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We Are Close To Finding The Source Of Cosmic Rays In The Universe

Cosmic rays are particles that streak through the universe at near-light speed, colliding with giant balls of gas. But their origins are shrouded in mystery. Now physicists have uncovered an important clue about where these superfast particles come from. Physicists used the Fermi telescope to examine how cosmic rays behave when they slam into giant…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Leave Krypton Alone, JMS!

J. Michael Straczynski has started talking about his upcoming reboot of the Man of Steel, Superman: Earth One, and one of his first teases has us more than a little worried about what he’s got in store. Spoilers! Talking to Newsarama, the Babylon 5 creator said, Along the way, we go to his backstory, how…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Man Confuses Reality With a Verizon Commercial

Remember those coverage maps hovering above people’s heads in Verizon’s “there’s a map for that” commercials? What if they existed in the real world? This man decided to find out. https://gizmodo.com/verizon-bitch-slaps-at-t-in-theres-a-map-for-that-com-5375027 Helmet hair and crappy reception. Poor guy. [Media Bistro]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

The Sexiest New Action Figures: Marvel Anime Babes, Power Girl And Captain Jack

We wrap up our Toy Fair coverage today with a sneak peek at Iron Minimates, anime-themed Marvel superheroines, the Torchwood Cyberwoman action figure, lightsaber chopsticks, and this LEGO Star Wars Hoth Wampa Set. LEGO Star Wars Hoth Wampa Set ($39.99, August 2010). LEGO’s Clone Turbo Tank. ($119.99, August 2010) General Grievous gets a tune-up at…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Windows Phone 7: Aphrodisiac

When Matt volunteered to apear on Canadian TV, he thought he was going to talk about Windows Phone 7—you know, explain the design philosophy, Microsoft’s market position, lay out the competitive landscape. And for a while, that’s what he did. Then things got weird. Michael: Thanks, Matt. Our guest has been Matt Buchanan, Contributing Editor…

Tech News John Herrman

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: The Truth Edition

In today’s Remainders: the truth. These entries get to the heart of the following matters: free speech on Facebook; what everyone’s Buzzing about on Google Buzz; the nature of infographics; and where we stand in Dante’s Internet Hell. Freedom of Facebook Back in 2007, a high school student in Miami created a Facebook group titled,…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Wanna Join My Transformers Street Gang?

This hat is how we roll. And we beat down any fools wearing this Optimus Punkass cap: Toy Fair is the annual event where we get to completely regress back to childhood and check out all of the awesome toys coming out for the rest of the year. And well, we love toys.

Tech News Matt Buchanan

The Secrets Behind Lost: Our 50 Best Theories

Lost has promised to answer all of our burning questions about the island and its mysteries – maybe tonight, maybe sometime soon. But we can’t wait, so here are our 50 best theories about the true meaning of the show. We’re pretty sure that at least some of these theories have a grain of truth…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Japanese Iron Man 2 Statues Spoil Tony Stark’s New Armor

Wondering what Tony Stark’s new armor will look like at the end of Iron Man 2? Japanese modeling firm Kotobukiya has the specs with their new Iron Man Mark VI statuette. Via Marvel.com: THE KOTOBUKIYA COLLECTION – MARVEL STUDIOS IRON MAN MOVIE MARK VI FINE ART STATUE A Kotobukiya Japanese import! In celebration of the…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

To Catch a Predator Barbie

There are things Man was meant to do and there are things Man wasn’t meant to do. Putting a spycam inside a Barbie, for instance? Such can only unbalance the subtle harmonies of nature in perverse ways. Essentially a Flip cam shoved into an adiposeless torso cavity, the Barbie Video Girl Doll can record up…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Windows Mobile’s Incredible Death Spiral

Before Windows Phone 7 was even an embryo of a concept, Windows Mobile was king: It powered nearly half of smartphones in use, a led the industry in features. Then, in 2007, things started to go wrong. Very, very wrong. https://gizmodo.com/windows-phone-7-series-everything-is-different-now-5471805 Silicon Alley Insider has charted Windows Mobile’s platform share, which is to say the…

Tech News John Herrman

A DIY Lego Segway Built Entirely From NXT 2.0 Parts: Wall-E Gets New Wheelz

We’ve seen Segways built partly from Legos before, but a Segway built entirely from the Legos in a standard NXT 2.0 set? That’s something special. https://gizmodo.com/diy-mini-segway-shows-dean-kamen-isnt-all-that-clever-5057908 What’s particularly cool about the NXT Segway is how it balances itself: instead of using a gyro sensor, it leans on the NXT Color Sensor in light sensor mode…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Supernatural Officially Renewed, But Where’s Smallville?

Both The Vampire Diaries and Supernatural will be back next fall. The CW officially announced early pick-ups for a second year of their Twilight Lite and sixth year for the Winchester brothers amongst other shows today, but what about Smallville? Praising Supernatural’s “heroic work in a perennially tough time period,” and giving a special shout-out…

Television Graeme McMillan

“Doctor In Distress” = The Worst Charity Single Of All Time and Space?

If your favorite show is on the chopping block this fall, please do not release a save-our-show song. Doctor Who fans tried it 25 years ago with “Doctor in Distress,” a dance single that sounds not unlike two Cybermen mid-coitus. https://gizmodo.com/all-of-your-favorite-shows-may-get-cancelled-this-year-5470414 In 1985, Doctor Who faced potential cancellation when the BBC put the program on…

Television Cyriaque Lamar

Meet the Rubik’s Slide: New Shape, New Frustrations

I’m not one of those people who ever figured out the secrets of the original Rubik’s Cube, so it was with some trepidation that I tried out the Rubik’s Slide, the newest take on the classic toy. It was hard. Instead of a cube, the Techno Source Rubik’s Slide is a thick slab with only…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Enter to Win a Samsung Smart TV

The Samsung Smart TV is what the future was always supposed to look like—a big, beautiful screen with all the entertainment and information you need, available at the literal wave of a hand. Yep, there are motion sensors for your gestures, vocal controls for you commands, and facial recognition software so that each user has…

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Where Did Saturn’s Rings Go?

Oh Saturn, you keep being the prettiest planet of them all. Even while Cassini crosses your orbital plane, and your rings become proportionally thinner than a razor blade. The photograph was discovered by Spanish amateur Fernando García Navarro, from the raw stream of images sent by the Cassini spacecraft in 2005. Awesome, in the actual…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Black Eyed Peas New Music Video: We’re Not Robots, We’re Just Awful

The Black Eyed Peas have piled everything that is terrible in today’s science fiction into one giant Terminator Salvation-inspired music video. The 10-minute monster is fraught with lens flares, silver masks, plastic capes and break-dancing ray guns. The following are my responses to the pre-video conversation the Peas are having pre-tin foil battle. “Look at…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Information Overload Doesn’t Equal A Believable World

Why do science-fiction novels feel the need to include such massive infodumps? They don’t make a story or a setting feel more fleshed-out and real, argues blogger Ian Sales. If anything, they make the story feel more made-up. Writing in his blog It Doesn’t Have To Be Right…, Sales argues that too many info dumps…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

All the Smartphone OSes: A Beginners’ Guide

Windows Phone Series 7 is here, and it’s like nothing we’ve seen from Microsoft—or anyone else—before. But how does it measure up? And where does every other smartphone OS stand? If you want to skip the gallery format, click here. https://gizmodo.com/all-the-smartphone-oses-a-beginners-guide-5472971 iPhone OS 3.x The third major release of the iPhone’s software, and the second…

Tech News John Herrman

We Are Close To Finding The Source Of Cosmic Rays In The Universe

Leave Krypton Alone, JMS!

Man Confuses Reality With a Verizon Commercial

The Sexiest New Action Figures: Marvel Anime Babes, Power Girl And Captain Jack

Windows Phone 7: Aphrodisiac

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: The Truth Edition

Wanna Join My Transformers Street Gang?

The Secrets Behind Lost: Our 50 Best Theories

Japanese Iron Man 2 Statues Spoil Tony Stark’s New Armor

To Catch a Predator Barbie

Windows Mobile’s Incredible Death Spiral

A DIY Lego Segway Built Entirely From NXT 2.0 Parts: Wall-E Gets New Wheelz

Supernatural Officially Renewed, But Where’s Smallville?

“Doctor In Distress” = The Worst Charity Single Of All Time and Space?

Meet the Rubik’s Slide: New Shape, New Frustrations

Enter to Win a Samsung Smart TV

Where Did Saturn’s Rings Go?

Black Eyed Peas New Music Video: We’re Not Robots, We’re Just Awful

Information Overload Doesn’t Equal A Believable World

All the Smartphone OSes: A Beginners’ Guide

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