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These are the oldest human footprints ever found in North America

Around 10,500 years ago, a hunter-gatherer walked through the mineral-rich sediment of the Chihuahuan Desert. The resulting footprints, locked in stone for millennia, have now been confirmed as the oldest human prints ever found in North America — shattering the previous record by 5,000 years. The footprints, one left and one right, were discovered many…

io9 George Dvorsky

27 of the Most Eye-Popping Cargo Aircraft Ever Built

They are the grey eminences of aviation. They are doing what they have to do without any ado. We hardly notice them when we take a flight from A to B. However, cargo aircraft can be as interesting and special as fighter planes or passenger aircraft. We are going to prove this. We compared the…

Tech News Attila Nagy

What Searches Look Like With the Top Million Sites Removed

At this point it’s ludicrous to think of using any other search engine than Google. But while it’s very effective, you’ll find your search results coming from many of the web’s top sites again and again. What if you wanted to find something a little more eclectic? Well, a new search engine called Million Short…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Nest Protect Teardown: Reassuringly Simple and Solid

Nest managed to do the seemingly impossible with its Protect: it made a smoke detector… exciting. But what lurks within that beautiful shell? Fortunately, iFixit has ripped one wide open to find out. There are six AA batteries, which might seem charmingly old school but they are in fact there for reliability reasons. They’re enough…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Now you can feel like Stephen Fry is in your kitchen, doing science

On a recent episode of QI, Stephen Fry made a very special “ice tower” device. You can make it as well. Here’s how. It looks pretty impressive, but this trick is nothing more than “hot ice.” It’s been making the rounds in kitchen science for a while. It’s perfectly safe, but takes some preparation and…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

A Cybernetic Implant That Repairs Brain Damage

There may be an answer for people suffering from traumatic brain injuries. It’s a device called a brain-machine-brain interface — and it has the potential to revolutionize the way brain damage is treated in humans. As it stands, there is no effective way to treat damage and improve function after someone experiences a traumatic brain…

io9 George Dvorsky

What if Tim Burton created Doctor Who?

This 15-year-old artist has now given us a fever, and the only cure is a stop-motion Tim Burton-inspired Doctor Who episode. Australian artist Michael Kenny, has created a world where well-dressed, skinny Time Lords have been transformed into spooky, jagged-jawed Burton creations. And it works magnificently! Check out his collection of Doctor Who art. Thank…

Television Meredith Woerner

Apple Patents Screen Technology For Curved Touch Displays

Move over Samsung and LG: Apple has been awarded a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office that describes how they could manufacture a new breed of curved touch surfaces. Patent No. 8,603,574 —or “Curved touch sensor” to its friends—describes a manufacturing technique for curved touch surfaces which minimizes problems caused by substrate warping…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Scientists claim they’ve discovered the coldest place on Earth

Analyses of global surface temperature maps have allowed researchers at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) to pinpoint the absolute coldest place on Earth – and you won’t believe how freakishly frigid it gets. What is the coldest place on Earth? Scientists say it’s a place so cold that ordinary mercury or alcohol…

io9 Nancy Atkinson – Universe Today

What is your favorite book to give as a gift?

Sometimes the enjoyment of a book is in the chance to escape all alone into an entirely different world, and then, sometimes, half the fun is sharing it with all the other readers in your life. Today, we want to know what is your favorite book to gift to others. Maybe it’s a childhood favorite…

Books & Comics Ria Misra

DARPA Is Turning Finding Software Vulnerabilities Into a Game

There’s no way ’round the fact that scanning millions of lines of software code for vulnerabilities is a chore. But now DARPA is keen to get volunteers helping out—by turning it into a game. DARPA’s new Crowd Sourced Formal Verification initiative uses volunteers to help it find code vulnerabilities. Its five free games can be…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe

These new legs will help Robonaut climb outside the space station

Robonaut 2 — the robot voted most likely to be NASA’s first astromech droid — has just been fitted with its first pair of prototype legs. Once perfected, the appendages will provide it with the mobility needed to help with tasks both inside and outside the space station. A legless version of R2 has been…

io9 George Dvorsky

The Voices in Ryan Reynolds’ head command him to kill

Ryan Reynolds has been in a bit of a slump lately, but color us greatly intrigued by his newest film, The Voices. Directed by Marjane Satrapi, the author of the acclaimed graphic novel Persepolis, The Voices stars Reynolds as a man who falls in love with his co-worker… and then accidentally kills her. At which…

Movies Rob Bricken

Will Khal Drogo join Batman Vs. Superman? Plus a New Godzilla Mystery!

Check out new images from Edge of Tomorrow and Godzilla. Jeffrey Bell says upcoming episodes of Agents of SHIELD will be more “Marvel.” Steven Moffat talks Doctor Who’s regeneration limit. Plus, is Henry Cavill’s favorite Superman villain coming to Man of Steel 2? Spoilers now! Man of Steel We already know that Doomsday’s one of…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Rumor: The Full Start Menu Might Be Coming Back to Windows 8, Too

Microsoft was forced to make some come compromises to their original vision for Windows 8 come the recent update, reinstating the Start Button due to popular demand. Now, rumors suggest that the 8.2 update could take that one step further. The sorely-missed(?) traditional Start button menu may be set to return as an option for…

Tech News Gerald Lynch - Gizmodo UK

Apple’s 12 Days of iOS Gifts Comes to the US This Year

The past couple of years, iOS users in Europe and Canada have been lucky enough to receive a series of 12 free gifts from Apple over the festive period. Now, Cook & Co. are spreading that generosity to the US, too. The gifts—which vary from free videos and songs to games, books, and apps—start arriving…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

A Crash Course in How Genomes Are Sequenced

Everyone’s heard of DNA, genetics and genome sequencing, but you might not actually know exactly how scientists go about doing it. This TED Ed video explains, nicely and simply, how it works. There’s a huge leap between taking a sample from a human being and identifying how your genetic coding can impact on health—and it’s…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Now Everyone Can Contribute to Google Street View

Google’s Street View is slowly covering more and more of the world’s surface, but it still has holes. Now though,you can help fill them—and all you need is an Android phone or DSLR. Google has just launched a new Street View feature which allows any user to recreate the usual Street View experience by stringing…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Insane helicopter pilot harvesting Christmas trees

This video is crazy: Watch ace helicopter pilot Dan Clark demonstrating his incredible skills while harvesting Christmas trees at mad speeds. “Oregon helicopter pilot ruthlessly owning inertia,” saysRedditor coolmandan03. Indeed. It’s absolutely insane. Incidentally, did you know that “Oregon is the nation’s biggest producer and exporter of Christmas trees, selling about 7.3 million trees a…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Drum Solos Revisited

The drum solo has long been synonymous with extravagant posturing, with the worst excesses of rock’n’roll virtuoso exhibitionism. The reputation is unfortunate, but whatever one thinks of drum solos, the forthcoming album of solo drum work by Machinefabriek is something entirely apart from the usual associations. The source audio for Machinefabriek’s album — its bland…

Tech News Marc Weidenbaum

These are the oldest human footprints ever found in North America

27 of the Most Eye-Popping Cargo Aircraft Ever Built

What Searches Look Like With the Top Million Sites Removed

Nest Protect Teardown: Reassuringly Simple and Solid

Now you can feel like Stephen Fry is in your kitchen, doing science

A Cybernetic Implant That Repairs Brain Damage

What if Tim Burton created Doctor Who?

Apple Patents Screen Technology For Curved Touch Displays

Scientists claim they’ve discovered the coldest place on Earth

What is your favorite book to give as a gift?

DARPA Is Turning Finding Software Vulnerabilities Into a Game

These new legs will help Robonaut climb outside the space station

The Voices in Ryan Reynolds’ head command him to kill

Will Khal Drogo join Batman Vs. Superman? Plus a New Godzilla Mystery!

Rumor: The Full Start Menu Might Be Coming Back to Windows 8, Too

Apple’s 12 Days of iOS Gifts Comes to the US This Year

A Crash Course in How Genomes Are Sequenced

Now Everyone Can Contribute to Google Street View

Insane helicopter pilot harvesting Christmas trees

Drum Solos Revisited

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