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How Do You Determine the Age of a Footprint?

Geology is a science of untangling mysteries written in the rocks, but dating fossilized spider footprints is a special sort of challenge. Stratigraphic principles and careful reasoning can identify these particular footprints as 190 million years old, created by a prehistoric spider out for a stroll. Fossilized spider footprints from 190 million years ago. Image…

Beringia, the Lost Territory Where Americans Evolved

During the last ice age, an enormous stretch of fertile grassland connected Eurasia and the Americas. Known today as Beringia, this lost landscape was home to a small but important population of humans. Now, the discovery of one skull in an underwater cave tells an intriguing story about what happened to the Beringians when they…

Start Your Own Private Museum With a 3D Printer and This T-Rex Model

Does waiting in line at a museum just to check out some old dinosaur bones that may or may not be real sound like a terrible way to spend a weekend? If you’ve got a 3D printer at home, MakerBot’s Digital Store is now selling this anatomically correct T-Rex skeleton model that you can print…

Unseen Footage Shows President Franklin Roosevelt Walking In 1937

Pennsylvania State Archives has released never before seen footage of Franklin Delano Roosevelt walking up a ramp at a baseball game in 1937. It’s an exceptionally rare glimpse of the U.S. president who did his best to hide his disability from the public. The footage was captured by Jimmie DeShong at the 1937 MLB All-Star…

Meet The Scariest Inhabitant Of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Quite a few strange ocean critters have made homes for themselves among the trash vortex—millions of small and microscopic pieces of plastic floating over a roughly 5,000 sq km area of the Pacific. Marine biologist Miriam Goldstein has spent years studying these creatures, and recently came across one that alarmed her. And, no, it’s not…

This Flickering Screen Is Powered by Plant-Eating Bacteria

In the future, the lines between technology and nature will continue to blur, as we create innovative approaches to renewable energy. It’s actually already happening, and there’s no better example than the Eventual, a bio art project by two designers from the University of Pennsylvania. https://gizmodo.com/inside-the-printing-studio-where-obsolete-tech-will-nev-511217960 Currently sitting on the shelf in the living room…

We Ate Beer Lollipops So You Don’t Have To

Lollyphile’s new beer lollipops are many things: the epitome of human innovation, the height of candy science, and unfortunately, alcohol-free. But how do they do it and—more importantly—how do they taste? We talked to Lollyphile founder Jason Darling (and tried ’em for ourselves) to find out. Darling’s bread and butter isn’t what most would consider…

Breakfast burger replaces bread with freshly glazed apple fritters

The Wake-n-Bacon Burger tries to solve my weekly brunch dilemma: Sweet or savory? The proposal is interesting: “Sandwiched between two warm and freshly glazed apple fritters, sits a maple bacon-wrapped beef patty, draped with melty cheddar cheese, and drizzled with a caffeinated maple, espresso syrup.” Hmmm, I don’t know if it succeeds, but I want…

Google Maps Now Shows How Steep Your Bike Route Is

Bike directions are an amazing feature of Google Maps, but if you don’t know the landscape, you might find yourself pedaling up some steep hills. No longer. Google is now providing elevation info so you can avoid, or seek (you beast), those inclines. The feature is technically unannounced, but TechCrunch was able to confirm with…

The Double Shows Just How Soul-Draining A Terrible Office Job Could Get

The Double is based on a Dovstoevesky story about a man who meets his doppelganger — but this movie by Richard Ayoade owes a huge debt to Kafka, too. And stylistically, it really is like a fan-film of Terry Gilliam’s Brazil. And it does a brilliant job of capturing the horrors of a soul-crushing job…

Ice Cream, Mayors, and Criminals: What’s Ruining Our Cities This Week

A mayor who ruined lives in his quest to dox a Twitter account parodying him. Why Asian tourists are being robbed in Paris. And the super-disturbing history of the ice cream song you’ll hear on every street this summer. What’s Ruining Our Cities? Indeed. Ice cream trucks are ruining summer Ah, the sounds of summer.…

First Trailer For Monsters 2 Explores A Whole New Quarantine Zone

You loved Gareth Edwards’ first monster movie, which quarantined all of Mexico due to MONSTERS. Now take a look at Monsters 2, which explores an entirely different quarantine zone set in the Middle East. Here’s the first trailer. Directed by Tom Green, Monsters 2 Dark Continent is the official sequel to Monsters, and is set…

Why Is North Korea So Eager To Join The Effort Against Climate Change?

Whether it’s testing nuclear weapons or threatening its neighbors, North Korea isn’t known for working and playing well with the global community. Yet, the Hermit Kingdom has a sterling record of compliance as a party to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. What’s going on here, Dear Leader? According to Benjamin Habib, a specialist…

Human-Sensing Fan Only Blows Where There Be People

Nothing puts a strain on your local power grid like a hot, humid summer day. In many cities rolling blackouts are needed to cope with the strain, so it makes sense that companies would start developing smarter cooling devices. Quirky’s Aros air conditioner is leading the charge, but this smarter oscillating fan is pretty clever…

If you’ve ever festered in iMessage purgatory, it might not have been for naught. An ex-Apple user iscurrently seeking a class action lawsuit for iMessages lost after switching from iOS. In other words, there could be some cash money in your imminent future.

​How To Shoot A Documentary In A War Zone

Tim Freccia just returned from shooting Saving South Sudan, where he worked in one of the bloodiest conflicts on earth. Here’s how he got the work done, even under threat of Ugandan gunships. Tim’s covered crisis and conflict around the world — Haiti, Libya, Congo, Somalia, Kashmir and more — for outlets including Vice, Al…

This Could Have Been The Face Of The New Godzilla

The great thing about the new Godzilla movie is how perfect the Big G looks. But the designers experimented with some pretty far-fetched ideas, including Fish Godzilla and Dragon Godzilla. We’ve got exclusive art from the movie’s art book. Plus concept artist Eddie Del Rio shared some of his Godzilla art exclusively with io9. https://gizmodo.com/too-bad-about-the-boring-humans-in-this-awesome-godzill-1577275588…

This Porn Site Is the Biggest Filer of Copyright Lawsuits in the US

A lot of attention is paid to patent trolls—those unsavory characters gobbling up preemptory patents faster than humanly possible. But how often do they actually follow through? If you’re the porn site X-Art.com, a lot. This week’s issue of The New Yorker takes a look at X-Art, a company that, even in the face of…

​Is The CW’s Reign Secretly A Fantasy Show?

When Reign was announced, it seemed most notable for how little it cared about the history involved — and for giving Mary Queen of Scots’ handmaidens names cribbed from Bratz dolls. But as they played fast and loose with history, Reign became an alternate-history fantasy, almost despite itself. Spoilers for the 16th century ahead… Despite…

Miss CGHUB? Help Crowdfund A New Artists Portfolio Site To Replace It

One of the largest artists portfolio sites shut down last month, but you can help fund its replacement. You can also back a line of female superhero toys, a swashbuckling clockpunk RPG, and tons of beautiful new comics. Next generation website for CG artists Last month, the artists portfolio site CGHub was shut down unexpectedly,…