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Elephants Might Be Able To Self-Medicate To Induce Labor

We know that animals have found ways to get themselves drunk or high by eating certain plants or fermented fruit, but recently, scientists have started studying the self-medication of animals — a branch of science dubbed zoopharmacognosy. This is how we discovered elephants might have a way to bring on labor. Researcher H. T. Dublin…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Holy @#$%, If The Evil Dead TV Show Happens It’ll Star Bruce Campbell!

Uh, remember how when Sam Raimi announced at Comic-Con that he and his brother Ted were working on an Evil Dead TV series and that Bruce Campbell was somehow involved? And I figured he could be doing anything from starring to producing? Turns out it’s the former. Groovy. As Campbell responded to a fan on…

Television Rob Bricken

This is what your stomach does to a cheeseburger before digesting it

The Periodic Table of Videos is one of my favorite YouTube channels. It’s fascinating to delve into their library and find jewels like this: “What happens when you dunk a cheeseburger in concentrated hydrochloric acid?” Hydrochloric acid is one of the compounds in your stomach. This acid—along with other compounds—break food down in order for…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

What One Item Would You Want To Bring Along With You In Space?

If we do someday all get the chance to head outwards deep into space, one thing is for sure: cargo space is going to be limited. So, if your space shuttle only had room for one extra item, what would you bring along with you? Assuming that the basics of food, water, and shelter were…

io9 Ria Misra

John Oliver Reminds Us How Badly We Take Care of Our Nukes

If you’ve been paying attention since, well, since the Cold War started, you know that the United States has an insanely huge number of nuclear weapons. And if you’ve been paying even closer attention, you’ll know that the military is not very good at keeping track of them. In fact, it’s laughably bad at. Enter…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

The New Machine That Could Be Making the iPhone 6’s Sapphire Screen

The iPhone 6 may have a sapphire glass screen. It also may not. We’ve been through the will-they-won’t-they, but MIT Technology Review recently went straight to the source: A company that’s designed a better, cheaper way to manufacture the stuff. If Apple is planning a sapphire screen device, this could be the machine that makes…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Doubling Up LCDs in VR Headsets Can Quadruple Their Pixel Density

Donning a VR headset can be a wonderfully immersive experience, if you can look past the pixels. But new research by Nvidia suggests that merely stacking two LCD systems in front of your eyes can quadruple their pixel density. That could make Oculus Rift—and more importantly, its cheaper DIY competitors—way more immersive. The problem with…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Play Spacewar!, The Pentagon-Funded Video Game From 1962

The launch of Sputnik prompted a U.S. government spending spree to achieve technological dominance over the Soviets. Among the recipients of this largesse were MIT engineers, who designed a computer simulation called Spacewar! Inspired by the sci-fi books of E.E. Smith, it was the world’s first videogame. The guys who created this simulation — using…

io9 Mark Strauss

12 Rare Flintstones Production Shots From the Golden Age of Animation

The animated landscape is one big Uncanny Valley now, dominated by massive digital conglomerates. But a half-century ago, the world’s animation powerhouse was an independent outfit run by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera, creators of The Flintstones, Tom & Jerry, and Scooby-Doo. This previously unpublished gallery of imagery peeks inside their workshop as the tiny…

Tech News Alissa Walker

The Agents of SHIELD Are Joining The Official Marvel Comics Universe

Skye. Melinda May. FitzSimmons. Agent Coulson’s elite team will join official Marvel comics continuity with SHIELD #1, written by Mark Waid and featuring a rotating series of artists. At Marvel’s Comic-Con panel, Waid described it as “This is S.H.I.E.L.D. the TV show, the unlimited budget edition.” But besides an unlimited “budget,” Coulson and his team…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken

An App That Dims Your Phone So That Other Concertgoers Won’t Hate You

Look at any concert photo taken sometime after cellphones started including built-in cameras, and you’ll see a sea of glowing screens that end up distracting from what’s happening on stage. So the next time you’re at a concert, be courteous to your fellow attendees with this alternative iOS camera app that keeps your smartphone’s display…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

5 Essential Add-Ons For Dropbox

Many of us rely on Dropbox for file syncing and backup, but you might not be aware of all the different extensions and services that you can plug into it. Here are our five favorite Dropbox add-ons to supercharge your storage. 1. Drop It To Me If you want to provide an easy way for…

Gadgets David Nield

Could Benedict Cumberbatch Really Return as Khan in Star Trek 3?

Doctor Strange may finally be casting its lead, and it’s not who we thought. How will Jaime feel about Tyrion’s actions at the end of Game of Thrones season five? Joe Hill talks Horns and Darkside. And Peter Capaldi explains why there’s “no flirting” with the Twelfth Doctor. Spoilers now! Top image: Doctor Who Star…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Turning a Wall Into an Android “Touchscreen” With a Pocket Projector

Touchjet first showed off a concept version of its phablet-sized Touchpico projector at CES 2014. Now, the Android-powered Wi-Fi device is nearly ready for production. We got to play with a preproduction model at Gizmodo’s office, ahead of the launch of TouchPico’s crowdfunding campaign. TouchPico shown sitting on an Apple TV remote The TouchPico is…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

This Guy Taped a GoPro To His Car Wheel And It Looks Hypnotic

GoPros have taken us on some pretty ridiculous adventures, from shark dives and back country ski expeditions, to, uh, jumping out of a spacecraft and falling to Earth. But as one video artist just proved, these lil cameras can capture awesome footage from every day situations, too. Like driving. Ryan Fox, a student at University…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

The Future of Grilled Cheese Delivery Is Crispy, Gooey, and Delicious

Time is not kind to grilled cheese sandwiches; there’s a (very) slim window once they’ve left the skillet before they turn into a congealed bummer. Which makes home delivery all but impossible. But the SmartBox, a highly engineered container, promises to get these fickle sandos to your door with minimum rubberization. We tried it. It…

Tech News Jordan Kushins

How a desert cat uses its super ears to hunt birds in mid-flight

This footage of a desert cat taking out a bird in mid-flight is another impressive reminder of the astonishing power of natural evolution. The small but agile caracal uses 20 muscles —in three distinct groups—to independently control each of its ears, which act as supersensitive parabolic sound antennas. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome…

Sploid James Baker

Amazon Now Has a Create-Your-Own 3D-Printing Store

Amazon has just opened a new 3D Printing Store, which allows customers to customize and then purchase “more than 200 unique print-on-demand products.” http://www.amazon.com/b?tag=gizmodo08c-20 Customer can take their pick from a wide variety of products to tweak: from cufflinks to credit card holders, iPhone cases to… err, custom bobbleheads. The amount of customization available on…

Commerce Jamie Condliffe

These Light Paintings Show How Wi-Fi Swirls and Shifts Around You

Ever wondered how the Wi-Fi signal varies around your house or workplace? Well, a new project by Luis Hernan combines signal strength sensing with light painting to show you just that. As part of a project for his PhD in Architecture and Interaction Design, Hernan has created what he calls a Kirlian device: it’s an…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

This Mexican beauty is the perfect burger brunch to cure a hangover

A toasted English muffin stuffed with seasoned grass fed beef and pork sausage patty, whipped avocado cream, crispy chile ancho rubbed carnitas, purple cabbage slaw and smoky grilled pineapple butter. Get two sunny side up eggs on the side and some fries and you’ll have the perfect brunch. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

Elephants Might Be Able To Self-Medicate To Induce Labor

Holy @#$%, If The Evil Dead TV Show Happens It’ll Star Bruce Campbell!

This is what your stomach does to a cheeseburger before digesting it

What One Item Would You Want To Bring Along With You In Space?

John Oliver Reminds Us How Badly We Take Care of Our Nukes

The New Machine That Could Be Making the iPhone 6’s Sapphire Screen

Doubling Up LCDs in VR Headsets Can Quadruple Their Pixel Density

Play Spacewar!, The Pentagon-Funded Video Game From 1962

12 Rare Flintstones Production Shots From the Golden Age of Animation

The Agents of SHIELD Are Joining The Official Marvel Comics Universe

An App That Dims Your Phone So That Other Concertgoers Won’t Hate You

5 Essential Add-Ons For Dropbox

Could Benedict Cumberbatch Really Return as Khan in Star Trek 3?

Turning a Wall Into an Android “Touchscreen” With a Pocket Projector

This Guy Taped a GoPro To His Car Wheel And It Looks Hypnotic

The Future of Grilled Cheese Delivery Is Crispy, Gooey, and Delicious

How a desert cat uses its super ears to hunt birds in mid-flight

Amazon Now Has a Create-Your-Own 3D-Printing Store

These Light Paintings Show How Wi-Fi Swirls and Shifts Around You

This Mexican beauty is the perfect burger brunch to cure a hangover

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