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Here’s How An Isotope Can Let People Track You By Your Hair

Deuterium is a rare variation of hydrogen. For such a small object, it’s incredibly informative. Here’s how deuterium can let people track your your diet, your area, and your season. Add a neutron to a hydrogen molecule and you get deuterium, a rare, heavy isotope. Deuterium makes up only one hundredth of a percent of…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

City’s Owl Problem Got So Bad, It Had To Make This Awesome Sign

A spate of owl attacks in Salem Oregon’s Bush’s State Park has spurred park officials to install twenty signs that depict an owl with outstretched talons descending upon a hapless, terror-stricken stick figure. Photo Credit: Danielle Peterson, via The Statesman Journal The Associated Press reports that the signs were inspired in large part by MSNBC…

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These Age Of Ultron Halloween Costumes Are Unintentionally Petrifying

What do you mean, February isn’t the time to be thinking about Halloween? It’s perfect time! Plus, you’re going to need the next 8 months to recover from the screaming/laughing fit you’ll get from these official Age of Ultron costumes. Look at that Ultron mask. Look at it. There’s some genuinely weird items in this…

Tech News James Whitbrook

Obama’s Big Cybersecurity Order Is Meh

The president signed an executive order today to bulk up the federal government’s cybersecurity efforts. It focuses on creating ways for the private sector to share threat information with the government. Unfortunately, it may do more to further jeopardize consumer privacy than it will to effectively minimize cyberthreats. Look, his net neutrality proposal was great.…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs

23 Household Items That Can Double As (Effective) Camping Gear

Spend money on the big ticket camping items that ensure your comfort and safety. Don’t spend money on all the little stuff that can often be better handled by supplies you already own. https://gizmodo.com/23-household-items-that-can-double-as-effective-campi-1685708881

Tech News Wes Siler

The FDA Is Hiding Scientific Fraud, And You Should Be Pissed

When the FDA encounters instances of scientific misconduct, it buries the evidence. A recent investigation sheds light on the extent of the problem. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration – the agency tasked with protecting public health via regulation of everything from food safety to prescription drugs – occasionally encounters serious instances of misconduct in…

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I Put the Ultimate Beer Koozie to the Test and It Did Not Let Me Down

Koozies. They keep your hand from getting cold and your beer from getting warm—what could be better? One that keeps your beer cold for much, much longer, that’s what. It’s Friday afternoon, you’ve made it through the long week, and it’s time for Happy Hour, Gizmodo’s weekly booze, etc column. A cocktail shaker full of…

Tech News Brent Rose

The Exact Moment When Torchwood Finally Came Into Its Own

Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood had a decidedly shaky first season. Its place as an ‘adult’ side of the Doctor Who universe left it in a weird place of trying too hard to be edgy while, at the same time, being wildly immature. But it quickly grew up in its second outing — and this is…

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Here’s a Weird Hand Some Horrible App Probably Wants Us to Show You

Earlier today, we received a beautifully crafted, oh so mysterious, ceramic hand here at Gizmodo HQ. Who could it be from? What does it mean? Where does the website on the card take you? Who has the answers? We do! But we’re sure as hell not going to tell you, ’cause fuck those guys. Apparently,…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

The Avengers‘ Battle Of New York Recut To Include Spider-Man

Spider-Man is finally going to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but where was he while the Avengers were fighting the Battle of New York? This video inserts Peter Parker into the action, letting him fight alongside Earth’s Mightiest heroes. The folks at Screen Crush mashed up Spider-Man’s movie footage with footage from The Avengers,…

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Don’t Worry — Snapchat Is Not the Future of Journalism

For the past ten days, I’ve been getting my news from Snapchat. I’ve learned stuff about internet dating, celebrity plastic surgery, Ukraine peace talks, and Bitcoin mines. But mostly, I’ve learned what old media thinks app media really wants. And it’s not pretty. First, some definitional challenges. We used to call print media “old media,”…

Tech News Annalee Newitz

Sobering Photos Compare Dresden After The Firestorms To Now

It’s the 70th anniversary of one of the darkest days of the Second World War, when Allied planes bombed the medieval German of city of Dresden into oblivion. To commemorate this tragic event, a photographer has revisited the sites to compare archived historical photos with present day scenes. Top image: William Vandevert/The LIFE Picture Collection/Sean…

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23 Household Items That Can Double As (Effective) Camping Gear

Spend money on the big ticket camping items that ensure your comfort and safety. Don’t spend money on all the little stuff that can often be better handled by supplies you already own. https://gizmodo.com/a-basic-guide-to-cheap-outdoors-gear-for-broke-adventur-1682102787 Cotton Balls and Vaseline: Hands down the most effective and easiest to use fire starter there is. Also the cheapest. Just…

Tech News Wes Siler

1980s Science Fiction Where The Cold War Never Ends

The 1980s were the final decade of the Cold War — but nobody knew that at the time. The Soviet Union looked unstoppable, and few outside observers saw its collapse coming. So it’s not surprising that lots of 1980s science fiction included Cold War futures. Here are 1980s visions of a future where the Cold…

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All the Tech We’ve Used to Intercept Every Kind Of Communication

Spy cameras are probably the most axiomatic gadgets when we talk about intelligence-gathering techniques. But intercepting and decoding messages is just as important as taking pictures. Here’s a look at all the devices spies have used to tap into voice, mail, phone, radio, morse, electronic messages, and other signals. This letter removal device was used…

Gadgets Attila Nagy

The Force Awakens‘ Crossguard Lightsaber Has Nothing On These DIY Toys

Ah, remember the heady days of November 2014 when everyone was freaking out about Kylo Ren’s swish new Lightsaber? Well, Hasbro recently announced a new line of Star Wars toys that will let you make Lightsabers that are a hell of a lot more crazy than Ren’s wee little lightsaber crossguard. The new series of…

Tech News James Whitbrook

Jeb Bush Is Sorry He Published Your Social Security Numbers

The man who signed Florida’s Stand Your Ground law is now awkwardly moonwalking backwards on an initially indiscriminate data-dump. Presidential hopeful and former Florida governor Jeb Bush is doing some damage control on his decision to publish his gubernatorial emails, which provided easy access to over 12,000 social security numbers from people who had written…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs

In 1900, Two Inventors Audition For A Stage Show About The Year 2000

The year is 1900 and Georges and Madeleine are trying to get a gig showing off the wonders of life in the year 2000, complete with gadget that we would think of today as retrofuturistic. But it’s when they debut their time machine on the stage that things start getting goofy. 1900-2000 was directed by…

io9 Lauren Davis

What Happens To Your Body When You Drink Too Much Water?

The question How much water do I need to drink? is often followed with the related question Can I drink too much of it? We’re here to tell you that, while difficult to do accidentally, it is in fact possible to drink too much water – and the repercussions can be deadly. Photo Credit: Lora…

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The Northeastern U.S. Was Ravaged By “Monstrous” Hurricanes Just Centuries Ago

A new analysis shows that the northeast corner of what is now the United States was slammed by at least 23 severe hurricanes from the years 250 to 1150, many of them reaching category 3 and 4 status. Researchers say these hurricanes, which formed in relatively warm seas, could be a harbinger of things to…

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Here’s How An Isotope Can Let People Track You By Your Hair

City’s Owl Problem Got So Bad, It Had To Make This Awesome Sign

These Age Of Ultron Halloween Costumes Are Unintentionally Petrifying

Obama’s Big Cybersecurity Order Is Meh

23 Household Items That Can Double As (Effective) Camping Gear

The FDA Is Hiding Scientific Fraud, And You Should Be Pissed

I Put the Ultimate Beer Koozie to the Test and It Did Not Let Me Down

The Exact Moment When Torchwood Finally Came Into Its Own

Here’s a Weird Hand Some Horrible App Probably Wants Us to Show You

The Avengers‘ Battle Of New York Recut To Include Spider-Man

Don’t Worry — Snapchat Is Not the Future of Journalism

Sobering Photos Compare Dresden After The Firestorms To Now

23 Household Items That Can Double As (Effective) Camping Gear

1980s Science Fiction Where The Cold War Never Ends

All the Tech We’ve Used to Intercept Every Kind Of Communication

The Force Awakens‘ Crossguard Lightsaber Has Nothing On These DIY Toys

Jeb Bush Is Sorry He Published Your Social Security Numbers

In 1900, Two Inventors Audition For A Stage Show About The Year 2000

What Happens To Your Body When You Drink Too Much Water?

The Northeastern U.S. Was Ravaged By “Monstrous” Hurricanes Just Centuries Ago

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