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I Want These Gorgeous Wood Panels on My iPhone Right Now

Those two little glass panels on the back of the iPhone 5 are a little silly. They look pretty cool, I guess. But what are you supposed to do if they break? It’s definitely not worth getting a new phone. Well, thanks to a sympathetic designer, you now have a very pretty option: wood. Richard…

Astronomers Think They’ve Discovered Waves on Titan

Saturn’s moon Titan, everyone’s favorite Earth-like orbiter, just got a little more Earth-like. That is, if astronomers’ latest findings are correct. Based on strange reflections off the surface of Punga Mare, one of Titan’s hydrocarbon lakes, they think they’ve found liquid waves on the moon. If confirmed, this would be the first time we’ve discovered…

Roller Coaster Workers Recreate an Iconic 1932 Photo

Everybody knows Lunch Atop a Skyscraper. Eleven men eating lunch on an I-beam beam hundreds of feet above New York City, none of them wearing safety harnesses—it’s iconic! That’s what makes this roller coaster recreation of it so much fun. A few months ago, ten steelworkers celebrated the completion of a new roller coaster at…

Awesomely fake trick shot video shows you can’t trust anything anymore

The bros at Rocket Jump already impressed us once with their incredibly impressive and almost believable knife-throwing video and now they’ve done it again with this clip of nine trick shots in a row. They’re also filmed in one continuous take. It would be really impressive—if it were real. But alas, it’s another fake in…

New Big Bang Evidence Suggests Presence of Alternate Universes

According to very real and totally verifiable scientific research, we might live in a multiverse. No, really. The same research that revealed the first-ever direct evidence of Big Bang inflation earlier this week also suggests the presence of alternate universes. https://gizmodo.com/astronomers-discover-first-direct-proof-of-the-big-bang-1545525927 So, universes just like our own, except separate? Not exactly. Miriam Kramer explains: The…

Look Out For This Dangerously Convincing Apple ID Phishing Scam

Just 24 hours after the world learned about the dangerously convincing Google Docs phishing scam, a security company revealed a very similar exploit involving the Apple ID log-in screen. And, weirdly enough, it’s hosted on EA’s website. https://gizmodo.com/beware-of-this-dangerously-convincing-google-docs-phish-1546278702 Netcraft explained the scam on its blog on Wednesday. It begins with a legitimate EA.com URL that…

What happens when you throw four sharks into a giant school of fish

Four blacktip reef sharks swim amongst a school of bait fish off the coast of Argentina. The fish, naturally, do not seem happy to see said sharks. That is most certainly because the sharks are hungry, and they are the buffet. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook

Clever Meat Labels Tell You Which Part of the Animal You’re Buying

Buying meat is hard. Unless you’re a butcher or a chef, it can be difficult to tell what’s what. Does a Boston butt actually come from a cow’s butt? Where is the tenderloin? Smart graphic design can make it a little easier to answer these questions. Just ask Barcelona-based design firm Fauna, which recently designed…

This DIY Device Turns Your Table Into a Psychedelic Music Maker

It’s not so simple to become an electronic musician. The equipment is expensive. There’s not a good how-to book. It’s sometimes a little unclear what exactly electronic music is. That’s why the Contact musical interface is so intriguing. Half art project, half acid trip, this interactive projected digital instrument is stupid simple to use. It’s…

Scientists Discover the Key to Making Paint That Never Fades

It seems like scientists are all about immortality these days. It’s not just plants and people that are getting the treatment, though. A team of Harvard engineers are developing a way of producing color that could produce paint that never fades, and displays that never go dark. Believe it or not, the method is based…

NSA System Can Record an Entire Country’s Calls for 30 Days at a Time

Remember all that business about the NSA saying it only collects phone metadata? Yeah, that’s not true. Not only can the NSA listen in on foreigners’ phone calls. It can record “every single” conversation in an entire country and store the recordings for 30 days at a time, a new Washington Post report reveals. Security…

Beware of This Dangerously Convincing Google Docs Phishing Scam

A very tricky phishing scam that takes advantage of Google Docs is making its way around the web. And since it uses a google.com URL and even makes use of Google’s SSL encryption, it’s almost impossible to tell that it’s a hack. Your best safeguard, as always, is a little bit of common sense. Note:…

How Delivery Drones Could Save Lives in Africa

What the first thing you think of when you hear the word “drone?” It might be killing machines. Or reconnaissance quadcopters. Or maybe a honey bee. But for a countless number of people in Africa, it could be a flying packmule with life-saving cargo. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-where-drone-operators-kill-people-by-remote-con-1501895208 On Monday, the organizers of the Flying Donkey Challenge announced…

Scientists Revive Moss That Was Encased In Ice For 1,500 Years

Cryonics enthusiasts will be pleased to hear that scientists have demonstrated the ability to revive frozen life not just after a couple years or even a couple of decades. They can bring something back to life that’s been frozen for fifteen centuries. The previous record was just 20 years. A team of researchers from the…

Scientists Use Graphene to Make Bionic, Super-Powered Plants

A team of chemical engineers and biochemists has managed to change how plants work. Well, to be exact, they’ve made plants work better by embedding carbon nanotubes into the plants’ leaves so that they absorb more light. Put simply, they’ve created bionic plants. The technique is not quite perfect. “We envisioned them as new hybrid…

Microsoft has a special deal for Windows XP users. If you buy a new PC, the company will give you a $50 gift card, 90 days of tech support, and free data transfer. Or, in the words of one Wall Street Journal reporter, “Microsoft is bribing people to stop using Windows XP.”

Astronomers Discover First Direct Proof of the Big Bang Expansion

Somebody’s going to win a Nobel Prize. At least that’s what the physics community is saying after the announcement on Monday that a Harvard team has found the first direct evidence of cosmic inflation right after the Big Bang. It’s more proof that the Big Bang really was the beginning of it all. https://gizmodo.com/this-animation-explains-the-big-bang-better-than-school-1535824886 The…

The award-winning and very affordable Moose Road residence by Mork-Ulnes Architects is designed to avoid interfering with the nearby trees. It’s even built on stilts so as not to disrupt the roots. Asthese photos of the interior make clear, it’s perfect for the Spartan family.

US Government Is Finally Giving Up Control of the Internet

That’s all folks. Officials announced on Friday that the U.S. government would surrender control over the internet—or at least the administration of the internet. It’s unclear who will take over the responsibility, but as The Washington Post points out, it will almost surely not be the United Nations. You’re probably thinking, “Wait a second… the…

This Handy Hack Makes Any Receipt Printer Spit Out the Constitution

Ever have that sense of panic when you’re standing in line at the grocery store and can’t remember your constitutional rights? Well, then you need the CONSTI2GO, a clever little device that lets you print out a full copy of the U.S. Constitution in receipt form. Unfortunately, the CONSTI2GO isn’t really something you can buy…