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Evolution Continues To Divide Aspiring Beauty Queens

This year’s Miss USA pageant featured some very polarizing subject matter for our bevy of beautiful lasses to contend with. Like what they thought of evolution. The results were at least only kind of sad. Some of the girls’ trepidation is probably due to not wanting to wind up like Carrie Prejean did back in…

Tech News Kwame Opam Jun 21

Is This the LulzSec/Anon Warrior’s Handbook?

Operation AntiSec is in action, having taken down the UK’s organized crime investigatory wing and claiming a seizure of the entire 2011 UK Census. So how are they doing it? Possibly with this hacker handbook, provided by Anon: https://gizmodo.com/lulzsec-and-anonymous-declare-open-war-against-all-gove-5813560 The document, entitled “The OpNewblood Super Secret Security Handbook” covers a variety of mundane software setup…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jun 21

Watch This Little Termite Robot Build Itself Some Stairs

In the future, these swarm bots won’t destroy your front stairs, they’ll build them. IEEE Spectrum discusses the technology behind Harvard’s Termes Project. Swarms of robots might not always seem like the friendliest things to have in your life, but next time you need a tiny stairway, this hard-working little robot named Kali and a…

Tech News Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum Jun 21

Stinging ants are quite possibly the world’s bossiest animals

Ants are defined by their cooperation and teamwork…but one species is a huge jerk about it. Whenever these ants encounter a task they can’t do on their own, they go back to their colony and essentially kidnap some help. North Carolina State University researcher Benoit Guenard describes the species Pachycondyla chinensis and this never before…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jun 21

I Call This Blackmail

Aol employee Mike Arrington is angry! The TechCrunch founder and co-editor fired off a histrionic screed yesterday directed at Caterina Fake, founder of Flickr and Hunch, with an explicit threat aimed at anyone who doesn’t kowtow to him. In a nutshell, Arrington claims he had a scoop that Caterina Fake was launching yet another startup,…

Tech News Mat Honan Jun 21

Russian Amateurs Launch Globe to the Edge of Space

Everyone loves a great homemade, photo-snapping, high-atmosphere balloon. But what about one carrying a globe with a little Buzz Lightyear figure standing on top? That has to be even cooler, right? Right. Thanks, Russian guys. The team’s unlikely-looking design used pretty standard methods to carry the special cargo above the clouds: hydrogen, a balloon, and…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jun 21

10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Star Wars

Star Wars. It’s part of our culture. A crucial feature of our lives, like an energy field that binds all living things together. You may think you know everything about this rich universe — but there’s always more to learn. The history of Star Wars, both in the universe and behind the scenes, is such…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 21

Three Seasons of True Blood in 5 Minutes

For those of you “trubies” who think True Blood is just one big vampire sex burrito, let this three-season, five-minute video recap be a lesson to you: Sometimes the characters say ridiculous crap and blast light bullets from their fingers. Watch all three seasons of True Blood in just five minutes! And then watch the…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 21

What Color Does a BlackBerry Bleed?

The situation at RIM is pretty ugly right now. They need to finish the PlayBook and launch a bunch of awesome new phones. In the meantime, their financials are reflecting their product situation, which unfortunately means layoffs, starting today apparently. https://gizmodo.com/ten-reasons-why-blackberry-is-screwed-5812832 A suggestion? Keep the hard-working engineers. Maybe start with one of the CEOs. Mike…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jun 21

Inside the Delicious Science of Momofuku’s Secret Kitchen Lab

The first thing I should tell you about the Momofuku Kitchen Lab is that I can’t tell you very much about it. Like, I can’t tell you where it is or most of what happens there or even what’s inside. It’s a place that few have seen, and fewer have been able to talk about.…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jun 21

Cool Your Beer and Roast Your Marshmallows With This

Shift Space Design has the right idea with their Funston fire pit/ice chest combo. It’s perfect for those all-day backyard parties you’ll be having this summer with your friends. Set this up where your guests will see it, and use the ice chest side to cool your beer and drinks while you’re manning the barbecue.…

Tech News Kwame Opam Jun 21

Find Out Who Will Continue to Save Lives with the Help of a New Energizer Inductive Charger

Thanks to everyone who entered the Energizer Inductive Phone Charged Contest. Gizmodo readers have spoken and have chosen the most deserving thank-God-my-phone-was-charged moment. Congratulations to David, who has won an Energizer Inductive Charger, built with Qi technology, the universal wireless charging standard, on account of his harrowing account of heroism posted again below, in case…

Tech News Sponsored post Jun 21

In Wednesday’s comics, Swamp Thing returns and Spider-Man ponders his own mortality

Wednesday’s comics are a Whitman’s Sampler of superheroes going through profound life changes that require the guidance of a certified mental health professional. Do superheroes have therapists? I always assumed Alfred and Jarvis psychoanalyzed Batman and Tony Stark, respectively. First Issues DC resurrects the original moss man in Brightest Day Aftermath: The Search For Swamp…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jun 21

Intel Has a 50-Core, Supercomputer-Ready Processor on the Way

Intel’s Larrabee may have been a disaster, but that doesn’t mean all that research was for naught. It’s now surfaced in their upcoming, 50-core Knights Corner supercomputing processor, which will soon be commercially available. https://gizmodo.com/intels-high-end-larrabee-graphics-card-wont-be-released-5419399 Ars Technica says that it will compete with NVIDIA’s Tesla Supercomputer processor, but will aim for ease of implementation, rather…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jun 21

FCC Is Trying To Get Rid of Hidden Phone Fees

The FCC is starting an effort to prevent telcos from charging their customers for unauthorized or hidden fees. The new rules are meant to address consumer complaints about cramming, or misleading charges for things like long distance service. While companies like AT&T have stated that they’re working on protecting their customers from such charges, the…

Tech News Kwame Opam Jun 21

The best horror fiction and alternate-history stories of 2010: Revealed!

Over the past few days, the winners of the Bram Stoker Awards (for horror fiction) and the finalists for the Sidewise Awards (for alternate history) were announced. Want to know what the best terrifying stories and allohistories are? The Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel went to A Dark Matter by Peter Straub.…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 21

Dutch Building Looks Like It Landed on the Surface of Mars

Architecture firms tend to use their offices as a giant business card they can work inside. Decos’ is no exception—except it looks like an astronaut base, not a Dutch headquarters. Their inspiration? A meteorite impact. The building itself is situated in a business park dedicated to space-related commerce, so the other-planetary design should fit right…

Space & Spaceflight Sam Biddle Jun 21

650-Feet of Wind-Catching Fury

650 feet! That’s as tall as 113 average-height American men stacked on top of each other. That’s the size of a 54-story building. In other words, that’s huge. But why? Well, why build three, 2MW wind turbines when you can build a single, 7.5MW tower for a third of the upkeep? That’s what the engineers…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jun 21

A Newspaper Scented Candle Probably Smells Like Death

Print is dead, or something like that. So honor it with this newspaper-scented candle! The candle has hints of guaiacwood, cedar, musk and spice and that somehow combines to re-create that grey lady newspaper smell. I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve always hated that newspaper smell. That scent always reminded me of a…

Tech News Casey Chan Jun 21

Next iPhone Getting a Totally New Case Design This August?

Apple’s next iPhone will undoubtedly go harder and faster than the 4—but will it look completely different too? BGR says yes, citing “anonymous sources” who claim a “radical new case design for the upcoming iPhone.” Radical sounds radical. Keep all the usual caveats about anonymous sources in mind, of course, and note that BGR’s covert…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jun 21

Evolution Continues To Divide Aspiring Beauty Queens

Is This the LulzSec/Anon Warrior’s Handbook?

Watch This Little Termite Robot Build Itself Some Stairs

Stinging ants are quite possibly the world’s bossiest animals

I Call This Blackmail

Russian Amateurs Launch Globe to the Edge of Space

10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Star Wars

Three Seasons of True Blood in 5 Minutes

What Color Does a BlackBerry Bleed?

Inside the Delicious Science of Momofuku’s Secret Kitchen Lab

Cool Your Beer and Roast Your Marshmallows With This

Find Out Who Will Continue to Save Lives with the Help of a New Energizer Inductive Charger

In Wednesday’s comics, Swamp Thing returns and Spider-Man ponders his own mortality

Intel Has a 50-Core, Supercomputer-Ready Processor on the Way

FCC Is Trying To Get Rid of Hidden Phone Fees

The best horror fiction and alternate-history stories of 2010: Revealed!

Dutch Building Looks Like It Landed on the Surface of Mars

650-Feet of Wind-Catching Fury

A Newspaper Scented Candle Probably Smells Like Death

Next iPhone Getting a Totally New Case Design This August?

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