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xkcd Explains Why Brain Scans Can Be Misleading

So much of neuroscience is now based entirely on fMRI studies. But as Randall Munroe’s latest webcomic points out, brain scans are not without their limitations. Indeed, as important and illuminating as fMRI studies are, they often don’t tell the whole story. More on this here, here, and here.

io9 George Dvorsky Nov 28

A 9-Volt Battery Is All This Tiny Charger Needs To Revive Your Phone

When you’re spending the day with family you probably haven’t seen in a year, nothing is more vital to keeping your sanity than your smartphone. And to ensure it’s got enough charge to keep you busy on Twitter instead of actually having to talk to your cousins, the diminutive but clever Plan V charger accepts…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Nov 28

Scientists Have Invented a Time Cloak That Makes Events Disappear

We’ve all heard of invisibility cloaks that can (theoretically) hide objects. But a team of researchers from Purdue University have now built a time cloak that allows them to hide events. While invisibility cloaks make events disappear in sight, a time cloak makes an event disappear in time.To do that, the researchers have used laser…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Nov 28

Time Travel Short Shows How You Could End Up Fighting Yourself For Love

This charming short film from Swedish filmmakers Andreas Climent and André Hedetoft is romantic comedy with a time traveling basis. Forgoing the usual knots of paradoxes and the dangers of your own timeline, “Double Trouble” asks, “Would you let another you woo your true love?” The film was successfully financed by Kickstarter last year. Learn…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Nov 28

Retro Safety Glasses For Style-Conscious Carpenters

Just because you’re handy with a hammer doesn’t mean you have to look fashionably-challenged while plying your trade. So leave it to Restoration Hardware to stock a pair of retro-styled horn-rimmed safety glasses to keep you looking chic while working on a construction site. They’re not only about looks, either. These are genuine ANSI-certified protective…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 28

I Refuse To Be Friends With Anybody Who Doesn’t Love This Book

It’s okay to disagree with your friends or loved ones about certain things. But still, some things are sacred. Which science fiction or fantasy book is so essential, you’d refuse to be friends with (or to date) someone who didn’t like it? Please include a book cover, book trailer, piece of fan art, or other…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Nov 28

GOTG 2 might not be real yet, but this lovely Poster is

Guardians of the Galaxy 2 might be a long while away, but that didn’t stop artist Orlando Arocena cooking up this gorgeous poster for the movie, featuring Thanos and the Milano looking all fabulous and whatnot. It’s even James Gunn approved! Arocena created the art for a release party for GOTG’s home release, making the…

Tech News James Whitbrook Nov 28

Netflix-Style Booze Recommendation Works Surprisingly Well

We all know that desperate feeling of standing alone, motionless, and confused in a bottle shop. You need to take a decent bottle to a dinner party but have no idea what to get. Wouldn’t it be magical if a could just read the labels and tell you what’s good? Well, yes it would be,…

Artificial Intelligence Adam Clark Estes Nov 28

Your Flying Robotic Waiter Will Be Right With You

Flying quadcopters are scheduled to start serving customers in Singapore restaurants by the end of next year. Sounds great, but do we still need to leave a tip? The robots are being deployed to help alleviate Singapore’s labor crunch and to take away mundane tasks of serving food and drinks, “allowing human waiters to focus…

io9 George Dvorsky Nov 28

Graphene Body Armor Will Be Twice as Good as Regular Bullet-Proof Vests

We know that graphene is super strong, so it should stand to reason that it would be a sensible—if expensive—choice for body armor. Now, scientists have demonstrated that it’s twice as effective as the material currently used to make bullet-proof vests. https://gizmodo.com/9-incredible-uses-for-graphene-5988977 Researchers from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst have been investigating how graphene stands up…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Nov 28

Why Everything You Know About Wolf Packs Is Wrong

The alpha wolf is a figure that looms large in our imagination. The notion of a supreme pack leader, who fought his way to dominance and reigns superior to the other wolves in his pack, is huge in pop culture. And this idea informs how many people understand wolf behavior. But the alpha wolf doesn’t…

io9 Lauren Davis Nov 28

The New Supergirl Series Could Cross Over With Flash And Arrow

This would be a first for DC, which has four shows based on comic book characters on TV right now. Thus far, the only shows sharing a universe have been the two sharing a network. But according to Greg Berlanti, that could be about to change. In the November 5th print issue of Entertainment Weekly,…

Television Katharine Trendacosta Nov 28

An Original Beatles Mic Is A Better Use Of Your Black Friday Cash

You know that $600 you have stashed under the mattress to buy a pimpin’ flatscreen in the sales? Grab it, raid the kid’s piggy banks, and jump on a plane down to Dallas: some of the Beatles’ microphones, complete with authentic Lennon & McCartney Spittle, are up for sale. There’s three mics listed, all Reslo…

Tech News Chris Mills Nov 28

Everything You Need To Know About NASA’s Next Deep Space Mission

NASA is dreaming big and working hard. Orion is the result, the first step in opening up deep space exploration to humans — and hopefully, bringing people to Mars. The spacecraft undergoes its first test flight next week, and here’s everything you need to know about it. https://gizmodo.com/meet-orion-nasas-new-deep-space-explorer-1663858997

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 28

What Doctor Who is telling us about the changing ways we watch TV

Earlier today, the BBC released new internal ratings figures for Doctor Who’s most recent season, and they show it’s becoming a growing trend that less and less people are watching live. But this isn’t just happening to Doctor Who, it’s happening for TV all over – especially when it comes to genre TV. To start…

Television James Whitbrook Nov 28

Meet Orion, NASA’s New Deep Space Explorer

The largest rocket on the planet is about to carry NASA’s dreams into a highly inclined orbit around the Earth. Exploration Test Flight-1, the first uncrewed full-system test flight for the new Orion spacecraft is December 4th. Here’s what it is, why it’s awesome, and how it’s the first step in NASA’s Next Giant Leap.…

Tech News Mika McKinnon Nov 28

12 Ways Airports Are Actually Getting Better

Airports are coming full circle. Back in the golden age of air travel, flying was a luxurious experience. And then, after 9/11, the industry sank to its lowest. Tightened security and the rising cost of fuel made air travel almost excruciating. But it’s getting better, especially at airports. Top image: Robert Churchill/Getty Images Although wait…

io9 Tracy Staedter - Discovery News Nov 28

How Long It Takes to Burn Off a Thanksgiving Dinner 10 Different Ways

For once, let’s not lie to ourselves about how we’re going to “take it easy” this Thanksgiving. Most of us are going to give thanks by indulging like gluttonous pigs. It’s okay, we can give ourselves a pass every now and then, but let’s be real: if we don’t want to have more chins on…

Tech News Brent Rose Nov 28

Bad Lip-Reading Turns Hunger Games: Catching Fire Into Musical Mayhem

There aren’t many things that would get me to stop watching the new Force Awakens trailer over and over again, but a new Bad Lip-Reading is one of them. This time they bring Katniss’ complete insanity and the cast’s penchant for breaking into song to the forefront, and it’s as hilariously ridiculous as usual. This…

io9 Rob Bricken Nov 28

Cheap Tablets Aren’t Just Crap, They’re Dangerous

As you head to your local Walmart today for America’s annual reenactment of The Hunger Games, here’s a reminder that sucker-punching someone to get the last $50 tablet might not be the wisest course of action. For several reasons. The main complaint that you hear against the kinds of cheap, Chinese no-brand tablets filling the…

Tech News Chris Mills Nov 28

xkcd Explains Why Brain Scans Can Be Misleading

A 9-Volt Battery Is All This Tiny Charger Needs To Revive Your Phone

Scientists Have Invented a Time Cloak That Makes Events Disappear

Time Travel Short Shows How You Could End Up Fighting Yourself For Love

Retro Safety Glasses For Style-Conscious Carpenters

I Refuse To Be Friends With Anybody Who Doesn’t Love This Book

GOTG 2 might not be real yet, but this lovely Poster is

Netflix-Style Booze Recommendation Works Surprisingly Well

Your Flying Robotic Waiter Will Be Right With You

Graphene Body Armor Will Be Twice as Good as Regular Bullet-Proof Vests

Why Everything You Know About Wolf Packs Is Wrong

The New Supergirl Series Could Cross Over With Flash And Arrow

An Original Beatles Mic Is A Better Use Of Your Black Friday Cash

Everything You Need To Know About NASA’s Next Deep Space Mission

What Doctor Who is telling us about the changing ways we watch TV

Meet Orion, NASA’s New Deep Space Explorer

12 Ways Airports Are Actually Getting Better

How Long It Takes to Burn Off a Thanksgiving Dinner 10 Different Ways

Bad Lip-Reading Turns Hunger Games: Catching Fire Into Musical Mayhem

Cheap Tablets Aren’t Just Crap, They’re Dangerous

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