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How to copy biological growth, and transform 2D gels into 3D shapes

Biological organisms have a nifty trick, where they can grow uniform materials into three dimensional shapes by limiting growth in certain areas. As some cells expand, others don’t, causing the object to warp in three dimensions. Now researchers have applied that same theory to gel sheets, and developed a way of transforming them between flat…

io9 Tim Barribeau Mar 9 '12

Can LSD Cure Your Addictions?

You might not expect one of the most potent hallucinogens of all time to be useful in the treatment of addiction. But weirdly that’s exactly what a new study shows. A team of researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim has analyzed data first gathered in the 1960s and 1970s to…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 9 '12

Two new Hunger Games trailers explores life for Peeta and Katniss in District 12

Hidden in The Hunger Games’ latest television spots — set to the tune of Taylor Swift’s special deathmatch ditty “Safe & Sound” — is one very important moment. Look closely and you’ll see the infamous moment involving Peeta, Katniss, and a few loaves of burnt bread. Yes! It’s that time where Peeta slyly fed Katniss’…

Movies Meredith Woerner Mar 9 '12

Does the BBC Hope to Rival iTunes?

The BBC might be somewhat of a staid British institution, but perhaps not for long. Paid Content suggests that the media group is planning on launching a new download-to-own service, pitting itself against iTunes in the process. The report suggests that the BBC is soon to launch a service that allows users to download shows…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 9 '12

Join io9 in a live webcast today at the American Museum of Natural History!

Don’t miss your chance to participate in a live talk about dinosaurs with members of the American Museum of Natural History’s Paleontology Division, today at 12:30 ET! io9 is teaming up with AMNH to host a live webcast discussion about research on the feathers of Microraptor, a small, four-winged dinosaur that lived about 130-million years…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Mar 9 '12

Navy’s newest robot is a mechanized, grenade-tossing firefighter

Add another eerily lifelike robot to the military’s rapidly expanding android army. This one is, of all things, a mechanical firefighter. And not only can it climb ladders like its flesh-and-blood counterparts, it’s designed to interact with human handlers in a kind of human/robot bucket brigade. Developed by the Naval Research Laboratory, the Shipboard Autonomous…

io9 Katie Drummond - Danger Room Mar 9 '12

Lockheed’s Space Fence Prototype Starts Tracking Space Junk With Advanced Radar

Orbital debris is a large and growing problem, and no one is quite sure how to deal with it – polar lasers, nets and other concepts are still merely ideas. But we should at least monitor all that space trash, to be certain where it is and whether it’s heading for something we want to…

Space & Spaceflight Rebecca Boyle-Popular Science Mar 9 '12

Joss Whedon reveals his unexpected plans for the Avengers sequel!

Tons more spoilers have been revealed about Doctor Who’s trip to Spain. Check out new videos for The Hunger Games and Lock-Out. Fringe casts a potentially crucial new role. Plus Misha Collins reveals what to expect from his Supernatural return! It’s spoilers all the way down! Top image from Doctor Who. The Avengers 2 Joss…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Mar 9 '12

Apple Speaks Out Over Ebook Price Fixing Allegations

With the US Department of Justice breathing down its neck, Apple is attempting to defend itself over allegations of ebook price fixing—claiming that it’s the victim of conspiracy theories and over-analysis. Apple claims that pubslishers were left to set their own prices, and it can’t be held responiisble for them being high, reports Paid Content.…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 9 '12

Is OnLive Violating Microsoft’s Licensing Agreements?

Though you might expect a company whose business model is based around sharing installations of Windows via the web to have thought about licensing… you’d be wrong. Microsoft is claiming that OnLive—the company intent on delivering Windows to your iPad—violates its Windows 7 licensing agreements. Writing on Microsoft’s Volume Licensing blog, Joe Matz, VP of…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 9 '12

Chrome’s $60,000 Security Flaw Fixed in Under a Day

Less than 24 hours after a Russian hacker earned himself $60,000 by exploiting Chrome, Google has released an update for the browser which fixes the security threat. It’s perhaps not surprising that Google has been quick to act, but the speed with which this update was rolled out highlights one of the big benefits of…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 9 '12

Nike Teams with Path to Socialize Your Runs

Path seems to have bounced back from last month’s privacy kerfuffle quite handily. The app maker announced today that its API will be integrated into Nike’s running apps and accessories. This partnership is the first for the San Francisco-based Path. It will be integrated into both the Nike Plus running app and the Nike Fuel…

Gadgets Andrew Tarantola Mar 9 '12

Why Sony Music Unlimited Offering Offline Playback Is So Awesome

Sony Music Unlimited, the all-you-can-hear music subscription service that represents Sony’s answer to Spotify, MOG, Rhapsody and so on, added a crucial new feature to its Android app on Thursday: the ability to store music on an Android smartphone or tablet so that music fans can play it back without using a WiFi or wireless…

Tech News Eliot Van Buskirk - Evolver.fm Mar 9 '12

Dropbox’s Site Redesign: Now Built for Comfort and Speed

Dropbox has been rolling out new features pretty regularly over the past couple of weeks but there’s no hiding the cloud storage service’s shiny new UI. According to the Dropbox Blog, the new website will focus on simplicity and usability. It introduces an “action bar” along the top of the screen that offers contextual options…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Mar 9 '12

Springing Forward with Daylight Savings Could Kill You

Daylight Savings starts Sunday night, forcing America’s clocks an hour into the future. Not only is this the lamest form of time travel ever invented, medical studies have suggested that being forced to get up an hour earlier for work is bad for your heart—like maybe kill you bad. “The Monday and Tuesday after moving…

Health Andrew Tarantola Mar 9 '12

NASA Engineer Explains—Yet Again—Why the World Isn’t Ending

2012 is shaping up to be an action-packed year for the Earth—it’s scheduled to end on no less than three separate occasions! If the the black hole and supernova don’t obliterate us, the mystical Mayan catastrophe surely will, right? Let’s ask NASA. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab have produced the video above, featuring Don Yeomans. In…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Tarantola Mar 9 '12

Dave Chapelle On Drugs, Dolphins Suck at Invasions, and Pat Robertson Is the 420 Messiah

Roll that spliff phatly, pack some fresh ice into the binger, and set the Volcano to “toastify.” It’s time for tonight’s Stoner Channel. We’ve collected our best high-times material for the discerning pothead so sit back, relax, and pass that shit on the left, yo. Tonight’s nug of Grand Daddy Purple comes from reader Droz…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Mar 9 '12

Whoever Wrote the Duqu Trojan’s Framework Wrote It in an Unknown Programming Language

The Duqu Trojan is one nasty piece of code, rivaled in sophistication only by its relative, the Stuxnet Worm. A new analysis of the Trojan, however, has revealed just how advanced it really is. Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab performed the analysis and discovered that portions of the the suspiciously-named Payload DLL file were written…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Mar 8 '12

MPAA Goes for Hotfile’s Jugular with Summary Judgment Request

With MegaUpload out of the picture and numerous other file-sharing sites running scared, the MPAA has another major content hub in its sights. And from the looks of court documents unsealed this week, Hotfile may want to start considering an exit strategy. According to US District Court documents in the Southern District of Florida, the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Mar 8 '12

Pacific Nation Must Relocate to Escape A Rising Sea

The 113,000 citizens of Kiribati need a new home. The tiny island nation lies just two feet above sea level in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, so the rising oceans caused by global warming have been catastrophic. We knew this day would come. But so soon? Terrifying. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Kiribati…

Climate Change Mario Aguilar Mar 8 '12

How to copy biological growth, and transform 2D gels into 3D shapes

Can LSD Cure Your Addictions?

Two new Hunger Games trailers explores life for Peeta and Katniss in District 12

Does the BBC Hope to Rival iTunes?

Join io9 in a live webcast today at the American Museum of Natural History!

Navy’s newest robot is a mechanized, grenade-tossing firefighter

Lockheed’s Space Fence Prototype Starts Tracking Space Junk With Advanced Radar

Joss Whedon reveals his unexpected plans for the Avengers sequel!

Apple Speaks Out Over Ebook Price Fixing Allegations

Is OnLive Violating Microsoft’s Licensing Agreements?

Chrome’s $60,000 Security Flaw Fixed in Under a Day

Nike Teams with Path to Socialize Your Runs

Why Sony Music Unlimited Offering Offline Playback Is So Awesome

Dropbox’s Site Redesign: Now Built for Comfort and Speed

Springing Forward with Daylight Savings Could Kill You

NASA Engineer Explains—Yet Again—Why the World Isn’t Ending

Dave Chapelle On Drugs, Dolphins Suck at Invasions, and Pat Robertson Is the 420 Messiah

Whoever Wrote the Duqu Trojan’s Framework Wrote It in an Unknown Programming Language

MPAA Goes for Hotfile’s Jugular with Summary Judgment Request

Pacific Nation Must Relocate to Escape A Rising Sea

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