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The Science & Counterfeiting of Monoclonal Antibodies

This week, U.S. officials intercepted 120 vials of fake Avastin, created by devious individuals looking to make a quick buck. It’s easy to see why the crooks targeted this drug: A single year of therapy with a monoclonal antibody, like Avastin, can cost upwards of $100,000 a year in many cases. Monoclonal antibodies are a…

io9 Keith Veronese Apr 5 '12

Scientists Find First Definitive Genetic Links to Autism

Scientists have uncovered several gene mutations that sharply increase the chances of developing autism. It’s the first time researchers have pinpointed a specific genetic component with the spectrum of disorders, which includes Asperger’s. They also found that the risk is higher in older parents, in particular new fathers over 35. The findings are published in…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski Apr 5 '12

Watch Ronnie James Dio stab a Borg in the nads with a light saber

In 1984, Ronnie James Dio’s eponymous band followed up the success of Holy Diver with their second album, The Last in Line. The title track was accompanied by a completely insane video directed by Don Coscarelli, director of Phantasm and Beastmaster. Coscarelli deserves a lot of credit for somewhat faithfully replicating the album cover on…

io9 Ed Grabianowski Apr 5 '12

Smoke Grenade Maker: Don’t Be a Dick with Smoke Grenades

Shouldn’t this go without saying? No, no it shouldn’t—because anyone not in the military buying smoke grenades is probably a dick to begin with. So, to reiterate: don’t be a dick while using smoke grenades. This includes rolling a smoke grenade into a nursing home, putting one in your professor’s pants, giving your girlfriend an…

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 5 '12

RAF Typhoons to Aggressively Defend London During Olympics

The Brits are not taking the defense of this year’s Olympics lightly. The RAF is in full alert, ready to intercept anything that flies off their planned path or into prohibited air space. The Battle of Britain 2! The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense has issued a list of directions for pilots flying anywhere through…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 5 '12

First 3 Minutes of Falling Skies Season 2: Have the aliens won?

The first few minutes from the season premiere of Falling Skies reveal a brand new Ben — one who runs into the battlefield stabbing aliens in the head with his big knife. How has the war between the Skitters and the humans changed this kid? Meanwhile, humans are still hiding behind rubble flinging whatever they…

Television Meredith Woerner Apr 5 '12

The Navy Built Its Own Private Indoor Desert and Jungle

What do you do when your budget is slashed, but you still need to test out weapons of the future for fighting across deserts and jungles? Build your own desert and jungle. Artificial sandstorms and monsoons? Check. Inside the Navy’s super-teched-out, $17 million Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research (that’s LASR, to you), foreign battlefields are…

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 5 '12

What Is HD Voice?

As people increasingly abandon voice calling for texting and emailing, audio quality has been a bit neglected. But Sprint’s debut of the HD voice-compatible Evo 4G LTE signals that carriers are starting to kick the quality up a notch. The jump from your current phone to HD voice is like switching from dialup to DSL—but…

Tech News Leslie Horn Apr 5 '12

Robot band plays Come Together, Ringo Starr jokes ensue

We’ve seen robots play music before, but Drexel University’s HUBO bots take things to an entirely different level. That’s because these robots haven’t actually been programmed to play Come Together — at least not specifically. https://gizmodo.com/you-never-anticipated-seeing-a-flying-robot-swarm-perfo-5889492 According to members of the University’s Music and Entertainment Technology lab (MET-lab), these bots have been designed to play…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 5 '12

What Wearing Google Glasses Would Really Feel Like (Spoiler: POLES)

We’re all excited for the science fiction future reality of Google’s ‘Project Glass’ but without actually trying them on, we have no idea how they’ll actually work. Let’s just hope they don’t work like this hilarious parody of Google’s demo video where people run into poles and fall to the ground because they’re so distracted.…

Tech News Casey Chan Apr 5 '12

New Apple Patent Hints at Wireless Charging for the iPhone and iPad

A new Apple patent discovered by AppleInsider shows plans for new product packaging and that’s… pretty boring. What is interesting about the new packaging though is that it may hint at future where iPhones and iPads would charge wirelessly. The new packaging patent for the iPhone and iPad shows “unobtrusive packaging” which means the package…

Tech News Casey Chan Apr 5 '12

America: We Gon’ Blow Up That Japanese Tsunami Ghost Ship!

Japanese problem: an abandoned shrimping boat is found adrift near Canada, displaced by last year’s tsunami disaster. American solution: let’s sink that motherfucker. https://gizmodo.com/this-japanese-ghost-ship-lost-in-the-tsunami-was-found-5896575 The BBC reports our Coast Guard is currently following the empty Ryou-Un Maru—which has clearly seen better days, and is only one large chunk in an enormous stream of storm-washed crap…

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 5 '12

For $1.4 million, you can buy District 12 from The Hunger Games

Looking to invest in some recently iconic Tinseltown real estate? For just $1,400,000, you can own Katniss’ haunts in District 12, which happen to be the 72-acre defunct company town of Henry River Mill Village, North Carolina in real life. 83-year-old owner Wade Shepherd — who has never read The Hunger Games — allowed the…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Apr 5 '12

Man Transplants His Cousin’s Feces Into Himself

It’s gross, but fecal transplant can save lives. A Nova Scotia man living in Cape Breton Island, Canada, read about it and decided to stop an intestinal bacterial infection doing the fecal transplant himself—using feces from his cousin. https://gizmodo.com/the-taboo-treatment-how-fecal-transplants-save-lives-5893234 The 66-year-old man got the infection 18 months ago after surgery at Cape Breton Regional Hospital.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 5 '12

Astrologers Predict 1929 Will Be Year of Prosperity

1929 is a rather infamous year in American history. It was the year that the first science fiction comic strip was introduced; Babe Ruth became the first major league baseball player to hit 500 home runs; and the first Academy Awards ceremony was held in Hollywood. But you’ll be forgiven if you only remember 1929…

Tech News Matt Novak Apr 5 '12

Could Humans Have Evolved From Dolphins?

The most common theory of human evolution suggests that humans evolved from an ape-like ancestor. But what if we evolved from something that was a little more like a seal or dolphin? Over the years, a handful of evolutionary biologists have proffered the weird theory that we evolved from “aquatic apes” who lived in the…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Apr 5 '12

How the Bow and Arrow Took Over the World

If pop culture is any indication, bows and arrows are the weapon of the future. Weird, right? But also delightful: The Hunger Games stars an arrow-slinging heroine. Hawkeye will defend the Earth using a bow and arrow in The Avengers. The summer Olympics will have awesome archery competitions to ogle. And the TV’s newest superhero…

Tech News Rachel Swaby Apr 5 '12

This is hands down the most badass radiator we’ve ever seen

We know what you’re thinking: it’s a radiator, how awesome could it be? To which we reply: are you kidding? Did you even look at it? Sure it’s a radiator, but it’s also a tyrannosaur. It’s a Thermosaurus radiator. Imagined by designer Anton Schnaider, T. radiator is reportedly made of cast iron, and installs just…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 5 '12

Oh, One of France’s Nuclear Reactors Is on Fire (Updated)

France, which draws 75% of its electricity from nuclear reactors, is currently using ten fire trucks to try to stop one of those reactors from being on fire. The BBC reports “Fire crews have been rushed to a nuclear reactor in northern France after an escape of smoke,” but that the reactor has been shut…

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 5 '12

How do you get nothing from something? With Curry’s Triangle Paradox, of course.

A triangle, made up of different building blocks, is either perfectly filled or, when rearranged, has a section missing. How is this possible? Welcome to Curry’s Triangle Paradox. Curry’s Paradox was invented in New York City in 1953 by Paul Curry. Curry was a magician, and so you might expect some sleight of hand. But…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Apr 5 '12

The Science & Counterfeiting of Monoclonal Antibodies

Scientists Find First Definitive Genetic Links to Autism

Watch Ronnie James Dio stab a Borg in the nads with a light saber

Smoke Grenade Maker: Don’t Be a Dick with Smoke Grenades

RAF Typhoons to Aggressively Defend London During Olympics

First 3 Minutes of Falling Skies Season 2: Have the aliens won?

The Navy Built Its Own Private Indoor Desert and Jungle

What Is HD Voice?

Robot band plays Come Together, Ringo Starr jokes ensue

What Wearing Google Glasses Would Really Feel Like (Spoiler: POLES)

New Apple Patent Hints at Wireless Charging for the iPhone and iPad

America: We Gon’ Blow Up That Japanese Tsunami Ghost Ship!

For $1.4 million, you can buy District 12 from The Hunger Games

Man Transplants His Cousin’s Feces Into Himself

Astrologers Predict 1929 Will Be Year of Prosperity

Could Humans Have Evolved From Dolphins?

How the Bow and Arrow Took Over the World

This is hands down the most badass radiator we’ve ever seen

Oh, One of France’s Nuclear Reactors Is on Fire (Updated)

How do you get nothing from something? With Curry’s Triangle Paradox, of course.

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