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Manhattan’s Sandy Evacuation Zones Match Up With the Island’s Original Coastline

Look at the two maps above. On the left is Manhattan in 1776. On the right is the Hurricane Sandy evacuation map. If your apartment’s in Zone A in 2012, it would’ve been in the ocean in 1776, before the island was built up by landfill. On the evac guide, red is Zone A, or…

Tech News Leslie Horn Nov 1 '12

Flood Destruction in Staten Island Could Be Much Worse than We Think (Updated)

Post-Sandy conditions on Staten Island are both horrific and tragically underreported-many have died in mass flooding, either unwilling or unable to evacuate in time. Now we’re getting reports that the casualties have become so bad that Egbert Intermediate School near Midland Beach has been turned into a makeshift overflow morgue. We spoke with one displaced…

Tech News Gizmodo Nov 1 '12

Researchers interact with rats by becoming virtual rats themselves

A wise man once said, “In order for us to understand the rat, we must become the rat.” Now, it’s quite possible that no one has ever actually said this, but that doesn’t matter. But what does matter is that it’s the driving sentiment behind a project that’s seeking to bridge the gap that’s separating…

io9 George Dvorsky Nov 1 '12

Google Wallet Looks Like It’s Getting a Physical Credit Card

We’ve been hearing on and off that this might happen, but Android Police just got a pretty real-looking tip from a leaked build of the Google Wallet that seems to confirm it: Google Wallet is getting a physical credit card. But what does that actually mean? According to the report, the card will use the…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Nov 1 '12

This Elephant Speaks Korean

You may the whale who mimicked human speech. Well, it looks like we’ve got another contender for the “trying to speak like a human” title. This elephant has learned to speak Korean. Koshik is an Asian elephant at Everland Zoo in South Korea, and appears to have learned to mimic a handful of words in…

io9 Tim Barribeau Nov 1 '12

Shot Flask Helps You Share Your Sauce

Sharing is important. Alcohol is a gift from the gods. Drinking alone is mostly inadvisable. Thus, the shot flask is a great invention. For $25 you get an eight ounce black leather flask comes with a two ounce glass so you and a friend can just pound shots anywhere you go. Maximum portability. Disease prevention.…

Tech News Leslie Horn Nov 1 '12

American Horror Story: Asylum: “F*ck it, let’s add zombies”

What THE HELL is going on with this show. So far I’ve counted an alien, a demon, slasher-style murderers, and now zombie boil people. Should I be surprised? Heavens, no. Am I entertained? Maybe. But right now, my brain is just as mashed up as whatever is left hanging between Dr. Arthur Aiden’s legs. Spoilers…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 1 '12

Would You Pay $300 For a Toaster That Looked This Good?

For most people the $20 toaster they got from the bank when they opened their savings account is more than adequate. So KitchenAid is clearly targeting the toast connoisseurs of the world with its gorgeous new $300 Pro Line model. It’s not all about looks, though. The Pro Line includes auto-toasting functionality which automatically detects…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Nov 1 '12

iOS 6.1 Beta’s Biggest Change So Far Looks Like Bug Reports for Apple Maps

The very minor iOS 6.0.1 update came out just a bit ago, and Apple already has the beta for the hopefully more substantial 6.1 ready to go. We’re combing through the update for new stuff, but for now, the funniest thing that stands out, as pointed out by 9to5mac, is this big, giant button for…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Nov 1 '12

Nine new species of technicolor, tree-climbing tarantulas discovered

Tarantulas can be found all over the world. If you live in North America, there’s a good chance that any tarantula you’ve crossed paths with has been brown, but more vibrant-looking variations do exist. Case in point: Typhochlaena costae, one of the many species of South American tree-climbing tarantulas described in the latest issue of…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Nov 1 '12

This Weighted Pen Will Never Roll Off a Table

How much would you pay for a miraculous pen that’s guaranteed to never roll off a table? What’s that you say? Maybe a couple of bucks because that’s really only a problem that plagues ship captains, students with wonky Ikea desks, and people who live directly on fault lines? It’s a good thing the makers…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 1 '12

How would Rain Man be different if it was about giant crustaceans that ate people’s tongues?

This is the very question io9 asked Academy Award-winning director Barry Levinson (The Natural, Bugsy) about his new horror flick The Bay, which sees a bucolic Chesapeake Bay town overrun by a breed of pollution-mutated parasites. Spoilers ahead… io9: What were the challenges of filming The Bay in the found footage format? Barry Levinson: First…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Nov 1 '12

Did This Handful of Sandbags Save an AT&T Store?

Prowling around Water St. in lower Manhattan today, I came across this AT&T store looking all lonely and dark, but with a resilient iPhone 5 banner hanging in the window. Was this trove of mobile phonery protected from Sandy? NOPE. Upon looking through the window, the scene inside was a ravaged scattering of retail detritus.…

Tech News Michael Hession Nov 1 '12

Join Gizmodo’s Movember Team: Gizmovember

Gonna keep this brief: Movember is cool, and we at Gizmodo officially like it. It’s a really good charity that gives money to a variety of serious organizations doing real work to cure real diseases. Yes, it’s a charity for men’s health issues, but even if you’re not a man, there are probably men in…

Tech News Gizmodo Nov 1 '12

What the hell is that giant cylinder smashing into this volcano in Mexico?

The Mexican media are reporting one of the oddest UFO sightings in a while. A witness with a camera recorded this enormous silver object plunging straight into the burning caldera of a volcano last week. Misguided alien attack or rogue geoengineering experiment? Hat tip to Inexplicata, who writes: Prof. Ana Luisa Cid has very kindly…

io9 Annalee Newitz Nov 1 '12

The National Hurricane Center Totally Nailed the Sandy Forecast

The National Hurricane Center saw Hurricane Sandy coming from thousands of miles away, which is why authorities were able to effect evacuations before it devastated New York and New Jersey. Despite the storm’s bizarre trajectory, NHC’s track forecasts were off by average error of only 48 miles, a full two days ahead of time. Given…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Nov 1 '12

Behold, ALL the birds

Feast your eyes on the first complete evolutionary tree for all known modern bird species. It’s exhaustive, colorful, and beautiful to behold – a little like an avicular Hillis Plot. But for all that this diagram tells us about birds’ evolutionary histories, what’s really interesting is what it says about how birds continue to evolve…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Nov 1 '12

The Ultimate io9 Guide to Everything Science Fictional in November!

November is here, and it’s packed with tons of excitement. New James Bond! Two great animated movies. The final Twilight! Plus long-awaited books by Hannu Rajaniemi, Jim Butcher, Ursula K. Le Guin, Cherie Priest and Lois McMaster Bujold. And the ultimate Firefly celebration! Here’s your survival guide to the entire universe of science fiction in…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Nov 1 '12

Wealthy immortals try and off their wives in When First We Were Gods

What if you were going to live forever with a spouse that you hated? Rick Yancey’s short story When First We Were Gods tells the tale of a future society where the wealthy have attained immortality. In this world, one rich man plots to murder his wife, so his mistress can have her eternal life.…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 1 '12

ShadowMe Lets You View Anyone’s Twitter Feed From Your iPhone

Stop pretending like you’re not a social media stalker. That person you have a crush on. That head honcho you interviewed with. That celebrity you’re utterly obsessed with. Thanks to ShadowMe, you can now use your iPhone to see what they see on Twitter. It’s similar to what Tweetdeck already does, but, you know, shrunken…

Tech News Adrian Covert Nov 1 '12

Manhattan’s Sandy Evacuation Zones Match Up With the Island’s Original Coastline

Flood Destruction in Staten Island Could Be Much Worse than We Think (Updated)

Researchers interact with rats by becoming virtual rats themselves

Google Wallet Looks Like It’s Getting a Physical Credit Card

This Elephant Speaks Korean

Shot Flask Helps You Share Your Sauce

American Horror Story: Asylum: “F*ck it, let’s add zombies”

Would You Pay $300 For a Toaster That Looked This Good?

iOS 6.1 Beta’s Biggest Change So Far Looks Like Bug Reports for Apple Maps

Nine new species of technicolor, tree-climbing tarantulas discovered

This Weighted Pen Will Never Roll Off a Table

How would Rain Man be different if it was about giant crustaceans that ate people’s tongues?

Did This Handful of Sandbags Save an AT&T Store?

Join Gizmodo’s Movember Team: Gizmovember

What the hell is that giant cylinder smashing into this volcano in Mexico?

The National Hurricane Center Totally Nailed the Sandy Forecast

Behold, ALL the birds

The Ultimate io9 Guide to Everything Science Fictional in November!

Wealthy immortals try and off their wives in When First We Were Gods

ShadowMe Lets You View Anyone’s Twitter Feed From Your iPhone

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