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Be the Boy with the Coolest Watch in School

Just take this teeny tiny survey and email the last question to [email protected], and that’ll be your magic ticket—you’ll be entered to win a teeny tiny 8GB iPod nano that you can strap to the watch band of your choice. Instant popularity! And you’ll never be late again. Standard contest rules apply. Only open to…

Tech News Gawkercreative Dec 2

Buy This Bankrupt Satellite to Share Internet With the Poor

A school bus-sized satellite—the world’s most capable—is for sale, as its corporate owner goes under. But rather than let it slowly die, a non-profit is raising money to repurpose it as a free internet provider for the poor. Buy This Satellite says it’ll take $150,000 in contributions to get the ball rolling towards a successful…

Space & Spaceflight Sam Biddle Dec 2

Police Spend All Day Investigating “Murder Scene” That Was Really a Movie Set

Washington, PA Police Chief J.R. Blyth described it as “the most grisly murder scene in his 35 years in law enforcement.” Blood splattered everywhere, a bit of scalp. It took his team hours to realize it was all fake. A fire that started in the basement of the George Washington Hotel led to the discovery…

Movies Brian Barrett Dec 2

30 DVD sets that’ll make the new year bright

When it comes to the “gift that keeps on giving,” there’s nothing like a great DVD set that people will want to watch over and over. Here’s the motherlode of Blu-rays and DVDs with fantastic adventures, amazing extras and more. Firefly — The Complete Series (Blu-ray) Just a plug, right off the bat, for this…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Dec 2

NASA Finds New Life (Updated)

NASA has discovered a new life form, a bacteria called GFAJ-1 that is unlike anything currently living in planet Earth. It’s capable of using arsenic to build its DNA, RNA, proteins, and cell membranes. This changes everything. Updated. NASA is saying that this is “life as we do not know it”. The reason is that…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Dec 2

What if the Moon crashes into the Earth?

We’ve seen what would happen if the Moon disappeared. Now see an image of what a 1936 issue of Science and Mechanics says will happen if the Moon drops out of orbit into the Earth. [Via Modern Mechanix.]

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Dec 2

Dish Network Remote Access App Lets iPad Users Schedule Recordings and Watch Live TV

Tablet-wielding Dish subscribers, prepare for some convergence: The new Remote Access app lets couch potatoes browse listings, schedule recordings, manage DVR libraries, and, for those with Silng-enabled boxes, watch live TV right on the iPad. Free [iTunes]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Dec 2

How Tron Should Really Look In 2010

It looks as though the Tron: Legacy production team thought of nearly everything in updating the classic for today’s audience. Here’s the one crucial, hilarious detail they forgot about, though. Then again, I’m guessing if these things went just by video game popularity the original Flynn would’ve spent most of the first movie eating pellets…

Books & Comics Brian Barrett Dec 2

Strawberry-Pickin’ Robot Only Picks the Red Berries

Yet another field of expertise has been wiped out by some steel pincers—strawberry-pickers. Japan’s robot detects which berries are at least 80 per cent red, and picks them gently off the vine. It’s being trained to pick other forms of berries, but if the ‘bot gets to the point where it can be released safely…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 2

Teen great white sharks don’t have strong enough jaws to kill humans

If you’re ever out in the open ocean and you see a hungry great white shark headed your way, you’d better hope that shark is a teenager. Younger great whites lack the jaw strength necessary to bite humans to death. In research that sounds an awful lot like an excuse to make fun of some…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Dec 2

Social Networking Photo App Path Now Lets You Upload Photos Outside the App

After two weeks of iPhone owners uploading photos taken from within the app, they’re now letting you upload photos from outside the app. That is, photos taken months back or using apps such as Hipstamatic. However, there’s a caveat—they must have been taken using the iPhone’s camera, to retain honesty in a user’s path of…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 2

More Android People Are Using Froyo Than Ever Before

Even more Android users have got Froyo now than they did a month ago, at a cost to Eclair, but mostly 1.6 (Donut), which fell from 15 per cent to 10.6 per cent. Hurrah! [Android via UberGizmo]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 2

Australian skink is caught evolving!

The yellow-bellied three-toed skink lays its eggs along the coast of southeastern Australia. The yellow-bellied three-toed skink gives birth to live young in the mountains of Australia. Same species — two different ways of reproducing. What’s going on here? Along the warmth of the coast, this long, spindly-legged lizard deposits its eggs where they can…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Dec 2

Every science fiction icon can be Elvis when you paint them on black velvet

We’ve marveled at the beauty of black velvet science fiction art before, including the lovely paintings of Bruce White. Now he’s doing a new gallery show, featuring all-new art of Darth Vader, Han Solo and Gojira, looking sexier than ever. White’s show of science fiction-themed black velvet art, appropriately titled “Velveta,” opens Friday at the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Dec 2

Michael Jackson’s Latest Song Can Only Be Heard On Apple’s Ping

While the jury’s still out on the authenticity of MJ’s other single Breaking News from his posthumous album, the latest song has been released—and this time, Apple’s Ping has the exclusive offering. Much Too Soon can be heard now on Apple’s social network Ping, but if you haven’t joined yet, the Michael album is out…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 2

Trailer for mockumentary Grave Encounters delivers some serious scares

We’ve seen plenty of “found footage” movies, but there’s something very special about the independent film Grave Encounters. Set during the filming of a TV show/paranormal investigation, this movie has a few terrifying moments that’ll scare even the most jaded. We can’t believe it’s taken someone this long to create a paranormal investigation/faux discovered footage…

io9 Meredith Woerner Dec 2

A Christmas Carol Goes Interactive and Steampunk for iPad

What I’d really like to see is a Muppet Christmas Carol iPad app, but while we’re still waiting for that, Charles Dickens‘ classic will definitely do. Especially with its gorgeous steampunk look and interactive graphics and music. There are 130 pages within this iPad app, which follows Scrooge as he meets up with the ghosts…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 2

Tron Legacy director admits one special effect doesn’t totally work. Plus there’s hope for an Inception sequel!

Tron Legacy director Joseph Kosinski is proud of his movie, but there’s one major special effect that he’s not happy with. Christopher Nolan is handing Superman over to Zack Snyder, and he won’t say no to another Inception. Spoilers forever! Tron Legacy Director Joseph Kosinski discusses the special effects of the movie, admitting that the…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Dec 2

I’m Glad This Got To You: A Viral Love Letter Delivered

There’s some exciting news for those who have been following the movement of the “I Hope This Gets To You” viral love letter: Walter C. May’s girlfriend—the person around whom the entire idea revolved—has finally become aware of the romantic gesture. There aren’t details about how she wound up discovering the video, but according to…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Dec 2

The Probability of Finding Aliens Is Now Three Times Higher

The total number of stars in the Universe “is likely three times bigger than realized.” Yale University astronomer Pieter van Dokkum says there are “possibly trillions of Earths orbiting these stars,” dramatically increasing the possibility of finding alien civilizations. According to the new study just published in Nature, new observations on the red end of…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Dec 2

Be the Boy with the Coolest Watch in School

Buy This Bankrupt Satellite to Share Internet With the Poor

Police Spend All Day Investigating “Murder Scene” That Was Really a Movie Set

30 DVD sets that’ll make the new year bright

NASA Finds New Life (Updated)

What if the Moon crashes into the Earth?

Dish Network Remote Access App Lets iPad Users Schedule Recordings and Watch Live TV

How Tron Should Really Look In 2010

Strawberry-Pickin’ Robot Only Picks the Red Berries

Teen great white sharks don’t have strong enough jaws to kill humans

Social Networking Photo App Path Now Lets You Upload Photos Outside the App

More Android People Are Using Froyo Than Ever Before

Australian skink is caught evolving!

Every science fiction icon can be Elvis when you paint them on black velvet

Michael Jackson’s Latest Song Can Only Be Heard On Apple’s Ping

Trailer for mockumentary Grave Encounters delivers some serious scares

A Christmas Carol Goes Interactive and Steampunk for iPad

Tron Legacy director admits one special effect doesn’t totally work. Plus there’s hope for an Inception sequel!

I’m Glad This Got To You: A Viral Love Letter Delivered

The Probability of Finding Aliens Is Now Three Times Higher

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