When it come to birds , Male — with their hopeful feathers , surplus accessories , and telling sexual union displays — run to get all the attention . But for many birds , such as the Choco Toucan pictured above , superb feather has nothing to do with sex , and everything to do with survival . That , at least , is the conclusion of researchers at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee , after comparing male and distaff plumage in nearly a thousand species of birds ....

This week ’s Concept Art Writing Prompt , by artistGary Laib , features the singing dead . What tale can you spin about this consort of army corps ? Each week , we attempt to get your creative succus flow by sharing an interesting image and inviting you all to write stories inspired by that figure . This week , tell us what happens when the undead go acapella ....

Rainer Brockerhoff ’s studied dissectionof the new MacBook ’s design — how sure intent choices intersect with the realities of components to create actual notebook — perfectly explain how they are not simply a wishlist of parts and features that magically come together . There are always compromises . The unibody mental synthesis , along with the decisiveness to make the hard cause and battery easily accessible fundamentally determinedthe rest of the internal layout , and you weave up with motherboard that does n’t cross the duration of the notebook ....

Afteryearsof saying they ’re go to launch , Disney Mobile is at last available now ! https://gizmodo.com/ctia-disney-announces-disney-mobile-phone-service-165324 The wandering service has special family oriented feature that allows parents to keep rails of their children . Family MonitorTM : attribute valuation account for phone calls , schoolbook messaging and picture messaging . Keep runway of how much downloadable content your child have purchased and limit their spending . Family LocatorTM : Know exactly where your kids are by using the Disney Mobile website merge with GPS in their earpiece ....

When someone ask to use my laptop for a minute , or take over my phone to check something real ready , I ’ll always say yes , but it drives me nuts . It believably dates back to my childhood , when watching my parents use the “ kids ’ computer ” for one reason or another always terrified me because they might notice something they were n’t suppose to ....

If your first light commute becomes a struggle after an all-night snow , peradventure you just do n’t have the correct gear . brawl a snowboard or a set of ski into the part is n’t practical , but apair of sled that lather to your legs ? Suddenly you ’ll commence take care forward to blizzards . If you ’ve ever have on netminder pads or shin protector , you ’ll probably be immediately well-situated strapping on the Sled Legs which feature a stiff ABS charge plate shell on the outside , and froth padding on the interior ....

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As you may have noticed , Gizmodo is now available in eight languages . Thanks to our excellent married person , VNU Media , an international media powerhouse , for help us through this launching . While we are shy how most of our high - hilltop humor will render into the mother tongue — how does “ Sucks Big Monkeys ” sound in Italian?—we are definitely felicitous to see that the creation , not just the English - speak bits , can now enjoy a fine Zen of Gizmodo with their morning cup of cafe / koffie / kaffee / caffe or afternoon toad - in - the - yap / bratwurst / head cheese ....

As omnivorous wight , chimpanzees eat on all sort of thing , including fruits , white ant , tiny rodents , and even full - grown monkeys . As for Pan troglodytes feed reptilian , that ’s entirely unheard of — until now . Unprecedented observations have uncover a community of chimps in Gabon that regularly consume tortoises . Newresearchpublished today in Scientific Reports describes the first observations ever made of chimpanzees preying upon and eating tortoise ....

Sometimes in meetings we are asked to share a little - known fact about ourselves as an " iceboat . " ( I hate icebreakers , by the way . ) But my fact is always the same and I call up it ’s somewhat interesting : I ca n’t smell . Now , if I bind my nose aright up to an open bottle of ammonia or acetone and hoot , I can smell that , but that ’s pretty much all I can ever smell ....

Many of us have more than a few unread emails in our inbox . Even if you ’re one of the few overachievers who maintainsinbox zero , you may not have the time ( or the motivating ) to react to every single electronic mail you read . But the private rush you get from neglect someone ’s third follow - up electronic mail may not be as private as you think ....

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