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Astronomers Discover a Strange New Class of Super Earths

For the first time, astronomers have discovered a class of exoplanets whose atmospheres have been seared away by heat, removing any doubts about what happens when a rocky object wanders too close to a star. Theorists have long speculated that exoplanets snuggled right up next to their host stars would be subject to “stripping,” or…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone

How to Disguise Fun Websites at Work

The internet is an interesting place, which makes it all the more tempting to steal a few minutes of catch-up time during regular office hours. Though it can actually make you more productive, not every boss is cool with you wasting precious workday hours browsing the web. Thankfully, we have a few solutions for you.…

Gadgets David Nield

Will This Office Supplies Perpetual Motion Machine Ever Stop?

Even basic high school science tells you that building a perpetual motion machine is completely impossible. But that won’t stop you from rooting for this contraption made of office supplies and other stuff found around someone’s desk. It might not run forever, but at least it helped someone kill a few hours at work. [YouTube…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Spider-Man’s Role In Civil War Is Way Bigger Than We Expected

What four major female roles is Black Panther looking to cast? Gal Gadot discusses the dark tone of Wonder Woman. Bryan Singer talks Jean Grey and Scott Summers in X-Men Apocalypse. BBC America’s Dirk Gently show casts its female lead. Plus, new pictures from Arrow and Flash, and a new Agents of SHIELD clip. Spoilers…

Television James Whitbrook

So What’s Going On Inside an Etch A Sketch?

Unless being covered in impossible-to-clean metal shavings is your idea of a good time, leave this experiment to the professionals. YouTubers What’s Inside? and Grant Thompson teamed up to learn two things: What do the guts of an Etch A Sketch look like, and can you make thermite with them? (Spoiler: No.) The vast majority…

Sploid Avery Ellis

Now This Is a Genuine Hoverboard

You’ve probably seen Franky Zapata’s water-powered Flyboards available to ride at fancy resorts. But his newest creation takes riders far above the surface of the water. Forget those two-wheeled death traps and the utterly disappointing Hendo, this is the closest thing we now have to a working hoverboard. There are few details currently available for…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Everything We Think We Know About the HTC 10

HTC has seen better days. Ever since launching the much-loved One M7 in 2013, the Taiwanese company’s been unable to create a phone with equal charm. The One M8 and M9 leaned too heavily on past successes, and HTC’s own version of Android, HTC Sense, still lags behind. Defeated but not destroyed, it looks like…

Tech News Gizmodo Staff

The Turtles Have a Crisis of Faith In the New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 Trailer

It’s a sequel superhero movie—what else would Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 be about if not the heroes doubting their ability to work together and be heroes, right? The new TNMT 2 trailer has a few fresh moments beyond what we saw in the first one and the Superbowl TV spot. We get to see…

Trailers James Whitbrook

This Website Is Using Math to Create Every Possible Patent

It’s widely accepted that the United States patent system is broken. Alexander Reben agrees, and his response has been to create a website that aims to make it harder for people to patent new ideas. His website, All Prior Art, is an attempt to “democratize ideas, provide an impetus for change in the antiquated patent…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Ford’s Testing Its Autonomous Cars in the Dark

If you don’t enjoy driving in the dark, Ford’s latest autonomous car tests will cheer you up. The company’s announced that it’s been successfully testing its cars at nighttime, a scenario that brings its own set of fairly obvious challenges for self-driving vehicles. Autonomous cars use a wide range of sensors to navigate, including cameras—which…

Artificial Intelligence Jamie Condliffe

This Could Be London’s First Wooden Skyscraper

Over the past few years, wood has emerged as an unlikely yet desirable material for the design of future skyscrapers. This is what London’s first tall timber structure could look like. The design has been put together by PLP Architecture and Cambridge University’s Department of Architecture, together with engineers at Smith and Wallwork. The proposed…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Ugly Britain Actually Looks Gorgeous From Space

British astronaut Tim Peake must be missing home a little, because he’s been taking some incredible images of the UK and northern Europe during his time aboard the International Space Station. The image above is perhaps the best so far: A picture of the United Kingdom beneath the aurora. You can see the dense lights…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe

A New Solar Cell Creates Electricity From Water as Well as Light

Rain means clouds and clouds mean less sunlight. That’s bad news for most solar cells, but a new design can actually make use of rain drops that fall on its surface, allowing it to generate electricity even when the weather’s bad. The new solar cell has been developed by researchers in Qingdao, China. Unlike most…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Why We Need An Autonomous-Only Highway From Canada to Mexico

Autonomous cars are hot and flashy and new. Roads, by and large, are expensive and shockingly boring. But unfortunately, autonomous cars will only work if some radical changes are made to our infrastructure, and this proposed highway is a good place to start. The Autonomous Friendly Corridor (AFC) is a simple idea: turn US Highway…

Tech News Chris Mills

Bing’s New Live Code Editor Is Surprisingly Useful

Google is famous for integrating tiny, handy features directly into its search results. With a new in-line live code editor that pops up when you search for programming questions, Bing may just have beaten Google at its own game. If you search for something related to a major programming language in Bing, you’ll now get…

Tech News Chris Mills

Google Fiber Is Killing Its Free Internet in Kansas City

When Google Fiber first popped up in Kansas City, it was the $70-a-month gigabit internet package that grabbed headlines, not the 5Mbps tier that Fiber also offered for free. Hopefully, anyone who wanted free internet got on board, because Google is now discontinuing the program. Recode first noticed the changes: if you’re a new customer…

Tech News Chris Mills

The Latest Trailer for Fantastic Beasts Welcomes You To New York

The latest trailer for Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them just hit the web, and it’s a fantastic look at JK Rowling’s Wizarding world in America. There’s a lot packed into this trailer: we learn that Newt Scamander was expelled from Hogwarts, and he’s smuggling something into the United States (which obviously goes badly).…

Trailers Andrew Liptak

The New Trailer For Suicide Squad Shows Off The Implications of Superman

The MTV Movie Awards are busy tonight, with a new trailer from Suicide Squad, and it shows that the villain film has some serious Superman undertones to it. Watch the trailer here: It looks like there’s actually two versions of the trailer: here’s the other, slightly longer one: One of the really interesting things here…

Trailers Andrew Liptak

Team Cap Kicks Ass in the First Clip From Captain America: Civil War

During tonight’s MTV Movie Awards, Marvel aired a short clip from the upcoming Captain America: Civil War, and it looks awesome. The scene starts with Captain America, the Falcon and Scarlet Witch jumping in on some sort of rescue, taking down a group of soldiers in body armor and military garb. It’s just a small…

io9 Andrew Liptak

So You Want To Join The Empire: What We Learned About Those Rogue One Troopers in 13 Pictures

So, the Rogue One trailer hit the web earlier this week, and it looks awesome. There’s all the hallmarks of the original trilogy, on a war footing, and that means plenty of Original trilogy stormtroopers. We’ve already spent some time poring over it frame by frame, but I want to look closely at one thing:…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Astronomers Discover a Strange New Class of Super Earths

How to Disguise Fun Websites at Work

Will This Office Supplies Perpetual Motion Machine Ever Stop?

Spider-Man’s Role In Civil War Is Way Bigger Than We Expected

So What’s Going On Inside an Etch A Sketch?

Now This Is a Genuine Hoverboard

Everything We Think We Know About the HTC 10

The Turtles Have a Crisis of Faith In the New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 Trailer

This Website Is Using Math to Create Every Possible Patent

Ford’s Testing Its Autonomous Cars in the Dark

This Could Be London’s First Wooden Skyscraper

Ugly Britain Actually Looks Gorgeous From Space

A New Solar Cell Creates Electricity From Water as Well as Light

Why We Need An Autonomous-Only Highway From Canada to Mexico

Bing’s New Live Code Editor Is Surprisingly Useful

Google Fiber Is Killing Its Free Internet in Kansas City

The Latest Trailer for Fantastic Beasts Welcomes You To New York

The New Trailer For Suicide Squad Shows Off The Implications of Superman

Team Cap Kicks Ass in the First Clip From Captain America: Civil War

So You Want To Join The Empire: What We Learned About Those Rogue One Troopers in 13 Pictures

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