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NASA’s Earth Day Gift Runs On a 56,832-Core, 128-Screen Climate Research Supercomputer

Earth Week is upon us, and NASA has prepared a very special gift for the blue planet: a planetary data-crunching tool that uses a 56,832-core, 128-screen supercomputer for helping scientists work together toward better climate change research. NEX, which stands for NASA Earth Exchange, provides scientists around the globe with the kind of computer power…

Climate Change Kyle VanHemert Apr 22

What’s Michael Shanks Doing Back On Stargate?

We’ve got two excellent clips from tomorrow’s Stargate Universe, both heavy on the Daniel Jackson. There’s also a wonderful explanation of the interface chair, including clips from Jack O’Neill’s run-ins in past Stargates. So who’s getting in the chair? Spoilers… IESB premiered this video, that has the cast and producers talking all about the interface…

Television Meredith Woerner Apr 22

Help Steve Jobs Strike Back

Jobs is probably not psyched about what went down this week. It’s time for payback, sweet, vengeful payback. Send your best entries to me at [email protected] with Jobs Strikes Back in the subject line. Save your files as JPGs or GIFs under 800k in size, and use a FirstnameLastname.jpg naming convention using whatever name you…

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 22

The Childhood Wonder Of A Giant Robotic Squid In “The Anachronism”

Written and directed by Matthew Gordon Long, The Anachronism is short steampunk film which about two young children on a science expedition on a beautiful sunny day. Then they discover Septopus, a 14-foot robotic squid. We’ve got the full film. At first, they can’t identify what it is but curiosity gets the better of them…

Movies Quiet Earth Apr 22

Who Wants A Watch Containing Volcanic Ash From Last Week’s Icelandic Eruption?

From the same chap who brought us the watch with actual moon dust and parts from Apollo 11, comes the timely (sorry) Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull watch. With—you guessed it—volcanic ash. Pretty fast, considering it only erupted last week. https://gizmodo.com/icelands-volcanic-ash-causes-hundreds-of-european-fligh-5517678 Romain Jerome’s design looks burnt to the crisp, but if that’s the style your wrist has been…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Apr 22

Ten Movies That Should Never Get Sequels

It’s a Hollywood rule: If a movie does well, make a sequel. Occasionally it works — Aliens, The Road Warrior, Dawn of the Dead — but too often it leads to disaster. Here are 10 that should be left alone. AVATAR Yes, James Cameron is plunging full-bore into a follow-up to the highest-grossing movie of…

Movies Marc Bernardin Apr 22

R.I.P. Nate “nnenn” Nielson, LEGO Spaceship Builder Extraordinaire

Nate “nnenn” Nielson was a father, husband, artist, and teacher. He also popularized the “Vic Viper” LEGO spaceships that took the AFOL community by storm. He died in an accident early this month. A few of my favorite nnenn designs: It’s really hard to pick favorites of nnenn’s work. It was all so imaginative and…

Space & Spaceflight Joel Johnson Apr 22

iPad X-ray

We already knew what was inside the iPad, but I must say, it’s still a bit of a letdown that zero gnome skeletons were revealed in this shot. [gigazine via CrunchGear] https://gizmodo.com/this-is-what-the-inside-of-an-ipad-looks-like-5508346

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 22

Four Arguments Against Immortality

Science fiction is full of stories where our heroes live forever. And some current biological research is aimed at making our lives last centuries. So what’s the downside of lasting forever? Here are four reasons to be a mortalist. 1. We will no longer be human. Developments in genomics and biotech have given us everything…

io9 Annalee Newitz Apr 22

LG Tripling OLED Production As Sony Sounds The Death Knell

Sony may be winding down its OLED operations in Japan, but over in South Korea OLED is big business for LG—with news coming in today saying they’re investing a whopping $225.7m into tripling production. But who’s buying? https://gizmodo.com/oled-tvs-are-dead-sony-stops-selling-oled-in-japan-5472627 I saw LG’s 15-inch OLED last night at an event, and it was remarkably beautiful—particularly because the…

Television Kat Hannaford Apr 22

Death and Taxes 2011 Shows Where Your Money Is Going

You paid your taxes, the government got your pesos, and here’s where the President wants to spend them in 2011. Death and Taxes keeps being my favorite chart every year. Guess who gets the biggest cake piece (again). https://gizmodo.com/death-and-taxes-shows-fascinating-terrible-view-on-mil-5068686 The poster shows the spending of each department graphically: The bigger the circle, the larger the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 22

The World War Z Movie: Still Not Dead

The author of this oral history of the zombie apocalypse, Max Brooks, confirms that the film adaptation is still very much alive — or very much undead. One of the most anticipated book-to-film projects currently in Hollywood development, World War Z hasn’t been in the news as of late — and that absence might lead…

io9 Marc Bernardin Apr 22

With Daniel Craig’s Bond On The Skids, Is Sam Worthington The Next Choice?

Since the producers of the next Daniel Craig James Bond film put the brakes on their production due to the financial woes of MGM, people are already beginning to speculate on a full-fledged reboot. And they’re betting on Sam Worthington. The BBC is reporting that: Bookmaker William Hill has made the 33-year-old 5/2 favorite to…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 22

Apple, Please Fix These Problems Before the New iPhone Comes Out

There’s a lot to be happy about in iPhone OS 4. Like multitasking, and threaded inboxes. So why doesn’t it feel right? iPhone OS 4 isn’t a drastic overhaul, or a radical reinvention of the iPhone formula; it’s just another predictable step forward. But the little things it delivers in response to popular whims are…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Apr 22

Air/Port: A Floating City in the Arctic Circle

As the polar caps melt, new methods of connecting communities will emerge and the Port Churchill project seeks to take advantage by building an airport/shipping dock in the Northwest Passage. Developed by Amrit Phull and Claire Lubell of the University of Waterloo’s Frozen Cities/Liquid Networks studio, the Air/Port looks to take advantage of new waterways…

io9 Marc Bernardin Apr 22

Family Portrait (Before the Accident)

Artist David Karave: “I saw these dummies as experiencing the vague alerts, and the anxiety and the paranoia that we normally feel as a society, in place of us, and thereby saving us.” [CrashingAlert via DarkRoastedBlend]

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 22

Zombie Nightstand Could Use More Bullets

This wonderful table is simply titled “for zombies.” It’s brilliant, but we’re not adding it to our zombie contingency plan until the bat-handle is upgraded to an ax, or AA-12 shotgun with a 20-round drum. [flickr via The Daily What]

io9 Meredith Woerner Apr 22

Speeding Tickets Now Coming From Outer Space

As though cameras on top of every traffic light weren’t bad enough already: there’s now a trial run of satellites that will catch you speeding, over a several-block range, from hundreds of miles up. Hope for clouds, I guess? The SpeedSpike system is being tested at two locations in London, and works a little differently…

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 22

Last Chance to Up Your TV-Viewing Game Before the Lost Finale

By taking a wee survey. Email the last question to [email protected], and you could score a 19″ LCD HDTV. All the better to watch the Lost finale on. Yeah, that’s happening. You’ll survive. Or will you… [Rules]

Tech News Gawkercreative Apr 22

Nexus One 3G Bugs No Longer Of Interest To Google

Start pricing up HTC’s Desire or Incredible, Nexus One owners, as Google has put down its hammer and announced “we are no longer investigating further engineering improvements.” You’re stuck with those bugs for good. https://gizmodo.com/htc-desire-review-an-even-more-desirable-nexus-one-5504266 Oh sure, they issued a patch, which didn’t really do much, but Google feels enough is enough and is cutting…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Apr 22

NASA’s Earth Day Gift Runs On a 56,832-Core, 128-Screen Climate Research Supercomputer

What’s Michael Shanks Doing Back On Stargate?

Help Steve Jobs Strike Back

The Childhood Wonder Of A Giant Robotic Squid In “The Anachronism”

Who Wants A Watch Containing Volcanic Ash From Last Week’s Icelandic Eruption?

Ten Movies That Should Never Get Sequels

R.I.P. Nate “nnenn” Nielson, LEGO Spaceship Builder Extraordinaire

iPad X-ray

Four Arguments Against Immortality

LG Tripling OLED Production As Sony Sounds The Death Knell

Death and Taxes 2011 Shows Where Your Money Is Going

The World War Z Movie: Still Not Dead

With Daniel Craig’s Bond On The Skids, Is Sam Worthington The Next Choice?

Apple, Please Fix These Problems Before the New iPhone Comes Out

Air/Port: A Floating City in the Arctic Circle

Family Portrait (Before the Accident)

Zombie Nightstand Could Use More Bullets

Speeding Tickets Now Coming From Outer Space

Last Chance to Up Your TV-Viewing Game Before the Lost Finale

Nexus One 3G Bugs No Longer Of Interest To Google

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