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Neill Blomkamp is looking for a few good bioengineers for his movie Elysium

Very little is known about Neill Blomkamp’s new picture Elysium but a pack of clever Comic-Conners just unveiled his latest viral for the scifi flick starring Jodie Foster, Matt Damon, and Sharlto Copley. Watch the viral ad for folks who want to play God! ComingSoon unearthed this poster which takes the viewer to a website…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 21

We’ve Got 200 More Free Spotify Invites—Win One!

Spotify is great—like having an angel pour delicious gravy into your ears with a golden baster. And now it’s finally in the US! Want an account? Yes—so we’re giving some away 200 of ’em to our Facebook followers. https://gizmodo.com/is-spotify-really-your-streaming-music-savior-5821267 The Goods 200 free (the ad-supported flavor) Spotify accounts. One could be yours! And there’ll be…

Social Media Sam Biddle Jul 21

Ten extinct animals that have been rediscovered

Recently, the Borneo Toad was rediscovered after 87 years. Although certainly rare, the Borneo Toad is not the only animal to have been lost for years. In fact, it did not even have to wait the longest. https://gizmodo.com/rainbow-toad-rediscovered-after-87-years-5821952 Here are ten animals that similarly had become lost to time and thought extinct, only to shockingly…

io9 Jonathan Wilkins Jul 21

io9 Comic-Con panel is this afternoon at 12:30!

Are you in San Diego? Well, come out to meet some io9 staffers and pals. The io9 panel at Comic-Con is today, 12:30:-1:30, in room 24ABC. We’ll be discussing science fiction stories from the past year that could change your life, and will be joined by io9 friends Marc Bernardin (Alphas), Javier Grillo-Marxuach (The Middleman),…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 21

That Noise Might Be a 40-Foot Sinkhole Opening Under Your Bed

The world is trying to swallow Guatemala, one terrifying sinkhole at a time. The latest occurrence woke 65-year-old Inocenta Hernandez, making her think there’d been a car crash outside. There wasn’t. The sound was a 40-foot chasm opening directly under her bed. About a million things are terrifying about this. A few feet to the…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jul 21

First look at The Darkest Hour’s shocking alien art by Ben Templesmith

Get a glimpse at how the alien invaders in Timur Bekmambetov’s new film The Darkest Hour will shock the human race into submission! What kind of horrific death is this? Take a look! This image, created by Ben Templesmith, is the cover of The Darkest Hour comic/art book, created by 13 great artists who were…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 21

First look at The Darkest Hour’s shocking alien art by Ben Templesmith

Get a glimpse at how the alien invaders in Timur Bekmambetov’s new film The Darkest Hour will shock the human race into submission! What kind of horrific death is this? Take a look! This image, created by Ben Templesmith, is the cover of The Darkest Hour comic/art book, created by 13 great artists who were…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 21

Calling All Music Fans/Unabashed Oversharers: Be Gizmodo’s Lollapalooza Correspondent

Do your Twitter fingers twitch every time you catch a show? Is your Vimeo page filled with low-light snippets of guitar solos? Well, that’s just perfect, because Gizmodo and RadioShack are looking for one talented reader to cover Lollapalooza for @RadioShackLIVE. Show us how amazing you would be at covering the hell out of something…

Tech News Sponsored post Jul 21

NTSF:FS:SUV:: To Thwart Terrorism In the Greater San Diego Area

Acronyms: good. Terrorists: baaaaaaad. Thank all that’s holy, we now have the clandestine team of government agents known as NTSF:SD:SUV:: for short (the National Terrorism Strike Force: San Diego: Sport Utility Vehicle:: for long) kicking the virtual door of our televisions down. Battling terrorist threats from such evil countries as Mexico, Canada, and Guam, this…

io9 Sponsored post Jul 21

Watch 30 Years of the Space Shuttle In One Single Launch

The end. Today it’s all over. Three decades of the Space Shuttle, with its many amazing successes and two horrible failures, are gone forever. This video shows those thirty years in one single launch. https://gizmodo.com/welcome-home-atlantis-5823356 The space shuttle was the most complex machine ever created. Even with all its faults, it was a mighty beast.…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Jul 21

The Weirdest Mystery Animals in the World

There are hundreds of mysterious cryptids in the world, a mythical menagerie of barely-glimpsed monsters, lost species, and terrifying legends. But let’s face it: most of them are pretty pedestrian lake monsters and Sasquatch variants. There are a few, however, that are so bizarre you kind of hope they’re real. Here are our favorites. Dingonek…

io9 Ed Grabianowski Jul 21

Japan’s Buying All the Radioactive Beef It Can Find (And Burning It)

Japan’s nuclear beef problem is getting worse. Bloomberg reports over 1,200 cesium-tainted cows have been detected—double the initial estimate. And their meat’s already been eaten around Japan. The solution? Buy it and incinerate it. https://gizmodo.com/fukushimas-radiation-now-spreading-in-japanese-meat-5820542 The Japanese government’s declared all beef surpassing the “allowable limit” of cesium contamination will be purchased and destroyed. So that’s…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 21

Watching a Guinness World Record Blob Jump Is Soaring Flying Fun

Ah, the blob jump. It’s the timeless practice of using people to launch people. Trust me, you’ll know what it is when you see it. This video shows a blob jump that sent someone 55 feet in the air, a Guinness world record. Done in Switzerland, the blob jump is when one person jumps on…

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 21

King of the Cotton Pickers

You’re probably wearing something cotton-y right now. Cotton is fairly annoying to harvest. Mechanization was a quantum leap for the cotton industry, moving it away from archaic methods used since the days of slavery. This machine is the next step forward. Up until World War II, cotton harvesting in the South remained nearly identical to…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jul 21

The tale of the epic struggle to make an Earth sandwich

Or at least the epic struggle to make an earth sandwich without getting the bread soggy. Where on earth could you put a piece of bread, on dry land, while having a bit of dry land on the other side to put the other piece of bread on? The world is a lot sloshier than…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jul 21

Elecom’s Origami-Inspired Mouse Can’t Possibly Be Comfortable to Use

My eyes love the geometric nature of the Elecom Orime mouse. Something tells me my hands would not. Complete with five buttons (concealed by the mouse’s design) and laser tracking, this RF wireless mouse is available for $85. [GeekStuff4U]

Gadgets Adrian Covert Jul 21

The Nexus S Is Finally Available for AT&T

AT&T’s about to get a piece of the Nexus S. It’s up for pre-sale now and will be available at Best Buy on July 24 for $100. Samsung’s Google phone—and the best Android phone on the market—was previously available only for Sprint and T-Mobile.

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jul 21

The trailer for Holy Terror, Frank Miller’s 9/11 superhero revenge comic

Here’s the official preview for Holy Terror Batman, Frank Miller’s comic about the Fixer, a superhero who takes on al-Qaeda. Sadly, we don’t see a word balloon of the hero asserting that he is indeed “The Goddamn Fixer.” Miller will be discussing the book this Saturday at Comic-Con. https://gizmodo.com/frank-millers-superhero-vs-al-qaeda-comic-comes-out-5816828

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 21

A gallery of biotech devices that could give you superpowers right now

Biotechnology now outpaces the bodies we were born with. Today, we can give ourselves additional senses or improve the ones we’ve got, and we can heighten our strength while also building limbs better than the breakable ones most of us have. Here’s a gallery of all the human enhancements that will be improving lives –…

io9 Keith Veronese Jul 21

Nasa’s Official Android App Makes Me Cry

Downloading the new-and-official Nasa app on my Android phone today was a bittersweet experience, what with Atlantis—and NASA’s—last journey ending today. There’re heaps of features considering it’s free—live Nasa TV, images, future mission details *sniffles* and sighting opportunities. https://gizmodo.com/welcome-home-atlantis-5823356 Judging by the information supplied to me, the next opportunity I have to spy on the…

Space & Spaceflight Kat Hannaford Jul 21

Neill Blomkamp is looking for a few good bioengineers for his movie Elysium

We’ve Got 200 More Free Spotify Invites—Win One!

Ten extinct animals that have been rediscovered

io9 Comic-Con panel is this afternoon at 12:30!

That Noise Might Be a 40-Foot Sinkhole Opening Under Your Bed

First look at The Darkest Hour’s shocking alien art by Ben Templesmith

First look at The Darkest Hour’s shocking alien art by Ben Templesmith

Calling All Music Fans/Unabashed Oversharers: Be Gizmodo’s Lollapalooza Correspondent

NTSF:FS:SUV:: To Thwart Terrorism In the Greater San Diego Area

Watch 30 Years of the Space Shuttle In One Single Launch

The Weirdest Mystery Animals in the World

Japan’s Buying All the Radioactive Beef It Can Find (And Burning It)

Watching a Guinness World Record Blob Jump Is Soaring Flying Fun

King of the Cotton Pickers

The tale of the epic struggle to make an Earth sandwich

Elecom’s Origami-Inspired Mouse Can’t Possibly Be Comfortable to Use

The Nexus S Is Finally Available for AT&T

The trailer for Holy Terror, Frank Miller’s 9/11 superhero revenge comic

A gallery of biotech devices that could give you superpowers right now

Nasa’s Official Android App Makes Me Cry

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