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Why has Curiosity slowed down its course during its first Mars year?

The Mars Curiosity Rover has completed its first Mars year in the Red Planet—687 Earth days exploring and drilling on its way to its first destination—Murray Buttes. Overall, it’s been a Mars year full of successes, even if we haven’t found proof of life in Mars yet. But the rover has slowed down significantly. Why?…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

These Mesmerizing GIFs Are Visual Proof That Math Can Be Cool

Teachers looking for ways to convince their students that math isn’t a boring slog have a convincing new set of visuals: GIF makers are using mathematics to craft hypnotic moving images. Even outside a classroom, they’re fascinating. Physics student David Whyte posts his geometric GIFs to a Tumblr called Bees & Bombs. Whyte uses an…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

This Brand-New TMNT Trailer Admits Alien Turtles Are Stupid

If you were worried that a new live-action reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles wouldn’t be sassy as fuck, you were wrong. The new TMNT trailer is loaded with turtle quips. And also, dare I say this is a little self aware? We love the alien dig because yes THAT IS STUPID. Then EDM…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

The One Thing Video Game Characters Can’t Defeat Is Their Inner Demons

Video game characters might be able to throw barrels at their enemies, find the treasure, and rescue the princess, but that doesn’t mean they’re happy. In the webcomic Dear Inner Demons, the heroes and foes of retro games reveal their mental angst. Dear Inner Demons is the brainchild of Christopher Hemsworth, and these are just…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

Could Clicking On Familiar Faces Eventually Replace Passwords?

Passwords and PINs are notoriously difficult to remember. But it just so happens that we’re exceptionally good at remembering distinct faces — a psychological quirk that security experts now say could be the next big thing in authentication. It’s called Facelock, a password alternative that plays to the strengths of human memory. Developed by researchers…

io9 George Dvorsky

This Super Simple Tourniquet Will Save a Soldier’s Life in 25 Seconds

Throughout both the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, IEDs have been the leading cause of death and dismemberment for US servicemen and women—mostly because the pelvic and upper leg injuries that they generate can’t easily be treated with conventional tourniquets. That’s why a former combat medic went ahead and redesigned the device for 21st century combat.…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

The Queen Visited The Game Of Thrones Set And Trolled The Planet

Queen Elizabeth II stopped by the Game of Thrones set in Belfast during her trip to Northern Ireland today, where cast and crew stood silently to greet the monarch. It was all very nice and polite until the Queen came up to the Iron Throne… and then refused to sit in it. COME ON, LIZ.…

io9 Rob Bricken

New Software Can Spot Rare Genetic Diseases From Family Photographs

Spotting rare genetic disease is, by definition, a little tricky. But now a team of scientists from the University of Oxford has developed software that can spot such conditions by analyzing family photographs. Many genetic conditions are known to exist but impossible to test for, because the gene variants that cause them haven’t actually yet…

Health Jamie Condliffe

Sony Action Cam AS100V Review: GoPro Finally Has Some Competition

For years, if you wanted an action camera you would buy GoPro by default. And for good reason! Sony has caught up in a hurry, though. Its newest entry into the increasingly crowded field looks like it might be one of the first legitimate GoPro alternatives. It just depends on which compromises you’re willing to…

Reviews Brent Rose

The Coldest White Dwarf Ever Discovered Is An Earth-Sized Diamond

Astronomers have detected an ancient stellar remnant that’s 10 times fainter than the dimmest white dwarf ever discovered. Fortuitously orbited by a pulsar, this cold and collapsed star consists of crystallized carbon — essentially making it an Earth-sized diamond in space. Indeed, this white dwarf would have never been discovered if it hadn’t been for…

io9 George Dvorsky

Tell Us What You’re Reading Now!

Good morning, gentle reader! Time to make your booklist into our booklist. Tell us about the books that were in your recent past, your present, and that will be coming up in the not too distant future. Both recommendations and recommendation requests are welcome!

Books & Comics Ria Misra

Robotic Forklift Valet Doesn’t Even Need To See Inside Your Messy Car

Travellers flying out of Duesseldorf airport in Germany no longer have to worry about valets taking their cars for a joyride before they’re parked. A robot valet nicknamed Ray starts work today, and he’ll automatically deliver cars to a set of designated spots without even having to start them. Ray doesn’t even need to enter…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Clever Reason Flag Emoji Count as Two Characters in Twitter

With World Cup fever in full swing, people have finally found a use for the flags tucked in the far corners of emoji keyboards. But patriotic tweeters can only fit at most 70 little flag icons in a 140-character tweet. What gives? Turns out, each flag emoji counts as two characters—and there’s a clever reason…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

Are Lemons Fast Or Slow?

Answer the question in your head before you click on this story. A majority of people have a specific opinion of lemon speed, and on a number of other so-called crossmodal matches. If you think that lemons, the fruit and not the car, are fast, you are in agreement with about 65% of the population.…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

ABC News Hits Apple TV With Live Streams and Exclusive Content

Today, ABC News is getting a standalone app for Apple TV. All of the content will be free to everybody. The new app lets you watch live streams as well as archived programming and even some exclusive content. The overall look fits within the standard Apple TV template interface, but the company says that it’s…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

A Decent Star Trek Into Darkness Blu-Ray Is Finally Coming, But…

Remember how Paramount decided to split the special features for Star Trek Into Darkness among the Target, Best Buy and iTunes Blu-ray releases? Well, it’s taken almost a full year, but a decent STiD Blu-ray chock full of all the extras is finally on it’s way! There’s just one small catch… https://gizmodo.com/why-the-star-trek-into-darkness-blu-ray-is-going-to-rip-1222160195 First, let’s concentrate…

Movies Rob Bricken

Create Gmail Filters As You Go For Inbox Nirvana

If you use Gmail as your day-to-day email system, chances are it’s a little disorganized. Although Google provides some powerful filtering tools, does anyone have time to make use of them? Just keeping up with the tide of incoming emails is difficult enough, but there are ways to filter and categorize messages as they arrive.…

Gadgets David Nield

The Best Tablet Display Isn’t On an iPad

The key element for a great tablet has always been a truly innovative and top performing display, and the best leading edge tablets have always flaunted their beautiful high tech displays. But Tablet displays are more challenging to produce because their large screens are three to four times the size of a smartphone. Up until…

Gadgets Dr. Raymond Soneira - DisplayMate Technologies

Dracula Untold Trailer Makes Dracula The Misunderstood Good Guy

Everybody is getting a gritty, misunderstood origin story! You get an origin story, and you get an origin story! And now it’s Dracula’s turn. You see, Dracula wasn’t a bad guy after all, he just wanted to save his son from WAR. Or something. Watch the first trailer for Dracula Untold. Credit where credit’s due;…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

The 8 Coolest New Tricks Your Nest Can Do

Late last night, Nest announced its Developer Program: An initiative that’s going to allow more than 5,000 developers to tinker and build new Nest functionality. To kick things off, it’s launching with a handful of partner-enabled features, from your Benz telling your thermostat when you get close to home to your LIFX bulbs flashing red…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Why has Curiosity slowed down its course during its first Mars year?

These Mesmerizing GIFs Are Visual Proof That Math Can Be Cool

This Brand-New TMNT Trailer Admits Alien Turtles Are Stupid

The One Thing Video Game Characters Can’t Defeat Is Their Inner Demons

Could Clicking On Familiar Faces Eventually Replace Passwords?

This Super Simple Tourniquet Will Save a Soldier’s Life in 25 Seconds

The Queen Visited The Game Of Thrones Set And Trolled The Planet

New Software Can Spot Rare Genetic Diseases From Family Photographs

Sony Action Cam AS100V Review: GoPro Finally Has Some Competition

The Coldest White Dwarf Ever Discovered Is An Earth-Sized Diamond

Tell Us What You’re Reading Now!

Robotic Forklift Valet Doesn’t Even Need To See Inside Your Messy Car

The Clever Reason Flag Emoji Count as Two Characters in Twitter

Are Lemons Fast Or Slow?

ABC News Hits Apple TV With Live Streams and Exclusive Content

A Decent Star Trek Into Darkness Blu-Ray Is Finally Coming, But…

Create Gmail Filters As You Go For Inbox Nirvana

The Best Tablet Display Isn’t On an iPad

Dracula Untold Trailer Makes Dracula The Misunderstood Good Guy

The 8 Coolest New Tricks Your Nest Can Do

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