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Upscale To 4K, Cheap Roku And Cheaper Lightning Cables, iTunes Credit

The Roku 3 is the best streaming box, so don’t miss this discount on it which almost certainly won’t last long. If you need a refresher on why this is the streaming box to buy, check out the Gizmodo review. $85. [Amazon] Don’t forget to vote on your favorite gaming keyboard. https://kotaku.com/co-op-the-best-gaming-keyboard-top-6-nominations-1447953582 Tell us what…

Tech News Shane Roberts

“The Streets Are Hollow”: On the Job With an Archaeologist in NYC

This summer, as workers labored away at a construction site at the southern tip of Manhattan, a team of archaeologists following their progress made an amazing discovery: Booze—or more specifically, the bottles it came in—from the late 1700s. Right underneath our feet. Who were these intrepid urban archaeologists? They’re called Chrysalis Archaeology, a nimble nine-person…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

The Technology of Archaeology

Following on from this weekend’s International Archaeology Day, Gizmodo thought we’d take a quick look at some of the uses of digital technology in discovering, researching, and documenting historic sites, from the ancient to the comparatively recent, from the urban to the rural. It’s our own day of archaeology here on the site. Archaeology, perhaps…

Tech News Geoff Manaugh

Behold the Infinite Looping Glory of GIFmodo

We’ve been waiting for this day for months. Until now, it had lived as nothing more than a whisper of a dream—a fantasy. But today and without further ado, we proudly present to you the bizarre bounty that is and will forever be GIFmodo. https://gizmodo.com/heres-the-biggest-animated-gif-party-ever-and-youre-inv-5951078 It is here, in gifmodo.gizmodo.com, that we will be dropping…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

Poachers use cyanide to massacre over 300 elephants in Zimbabwe

The Telegraph is reporting that poachers in Zimbabwe have killed more than 300 elephants and countless other safari animals by cyanide poisoning, a number that vastly exceeds initial estimates. And disturbingly, new deaths are still be recorded. For the past three months, poachers in southern Africa’s Hwange, Zimbabwe’s largest national park, have resorted to a…

io9 George Dvorsky

Modern Day China Painted By North Korean Propaganda Artists

At first glance, The Beautiful Future—a series of paintings made in Pyongyang, North Korea—looks like standard propaganda fare: Happy citizens, lush farmlands, and bustling industry. Except something’s amiss: In the background of each painting stands an iconic piece of Beijing architecture—from the CCTV building to the Olympic Water Cube. According to The Guardian‘s Oliver Wainwright,…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

This Week’s TV: The Magic Mirror, The Spider-Lizard, and Sexy Dracula!

This week’s television includes a brand new comic-book adaptation, starring Michelle Forbes and Victor Garber! Plus the supernatural spin-off to Pretty Little Liars, and Jonathan Rhys-Myers playing a sexypants Dracula. And some magical time-travel. But also, check out the most badass Person of Interest clip ever. Scroll down to see tons of brand new clips,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Watch This Madman Recreate the iOS 7 Homescreen in Microsoft Word

Observe, citizens, as this delightfully talented and probably unhinged gentleman recreates the iOS 7 from scratch using only the tools in Microsoft Word. There is no good explanation for this, but I still can’t tear my eyes away from it. Designer Vaclav Krejci has skills! Besides building basically every last detail of the OS, he…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Discovery of DNA “Biological Clock” Could Get Us Closer to Immortality

The identification of the DNA markers associated with aging has brought us one step closer to the ever-elusive Fountain of Youth. UCLA geneticist Steve Horvath just published details about the discovery, and says that this could actually lead to drugs that reverse the process of aging. “Ultimately, it would be very exciting to develop therapy…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

870,000 Toyotas Recalled Due to “Spider-Related Problem”

Did we stutter? Almost one million Toyotas. Recalled. Because spiders. Top photo via (though I think that may actually be a Nissan in the picture…) Via CNN: Sometimes, their webs can create a blockage in a drainage tube coming from the air conditioning condenser. That can cause water to drip down onto an airbag control…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

A First-Person Account of Debugging a Live Saturn V Rocket

We all have stories, as engineers, of fixing some crazy thing at the last minute right before the demo goes up. We have all encountered situations where we needed to fix something that was our fault and we needed to fix it now. This story is something that I think about in those times to…

Tech News Brennan Moore

Air passengers may get exposed to dangerous dark lightning radiation

It sounds like the beginning of Zombies on a plane—the movie starring Samuel L. Jackson that I want to see next year—but scientist have proven the existence of something called dark lightning, an invisible force that can expose unsuspecting airline passengers to sizable amounts of gamma ray radiation. “Passengers flying through a thunderstorm when a…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Scientists Discover Parts of Our Bodies Age at Different Rates

Some people age faster than others, but the discovery of a DNA body clock by UCLA researchers now shows that different parts of our bodies age faster than others. The discovery offers important insights into the aging process — and what we might be able to do about it. Image: Bruce Rolff/Shutterstock This isn’t the…

io9 George Dvorsky

A Map of What Every Single Country Leads the World In

Congratulations, America! You have more lawnmower deaths than anywhere in the world. Likewise, cheers to Madagascar on the lemurs. It turns out that if you look hard enough, every country is the best at something. And this wonderful map from Doghouse Diaries looks very, hilariously hard. While it’s not like you need Wikipedia to tell…

Tech News Brian Barrett

A Mathematician Found the Formula For the Perfectly Proportioned Pizza

Making pizza at home can be healthier and cheaper than getting delivery, and you can customize it exactly how you prefer. But nailing down the size and amount of toppings for the perfect pie can be tricky, or at least it was until a mathematician from the University of Sheffield developed an actual formula that…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Our New Favorite Tumblr: That’s Not How You Pipette

A growing collection of improper pipetting technique as depicted in movies, television, etc. For anyone who’s spent time in a wet lab, thatsnothowyoupipette.tumblr.com will put a smile on your face. Among the offending TV shows: Eureka. Eureka! (We were surprised.) Do not turn the pipette upside down. THIS BREAKS THE PIPETTE. ALSO: A PIPETTE IS…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

io9’s Halloween Costume Show, Week 2: DIY Ways to Win Halloween!

When the annual io9 Halloween Costume Show kicked off last week, no one knew just what to expect, besides awesomeness. We did expect awesomeness. And that is exactly what we got. https://gizmodo.com/what-are-you-wearing-its-time-for-io9s-halloween-cos-1444530093 Take a gander at some of the amazing costumes your fellow commenters will be donning this year. Feeling inspired? Then go ahead and…

io9 Ria Misra

Watch Gotham play Metropolis in the Batman vs. Superman football game

Watch Gotham City University take Metropolis State University on the Batman Vs. Superman movie set. Is it weird (or awesome) that this is the second fake town superhero football team we’ve seen? Thanks to Batman-News we now know that this is the opening shot of the still-yet-to-be-titled Batman Vs. Superman movie (rumor is they are…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Building Sand Castles Is Less Frustrating When You Let a Robot Do It

What if there was a way to enjoy a day at the beach no matter the season or weather outside? California-born artist Jonathan Schipper may have just come up with the perfect solution: An art installation inside a gallery featuring a hot tub standing in for the ocean, and tons of salt doubling as sand.…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

This is easily the weirdest place on the Moon

There’s a very strange place on our moon called Ina, a D-shaped depression about 1.2 miles (2 km) wide and 100 feet (30 m) deep — and it’s unlike any other feature on the lunar surface. But what caused it? The depression is filled with domes of smooth, dark material which appears to rise above…

io9 George Dvorsky

Upscale To 4K, Cheap Roku And Cheaper Lightning Cables, iTunes Credit

“The Streets Are Hollow”: On the Job With an Archaeologist in NYC

The Technology of Archaeology

Behold the Infinite Looping Glory of GIFmodo

Poachers use cyanide to massacre over 300 elephants in Zimbabwe

Modern Day China Painted By North Korean Propaganda Artists

This Week’s TV: The Magic Mirror, The Spider-Lizard, and Sexy Dracula!

Watch This Madman Recreate the iOS 7 Homescreen in Microsoft Word

Discovery of DNA “Biological Clock” Could Get Us Closer to Immortality

870,000 Toyotas Recalled Due to “Spider-Related Problem”

A First-Person Account of Debugging a Live Saturn V Rocket

Air passengers may get exposed to dangerous dark lightning radiation

Scientists Discover Parts of Our Bodies Age at Different Rates

A Map of What Every Single Country Leads the World In

A Mathematician Found the Formula For the Perfectly Proportioned Pizza

Our New Favorite Tumblr: That’s Not How You Pipette

io9’s Halloween Costume Show, Week 2: DIY Ways to Win Halloween!

Watch Gotham play Metropolis in the Batman vs. Superman football game

Building Sand Castles Is Less Frustrating When You Let a Robot Do It

This is easily the weirdest place on the Moon

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