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Scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have taken the first image ever (on the left) of the Cosmic Web that binds the Universe together. I use capitals because if there’s a Cosmic Web that connects all galaxies through the Universe, it should be capitalized. In a research paper published in Nature this Sunday,…
HP is bringing back Windows 7 “by popular demand”—it’s not clear from whom—and making it pretty difficult to buy a computer with Windows 8. Who needs the future when you’ve got the very recent past? HP sent a boatload of emails out of the weekend, pointing out that “Windows 7 is back”, before offering customers…
When I put together this post showing some awesome science photos, I expected to be amazed, but not to find myself becoming extremely cheerful. However, in the middle of digging for cool research image material, I went deep into Fermilab‘s Visual Media Services Photo Database and found a lot of visual treasure. https://gizmodo.com/27-amazing-images-from-the-depths-of-scientific-labs-1502565784 Fermilab has…
If your workouts never quite gel with your soundtrack, help may soon be at hand. The Guardian is reporting that Spotify has plans to measure heart rate and motion to help choose you the perfect playlist for any situation. The newspaper explains that Spotify is thinking of using sensors “on the listener’s body or in…
This visualization reminds me of one of those chicken embryo development illustrations in biology school books. Except five hundred and thirty-five thousand two hundred and forty-four times cooler. Give or take. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook.
I’m (very) jealous of Chris McLennan—a travel photographer who does truly amazing work all over the world, running into endless adventures, meeting incredible people and animals, and stepping into awesome places. I want to be him when I grow up. Here he explains how he took some of his most famous photographs. https://gizmodo.com/the-amazing-life-of-a-travel-photographer-1503741291
Last year, Kim Dotcom released a single dance track, and at the time he threatened to release an album. Now, as part of the launch of his new music streaming service, it’s here. https://gizmodo.com/kim-dotcom-wrote-a-dance-track-and-apparently-has-a-who-509855899 As part of the launch of Baboom, Dotcom’s new music streaming site that looks like Rdio and MySpace mashed together, he’s…
You’ve probably never stared deep into the eyes of a fruit fly—until now. Because this beautiful image reveals the inner workings of the the compound eye of Drosophila melanogaster. The picture, which took first prize in the Huygens Image Contest 2013 for microscopic images, shows cell nuclei stained blue, proteins called cadherin in red and…
9to5Mac is reporting that Adobe will soon unveil an iPad version of its Lightroom photo editing suite, with a $100 annual cloud subscription. The rumour is fuelled by the appearance of references to ‘Lightroom for Mobile’ on Adobe’s website earlier this week. They were later pulled when 9to5Mac asked Adobe to comment on them.The leaks…
Fujifilm has just teased its new X-mount camera, thought to be called the X-T1, and it’s a retro delight: all manual dials for exposure, shutter speed, and ISO, and a cool old-school body. We can’t wait to see it properly.
Google’s so removed two Chrome browser extensions over the weekend, because the software appears to serve spam ads—in turn violating company’s terms of service. Both the “Add to Feedly” and “Tweet This Page” extensions were quietly updated recently but in the process began feeding users undesirable ads, reports the Wall Street Journal. In fact, the…
I love Pavement. But Malkmus on his own is a different beast. A different, lovely beast. His propensity for lyrical role-playing is absurd. And when he takes on the bald dome of Yul Brynner it is at its best. https://gizmodo.com/pavement-gold-soundz-5968786 I’m not entirely sure what it is that possesses a man to write music from…
I remember the first time I ever saw American Psycho in vivid, vomitous detail. If you’ve seen American Psycho, you’ll know what I mean when I say watching the movie is like wading through a warm, seductive pool of contempt. The parody of the bankerly lifestyle—throwing cash around, obsessing over business cards, insulting women, hating…
Last week, the New York Times produced a beautiful feature that serves as a monument to monuments, of sorts, highlighting the often-forgotten statues, plaques, pillars and benches that mark Important Sports and Important People across New York City. The story plucks 10 lesser-known monuments for recognition, like the Lithuanian Flyers Memorial in, yes, Lithuanian Square,…
A group of Scottish scientists were recently awarded a £250,000 grant to build an infrared laser device to seek out new life (i.e. small, earth-like planets that orbit stars) and new civilizations (planets capable of containing life), and boldly explore where no man has gone before (basically distant planetary systems). It’s going to be the…
At 351 Keap Street, in Brooklyn, a married couple built an entire apartment out of five shipping containers for $50,000. The home is built on a lot that’s only 20 feet wide and 40 feet deep, and you can watch a video about its construction here.
It’s not tough to make friends at hostels, but if you need a solid convo starter for that attractive stranger nursing a beer at the bar, Generator in Berlin has got you covered. Audiovisual artist Jacques-André Dupont recently set up a trippy multi-media installation with plain old tape and 3D mapping projections. Boom. The brief…
The next time you’re peeling a fresh, organic, “all-natural” banana just remember: it’s filled with tons of chemicals! But don’t worry, so is everything else. James Kennedy, a chemistry teacher living in Australia, has created some fun images that show just what chemicals are lurking inside your favorite foods — even the “organic,” unprocessed ones.…
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) and Rep. Mike Rogers (R) were on Meet the Press this morning with explosive allegations: Edward Snowden may have been working with Russian spy agencies before leaving the US with about 1.7 million documents that revealed NSA surveillance tactics. The only catch? They presented no real evidence to back up their…
Air travel did have a Golden Age. There was more space, classier interiors and bolder designs. You don’t even have to go back to the 50s and 60s to see that. Here are some of the actual cabin interiors for the Boeing 747s in the 1970s. They are awesome. https://gizmodo.com/when-airplane-stewardesses-were-all-glamour-and-sex-app-5316705 The idea of the Boeing…
