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What Does A Running Dishwasher Look Like On The Inside?

Basically, like a bidet from hell. “Always wanted to see what happens in my dishwasher after I close the door,” writes YouTuber Bito, who shot this footage with a GoPro. It bears mentioning that this dishwasher is on the older side. Newer models forego the gyrating hydro-phallus in favor of two or more rapidly spinning…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jun 1 '14

4K Is Officially the Next Dumb Format War

If your bank account has left you unaware of the state of the 4K movement, here’s a fun surprise: if you buy a 4K movie from Sony, you’ll need a Sony television to play it back. If you buy one from Samsung, you’ll need a Samsung TV to view it. Which means that what should…

Gadgets Pranav Dixit Jun 1 '14

This is the rocket that will make SpaceX’s Dragon V2 land anywhere

This is the SuperDraco thruster. According to SpaceX, eight of these engines will allow the Dragon V2 spaceship to land anywhere in the planet with the same accuracy of an helicopter. Here you can see it in action, during the last test of its final certification. https://gizmodo.com/first-look-at-dragon-v2-the-first-manned-spaceship-by-1583376826 During its presentation, Elon Musk said that the…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Jun 1 '14

Someone On In The Flesh Finally Does Something Brave

After last week’s side story, In the Flesh returns to its core characters this week. But while some characters continue to pursue a potentially cataclysmic prophecy, others are dealing with more intimate problems—and one character decides to face their problems head-on. Which will have larger consequences for Roarton? While Simon is trying to find the…

io9 Lauren Davis Jun 1 '14

WWDC: What Are You Looking Forward To Most?

Just when we’re finally getting used to iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks, it’s time for Apple to reveal what’s next in the future of these platforms. WWDC 2014, Apple’s annual developer conference is happening in San Francisco’s Moscone West in less than 24 hours and we’ve got many, many things on our iOS 8…

Tech News Pranav Dixit Jun 1 '14

Scientists Can Now 3D Print Human Blood Vessels

Sure, we can now 3D print stem cells and even whole organs like kidneys, heart, liver and lungs. But 3D printing blood vessels? Now that was a challenge. A team from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston has managed to successfully fabricate blood vessels using a three-dimensional bioprinting technique, Phys.org reports. Here’s how they did…

Tech News Pranav Dixit Jun 1 '14

Last Night’s Orphan Black Made Us Actually Cheer For Donnie

Somehow Donnie, Alison’s hapless, terrible husband, was the star of last night’s Orphan Black. Yes, he’s still a moron and a sneak, but now we know that Donnie also has a heart—one that makes him do all the deliciously wrong things. Family Day is almost here and Alison and Vic are fake-bonding over the crafting…

Television Lauren Davis Jun 1 '14

Naming Hurricanes is Weirdly Complicated

Between retiring names from traumatic storms, objecting to names ever being given to storms, mixed-up pronouns, exhausting the set name-list, and figuring out what to do when a storm dies down then builds back up, hurricane naming conventions are anything but simple. http://thevane.gawker.com/politics-of-hurricanes-hitler-israel-and-the-worlds-1581526281

Tech News Mika McKinnon Jun 1 '14

Humans Are Driving Animals To Extinction At A Shocking Rate

Fossil and genetic evidence tell us that animals have been going extinct since long before the existence of modern humans – but how might extinction rates differ if humans suddenly ceased to exist? A recently updated calculation suggests the rate of die-offs would be lower. Much, much lower. Photo Credit: NASA According to a team…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jun 1 '14

You Can Grab Software That Helped Pixar Make Wall-E For Free Soon

If you’re an aspiring animator, this might be the best news you’ll hear this month: Pixar is giving away—that’s right, giving away—a version of RenderMan, its in-house rendering software. Gratis. No catch. You’ll be able to download the program some time in August. Pixar has used RenderMan, which costs $500 a pop for commercial use,…

Tech News Pranav Dixit Jun 1 '14

Star Trek is ridiculous when you eliminate the camera shake

I’m glad video stabilization technology is mainstream now. It’s giving us new insight into historical events, opening new perspectives in scientific research, and then there is the endless fun factor—like seeing how ridiculous the battle scenes in Star Trek: The Next Generation are. Enjoy! The original Star Trek, as posted by reader Major-Frank: SPLOID is…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Jun 1 '14

Google Wants To Bring The Best Moto X Feature to Every Android Phone

One of the best features of the Moto X—besides that perfectly-sized screen—is its always-on listening capability. Nothing beats saying “OK, Google” and watching the device wake up from sleep to do your bidding. It works like magic, and if this Android Police report is true, it’ll be coming to every Android phone before you know…

Tech News Pranav Dixit Jun 1 '14

Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral?

It’s a constant tease that here on the Space subsite we have a surprisingly strong overlap with the Animals subsite. This gallery-game takes that concept to a new level, challenging you to identify photographs as animal, vegetable, or mineral. https://gizmodo.com/can-you-guess-the-subject-of-this-photograph-1584431929

Biology Mika McKinnon Jun 1 '14

How Jules Verne Helped Invent the Helicopter

Jules Verne’s novels may have done as much as anything to spur man to new heights—literally. In 1862 Verne had much to do with a new society founded in France. Its founders were an aristocrat, a sailor and a journalist-photographer. As disparate as were their backgrounds and professions, they were as one in their belief…

io9 Ron Miller Jun 1 '14

The 5 Biggest Threats To Human Existence

In the daily hubbub of current “crises” facing humanity, we forget about the many generations we hope are yet to come. Not those who will live 200 years from now, but 1,000 or 10,000 years from now. Photo Credit: U.S. Department of Energy | CC BY 2.0 I use the word “hope” because we face…

io9 Anders Sandberg – The Conversation Jun 1 '14

Report: The NSA Collects Millions of Faces From Email, Texts, and More

Not only is the NSA interested in all your email and text messages, it would love to know exactly what you look like. The New York Times reports that the agency has been using new facial recognition software to tap into millions of images in emails, texts messages, video-conferences, and even social media to build…

Tech News Pranav Dixit Jun 1 '14

The Metallic Metals Act Shows People Always Bluffed About Politics

A staple segment of partisan talk shows, or regular comedy shows, is sending a camera operator out on the street and demonstrate – via a quick survey – how little people these days know about politics. But political ignorance, covered by bluffing, is not a modern thing, as the Metallic Metals Act shows. Every election…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jun 1 '14

GeoCakes are Pretty, Delicious Geology Lessons

The Geological Society hosted a bake-off so spectacular I challenge any other discipline to compete. From rock cores to outcrops, phylogeny trees to death assemblages, and thin sections to test pits, geology and baking make a great combination. Mars cake with a marzipan rover. Image credit: unknown While the Geological Society awarded points and winners…

Tech News Mika McKinnon Jun 1 '14

Can You Guess The Subject Of This Photograph?

The folks at Nautilus have put created an eye-catching game of Animal, Vegetable or Mineral? from photographs captured at the microscopic level. For the photo above, the choices are Vegetable: Leaf Stem, Mineral: Coal fly ash or Animal: Cross section of hair. Can you guess which it is? The photo above is a cross section…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jun 1 '14

Do Wild Animals Get Drunk and High On Purpose?

In South Africa, local legend has it that the elephants like to get drunk. They seek out the marula tree, overindulge on its sweet fruits, and enjoy the intoxicating effects of the slightly fermented juice. Tales of the tipsy pachyderms go back at least two centuries. In the 1830s, a French naturalist called Adulphe Delegorgue…

Biology Jason G. Goldman Jun 1 '14

What Does A Running Dishwasher Look Like On The Inside?

4K Is Officially the Next Dumb Format War

This is the rocket that will make SpaceX’s Dragon V2 land anywhere

Someone On In The Flesh Finally Does Something Brave

WWDC: What Are You Looking Forward To Most?

Scientists Can Now 3D Print Human Blood Vessels

Last Night’s Orphan Black Made Us Actually Cheer For Donnie

Naming Hurricanes is Weirdly Complicated

Humans Are Driving Animals To Extinction At A Shocking Rate

You Can Grab Software That Helped Pixar Make Wall-E For Free Soon

Star Trek is ridiculous when you eliminate the camera shake

Google Wants To Bring The Best Moto X Feature to Every Android Phone

Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral?

How Jules Verne Helped Invent the Helicopter

The 5 Biggest Threats To Human Existence

Report: The NSA Collects Millions of Faces From Email, Texts, and More

The Metallic Metals Act Shows People Always Bluffed About Politics

GeoCakes are Pretty, Delicious Geology Lessons

Can You Guess The Subject Of This Photograph?

Do Wild Animals Get Drunk and High On Purpose?

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