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NASA Finds Water and Organic Matter In Mercury

NASA has confirmed a surprising, counterintuitive discovery. The burning hell known Mercury—the closest planet to the Sun—has water. Frozen water. Three new research papers, based on data obtained by the Messenger spacecraft, show undeniable evidence. It’s not just a little bit of water, but a huge amount: enough to cover Washington D.C. in ice. But…

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Watch All the James Bonds In This Perfect Animated GIF

Some times GIFs are funny. Other times they are horrifying. And then, some have Hitler. But, in occasion, you find the absolutely perfect GIF. This, my friends, is one of those GIFs. https://gizmodo.com/heres-the-biggest-animated-gif-party-ever-and-youre-inv-5951078 All the Bonds in one masterful stroke of remix genius—Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan, and Craig shooting at once. I don’t know…

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How New York Will Stop the Subway From Flooding in the Next Huge Storm

New York knew for a long time that a big storm could flood and collapse the subway system, which is exactly what happened with Sandy. Yet city officials did nothing about it. But now, after all the suffering, we’ll finally be prepared. https://gizmodo.com/sandy-could-really-flood-the-new-york-subway-system-5955689 With an estimated $50 billion lost due to Sandy—$5 billion on transportation…

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Thieves Torture Former Tablet Owner With Horror Pictures

“Frank Drebin”‘s home got burglarized a month ago. The thieves stole some tablet PCs. Frank went on with his life—until he decided to open the picture folder in his Dropbox account. That’s when he found more than one hundred pictures of these two, including some pouting mirror shots by the glamorous lady you can see…

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This Onion TED Parody Has a Dog Eating Apple Pie, and That’s All That Matters

I’m sure the new Onion’s TED parody is funny, but I was just too impatient to sit through all that talk about how we consume, digest and poop out news even before they are fully written. So I jumped to the end, when a dog eats an apple pie, a moment I’ve waited to see…

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This Alien Facehugger Bong Is One of the Most Horrible Ideas Ever

This is bad. And gross. And horrible. Why, why the hell would anyone smoke anything out of this alien facehugger bong? I can only imagine all kinds of deadly accidents happening, from a panic attack kicking in and triggering death by self-asphyxia to a passerby friend who just had acid smashing a hammer over your…

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The Best Secret Gmail Feature Is Hiding In Plain Sight

There’s a Google Mail feature you have to use. Seriously. You must. Because copying an entire chain of messages after your reply doesn’t make any sense when people can scroll down to see all the messages, chained one after the other. What makes sense is to only provide the snippet that you are actually replying…

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Why Are There Mysterious Pac-Men on Saturn’s Moons?

After discovering Pac-Man on the Death Star—aka Mimas—NASA has discovered a new Pac-Man in Tethys. And they still don’t know why the hell this shape appears, but they have a theory: https://gizmodo.com/nasa-discovers-pac-man-on-death-star-saturn-moon-5504749 Scientists theorize that the Pac-Man thermal shape on the Saturnian moons occurs because high-energy electrons bombard low latitudes on the side of the…

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This Lego Record Player Is Made From Half Bricks and Half Pure Awesome

While it may seem disappointing that this Lego record player doesn’t actually play vinyl records, that’s actually good. Its color-coded record playback mechanism is much more awesomerester than standard record playing. These player’s records are created using a program that codifies musical notes into patches of color distributed in concentric circles. The program prints out…

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Check Out These Amazing North Korean Spy Weapons: A Killer Flashlight and Deadly Pens

North Korea hates Park Sang-hak, a former citizen and now South Korea resident and activist against the brutal regime of the Kim Jongs. They hate him so much that they sent a killer agent to eliminate him using these James Bond-ish weapons. Talking to CNN, a South Korea government official showed the apparently innocent objects…

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Why the Government Must Spend More Money On NASA

Let’s speak about this one more time because, now that the new Federal budget is coming up, we need to. The government should, must, dedicate a lot more money to NASA. And there’s no way around it. It must support NASA because—unlike the shortsighted imbeciles who think NASA is all about flying rockets and cocky…

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Sony to Most People With DSLRs: You Are a Bunch of Imbeciles

Sony is trying to sell their new Nex e-mount camera by telling most DSLR users that they are dumb and stupid and clueless. According to their data, two thirds of all DSLRs users never take their camera out of the full-auto mode. And almost three quarters admit they purchased it “for fun” and “family snapshots.”…

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Four Crazy Ways to Cook Your Turkey Using NASA Equipment

Most of you will use ovens to cook your turkeys tomorrow. But most of you are not NASA. We asked their engineers and science writers how they would cook a turkey to perfection using their high tech gear instead of traditional methods. Then we asked Josh McKible to illustrate their recipes. The results are fantastic,…

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This Spectacular Sea Tornado Will Shrink Your Gonads

Sea tornados off the coast of Australia are not new. But this one is particularly striking and huge. It was filmed this Sunday at Batemans Bay, in New South Wales. Sea tornados happen when a funnel cloud touches the sea surface and they don’t last long, usually dissolving in the same way they started. Whatever.…

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Look at This Badass F-35 High Angle of Attack Testing Video

Time for some airplane porn: Lockheed Martin has completed high angle of attack testing for the F-35A Lightning II. The aircraft was able to get to its 50 degree limit with ease: F-35A test aircraft are limited to AOAs of 20 degrees until their controllability is proven at a higher AOA limit of 50 degrees.…

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This Useless Anchorman’s Touchscreen Abilities Are Hilarious

Look at this doofus talking about the Israel crisis while shuffling cards on a giant touchscreen. I don’t speak French, but Mario Aguilar says he does and, at the end, this guy says “I am a complete piece of shit, I hate myself.” Well, he doesn’t really say that, but he’s probably thinking it. [The…

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These New Spinning GIFs Are as Cool as the Original Ones

Rrrrrrrrroll, the site dedicated to the art of spinning GIF or whatever that is, continues to be one of the best parts of the internet. The author has recently aded a bunch more, so make sure to check them out. https://gizmodo.com/these-spinning-gifs-are-just-great-5926016 Here are some of my favorites, but you can add your own in the…

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NASA Makes the Most Realistic Simulation of All Moon Phases Through an Entire Year

Using new terrain maps obtained by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, the Scientific Visualization Studio at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. has created the most realistic simulation of all the moon phases through an entire year—2013. It’s mesmerizing. This visualization shows the phase and libration of the Moon throughout the year 2013, at…

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Pope Reveals All the Secrets of Baby Jesus—Including His Birth Star’s True Nature

Pope Benedict XVI has just published a new book, the third volume of his Jesus of Nazareth trilogy, talking about the childhood of Jesus. Like Dan Brown’s bestsellers, Herr Ratzinger promises to reveal lots of mysteries for just $13. Or you can save your money and read the juiciest bits here, starting with the reality…

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And Now, an iPhone That Actually Shaves Your Beard

These things look like iPhone 4 clones down to the buttons on the metal band and the glass finish. So much that they are probably risking a cease-and-desist. Except they are travel USB-based electric shavers from Shavetech. Your own Jon Ive baby face comes at $40 a pop. [Shavetech]

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NASA Finds Water and Organic Matter In Mercury

Watch All the James Bonds In This Perfect Animated GIF

How New York Will Stop the Subway From Flooding in the Next Huge Storm

Thieves Torture Former Tablet Owner With Horror Pictures

This Onion TED Parody Has a Dog Eating Apple Pie, and That’s All That Matters

This Alien Facehugger Bong Is One of the Most Horrible Ideas Ever

The Best Secret Gmail Feature Is Hiding In Plain Sight

Why Are There Mysterious Pac-Men on Saturn’s Moons?

This Lego Record Player Is Made From Half Bricks and Half Pure Awesome

Check Out These Amazing North Korean Spy Weapons: A Killer Flashlight and Deadly Pens

Why the Government Must Spend More Money On NASA

Sony to Most People With DSLRs: You Are a Bunch of Imbeciles

Four Crazy Ways to Cook Your Turkey Using NASA Equipment

This Spectacular Sea Tornado Will Shrink Your Gonads

Look at This Badass F-35 High Angle of Attack Testing Video

This Useless Anchorman’s Touchscreen Abilities Are Hilarious

These New Spinning GIFs Are as Cool as the Original Ones

NASA Makes the Most Realistic Simulation of All Moon Phases Through an Entire Year

Pope Reveals All the Secrets of Baby Jesus—Including His Birth Star’s True Nature

And Now, an iPhone That Actually Shaves Your Beard

Mamdani Lifts NYC TikTok Ban for City Employees, but with Some Unusual Restrictions

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

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‘Supergirl’ Will Feature David Corenswet’s Superman in a Sort of Big Brother Role

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset