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How to write Deadpool (and actually make him funny)

Over the last several years, Marvel Comics’ mercenary Wade “Deadpool” Wilson has gone from tertiary X-Men antihero to one of the publisher’s most recognizable characters. (He’s getting his own video game, for criminey’s sake.) That’s some impressive longevity for a guy who was originally conceived 21 years ago as an in-joke rip-off of the DC…

This Is How Apple TV Could Turn Into an Amazing Cable Box

Six years ago, Apple tried to patent a harmless looking menu for navigating videos. Today, it got that patent. What’s happened in those six years? Apple’s poised to become the biggest TV company in the world—now we’re seeing how. https://gizmodo.com/why-apple-tv-just-became-apples-most-important-product-5931185 The patent, granted for “generating a menu in a video environment for video that can…

Awesome 1900s Dudes in Awesome Suits Mounting Awesome Dinosaur

If you’ve ever visited New York City’s American Museum of Natural History, you’ve seen this Apatosaurus. But did you know it took these dudes in suits (well one suit and three fantastic old-timey outfits) six years to mount the giant? The project started in 1898, and by the time it was completed in 1905, they…

LHC Particle Soup Is the Hottest Thing Mankind Ever Made

Scientists at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider say they just temporarily created the hottest man-made temperature by colliding two lead ions. According to a source working on the project, the collision sprung loose a plasma “soup” of sub-atomic gluons and quarks at an estimated temperature of 5.5-trillion-degrees Celsius. We won’t know just how hot the plasma…

Canon recalls 70,000 T4i DSLRs due to faulty rubber grips that cause allergic reactions. [Engadget]

9 Golden Objects, Created By King Midas (And Photoshop)

The 2012 Olympics are over. And, chances are, you didn’t win a gold medal. Luckily, thanks to a bit of Photoshop trickery, you can make anything in your life gold. https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-go-for-the-gold-5933342 WINNER: Goldberry I had a choice of eggs, grapes and strawberries and finally went with moist strawberries to get some shine from the lights.…

You Can Register to Vote at 30,000 Feet Now

Thanks to a collaboration with PromoJam and Rock the Vote, Virgin America passengers will be able to register to vote while flying. In theory, you just point your smartphone at the touchscreen and fill out a form. If that sounds too good to be true, well, it sort of is. First off, you have to…

Scientists identify the source of 7,500-square-mile “pumice island”

Australian Naval officer Tim Oscar called the massive chunk of volcanic rock pictured up top “the weirdest thing [he’d] seen in 18 years at sea.” Now, NASA satellite images have revealed the source of the floating raft: a mysterious undersea volcano known as the Havre Seamount. https://gizmodo.com/a-naval-officer-calls-this-the-weirdest-thing-ive-seen-5934104 Everyone knew the mass likely came from an…

An Openly Biased Review of Android Jelly Bean by an iPhone Lover

I’ve never liked Android. It’s an opinion born out of ignorance and bias: The iPhone is the only smartphone I’ve ever owned. I love it, and I think Android is generally an inferior mess. I’m OK with that. But wow, Jelly Bean: the greatest version of Android ever, cold-blooded Apple-killa. Thousands upon thousands of man-hours…

The New SkyDrive Looks Totally Beautiful and Great

SkyDrive got a makeover, just like Outlook. The new Metro SkyDrive is going live today, according to Microsoft’s Inside Skydrive blog. It looks great. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-did-the-impossible-the-new-hotmail-is-fantas-5930358 In addition to the design update, Microsoft also updated the apps for Windows and OS X to full release (they had been previews until now), will release an Android app…

Is The Walking Dead: The Movie in the works?

Rumor now has it that AMC wants to make a movie version of Robert Kirkman’s comic. They’ve already got a very successful television series — we can easily see how this zombie show could spark a two-hour, extra-gory flick. Bloody Disgusting reports that AMC is pursuing a Walking Dead movie, and points out that the…

How Many Fake Twitter Followers Do You Have?

1. Visit Fake Follower Check. 2. Authorize the app. 3. Enter your twitter handle. 4. Wait for the results. 5. ????????? 6. Share below. [via Cnet]

Talk to the Man Who Led Curiosity to the Surface of Mars: Adam Steltzner

By now you probably know his story: he’s the man who went from sex, drugs, and rock’n’roll to science’n’engineering, from playing the bass guitar in the Bay Area to the genius who led Curiosity to the surface of Mars, turning seven minutes of terror into total triumph. https://gizmodo.com/the-inside-story-on-how-nasa-invented-curiositys-insane-5932811 His name is Adam Steltzner, and he’s…

Tell us about your shark encounters!

We’ve heard the sensational stories about people beating away attacking sharks with a swim fin. And we’ve heard from scientists who have had encounters with these misunderstood, noble giants of the sea. But we haven’t heard from you! Tell us about your close encounters with sharks. Here’s mine. There was a girl in my school…

This Picnic Blanket Won’t Get Ruined By Picnics

You shouldn’t have to sully a textile every time you spend an afternoon in the park. But between the delicious snacks you bring with you and whatever grossness is on the ground below your butt, that’s what always ends up happening. Neither dewy grass nor Milk Duds will sour your day if you’ve got this…

These animated GIFs are from the creepiest computer game that never existed

If you remember the low-tech roleplaying games of the 1980s, the unsettling digital artwork of Uno Moralez should strike a chord with you. Moralez takes black-and-white pixelated graphics, tosses in a smidge of motion, and ramps up the foreboding to borderline Lovecraftian levels. For those of you who dug the unofficial Twin Peaks video game,…

On Warehouse 13, The Many Flavors of Ruthlessness

Last night’s Warehouse 13 gave us two stories of overachievers who pay a high price for excellence. And meanwhile, both Artie and Steve let the cat out of the bag about their huge secrets. And finally, we learned just how far Brother Data is willing to go for retribution. The common factor everything has in…

Disney Invents Method to Clone Humans Into Robots

This is half fascinating, half scary, and 100 percent freaky: Disney has invented a process to clone real humans into silicone-skinned robots. Their method analyzes the face of a target using 3D motion capture cameras. Then it calculates the precise shape, density and composition of a synthetic skin that accurately mimics that specific human’s expressions:…

Don’t Miss the Deadline for the $50K App Challenge

You know that bolt-of-lightning app idea that occurred to you in the shower the other day? Why deprive the world by keeping it to yourself? Enter it in the App Challenge, and your app could become a reality. The August 21 deadline is coming up, so this is your last chance to enter. App Challenge…

13 clips from Cosmopolis show Robert Pattinson’s post-apocalyptic haircut

We’re intrigued by the seemingly simple plot of David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis: Robert Pattinson (playing a wealthy Wall Street heir) goes to get a haircut. But like all things Cronenberg, it’s going to be infinitely more complicated than that. Just watch this massive collection of sing-song dialogue, and try and divine what’s really going on: New…