Robbie Gonzalez

Someone made a song out of Jeff Goldblum’s weird Jurassic Park laugh

And yes, it is sheer perfection. Top Image by John Larriva via Soundcloud user FLIPSHOT sampled Jeff Goldblum’s ridiculous laugh from the helicopter scene at the beginning of Jurassic Park and turned it into “Hahahrawrrahaha,” a 188-second breakbeat tribute to the randy, snarl-like noises that have been known to pour out of Goldblum’s mouth. The…

Over 120 spoof papers withdrawn from major journal publishers

The publishers Springer and IEEE announced they would remove the papers from their subscription services after French researcher Cyril Labbé demonstrated the works were not original scientific work at all, but rather “computer-generated nonsense.” Top Photo via robotlab Via Nature News: Among the works were, for example, a paper published as a proceeding from the…

Lose Yourself in these Stunning Lunar Maps

From the Lunar and Planetary Institute’s Lunar Map Catalogue comes a gorgeous series of charts of the Moon’s nearside, farside and poles. Click here to see in hi-res [6105 x 4277]. Click here to see in VERY hi-res [12211 x 8553] According to the chart, the features depicted were “interpreted from the photographic records of…

Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill Nye make a Barack Obama sandwich

If there’s one thing we can take away from this photo, it’s that President Obama’s tie game is seriously lacking. Via Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson.

This Breaking Bad remix is way catchier than it has any right to be

A followup to the equally catchy remix of Breaking Bad seasons 1 and 2, this newly released mashup from YouTuber placeboing draws on memorable scenes from the show’s final three seasons to yield one highly addictive earworm. This should go without saying, but here be spoilers. https://gizmodo.com/breaking-bad-remix-is-the-perfect-soundtrack-for-your-n-5939875 This “outtake” is pretty perfect, too: [placeboing]

Every New Yorker is (an) Animal in New Muppets Commercial

Get it? DO YOU GET THE JOKE? In all seriousness this is pretty brilliant, even if it is an ad for tea (Oy vey gevalt!). Easily one of our favorites in the leadup to Muppets Most Wanted‘s March 21st release. https://gizmodo.com/muppets-most-wanted-trailer-is-just-so-damn-charming-1468353800 https://gizmodo.com/new-muppets-most-wanted-trailer-focuses-on-kermits-lea-1530616316 https://gizmodo.com/first-song-from-the-new-muppets-movie-brings-back-that-1532714330 https://gizmodo.com/new-muppets-trailer-shows-movie-studios-the-right-way-t-1496547502 [Lipton/The Muppets]

Watch the opening scene of the Veronica Mars movie

More of a recap of the show’s original three-season run than a foundational scene to the new movie, itself, the two-minute title sequence to the new Veronica Mars movie still has us damn excited to meet the “marshmallow” Veronica says she’s become. https://gizmodo.com/first-veronica-mars-trailer-fills-us-with-squee-1493712503 https://gizmodo.com/behold-the-very-first-footage-from-the-veronica-mars-mo-850028778 Of course, the best way to prepare for the movie’s March…

This underwater Iron Man suit could revolutionize ocean research

Meet the Exosuit – a 6.5-foot tall, 530 pound, aluminum alloy atmospheric diving system that stands to change the way we explore the ocean deep. Designed to envelop a single human occupant in surface atmosphere conditions at depths of up to 1,000 feet, stepping into this articulated, human-shaped shell is like putting on a custom-tailored…

Over 200 Miles of Yosemite Backpacking in One Incredible Time-lapse

It took over two years for filmmakers Colin Delehanty and Sheldon Neill to create Yosemite HD II, the the breathtaking followup to their 2011 tribute to Yosemite National Park. It was worth the wait. Full screen, HD, headphones if you’ve got ’em. You know the drill. It’s hard to oversell the beauty of Yosemite. Harder,…

This aerial video of reindeer-herding is surprisingly soothing

In addition to being one of the more unlikely string of words you’ve heard this week, this aerial video of reindeer-herding shot by a hexacopter camera drone is surprisingly serene and relaxing. Watching it feels a little like tending a rock garden with your brain. The video was recently shot by Jan Helmer Olsen in…

Curiosity’s Next Mission Looms Large in New Mars Panorama

NASA’s Curiosity Rover spent 8 months traveling over 300-million miles to get to Mars. It spent another year getting its bearings, making several major discoveries along the way. Now it has its sights set on 18,000-foot Mount Sharp, its primary scientific target, which features prominently in this recently released panorama. https://gizmodo.com/heres-why-everybody-is-freaking-out-about-methane-on-m-1355589246 https://gizmodo.com/nasa-has-just-made-an-incredible-discovery-about-water-1403815899 Via JPL: NASA’s…

This stunning animal looks like a glitch in reality’s programming

It belongs to the genus Sapphirina, and its skin – which can flicker from brilliant blue to near-invisible in an instant – is something you truly need to see to believe. Deep Sea News’ Rebecca Helm calls it “the most beautiful animal you’ve never seen.” The tiny marine crustaceans have shimmering, crystalline skin that derives…

What is the universe made of?

In this newly released video from the folks at TED-Ed, educator Dennis Wildfogel teams up with animator Ash Barker to explain not only what the universe is made of, but what it took for those cosmological building blocks to get where they are today. Via TED-Ed: The atoms around you have existed for billions of…

The beginning and the end of scientific careers. MySciCareer is a fun, often inspirational repository of science-career origin stories. Elsewhere, MIT postdoc Lenny Teytelman has painted a brutally honest portrait of the state of scientific research, in a farewell blog post that explains why he – and so many others – are leaving academia.

This mesmerizing sculpture is built of hinging wooden cubes

Great art is often interactive, and captivating design is frequently dynamic. Such is the case with Ghostcube, a beautifully conceived study in topological transfiguration created by Swedish designer Erik Åberg out of interconnected wooden cubes. https://gizmodo.com/i-cant-stop-watching-this-door-open-close-1518382401 Åberg’s cubic creations can be expanded, twisted, shrunk and spun into a variety of configurations. His sculptures are manipulable…

Ever had your mind blown by an egg?

The common guillemot is a bird with decidedly uncommon eggs. They’re shaped in such a way that when they roll, they do so not in a long, wide arc but a tight, uniform circle. But why would an egg do such a thing? Guillemots are seabirds, and they tend to congregate on the ledges of…

Here’s why they call Earth ‘The Blue Marble’

The Caribbean country of Cuba appears at the top of this image, photographed last December by an Expedition 38 crew member aboard the International Space Station. Andros Island, part of the Bahamas, can be seen in the bottom of the frame. The surrounding waters are so beautifully aqua-colored as to appear unbelievable. See also: NASA’s…

Brand New Art from Calvin and Hobbes Creator Bill Watterson!

Well here’s an unexpected surprise: Bill Watterson, long-retired creator of Calvin of Hobbes, was so impressed with Stripped – a new feature documentary that invites some of the biggest names in comics “to talk about the art form they love, and what happens to it as newspapers die” – that he agreed to provide the…

Drop Everything – The Bald Eagle Cam is Back!

Will 2014 be the year you witness a baby bald eagle hatching live, on camera? NOT IF YOU LOOK AWAY, IT WON’T. Above: The female eagle flies from the nest as the male flies in (2/9/14) | Photo Credit: Berry Eagles Photo Gallery It’s that time of year again – the time of year when…

Watch the Moon devour Saturn

On Saturday, the Moon passed between the Earth and Saturn, blocking the ringed planet from view. In this video from photographer Colin Legg, you can watch as Saturn sets behind our planet’s satellite, in an uncommon astronomical event known as occultation. Phil Plait dispenses with some helpful details over at Bad Astronomy: …seeing the Moon…