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EU Bans Airport X-Ray Machines

“Backscatter” X-ray machines, which bombard your body with radiation at the airport, are a subject of controversy in the US. Not in Europe, Mother Jones reports—the machines are now banned throughout the entire EU over cancer risks. Good. https://gizmodo.com/did-the-tsa-ignore-early-x-ray-scanner-cancer-risks-5855485 The simple fact is that even a “low” x-ray exposure increases cancer risk, if only by…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 16

Two Weeks Later, Gmail Is Back in the App Store

Two weeks after it was posted and removed—on the same day—Gmail has returned to the App Store. Version 1.02 is now available for download. We can only hope that Google managed to fix all those “technical difficulties,” which, uh, made the last version suck so much we thought it was a joke. [iTunes via @Parislemon]…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Nov 16

Rumor: Apple Releasing iOS 5.0.2 To Fix Battery Issue (For Reals This Time)

You know the saying “measure twice, cut once”? Looks like Apple’s measuring twice and cutting twice to overcome the battery issues that still plague iOS 5 and the iPhone 4S; the company will reportedly push another update next week to fix the problem. Fingers crossed. The recent iOS 5.0.1 update was supposed to fix the…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Nov 16

Invasive rats could be the savior of pollinating plants

About 90% of flowering plants require animals to pollinate them, and that includes about two-thirds of the world’s crops. The extinction of pollinating organisms could spell disaster… but the very species that are killing them off could prove excellent substitutes. The need for plants to be pollinated by insects and other creatures is one of…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Nov 16

Phosphor’s Touchable E-ink Watch Lets You Swipe Through Timezones

Making the case for a wider adoption of e-ink technology, Phosphor has introduced the World Time Sport. It uses the backlight free, low power display technology, but also eschews the buttons that would otherwise cramp its style. https://gizmodo.com/new-phosphor-watches-feature-curved-e-ink-displays-and-5260465 Unfortunately the slow refresh rate of e-ink has limited the functionality of Phosphor’s watches, making features like…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 16

10 Ways Of Getting High That Are (Slightly) More Pleasant Than Krokodil

Yesterday we discussed the horrors of the Russian drug krokodil. This flesh-eating heroin-like substance may seem like the most nightmarish of all nightmares, but there are plenty of other toxic (and just plain grody) substances out there, ready to be consumed for no good reason. Here are 10 more intoxicating things that would give McGruff…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Nov 16

First Full-Length Trailer for Pixar’s Dark Scottish Fairy Tale Brave

Behold your new Pixar princess, the wily red head Princess Merida. Watch as she fiercely shoots down giant bears on horseback, glorious red mane whipping behind her. Great galloping Scots! Here’s the official synopsis — but as we all know there’s usually much more than meets the eye with these Pixar productions: Determined to make…

Trailers Meredith Woerner Nov 16

Amazon Puts Kindle Fire Source Code Up for Download

There’s source code everywhere! A few days ago, Google released the source code for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and now Amazon’s released the code for its new Kindle Fire tablet. The Kindle Fire is pretty awesome, but it’s got a feeeew little UI quirks. The release will let hackers dig in and customize the…

Commerce Kyle Wagner Nov 16

Man Grows New Fingertip On His Stomach (Warning: Gross)

When you lose the tip of your finger in an accident, you figure you’ll go through the rest of your life being called Stumpy. But if you’ve got a stomach (and I think most of us do) and an enterprising doctor, you can grow that tip right back on your midsection. Which is brilliant and,…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Nov 16

Some of the Most Stunning Fairy Tale Art You’ll Ever See

Virginia Frances Sterrett’s artwork for an edition of Old French Fairy Tales is like the platonic ideal of fairytale art — the colors are so vibrant, the lines so strong. It reminds me of Aubrey Beardsley and maybe William Blake, a little. Will Schofeld has a fantastic selection of Sterett’s art over at 50 Watts,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 16

Can Square Donations Save the Salvation Army?

It’s about to get a lot harder to dodge the charity you’ve been so studiously avoiding. The NYTimes reports that the Salvation Army is testing a new way of collecting digital donations this year: Santas with Sqaure. That ringing bell isn’t your conscience, it’s the future of your curbside charitable donation. Maybe. The Salvation Army…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Nov 16

The Carina Nebula is the birthplace of our galaxy’s heaviest stars

If you want to see massive stars being born, look no further than the Carina Nebula, a violent star formation site that specializes in churning out big stars. But look fast…these stars could go supernova at any second, cosmically speaking. A good case in point is the star Eta Carinae, which can be seen just…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Nov 16

Google Music: Everything We Know

After cautiously watching Apple to see how this whole “downloading music” thing panned out, Google will unveil its online music store this afternoon. Will it become your new favorite place to grab songs? Maybe! Here’s all the (rumored) dirt. https://gizmodo.com/november-16-google-music-event-will-apparently-go-to-el-5858792 What songs are available? Not all of them. Unlike iTunes, which has deals signed with…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 16

Samsung Just Changed the Galaxy Tab’s Design Because of the iPad (OMG SOO DIFFERENT)

Apple and Samsung have been battling in German courts about whether the Galaxy Tab 10.1 stole ideas from the iPad or not (among other things). So to avoid the injunction, Samsung went ahead and changed the design of the Tab in Germany so it wouldn’t look like an iPad anymore. https://gizmodo.com/apple-wins-round-two-against-galaxy-tab-in-german-court-5838667 I’m not sure if…

Tech News Casey Chan Nov 16

Neutrinos do something even stranger than breaking the speed of light

Amidst the dubious news of neutrinos potentially traveling faster than light, it’s easy to lose sight of something even stranger: neutrinos are in a constant identity crisis, oscillating between different types. Why is this? In this week’s “Ask a Physicist” we’ll find out. https://gizmodo.com/faster-than-light-neutrinos-not-so-fast-5843112 I’ve been talking a lot about neutrinos lately, what with the…

io9 Dr. Dave Goldberg Nov 16

The ChefStack Pancake Parade Returns to Gizmodo Gallery

We’ve had delicious pancakes on our minds lately, because the ChefStack is making its triumphant return to Gizmodo Gallery this year. Last time around, the automatic pancake machine made more than 6000 pancakes. Bet we can do better this year. https://gizmodo.com/at-giz-gallery-09-chefstack-automatic-pancake-maker-5355113 It’s no overstatement that The ChefStack is the apex of human culinary automation. Just…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Nov 16

Today in the BlackBerry Holiday Hall of Fame: the BlackBerry Curve

How’s that song go again? Deck the halls with boughs of BlackBerry. Fa la la la la la? That sounds about right… Well, expect hear that version a lot over the next few months, because BlackBerry has released a stunning array of phones for the holiday season. Which is why we’ve been featuring the whole…

Tech News Sponsored post Nov 16

Shooting Challenge: Soft Focus

Imagine the first shot of a dame in an old black and white movie. She’s soft. She’s glowing. She’s radiant. She’s really just the byproduct of antique, flawed lenses. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, you’ll recreate soft focus. The Challenge Capture a photo in soft focus. The Technique Modern lenses have been engineered to be…

Tech News Mark Wilson Nov 16

AMC readies new UFO series Thunderstruck — prepare for your overly dramatic overlords!

Now that it’s conquered the zombie genre niche, AMC is taking on UFO space dramas. AMC has picked up the hour-long UFO drama Thunderstruck from David Eick of Battlestar Galactica. If The Walking Dead is any indication, you should brace yourself for some seriously depressing alien creatures. Deadline reports that Scott Derrickson (the director of…

Television Meredith Woerner Nov 16

An exclusive preview of Justice League Dark, starring John Constantine, Shade the Changing Man, and other magical lunatics!

What happens when a mysterious fortune teller, a chain-smoking British mage, a fishnet-clad magician, a wiseacre ghost, and a fellow with the most deranged wardrobe on Earth pool their forces to save reality? You get Justice League Dark, author Peter Milligan and artist Mikel Janin’s rad eldritch team-up book starring the DC Universe’s most famous…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Nov 16

EU Bans Airport X-Ray Machines

Two Weeks Later, Gmail Is Back in the App Store

Rumor: Apple Releasing iOS 5.0.2 To Fix Battery Issue (For Reals This Time)

Invasive rats could be the savior of pollinating plants

Phosphor’s Touchable E-ink Watch Lets You Swipe Through Timezones

10 Ways Of Getting High That Are (Slightly) More Pleasant Than Krokodil

First Full-Length Trailer for Pixar’s Dark Scottish Fairy Tale Brave

Amazon Puts Kindle Fire Source Code Up for Download

Man Grows New Fingertip On His Stomach (Warning: Gross)

Some of the Most Stunning Fairy Tale Art You’ll Ever See

Can Square Donations Save the Salvation Army?

The Carina Nebula is the birthplace of our galaxy’s heaviest stars

Google Music: Everything We Know

Samsung Just Changed the Galaxy Tab’s Design Because of the iPad (OMG SOO DIFFERENT)

Neutrinos do something even stranger than breaking the speed of light

The ChefStack Pancake Parade Returns to Gizmodo Gallery

Today in the BlackBerry Holiday Hall of Fame: the BlackBerry Curve

Shooting Challenge: Soft Focus

AMC readies new UFO series Thunderstruck — prepare for your overly dramatic overlords!

An exclusive preview of Justice League Dark, starring John Constantine, Shade the Changing Man, and other magical lunatics!

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