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Where Did The Iconic Fallout Shelter Symbol Come From?

CONELRAD recently posted a great piece that explores the origin of the famous fallout shelter sign that appeared across the country at the height of the Cold War. Worn and rusted, you can still see some of them today as lasting symbols of the atomic age. The signs were the product of an almost palpable…

Your blood cells are not what they seem

Bioengineers have figured out a new way to deliver cancer-killing drugs to your body. They hide the drugs inside the skins of red blood cells. Literally. The technique worked so well that we have to ask: what else could a clever bioengineer hide inside our red blood cells, to circulate secretly around our bodies? UC…

Astronomers Find Star Shooting 100,000,000 Amazon Rivers of Water at 120,000 MPH

Just in time for summer, sky-looking researchers have found a star so aquatically-powerful that’s literally spraying the universe. The water-shooting star would have been better a cosmic hot tub for winter, however, as its streams are 180,000 degrees Fahrenheit. So that’s extremely hot water moving extremely quickly—and there’s a galactic shit-ton of it. Don’t worry,…

The pilot for the doomed Locke and Key TV series will premiere at Comic-Con

Most television shows come to the San Diego Comic-Con to hype upcoming seasons, but in the case of the nixed Fox pilot for Locke and Key, it’s coming to bandy about its mere existence. https://gizmodo.com/fox-picks-up-alcatraz-nixes-locke-and-key-and-cancels-5800712 Indeed, the television adaptation of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s horror comic series is hosting a SDCC panel featuring the…

Apple Probably Can’t Make Amazon Stop Saying “Appstore”

Apple’s been trying to stop Amazon’s use of “Appstore” since its inception. Unfortunately for them, the federal judge presiding over the case said that Apple’s difficulty in presenting evidence of customer confusion will likely lead to her denying the motion https://gizmodo.com/apple-doesnt-like-amazon-using-the-phrase-appstore-so-5784222 Really the only confusing aspect of all this is how Apple could possibly believe…

Meet Gizmodo’s Guest Artist: Nook

If you’re an eagle-eyed reader, you’ve probably noticed our new guest artist for the month: Nook. He specializes in illustrations and motion design and if you’ve seen his work, you’ll know how eye popping his stuff can be. Nook’s illustrations have graced the pages of Wired, Popular Mechanics and IdN and he’s also done work…

A single mutant gene is responsible for 30% of all mysterious pain

In the United States alone, 20 million people suffer from peripheral neuropathy, a condition that involves nerve degeneration and sometimes extreme pain, often without any explanation. Now we’ve found the culprit for this mysterious pain…and it’s all one gene’s fault. Specifically, it’s the gene SCNA9, which is involved in the sensory nerve fibers and produces…

Koder for iPad: Nerds Rejoice! You Can Code on Your iPad

Do you know what nerds like? CODING. Do you know what nerds don’t like? The iPad. But for the 9 nerds who own an iPad, Koder plays both sides. You can tap in all the ,/._;{ crazy symbols you want. What’s it do? It’s a code editor app for the iPad, which is a little…

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With Conquest of Nerath, War Comes to Dungeons & Dragons — And It Is Fun

With Conquest of Nerath, Wizards of the Coast conjures another successful board game, this one with an entirely different game engine than their prior dungeon adventure efforts. If you enjoyed conquering the world with plastic armies in endless games of Risk as a kid, imagine that game infused with fantasy flavor, strategic depth, exciting random…

For $624, you can quaff Neon Genesis Evangelion sparkling wine

After a hard day of batting around Angels, nothing tastes crisper than a bottle of officially sanctioned $624 Evangelion wine. Sure, you could buy 312 bottles of Thunderbird with that money, but Thunderbird doesn’t have mecha on the label. Explains Anime News Network: “Evangelion Sparkling Eva 01 BRUT Karakuchi” is a dry, not very sweet…

Why the Apple HDTV Rumor Won’t (and Maybe Shouldn’t) Die

It’s a rumor as insidious as cicadas and even more annoying: the Apple Television. Not another Apple TV box. A full-fledged, high-def, wall-mounted monster straight out of Cupertino. And while it’s always seemed unlikely, the murmurs and the rumblings won’t stop. Is it possible that this time they’re actually onto something? https://gizmodo.com/an-apple-television-is-a-very-stupid-idea-5613905 First thing’s first:…

Kermit the Stark? Game of Thrones Muppet posters are made of Win

Westeros gets a lot fuzzier in these amazing Muppet Game of Thrones posters. Looking at Prince Joffrizzo and Tyrion Fozzister is making us rethink a lot of the key moments in the past few episodes. These posters are the work of Yehudi Mercado, the animator behind HorseBack Salad studio, whose latest creations include Buffalo Speedway…

The Financial Times Can Even Make LOLspeak Boring

When the bunch of stodgy old Brits over at the Financial Times attempt to describe the world of internet slang to its readers, verbal trainwrecks, like this paragraph, happen. The group takes the name Lulz from 4chan slang derived from LOL, shorthand for laughing out loud, tweaked to refer to laughing at others’ surprise or…

My Shoe Heaven Is in This Store

Am I alive? That’s what I thought when I saw pictures of this Sneakerology store in Sydney, Australia. See I have an inordinate amount of love for sneakers and shoes, and this store layout—which is very museum-like—is perfect The shoes are organized in a shelving system that alternates shoes and a white box light (that…

Pioneer’s AppRadio, the iPhone Controlled Car Audio System, Is Available for $400

Pioneer’s AppRadio, which put your iPhone and car audio system in harmony with one another, is now available for $400. The companion app has also been updated to include access to the iPhone’s Contacts, Calendar and Photo apps. https://gizmodo.com/pioneer-appradio-imagine-your-entire-car-stereo-system-5805638

The Bamboo Water Bottle’s Secret Ingredient Is Way Better than Bamboo

Bamboo bamboo bamboo. I get it. It’s written on this damn bottle four times. I know, it’s gonna save the world. I’m not against bamboo, but I’d rather focus on a far more important component of this water bottle: air. Plusses Between the Leed-ready bamboo shell and the deliciously nonporous glass liner is a layer…

Myths about the Future that Could Ruin Your Life

Nobody knows what the future will bring, but most of us think about the future all the time. Will we succeed in our goals? Will we fail? Will the world fall apart? Is the Singularity coming soon? But humans are notoriously bad predictors. We massively overrate the likelihood of remote possibilities, and pretend that near-certainties…

Pick One of These Smart People-Approved Networked Storage Alternatives

Apple’s Time Capsule refresh generated about as much chatter as a networked hard drive can possible drum up—but what if you don’t want a router/backup mutant? Here are three non-Apple data-ass-savers we vouch hard for: https://gizmodo.com/time-capsule-upgraded-to-3tb-airport-and-macbook-air-r-5813961 LG’s Super Multi N2A2 NAS earned some high gushing from PC Mag, which loved its “oh-so-easy setup,” called it…

All the Coolest Stuff Coming to the MoMA Design Store

MoMA’s brilliance lies in collecting the most amazing ordinary things. Chairs that changed the world. Beautiful teapots. And their Design Store lets you take these specimens home—we checked out the newest acquisitions, and here are the best. These Braun analog alarm clocks aren’t new—they’re a reissue of a gorgeous older design. What is new is…