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The Best of Gizmodo This Week

This week was space habitats week at Gizmodo and io9, and we had a ton of great stories on the topic of exploring and colonizing the cosmos. We also played with some crazy futuristic tech at E3. Check out the favorites. Interplanetary Spacecraft, Ranked We may be dirty monkeys at heart, but humans have done…

How Jurassic World‘s Sound Team Created Indominus Rex’s “Annoying” Roar

Part of making the Jurassic Park franchise’s dinosaurs awe-inspiring is the sound design, and Jurassic World had to introduce the roars of a few new dinosaurs. In this video, the movie’s sound designers explain what animals went into Mosasaurus and Apatosaurus voices, and how the Indominus got that horrific screeching. SoundWorks Collection interviewed Sound Designer…

Students Say Doc Forced Them To Drink, Take Ketamine, Examine His Penis

John Hagmann’s misconduct hearing with the Virginia Board of Medicine was today. He didn’t show up. But students he had allegedly abused were there, and testified how Hagmann subjected them to invasive medical procedures, bizarre drug- and alcohol-fueled “cognition” experiments, and sexual assault. According to reporting by Reuters, Hagmann’s medical license was suspended in March,…

The Bay Area From 400 Miles Above the Earth’s Surface

Before you head off into the weekend, take a second to behold San Francisco as seen from Landsat 8, moving high above the Earth in its 99-minute-long orbital pattern. This shot was taken by Landsat this spring, and beyond being unbelievably beautiful, it’s also a great example of what Landsat does best: Give scientists a…

On Hannibal, Dr. Lecter’s Murky Past Is Even Darker Than We Realized

WHO’S HUNGRY? Seriously, after “Secondo,” I may never eat anything but peanut butter sandwiches for the rest of my life. While Hannibal cooks his way though Italy, Will travels to his dearest frenemy’s ancestral home, and another season two survivor shows his face. Spoilers await! The opening shot is blood, or wine, pouring into a…

These Videos Will Completely Change The Way You See Iconic Landmarks

There’s a hidden side to many of the world’s great landmarks that you might not know about if you’ve only seen them in photographs — including surrounding roads, cities, and fast food joints. These videos show you a side to these monuments you don’t usually see, showing how these places coexist with the modern world.…

It’s full of galaxies! Thisnew image from the Hubble Space Telescope and the ESO’s New Technology Telescope shows four of the seven galaxies in the galaxy group HCG 16: NGC 839, NGC 838, NGC 835, and NGC 833. Check out those glowing centers and wispy tails of gas!

Yes, We Are in the Early Stages of a Mass Extinction

A new study suggests that thousands of species on Earth going extinct at a rate that far exceeds what’s typical. We are in the beginnings of a mass extinction, argue scientists, and it could lead to global starvation for humans — as well as many other animals. The new study, published today in Science Advances,…

How Dungeons And Dragons Shaped Some Of Your Favorite Authors

Junot Diaz was a Dungeon Master when he was young, and he now says that RPGs were “a sort of storytelling apprenticeship.” He “learned a lot of important essentials about storytelling, about giving the reader enough room to play.” China Miéville says a childhood playing RPGs gave him a “mania for cataloguing the fantastic.” Over…

Why A Clothespin Is One Of The Most Important Tools On A Movie Set

You may be more used to seeing these pinning your favorite shirts out for a line-dry in the sun, but on film sets, clothespins are used for something else entirely. io9’s comment of the day today comes from two commenters who waxed rhapsodic on the many, many virtues a clothespin has on a movie set.…

WikiLeaks Dumps a Million Saudi Cables and More Docs From the Sony Hack

Just a month after WikiLeaks officially started accepting documents again, it’s just unloaded two prominent troves of data. First up, yesterday it dropped a second bucket of Sony documents! Second, earlier today, the organization dumped a million diplomatic cables. So what’s in there? Well it’s hard to say for sure because these are tons of…

Why Cooking Is A Lot Like Mathematics

I’ve come to believe that mathematics, as an investigative science, as a practical discipline and as a creative art, shares many characteristics with cookery. It’s not just spaghetti alla carbonara, it’s the whole business of inventing dishes and preparing them. It’s an analogy with many parts, and it has consequences. Photo Credit: Clipp2nd | CC…

Hey Android Users: Avoid These Insecure Apps

Here’s some bad news for Android users. Security researchers have discovered 100+ more apps that fail to encrypt your login data properly, making it frightfully easy for hackers to steal your password. What’s worse: the vast majority of the app makers aren’t doing anything about it. The specific issue, an HTTPS vulnerability, is hardly a…

The Pig Tooth That Spurred A Century Of Debate About Evolution

In 1922, papers around the world trumpeted the discovery of the oldest human fossil ever yet discovered — “Nebraska Man.” If you haven’t heard about it, it’s because you don’t hang out on creationist websites. Henry Fairfield Osborn was incredibly excited when he got an ancient tooth in the mail. As the head of the…

Welcome to the Fake City Where Homeland Security Tests Its Drones

Does Homeland Security have a sense of humor? This is Liberty City, the Grand Theft Auto inspired “urban obstacle course” where the department tests drones for potential public safety applications. Thanks to documents acquired through a FOIA request by MuckRock, we finally have more details about Homeland Security’s Robotic Aircraft for Public Safety (RAPS) program.…

In 1976, the Ebola virus leapt from its animal reservoir into a human host, igniting the first recorded outbreak of the virus in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. But a newly published investigation assesses whether Ebola may have infected humans as early as 2,400 years ago—in ancient Greece. Contact the author at…

Behold The Psychedelic Glory Of Jack Kirby’s Argo Art, In Color At Last

Last month, Heavy Metal magazine announced it would be bringing color versions of Jack Kirby’s iconic Lord of Light (and later Operation Argo) art to print the very first time. Before that happens though, io9 is proud to reveal some of the images — as well as how you can get your hands on prints…

What Is The Worst Job A Person Could Possibly Have On The Enterprise?

The USS Enterprise is where the Star Trek Federation’s best and brightest want to get stationed, but not every job involves working as a celebrated diplomat or experimenting with the cutting edge of warp technology. With everything that goes on aboard the flagship, what jobs are bound to suck? Yes, being a redshirt on an…

Drink Sparkling Wine 

Summer is a fantastic time to enjoy sparkling adult beverages, much more so than winter, where I sip on mead from my Chamber of Furs. Now that it’s warm, Champagne is an obvious drink choice, but I deeply hate spending more than $20 on anything, let alone booze, so I turn to prosecco. Prosecco is…

Killjoys Really Is A Most Excellent Space Adventure Show

Do you know how long we’ve been craving new space action on television? Gorram years. That’s how long. And tonight, Syfy is premiering a brand new show called Killjoys, about space bounty hunters. We’ve seen a couple episodes, and we’re here to tell you it’s a blast. Killjoys joins Dark Matter in Syfy’s Friday night…