THE TECHNICOLOR DREAM FISH | It takes artist Iori Tomita up to a year to prepare a single specimen of a fish, turtle, squid or chameleon — but the spectacular results are worth it. He uses traditional specimen preservation techniques, mixed with miraculous staining methods to achieve these bright, intense results. Check out more of them here.
https://gizmodo.com/these-psychedelic-animal-specimens-are-unlike-anything-5929143
The Universe Could Tear Itself Apart Sooner Than Anyone Believed
https://gizmodo.com/the-universe-could-tear-itself-apart-sooner-than-anyone-5928274
Many physicists now believe the universe will end by tearing itself apart – and now it appears that this could happen sooner than anyone expected. More »
Rare Batman Comics That Everyone Should Read
https://gizmodo.com/rare-batman-comics-that-everyone-should-read-5928142
Batman has appeared in untold thousands of comic books over the decades. You could pretty much spend the rest of your life reading about Batman. But some of the coolest and most interesting Batman stories aren’t at your local bookstore, on the big shelf of hardcover and paperback collections. More »
The Secrets of Geek Mating Rituals
https://gizmodo.com/the-secrets-of-geek-mating-rituals-5928739
There’s a hoary old truism that says geeks never date, and get laid even less than that. But at least two generations have grown up knowing that is a lie. More »
First 6-minute trailer for Cloud Atlas is simply stunning
https://gizmodo.com/first-6-minute-trailer-for-cloud-atlas-is-simply-stunni-5929189
Behold the first beautiful trailer for the incredibly ambitious Cloud Atlas. Directed in teams by both Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis, this big-screen adaptation of David Mitchell’s novel jumps from century to century, with the same actors playing different characters – but they’re all connected. Leap from the 1850s to the post-apocalyptic future. More »
Why do we hate seeing photos of ourselves?
https://gizmodo.com/why-do-we-hate-seeing-photos-of-ourselves-5929667
You know what I’m talking about. There you are, clicking through your friend’s Facebook album, when suddenly you happen upon a picture of yourself — or rather, a slightly less attractive version of yourself. The “real” you appears to have been abducted, replaced with some second-rate knock off. What gives? you ask yourself. Is that really what I look like? More »
Does the African genome hold the secrets of a previously unknown species of hominid?
https://gizmodo.com/does-the-african-genome-hold-the-secrets-of-a-previousl-5929245
Researchers have just finished performing the most comprehensive genetic analysis of modern day Africans ever. And they’ve turned up some absolutely incredible results. More »
10 Things We Want From a New Star Trek TV Show
https://gizmodo.com/10-things-we-want-from-a-new-star-trek-tv-show-5928143
Two things happened in the past week or so: Star Trek: The Next Generation’s first season came out in eye-popping high definition. And Roberto Orci said that talks about a new Star Trek TV show are “almost real.” More »
https://gizmodo.com/star-trek-the-next-generation-is-brand-new-all-over-ag-5928504
https://gizmodo.com/new-star-trek-tv-show-could-be-an-animated-series-5927598
Earth is about to belch out laughing gas (and here’s why that’s a bad thing)
https://gizmodo.com/earth-is-about-to-belch-out-laughing-gas-and-why-thats-5928108
Nitrous oxide is best known as the mild anesthetic laughing gas, but making people feel a bit loopy during dental surgery is the least of its effects. More »
Master Japanese craftsmen make real-life versions of Evangelion weapons
https://gizmodo.com/master-japanese-craftsmen-make-real-life-versions-of-ev-5927993
People love samurai swords, and people love Evangelion. Combining the two makes a perfect storm of coolness. A current museum exhibition hopes to capitalize on the anime’s fandom by presenting weapons from the Evangelion series crafted by master Japanese sword smiths. More »
What if we had a planet instead of a Moon?
https://gizmodo.com/what-if-we-had-a-planet-instead-of-a-moon-5929076
Our moon is a pretty big object. It’s big enough to be a respectable planet in its own right, if it were orbiting the sun instead of the Earth. More »
10 Civilizations That Disappeared Under Mysterious Circumstances
https://gizmodo.com/10-civilizations-that-disappeared-under-mysterious-circ-5928085
For almost as long as we’ve had civilization, we’ve lost it. There are records going back hundreds of years of explorers discovering huge temples encrusted with jungle, or giant pits full of treasure that were once grand palaces. More »
What would a sequel to The Dark Knight Rises look like?
https://gizmodo.com/what-would-a-sequel-to-the-dark-knight-rises-look-like-5928146
Christopher Nolan promised us that The Dark Knight Rises would be the final chapter in a trilogy – not just a third installment in an ongoing series. More »
Researchers identify the kinds of exercise that help you live longer
https://gizmodo.com/researchers-identify-the-kinds-of-exercise-that-help-yo-5928595
People who exercise are certainly healthier than those who don’t, but do they actually live longer? A review published in the latest issue of the Journal of Aging Research says they do, by an average of around four years. More »
Watch Henry Cavill’s sonic boom in the first Man of Steel trailers
https://gizmodo.com/watch-henry-cavills-sonic-boom-in-the-first-man-of-stee-5927971
If you’ve seen The Dark Knight Rises already, then you’ve seen one of the two trailers for Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel. In this one, Clark Kent spends his time fishing and hitchhiking before finally breaking the sound barrier as Superman. More »
What did this mummy die of? Now we know.
https://gizmodo.com/what-was-this-mummy-sick-from-now-we-know-updated-5929119
A newly discovered technique could tell us what diseases killed off our ancestors – providing us with more information than we’ve ever had before. More »
How Autism is Changing the World for Everybody
https://gizmodo.com/how-autism-is-changing-the-world-for-everybody-5928135
There’s not much doubt that autism, along with Asperger Syndrome, is finally becoming accepted as a normal part of the human fabric. Even if some people still see autism as a condition that needs to be “treated,” it’s increasingly obvious that people on the autism spectrum are finding ways to succeed in our neurotypical-based society. More »
No, this isn’t the twin of our solar system – but it’s proof that our planetary orbits aren’t a “fluke”
https://gizmodo.com/no-this-isnt-the-twin-of-our-solar-system-but-its-pr-5929564
Yet another piece of evidence that our world is not as unique as we feared: There’s a solar system out there that’s like ours in one extremely vital respect, according to a group of scientists from MIT and the University of California at Santa Cruz. More »
