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Two missing genes could explain why you don’t want to exercise

Laziness might not be the only reason why some people have so much trouble staying physically fit. Removing just two genes from mice completely saps them of their will to exercise, and a similar process might exist in humans. Researchers at McMaster University performed an experiment on a group of healthy, specially-bred mice. While the…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Sep 6

New York Magazine’s 9/11 Encyclopedia Is Perfect

In five short days, it’ll have been ten long years since 9/11. A lot’s changed in the past decade—not the least of which is the way we digest information—and NY Mag’s guide to the day captures it all. The site itself isn’t comprehensive—how could it be?—instead sorting the terrorist attacks and surrounding cultural geyser into…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 6

How 9/11 Changed Science Fiction

In the decade since 9/11, the US government has cracked down on civil liberties at home and invaded nations abroad in the name of national security. And a whole crop of futuristic and fanciful tales have sprung up to satirize and justify “the war on terror.” These tales generally deal with one of five crucial…

Movies Annalee Newitz Sep 6

Donkey Kong Country Returns Is Your Primate Deal of the Day

How in the hell did Donkey Kong get his name? Was he named after a Donkey who helped fight off hoards of King K.Rool’s minions while his mother was giving birth? Does he even have parents? Why does he wear a tie, but no shirt…or pants…or shoes for that matter? How is Diddy Kong, a…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals Sep 6

Toshiba’s Next Ultraportable Is the Thinnest Notebook Yet

At last week’s IFA conference, Toshiba came ready to showcase its latest ultraportable notebook, the Portégé Z830. Toshiba’s billing it as the thinnest notebook ever made, and it’s ready to compete with the Macbook Air. The Z830 measures 0.63 inches in thickness and weighs a slight 2.5 pounds, just beating out both the Air and…

Tech News Kwame Opam Sep 6

Pot or Planet? You decide!

Is this a new Hubble Space Telescope image of a gorgeous exoplanet, or a common household sauce pan? Place your bets now. Christopher Jonassen has a beautiful collection of deceptive cookery that looks very similar to the planets that inhabit our starry sky. It’s positively uncanny! Thanks for the tip Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 6

The Bike-Powered USB Charger

USB ports on bikes have been around for a while in DIY form. But now, Silverback Labs developed an integrated USB power generating system for their 2012 Starke series—finally, I can keep my Toddies hot while en route to the office! The Starke series of City/Commuter bikes features a front hub-mounted dynamo that powers the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Sep 6

Thousands of white dwarf stars could theoretically explode at any moment

The whole point of white dwarfs is that they’re the remains of stars not big enough to go supernova. Or so we thought. Many of these stars are held together by their super-fast spins… and slowing down could mean an explosion. Yes, it’s pretty much the plot of the movie Speed, except with thousands of…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Sep 6

Shooting Challenge: Day to Night

This is a shot of downtown Louisville, KY. I set up in a picnic area across the river in southern Indiana. On a side note, this was a pretty good first time out for my new Tokina ultra wide lens. Nikon D90 Tokina 11-16 f2.8 DX Pro (Set at 14mm) Locked off on a tripod…

Tech News Lily Hay Newman Sep 6

41 Amazing Photos that Capture Day and Night Simultaneously

Day and night. They’re two polar ideas—complete opposites. But the following photos capture day and night simultaneously, two times occurring in the exact same spot. How is this possible? Some say sorcery. Others, simply GIMP. https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-day-to-night-5836142 Winner – Morning Lights I finally broke down and spent the money for a DSLR and was really excited…

Tech News Mark Wilson Sep 6

New Moon Landing Sites Photos Are So Sharp They Show Detailed Rover Tire Marks

NASA showed images of the lunar landing sites in 2009, punching all moronic conspiracy theorists a new stupid face, Buzz Aldrin style. Now they have released new higher resolution shots taken again by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. https://gizmodo.com/first-new-images-of-the-apollo-landing-sites-in-40-year-5317057 These images were taken with the low-altitude Narrow Angle Camera, according to Arizona State University researcher Mark…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Sep 6

Human Centipede 2 trailer includes the most disgusting sound effect ever

This October marks the second installment of the disgusting Human Centipede series, with The Human Centipede Part 2: Full Sequence. Watch the first teaser trailer for this horrific film and listen to what can only be the awful sound of humans gargling each other’s own waste. While this Australian teaser doesn’t appear to show any…

Trailers Meredith Woerner Sep 6

The anime propaganda films of a Japanese death cult

Before their sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995, the Aum Shinrikyo cult released a series of bizarre anime recruitment videos starring their bearded leader Shoko Asahara levitating, phasing, and using other ridiculous supernatural powers. It’s pretty jarring to see a fringe group that would eventually commit senseless mass murder depicting itself as…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 6

The Wildfires Burning Texas Right Now Can Be Seen from Space

Texas is burning right now. More than a thousand homes have already been lost, 5,000 people have been evacuated and more fires are popping up. Some of the fires are so big that you can see them from space. It’s a really scary situation, a lot of people don’t even know what’s going to happen—there…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 6

Tripoli Was Brought Down By a Caterer With a Bunch of Flash Drives

In reporting on the Fall of Tripoli, Reuters tells the inside story of Abdel Majid Mlegta, a caterer who supplied the victuals for Gaddafi’s regime. Putting key inside information on a series of memory sticks, this man was instrumental in bringing Gaddafi down. In the days and weeks that followed the August 20th uprising, rebel…

Tech News Kwame Opam Sep 6

Sprint Is Suing to Halt the AT&T T-Mobile Merger

Following the Department of Justice’s suit against the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile deal, Sprint is predictably following their lead by filing a related federal lawsuit of their own, stating that the “proposed transaction is illegal.” https://gizmodo.com/the-government-probably-just-killed-the-at-t-t-mobile-m-5836158 Sprint has always had reason to oppose the deal, stating that the move would be bad for competition and consumers, but…

Tech News Kwame Opam Sep 6

10 Reasons We Love Fictional Engineers and Techies

No hero, or team of heroes, is complete without the techie. Every starship has an engineer. Every secret agent has his (or her) gadget-maker. Every superhero team has the person who can fix stuff. Usually, this person is pushed to the background — but they end up being our favorite character anyway. Here are 10…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 6

Sharpest photographs yet of the tracks humans left on the Moon

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s cameras have just captured some stunning photographs of the tracks that humans left behind at the landing sites of Apollo 12, 14, and 17. You can see everything from astronaut footprints, to the tire tracks from the lunar rovers. Click the images to embiggen! Arizona State University researcher Mark Robinson, principal…

io9 Annalee Newitz Sep 6

Track This Adorable Penguin as He Swims from New Zealand to Antartica

Back in June, an Antarctic emperor penguin took one heck of a wrong turn and ended up in New Zealand, 2,000 miles off course. Now the little interloper is finally on his way back to where he belongs, and you can track him as he goes. The penguin—sadistically named “Happy Feet” by his Kiwi captors—finally…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Sep 6

Quick, Let’s All Have Sex So the Werewolves Won’t Eat Us: The Movie

Brash “sex comedy” Love Bites is bucking the horror movie virgin rule. In this werewolf movie, the virgins are getting attacked by the supernatural beasts first. Aaaaand scene. THR is reporting that a gaggle of TV teen stars (Gossip Girl’s Jessica Szohr, Luke Pasqualino from The Borgias) are heading to Scotland to shoot Love Bites:…

Movies Meredith Woerner Sep 6

Two missing genes could explain why you don’t want to exercise

New York Magazine’s 9/11 Encyclopedia Is Perfect

How 9/11 Changed Science Fiction

Donkey Kong Country Returns Is Your Primate Deal of the Day

Toshiba’s Next Ultraportable Is the Thinnest Notebook Yet

Pot or Planet? You decide!

The Bike-Powered USB Charger

Thousands of white dwarf stars could theoretically explode at any moment

Shooting Challenge: Day to Night

41 Amazing Photos that Capture Day and Night Simultaneously

New Moon Landing Sites Photos Are So Sharp They Show Detailed Rover Tire Marks

Human Centipede 2 trailer includes the most disgusting sound effect ever

The anime propaganda films of a Japanese death cult

The Wildfires Burning Texas Right Now Can Be Seen from Space

Tripoli Was Brought Down By a Caterer With a Bunch of Flash Drives

Sprint Is Suing to Halt the AT&T T-Mobile Merger

10 Reasons We Love Fictional Engineers and Techies

Sharpest photographs yet of the tracks humans left on the Moon

Track This Adorable Penguin as He Swims from New Zealand to Antartica

Quick, Let’s All Have Sex So the Werewolves Won’t Eat Us: The Movie

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