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New Technique Allows Bioengineers To “Reprogram” Genetic Code

Scientists at Stanford University have found a way to program DNA in such a way that genes can be turned on or off in living cells. Incredibly, the new tool can affect two different genes at the same time, an advance that will allow scientists to treat even the most complex genetic disorders. There are…

io9 George Dvorsky Jan 28

This Greek island is the perfect paradise—and supervillain hideout

This amazing place is Monemvasia, a fortified town that resisted a siege of more than three years located on a tiny island in the Peloponnese sea connected to continental Greece through a bridge. I want to be in one of those terraces, eating black olives and seafood. The city’s main square The city from the…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Jan 28

Aquaman Won’t Be Blond In The Movies, EVERYBODY PANIC

OH GOD OH GOD JASON MOMOA WHO HAS BEEN CAST AS AQUAMAN IN ALL THE DC MOVIES HAS REVEALED THAT HE WILL NOT BE BLOND LIKE THE COMIC BOOK CHARACTER THIS IS THE WORST THING THAT HAS EVER… wait. No it’s not. It’s actually totally fine. Momoa dropped this “bombshell” at an interview at Sundance,…

Movies Rob Bricken Jan 28

5 Parts of New York That Are Built On Garbage

New York was pretty much a cesspool in the 19th century. “We were a laughingstock,” as anthropologist and trash historian Robin Nagle once put it. But in an odd way, New York owes its current success to its refuse—after all, it’s built on the stuff. The ocean has been New York’s garbage dump for centuries.…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Jan 28

The Difference Between A Great Twist And A Mediocre Twist

Everybody loves a surprise. Our movies, TV shows, books and other media are constantly pulling rabbits out of hats and revealing that the truth is something other than what we believed. But some twists are better than others — and here’s the crucial difference. These days, we hear a lot about the importance of preserving…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jan 28

Bill Gates: Digital Currency Can Help the Poor, But Not Bitcoin

Bill Gates has high hopes for digital currency as an important banking tool for the poor. But Bitcoin isn’t one of those currencies, he said in a Reddit AMA today. At least not in its current form. Gates extolled the value of digital currency in his AMA last year as well, explaining that since many…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Jan 28

Exclusive First Footage: GoPro’s Buttery Smooth High-Def Slow Motion

The baddest action camera on the block is about to get even better. We just got an exclusive look at the first GoPro camera to capture silky smooth 240fps slow motion in glorious high definition. We’ve got the very first footage from a GoPro Hero4 equipped with a hot new firmware update that will bring…

Tech News Brent Rose Jan 28

How “Second Sound” Helps the Large Hadron Collider Work

Superfluids have many extraordinary properties. One of them is called “second sound” even though it doesn’t have anything to do with sound waves. It does have something to do with making the Large Hadron Collider work, though. Find out why. Superfluids are special materials that, when cooled to a certain point, have no viscosity. Viscosity…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jan 28

Marvel At The Lost World Of “Supermarket Spaceships”

The Smithsonian’s Air and Space Magazine has a cool photo essay of “supermarket spaceships,” publicity-seeking mock-ups of rocketships that were paraded around to supermarket openings, state fairs, and the like in the 1950s. Pictured above is an image via Connecticut’s Space Age Museum of a truck-mounted rocket built by packaged-meat purveyors the Luer Packing Company.…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Jan 28

This Spider Catches Prey With a Web of Electrically Charged Silk

Not all spider silk is created equal. Some spiders spin webs of wet, sticky silk. Others like the Uloborus spider have fluffy webs made of nanoscale filaments. But those fluffy webs are just as good at catching prey, likely thanks to their electrostatic charge. In a new paper published in Current Biology, scientists have figured…

Tech News Sarah Zhang Jan 28

We’re in a Technology Arms Race with Bears for Our Food

It’s almost impossible to secure yourself against a food raid from bears. That’s because these giant mammals are clever tool users, and they share their tech knowledge with other bears nearby. As a result, bear-proofing technology rarely works for more than a couple of decades before every bear knows how to crack it. https://gizmodo.com/were-in-a-technology-arms-race-with-bears-for-our-food-1682344883

Tech News Wes Siler Jan 28

Why, Exactly, Does The Sun Turn Green?

Under the right conditions, the upper edge of the setting sun will blaze bright green just before dipping below the horizon. What causes these “green flashes”? The answer is more complicated than you probably realize. Above: A green and blue flash photographed during a sunset visible from Teide Obervatory at Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain |…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 28

We’re in a Technological Arms Race with Bears for Our Food

It’s almost impossible to secure yourself against a food raid from bears. That’s because these giant mammals are clever tool users, and they share their tech knowledge with other bears nearby. As a result, bear-proofing technology rarely works for more than a couple of decades before every bear knows how to crack it. Back in…

Tech News Wes Siler Jan 28

A Brilliant Dark Knight Tumbler Model, Complete With Batman To Drive It

Okay, sure, it’s not remote controlled and packed with an absurd amount of technology like the last Tumbler we featured, but Dragon Models (yes those of the creepy Ultron model)’ latest Comic kit is still gorgeous to behold. And it even comes with Dragon’s first actual action figure! https://gizmodo.com/this-remote-control-batman-tumbler-is-jaw-droppingly-aw-1677352801 The model is currently on display…

Tech News James Whitbrook Jan 28

Why “Spotify For Books” May Not Be The Future Of Publishing. (Yet.)

It makes a certain amount of sense, from a consumer standpoint: companies like Amazon, Scribd and Oyster are offering services where you pay $10 a month and get unlimited books. The author or publisher gets a fee, only if the reader gets past a certain point in the book. But the Economist says “Spotify for…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 28

Anthropologists Have Mapped All 61 Tattoos On Ötzi The Iceman

By using an innovative non-invasive photographic technique, European researchers have managed to locate and map the extensive set of tattoos on the exquisitely preserved remains of Ötzi the Iceman. Remarkably, they even found a previously unknown tattoo on his ribcage. Ötzi’s frozen remains were discovered by two German tourists in the Ötzal Alps on the…

io9 George Dvorsky Jan 28

Deepak Chopra Has the Worst Avatar Ever on Twitter

Deepak Chopra, online werewolf and mortal nemesis of Gizmodo’s Matt Novak, wants you to know the possiblities are infinite. A message he decided to share with the world using the only medium that matters anymore—his Twitter avatar. The possibilities are so infinite, in fact, that he has freed himself from the shackles of spelling. B…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg Jan 28

How The Amount of Meat We Eat Changed In The Last 40 Years, Charted

As a planet, we’re producing and eating more meat than we used to. But just what does that look like in terms of our plates 40 years ago versus today? This chart shows us exactly. The chart, via the FAO’s statistics office, shows how much meat is in the world supply per capita, today versus…

io9 Ria Misra Jan 28

Best dad prize awarded for this transforming Lego building station

Tez Gilmir, who has constructed amazing things like the Alfa Romeo Mailbox and this Soundwave eletrician’s toolbox, has turned his creative eye to his son’s Lego obsession. The above portable Lego creation station is the end result, with bins for brick organization, a great table for building and finished with some cool 3D-printed Lego studs.…

Tech News Michael Schulte Jan 28

Finally, Transition Lens Glasses That Aren’t Total Dorkdom

Blessed are those with perfect vision, but the rest of us poor, nearly blind souls know the torture that is looking for sunglasses when we already have to wear glasses. The options are Fitovers that jut out like VR goggles or flimsy clip-ons or prescription sunglasses ($$$) or god forbid transition lens. (Please don’t get…

Tech News Sarah Zhang Jan 28

New Technique Allows Bioengineers To “Reprogram” Genetic Code

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We’re in a Technology Arms Race with Bears for Our Food

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How The Amount of Meat We Eat Changed In The Last 40 Years, Charted

Best dad prize awarded for this transforming Lego building station

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New Technique Allows Bioengineers To “Reprogram” Genetic Code

This Greek island is the perfect paradise—and supervillain hideout

Aquaman Won’t Be Blond In The Movies, EVERYBODY PANIC

5 Parts of New York That Are Built On Garbage

The Difference Between A Great Twist And A Mediocre Twist

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Exclusive First Footage: GoPro’s Buttery Smooth High-Def Slow Motion

How “Second Sound” Helps the Large Hadron Collider Work

Marvel At The Lost World Of “Supermarket Spaceships”

This Spider Catches Prey With a Web of Electrically Charged Silk

We’re in a Technology Arms Race with Bears for Our Food

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A Brilliant Dark Knight Tumbler Model, Complete With Batman To Drive It

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Deepak Chopra Has the Worst Avatar Ever on Twitter

How The Amount of Meat We Eat Changed In The Last 40 Years, Charted​

Best dad prize awarded for this transforming Lego building station

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How The Amount of Meat We Eat Changed In The Last 40 Years, Charted