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Triggered Water Damage Indicator Doesn’t Rule Out Replacement iPhones

Apple’s changed their technical support rules on the Liquid Contact Indicator that’s inside just about all iOS devices so that even if it’s triggered, you might still be able to get a replacement. This, supposing you didn’t actually dunk your phone. The LCI rests inside the speaker jack of most iPods and iPhones and iPads,…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 31

Which science fiction films have the best and worst science, according to NASA?

Roland Emmerich’s 2012 has the worst science in a science fiction film, according to NASA’s experts — followed by Armageddon, Volcano, The Sixth Day and Chain Reaction. So what were the films with the best science, according to NASA? The science fiction movie with the absolute best science appears to be Gattaca, followed by Jurassic…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 3

Bad Movie Physics: A Report Card

Space epics almost always play fast and loose with science, treating the laws of physics like suggestions. But some movies dismember Newton and Einstein with way more gusto than others. Here’s our report card for bad science in 18 movies. This is an io9 flashback to a chart we posted in March 2008, which is…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Dec 28

Try E-Mailing The Guy With The World’s Longest E-Mail Address

Some guy’s e-mail address is 345 characters long. Mine’s only 17 characters long. Damn, he’s way bigger than me. Here’s his elongated e-mail address in all its glory. The full e-mail address is: contact-admin-hello-webmaster-info-services-peter-crazy-but-oh-so-ubber-cool-english-alphabet-loverer-abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz@please-try-to.send-me-an-email-if-you-can-possibly-begin-to-remember-this-coz.this-is-the-longest-email-address-known-to-man-but-to-be-honest.this-is-such-a-stupidly-long-sub-domain-it-could-go-on-forever.pacraig.com It actually kind of rolls off the tongue. [URDB via Laughing Squid]

Tech News Casey Chan Aug 14

The Phantom, The Gates, and True Blood make for a bloody good Sunday

It’s the summer season, and Sunday has become the new scifi destination this week. Witness the debut of a jumpsuit-less Phantom, more sanguinary weirdness from True Blood, the debut of The Gates, and new Ashes to Ashes and Doctor Who. MONDAY 6/14/10 There’s a new Neighbors from Hell on TBS at 10 PM. On “Country…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Jun 14

Is “Science Fiction Humanism” A Contradiction In Terms?

People talk about science fiction as the literature of humanism. But actually, science fiction’s explorations put it into conflict with humanism’s tenets. The best science fiction questions the nature of humanity, and whether the universe will let us stay human. It’s easy to think of science fiction and humanism as going hand in hand: Science…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Mar 9

Which Movies Really Have The Best And Worst Science?

The debate over bad science in science-fiction movies has gotten a major new source of ammunition: Phil Plait, writing for Discover Magazine, has rounded up a fairly definitive list of the best and worst moments in movie science. Some of the inclusions for bad science won’t surprise you too much. There’s The Core, of course,…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jan 23

8 Mesmerizing Sci-Fi Flavored Tracking Shots

In science fiction cinema and TV, creators need to draw audiences into their world seamlessly. One way to do this is the tracking shot, an immersive one-take journey through a scene. Here are 8 of the best. (Note: some of these scenes contain spoilers and / or some serious violence. Beware!) Serenity Serenity is Joss…

Movies StephenGoldmeier Dec 25

The 7 Deadly Sins Of Religion In Science Fiction

Religion is a huge part of science fiction – and it makes the genre better and more fascinating, as Battlestar Galactica proved. But there are seven mistakes SF should avoid in portraying the spiritual realm. BSG wouldn’t have been nearly as epic if it hadn’t included spiritual themes from the beginning. The inclusion of religious…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 26

Bebo Sends Friend Request to Alien Planet

Social networking has gone interstellar. Yesterday, friend-connecting network Bebo beamed a message at Gliese 581c, a terrestrial “super-Earth” that might be capable of supporting life. But is this really a viable effort to make alien contact, or merely an instance of extrasolar spam?Bebo sponsored a competition to collect 501 photos, drawings, and text messages from…

io9 Lauren Davis Oct 10

DARPA Wants Contact Lenses to Turn Real-Life Combat Into Call of Duty 4

The problem with cool strap-on heads-up displays a few lucky soldiers get to use on the battlefield today is that they’re bulky affairs that make them look like half-assed cyborgs. Plus, the interface is limited. The Pentagon wants to develop contact lenses that’ll put “first-person-shooter-type video game” graphics on top the soldiers’ vision. Yes, they…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Mar 20

Bad Movie Physics: A Report Card

Click to view Space epics almost always play fast and loose with science, treating the laws of physics like suggestions. Sound in space, unprotected bodies splatting in vacuum, and alien planets that all look just like Calabasas. But some movies dismember Newton and Einstein with way more gusto than others. We rated 18 movies based…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 14

Dumbest Space Gods In Science Fiction

Why do space explorers always wind up meeting some crappy pantheon? It never fails. You’re cruising along, fighting monsters and bedding your crewmates (or vice versa) and then all of a sudden some annoying guys in tunics are talking Big Talk and rewriting reality to suit their moronic whims. As Crichton from Farscape says, “Godlike…

io9 Charliejane Jan 25

An Interdimensional Spaceport Off the Coast on Titan

Massive futuristic cubes are surrounded by waiting spaceships and transports in this concept set on a moon orbiting a ringed planet. Artist Steve Burg says he intended it to look inter-dimensional. Burg has worked as a concept artist, storyboarder, and matte painter on everything from Buckaroo Banzai to Robot Jox, and has also worked with…

io9 Kevin Kelly Jan 11

Must See: Contact

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Written by Jason Shankel. Title: Contact Date: 1997 Vitals: Jodie Foster, surrounded by the likes of Matthew MacConaughey, Tom Skerrit, John Hurt and James Woods, searches for…

Movies Annalee Newitz Oct 1

CeBIT ’06: We’ve Landed

Travis and I just rolled in last night and immediately hunted down the best and brightest here in Hannover. It’s violently cold here, horrible snow, and the expo center is huge-normous. Thus far we’ve found quite a lot of the same-old-same-old—MP3 players we’ll never see, cameras that kick ass that we’ll never see, and laptops…

Tech News Johnb Mar 9

Triggered Water Damage Indicator Doesn’t Rule Out Replacement iPhones

Which science fiction films have the best and worst science, according to NASA?

Bad Movie Physics: A Report Card

Try E-Mailing The Guy With The World’s Longest E-Mail Address

The Phantom, The Gates, and True Blood make for a bloody good Sunday

Is “Science Fiction Humanism” A Contradiction In Terms?

Which Movies Really Have The Best And Worst Science?

8 Mesmerizing Sci-Fi Flavored Tracking Shots

The 7 Deadly Sins Of Religion In Science Fiction

Bebo Sends Friend Request to Alien Planet

DARPA Wants Contact Lenses to Turn Real-Life Combat Into Call of Duty 4

Bad Movie Physics: A Report Card

Dumbest Space Gods In Science Fiction

An Interdimensional Spaceport Off the Coast on Titan

Must See: Contact

CeBIT ’06: We’ve Landed

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