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The Most Upsetting Video of an Automatic Chicken Plucker You Will See Today

This is Janet’s Whizbang Chicken Plucker, built using the instructions from the hit bestselling book Anyone Can Build a Tub-Style Mechanical Chicken Plucker. It is absolutely fucking horrifying, and I apologize in advance. [Eat Me Daily via Kottke]

Biology Adam Frucci

Atlantis at Dawn

Enjoy this beautiful image of the space shuttle Atlantis, ready for today’s 2:26pm EST launch, because you are not going to see it many more times: Sadly, it is Atlantis’ second to last launch. Update: Successful launch! Godspeed Atlantis! If you are having problems, you can tune to NASA TV Click to viewClick on the…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Wait a Second, I Have Carl Sagan Powers, Too!

Comic strip xkcd’s take on what would happen if you were bitten by a radioactive Carl Sagan , I mean, Mr. X, is spot freggin’ on. [xkcd] https://gizmodo.com/carl-sagan-auto-tuned-part-ii-featuring-feynman-tyson-5385354

Space & Spaceflight Mark Wilson

Video: Arm Chair Reaches 98,268 Feet in New Toshiba Commercial

The latest object to shoot high-def video from the edge of space is…an arm chair. To promote its REGZA SV LCD TVs (LED backlight, local dimming), Toshiba trekked into the Black Rock Desert with a helium balloon. Watch the result: https://gizmodo.com/new-high-def-home-video-from-the-edge-of-space-5366687 This is the first part of the ad. The second half for their Satellite…

Space & Spaceflight Danny Allen

Psychic Powers, Cochlear Implants, and My Bionic Ex-Boyfriend

There were some perks to dating a cyborg. My ex-boyfriend Josh was born mostly deaf, but had some hearing in one ear thanks to a cochlear implant—a spiral of electrodes threaded into his cochlea to stimulate the auditory nerve, bypassing damaged parts of the ear. The surgery, which is irreversible, wipes out any residual hearing…

Health Anna Jane Grossman

Spirit Rover Ready to Take…Those Sunken Wheels…

…And learn to roll again, roll again so free. Sure, Spirit is stuck in sand and senile, but that doesn’t mean he’s down and out. NASA is ready to free Spirit from the sand and put him back to work. https://gizmodo.com/nasa-mars-spirit-rover-has-recurring-case-of-amnesia-5394559 At least, that’s the plan. Really they’re not expecting much from their efforts. Even…

Space & Spaceflight Chris Jacob

NASA Finds Water on the Moon

In a press conference going on now, NASA has said they’ve found “a significant amount” of water on the moon. It’s an announcement that’s been expected for some time. https://gizmodo.com/official-theres-water-on-the-moon-5366357 Are we talking about enough water for astronauts to actually live off? That’s what NASA is analyzing now, attempting to scale the results of the…

Space & Spaceflight Mark Wilson

Earth

Sometimes we are too busy concentrating on reaching the stars to appreciate what we have here, under our feet. Then again, if we weren’t reaching for the stars, we would never realize this photo. Zoom in for the HD version. https://gizmodo.com/why-we-need-to-reach-the-stars-and-we-will-5247705 Click on the image to see the high resolution So simple, that little blue…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Stunning Milky Way’s Heart Image Combines Three Space Telescope Views In One

I’ve seen many amazing, inspiring, and humbling deep space images, but this look inside the heart of our very own galaxy has left me without superlatives. Zoom in to get the 2820×1409 pixel image, and see how it was made. https://gizmodo.com/hubba-hubba-hubble-desktop-backgrounds-5226294 This new six-by-three-foot multi-wavelength image combines three visions of the Milky Way’s center: A…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

This Is Simply The Coolest Pop-Up Book We’ve Seen

It may not overheat in the presence of bread, but this pop-up book has the most accurate paper Large Hadron Collider ever. Figures that a book would make ending the world by firing that bad boy up look fun. https://gizmodo.com/large-hadron-collider-overheats-due-to-dropped-chunk-of-5397970 The book’s called Voyage To The Heart Of Matter – The Atlas Experiment At CERN…

Physics & Chemistry Rosa Golijan

Most Electronics, DVDs, And Waterbottles Could Give You ED

A five-year study shows that exposure to bisphenol A, a commonly used plastics additive, increases the risk of erectile dysfunction and other sexual problems. This study surveyed factory workers who face high levels of exposure, but further research is coming. Since the levels of exposure faced by the factory workers are about fifty times that…

Health Rosa Golijan

Carl Sagan Deep Space Ship to Go to the Living Room and Beyond

When I was 12, Cosmos was one of my favorite TV shows. The other was Benny Hill. Clearly, planetary exploration and semi-naked girls go together like William Shatner and Elton John songs, whiskey and glass, or Lego and awesome spaceships. https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-look-inside-the-lego-factory-5022769 This is the Carl Sagan deep exploration vessel, created by Ed Diment and Ralph…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

New Spacecraft Uses Starlight to Propel its Sails

A new spacecraft is being launched in about a year, one designed to travel across the solar system. But instead of using rockets to propel itself, it uses sails. Sails pushed by light. Starlight carries not only energy but momentum. Comet tails, for example, are the result of light blowing dust off the comet’s core.…

Space & Spaceflight Adam Frucci

We’re Not So Different, Earth and Mars

Here are two galleries for you, both of photos taken from space. One is of islands here on Earth, the other of landscapes on Mars. It’s amazing, the similarities between the two places when you look from a certain distance. [Wired Science and Big Picture]

Space & Spaceflight Adam Frucci

LaserMotive’s Robot Is The First Ever To Win NASA’s $900,000 Space Elevator Prize

LaserMotive’s photovoltaic-powered machine became the first in the 3-year history of NASA’s space elevator contest to climb a 2,953-foot-long ribbon, securing a prize of $900,000. However, they fell short of the $2 million grand prize. For that, they would have had to ascend the ribbon with an average speed of 11 mph. They didn’t quite…

Space & Spaceflight Sean Fallon

A Gadget to Tell You Your Skin Ain’t Great

Bandai’s Skin Expert is a device that you hold up to your face and it tells you how healthy your skin is. Finally, a gadget to make me feel bad about my appearance, automatically! Thanks, Japan! [Hobby Blog via Engadget]

Health Adam Frucci

New HiRISE Images Show Chilly, Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander

Mars isn’t exactly the warmest place during the winter transition, but as the first few rays of sunshine lick at the planet’s surface we’re able to make out the Phoenix lander shivering under a cover of dry-ice frost. We’re able to see the lander in the images taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment…

Space & Spaceflight Rosa Golijan

Scientists Mapping Out 10,000 Animal Genomes For “Genetic Zoo”

On the tail-end of news that all of the HIV genome and 98% of the pig genome has been decoded, scientists are announcing that they’ve got a plan to collect and sequence the DNA of 10,000 vertebrate species. Over 68 scientists worldwide are participating in the Genome 10K Project, the results of which would not…

Biology Rosa Golijan

Calf Gets Prosthetic Limbs, Presumably So it Can Spend a Few Months Getting More Delicious

Nancy Dickenson and her stepdaughter Martha found a calf with severe frostbite on its hind legs. So of course, they spent thousands of dollars getting it outfitted with prosthetic legs. The black angus heifer was bought from the neighboring ranch they found it on, and operated on by vets and students at Colorado State University.…

Biology Adam Frucci

Nothing Makes You Feel Insignificant Like a 648-Megapixel Image of Our Galaxy

Physicist Axel Mellinger travelled 26,000 miles and pieced together over 3,000 individual images to create this, one of the most stunning panoramas of our galaxy every assembled. Piecing together 3000 individual photographs, a physicist has made a new high-resolution panoramic image of the full night sky, with the Milky Way galaxy as its centerpiece. Axel…

Space & Spaceflight Adam Frucci

The Most Upsetting Video of an Automatic Chicken Plucker You Will See Today

Atlantis at Dawn

Wait a Second, I Have Carl Sagan Powers, Too!

Video: Arm Chair Reaches 98,268 Feet in New Toshiba Commercial

Psychic Powers, Cochlear Implants, and My Bionic Ex-Boyfriend

Spirit Rover Ready to Take…Those Sunken Wheels…

NASA Finds Water on the Moon

Earth

Stunning Milky Way’s Heart Image Combines Three Space Telescope Views In One

This Is Simply The Coolest Pop-Up Book We’ve Seen

Most Electronics, DVDs, And Waterbottles Could Give You ED

Carl Sagan Deep Space Ship to Go to the Living Room and Beyond

New Spacecraft Uses Starlight to Propel its Sails

We’re Not So Different, Earth and Mars

LaserMotive’s Robot Is The First Ever To Win NASA’s $900,000 Space Elevator Prize

A Gadget to Tell You Your Skin Ain’t Great

New HiRISE Images Show Chilly, Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander

Scientists Mapping Out 10,000 Animal Genomes For “Genetic Zoo”

Calf Gets Prosthetic Limbs, Presumably So it Can Spend a Few Months Getting More Delicious

Nothing Makes You Feel Insignificant Like a 648-Megapixel Image of Our Galaxy

April Set to Unleash Some Wild Weather Across Parts of the US, Meteorologists Warn

Scientists Create ‘Living Pharmacy’ Implant That Doses 3 Drugs at Once

Dyson Supersonic Nural Hair Dryer Cuts Into Its Premium Price Tag in the Spring Sale, Bid Frequent Salon Visits Goodbye

I Wouldn’t Plan on Wearing Smart Glasses to Court Anytime Soon

Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic Comes Down $130 Amid a 2025 Smartwatch Lineup Clearout on Amazon

Disney Will Not Bow to Audience Belief That the Rock’s ‘Moana’ Wig Looks Awful

Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Hits a Record Low as It Moves Beyond Espresso Machine Deals on Amazon

Doctors Struggle to Spot AI-Generated X-Rays, Raising Scam Risks

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

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