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How are supermassive black holes deforming our galaxy?

One of the biggest mysteries about galaxies is how the supermassive black holes at their centers affect the structure of the galaxy itself. Now scientists think they have an answer. A team of German and American astronomers have discovered that there’s a direct relationship between the size of the supermassive black hole and the number…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Edible Crayons Draw Crazy Squiggles In Your Stomach

Here’s an idea I can get behind. Edible crayons! Luxirare created a box of eight colors (flavors?), using household ingredients such as nuts, sesame seeds and melted marshmallow for the white crayon. Think that sounds tasty? Wait until you hear what was used in the green crayon—peas, green beans, dried kiwi fruit, green fruity pebbles…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

12 awesome science fiction lunch boxes

Now that you’re old enough to pack your own lunch, don’t you know that brown-bagging is déclassé? Save a tree and tote your vittles around in these vintage food cubes. When Lee Majors adorns your thermos, nothing can stop you. [The Jailbreak via Nerdcore]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

The Privacy Changes Facebook Needs to Make Today

This afternoon, Facebook will announce the privacy changes they’ve been promising over the past several weeks. And while all we know so far is that the fix involves simplified settings, here are the adjustments they’d be crazy not to make. https://gizmodo.com/facebook-ceo-admits-they-missed-the-mark-on-privacy-5546160 PC World has a pretty robust list on the subject, starting with the biggest:…

Social Media Brian Barrett

Where’s my goddamn Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot movie?

Frank Miller and Geof Darrow’s hyper-action comic — about a pair of metallic avengers who take on giant monsters with wit, panache, and heart — would make for a terrific animated flick. Get on it, Hollywood. Clearly inspired by both Astro Boy and classic kaiju tales of urban destruction, The Big Guy and Rusty the…

io9 Marc Bernardin

I’m Still Waiting for a Great iPad Magazine

With the new Wired app, Conde Nast has built, unequivocally, the best magazine for the iPad. And yet I find myself asking, is this it? And will it cost this much? I love Wired. I love magazines. But with the launch of the magazine app, Wired’s much-previewed, profoundly hyped and unexpectedly controversial claim on the…

Tech News John Herrman

Sigourney Weaver will be your anti-psychic friend

We’re beyond intrigued about Sigourney Weaver’s next movie, Red Lights. Especially since she’s playing the resident skeptic, on a mission to disprove a famous psychic. Let’s hope it’s John Edwards himself! Bloody Disgusting has a big scoop on Weaver’s next role in Rodrigo Cortés’ film, Red Lights, who became super popular after his film Buried…

io9 Meredith Woerner

There Is No Spork

Spanish photographer Chema Madoz doesn’t like digital photography, but he loves to warp reality in impossible ways. Like this spoon with a fork shadow, which is a straight photo, with no Photoshop or laboratory manipulation whatsoever. Madoz’s world ties directly into the work of surrealist artists like Dalí and Duchamp. He doesn’t like digital photography…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Christina Hendricks: Sultry music-video future-droid

The Mad Men star — and recently anointed most beautiful woman on the face of everywhere — is the robotic muse of a forthcoming video from Broken Bells. (Still, she’ll always be our Mrs. Reynolds.) “The Ghost Inside” is the first, as-yet-unreleased video from the self-titled album by Broken Bells, the musical collaboration between Danger…

io9 Marc Bernardin

30% of Netbook Shoppers Wooed By iPad Instead

If the ergonomics of a tiny screen, keyboard and trackpad weren’t enough to convince you that netbooks will cease to be the phenomenon they were as tablets come into play, just look at the results of this study. Polling a sample size of “over 1,000 distributed across gender, age, income and location in the United…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Stethoscope Headphones Are So Obvious, It’s Surprising They Haven’t Been Done Before

Couple a white pair of these headphone stethoscopes (or are they stethoscope headphones?) with a blue pinnafore and job done, you’re practically Jack from Lost. Only, listening to Fleetwood Mac. But no-one needs to know that. They’ve come out of creative agency Antrepo Design, and while they’re not actual products you can spank a few…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Is Eli Roth’s The Last Exorcist scarier than the original Exorcist?

Spooky exorcisms are a staple among horror movies. But the latest trailer for the new Eli Roth-produced exorcism film has us wondering: Can this shaky cam “real life” film be half as frightening as the original Exorcist? Some of the scenes in this trailer look horrifying, while others look very shaky-cam and shticky. But it…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Movie soundtracks are designed to freak us out on an evolutionary level

According to evolutionary biologists, movie music contains “unexpected” sounds that trigger primal reactions from audiences. In other words, our brains are hardwired to respond with fear to the Jaws soundtrack. In a study led by evolutionary ecologist Daniel Blumstein of UCLA and published in the journal Biology Letters, researchers analyzed popular horror, drama, war, and…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Gesture-Activated Faucet, Or Project Natal for the Dishes

In the future, we can only hope that turning on one’s faucet will require a pseudo-sexual air stroke. Groping is so pedestrian. [Jasper Dekker via Yanko Design] https://gizmodo.com/delta-touch-sensitive-faucet-review-5454014

Tech News Mark Wilson

Spiffy, spangly new retro-Iron Man covers

Remember that time when I wished upon a star for Ronnie del Carmen to do more comics? Thank you, Marvel Comics, for sort of making that come true. https://gizmodo.com/where-are-my-goddamn-ronnie-del-carmen-comics-5520057 Ronnie del Carmen and Bill Pressing — two artists who’ve done storyboard work for Pixar as well as comics projects of their own — have done…

io9 Marc Bernardin

Take a closer look at the worlds of Splice and Inception, plus new hints about Neuromancer

There are clips and interviews aplenty for Splice. A new trailer takes us further inside the world of Inception. Plus Neuromancer, John Carter of Mars, Doctor Who, Stargate Universe, The Sorceror’s Apprentice, and – for old time’s sake – Lost. Splice: We’ve got a ton of videos this morning. Let’s start with this video interview…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

I’ll Take My PSP Cake Slice To Go

While I might question the game of choice, I don’t think anyone can argue with the delicious awesomeness of an 18-inch PSP cake. Or is that awesome deliciousness? Either way, me want. The detailing by Debbie Does Cakes really sells it here; the speaker, the green power indicator, John Cena dominating Rey Mysterio (I think?…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Apple Speaks Out About Foxconn Suicides

Foxconn has gone into serious damage control this week, with CEO Guo Tai-ming inviting 100 members of the press to view the facilities today. Even Apple and Dell, two companies whose products are produced in Foxconn’s factories, have spoken out. https://gizmodo.com/foxconns-ceo-talks-for-first-time-about-suicides-as-11-5546958 Apple released a statement saying that they are “saddened and upset by the recent…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Getta Load of ‘Em Ports!

To get the bad news over with first: this is just a concept. Put down your Visa card. Freescale’s been exploring the various shapes and uses tablets could take over the years, with this smartbook concept being ideal for DJs. It’s shown with a dock, which has all the audio ports one could possibly dream…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Egg Boiler iPad App Times Your Eggs To Perfection

I’m sure I’m not the only one who has to Google how many minutes a soft-boiled egg requires every time I attempt one. If you’ve got your iPad in the kitchen already, this app would prove very handy. You just select whether you want a soft, medium or hard-boiled egg, and the iPad app will…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

How are supermassive black holes deforming our galaxy?

Edible Crayons Draw Crazy Squiggles In Your Stomach

12 awesome science fiction lunch boxes

The Privacy Changes Facebook Needs to Make Today

Where’s my goddamn Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot movie?

I’m Still Waiting for a Great iPad Magazine

Sigourney Weaver will be your anti-psychic friend

There Is No Spork

Christina Hendricks: Sultry music-video future-droid

30% of Netbook Shoppers Wooed By iPad Instead

Stethoscope Headphones Are So Obvious, It’s Surprising They Haven’t Been Done Before

Is Eli Roth’s The Last Exorcist scarier than the original Exorcist?

Movie soundtracks are designed to freak us out on an evolutionary level

Gesture-Activated Faucet, Or Project Natal for the Dishes

Spiffy, spangly new retro-Iron Man covers

Take a closer look at the worlds of Splice and Inception, plus new hints about Neuromancer

I’ll Take My PSP Cake Slice To Go

Apple Speaks Out About Foxconn Suicides

Getta Load of ‘Em Ports!

Egg Boiler iPad App Times Your Eggs To Perfection

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