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The story behind the world’s first cancer vaccine

The world’s first vaccine designed to prevent cancer was not developed by a pharmaceutical company. Instead, its development was funded by public institutions on two continents, including three universities, and the U.S. National Cancer Institute. The vaccine prevents human papillomavirus (HPV), an ailment that can lead to deadly cervical cancer. HPV is spread through sexual…

io9 Keith Veronese Oct 28

The Johnsville G Machine Sucked Astronauts’ Teeth Out the Back of Their Heads

John Glenn is an American hero. He orbited the Earth at 17,526 mph and ain’t scared of a damn thing—except, of course, the Johnsville human centrifuge. That “sadistic” machine terrified Glenn and his fellow astronauts for more than 50 years at the Naval Air Warfare Center in Pennsylvania. Here’s how. Located at the Johnsville Naval…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Tarantola Oct 28

What Is Google Ripples?

Google released a bunch of new Google+ features yesterday, including “What’s Hot” and Instagram-ish photo filters—those weren’t big surprises. But Google Ripples? We didn’t see that one coming. It’s weird, it’s interesting… but what exactly is it? https://gizmodo.com/now-google-has-instagram-esque-filters-5854183 Google Ripples is a new graphical component to Google+… When you click the menu arrow in the…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Oct 28

10 Demonic Possessions We’d Like To See

Look, nobody likes what a demonic possession does to the complexion or the upholstery. But if you’re in for one, there are a lot of options, some of which are pretty entertaining. Check out the best demons to get possessed by, and what you can expect for each. 10. Paimon This is the demon for…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Oct 28

Watching Astronauts Play Around in the ISS Makes Me So Happy

In the video below, three astronauts on the ISS are demonstrating to us lowly earthlings what happens when the ISS accelerates in space and boosts itself into a higher orbit. As you can see, they hilariously start to get sucked away. What’s happening is that because the space station is accelerating, people and things inside…

Space & Spaceflight Casey Chan Oct 28

New Nook Color November 7th-Bound. Bound, Get It? Book Humor

While everyone is gaga for the Kindle Fire, according to reports, Barnes & Noble has been working on the next Nook Color. Get ready for a fall color-eBook-reader smack down. LET’S GET READY TO sit down, have some tea, and read to a nice book before bed. The Digital Reader has three, that’s right three…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Oct 28

Misguided DIY-er Severs His Own Arm with a Homemade Guillotine

You presumably deal with a lot of weird stuff when you work at a urology clinic. But dealing with a walk-in patient who’s severed his arm with a homemade guillotine is probably a new one. The man in Bellingham, Washington, was living in a transient camp near the clinic when he used his guillotine to…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Oct 28

In Time really is Occupy Wall Street: The Movie

Andrew Niccol must be thanking his lucky stars that In Time, his dystopian movie about a world where the rich live forever and the poor die young, is coming out just as the fervor over the Occupy Wall Street movement is at a peak. In Time is all about the 99 percent versus the 1…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Oct 28

Rotten Fruit and Hot Pots: The Secret Techniques of Cellblock Cuisine

Prison is a sad, cold, horrible place to be. What reminds you of home more than a hot, home-cooked meal? Nothing. Since these prisoners can’t go home— Maybe ever—they have to bring home to the cell block. Meet Richard Alley. I call him Chef Richard Alley. He was the most charming and gregarious man we…

Tech News Brent Rose Oct 28

Google Street View Is Going Inside Buildings (Sorta)

Google Street View is a magical realm of accidental crimes in progress, fires, and other assorted serendipitous fun. Now, you’ll be able to scroll around the inside of businesses! Which is cool—but here’s how it could be cooler. The aimlessness of Street View is what makes it so fun. You can “wander” from block to…

Tech News Sam Biddle Oct 28

The rise of “carbon chaos”

One of the most dramatic mass extinctions in history, the End Permian event 250 million years ago, took out 95 percent of species on Earth. Scientists have long believed this holocaust began when a mega-volcano erupted in what is now Siberia, polluting the atmosphere and causing acid rain for possibly thousands of years. But now…

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 28

First look at Tim Burton’s undead poochie movie, Frankenweenie

The first ever images from Tim Burton’s black and white stop-motion movie are out, and they’re already looking like a pair of Burton classics. Take a look at a boy and his reanimated undead dog, based off the short that got Burton canned from Disney when he was just starting out. Entertainment Weekly has the…

Movies Meredith Woerner Oct 28

Why Do We Keep Going Back to Jurassic Park?

What is it about Jurassic Park that continues to capture the public’s imagination, even almost two decades after its theatrical release? Dinosaur Tracking‘s Brian Switek weighs in on the enduring cultural significance of Jurassic Park, why the sequels failed to live up to the original, and how Jurassic Park IV could play a huge role…

Movies Brian Switek -- Dinosaur Tracking Oct 28

Google TV 2.0: Android Honeycomb. Apps. Awesome.

When Google TV arrived last year, it possessed promise and potential that was never quite realized. Now Google TV 2.0 is here, armed with apps and a new content discovery system. And the search giant thinks they’ve got it right this time. https://gizmodo.com/google-tv-review-its-kinda-the-future-5672946 Google TV still revolves around the same basic concept. It is not…

Tech News Adrian Covert Oct 28

The Hilarious Problem of a Siri-Powered Apple HDTV

30 Rock’s Jack Donaghy, as played by Alec Baldwin, had the same idea Apple has for their upcoming HDTV: ditch the remote and use your voice to control your TV. However! His TV hilariously failed because the voice recognition software was too good. Donaghy’s VoAct, short for Voice Activation, is so much like what we’re…

Tech News Casey Chan Oct 28

Lucid dreamers bring us a step closer to “dream reading”

The problem with trying to do any sort of meaningful research into the way people dream is that it’s not exactly easy to give instructions to someone who is asleep. Most of us have no control over what we do when we’re sleeping, and limited memories of what we did. This is where lucid dreamers…

io9 Tim Barribeau Oct 28

Here’s Facebook’s Massive Arctic Server Farm

What do you get when you spend over $700 million on a new Swedish party house for your servers? This. 300,000 feet of buzzing, scalding Facebook servers in a spot so cold, they can just let the air in. https://gizmodo.com/facebook-data-center-goes-arctic-for-chilling-effect-5853819 The climate-cooled farm will suck enough electricity to power up to 40,000 American homes, but…

Social Media Sam Biddle Oct 28

Basically the Most Wirelessest Speaker You Can Get

iHome hasn’t had the best rep for putting out stellar products for a while, but its new fully-wireless and rechargeable iW1, which was announced alllll the way back at CES, actually looks pretty awesome. The iW1 uses the AirPlay or the iHome Connect app to stream audio over your Wi-Fi network from iTunes or an…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Oct 28

I Will Only Eat Food That’s Covered in Edible Gold Spray Paint

Since the price of gold is like a bazillion dollars these days, I want to surround myself with as much of it as I can. So that means even fake gold, like this weird ass edible gold paint you spray on food to get flossy, is good with me. The edible gold spray paint is…

Tech News Casey Chan Oct 28

The tools of a real-life ghostbuster

Ghost hunting isn’t just about a willingness to get sucked into a hell dimension with a grin on your face. It’s an old profession that requires many different kinds of gadgets and weird devices. Check out the tools that ghostbusters have carried around, both yesterday and today. The Actual Ghost Hunter Although now people eagerly…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Oct 28

The story behind the world’s first cancer vaccine

The Johnsville G Machine Sucked Astronauts’ Teeth Out the Back of Their Heads

What Is Google Ripples?

10 Demonic Possessions We’d Like To See

Watching Astronauts Play Around in the ISS Makes Me So Happy

New Nook Color November 7th-Bound. Bound, Get It? Book Humor

Misguided DIY-er Severs His Own Arm with a Homemade Guillotine

In Time really is Occupy Wall Street: The Movie

Rotten Fruit and Hot Pots: The Secret Techniques of Cellblock Cuisine

Google Street View Is Going Inside Buildings (Sorta)

The rise of “carbon chaos”

First look at Tim Burton’s undead poochie movie, Frankenweenie

Why Do We Keep Going Back to Jurassic Park?

Google TV 2.0: Android Honeycomb. Apps. Awesome.

The Hilarious Problem of a Siri-Powered Apple HDTV

Lucid dreamers bring us a step closer to “dream reading”

Here’s Facebook’s Massive Arctic Server Farm

Basically the Most Wirelessest Speaker You Can Get

I Will Only Eat Food That’s Covered in Edible Gold Spray Paint

The tools of a real-life ghostbuster

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