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This Spherical Robot Can Unfurl Its Four Legs After Being Tossed

Researchers in Japan have developed a remarkable new robot that bears a startling resemblance to the Droideka of Star Wars. Called QRoSS, this throwable, sphere-shaped robot can move around either by rolling or walking on all fours. Mercifully, it’s not capable of firing lasers or engaging force fields…at least not yet. This robot was developed…

Tech News George Dvorsky Oct 16

Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak Is So Beautiful, It’ll Drive You Slightly Mad

Guillermo del Toro has an amazing gift for mixing the grotesque and the gorgeous. And his latest film Crimson Peak, out today, takes that visual panache to a brand new height. With every shot, del Toro overloads our senses more and more, until madness beckons. Incredibly minor spoilers ahead. Like, seriously, don’t worry about it.…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Oct 16

What exactly is light?

It’s simple enough, right? Light is light. We get it from the Sun, when we flip on the switch, or turn on the flashlight. We see it! But that explanation doesn’t really explain anything. Kurz Gesagt breaks down what light is using wavelengths and frequencies and the speed of it to explain why it’s so…

Sploid Casey Chan Oct 16

How a Supercomputer Helps Fight Flies That Ravage Crops for 700 Million People

Ever hear of whiteflies? They’re the color of snowflakes and practically as tiny, but they’re global plant-killers. One of their favorite snacks is the cassava, a root that’s a crucial staple food for 700 million people worldwide. But one computational biologist and her team are on a mission to save the cassava from this virus-carrying…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin Oct 16

A Supernatural Force Teaches a Cruel Prince an Important Lesson

In KINGKILLS, a spoiled and destructive prince takes his cruel ways out of the palace and into nature, where a spirit of the forest turns the tables on him. It’s a simple little short, but the animation is simply gorgeous. The original art and visual development comes from Anastasia Kim and the direction and visual…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Oct 16

Euronews’ Alien HQ in Lyon Is Staring At You

Euronews opened its brand new global headquarters in Lyon, France on Thursday, and I am pretty sure Lyon just got an iconic landmark on the bank of its Saône River. Paris-based architects Jakob+MacFarlane’s work became reality in four years, and now the multilingual news television channel has a modern and extravagant new home in the…

Tech News Attila Nagy Oct 16

How the Peeple App’s Psychological Logic Misses The Mark

Several weeks ago, Julia Cordray and Nicole McCullough unveiled their plans for a new app called “Peeple,” billed as a “Yelp for People” where users would be able to conveniently rate every person they’ve ever met as if they were trendy restaurants or hair salons. They think this will help spread “good feeling.” Social psychology…

Tech News Melanie Tannenbaum Oct 16

Filter Your Spotify Playlists for Easier Music Management

Playlists are at the core of the Spotify experience, but it’s all too easy to end up with an abundance of overlong ones—after all, once you start compiling the very best disco tracks from Spotify’s 30m+ track library it’s difficult to stop. Fortunately, the desktop apps include a simple playlist filtering option, though it’s pretty…

Gadgets David Nield Oct 16

Heroes Reborn Is Falling Into the Exact Same Trap That Heroes Did

Hey, remember all that potential I said that Heroes Reborn had two weeks ago after the third episode? Well, I don’t think I was technically wrong, but I do think Heroes Reborn has managed to squander most of it over the last two episodes. Almost nothing happened, and what little did occur wasn’t that interesting.…

Television Rob Bricken Oct 16

Collect Coins, Not Infinity Gems, With a Thanos Gauntlet Bank

Your goals might not be as ambitious as Thanos’ were when he collected all six of the Infinity Gems for his infamous Gauntlet. But who’s to say that saving your loose change for a pizza delivery one day isn’t as important to you as conquering the universe was to Thanos? This foot-tall coin bank from…

Books & Comics Andrew Liszewski Oct 16

Shattered Empire Is Blending Star Wars Old And New In Some Interesting Ways

In a world where it almost feels like we’re getting new Star Wars content every other day, there seems to be a consensus that Disney is attempting to push aside the Prequel movies to focus on the original films and the franchise’s future. If you’re reading Shattered Empire though, it’d be hard to think that…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Oct 16

Berkeley Professor Found Guilty of Sexual Harassment Resigns

Geoff Marcy, the prominent astronomer found guilty of sexually harassing several female students between 2001 and 2010, has resigned from his tenured position on the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley. The action comes in the wake of a growing outcry over the university’s lack of sanctions against him for his misconduct, including an…

Tech News Jennifer Ouellette Oct 16

Game Of Thrones Teases A Whole New Gamechanger For Daenerys

Get a load of Alien 5’s new pulse rifle! Kathleen Kennedy says it’s inevitable a woman will direct a Star Wars film. Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters will return… on TV. Plus, Agents of SHIELD casts a mysterious new character, and new clips from tomorrow’s Doctor Who. Spoilers! Alien: Paradise Lost Like basically every studio…

Television James Whitbrook Oct 16

On Swedish TV, Dancing Tampons Teach Kids About Menstruation

Sweden has found a way to avoid those awkward boys-in-the-gym, girls-in-the-lunchroom fifth grade lessons about menstruation and basic genital anatomy: making videos with catchy songs for children’s television. Their latest film features marionettes made of tampons and lyrics that stress that menstruation is completely normal. According to Swedish paper The Local, it will air today…

Tech News Diane Kelly Oct 16

Uber Wins UK Ruling Declaring It Distinct From Traditional London Cabs

Uber bosses are on the receiving end of some good news today for once, with a UK court deciding that its app-based distance-calculating thing is different enough from the black cab taximeter that it should be allowed to continue to operate. Transport for London brought the case to the court, complaining on behalf of London’s…

Tech News Gary Cutlack - Gizmodo UK Oct 16

This New Arduino 101 Uses Intel’s Tiny, Low-Power Curie Chip

This is the latest addition to Arduino’s line-up of budget-friendly development boards, and it uses Intel’s cute-as-a-button Curie chip to power itself along. In fact, the Intel chip’s not far off the size of a button, either, yet somehow it manages to squeeze Bluetooth and a six-axis sensor with gyroscope and accelerometer into its frame,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Oct 16

Our Modern Sleeping Habits Are Very Similar to Our Preindustrial Ancestors’

It’s often said that smartphones, TV and electric lighting all contribute to us sleeping worse than our ancestors. But a new study suggests that groups in rural communities in Africa and South America, with lifestyles similar to our preindustrial ancestors, sleep much like we do in the Western world. A team from the University of…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Oct 16

UK Sidewalks Are Spewing Wifi Into the Street

In the sleepy British town of Chesham, the sidewalks are a little bit special. The very ground on which people walk is now providing respectably fast wifi to residents as they wander around the streets. Developed by the UK’s Virgin Media, a series of submerged access points have been installed around the centre of the…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Oct 16

Microsoft Will Give You $200 For Your Aging Laptop—Or $300 If It’s a Mac

If you’re considering buying a new Windows 10 laptop, Microsoft has just announced a promotion that might push you over the edge: when you buy a new computer, it’ll give you $200 if you hand over your current Windows laptop, or $300 if it’s a MacBook. The deal, called Easy Trade Up, will see Microsoft…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Oct 16

These Are the Best Microscopic Images of 2015

Every year, Nikon’s Small World Competition rounds up the best microscopic images from scientists around the world. The results are strange and beautiful — take a look at them here. The competition brings what scientists see through their microscopes on a daily to the wider world. The winning entries are always impressive, and this year’s…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Oct 16

This Spherical Robot Can Unfurl Its Four Legs After Being Tossed

Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak Is So Beautiful, It’ll Drive You Slightly Mad

What exactly is light?

How a Supercomputer Helps Fight Flies That Ravage Crops for 700 Million People

A Supernatural Force Teaches a Cruel Prince an Important Lesson

Euronews’ Alien HQ in Lyon Is Staring At You

How the Peeple App’s Psychological Logic Misses The Mark

Filter Your Spotify Playlists for Easier Music Management

Heroes Reborn Is Falling Into the Exact Same Trap That Heroes Did

Collect Coins, Not Infinity Gems, With a Thanos Gauntlet Bank

Shattered Empire Is Blending Star Wars Old And New In Some Interesting Ways

Berkeley Professor Found Guilty of Sexual Harassment Resigns

Game Of Thrones Teases A Whole New Gamechanger For Daenerys

On Swedish TV, Dancing Tampons Teach Kids About Menstruation

Uber Wins UK Ruling Declaring It Distinct From Traditional London Cabs

This New Arduino 101 Uses Intel’s Tiny, Low-Power Curie Chip

Our Modern Sleeping Habits Are Very Similar to Our Preindustrial Ancestors’

UK Sidewalks Are Spewing Wifi Into the Street

Microsoft Will Give You $200 For Your Aging Laptop—Or $300 If It’s a Mac

These Are the Best Microscopic Images of 2015

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