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Finally! California Just Issued Mandatory State Water Restrictions

Jerry Brown must be a Gizmodo reader because he apparently heard my parched plea: Today, the California governor issued mandatory water restrictions for the state—the first in history. Standing in a dry Sierra Nevada meadow which is usually buried under five feet of snow, Brown was able to provide a haunting visual illustration of the…

Tech News Alissa Walker Apr 1 '15

These Videos Of Small Creatures Digging Through Glass Beads Are Hypnotic

Researchers at the MIT Department of engineering wanted to study the best ways to burrow through granular material. And in order to study the phenomenon, they looked at snakes, lizards, roundworms, and clams — and made some amazing videos, that it’s hard to look away from. According to the paper, Strategies for Locomotion in Granular…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Apr 1 '15

This Exoskeleton Boot Saves Energy In An Ingenious Way

After millions of years of evolution, your feet are still not perfectly energy efficient. Enter exoskeletons. Researchers have created a new boot that, unlike other exoskeletons, makes walking more efficient without an extra battery or power source. The boot contraption reduces the energy it takes to walk by about 7 percent. That may not sound…

Tech News Sarah Zhang Apr 1 '15

The Most Popular Antidepressants Are Based On An Outdated Theory [UPDATED]

One in ten Americans takes an anti-depressant drug like Zoloft or Prozac. These drugs have been shown to work in some patients, but their design is based on a so-called “chemical imbalance” theory of depression that is incomplete, at best. Image Credit: Tom Varco | CC BY-SA 3.0 The number of people taking antidepressants has…

io9 Levi Gadye Apr 1 '15

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge: A Quirk That Doesn’t Really Work

Samsung’s Galaxy S6 is a fantastic smartphone. But maybe you find it boring. Maybe it’s disappointing that the new Android standard-bearer looks so much like an Apple product. If that’s the case, perhaps the Galaxy S6 Edge is more your speed. The S6 Edge is the “whoa, that’s weird looking” variant to the more straight-laced…

Reviews Darren Orf Apr 1 '15

When People In The 1920s And 1930s Imagined The Future, They Dreamed Big

The Space Age gave us some beautiful, rocket-shaped visions of future cities. But before World War II, people were already imagining sleek, beautiful structures. And floating airports. And air taxis. And Futurama, circa 1939! These are the most eye-popping videos of life in the future, from the 1920s and 1930s. The Fugitive Futurist (1924), shows…

io9 Vincze Miklós Apr 1 '15

See Ryan Reynolds In Action As Deadpool For The First Time

Extra’s Mario Lopez had the chance to interview actor Ryan Reynolds about his upcoming role as Marvel’s mutant antihero Deadpool, and I don’t want to spoil it for you, but things take a decided turn for the, uh… Deadpool-y, I guess. As for Reynolds’ promise here that the movie WILL have an R-rating, I wouldn’t…

Movies Rob Bricken Apr 1 '15

A day in the life of New York City

Eventually the weather will warm up and cities on the east coast will come alive again but until then, people will continue to mummify themselves while visibly exhaling their frustration at why they live, where they live. And then the first sign of sun comes and everyone remembers why. This video from Seeker Stories shows…

Sploid Casey Chan Apr 1 '15

The Forgotten Offices That Shaped Apple, Facebook, and Google

Online, Apple, Facebook, and Google are competing to control the future of technology. Offline, they are competing to build the future of corporate architecture—small cities nestled in the Silicon Valley suburbs that are designed by some of the most famous architects alive today. It’s a space race. Literally. These buildings are powerful marketing tools. They’re…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Apr 1 '15

Dark Horse Wants Comic Shops To Rip Up Their Covers of Star Wars #1

When Disney acquired Star Wars, one of the first “casualties” of the reshuffling was Dark Horse losing the comics license to Marvel, who have gone on to launch a wildly successful set of series in the galaxy far, far away. It seems like they may just be a little bit antsy about that, judging by…

io9 James Whitbrook Apr 1 '15

What’s The Best Movie Or TV Show You Saw Under The Worst Circumstances?

A truly great work of art can win you over even if you’re seeing it under horrible conditions. But some conditions are so horrible, they push the limits of your ability to see a work’s qualities. You have a migraine. There are screaming kids. It’s the in-flight movie on a crashing plane. What’s the worst…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 1 '15

Blood Transfusions Are One of the Most Overused Procedures in Medicine

Blood transfusions have saved countless lives. But blood transfusions can be risky. Emily Anthes writing inNature gathers the evidence that the procedure is one of the most overused treatments out there, an expensive, but more importantly, potentially dangerous, problem. It’s intuitive to understand why blood transfusions are good. When blood banks that arose out of…

Tech News Sarah Zhang Apr 1 '15

Watching this video gave me a permanent craving for chocolate

A hundred thousand million yums. After watching this chocolate food porn overload from Marks & Spencer, I think I have developed a permanent craving for chocolate. Like, this is forever now. The video is an ad for chocolate Easter Eggs but it features all sorts of chocolate deliciousness that it makes me want to bathe…

Sploid Casey Chan Apr 1 '15

Strong Bad Returns To Emailing After Years of Silence

Last October, the Homestar Runner gang emerged from obscurity, and now it’s the moment we have all been waiting for! Strong Bad is back to answerin’ emails. Sort of. Kind of. Hey, at least he hates April Fools’ Day too. Bless the return of Homestar Runner! Contact the author at [email protected].

io9 Meredith Woerner Apr 1 '15

The Technology That Will Build Our Future May Be Found In Mushrooms

The key to the human race’s future may be right beneath our feet. It sounds bizarre, but fungi better known as mushrooms can help solve many of society’s greatest challenges, from cleaning up the environment and living more sustainability to colonizing other planets. Threaded into nearly every square inch of the ground are tiny, biological…

Tech News Maddie Stone Apr 1 '15

Doctor Who‘s K-9, Controlled By Your Smartphone, Is The Best Robot Dog

There’s been a few remote-controlled K-9 toys over the years since the Doctor’s canine companion trundled his way back into our hearts with the revived version of Doctor Who — but this latest version uses a smartphone app to give you the ultimate Robot Dog toy! The 1/4-scale K-9 isn’t exactly life-sized, but it’s still…

Tech News James Whitbrook Apr 1 '15

Here are 3 smart reasons why nuclear energy is really bad for us

This video explainer by Kurz Gesagt focuses on why nuclear energy is actually terrible and something we should stop using because it’s so bad. The reasons are pretty obvious: nuclear energy leads to nuclear bombs, nuclear waste is really dangerous and nuclear accidents and disasters are catastrophic. To see why three reasons why nuclear energy…

Sploid Casey Chan Apr 1 '15

Video explainer: 3 reasons why nuclear energy is actually awesome

Nuclear energy is great! Nuclear energy is terrible! There are two sides to the argument and Kurz Gesagt is breaking down both perspectives with point/counterpoint video explainers. The three reasons why nuclear energy is awesome and why we need more? It saves lives. It helps the environment. And that using it could develop new tech…

Sploid Casey Chan Apr 1 '15

Why Is An Entire Genre Of Science Devoted To Blindfolding Turtles?

Putting little blindfolds on turtles has gotten to be a widespread scientific pursuit. Find out all the different ways, and reasons, why you might want to blindfold a creature that’s too slow to run away from you. A turtle has just been hatched. It’s newborn, in danger, and its eyes are perhaps a half inch…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Apr 1 '15

Obama: If You Cyberattack the US, We’ll Sanction You

President Obama has a message for foreign hackers: You’re grounded. The president declared a national emergency and signed an executive order today allowing targeted sanctions on anyone who is deemed a cyberthreat to the United States. Obama wrote about the sanction plan on Medium: Our primary focus will be on cyber threats from overseas. In…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs Apr 1 '15

Finally! California Just Issued Mandatory State Water Restrictions

These Videos Of Small Creatures Digging Through Glass Beads Are Hypnotic

This Exoskeleton Boot Saves Energy In An Ingenious Way

The Most Popular Antidepressants Are Based On An Outdated Theory [UPDATED]

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge: A Quirk That Doesn’t Really Work

When People In The 1920s And 1930s Imagined The Future, They Dreamed Big

See Ryan Reynolds In Action As Deadpool For The First Time

A day in the life of New York City

The Forgotten Offices That Shaped Apple, Facebook, and Google

Dark Horse Wants Comic Shops To Rip Up Their Covers of Star Wars #1

What’s The Best Movie Or TV Show You Saw Under The Worst Circumstances?

Blood Transfusions Are One of the Most Overused Procedures in Medicine

Watching this video gave me a permanent craving for chocolate

Strong Bad Returns To Emailing After Years of Silence

The Technology That Will Build Our Future May Be Found In Mushrooms

Doctor Who‘s K-9, Controlled By Your Smartphone, Is The Best Robot Dog

Here are 3 smart reasons why nuclear energy is really bad for us

Video explainer: 3 reasons why nuclear energy is actually awesome

Why Is An Entire Genre Of Science Devoted To Blindfolding Turtles?

Obama: If You Cyberattack the US, We’ll Sanction You

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