like a tribute to the other classic Philip K. Dick adaptation, Blade Runner. In an interview Collider, movie producer Neal Moritz confirmed that Colin Farrell would have Arnold Schwarzenegger’s…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 10 '11

Why the coming decade marks a new stage in human evolution

On New Year’s Day, the giant population bump known as the baby boom started turning 65. By the decade’s end, more humans will be over 65 than under 5. Homo sapiens is entering uncharted territory. What will happen? Over at the health research site Tracker, there’s a terrific roundup of news and research about what…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jan 10 '11

Lifechanger: GroupMe Group Texting

CES is like Ninja Warrior for bloggers, a vast, obstacle-strewn arena where cell service is rare and usable internet is as uncommon as good hygiene. To stay in touch, Gizmodo relied on GroupMe. It worked and then some. The idea is a simple one: a reliable group SMS service, where every message is preceded by…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Jan 10 '11

Earth 2 at last? Rocky exoplanet is just 1.4 times the size of Earth

The newly-discovered Kepler-10b is, in terms of size, the most Earth-like exoplanet yet discovered, and the first completely confirmed discovery of a rocky planet around another star. This is very good news for the hunt for Earth’s twin. NASA’s Kepler Mission began focusing most of its resources on the hunt for small exoplanets last year,…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jan 10 '11

R.I.P. Germ Books, your one-stop shop for science fiction, paranoia and UFOs

Germ Books, the Philadelphia store specializing in science fiction, UFO books and “theories science doesn’t like,” is going under at the end of the month. The good news: They’re having a 50 percent sale until then. [via Wred Fright]

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Jan 10 '11

Watch This Massive Australian Flood Clear an Entire Parking Lot

Automato: The Remote-Controlled Butler That Kicks Ass, Takes Names, Dispenses Ketchup

Sex with a giantess at the end of the world – what could go wrong?

A Two-Piece Speaker Dock So Gorgeous That You’ll Overlook Its Price

11 Reasons to be Scared of 2011

Polar bear courtship is half cute, half ursine pornography

Concept Art from the Teen Batman Series that Never Was, Gotham High

Honey I Shrunk No Country For Old Men

Of course you want Darth Vader’s head molded onto the front of your Adidas

If You Got Three Minutes, Watch 3 Minutes

Bacteria ate up all the methane that spilled from the Deepwater Horizon well

This Amazing Ghostbusters Cake Should Cross Streams With My Belly

A simple model could explain how the first cell came into being

A cartography of Judge Dredd’s Cursed Earth

Google Goggles Now Solves Sudoku for You

Colin Farrell’s Total Recall wants to be the new Blade Runner

Why the coming decade marks a new stage in human evolution

Lifechanger: GroupMe Group Texting

Earth 2 at last? Rocky exoplanet is just 1.4 times the size of Earth

R.I.P. Germ Books, your one-stop shop for science fiction, paranoia and UFOs

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