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io9MoviesOur First Look at Christina Hendricks in Ryan Gosling’s Monster Movie
Ryan Gosling’s Lost River (formerly How to Catch a Monster) is being publicized as a dark fantasy movie with some pretty big-name stars, including Christina Hendricks and Matt Smith. Here are the first two images from the film, including one of a woman (presumably Hendricks) standing before a rather ominous-looking door. The other image features… … Continued
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Take a Sip of a 3,300-Year-Old Danish Beer
Wanna get some real beer snob cred? With Egtved Girl’s Brew, you can sneer at your friends’ beers and their “founded in the 1800s” claims to authenticity. Because this beer’s recipe is 3,300 years old. Now that’s a legit brew. Yes, Egtved Girl’s Brew is made from a recipe that dates all the way back … Continued
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io9TelevisionCheck Out The First Clip From Star Wars: Rebels!
Here it is, folks – fresh from its WonderCon debut, our very first glimpse of actual footage from Star Wars: Rebels! Executive Producer Dave Filoni and Vanessa Marshall, who voices Hera in the video above, debuted the clip earlier this afternoon: Hera, captain of the Ghost, pilots her starship during a battle with two TIE … Continued
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Tech NewsElectronic Monocle Uses Biofeedback to Track Your Favorite Websites
The internet is a fire hydrant of content. Keeping track of the pages you enjoy is a pain. A team of UK design students has a conceptual solution: Amoeba, an electronic monocle that files away the pages you find most interesting, as measured by your biofeedback response. It’s the emotion-tracking Google Glass you always wanted! … Continued
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io9Announcing the 2014 Hugo Award Nominees
The nominees for the 2014 Hugo Awards have been announced! This year’s nominating ballot saw a record-shattering 1,923 valid nominations. The winners will be announced on Sunday, August 17, during the Hugo Awards Ceremony at Loncon 3. Hit the jump for the full list! Today’s shortlist announcement was streamed live from the UK to various … Continued
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LED Lights Are Ruining Laundry Detergent’s White-Brightening Trick
LED lighting is great. The right bulb gives the same warm incandescent glow you love from a fraction of the energy. But there’s a downside: while LEDs make cities look awesome, the most common type of LED lighting dims the ultraviolet trick laundry detergents use to make white clothes look whiter. The future is bright, … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidAnd now one freakin’ huge explosion
One freakin’ goddamn huge explosion at some open-pit mine or a road construction or who knows what. Don’t know, don’t care: It’s a freakin’ huge explosion. That’s all, people. Enjoy. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
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io9Just How Stupid is Portland for Dumping 38-Million Gallons of Water?
A teenager peed into one of Portland, Oregon’s drinking water reservoirs – a 38-million gallon repository of good, potable H2O – and now the city intends to drain it. This is a very, very dumb idea. Above: Mt. Tabour Reservoir #1, the body of water into which the teenager peed. Photo Credit: viper007bond via DeviantART … Continued
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Of Penises and Planets: On Labels in Science and Culture
Just what counts as a penis? A debate over what to call the genitals of an unusual group of cave insects has broader implications, because it gets right at the heart of science and science communication: what’s the relationship between the labels we use in science and the way those labels are understood by our … Continued
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io9TelevisionThis Scene From Last Night’s Continuum Actually Wrecked Our Hearts
We expect killer action and dystopian insanity from Continuum, the Canadian time-travel adventure show. But we don’t usually expect to get punched in the heart, the way we did by this scene — which also features a love triangle The CW would never dream of having. Spoilers ahead… So in last night’s Continuum (in the … Continued
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Tech NewsAn Epic Wind Turbine is Spinning in Scotland
The world’s largest wind turbine is off the coast of Scotland. Construction started in 2012, with pieces assembled in the winter of 2013. Now the prototype is churning out enough power to supply 4,800 homes. The turbine is big enough that it makes sense to use elephants as the basic unit of weight. (Plus, I’m … Continued
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Anti-Bus Laws, High Rents, and Pee: What’s Ruining Our Cities This Week
Tennessee lawmakers tried to make Nashville’s buses illegal, a dude pissed in a reservoir and Portland has to flush 38 million gallons of water, and—let’s say it all together—the rent is too damn high. This is your weekly look at What’s Ruining Our Cities. Tennessee’s senate almost ruined Nashville’s transit Earlier this week, transportation advocates … Continued
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This week in Tech Reads: the biological basis behind yawning, the suspicious backroom deals that undergird “sound science,” high-tech toilets, and a Silicon Valley inventor who’s either a prolific genius or a criminal con-man. And more! Maria Konnikova delves into the long and strange history of the ways scientists have investigated a misunderstood thing we … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy & Security
U.S. Gov’t Changed Your HealthCare.gov Password Because of Heartbleed
Heartbleed, the gaping flaw that left the internet’s security gate wide open for more than two years, is causing headaches for yet another site: the beleagured Healthcare.gov. The government says the site has not been compromised, but officials have reset all user passwords “out of an abundance of caution.” Heartbleed’s not done causing heartburn yet. … Continued
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The Most Amazing Cosplay From WonderCon: Day One!
Every year, the WonderCon cosplayers keep astonishing us, both with their attention to detail and with their creativity. You keep thinking you’ve seen it all — and then you see what people have come up with this year, and it’s a brand new delight all over again. Here’s our favorite cosplay from WonderCon day one. … Continued
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io9TrailersNew TV Spot Gives Us Our Best Glimpse of Godzilla Yet
Here’s our clearest look yet at the big beastie, from the waist up. It’s a brief glimpse, but a glimpse, nonetheless. Here’s that closing shot again, this time with the exposure levels adjusted for a bit more light. Just look at the details in Godzilla’s body: Word has it we’ll see even more footage from … Continued
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Tech NewsWindows Phone, Haunted Houses, Muppets, and More
Well it was another busy week here at Gizmodo. On top of Utopia Week, our week-long look at past, present, and future visions of a perfect society, we brought you reviews of new phones, cameras, and smartwatches, a hard look at beginning a life without Facebook, and a behind-the-scenes look at Jim Henson’s phenomenal workshop. … Continued
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Tech NewsThis is What it’s Like to Excavate a Dinosaur Nest in Person
We are living in the future. Need proof? Now from the comfort of your computer, you can experience a first-person view of excavating and packing a dinosaur nest for further study. In August 2013, a team of palaeontologists from the American Museum of Natural History paired up with the Mongolian Academy of Science to go … Continued
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io9The Footage of SpaceX’s First Falcon 9 Reusable Flight Test is Gorgeous
You thought SpaceX’s Grasshopper was impressive? Grasshopper was just the beginning. Behold, the first flight test of the company’s Falcon 9 Reusable Launch Vehicle. SpaceX currently uses a non-reusable version of the Falcon 9 to launch its Dragon capsules into low-Earth orbit, on commercial resupply missions to the International Space Station. In fact, the company … Continued