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The Nexus 9 Is Android’s iPad Air

It’s been nearly two years since we’ve seen a new Nexus tablet, but the wait is over. Alongside a new Nexus 6 phone, the Nexus Player, and a new version of Android, the Nexus 9 is finally official. It’s like the iPad Air, but Android. https://gizmodo.com/googles-nexus-6-superphone-is-here-and-its-a-monster-1646581919 Just as the rumors indicated, the new Nexus 9…

Starting January 1, you’ll be able to stream every episode of Friends on Netflix (even in Canada). If there was ever a time to challenge Gawker’s definitive ranking of every Friends episode, that time is fast approaching and it is January 2015. Ross Gellerheads everywhere are rejoicing. Could you BE any more excited?

Extraordinary video of the ISS floating in space taken from Earth

ESA’s Optical Ground Station took this extraordinary video of the International Space Station on October 8 as it was being illuminated by a 3.6-Watt 532-nm green laser. The video was taken at 7 frames per second, but the final effects is amazing. It’s incredible to see it moving like that. From ESA: This extraordinary video…

This Science Was Invented by a Man Who Believed That Plants Have Minds

Plants aren’t as flashy as animals, but they’re complex beings with elaborate survival strategies who actively engage with the environment around them, and sometimes even helping their fellow plants react to danger. Still, it would be rather a stretch to claim that they have “minds.” And yet this is what Gustav Fechner believed. The 19th…

How to get your free Lego Bat Signal

Though not nearly as cool as the above build by R D L, on Saturday, October 18th from 12:00-2:00pm all Toys”R”Us locations are hosting a special building event where you can build and take home a Lego Bat-Signal. The stipulation is that this build is intended for children ages 5 and up, so, bring your…

NYC Is Home to a Hyper-Real Simulation of a Massive Nevada Solar Plant

In the desert near Tonopah, Nevada, a circular sea of oversized mirrors— 10,000 mirrors—follow the sun, and direct its rays onto the power tower in the center of the Crescent Dunes solar energy plant. Now, in the middle of Manhattan, a computer-generated visualization of that scene glitters on an LED wall outside Lincoln Center. Solar…

The Latest Agents Of SHIELD‘s Comedy Conceals A Deep Layer Of Darkness

On the surface, last night’s episode of Agents of SHIELD was about “facing reality” — something both Coulson and Fitz were grappling with. But on a deeper level, the (super funny) episode was about how the two men are both severely damaged. And the question of how far you can trust yourself, much less your…

Ask An Entomologist Anything You Want About Mosquitoes

Mosquito bites are not just annoying, they can also spread illnesses. Public health entomologist Grayson Brown is here to take all your questions about mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases. Brown directs the University of Kentucky’s Public Health Entomology Lab, where they look at everything from the spread of Chikungunya to how flooding impacts mosquito populations. Brown…

You too can be Star-Lord with these Guardians of the Galaxy hoodies

Come on, GOTG fans, admit it – ever since you saw Guardians of the Galaxy, who hasn’t wanted to put on an awesome mix of their own and pretend to be one of the Guardians, zipping about space and being badass? These Hoodies will help you pretend just that little bit better. The two licensed…

Can A Human Being Morally Be Friends With A Human-Eating Monster?

That’s one of the questions that comes up in the latest installment of the webcomic Subnormality, in which a young woman has befriended an ancient Sphinx who occasionally feasts on human flesh. And people won’t stop asking her how she can be friends with one of humanity’s few predators. Winston Rowntree wrote and drew the…

The 1,300-Person Quest To Build the Perfect Mechanical Keyboard

The keyboard is functionally invisible. It’s the single piece of hardware you touch the most. But despite being your primary interface with the digital world, it’s remained almost unchanged for decades, ignored, except for the small community of enthusiasts who design, program, and build their own—like the Infinity Keyboard, a new mechanical keyboard that a…

Yes! HBO Without a Cable Subscription Is Coming Next Year

This is big news: HBO just announced it will launch a web-only service sometime next year. Meaning, you can get HBO with no cable subscription. Yay! HBO CEO Richard Pleper made the announcement at an investor presentation today. He said: [There] is a large and growing opportunity that should no longer be left untapped. It…

Pixar Artist’s Time-Imploding Book Series Timeless Will Be A Feature Film

Now this is an odd, but grand, idea for both a movie and a book. Former Pixar artist Armand Baltazar is currently working on a book series where all the timelines have overlapped, and the world and all its population exist in present day. It’s called Timeless and it’s also going to be a movie.…

Lockheed Martin’s new fusion reactor might change humanity forever

This is an invention that might change civilization as we know it: A compact fusion reactor developed by Skunk Works, the stealth experimental technology division of Lockheed Martin. It’s the size of a jet engine and it can power airplanes, spaceships, and cities. Skunk Works claims it will be operative in 10 years. Aviation Week…

It’s Time For an Internet Explorer 6 Intervention

The few remaining users of Internet Explorer 6 are about to get a rude awakening when the internet abruptly stops working for them very soon. It’s about time. Google just published information about the adorably named POODLE bug it discovered in SSL 3.0, a legacy security protocol that’s been abandoned by all but the most…

Nexus 9 Rumor Roundup: Everything We Think We Know

It’s been a long time since we’ve had a Nexus tablet. 2013’s Nexus 7 was a wonderful if underpowered little device, and there hasn’t been a bigger version since 2012’s Nexus 10. But a newcomer is almost certainly on the way soon—probably this afternoon! And it’s a 9-inch tab that could be the best of…

Study Reveals The Dust Bowl Was The Worst Drought In 1,000 Years

In the 1930s, the southwestern Great Plains suffered a series of severe droughts. Overfarming and overgrazing had destroyed prairie grasses, making the topsoil even more vulnerable to strong winds. NASA scientists now say that one of those drought years, 1934, was the driest and most widespread in a millennium. An estimated 100 million acres were…

The Galaxy Note 4’s Screen Compared To Its Toughest Competition

The Galaxy Note 4 has a bonkers screen. That 518 PPI Super AMOLED stunner is one of the best parts of a great phone. But how does it hold up to the other big, high-res phone screens out there? https://gizmodo.com/samsung-galaxy-note-4-review-the-best-at-being-big-1646455217 We took macro shots of the 3 biggest, baddest, giganto smartphones out there: The Note…

Who Are You? Introduce Yourselves To Us!

Hello out there! Do you ever wonder about who all is reading this? So do we. Introduce yourselves to us all — and find out who has been reading alongside you, too! You could tell us what you do (both for work and extracurricularly), what you’re interested in, where you’re from, how you ended up…

Nexus 6 Rumor Roundup: Everything We Think We Know

The Nexus line is Google’s Android champion, the annual display of Android in its purest form. As we get closer to this year’s refresh, rumors are beginning to flesh out what the Nexus 6 is going to look like. Here’s what you can expect from the next great Android phone. Much like its predecessors, the…