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Witness the Happiness That Cheese Doodles Cause After Wandering the South Pole for 86 Days (Updated)

This is Aleksander Gamme, a Norwegian man who had been wandering the South Pole for 86 days when he found his last cache hidden in the snow—one he left on his way in. He didn’t take notes and he couldn’t remember what was in it. Witness his absolute happiness as he discovers Cheese Doodles and…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 1 '12

Roleplay a depressed cubicle drone in Existential Crisis and Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons has pit generations of roleplayers against powerful liches, acid-spewing dragons, and those gelatinous cubes. But no quest is more soul-crushing than the day-to-day horrors of office work. Roll to save against crippling depression. This sketch comes from the witty geeks at SMBC Theater, co-created by Zach Weiner of the webcomic Saturday Morning…

io9 Lauren Davis Apr 1 '12

How Game of Thrones scratches Lost‘s television mystery itch

Ever since Lost ended, taking with it our fan theories and a little bit of our naive optimism, we’ve seen TV show after TV show try to ape Lost’s mystery-hurling format. The Event, Alcatraz, and FlashForward all tried — and failed — to fire our brains and send us searching for tiny clues to piece…

Television Lauren Davis Apr 1 '12

Is This the Saddest Owl In the History of Saddest Owls? Discuss

Could this little tiny white owl be the saddest owl in the history of saddest owls in the world? I think he may be. Just looking at him makes me shed a single tear. Please discuss in the comments. Thanks.

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 1 '12

Pulsar stars could be the perfect interstellar GPS system

When humanity sends spacecraft beyond our solar system, those starships will have to know exactly where they are at all times. A newly proposed cosmic GPS system can track a spacecraft’s location to within five kilometers anywhere in the galaxy. The secrets to this system are pulsars, a special type of neutron star that rotate…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Apr 1 '12

Beanie Babies Hunger Games is a surprisingly faithful adaptation

If you haven’t seen The Hunger Games’ big-screen adaptation yet, then the Beanie Babies Hunger Games actually isn’t a half-bad substitute. See Rocket the Blue Jay take a stirring turn as Katniss Everbean, the District 12 tribute who teams up with Peeta (Quackers the Duck) to knock the stuffing out of the other tributes in…

Movies Lauren Davis Apr 1 '12

This weird optical illusion makes a moving spiral appear out of nowhere

It’s not unusual for optical illusions to create afterimages, ghostly reflections that show up after staring at something too long. This particular afterimage is a bit different. For one thing, it looks nothing like the original image. Also, it moves. Discovered by game designer Hjalmar Snoep, this optical illusion of lots of tiny interlocking spirals…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Apr 1 '12

Here Is OK Go’s New Video—and It’s a Joy to Watch

This is OK Go’s latest video, Skyscrapers. It’s not as crazy as their previous stuff, but it is beautiful anyway. I like to watch this couple dance through all the colors of the rainbow—I wish I could dance like that in a never ending night. https://gizmodo.com/new-ok-go-awesome-video-is-full-of-awesome-dogs-5643044

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 1 '12

T-Rex faces off against its greatest hypothetical foe: the 48-foot prehistoric snake

Somehow, the Smithsonian Channel has beaten Syfy at its own monster fighting game. They’ve pit the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex against the gigantic snake Titanoboa in a prehistoric grudge match, animated the possible outcomes for each carnivorous side. What I love is that the Smithsonian acknowledges that this is a crazy hypothetical battle. T-Rex and Titanoboa…

io9 Lauren Davis Apr 1 '12

What if Blade Runner was set in San Francisco?

The film Blade Runner had Harrison Ford replicant hunting though the dystopian streets of a futuristic Los Angeles. But Philip K. Dick’s original novella Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was set in the San Francisco Bay Area. So how would Blade Runner have looked if Ridley Scott had used San Francisco as his chief…

Movies Lauren Davis Apr 1 '12

This Image of a Soldier Walking On Air Is Simply Awesome

I really like this image of an airman jumping out of a USAF HC-130P/N King cargo aircraft. He really seems to be walking on air, like Wile E. Coyote running off a cliff while chasing the Roadrunner. He’s an airman of the 820th Base Defense Group participating in a static line jump at Moody Air…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 1 '12

Reddit’s new timeline feature takes us to the heat death of the universe

Wonder what’s going to be on the Internet in the years 2015, 2112, 3000, and beyond? Fortunately, the social bookmarking site reddit’s new timeline feature predicts the most popular links on the Internet through the heat death of the universe. Reddit’s goofy April Fool’s prank is to introduce a new “timeline” feature. But unlike Facebook’s…

io9 Lauren Davis Apr 1 '12

Longboarding Gandalf tells cars they shall not pass

Now that Gandalf is done with his fight against Sauron, he has plenty of time to battle his other foe: the motorist. This longboarding wizard gets his kicks trolling drivers on a narrow road, and, despite all the horns, they seem to be listening to him. [via Coilhouse]

io9 Lauren Davis Apr 1 '12

“That’s What She Said” Receipt Is Funnier Than Any Stupid April Fools

Gizmodo reader Cameron Halter said he was eating at Taco Mac in Atlanta, Georgia, when they noticed this note in their receipt. “I think it speaks for itself,” he says in his email. Truth. [Thanks Cameron!]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 1 '12

Admiral Ackbar the “It’s a Trap!” Bass and other Think Geek products we wish were real

Each April first, Think Geek taunts us with their fake April Fool’s Day products. While nothing will ever top the Tauntaun sleeping bag, this year’s imaginary product list includes a big-mouthed Mon Calamari, an inflatable captain’s chair, and the chance to smell like Daenerys Targaryen. I’m convinced that the April Fool’s Day products have been…

io9 Lauren Davis Apr 1 '12

Minimalist Doctor Who posters capture each character with an object and a catchphrase

If you were to reduce the eleventh Doctor or River Song to just a word or two, what would those words be? Designer Karma Orange has been exploring the smallest ways to render the characters from the new Doctor Who — through their words, their technology, and their disasters. I do dig that Karma Orange…

io9 Lauren Davis Apr 1 '12

Sam and Dean are the drunken masters on Supernatural

Last night on Supernatural, nerd sexpot Garth returned, bringing the Winchesters a pretty cool monster of the week. This monster also inadvertently sheds some light on what may have happened to Bobby — and whether the brothers will ever see their crotchety old father figure ever again. Plus, we got to see Dean snarking about…

Television Annalee Newitz Apr 1 '12

This Is the Only April Fools Product We Wish Were Real

Every year, ThinkGeek comes out with a bunch of fake products for April Fools. They’re the only good tech pranks because they are good—sometimes they are really good—and, more importantly, they often become real products—like the Tauntaun Sleeping Bag or the awesome iCade. https://gizmodo.com/drop-the-knife-the-tauntaun-sleeping-bag-is-now-real-5378464 This year, my favorite one is the Hungry Hungry Hippos iPad…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 1 '12

Best of the Week: March 14-March 30, 2012

THE ANCIENT ONES | Newly discovered exoplanets are nearly 13 billion years old — or almost as old as the Big Bang itself. Find out more here. https://gizmodo.com/newly-discovered-exoplanets-are-over-13-billion-years-o-5897282 Our Spoiler-Free Verdict on Game of Thrones Season 2 https://gizmodo.com/our-spoiler-free-verdict-on-game-of-thrones-season-2-5897548 We called Game of Thrones season one an astounding achievement – and this continues to be true…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 31 '12

Ride This Stealth Bike Wherever You Want Without Being Seen

So it might not be the best idea to try and pedal your way onto a secure military base, but engineer Brano Meres’ experimental X-9 Nighthawk bike frame looks like it would be as invisible to radar as the old F-117 stealth fighter was. Like anything supremely awesome, the X-9 Nighthawk is made with a…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Mar 31 '12

Witness the Happiness That Cheese Doodles Cause After Wandering the South Pole for 86 Days (Updated)

Roleplay a depressed cubicle drone in Existential Crisis and Dragons

How Game of Thrones scratches Lost‘s television mystery itch

Is This the Saddest Owl In the History of Saddest Owls? Discuss

Pulsar stars could be the perfect interstellar GPS system

Beanie Babies Hunger Games is a surprisingly faithful adaptation

This weird optical illusion makes a moving spiral appear out of nowhere

Here Is OK Go’s New Video—and It’s a Joy to Watch

T-Rex faces off against its greatest hypothetical foe: the 48-foot prehistoric snake

What if Blade Runner was set in San Francisco?

This Image of a Soldier Walking On Air Is Simply Awesome

Reddit’s new timeline feature takes us to the heat death of the universe

Longboarding Gandalf tells cars they shall not pass

“That’s What She Said” Receipt Is Funnier Than Any Stupid April Fools

Admiral Ackbar the “It’s a Trap!” Bass and other Think Geek products we wish were real

Minimalist Doctor Who posters capture each character with an object and a catchphrase

Sam and Dean are the drunken masters on Supernatural

This Is the Only April Fools Product We Wish Were Real

Best of the Week: March 14-March 30, 2012

Ride This Stealth Bike Wherever You Want Without Being Seen

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