What is the one reboot that proves reboots aren’t entirely evil?

Just admit it — there was that one time you watched a reboot and realized it was better than the original. What reboot was it that made you realize that not all reboots are awful blemishes on the face of pop culture? Please include images, video, clips, pieces of hair or fingernails, whatever will make…

Fascinating Chart: Top 20 Metropolitan Areas in the U.S.A., 1790-2010

This amazing chart follows the rise and fall — and in some cases, rise and fall and rise — of American cities. Peak Bagger has charted the rank of 20 metropolitan areas every decade from 1790 to 2010. Poor Detroit. Most interestingly — New York City took the number one spot over 200 years ago,…

There is such thing as an anti-greenhouse effect

As we all face the long, miserable slide into a post-apocalyptic world due to the greenhouse effect, isn’t it comforting to know that there is such a thing as the anti-greenhouse effect? Of course, it only exists on other planets, but there is a way we can bring it to Earth. So, we’re coming out…

Safe sex means not having sex with the Cat People

Pregnancy? STDs? Pshaw. The real danger of having intercourse is the possibility that the person you’re having sex with might turn into a panther and kill you, as Paul Schrader’s erotic 1982 remake of the 1942 horror classic Cat People reveals. Plus, the Machete, Leonard Nimoy, and the best Robocop ever, all in this week’s…

The annual Taiji Cove dolphin hunt is underway. Some 250 dolphins from 5 separate pods have been corralledand now await slaughter or a lifetime of captivity — including this rare albino dolphin calf spotted by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

Rosetta, a comet-hunting spacecraft, just woke up

After 31 months of hibernation while hurtling through deep space, ESA’s comet-exploring spacecraft Rosetta woke up — and it sent us a message. https://gizmodo.com/the-most-important-alarm-in-the-solar-system-is-set-to-1504703127 Rosetta, which runs on solar power, went into sleep mode over 2 years ago, when its orbit pushed it well outside proximity to the sun. With people from all over the…

Why does beer overflow when you tap one bottle on top of another?

Depending on your point of view (or how drunk you are), tapping another person’s beer bottle so that it overflows is either incredibly obnoxious or a funny prank. But only recently have physicists explained exactly why that motion causes the beer to foam so rapidly. You’re sitting with a friend (preferably outside), drinking a couple…

Too Pretty to Die: The Ultimate Statue of Firefly‘s Malcolm Reynolds

The Alliance said they were going to waltz through Serenity Valley, but the browncoats made them choke on those words. Here’s your exclusive first look at a brand new statue showing Firefly’s Mal Reynolds in his darkest hour. Plus a new Firefly/X-Files poster, and a “cutaway” version of Serenity. We’re thrilled to be able to…

What caused a 10-year winter starting in 536?

A winter that lasts years isn’t just a problem in Game of Thrones. Roughly 1500 years ago, our world was turned upsidown by a winter that witnesses say “never ended.” Now there is scientific evidence that there really was a decade of winter. Scholars writing in Europe and Asia at the time reported that the…

Fight Club minus Tyler Durden shows how deluded Norton’s character was

We know that much of the dialogue from Fight Club takes place inside the mind of Ed Norton’s character, but this video goes a long way to showing how a key scene in the movie would have played out without a physical Tyler Durden in the mix. We do see Ed Norton’s character beating himself…

Here’s a better look at Alfonso Cuaron’s Believe

Coming on the heels of Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity, we’re beyond excited to see him coming to television. Check out a brand new sneak peek, in which we see the mysterious priest, Winter, getting Tate (Jake McLaughlin) out of prison. Tate’s being sprung from prison to protect Bo, a young girl who has fantastic powers, because…

Keeping It Up: The Science of Erections

For many men, getting an erection is as simple as breathing. But it’s an incredibly complex process involving a precise sequence of psychological and physiological events that can easily go wrong. Here’s how erections work — and how science is helping millions of men keep it up. Back in 1992, the U.S. National Institutes of…

The Joker gets medieval with this functional suit of leather armor

This suit of armor is sure not just to protect your body but also to intimidate your opponents, pairing its hardened leather pieces with that creepy Joker’s grin. Prince Armory constructed this villainous suit of armor, which is supposed to be functional. Here is the list of components: Jester’s Helmet with Joker Mask, Breastplate, Drama…

Feast your eyes on this treasure trove of old medical illustrations

The Wellcome Library has released over 100,000 historical medical, science, and art images, and they are gorgeous, strange, and a little macabre. Here are some of our favorites, which include an early 19th-century artist’s conception of the teeming life within the Thames river (top) and (in order) a flip-panel anatomical illustration book, a sketch of…

Scientists prove a point by injecting liquid into babies’ diapers

It’s not always glamorous, being a scientist. Sure, occasionally you get to smash subatomic particles together or sequence a genome, but other times, you are stuck in a room, alone, waiting for a baby to fall asleep so you can fill its little diaper with simulated pee. To be fair, in doing that you might…

10 Greatest Laser Scenes in Movie History

Lasers shine a beam of pure inspiration into our dreams. They are the ultimate proof that science is made of win, and the foundation of every great Pink Floyd show. But who used lasers the best? We’ve painstakingly catalogued the 10 greatest laser moments in movie history. Plus the absolute worst. Note: This list doesn’t…

Hasbro is completely changing the way Transformers toys transform

If you’ve bought a Transformers figure in the last 30 years, it came with an instruction book; the more complex the figure, the more instructions were necessary to transform it from vehicle to robot. But soon, the only thing it will take to transform your favorite Autobot or Decepticon may be a flick of the…

TV This Week: Can the CG Powerpuff Girls and Ringo Starr save the day?

The Powerpuff Girls returns tonight for a single episode, but will you still love the ladies when they’re 3D? Also, we bid a sad (but temporary) farewell to Sleepy Hollow—and you can catch a few peeks at tonight’s season finale. See what else ahead this week for Being Human, Supernatural, Arrow, Helix, the Dracula season…

Microsoft’s ‘smart elevator’ knows where you’re going

In a recent Bloomberg Television interview, Head of Microsoft Research Peter Lee described his company’s latest achievement: An elevator that uses AI to figure out which floor you’re going to. Microsoft is currently working on a suite of applications and ‘smart devices‘ that, instead of being operated directly, intuitively work on a user’s behalf. https://gizmodo.com/hacked-fridge-sends-out-malicious-emails-in-unprecedent-1503472917…

Why what you do makes sense and what other people do is dumb

Why, oh why, do people do all those stupid things? The answer, according to psychologists, depends on whether you are the person doing the things — or the person watching and reeling at their idiocy. For instance, remember how you woke up this morning. What did you do, and why did you do it? Maybe…