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The Real Reason Why US Adaptations Of British TV Shows Rarely Succeed

When it comes to TV, us Brits get very defensive when America tries to adapt one of our shows – just look at the reaction to the announcement that Black Mirror is getting a US remake. There’s a good reason for the concern though: Most of the time these adaptations don’t really work… and that’s…

Television James Whitbrook Jan 30

What’s Better For Hiking? Boots vs Trail Runners vs Approach Shoes

You want to wear hiking boots to go hiking, right? That may be conventional outdoors wisdom, but often, it’s not the right answer. Let’s examine the merits of each and try to help you find the right solution. https://gizmodo.com/whats-better-for-hiking-boots-vs-trail-runners-vs-appr-1682825752

Tech News Wes Siler Jan 30

What Causes Rigor Mortis?

When you’re dead, you stiffen up. We all know this. But why? What is the process that goes on, inside a dead body, that causes muscle tissue to contract so tightly that the limbs can be impossible to move? We’ll take you into the wonderful world of rigor mortis. We think of the contraction of…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jan 30

6 Supermaterials That Could Change Our World

Graphene isn’t the only game-changing material to come out of a lab. From aerogels nearly as light as air to metamaterials that manipulate light, here are six supermaterials that have the potential to transform the world of the future. Self-healing Materials — Bioinspired Plastics Self-healing plastic. Image credit: UIUC The human body is very good…

Tech News Sarah Zhang Jan 30

What’s Better For Hiking? Boots vs Trail Runners vs Approach Shoes

You want to wear hiking boots to go hiking, right? That may be conventional outdoors wisdom, but often, it’s not the right answer. Let’s examine the merits of each and try to help you find the right solution. Each of us has our own individual needs for footwear. A lot of which shoe or boot…

Tech News Wes Siler Jan 30

An Exclusive Preview Of Helix’s New Big Bad Virus

What’s the big new problem for the cast of Syfy’s Helix? See for yourself! If you’re unaware of the new viral outbreak that the cast is battling in season two, well here’s a face full of infectious insanity. Watch our exclusive clip from tonight’s episode. This season the crew has left the snowy, isolated labs…

Television Meredith Woerner Jan 30

Cute miniature kitchen allows you to cook tiny breakfast on tiny pans

Japanese toy company Konapun has this cute but fully-functional miniature kitchen that is just perfect to cook a real Thanksgiving dinner for your hamster—or his favorite breakfast. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Jan 30

F-35 gets turned into popsicle by giant fridge

Cool photo of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II undergoing tests in extreme freezing weather conditions. An F-35B from the F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force in Maryland has undergone rigorous climatic testing at the U.S. Air Force 96th Test Wing’s McKinley Climatic Laboratory located at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The laboratory supports all-weather testing…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Jan 30

A Tiny Moon Putters Away From Asteroid During Near-Earth Encounter

Asteroid 2004 BL86 charmed us with its tiny, dive-bombing moon during its close approach at the start of this week. Now JPL has released more radar data of the minuscule moon’s trajectory guaranteed to charm us with its unwavering obedience to the laws governing orbital dynamics. https://gizmodo.com/tiny-moon-dive-bombs-asteroid-during-near-earth-flyby-1681906555

Tech News Mika McKinnon Jan 30

Paper Books Will Never Die

After eight years of writing about past visions of the future, I’ve learned to never make predictions of my own. But I’m about to break my own rule because I’m just so damn confident in my prediction: Paper books will never completely disappear. Okay, I’m going to almost immediately hedge and say that I can’t…

Tech News Matt Novak Jan 30

This Weird Video Installation Shows How Cosmic Dung Beetles Really Are

What do you get when you combine a planetarium projector and footage of dung beetles? If you’re video artist Diana Thater, you get a science lesson as well as a meditation on how humans disrupt other forms of life on this planet without even meaning to. Top image via David Zwirner Gallery Thater’s new video…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 30

How Americans Changed The Way Japanese People Ate Sushi

Sushi has taken on its own shape and form in the United States, but even before the first sushi restaurants opened up in California, America had an impact on the type of sushi eaten in Japan. During the American occupation after World War II, a food rationing program helped the rise of nigiri outside Tokyo.…

io9 Lauren Davis Jan 30

Google Now Is About to Get Even Better With Info From Other Apps

Android’s spectacular information hub Google Now is about to get even more useful thanks to new support for third-party apps. According to the WSJ, you’ll soon see cards in Google Now from Airbnb, Lyft, and “several dozen,” other apps. Google Now’s predictive information is just splendid. Using your search history and information from your email…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 30

How Obama Will Spend The $215 Million Pledged To Precision Medicine

In an effort to make the current “one-size-fits-all” approach to medicine a thing of the past, the Obama administration has unveiled details about its Precision Medicine Initiative, an exciting and ambitious approach to personalizing the way we treat an assortment of diseases. Obama announced the initiative during his recent State of the Union address, saying…

io9 George Dvorsky Jan 30

Good News: Verizon Will Finally Let You Turn Off Tracking “Supercookie”

Verizon has decided to allow its customers to completely opt-out of its controversial ‘supercookie’ tracking program, which monitored customers’ habits on their smartphones and tablets. Like, for real this time. When Wired published a story revealing Verizon’s tracking methods, people (like me) understandably complained that it was an affront to privacy, especially since the supercookies…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs Jan 30

I’m pretty sure this has already happened in a secret lab somewhere

Norwegian director and special effects master Erik Ferguson seems to be obsessed with weird life and organic matter. His short VEv is a good example of this obsession, showing tissue growing in a laboratory—amorphous living beings with basic mobility. Gross and fascinating at the same time. While this is not real, I wouldn’t be surprised…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Jan 30

Chicks Might Map Numbers From Left To Right – Just Like Us!

When you think of the numbers 1–10, you probably envision them running along a line, with 1 on the left and 10 on the right. Scientists have long debated whether this tendency is hardwired or culturally instilled. This week, the hardwired camp scored a major point. Young chickens, it seems, also map numbers from left…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 30

The Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger May Not Happen

Stopping the merger of two of the most disliked mega-corporations in America would be a great thing. Here’s how it could happen. This week brought some good news for internet lovers nationwide. Remember how that Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger seemed inevitable a year ago? Suddenly, it’s not so inevitable, as leaders are apparently realizing that…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Jan 30

Where Is Philae, And When Will It Wake Up?

The hunt for Rosetta’s misplaced lander on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is like staring out an airplane window trying to find a washing machine in a field of boulders. These gorgeous new images from the European Space Agency highlight the incredible challenge of finding a tiny robot on a huge comet. The tumbling descent of Philae to…

Tech News Mika McKinnon Jan 30

That Time Soviet Russia Sent Dogs Into Space

The dog Laika, the first living being to orbit the Earth, lives on in our memories along with her lethal Sputnik 2 mission, on which she was an unwitting pioneer in the USSR’s space program more than 57 years ago. Her story is central to Lasse Hallström’s 1985 movie, “My Life as a Dog,” and…

Space & Spaceflight Lisa Hix - Collector's Weekly Jan 30

The Real Reason Why US Adaptations Of British TV Shows Rarely Succeed

What’s Better For Hiking? Boots vs Trail Runners vs Approach Shoes

What Causes Rigor Mortis?

6 Supermaterials That Could Change Our World

What’s Better For Hiking? Boots vs Trail Runners vs Approach Shoes

An Exclusive Preview Of Helix’s New Big Bad Virus

Cute miniature kitchen allows you to cook tiny breakfast on tiny pans

F-35 gets turned into popsicle by giant fridge

A Tiny Moon Putters Away From Asteroid During Near-Earth Encounter

Paper Books Will Never Die

This Weird Video Installation Shows How Cosmic Dung Beetles Really Are

How Americans Changed The Way Japanese People Ate Sushi

Google Now Is About to Get Even Better With Info From Other Apps

How Obama Will Spend The $215 Million Pledged To Precision Medicine

Good News: Verizon Will Finally Let You Turn Off Tracking “Supercookie”

I’m pretty sure this has already happened in a secret lab somewhere

Chicks Might Map Numbers From Left To Right – Just Like Us!

The Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger May Not Happen

Where Is Philae, And When Will It Wake Up?

That Time Soviet Russia Sent Dogs Into Space

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