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The Last Issue Of Hawkeye Is Finally Coming Out! Really!

Fans of Matt Fraction and David Aja’s Hawkeye series will be more than familiar with the long story of Hawkeye #22. The final issue of the run, which was first supposed to come out in February after a three-month delay on Hawkeye #21, has failed to materialise repeatedly. Until now. There’s a preview and everything!…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

A NASA Expert Is Here To Answer Your Questions About Orbital Settlements

It’s Space Habitats Week here at Gizmodo and io9. Planetary settlements have garnered a lot of attention lately, from caves on the Moon to eventual outposts on Mars (we’re not going to talk about Mars One). Today, you can ask Al Globus, an expert on orbital settlements, about why humanity’s future is in orbit rather…

Space & Spaceflight Kiona Smith-Strickland

These Impossibly Twisted 3D-Printed Faucets Somehow Actually Work

Besides being able to produce prototypes quickly and efficiently, 3D printers are also able to create complex shaped pieces that are impossible to make using traditional manufacturing techniques. That’s why American Standard has embraced 3D-printing for its new line of twisted faucets that seem physically impossible. 3D-printed from actual metal so they’ll last just as…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Herbert Armstrong: England’s Persistent Poisoner

Persistence is a trait often associated with officers of the law. But 19th century lawyer Herbert Armstrong found a far deadlier use for his doggedness by poisoning his wife and a rival solicitor. There’s just one catch: the man was no criminal mastermind. Herbert Armstrong and his wife, Kitty, had two girls and one boy.…

Tech News Stephanie Almazan - The Lineup

How Beats Tricks You Into Thinking It Makes a Premium Product [Updated]

The sneaky designers at Beats by Dre employ a clever trick to make you think that the company’s plastic headphones are durable products worth the premium price. Beats by Dre headphones are garbage. Besides their crappy sound, they’re basically designed to break. And yet they sell millions of pairs of headphones. It’s practically a perfect…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

The five stages of watching a Pixar movie

We all like to think that we’re unique little human snowflakes but the truth is, most of us act and react to thinks very, very similarly. Like getting homicidal when hungry. Or grouchy when sleepy. Or getting excited when Starbucks sells pumpkin spice lattes and McDonald’s brings back the McRib even if you don’t drink…

Sploid Casey Chan

Witches Protest Etsy’s New Ban On Sale of “Metaphysical Services”

Ebay banned the sale of spells back in 2012, and Etsy has followed suit, adjusting its guidelines on what kind of services can be sold through the site. No longer allowed: “any metaphysical service that promises or suggests it will effect a physical change (e.g., weight loss) or other outcome (e.g., love, revenge).” Vendors who…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Some Adult Emotions Are Just TOO REAL For Inside Out

Inside Out comes out Friday. When it does, we’ll get a look at the emotions inside the head of a girl on the brink of adolescence. And they’re great emotions! But many of us grow up to be sexier, weirder, and more resentful adults—and a lot of our emotions have no business in a children’s…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

First Full-Color HD Videos Of Earth Taken From Space Are Amazing

Satellite imagery has become a part of our daily digital lives; we use stills of our planet to navigate to the mall, for goodness sake. But when those images are moving, the result is so stunning that it’s almost magical. UrtheCast has released the first full-color HD video of Earth shot from the International Space…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active Review: A Smartphone You Can Take Outside

The Galaxy S6 Active takes Samsung’s flagship smartphone and adds waterproofing, protection against drops, a larger battery and unique physical buttons. As the name suggests, it targets active people. Well, I’m active—can it stand up to my abuse? Before we get started, you should know that I’m no gadget expert. If you want to read…

Reviews Wes Siler

So This Is What a $150 Xbox Controller Feels Like

“$150 for a gamepad? Hell nah.” When Microsoft announced the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller, those were my first thoughts. Then, like a fool, I decided to try it. You can probably see where this is going. Two Novembers ago, when the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One first hit the market, I’d decided that the DualShock…

Tech News Sean Hollister

Your Children Won’t Be Able To Live In Space, Without A Major Upgrade

We all dream of journeying (or living) among the stars. But space is a spectacularly awful place for humans, and we’re not suited for life there at all. And yet, it doesn’t have to be that way. Here are all the ways we’ll need to re-engineer the human body, in order to make space our…

io9 George Dvorsky

When Will We Find Another Earth?

We hear about discoveries of exoplanets every day. So how long will it take us to find another planet like Earth? Back in the olden days, astronomers could only guess if there were planets orbiting other stars. These were the days when we had to wait at the bank to pay our bills, nobody carried…

io9 Fraser Cain - Universe Today

How Facebook Is Censoring Content in the United States

Facebook vows to be transparent, and yet the Electronic Frontier Foundation discovered that the company is hiding all the ways that it blocks access in the United States, on behalf of law enforcement. Yesterday EFF released “Who Has Your Back?”, its annual report card on how high tech companies respond to government requests for user…

Social Media Annalee Newitz

A tiny Dagobah with a tinier Yoda is your next Lego Mini-build set

Following up on the Tatooine Mini-build playset announced back in April, Lego has just revealed—via Complex UK—a similarly tiny follow-up set featuring Yoda, Luke Skywalker, and his downed X-wing in the swamps of Dagobah. The 177-piece set will be a San Diego Comic-Con exclusive, but to actually purchase the $40 set Lego and Star Wars…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

YouTube Wants To Get Into Eyewitness News

YouTube doesn’t want to give you a reason to turn on CNN. The Google-owned video hosting site is trying to legitimize eyewitness accounts of breaking news by launching YouTube Newswire, a special feed for footage it verifies as accurate. Video uploaded from people on the scene can provide crucial context, but these services can also…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

An Illustrated History Of The Word “Dude” From 1883 To Today

“Dude” has become a remarkably versatile word that can be used to describe a variety of people or express a whole host of emotions. But when “dude” first arrived on the linguistic scene, it meant something very specific. This video traces the history of “dude” from a word to describe 19th-century hipsters to its many…

io9 Lauren Davis

The 8 Weirdest Things That Happened In V.C. Andrews Books

The strangest V.C Andrews fact is that her books have continued to churn out, nearly 30 years after her death. (Thanks, ghostwriter Andrew Neiderman.) But for this list, we’re reaching back to Andrews’ own work — because those nuggets of Gothic fantasy are, and always will be, the weirdest. 1. Hot-tar haircut, Flowers in the…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

6 Horrible and Doomed Space Missions, Brought to You By Crowdfunding

Government funding for space travel ain’t what it used to be. Private organizations are our best hope for exploring beyond Earth’s increasingly noxious atmosphere, and to get your cash they’re turning to Indiegogo and Kickstarter to fund ambitious space missions. Unfortunately, most of the projects are bonkers messes doomed to fail. Reach for the moon,…

Space & Spaceflight Kate Knibbs

Shocking Photos of the ‘Time Capsule Mania’ That’s Sweeping Boston

I love time capsules. I’ve been researching them for nearly a decade. But even I know that time capsules are generally pretty boring. Which is why I found this recent headline about the re-sealing of the 1795 Paul Revere capsule in Boston so funny: Time Capsule Mania!!! Can you believe it? That is honestly a…

Tech News Matt Novak

The Last Issue Of Hawkeye Is Finally Coming Out! Really!

A NASA Expert Is Here To Answer Your Questions About Orbital Settlements

These Impossibly Twisted 3D-Printed Faucets Somehow Actually Work

Herbert Armstrong: England’s Persistent Poisoner

How Beats Tricks You Into Thinking It Makes a Premium Product [Updated]

The five stages of watching a Pixar movie

Witches Protest Etsy’s New Ban On Sale of “Metaphysical Services”

Some Adult Emotions Are Just TOO REAL For Inside Out

First Full-Color HD Videos Of Earth Taken From Space Are Amazing

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active Review: A Smartphone You Can Take Outside

So This Is What a $150 Xbox Controller Feels Like

Your Children Won’t Be Able To Live In Space, Without A Major Upgrade

When Will We Find Another Earth?

How Facebook Is Censoring Content in the United States

A tiny Dagobah with a tinier Yoda is your next Lego Mini-build set

YouTube Wants To Get Into Eyewitness News

An Illustrated History Of The Word “Dude” From 1883 To Today

The 8 Weirdest Things That Happened In V.C. Andrews Books

6 Horrible and Doomed Space Missions, Brought to You By Crowdfunding

Shocking Photos of the ‘Time Capsule Mania’ That’s Sweeping Boston

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