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Watch a Large Hadron Collider Experiment Get a Major Upgrade

CERN’s Large Hadron Collider beneath Geneva, Switzerland isn’t just one, but a handful of experiments sprinkled along the length of the 17-mile-round ring. One of the biggest, the Compact Muon Solenoid or CMS, is getting a major upgrade today, which CERN is comparing to an open-heart surgery. The upgrade will swap out CMS’ innermost of…

Physics & Chemistry Ryan F. Mandelbaum Mar 2 '17

Scientists Are Standing Up to Trump Because They’ve Always Stood Up to Bullshit

There’s this pervasive idea that science is somehow exempt from the ugly political world in which the rest of us wallow. But even a perfunctory look at the history of American science shows that this hasn’t always been the case—and the circumstances that pushed scientists into the public sphere in the past aren’t that different…

Tech News Alejandra Borunda Mar 2 '17

Legion Just Made Its Case For Being the Most Insane Show on Television

The fourth episode of Legion is a complete mind-fuck, to put it mildly. It answers a couple of questions, asks about 30 dozen more, and leads you to doubt everything that’s ever happened on the series so far. If the previous episode made us feel like we were finally safe and sound, this episode just…

io9 Beth Elderkin Mar 2 '17

New Close-Up Image of Jupiter’s Turbulent Region Is Breathtaking

Sure, things are pretty whacky here on Earth, but they’re nothing compared to the gigantic storm twice as wide as our own planet raging on Jupiter. The area just west of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is both dazzling and chaotic, filled with swirling clouds of mystery. Now, thanks to NASA’s Juno spacecraft—and a very skilled…

Space & Spaceflight Rae Paoletta Mar 2 '17

Richard Branson Announces New Space Company, Tries Pulling a Reverse Musk™

“I hope in five years a reusable rocket will have been developed which can take up to 10 people at a time to stay at the Virgin Hotel for two weeks,” Richard Branson proudly announced back in 1999. We’re still waiting on Branson’s Virgin Galactic to take tourists into space, despite the promises of the…

Tech News Matt Novak Mar 2 '17

Ads Will Be Even Harder to Escape Now That Posters Can Hijack FM Radio

Visual ads like signs, posters, and billboards are easy to ignore—you just need to look away. But what if a poster for a concert started broadcasting music or notifications to your smartphone? Researchers at the University of Washington have found a way to turn print ads into low-power radio stations, making a future inundated with…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Mar 2 '17

Dr. Fate Is Very Tired of Superman’s Fascist Crap in Injustice 2

One of the best things about the rolling character reveals for Injustice 2 is in seeing just how deep into the DC Comics character stable the game is going to delve. Having the wielder of the Helmet of Nabu in a big-budget video game is a pretty deep cut. Dr. Fate is one of superhero…

io9 Evan Narcisse Mar 2 '17

So Is Snapchat’s Logo a Dick in a Tissue or What?

Today’s the big day for Snap Inc., the parent company of dick pic app Snapchat and some confusing drone project: It’s set to begin trading on Wall Street today after the company priced its IPO at $17 a share. Snap’s valuation could be as high as $24 billion, the largest for a US-based tech company…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Mar 2 '17

What You Need to Know About Ryzen, AMD’s Shot at an Intel-Killing Chip

Sometimes it feels like computers have reached peak speed. Often times, when trolling YouTube or playing a quick round of Overwatch the limitations on performance seem tied to something else. Your internet is too slow, or you need a new graphics card. Computer processors have gotten faster—every year Intel unveils a microarchitecture with breathless claims…

Tech News Alex Cranz Mar 2 '17

The New Pirates of the Caribbean 5 Trailer Features a Creepy CG Young Jack Sparrow

The first two trailers for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man Tell No Tales have been noticeably light on Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow. This one has, arguably, too much. There’s a flashback sequence with the ever-more-popular “de-aged actor” effect, and it is creepier than anything seen in these movies before. This trailer has a lot…

Trailers Katharine Trendacosta Mar 2 '17

The Inhumans TV Show Has Found Its Queen

Matt Nix’s X-Men TV show also adds an important cast member. The team behind Alien: Covenant discusses copious amounts of blood and the design of its new Alien. Finn Jones wants Misty Knight and Colleen Wing to get their own TV show. Plus, a new behind-the-scenes look at Justice League, and Supergirl casts an iZombie…

Television James Whitbrook Mar 2 '17

How to Get Windows and macOS Apps on Your Chromebook

As capable as Chromebooks have become, there are times when you might need to load up Photoshop, iTunes or something else that relies on Windows or macOS. Not only can Chrome OS do this, it’s not that difficult to set up…if you know the right plug-ins to use. Here’s how to get started. The tool…

Gadgets David Nield Mar 2 '17

90-Year-Old Mold Sold for Almost $15k

The idea that a bit of gross mold would be worth $14,617 seems absurd until you realize it may be the most important mold to that was ever grown. Bonhams auctioned off the mold that belonged to Dr. Alexander Fleming earlier today, along with a handwritten inscription from Fleming himself that describes it as “the…

Tech News Rhett Jones Mar 1 '17

Antarctica Had a Terrifying, Pleasant Day [Corrected]

Here in New York City, it was a beautiful spring day with temperatures hitting 65 degrees Fahrenheit. Life was good, and it almost made you forget all the troubles the world faces at the moment. Then, you find out that it was basically the same frickin’ temperature in Antarctica this time in 2015 and the…

Climate Change Rhett Jones Mar 1 '17

The Beast Shares His Not-So-Debonair Smile in Latest Beauty and the Beast Clip

Aside from trailers, the glimpses we’ve gotten of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast remake so far have focused mostly on the music. In this clip released today, the Beast invites Belle to dinner as his servants—who are just as eager as he is to return to their human forms—offer him some much-needed encouragement. Beauty and…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Mar 1 '17

Disney’s Live-Action Fantasy About Winnie the Pooh Just Added an Oscar-Winning Screenwriter

Disney’s Christopher Robin—about a disenchanted adult version of the little boy in A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh—just got a big boost. Thomas McCarthy, who won an Oscar for Spotlight and co-wrote the story for Pixar’s Up, will be giving the script by Alex Ross Perry (Listen Up Philip, The Color Wheel) a rewrite. Director Marc…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Mar 1 '17

Rich Person Marissa Mayer Bravely Forgoes Her Bonus Over Yahoo Security Clusterfuck

Yahoo had a bad time in 2016. It took its last symbolic breaths as a crusty, once-powerful internet company, it had its email service banned on Capitol Hill, and—oh yeah!—it disclosed it suffered not one but two massive hacks of user data. So, in what appears to be an effort to either drum up some…

Tech News Sophie Kleeman Mar 1 '17

The Major Wakes Up in the First Clip From Ghost in the Shell

Like most people, she’s not at all too happy at the prospect of waking up. Unlike most people, though, it’s because she’s freaking the hell out at the thought of being in an entirely different body than her own. The new clip/brief trailer combo seems to be from right near the start of the film,…

Trailers James Whitbrook Mar 1 '17

Electronic Roses Could One Day Turn Gardens Into Batteries

In the TV series, Star Trek: Voyager, the space ship was the first of its kind to be built with biological circuitry designed to speed up its processing capabilities. What once was science fiction, however, creeps closer to reality as researchers have successfully created a cyborg rose that functions as an electronic circuit. https://gizmodo.com/scientists-have-created-a-cyborg-rose-1743933339 Our…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Mar 1 '17

If You Slept Like a Wild Elephant You’d Be Dead

You probably need anywhere from seven to ten hours of sleep a night. But if you’re someone who especially enjoys a full night of shuteye, just be thankful you aren’t an elephant. Scientists know a lot about the sleep patterns of captive elephants, but generally those elephants live the good life, and probably sleep more…

Biology Ryan F. Mandelbaum Mar 1 '17

Watch a Large Hadron Collider Experiment Get a Major Upgrade

Scientists Are Standing Up to Trump Because They’ve Always Stood Up to Bullshit

Legion Just Made Its Case For Being the Most Insane Show on Television

New Close-Up Image of Jupiter’s Turbulent Region Is Breathtaking

Richard Branson Announces New Space Company, Tries Pulling a Reverse Musk™

Ads Will Be Even Harder to Escape Now That Posters Can Hijack FM Radio

Dr. Fate Is Very Tired of Superman’s Fascist Crap in Injustice 2

So Is Snapchat’s Logo a Dick in a Tissue or What?

What You Need to Know About Ryzen, AMD’s Shot at an Intel-Killing Chip

The New Pirates of the Caribbean 5 Trailer Features a Creepy CG Young Jack Sparrow

The Inhumans TV Show Has Found Its Queen

How to Get Windows and macOS Apps on Your Chromebook

90-Year-Old Mold Sold for Almost $15k

Antarctica Had a Terrifying, Pleasant Day [Corrected]

The Beast Shares His Not-So-Debonair Smile in Latest Beauty and the Beast Clip

Disney’s Live-Action Fantasy About Winnie the Pooh Just Added an Oscar-Winning Screenwriter

Rich Person Marissa Mayer Bravely Forgoes Her Bonus Over Yahoo Security Clusterfuck

The Major Wakes Up in the First Clip From Ghost in the Shell

Electronic Roses Could One Day Turn Gardens Into Batteries

If You Slept Like a Wild Elephant You’d Be Dead

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