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When animals tell lies

We’ve long shed the idea that the animal world is a noble one, untainted by the supposed sins of humanity. But some people still cling to the idea that it’s an honest one. They’re wrong. Animals lie, it seems, all the time. Not as an instinctive defense, but as a sneaky way of getting what…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jul 13

The Truth About Semen

A gentleman’s relish is the true water of life. A nice shot of semen allows a man to pass on a genetic code through the ages, offering the closest thing to eternal life humans are ever likely to achieve. But such wonders aren’t straightforward. In fact, semen is a wonderfully complex secretion, rich in evolutionary…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jul 13

Are You Still Buying Music on iTunes?

I spent money on iTunes for the first time in more than a year today. I had been streaming Frank Ocean’s new album, Channel Orange, ever since he posted it on his Tumblr earlier this week, so I decided I should buy it. There are just so many places to stream music for either free…

Tech News Leslie Horn Jul 13

Has LEGO Bilbo met his match in zombie Frodo?

This scale model of Bilbo Baggins has been confidently standing his ground at San Diego Comic-Con’s LEGO booth, but trouble may be afoot now that he and Gandalf have been discovered by zombie Frodo. Will a Sting made from plastic bricks be of any use in fighting the undead? Photo credit: Lucia Alba.

io9 Lauren Davis Jul 13

Scientists explain how to prevent one of the most common airplane disasters

US Airways flight 1549 was forced to make an emergency landing in the Hudson River because it was disabled after hitting a flock of Canada geese. Bird strikes cost the aviation industry more than $1.2 billion every year, and a large number of those are due to Canada geese. The problem is that birds react…

io9 Tim Barribeau Jul 13

The Moon Is Even Deadlier Than We Thought

Sci-fi fantasies have long predicted that we might live on the moon. But while the lack of atmosphere poses a problem for lunar living, there may be an even bigger sticking point: new research suggests that the moon’s surface is itself toxic to humans. For obvious reasons, long-term human exposure to the moon’s environment has…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe Jul 13

Fantastic Four might finally have a director, but Thor 2 and Daredevil hit setbacks!

Joel Kinnaman reveals the intense training that goes into being the new Robocop. Check out the new, young Q in Skyfall. Will Smith has decided it’s time to get biblical. Plus Teen Wolf is never going away! Click on, for all your non-SDCC spoiler needs! Top image from Doctor Who. Thor 2 Casino Royale villain…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Jul 13

Pioneering WWI Plastic Surgery Was Way Ahead of Its Time

What you’re looking at isn’t three different people. No, it’s the progress made by a single patient, Lieutenant William M. Spreckley, who was admitted to Dr Harold Gillies’ care in January 1917 with a “gunshot wound nose”. Gillies is considered the father of modern plastic surgery—and it’s not hard to see why. In fact these…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jul 13

A Sapphire Hard Disk Will Last 1 Million Years (But You Can’t Afford It)

Though hard disk drive technology has improved in recent times, you’d be a brave soul indeed to use one for more than a couple of years without backing it up. But now a team of scientists has made a hard disk from sapphire which it claims will last 1 million years—just don’t expect to be…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jul 13

Aerographite Is the Lightest Material Ever Made

It looks like a wisp of smoke or even the work of a very confused spider, but this is actually a close up of the lightest material that has ever been created. Previous record holders include aerogel, which was used by NASA to collect dust from a comet and is 99.9 per cent air with…

Tech News Jacob Aron - New Scientist Jul 13

Hackers Grab 1 Million Logins From Android Forum

Phandroid has announced that a hacker has recently accessed its user database, making off with usernames, email addresses and hashed passwords—and the problem looks like it could affect all of its one million-plus users. In a forum post announcing the problem, administrators explained that the hack was most likely an email harvesting scheme. While Phandroid…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jul 13

Web TV Service Aereo Plans To Be in Every Major US City By 2013

Aereo, the website which acts as an internet-based DVR for any channel you can get for free over the airwaves, drew legal attention as soon as it was announced earlier this year. Yesterday, though, Aereo won a court case trying to block the service in New York—and now it plans to roll out to every…

Television Jamie Condliffe Jul 13

Apple Should Make an Ad Campaign with This Old, Broken Photo Booth—Here’s Why

The other night, a friend and I happened upon a rather old, beat up photo booth. I love a photo booth. I will never not shell out a few bucks for a strip of pictures, when there’s a photo booth near by. So you can imagine my frustration upon seeing the above pictured text on…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Jul 13

The Stoner Channel: Smoking BHO, Catching Joeys, and All Hail the Hypno-Goat

How to Catch a Kangaroo If I had known that procuring contestants was this easy, I would have started the Unified Kangaroo Boxing Federation years ago. [Daily What] I, Pet Goat II – Heliofant If any of you have any clue as to what the hell is going on here, I’m open to suggestions. [Cartoon…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jul 13

A NSFW Victorian Pop-Up Sex Book… in GIF Form!

If you think about it, pop-up and flip books are really early versions of the GIFs we’re all so smitten with today: brief, repetitive animations, often of a silly or naughty nature. Maria Popova, of Brain Pickings, “a lover of unusual pop-up books and naughty Victoriana,” had the genius idea and matching skill to turn…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Jul 12

IceHuggy KOOZIE-LIKE HOLDERS Keep Your Hands Warm and Your Ice Pops Frozen Solid

Food accessories, like this neoprene sleeve for ice pops, tend to seem like contrived clutter… until you remember that everyone, at one point in their miserable lives, has used a beer KOOZIE-LIKE HOLDER like it ain’t no thang. Which is why I think the IceHuggy ($6.99) deserves a break and should be spared from ridicule.…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Jul 12

Watch the whole epic Legend of Korra behind the scenes featurette right now

Get a better look at the making of one of the most riveting animated series we’ve ever seen, Legend of Korra. One kind soul pieced together the entire Nickelodeon special Making of A Legend — minus the loud announcer who chimes in every few seconds. All of the parts are together in one fantastic edit,…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 12

Comic Con: Day One!

The Most Sensational Sights (and Best Things to Buy) on the Comic-Con Floor https://gizmodo.com/the-most-sensational-sights-and-best-things-to-buy-on-5925329 At Comic-Con’s preview last night, we were menaced by cave trolls from The Hobbit, tried on cat ears that are controlled by brain waves, and went into a minifig frenzy with The Hulk and My Little Pony. And that was before…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 12

Facebook Is Telling Evvvvveryone All the Embarrassing Shit You “Like”

Quick! Take a look at your Facebook profile. What do you “like”? Do you really like these things? Are you willing to PUT YOUR REPUTATION ON THE LINE just so you can affirm your affection for the NRA? These aren’t questions we should have to ask ourselves. Can’t we support our favorite political party in…

Social Media Molly Oswaks Jul 12

Beautiful sculptures cast surprisingly human silhouettes

You’re looking at the breathtaking work of Kumi Yamashita. The New York artist has made a name for herself crafting human figures out of the most unconventional media, including nails and sewing thread, denim, and — in the case of the sculpture up top — light and shadow. Writes Yamashita: I sculpt shadow with light…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jul 12

When animals tell lies

The Truth About Semen

Are You Still Buying Music on iTunes?

Has LEGO Bilbo met his match in zombie Frodo?

Scientists explain how to prevent one of the most common airplane disasters

The Moon Is Even Deadlier Than We Thought

Fantastic Four might finally have a director, but Thor 2 and Daredevil hit setbacks!

Pioneering WWI Plastic Surgery Was Way Ahead of Its Time

A Sapphire Hard Disk Will Last 1 Million Years (But You Can’t Afford It)

Aerographite Is the Lightest Material Ever Made

Hackers Grab 1 Million Logins From Android Forum

Web TV Service Aereo Plans To Be in Every Major US City By 2013

Apple Should Make an Ad Campaign with This Old, Broken Photo Booth—Here’s Why

The Stoner Channel: Smoking BHO, Catching Joeys, and All Hail the Hypno-Goat

A NSFW Victorian Pop-Up Sex Book… in GIF Form!

IceHuggy KOOZIE-LIKE HOLDERS Keep Your Hands Warm and Your Ice Pops Frozen Solid

Watch the whole epic Legend of Korra behind the scenes featurette right now

Comic Con: Day One!

Facebook Is Telling Evvvvveryone All the Embarrassing Shit You “Like”

Beautiful sculptures cast surprisingly human silhouettes

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