Here are the best stories on Gizmodo this week. Enjoy!
The iPad 2 is here and we got all the details and a hands-on, including impressions, photos and videos. The iPad 2 is lighter, thinner, but more than that, it feels qualitatively different, from the casing right through to racing around bends in whatever racing game thrills you. More »
Twenty years ago today, Rodney King was savagely beaten by a team of LAPD officers during a DUI arrest. The act itself was horrific-but affected only one man. What thundered across the country was, rather, amateur video footage of the act. In 1991, the act was an unspeakable sight. In 2011, it's unthinkable that we wouldn't see it. More »
February-bleh. Kind of an awful month, no? Frigid, lacking the youthful vigor of January, teasing you with the proximity of spring. So good riddance, Feb. But! The month brought changes to our mighty Bestmodo roster. Peep it below. More »
It's taken almost a year to get here. The first tablet to matter since the original iPad. The Xoom is the first real Android tablet, arriving ahead of the iPad 2 by a hair. More »
If everything goes as programmed and there are no further delays, Discovery will be in space for almost an entire year! In fact, it will be only one day off the 365-day mark. More »
Another year has passed, and another iPad has surfaced from the shadowy Cupertino mist. But you know what else has resurfaced? The iPad suit. Yep, Mohan's, the NYC tailoring outpost, is still offering to add an oversized "iPad pocket" to their suit coats, which is a perfectly good way to take the class out of that suit you paid hundreds of dollars for. More »
Picture a metal that's so clever it can be blown into a mold like plastic materials, then think of the amazing gadgets that could be crafted from it-things that make Apple's unibody Macs look like child's play. More »
Back in 2009, the Japanese Space Agency JAXA announced moon hole deep enough to contain a small human base. Now, the Indian Space Research Organization has discovered a "giant underground chamber" near the Moon's equator, in the Oceanus Procellarum area. More »
What do you get when you combine a great taste and an awesome name into a fruit that hasn't even been around for 40 years? You get the Dekopon. And according to the L.A. Times' David Karp, it's the best tasting citrus fruit he's ever had (he claims to have tried over 1000 citrus varieties). More »
The world looks different upside down...and it's not always just that it looks upside down. Things look...different...sometimes even weightless. And 86 photos from this week's Shooting Challenge celebrate that phenomenon, without the head rush. More »
If you haven't been in a deep coma for the past 48 hours, you're probably aware of this Charlie Sheen fellow. He's been saying the darndest things! He's (coked?) out of his mind! And we're all watching it live online. More »
Once upon a time, there was a whale called June. Or maybe her name is Margaret. Or Kate. We don't really know. A few nitrogen-hearted scientists call her 52 Hertz just because she sings at a 51.75Hz frequency, but I will call her Alice. More »
Twenty Years After Rodney King, Nothing Goes Unseen
The Best Gadgets (So Far)
Motorola Xoom Review: The Future of Tablets (Whether You Like It or Not)
Discovery Has Spent Almost a Year in Space
For the Love of God, Why Does the iPad Suit Still Exist?
Meet the Supermaterial That Could Change Gadgets
Giant Underground Chamber Discovered On the Moon
The Dekopon Is the Fruit of the Future
77 Upside Down Photos
The Internet Is Watching Charlie Sheen Implode
The Story of the Lonely Whale Will Break Your Heart
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