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Old photos of the Statue of Liberty standing in Paris were extraordinarily surreal

In science fiction filmdom, the destruction of the Statue of Liberty is merely a sign that the carnage is chugging along at a steady tack. But reality provides some equally strange views of Lady Liberty, particularly when she was under construction in Paris during the mid-1880s. Here are some curious photographs of this iconic Statue…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Futurama‘s Season Premiere: All Heart and No Arms

Futurama season seven started off with two new episodes, full of the series’ unique mixture of sappy moments and cold-blooded mayhem. Find out what happens when Bender procreates (a second time), and when Fry and Leela have to find a way to meet each other half-way. Spoilers ahead… The Bots and the Bees As we…

Television Esther Inglis-Arkell

Lego Breaking Bad Set Will Never Happen But We Want It Anyway

Breaking Bad is one of the best TV series in history. It has drugs, debauchery, guns, bombs, lying, killing and everything in between. Which is why Lego would never ever make a set about it, even if it got a hundred thousand supporters in Lego Cussoo. https://gizmodo.com/nerdgasm-the-official-lego-back-to-the-future-set-is-a-5906074 But that doesn’t mean that Lego Breaking Bad…

Television Jesus Diaz

This Dyson DC27 Upright Vacuum Is Your Sucks-So-Good Deal of the Day

I used to clean my rug with a lint roller. (Note: I am trashy.) But eventually those little sheets ran out, and I replaced the lint roller with a Dyson vacuum. A profound difference. The rug revealed its original color. It became safe to walk on with bare feet. Was the plastic vac worth $400?…

Tech News J.D. Levite

Scientists find a mass grave of extinct ‘mega-wombats’ in Australia

Paleontologists working in Queensland, Australia, have uncovered the biggest find yet of diprotodons, a pre-historic marsupial that’s also known as the “mega-wombat”. Scientists hope that the discovery of these 50 distinct skeletons may shed some light behind the reason for this species’ extinction. It was scientists from the Queensland Museum in Brisbane who uncovered the…

io9 George Dvorsky

It Takes a Hell of a Lot More Water Than You Think to Make Jeans, Burgers, Pizza and Other Stuff

Even though water covers nearly three-quarters of this blue dot of ours, most of that is salt water. We need freshwater to fuel the world. And freshwater is not as limitless as it seems, so wasting is it a no no. Here’s how much water we use to make, well, the things we use. The…

Tech News Casey Chan

How Caroline John Helped Save Doctor Who

Caroline John, who died earlier this month, was one of the most crucial factors in the survival of Doctor Who, our favorite time-travel TV show. She only appeared in four stories in 1970, but she was instrumental in transforming the show into something that could endure. In 1969, Doctor Who was on the brink of…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Braven 625s Lightning Review: A Light, Cheap, Loud Little Bluetooth Speaker

The Braven 625s is a tiny block-o-sound similar to Jawbone’s popular Jambox. It’s cute, portable, and wireless. It sounds decent, and it’s cheap. Actually, the Braven 625s is even cheaper than the Jambox. Plus, it adds convenient USB charging. Is the 625s a better buy? https://gizmodo.com/jawbone-jambox-dont-stick-this-in-your-ear-5681256 What Is It? A $180 portable Bluetooth speaker. Who’s…

Reviews Mario Aguilar

Google’s Collecting Thousands of Endangered Languages Before They Go Extinct

The Internet is all about communication, which is super, but unfortunately, it’s putting a lot of languages at risk of extinction by promoting more commonly spoken languages. It’s sad that we’re losing that culture. Google’s stepping up to make sure they’re not lost from the face of the earth altogether. The Endangered Languages Project is…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

We’ll Pay You for Photos of Mark Zuckerberg

For someone who doesn’t believe in privacy, Mark Zuckerberg is awfully guarded. He has made Facebook public by default, and yet his own public posts are few, far-between, and tend towards the anodyne. Facebook’s share-everything CEO even went so far as to keep his recent wedding a secret from his own friends, presumably to avoid…

Social Media Sam Biddle

Ultimate Proof that Every Movie is Better With Bears

Bears! They’re like mythical fantasy creatures, except that they really exist. And they make everything better. Case in point: Brave, which comes out this weekend, features bears in an important role, which we won’t give away here. https://gizmodo.com/picture-of-the-day-april-26-2012-5905558 But really, why doesn’t every science fiction and fantasy movie have bears in it? This ursine presence…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Brilliant Spinning Heatsink Cools CPUs 30 Times More Efficiently

Most computers use a two-step process to cool the CPU. First, a heat exchanger pasted to the processor draws the warmth away. And then a combination of a heatsink and fans dissipate it away from the PC. But by merging those two steps into one, this spinning cooler ends up being greater than the sum…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

How Science is Helping You Find the Word on the Tip of Your Tongue

You stop short in the middle of a sentence. Your eyes shift. You can practically feel your mind twisting, as it tries to wring out the word resting just behind your lips — but nothing springs to mind. While this tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon happens to just about everyone from time to time, rarely does it become…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

The Curious Case of the Million Dollar Tyrannosaurus Skeleton That’s Been Seized by Homeland Security

This is one of the strangest arrest warrants we’ve heard about in quite some time: U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel signed a warrant on Tuesday authorizing the Department of Homeland Security to seize a Tyrannosaurus batarr skeleton from an art storage company. The seizure is part of an effort to get the bones back to…

io9 George Dvorsky

How to Get the Internet to Pay for Your Lunch

Sites like Indiegogo and Kickstarter are great for raising money to build a cool looking lamp or direct a movie shot on your iPad. But they’re also perfect for getting people to give you money for no reason at all. After reading about the story of Karen Klein—an upstate New York bus monitor harassed to…

Tech News Sam Biddle

10 Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy Romantic Comedies of All Time

Science fiction is all about discovering the unknown — but sometimes you find love along the way. This is a great time to love romantic comedies with a science fiction twist, with the surprisingly sweet Safety Not Guaranteed in theaters, and the apocalyptic Seeking a Friend for the End of the World coming out tomorrow.…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Would You Like to Be a Space Miner?

Planetary Resources, the company that is planning to mine near-Earth asteroids, has received a ton of email from fans wanting to participate in their exciting venture. So much that it may open the possibility for you to be part of this. https://gizmodo.com/new-asteroid-mining-company-may-solve-worlds-economic-p-5904081 Of course, your participation is not going to be like Larry Page or…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Jurassic Park 4 will be penned by the Rise of the Planet of the Apes scribes

Jurassic Park 4 is actually happening, after years of hints. But will they go with the old idea of weaponized dinosaurs? (We hope so). Deadline is reporting that Rise of the Planet of the Apes writers Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver are locked in for Jurassic Park 4. No word on the plot yet —…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Check out a preview of next week’s issue of Superman

Courtesy of DC Comics, here’s an exclusive first look at next week’s issue of Superman, which sees the Man of Steel squaring off against an untouchable opponent. This issue hits stands Wednesday, June 27 — here’s the synopsis: SUPERMAN #10 SUPERMAN’S new foe – the one that can’t be touched – has found a way…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

The Zipper Truck Lifts Thousands of 1,500-Pound Blocks in Minutes

For years, San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge was a deathtrap. Cars would zip past one another at 65 MPH, separated by a thin line of yellow traffic cones, and head-on collisions were routine. However, a new barrier system—laid by a massive vehicle known as a Zipper Truck—will keep passing drivers from landing in each…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Old photos of the Statue of Liberty standing in Paris were extraordinarily surreal

Futurama‘s Season Premiere: All Heart and No Arms

Lego Breaking Bad Set Will Never Happen But We Want It Anyway

This Dyson DC27 Upright Vacuum Is Your Sucks-So-Good Deal of the Day

Scientists find a mass grave of extinct ‘mega-wombats’ in Australia

It Takes a Hell of a Lot More Water Than You Think to Make Jeans, Burgers, Pizza and Other Stuff

How Caroline John Helped Save Doctor Who

Braven 625s Lightning Review: A Light, Cheap, Loud Little Bluetooth Speaker

Google’s Collecting Thousands of Endangered Languages Before They Go Extinct

We’ll Pay You for Photos of Mark Zuckerberg

Ultimate Proof that Every Movie is Better With Bears

Brilliant Spinning Heatsink Cools CPUs 30 Times More Efficiently

How Science is Helping You Find the Word on the Tip of Your Tongue

The Curious Case of the Million Dollar Tyrannosaurus Skeleton That’s Been Seized by Homeland Security

How to Get the Internet to Pay for Your Lunch

10 Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy Romantic Comedies of All Time

Would You Like to Be a Space Miner?

Jurassic Park 4 will be penned by the Rise of the Planet of the Apes scribes

Check out a preview of next week’s issue of Superman

The Zipper Truck Lifts Thousands of 1,500-Pound Blocks in Minutes

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