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We are one step closer to nerve regeneration

One of the great tragedies that goes along with spinal injury is paralysis. This happens because our damaged nerve cells can’t fully regenerate. But what if we could unlock the key to neural rejuvenation? Now, a team of neuroscientists have discovered a gene in fruit flies – somewhat similar to a human gene – that…

io9 Annalee Newitz Nov 2 '12

Remains Of World War II Military Pigeon Ignites Code Mystery

Back in 1982, David Martin discovered the remains of a pigeon while renovating his chimney. Upon closer inspection he noticed that the dead bird had a red capsule attached to its leg, what has now been confirmed as a top secret message that was en route to an unknown location in Britain during World War…

io9 George Dvorsky Nov 2 '12

5 Best Quotes from the Star Trek Captains Reunion

By Meredith Woerner. All five Star Trek Captains reunited on stage at Destination Star Trek London a week or so ago. Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, William Shatner, Scott Bakula and Patrick Stewart were all there, talking Trek and taking questions from the fans. Wired posted a great recap of the whole event, and we’ve gleaned…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 2 '12

Is Stephen Soderbergh’s final theatrical movie science fiction or not? You decide!

That pill that Rooney Mara is taking certainly looks pretty nuts, and Side Effects is from the writer of Contagion. What do you think?

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 2 '12

Don’t Instagram Natural Disasters

Instagram is a nice thing. It’s fun to peek at the lives of others, and it’s fun to make our photos look fun. But there’s nothing fun about a hurricane people are dying in, and scenes from a horrific crisis don’t deserve to be drenched in your sepia. In the 90s, in our youths, when…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 2 '12

Check out the complete run of OMNI magazine, free online!

OMNI magazine blended science and science fiction, and was one of the most influential publications in the history of both. We draw on the influence of OMNI Magazine every single day, and so do a ton of other people, whether they realize or not. So there’s great news – pretty much the entire run of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 2 '12

R.I.P. Lebbeus Woods, Cutting-Edge Architect Who Inspired Futuristic Visions

Lebbeus Woods, the architect who died this past week in New York, might be best known by science fiction fans for suing Terry Gilliam’s Twelve Monkeys for allegedly copying one of this designs – that weird suspended chair that Bruce Willis sits in. But his strange designs were science fictional in so many other ways,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 2 '12

Ridley Scott will make 6 low budget genre films in 3 years

Mixed Prometheus reviews certainly haven’t stopped director Ridley Scott from climbing back on the genre movie horse. In fact, he’s just signed a huge deal to produce and or direct six more genre films in Ireland. Slashfilm is reporting that Scott signed a deal with Focus Features International, linking Scott Free London to a large…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 2 '12

Like Hurricane Sandy on Facebook for Official News, You Weirdo Masochist

I just noticed that one of my friend’s shared Hurricane Sandy‘s photo on Facebook. In order to follow official Sandy news on the book you have to, uh, like it. And that just feels weird. I mean, no one really “likes” Sandy. Actually wait. More than 166,000 people like her. People also like a lot…

Social Media Leslie Horn Nov 2 '12

A Cobb Salad In a Crouton Cone Is a Fantastic Way To Eat Healthy

The unrecognized geniuses over at DudeFoods.com have come up with an absolutely brilliant way to eat healthy. Or at least kind of healthy, depending on how you dress this Cobb salad served in a crouton cone. It sounds pretty easy to make too. All you need to do is mix some crushed store-bought croutons with…

Health Andrew Liszewski Nov 2 '12

Living walls and self-healing concrete are the future of architecture

Concrete is the most widely used structural material on the planet, but it has a niggling habit of breaking down over time, giving rise to cracks, pits and holes that require expensive repairs or replacement. But what if concrete could mend itself? It turns out such a material already exists – and it could be…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Nov 2 '12

Curiosity finds no sign of methane on Mars — but does that mean there’s no life?

NASA’s Curiosity rover has been sniffing out Mars’ atmosphere in search of methane. Methane is a precursor chemical for life. It’s also thought that 95% of the methane in Earth’s atmosphere is organismal in origin. Methane on the Red Planet would therefore be suggestive of past or present life. But in a press conference held…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Nov 2 '12

The Best Videogames You’ve Never Played

On this episode of the io9 show, Annalee and Esther discuss their favorite fictional videogames in movies and on TV. Plus, we make a drinkable rainbow – which is about as disgusting as it sounds. All that and more on this episode of We Come from the Future! Remember you can subscribe to the io9…

io9 Annalee Newitz Nov 2 '12

Veteran New York City Rat Hunter Dismisses Post-Sandy Rat Invasion, Shares Rat Wisdom

gawkercom: Since Sandy flushed New York City’s subway system like a filthy urinal in the Times Square T.G.I. Fridays there has been much anxiety over the fate of our city’s prodigious subway rats. Would New York streets now be overrun by disease-ridden rats driven from their subterranean lairs? No, says a guy whose singular passion…

Tech News Gizmodo Nov 2 '12

Everyone standing in line to get an iPad Mini in New York and New Jersey should get a punch on the throat

“Everyone standing in line to get an iPad Mini in New York and New Jersey should get a punch on the throat,” says Jimmy Kimmel. He’s completely right, except they should be cockpunched too when they are on the ground. Several times. Damn sycophantic fanboys. Anyway, watch his video. It’s actually quite funny.

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 2 '12

Exclusive Interview With Chinese People Who Are Totally Not in iPad Reselling Ring

Names have been withheld to protect the innocent Gizmodo: So, what are you here to buy? Lady 1: iPad Gizmodo: iPad 4 or iPad mini? Lady 1: Both! Gizmodo: Which one’s for you? Lady 1: I like the mini. Gizmodo: So you’re going to keep the mini? Lady 1: 16 gigabytes Lady 2: Something in…

Tech News Joe Brown Nov 2 '12

Here’s How You Can Help Sandy Victims If You’re a Geek

If you have mad geek skills, you can put them to use helping New York businesses affected by Hurricane Sandy get their technology back up and running. NY Tech Meetup and New Work City are organizing IT volunteers. Fill out this application if you’re interested. Organizers will get in touch with you once they have…

Tech News Leslie Horn Nov 2 '12

Tongue-eating parasites and internet journalism are your worst nightmares in The Bay

The Bay was produced by the same people who made Sinister, and so I suppose it makes sense that both films are horror stories inspired by viral pictures on the web. While Sinister’s scary Mr. Boogie was based on a picture pulled from Flickr, the Big Bad in The Bay is modeled on a famous…

Movies Annalee Newitz Nov 2 '12

Terrible Linux Wallpaper (NSFW)

An entire Tumblr dedicated to disturbing Linux wallpapers. Repeat: an entire tumblr dedicated to disturbing Linux wallpapers.

Tech News Gizmodo Nov 2 '12

How to take pictures of the Milky Way without leaving the galaxy

On planet Earth, we sit at the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy, nestled thousands of light years from the black hole at its center, in the Orion–Cygnus Arm. In our textbooks we see beautiful images of our own celestial neighborhood, a spiral of stars emanating from a galactic core. But if we’ve never sent…

io9 Keith Veronese Nov 2 '12

We are one step closer to nerve regeneration

Remains Of World War II Military Pigeon Ignites Code Mystery

5 Best Quotes from the Star Trek Captains Reunion

Is Stephen Soderbergh’s final theatrical movie science fiction or not? You decide!

Don’t Instagram Natural Disasters

Check out the complete run of OMNI magazine, free online!

R.I.P. Lebbeus Woods, Cutting-Edge Architect Who Inspired Futuristic Visions

Ridley Scott will make 6 low budget genre films in 3 years

Like Hurricane Sandy on Facebook for Official News, You Weirdo Masochist

A Cobb Salad In a Crouton Cone Is a Fantastic Way To Eat Healthy

Living walls and self-healing concrete are the future of architecture

Curiosity finds no sign of methane on Mars — but does that mean there’s no life?

The Best Videogames You’ve Never Played

Veteran New York City Rat Hunter Dismisses Post-Sandy Rat Invasion, Shares Rat Wisdom

Everyone standing in line to get an iPad Mini in New York and New Jersey should get a punch on the throat

Exclusive Interview With Chinese People Who Are Totally Not in iPad Reselling Ring

Here’s How You Can Help Sandy Victims If You’re a Geek

Tongue-eating parasites and internet journalism are your worst nightmares in The Bay

Terrible Linux Wallpaper (NSFW)

How to take pictures of the Milky Way without leaving the galaxy

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