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By building a gigantic petri dish, researchers from Harvard Medical School and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have produced a jaw-dropping visualization showing bacteria as it mutates to become resistant to drugs. The new study, published today in Science, is the first large-scale demonstration showing how bacteria react to ever-increasing doses of antibiotics, and how these…
Throw some dye into milk, add a drop of soap and suddenly the whole thing turns into a psychedelic mess of shapes and colors. Sound familiar? You probably did this science experiment in the 5th grade and felt astounded by it. Now you’re an adult, and the only way to recapture that magic is to…
Apple’s newest iPhone is here, and you’ve got just a few short hours (12:01am PT) to figure out which one is the absolute best deal. Although Apple didn’t change up design much, the 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch iPhone 7’s have more points of contrast than just size this time around. So, which one is the best…
Back in May, the US Air Force announced that they had received over 4,600 entries in their crowdsourced naming contest for the new B-21 bomber. The announcement even said that they’d narrowed it down to 15 finalists. So, naturally, I did what any weirdo blogger does: I filed a Freedom of Information Act request to…
In the midst of iPhone 7 excitement yesterday (Two cameras! Ugly headphones! COURAGE!) Apple also made some much quieter changes to its AppleCare+ program. As of yesterday, enrolling in AppleCare+ means you can get a broken iPhone screen repaired for $29. But is it worth the money? There are, of course, a few catches. The…
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 phones have had a busy couple of weeks. They’re exploding all over the place, and as a result, the company has been forced to issue a massive recall and stop shipments of new phones. Oh, and now the spark-happy gadgets apparently set some poor guy’s Jeep ablaze. According to a report…
For those of us who can’t bear the thought of spending just a few minutes away from our social networks, let alone an entire night, our bedside smartphones double as an adequate alarm clock. But for those who are able to disconnect at bedtime, Lexon’s In-Out clock is a minimal but cleverly functional way to…
If you use Google Docs, you probably work on a lot of documents with other people. However, there are some smaller and lesser-known options you might not know about that can take your productivity to the next level. Here are four easy tricks you can use to be more productive in Google Docs. 1) Copy…
Every year Paul Borrud builds a massive homebrew Slip N Slide to help celebrate Australia Day, which falls on January 26. (Remember, it’s summer there.) This year’s effort measured almost 330-feet long and ended in a billabong that wasn’t quite large enough to contain most riders as they came rocketing down the slope. But risking…
Mere hours Niantic appeared on the stage at Apple’s iPhone event to show off its new Apple Watch app, Nintendo and The Pokemon Company announced the release date for Pokemon Go’s wearable: the Pokemon GO Plus. It’s only a week away. There is no detail on pricing, but the wearable, which looks like a Pokeball…
Yesterday, the FAA told Gizmodo it was “working on guidance” concerning Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 amid reports of the devices exploding when charged, but at least one airline outside of America appears to have already taken action, The Sydney Morning Herald reports. https://gizmodo.com/the-faa-is-considering-a-ban-on-samsungs-exploding-smar-1786250063 According to customer Dean Cabena, Qantas crew members warned passengers that charging…
According to some, the future of architecture is wood, but in Newark, Ohio, the future has already arrived—in the form of big, dumb picnic basket that’s also an office building no one will buy. https://gizmodo.com/these-gorgeous-buildings-showcase-the-surprisingly-inno-1757398349 First put on the market 18 months ago for $7.5 million, the (sadly stucco-based) former headquarters of struggling basketmaker Longaberger…
Apple finally went through with it. It killed the headphone jack on the iPhone 7. In its place, you can use headphones that connect to the Lightning port. But Apple thinks the future is wireless headphones. And AirPods are its vision for that future. AirPods are “truly wireless” earbuds in the way that I’ve been…
On Wednesday, the Senate’s permanent subcommittee on investigations announced it was launching a probe into the pricing of Mylan’s EpiPen, the life-saving allergy treatment device which cost about $57 in 2007 and is priced at around $600 today. https://gizmodo.com/how-congress-the-fda-and-sarah-jessica-parker-helped-1785568792 “Our review of this matter will be robust, thorough, and bipartisan,” said the panel in a…
Apple spent a lot of time today explaining that the iPhone 7 is the most “refined” iteration yet. Which is just a fancy way of saying that this phone’s design is going to look very similar to last year’s phone. Aside from a slightly different finish for the jet black model (glossy!), some redesigned antenna…
Christie’s is hosting an auction of President Ronald Reagan’s personal items later this month online from September 19-28th. And there are some genuinely interesting pieces of history for sale. And some rather goofy ones. On the serious side, take this piece of the Berlin Wall, signed by President Reagan himself. Granted, this artifact of the…
Sucks to be anyone who enters a Halloween costume contest and finds themselves up against the ridiculously talented craftsmen at LoveProps. They just completed work on this flawless replica of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo’s Daft Punk helmet that’s as gorgeous as it is fully-functional. Inside the helmet you’ll find 250 individually wired RGB LEDs, a custom-designed…
By now you probably know the story of the life-saving EpiPen and the company that took it from a product that generated a measly $200 million in 2007 and turned it into a $1 billion-a-year cash-printing machine. That company, Mylan, used a neat little trick: It simply raised the price. And it may have taken…
Most people just go along with whatever life hands them. No critical thought. For years I asked people, “Why do I need an iPhone?” Haven’t yet met the man nor woman who could give me a straight answer. “Seems like all these Apple products cost twice as much as the other stuff,” I’d say. “What…
Between Hillary Clinton’s cough and the constant stream of diarrhea forever dripping from the mouth of Donald Trump, the 2016 presidential election seems to out-crazy itself each and every day. Today is no different, with news coming straight out of Morton County, North Dakota: Jill Stein broke the law, and Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier…
