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Why Sharktopus is a philosophical masterpiece

Sharktopus is the greatest shark monster movie ever, and not just because of the awesome theme song. It speaks to our greatest philosophical and aesthetic achievements as a civilization. Don’t believe me? Watch this video and you’ll be convinced.

Wood Carved Maps, NYC Rooftop Loft, and More

Hey stop right there. We have a pletora of pretty things to show you. From an old water tank that has new life as a loft, to a carbon fiber core axe, here are your most beautiful items of the week. Wood Carved Maps Won’t Help You Navigate, But They’re Lovely https://gizmodo.com/wood-carved-maps-wont-help-you-navigate-but-theyre-lov-5935163 Maps are an…

NASA confirms there’s helium in the Moon’s atmosphere. But where did it come from?

When astronauts from the Apollo 17 mission landed on the Moon in 1972, one of their mission objectives was to analyze the tenuous atmosphere using the Lunar Atmosphere Composition Experiment, a mass spectrometer (with a shape and appearance weirdly reminiscent of a modern day printer/scanner combo) designed to detect traces of gas in the lunar…

Jessie Ware: Running

I’m fairly confident Jessie Ware will be a huge pop star in a year from now. Her music is accessible without being bland. It’s complex without being pretentious. It pulls from past influences without being overly-nostalgic or pastiche. And it sounds fresh without being completely alien. “Running,” one of the singles off her debut album…

Why Is There a Goddess’ Egg Floating In Space?

This image reminds me of an ovum—a female egg. But it’s not inside anything on Earth. It’s floating in the vastness of space about 9,000 light years from here, in the constellation of Cassiopeia. It’s the Tycho supernova remnant. It was captured by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory but, if you told me it was taken…

Think Women Don’t Love Superheroes? You’re nuts.

Writer Kelly Sue DeConnick is taking on Captain Marvel, aka Carol Danvers, for a relaunched comic book. (And this comes at a time when Carol Danvers is rumored to appear in the new Guardians of the Galaxy movie, setting up a possible role in Avengers 2.) Over at Hero Complex, there’s a great interview with…

Millions of Hotel Room Locks Have a Glaring Security Flaw That Won’t Get Fixed

With less than $50 worth of parts and only a few seconds, millions of hotel room keycard locks around the world can be hacked and unlocked by robbers-cum-hackers trying to break into your room. The good news? The security flaw can be fixed. The bad news? No one wants to pay to fix them. Here’s…

Get Glue HD, Pinterest, and More

It’s Friday, which means another edition of the best iPad apps of the week. Can you handle this much excitement? This time around we’re giving you a way to pin to your heart’s content on your tablet, a way to discover new TV shows, and so much more. Pinterest: Now you can pin recipes, DIY…

Uncle Slam, HipGeo, and More

Well what do you know? It’s Friday so we’re smacking you in the face with a bag full of the week’s best iPhone apps. You can track your heart rate, track your vacation, or just track the closest donut shop, and much more. Uncle Slam: Remember that MTV show Celebrity Death match where claymation famous…

WWE, Dunkin Donuts, and More

Another week, another round of best Android apps. This time we’re assaulting you with an arsenal of wonderful titles, from something to help you get through election season, something to make you fatter, and so much more. WWE: If you like watching people smash chairs into each other’s skulls, you might enjoy the Gathering of…

The strange quest for a universal, “Earth Standard” language

Throughout history, people have tried very hard to come up with “constructed languages” that would become Earth Standard languages, spoken universally. None have been as popular as natural languages are, and they mostly seem to be falling into obscurity. Before they go, we’ll do a survey of humanity’s greatest attempts to overcome the power of…

True Nerd Love

Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy. Boy loves boy. Girl loves girl. Whatever. It all works. The only important thing is that you love each other and that you can keep playing your video games in any situation—including a stand-up subway cuddling session. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-how-two-girls-play-gameboy-when-they-really-lov-5325105 Sweet multitasking. [Thanks Karl!]

A Complete Guide to Superheroes’ Religious Backgrounds

Jimmy Olsen is Lutheran, The Thing is Jewish, and Iceman is Jewish Catholic. This very detailed chart is teaching us so many new things about the vast religious affiliations of our favorite comic book characters. See who worships where at Adherents.

A homemade Game of Thrones Risk board! (Incest not included)

In my experience, Risk is a board game that erodes friendships (only slightly more quickly than Settlers of Catan) and has the power to bring an wintry silence over the room (Settlers is the harbinger of yelling). So it’s rather appropriate Fay Helfer that has taken the geopolitical machinations of Westeros and applied them to…

An Enchantingly Daft Video About the “Space Age” Hairstyles of 1962

There’s an amazing innocence to the gee-whiz futurism in this 1962 video about space-age hair fashions, from Pathé. The women in the small town of Wokingham — far from London, with its crazy ideas — go to hair salon where the stylists where big capes or silver lame pajamas. The Sputnik-inspired hairdos involve setting off…

Let’s Talk About Anything You Want for the Next Hour

Hey there. It’s the end of the week and I’m sure you’re dying to get out of the office, so we’re gonna try and help make the rest of your day bearable. For the next hour, the entire Giz staff will be hovering around this thread, willing to shoot the shit about whatever your little…

Five Scientifically Surprising Facts About Booze

People sharing drinks love to lay out the facts of life, love, and, of course, liquor. Wouldn’t it be even better if this cocktail science were actually right some of the time? Here are five bits of booze trivia that smart drinkers can use to blow their buddies off their barstools. It’s Friday afternoon, you’ve…

If You Blinked, You Probably Missed the Instagram Bug That Let Android Users See Anyone’s Private Photos

Instagram 3.0 might be the best way to browse your friends’ photos, but for Android users, it was briefly a great way to browse anyone’s photos, even the private ones. Fortunately Instagram managed to patch the hole in record time. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-instagram-3-the-single-coolest-way-to-browse-5935384 The bug, uncovered by Cult of Mac, gave Android users universal access to other…

An exclusive first look at the upcoming R.I.P.D. comic book!

You may have heard of the upcoming film adaptation of R.I.P.D., the Dark Horse comic book about dead cops who solve supernatural crimes for the beyond-the-grave Rest In Peace Department. https://gizmodo.com/upcoming-science-fiction-and-fantasy-movies-that-arent-5921089 And come November, the publisher is returning to the R.I.P.D. universe with R.I.P.D.: City of the Damned, a miniseries that sees the series’ spectral…

AT&T is allowing FaceTime over your data plan, but only on Mobile Share plans.