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Algae Sex and Amoeba Smackdown – Best Microscopy Videos of the Year

Ever wonder what it looks like when algae have sex? Now you’ll find out in this winning video from the Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Contest. More winning entries in our gallery, which includes an amoeba vs. yeast cell smackdown. Every year, the Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Contest invites imaging experts and amateurs to submit their…

io9 Annalee Newitz Nov 18

Pop-Culture Cyborgs Through The Ages: A Gallery

Cyborgs kick ass with their super-powered robot legs — but they’ve changed a lot over the years. Here’s our roundup of awesome images of cybernetic organisms, bionic superheroes and cyber-villains, from the 1960s to today. 1960s and before: 1970s: 1980s: 1990s: 2000s:

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 12

The Curious Case of a Woman Addicted to Her Brain Implant

One of the cutting-edge cures for chronic muscle tremors is called a thalamic stimulator – it’s a brain implant that delivers current to your thalamus. But it can also cause intensely pleasurable erotic feelings, leading one woman into implant addiction. The 1986 case of a woman addicted to stimulating herself with a brain implant is…

io9 Annalee Newitz Nov 11

Roland Emmerich’s 8 Rules For Ending The World

Director Roland Emmerich knows how to blow humanity to smithereens. He did it in Independence Day, Day After Tomorrow and now 2012. We talked to the apocalypse-master himself, who explained that there are 8 simple rules for ending the world. Make It Impossible The first rule to come from the director was, make it impossible….…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 6

How The Army Used Love To Create Psychic Warriors

In this exclusive clip from The Men Who Stare At Goats, Jeff Bridges is a new-age guru schooling the Army in psychic warfare. Based on one journalist’s account of a real military project, this flick is destined for cult status. Bridges is channeling the weirdo genius that made “the Dude” in The Big Lebowski such…

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 22

The Secrets Of Astro Boy’s Floating Robot City

Here you can see a massive Peacekeeper robot shredding combat drones, in exclusive Astro Boy concept art. We loved this movie’s floating mountain city full of robots, so we talked to writer/director David Bowers and two designers about its creation. Oh, and this post includes minor spoilers for Astro Boy, but doesn’t give away any…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 21

Trek DVD Extra: Kirk Apologizes To A Green Woman?

The upcoming Star Trek DVD/Blu-Ray throws in tons of deleted scenes, including Spock’s parents, Kirk’s uncle, Klingon prison-breaks… and Kirk apologizing to a green woman? Special features explain everything — except the writers’ theory of time travel. On November 17, Paramount is releasing the highest-grossing Star Trek movie of all time on DVD and BluRay.…

io9 Caitlin Petrakovitz Oct 13

Concept Art That Reimagines The Greatest Space Epics

Starships, battlecruisers and starfighters are part of the iconic imagery of our favorite space epics. So when classic space sagas like Star Wars or BSG get rebooted, concept artists must reimagine legendary vessels. Here’s our favorite reimagined space concept art. Part of what’s really cool about looking at concept art from remakes, revamps and rethinks…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 6

How To Get Your Future Robot Self High

We asked Surrogates director Jonathan Mostow all the really important stuff about our robot-filled future. Such as: how do we go to the bathroom while attached to a robot? And what kind of drugs are there for my robot half? In Surrogates, people stay at home all the time, and jack their brains into glamorous,…

Movies Meredith Woerner Sep 23

What Will Today’s Cities Look Like in the Future?

What will the New Yorks, Londons, and Tokyos of tomorrow look like? Will they be technological Edens, grim dystopias, or entirely obliterated? We look at science fiction’s take on the future of today’s cities to gauge our urban future. New York Los Angeles Chicago Washington, DC San Francisco Tokyo London Paris Additional Reporting by Caitlin…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 16

Seven Futuristic Urban Tools You’ll Find in Today’s Cities

The best part about living in a futuristic, metropolitan wonderland are the technologies that make urban living so much smoother. Here are some of our favorite little gadgets and what-nots that modern cities have to offer. What’s your city got? Additional reporting by Julia Carusillo.

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 15

Roar to Life with the Jaguar XJ

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Tech News Gawkercreative Aug 30

RadioShack/Gizmodo Austin City Limits Contest Rules

The Contest is currently titled “RadioShack/Gizmodo ACL Contest” (the “Contest”) and is scheduled to commence on July 1st, 2011 and end on September 30th, 2011. The Contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia who are 18 or older at time of entry. Employees of Gawker and…

Tech News Sponsored post Aug 29

30 Rock Salutes Science Fiction: Every Great Clip

We’ve all seen the big spoofs of scifi classics. Family Guy just recreated Star Wars and the Simpsons’ Prisoner tribute was perfection. But nobody salutes science fiction better than 30 Rock’s sly one-liners, which just slip it in there. We’re madly in love with the writing on 30 Rock, mainly because each wickedly clever line…

Television Meredith Woerner Aug 28

Giz Gallery 2009: Help Wanted

Hey, Gizmodo Gallery is happening again this September in NYC and we need some basic help with watching the place and setting it up. If you’re available the second half of the month for a few hours a day, we could use you. There will be some basic compensation. Email Chris Mascari, email on the…

Tech News Brian Lam Aug 28

At Last, A Graph That Explains Scifi TV After Star Trek

When have TV aliens been more popular than magic? Do shows featuring time travel fare better than those about space exploration? We chart the popularity of television’s most common themes, and see how scifi television has changed since 1970. We looked at over 300 science fiction and fantasy television shows from 1970, the year after…

io9 Lauren Davis Aug 28

Take A Closer Look At The Na’Vi, And Pandora At War

Don’t quite understand what’s going on in the action-packed Avatar trailer? We break down the sensory overload shot-by-shot, to give you a better sense of what will happen on the lush alien world of Pandora. Spoilers below. https://gizmodo.com/watch-the-real-trailer-for-camerons-avatar-5341649 Much of the footage from the first Avatar trailer comes from the same footage James Cameron showed…

io9 Lauren Davis Aug 20

James Cameron’s Avatar Masters CG, Struggles With HTML

James Cameron’s Avatar may be the most high-tech movie of all time, but its first outing with fans fell prey to huge technical disasters. The site for Friday’s “Avatar Day” crashed, lost people’s reservations, and displayed weird SQL error screens. So this coming Friday evening, 16 minutes of 3-D footage from Avatar will be on…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 19

Terminator 2 Storyboards Show The Destruction Of Skynet

Terminator 2 storyboards include some sequences that were too expensive to film — like an extended future war sequence, where we see Skynet’s destruction from the point of view of a wounded soldier. Gallery below. Looking at these storyboards, we wish we could go back in time and give Terminator Salvation’s entire budget to James…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 13

Watch Daniel Craig’s Return As 007 In This Skyfall Trailer

Daniel Craig returns as James Bond in Skyfall this November. MI6 is under attack and the only man who can locate and destroy the threat is 007. Javier Bardem enters the Bond saga as a villain in this highly-anticipated return to the world of British Intelligence. Check out this teaser trailer now and go see…

Tech News Gawkercreative Aug 8

Algae Sex and Amoeba Smackdown – Best Microscopy Videos of the Year

Pop-Culture Cyborgs Through The Ages: A Gallery

The Curious Case of a Woman Addicted to Her Brain Implant

Roland Emmerich’s 8 Rules For Ending The World

How The Army Used Love To Create Psychic Warriors

The Secrets Of Astro Boy’s Floating Robot City

Trek DVD Extra: Kirk Apologizes To A Green Woman?

Concept Art That Reimagines The Greatest Space Epics

How To Get Your Future Robot Self High

What Will Today’s Cities Look Like in the Future?

Seven Futuristic Urban Tools You’ll Find in Today’s Cities

Roar to Life with the Jaguar XJ

RadioShack/Gizmodo Austin City Limits Contest Rules

30 Rock Salutes Science Fiction: Every Great Clip

Giz Gallery 2009: Help Wanted

At Last, A Graph That Explains Scifi TV After Star Trek

Take A Closer Look At The Na’Vi, And Pandora At War

James Cameron’s Avatar Masters CG, Struggles With HTML

Terminator 2 Storyboards Show The Destruction Of Skynet

Watch Daniel Craig’s Return As 007 In This Skyfall Trailer

Seagate NVMe SSD 2TB Hits Record Low, Making It the Cheapest and Smartest Way to Expand Xbox Storage

‘Dune: Part Three’ Begins Like a Sci-Fi ‘Saving Private Ryan’

First Statewide Data Center Ban Passed by Maine Legislature

FCC Exempts Netgear from Foreign-Made Router Ban for Some Reason

Jamie Dornan Is Your New Aragorn in ‘The Hunt for Gollum’

Trump’s Fed Pick Is Knee Deep in Tech and Crypto Investments

The First Trailer for ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Takes Terror Stateside

The Trump Phone Still Looks Like Total Trash

Sony Inzone H6 Air Review: A Perfect Case for Open-Back Gaming Headsets

Anker’s EufyMake E1 Finally Brings Printers Out of the Dark Ages

The Soundboks Mix Is Going to Make You the Most Popular Guy at the Park

Asus Zenbook A16 Review: Start Considering Snapdragon on PC, for Real

Aqara Thermostat Hub W200 Review: Almost Better than My Ecobee

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

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