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The 2016 Presidential Candidates’ Views on Biomedical Research and Medicine

America is a leader in biomedical research and medicine, and much of the fiscal fuel behind that research comes from the government funding the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Sure, scientific funding impacts our ability to understand myriad health conditions and figure out how to treat or prevent them.…

Tech News Gizmodo Staff

Ricoh’s New Action Cam Captures 204 Degrees of Your Escapades

If you want to capture as much of your action as possible, Ricoh’s new WG-M2 might be for you: It shoots 4K video across a frankly ridiculous 204-degree field of view. An update to the WG-M1, the new camera is 40 percent lighter and smaller than its predecessor while also being pretty tough—it’ll withstand freezing…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

A Simple Vaginal Ring Can Reduce the Risk of HIV Infection

This plain-looking silicone ring is more useful than it looks. Doped with an experimental antiretroviral drug, when worn in the vagina by women in sub-Saharan Africa it was shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection by as much as 61 percent. The ring is part of a large study called ASPIRE, which is designed…

Health Jamie Condliffe

This Air Force Inspection Lab Looks Like Bath Time in Tron

This looks more like some kind of rave than a military engineering facility, but you’re actually looking at a rather colorful stage of aircraft inspection. In the image, Staff Sergeant Joel Kelehar is washing a component from a KC-135 Stratotanker in what’s known as a hydrophilic remover. So, why all the color? Well, Kelehar is…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Bill Gates Sides With FBI Over iPhone Unlocking [Update: Bill Gates Feels ‘Disappointed’]

Bill Gates has come out in support of the FBI over its battle with Apple about unlocking an iPhone as part of the San Bernardino case. In an interview with the Financial Times, Gates argues that Apple’s co-operation would not set a meaningful precedent. The FBI, he reckons, is “not asking for some general thing,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Justice Department Forcing Apple to Unlock ‘About 12 Other iPhones’ Says WSJ

The unlocking of the San Bernardino iPhone may just be the tip of the iceberg. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Justice Department is currently trying to have Apple extract data from “about a dozen” iPhones around the country. According to “people familiar with the matter,” the authorities are looking to extract data from…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Study Finds People Are Dumb, Will Connect to Any Wi-Fi Network

Shady public wi-fi networks are up there with Nigerian scammers for the most cliched way to get hacked. But just as surely as people will continue using “password12,” if you set up free wi-fi then people will come. To prove the point, researchers from Avast set up a bunch of likely-looking wi-fi networks at the…

Privacy & Security Chris Mills

Dinosaurs Are So Much Better in 360-Degree Virtual Reality

Sir David Attenborough is a world-renowed nature documentarian, mostly due to his ability to bring viewers into the moment with expert narration. Mix that with a virtual reality visual, and you’ve got an astoundingly good dinosaur encounter that anyone can experience at home. Attenborough stars in a four-minute VR video showcasing the largest dinosaur we…

Tech News Chris Mills

Nikon’s New DL Cameras Are All the Point-And-Shoot You’ll Ever Need

Point-and-shoot cameras are stuck in a bad place between smartphones for most people, and mirrorless shooters for people who care more. Nikon’s new DL range is hoping to change all that. The DLs all sport 20-megapixel 1-inch sensors, the same as in Nikon’s existing mirrorless cameras. It’s smaller than the Micro Four-Thirds and APS-C sensors…

Tech News Chris Mills

Snapchat’s New Custom Geofilters Are the Dumbest Way to Waste $5

Snapchat has had the option for people to submit custom geofilters for a while, but until now they’ve been restricted to public places and neighbourhoods. Now, anyone with $5 to spare and no self-respect can get in on the action. In case you’ve lost your resident tween, let me explain what a geofilter is: if…

Tech News Chris Mills

The BBC Is Bringing Back The Twilight Zone As a Radio Drama

Ten classic episodes of The Twilight Zone will be broadcast in the UK for the first time—but, much like the show’s trademark, there’s a twist. The episodes will be reinvented as radio plays taken from Rod Serling’s original TV scripts, thanks to BBC Radio 4 Extra. According to the Independent, veteran actor Stacy Keach will…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Why Bats Can Carry Ebola Without Dying From It

Bats take the blame for spreading all kinds of diseases, from ebola to Middle Eastern Respiratory virus. So why don’t we find huge caches of dead bats? New research sheds light on how bats can carry diseases without dying from them. A team from CSIRO recently took a look at the genes and the immune…

Biology Esther Inglis-Arkell

Zack Snyder Just Teased The New Flash Costume On Twitter

Do you see it? Batman v Superman and Justice League director Zack Snyder posted the above photo on his Twitter account Monday and, in the back left corner, revealed our first look at the new Flash costume. Snyder’s photo (with Aquaman himself Jason Momoa, at Leavesden Studios in England) comes hours after news broke that…

Movies Germain Lussier

Game of Thrones Producer Defends Sansa Rape Scene: “We Can’t All Be Arya”

The wedding of Sansa Stark to the sociopath Ramsay Bolton, and his subsequent brutal treatment of her, including a wedding-night rape, shocked and upset a lot of people—at least in part, because it seemed to be a narrative misdirect so great that it amounted to a bait and switch. Prior to that, Sansa seemed to…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

What’s the Worst Retelling of Ancient Mythology You’ve Ever Seen?

This weekend, Gods of Egypt arrives, and it’s already looking pre-mummified. But this is by no means the first time someone has made an uninspired, boring, or just plain dreadful retelling of classical mythology. What’s the worst adaptation of myths of all time? Please include a picture, poster, clip, comics panel, book cover or other…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Take a Heart-Pounding Ride on the Back of This Absurdly Fast Motorcycle

The North West 200 is the largest sports event in Ireland, and every May since 1929 motorcyclists gather to race down public streets between the towns of Portstewart, Coleraine and Portrush at speeds in excess of 200mph. So how fast does 200mph feel? Just watch the video below. It was filmed in 360 degrees, meaning…

Sploid Avery Ellis

The Truth About That ‘Classified Alien Music’ Everybody’s Freaking Out About

The internet was all abuzz today over newly-declassified tape of Apollo 10 astronauts catching a broadcast of alien music on the Moon. Except the tape was not classified, not alien, and not music. Settle in and take a listen for yourself. We tracked down and clipped out the relevant portion of the original audio for…

Tech News Ria Misra

Check Out the Glorious Storyboards for One of Game of Thrones‘ Biggest Scenes

There were a number of incredible moments in Game of Thrones season five, including that massive Wildling/White Walkers fight. But the scene where Drogon flies into the arena in Meereen was incredible, especially after years of imagining it. And now you can see storyboards from it! Storyboard artist Adrien Van Viersen has posted all of…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

This Ultra-Thin Inhaler Can Fit in Your Wallet

Fashion-conscious asthmatic readers will be excited to know that a new ultra-thin inhaler is on the horizon. Though it’s still in the testing phase, the prototype looks cool. It’s designed to carry six doses of medication, but still fits in the credit card compartment of a wallet. This is the iWheeze. Just kidding, it’s called…

Tech News Esther Inglis-Arkell

Vanessa Hudgens Will Star in NBC’s DC Comics Office Comedy

Every time we hear about it, it amazes us that Powerless, NBC’s comedy series about a completely normal insurance company office in the DC comics world, might actually be happening. But now it has its taking a big step towards reality with the casting of Vanessa Hudgens in the lead role. https://gizmodo.com/holy-shit-nbc-is-really-gonna-make-that-the-office-bu-1751811364 Hudgens, hot off…

Television James Whitbrook

The 2016 Presidential Candidates’ Views on Biomedical Research and Medicine

Ricoh’s New Action Cam Captures 204 Degrees of Your Escapades

A Simple Vaginal Ring Can Reduce the Risk of HIV Infection

This Air Force Inspection Lab Looks Like Bath Time in Tron

Bill Gates Sides With FBI Over iPhone Unlocking [Update: Bill Gates Feels ‘Disappointed’]

Justice Department Forcing Apple to Unlock ‘About 12 Other iPhones’ Says WSJ

Study Finds People Are Dumb, Will Connect to Any Wi-Fi Network

Dinosaurs Are So Much Better in 360-Degree Virtual Reality

Nikon’s New DL Cameras Are All the Point-And-Shoot You’ll Ever Need

Snapchat’s New Custom Geofilters Are the Dumbest Way to Waste $5

The BBC Is Bringing Back The Twilight Zone As a Radio Drama

Why Bats Can Carry Ebola Without Dying From It

Zack Snyder Just Teased The New Flash Costume On Twitter

Game of Thrones Producer Defends Sansa Rape Scene: “We Can’t All Be Arya”

What’s the Worst Retelling of Ancient Mythology You’ve Ever Seen?

Take a Heart-Pounding Ride on the Back of This Absurdly Fast Motorcycle

The Truth About That ‘Classified Alien Music’ Everybody’s Freaking Out About

Check Out the Glorious Storyboards for One of Game of Thrones‘ Biggest Scenes

This Ultra-Thin Inhaler Can Fit in Your Wallet

Vanessa Hudgens Will Star in NBC’s DC Comics Office Comedy

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