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Our Favorite iOS, Android, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

Now that the slow, languid summer months are far behind us, we’re finally starting to see some major advancement in the app world. Whether it’s a brand new payment system from the ubiquitous Square or something beautiful simply for beauty’s sake, there’s a whole lot of goodness just up ahead. And it starts right here.…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

The Strange History of Bottled Drinks Marketed to Dogs and Cats

We were thrilled to see wine made for cats the other day — but this wasn’t the first time someone has marketed beer, wine or sodas aimed at your pet. Check out our gallery of the tastiest and wildest beverages for dogs and cats! https://gizmodo.com/japan-now-has-wine-for-cats-and-its-called-nyan-nyan-1445526255 Alcohol-free Fine Wine for Dogs from Bark Vineyards named Barkundy…

io9 Vincze Miklós

Why we will never be able to make accurate predictions

We think that, one day, with enough computational power and knowledge, we will be able to create an accurate model of weather or the human brain or any real world object or situation, thus gaining useful insight into the past, present or future. But as Esther Inglis-Arkell explains on io9, that’s impossible: All models break…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Canadian Government Raids Gas Plant After It Kills 7,500 Birds

In mid-September, around 7,50o migrating birds were killed when they flew into a gas flare at a natural gas facility in New Brunswick. Yesterday morning, officers from Environment Canada stormed into the facility in search of evidence that could help them in the investigation. The incident happened when thousands of songbirds, including some endangered species,…

io9 George Dvorsky

A Clever Perpetual Calendar That Hides a Secret Compartment

We’re still a few months away from a NYE countdown, but stores have already started stocking up on organizers to help us keep our collective 2014s in working order. If you’re keen to have an analog, desk-side reminder of days and dates and *also* need a spot to stow keepsakes and special papers, well—you’re in…

Tech News Jordan Kushins

This Week in Time Capsules: Hot Dogs, Elephants, and a First-Gen iPhone

This week in our time capsule news round-up Harvard buries a first-gen iPhone, an animal park in the UK hopes to raise awareness about elephants, and the Sunshine State seals dozens of capsules in celebration of Florida’s “discovery” 500 years ago. Harvard Seals Capsule With Coke Zero, First-Generation iPhone Harvard’s Anthropology Department created a time…

Tech News Matt Novak

Astronomers have discovered a tilted solar system

Astronomers have discovered the first known example of a “tilted” solar system – that is, a star whose equator tilts steeply away from the plane in which its planets orbit. It’s an unprecedented find, one that could help explain how some planets wind up in wonky orbits. Earth, like most planets that we know of…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

This Thermal Wristband Tricks You Into Never Being Too Warm or Cold

We all know someone who can never seem to get comfy, no matter the temperature. They’re always pulling off sweaters because they’re too hot, or cranking up the heat because they’re too cold. But soon, salvation for these folks could come in the form of a special wristband that uses a copper heatsink to fool…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

What’s the best piece of optimistic science fiction?

Science fiction can warn us about potential disasters, and school us about the downsides of knowing too much — but a lot of the best science fiction inspires us, instead, by showing how people can solve problems and conquer ignorance. What’s the most uplifting piece of optimistic science fiction you’ve ever seen? https://gizmodo.com/optimistic-science-fiction-stories-that-could-still-com-5853540 Please include…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Why Genetically Engineered Grapes Would Make Great Wine

I am 99.9% sure that there will never be commercial production of genetically engineered wine grapes (“GMO” to use the common misnomer). Even so, I’d like to indulge in imagining what could be if we lived in some parallel universe where rational scientific thinking prevailed. Wine grapes are an extremely logical crop for genetic engineering…

Tech News Steve Savage - Applied Mythology

Gold Key Comics Covers, and Other Groovy Star Trek T-Shirts

These are the jazziest Star Trek T-shirts we’ve seen in ages. Especially the collection of classic Gold Key Trek comics covers. These shirts come from Trevco via Pop Funk, and they totally capture the pop-art greatness of the Original Series. Check out the full set at the link. [Pop Funk via StarTrek.com]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Why Is There No Male Birth Control Pill?

Bet you didn’t have this marked on your calendar: today is World Vasectomy Day, a holiday celebrated not with parades or fireworks, but with the delicate snip of two tiny tubes. But is such a largely permanent step really our only male birth control option? Where’s the male version of the pill? Surprisingly enough, research…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

One Man’s Epic Review of a “Match.com for NFL Fans”

NFL commentator Rich Eisen has, for reasons unknown, created a dating app for football fans. And if the only good it brings the world is this joyously unhinged review from KissingSuzyKolber’s PFTCommenter, it will have been worth it. Read it below, in all its [sic]’d glory: Its no secret Im pretty picky when it comes…

Tech News PFTCommenter - KissingSuzyKolber

Watch the new Syfy show from Battlestar Galactica‘s Cally right now

Remember how we spotted Nicki Clyne in her FULL Callandra Tyrol uniform? Now we know why she was out and about at New York Comic-Con. For her new show! https://gizmodo.com/thats-not-cosplay-thats-the-real-cally-from-battlestar-1444085783 Here’s one of her very first episodes of her new webseries for Syfy. Glad to have you back Cally — we missed you!

io9 Meredith Woerner

A Decommissioned Drydock Hides This Museum Devoted To the Sea

How do you hide a building? It sounds like a rhetorical question, but it was the very real dilemma confronting the architects charged with building a new Maritime Museum of Denmark a few years ago. The museum, you see, is located a few hundred yards away from Kronborg Castle—which serves as the setting for Shakespeare’s…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Bonini’s Paradox proves that you can’t make a useful AND accurate model

Charles Bonini was a business professor who noticed a problem with the way people understand complex situations. When he investigated, he found that it wasn’t a problem so much as an unresolvable paradox. These days, it’s popular to compare the brain to a computer. After all, a brain and a computer both work via a…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Evolve Pintail Bamboo Lightning Review: Go Go Gadget Skateboard

Seriously, how big is this parking lot? You’ve been walking for a good five minutes and your company’s office building is still just a speck on the horizon. But with this self-propelled pintail, that hike through the car park will sail right by. What Is It? A belt-driven electric skateboard that goes uphill as easily…

Reviews Andrew Tarantola

This is what the air looks like when a balloon pops

What happens when you blow up a balloon, fill it with corn starch, and photograph it when it pops? Apparently, you make a powderflower. And it looks amazing. You gotta love a little artistic physics. If you want to see what goes on, in terms of air currents, when you pop a balloon, check out…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

The best Wildlife Photographer of 2013

The Natural History Museum in London has published its worldwide 2013 Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards—always extraordinary and beautiful. I love this Japanese macaque by Dutch photographer Jasper Doest, suspended in a galaxy of snow and vapor in the hot springs of Jigokudani, central Japan. The winner, however, is this one: I love these…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

The Sad-Faced Hulk We Could Have Seen in Ang Lee’s Movie

The Incredible Hulk is a rampaging force of nature that destroys everything in his path — but he’s also a tragic figure. And judging some early concept art for Ang Lee’s movie version from artist Jim Carson, the Ang Lee Hulk could have been the saddest of all. Carson posted some concept art, showing how…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Our Favorite iOS, Android, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

The Strange History of Bottled Drinks Marketed to Dogs and Cats

Why we will never be able to make accurate predictions

Canadian Government Raids Gas Plant After It Kills 7,500 Birds

A Clever Perpetual Calendar That Hides a Secret Compartment

This Week in Time Capsules: Hot Dogs, Elephants, and a First-Gen iPhone

Astronomers have discovered a tilted solar system

This Thermal Wristband Tricks You Into Never Being Too Warm or Cold

What’s the best piece of optimistic science fiction?

Why Genetically Engineered Grapes Would Make Great Wine

Gold Key Comics Covers, and Other Groovy Star Trek T-Shirts

Why Is There No Male Birth Control Pill?

One Man’s Epic Review of a “Match.com for NFL Fans”

Watch the new Syfy show from Battlestar Galactica‘s Cally right now

A Decommissioned Drydock Hides This Museum Devoted To the Sea

Bonini’s Paradox proves that you can’t make a useful AND accurate model

Evolve Pintail Bamboo Lightning Review: Go Go Gadget Skateboard

This is what the air looks like when a balloon pops

The best Wildlife Photographer of 2013

The Sad-Faced Hulk We Could Have Seen in Ang Lee’s Movie

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