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In a deleted scene from The Muppets Bunsen and Beaker accidentally create robotic life

As wonderful as the new Muppet movie is, it could, like all things in like, use more Bunsen and Beaker. In this deleted scene, our favorite puppet crackpot inventor shows off his remote controlled bowling ball, with predictably disastrous results. Now I’m waiting for the Muppets/Terminator crossover where Bunsen accidentally creates Skynet from a bowling…

Movies Lauren Davis

Read Reddit’s Crowdsourced “Free Internet Act,” Which Would Make It Hugely Difficult To Monitor The Web

After playing a major role in defeating SOPA legislation, Reddit users decided to craft their own “Free Internet Act,” which, they hoped, could be used as a far more liberal replacement bill. Idealistic as this sounds, a crowdsourced document for how to govern the Internet is an intriguing idea that, one would think, might help…

Privacy & Security Kevin Lincoln - Business Insider

Mold-covered model buildings imagine a ghostly end of the world

The apocalypse is moldy in these manufactured model ruins by artist Daniele Del Nero. They imagine a future where humans are long gone, leaving behind only the ghosts of our houses and cities. Del Nero builds these models from black paper, douses them in flour, and encourages layers of mold to grow over the miniature…

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This cat uses sign language to ask for more noms

I’m not sure if this man has his cat well trained or this cat has its man well trained. Either way, this has learned an impressive trick: how to sign for its supper. Granted, it’s a pretty simple sign, a clever trick the cat has mastered. But it’s only a matter of time before the…

io9 Lauren Davis

Watch 30,000 pounds of wartime sodium explode in a frozen lake

In the days before environmental regulations, the War Assets Administration disposed of its metallic sodium from WWII the old-fashioned way — by throwing it into Washington’s Lake Lenore and watching it go boom. So let’s sit back and kick off the week with a nice chemical explosion. Fortunately, Lake Lenore was fish-free, so no fishies…

io9 Lauren Davis

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 2 Now Comes In a 10.1-Inch Flavor, But Is Fatter and Heavier Than the Original

How many bloody tablets does one company need? And how many bloody sizes do they have to come in? Samsung’s added a 10.1-inch size model the Galaxy Tab 2 7-incher which was announced just the other day, whacking Ice Cream Sandwich and a 1GHz dual-core processor into the obese frame. No, seriously – it’s actually…

Tech News Kat Hannaford - gizmodo uk

Huawei’s Ascend D Quad Phone Looks Ferocious

Huawei isn’t exactly the first name you think of when it comes to high-end smartphone. In fact, it may be among the last. Its new 4.5-inch, Ice-Cream Sandwich running, quad-core with 16 core graphics processor and LTE may change that. Engadget was on-hand as the Ascend D made its debut at MWC in Barcelona just…

Tech News Brent Rose

Critical thinking explained in six kid-friendly animations

If you’ve been looking for a crash course in basic logic — or just want to explain to a friend exactly what a logical fallacy is — turn your attention to these simple, easy-to-understand videos, which lay out the basics of critical thinking. Creative solutions agency Bridge 8 created these animations to offer a basic…

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Survival books to keep on your bookshelf in case of the apocalypse

When the apocalypse strikes, you probably won’t have access to the Internet. That means no Google, no Wikipedia, and, if you haven’t prepared, no cheat sheet to help you through the tough times. Here are a few books you might want to have on hand in case the worst happens. Just remember to keep a…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

Best of the Week: February 18-February 24, 2012

MEET YOUR TENTACLED DOOM | “Red Dawn of the Apocalypse” by elestrial — just one of the beautiful apocalyptic artworks featured in this gallery. https://gizmodo.com/rock-you-like-an-apocalypse-art-that-destroys-the-worl-5888068 This is the worst reproductive strategy in the animal kingdom https://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-worst-reproductive-strategy-in-the-animal-k-5886679 Think pandas are inept when it comes to carrying on the species? Think again. The giant panda is a…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Swappable Soles Let These Boots Adapt To Any Condition

No one wants to spend their money on a uni-tasker. They want as much bang for their buck as they can get, so Korkers has expanded their line of convertible fly fishing boots for use in snow and ice as well. Using the company’s OmniTrax 3.0 Interchangeable Sole system, the new SnowJack, IceJack and StormJack…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Do we already know how Fringe ends?

Last night’s episode of Fringe gave us a huge dose of mythology and cosmology, as we finally got some answers to the major questions the show’s been teasing us with for years. This episode worked as a twisty thriller and as a heart-breaking piece of drama, plus it managed to bring up some fascinating issues…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

It Turns Out You Probably Can’t Survive An Atomic Bomb Blast Inside a Fridge

Of everything that was wrong with Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull—and there’s lots—the atomic bomb scene draws the most ire and criticism from fans. And surprisingly, it turns out it’s not even plausible. What?! Over on Overthinking It Dr. David Shechner subjects the scene, and the entire film, to a scientific…

Movies Andrew Liszewski

This 27-pound lobster could break a person’s arm with its claws

It wouldn’t be a good idea to get into an arm wrestling match with Rocky, the largest recorded lobster ever caught in Maine. So watch out if you’re planning on doing any swimming in New England this year. A shrimp trawler caught Rocky, who measures 40 inches and weighs in at 27 pounds off the…

io9 Lauren Davis

Why do astronauts crave spicy food in space?

A funny thing happens after you’ve been in space for a few days. The foods you liked on day one suddenly don’t taste as good, and soon you’re reaching for the hot sauce, even if you don’t really like spicy foods. So why does it happen? Well, the short answer is that people lose their…

io9 Lauren Davis

Photos of the abandoned antique cars nature has reclaimed

After they paved paradise and put up a parking lot, paradise fought back. Peter Lippmann’s photos foretell the fate of many a gas-guzzling machine with cars that have been reclaimed by nature. Lippmann’s photo series is called, appropriately, Paradise Parking, and it’s all the more beautiful for having antique cars as its subjects. I imagine…

io9 Lauren Davis

Ridiculous Skateboard iPhone Case Should Also Be Outlawed

Skateboarding might not be a crime, but I think a law that would make it illegal to own and use this Skate Deck iPhone case needs to be added to the books ASAP. Aesthetically the $45 case only serves to detract from the iPhone’s minimalist design, and functionally it adds absolutely nothing to your phone.…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

How to change your blood type without even trying

Blood types were once thought to be with people for life. And, in almost every case, they’re still thought to be with a person for life. But there is one patient whose blood type actually changed. A liver transplant, apparently, has a shot of changing a person’s blood type. There was once a simple time…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Performing Your Daughter’s Boob Job and Other Things a Father Shouldn’t Do

Last night’s episode of 20/20 about plastic surgery featured a segment about two sisters, Brittani and Charm; both of whom, despite being only 23, have undergone multiple plastic surgeries. All of which were performed by their father, Dr. Michael Niccole. Brittani first went under the knife for her 18th birthday, to get a boob job.…

Tech News Michael Zhao

American Psycho director brings bi-curious vampires to boarding school in The Moth Diaries

Writer and director Mary Harron made Patrick Bateman a household name in her American Psycho adaptation, and brought historical figures to life in I Shot Andy Warhol and The Notorious Bettie Page. Now she’s out to see if she can make you care about vampires again in her indie boarding school horror flick The Moth…

Trailers Lauren Davis

In a deleted scene from The Muppets Bunsen and Beaker accidentally create robotic life

Read Reddit’s Crowdsourced “Free Internet Act,” Which Would Make It Hugely Difficult To Monitor The Web

Mold-covered model buildings imagine a ghostly end of the world

This cat uses sign language to ask for more noms

Watch 30,000 pounds of wartime sodium explode in a frozen lake

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 2 Now Comes In a 10.1-Inch Flavor, But Is Fatter and Heavier Than the Original

Huawei’s Ascend D Quad Phone Looks Ferocious

Critical thinking explained in six kid-friendly animations

Survival books to keep on your bookshelf in case of the apocalypse

Best of the Week: February 18-February 24, 2012

Swappable Soles Let These Boots Adapt To Any Condition

Do we already know how Fringe ends?

It Turns Out You Probably Can’t Survive An Atomic Bomb Blast Inside a Fridge

This 27-pound lobster could break a person’s arm with its claws

Why do astronauts crave spicy food in space?

Photos of the abandoned antique cars nature has reclaimed

Ridiculous Skateboard iPhone Case Should Also Be Outlawed

How to change your blood type without even trying

Performing Your Daughter’s Boob Job and Other Things a Father Shouldn’t Do

American Psycho director brings bi-curious vampires to boarding school in The Moth Diaries

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