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A Headphone Jack Laser Pointer That No One Will Be Able To Spot

Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise; highlighting a character’s crotch on-screen at the movies is hi-larious, and always will be. But getting caught with a laser pointer in your hand and tossed out of the theater isn’t. So thankfully red lasers have been around for decades, and have been miniaturized to the point where they…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Scientists Discover Gold Literally Growing on Trees in the Outback

Every parent’s favorite line about how money doesn’t grow on trees just became a little more irrelevant, thanks to a fascinating find down under. Researchers in Australia recently found gold—yes, real gold—in eucalyptus trees growing in the outback. A team of unlikely prospectors recently ventured into the arid land of the Goldfields-Esperance region in Western…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Stephen Lang will be the “Darth Vader” of the Avatar sequels

Good news, every actor who’s cast in James Cameron’s Avatar universe — you no longer have to fear death. Everyone who died in the first movie is apparently coming back for the second! Cameron has already hinted that he’s bringing back Sigourney Weaver for Avatar 2, and now he wants Stephen Lang back as well.…

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Carl Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot” as you’ve never experienced it before

Carl Sagan’s timeless ode to Earth is all the more compelling in this captivating treatment from Reid Gower and The Sagan Series. Like previous installments in series, this latest video commemorates the late, great astrophysicist by setting narration from his television show, Cosmos, to beautiful music and powerful footage of our world. It’ll give you…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

What’s the greatest science fiction action movie of all time?

Tons of science fiction movies feature crazy stunts, fight scenes, chases, and explosions. And plenty of action movies have some science-fictional ideas buried in their plot twists. But what’s the absolute greatest science fiction (or fantasy) action movie ever made? Please include a photo, movie poster or clip of your chosen movie. Plus the movie’s…

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Before The Age of Automobiles, Cyclists Fought For Better Roads

If you’re a time traveler who’s looking for a good cyclist’s map of California in the 1890s, well, today’s your lucky day.** Rebecca Onion over at Slate’s The Vault history blog has found this beautiful 1895 map of California that rated the state’s major roads and their suitability for bicycles. Before the dawn of the…

Tech News Matt Novak

A stunning example of nature’s resilience

The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens is regarded as the deadliest and most destructive volcanic blast in U.S. history. And yet, just thirty-three years later, life has returned to the area in almost equally impressive force, as newly released photographs illustrate. Above: ASA Earth Observatory images by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using Landsat…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Bugs aren’t gay, say scientists, they’re just confused and horny

Many insects and arachnids engage in same-sex sexual behaviors. But they’re not gay, say a pair of researchers from Israel and Switzerland. It’s just a case of mistaken identity — and high sex drives. Bugs often engage in what appears to be homosexual behavior, like courting and mating attempts with members of the same sex.…

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The Flash Drive Family That Saves Together, Stays Together

They’re given away left and right as cheap promotions, but if you’re one of those people who can never seem to find a flash drive when you need one, this lovely multi-gigabyte family is always easy to find. That’s because these mom, dad, son, and daughter flash drives are docked in a multi-port USB house…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Apple’s Double iPad Party: Everything You May Have Missed

Today was a banner day for new Apple goodness. We got a thinner, lighter, iPad—the iPad Air—as well as a new retina display iPad mini, new Haswell chip-packed MacBook Pros, and a deeper look at the new Mac Pros. Do you feel like you need a cheat sheet to keep track? We’ve got just the…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Air Force Officers Keep Leaving the Doors to Our Nuclear Missiles Open

Not to scare you or anything, but Air Force officers have left the blast doors to nuclear-tipped missiles open at least twice in the past year. These are the guys who help guard the launch codes who are also tasked with watching over the arsenal. Leaving the missiles available and unattended is a very, very…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

The Walking Dead cast singing “Monster Mash” is terrifyingly goofy

The other survivors of The Walking Dead lead lives full of misery, excruciating pain, sudden death, constant violence and excruciating loss… but that doesn’t mean they can’t have fun! Sing along with Rick Grimes and his Prison Pals as they perform the classic Halloween hit “Monster Mash!”

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Paleofuture PSA: 2 More Years Before Marty McFly Arrives In The Future

Don’t believe that Facebook post your uncle put up today about Back to the Future II. Today is not the day that Marty McFly arrives in the future. We still have two years to go. And then we’ll finally get our hoverboards. Finally! https://gizmodo.com/the-director-of-back-to-the-future-ii-lied-to-us-about-1449661852 https://whitenoise.kinja.com/today-is-the-day-marty-travels-to-in-bttf-actually-it-1450046230

Tech News Matt Novak

Today’s Apple iPad Event in 12 GIFs

Today, Apple presented to the world its new iPad Air and iPad mini, along with details about OS X Mavericks, updated MacBook Pros, and the Mac Pro. But why waste breath talking about all that when we can just enjoy it in series endless loops instead? Tim Cook wished us all a good morning… Which…

Tech News Michael Hession

Could practical movie effects make a comeback thanks to 3-D printing?

The Ender’s Game movie includes a lot of props that were created via 3-D printer… and this could be the wave of the future. Ars Technica speculates that 3-D printing could make model-creation cheap enough, and easy enough, to give CG a run for its money. Ars Technica links to an interview in LiveScience with…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Rich People, Booze, Rats, and Bikes: What’s Ruining Our Cities This Week

Crime! Cars! Lululemon! There’s always something trying to bring your neighborhood down, right? Each week, we’ll round up the stories about what exactly you think is ruining our cities. See a story we missed? Drop it in the comments. The color blue is ruining New York City “Mr. Bloomberg let Citibank alter the color palette…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Beijing Will Test This Giant Smog-Devouring Pollution Vacuum

Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde has designed everything from smart highways for the United Kingdom to a dance floor that generates electricity. But his latest project is the most off-the-wall yet: Roosegaarde plans to build and test a pollution-collecting system in smog-addled Beijing. https://gizmodo.com/the-uk-is-about-to-connect-an-entire-highway-to-the-int-1440377467 Billed as an “electronic vacuum cleaner” for Beijing’s polluted skies, the so-called…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Robo-racism abounds in the new Almost Human trailer

J.J. Abrams’s new scifi police procedural debuts on Fox with a two-night premiere on November 17th and 18th, and no one could be less happy about this than robot-hating officer John Kennex, played by Karl Urban. He doesn’t like his artificial leg, he doesn’t like his orders, and he doesn— holy @#$%, did he throw…

io9 Rob Bricken

Is Cartoon Network trying to kill Beware the Batman already?

In news that should feel queasily familiar to fans of DC’s recent animated series, Cartoon Network has yanked the new Beware the Batman cartoon off the air after a mere 11 episodes. Anthony Ruivivar, the voice of the new Batman, says the show will return in January 2014, but a new Beware episode was scheduled…

io9 Rob Bricken

Must Read: An FAQ Explaining Why You Should Worry About Killer Robots

We all agree that programming robots to kill humans at their own discretion is a bad idea — but this scenario is a lot closer than most of us realize. A new FAQ from Human Rights Watch summarizes how close we are to autonomous killing machines, and how important it is to ban them now.…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

A Headphone Jack Laser Pointer That No One Will Be Able To Spot

Scientists Discover Gold Literally Growing on Trees in the Outback

Stephen Lang will be the “Darth Vader” of the Avatar sequels

Carl Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot” as you’ve never experienced it before

What’s the greatest science fiction action movie of all time?

Before The Age of Automobiles, Cyclists Fought For Better Roads

A stunning example of nature’s resilience

Bugs aren’t gay, say scientists, they’re just confused and horny

The Flash Drive Family That Saves Together, Stays Together

Apple’s Double iPad Party: Everything You May Have Missed

Air Force Officers Keep Leaving the Doors to Our Nuclear Missiles Open

The Walking Dead cast singing “Monster Mash” is terrifyingly goofy

Paleofuture PSA: 2 More Years Before Marty McFly Arrives In The Future

Today’s Apple iPad Event in 12 GIFs

Could practical movie effects make a comeback thanks to 3-D printing?

Rich People, Booze, Rats, and Bikes: What’s Ruining Our Cities This Week

Beijing Will Test This Giant Smog-Devouring Pollution Vacuum

Robo-racism abounds in the new Almost Human trailer

Is Cartoon Network trying to kill Beware the Batman already?

Must Read: An FAQ Explaining Why You Should Worry About Killer Robots

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