Recently, Gizmodo space writer Rae Paoletta called Saturn “ the golden retriever of the solar system , ” and I’m not here to dispute that characterization. But it was a lot easier to think of Saturn as a golden retriever when the planet’s defining hue was, y’know, gold. Not blue. Not electric, alien protomolecule -blue. Read more…
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Oh My God, Look at Saturn’s North Pole
Later this evening, SpaceX will attempt a historic feat when it launches a reused Falcon 9 rocket into orbital space. It’s an achievement Elon Musk and his team have been working toward since the company was founded in 2002, and tonight, it will hopefully— finally —come full circle. Literally. Read more…
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Watch SpaceX Launch a Re-Used Rocket into Space for the First Time Ever
The giant deep-sea octopus Haliphron is so rare that marine biologists have seen it just three times in 27 years. Using a robotic sub, scientists have finally caught video footage of this animal at mealtime—revealing its distinct preference for gelatinous sea creatures. Read more…
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This Elusive Giant Octopus Snacks on Giant Jellies
Apple’s released iOS 10.3 today, which isn’t a particularly interesting update, but it does have a few minor improvements, including a new file system, that are worth mentioning. Read more…
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iOS 10.3 Introduces a New File System, Adds In-App Reviews, and Find My AirPods
An archivist working at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library has stumbled upon color home movies taken in the late 1920s by former First Lady Lou Hoover. Incredibly, this is very likely the first color film to show a US President, the First Lady, and the White House. Read more…
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Rediscovered 1920s Home Movies Are the First to Show the White House in Color
Instagram has finally pushed out the update they tested over a year ago that adds two-factor authentication to its accounts. Here’s how to set it up. Read more…
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Instagram Rolls Out Two-Factor Authentication for Everyone
The internet has made it supremely easy to install connected security cameras wherever you want. Unfortunately for Nest, that easy connectivity makes it simple for hackers to disable its cameras with just a few keystrokes. And that’s a very bad feature for a security camera. Read more…
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This Nest Security Flaw Is Remarkably Dumb
When you strap on all of the gear required for a modern, immersive, virtual reality experience, you’re all but completely blind to the real world. But interacting with real world objects can often enhance a virtual experience, so Disney’s researchers came up with a way to let users catch a real ball without leaving a… Read more…
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Watch This Guy Catch a Virtual Reality Ball That Turns Out to Be Real
When you hit your car’s turn signal stalk and that little arrow flashes at you on the dash, you always hear a rhythmic clicking sound in sync with that flashing arrow. Here’s what that is. Read more…
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Here’s Why Your Turn Signals Make That Clicking Noise
From 1945 until 1962, the United States conducted 210 atmospheric nuclear tests—the kind with the big mushroom cloud and all that jazz. Above-ground nuke testing was banned in 1963, but there are thousands of films from those tests that have just been rotting in secret vaults around the country. But starting today you… Read more…
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Rare Nuclear Test Films Saved, Declassified, and Uploaded to YouTube