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Are there really more people alive now than have ever lived?

There’s a popular claim that the seven billion people alive today outnumber all other humans who have ever lived. It’s meant as a stark reminder of humanity’s population explosion over the last 200 years…but is it true, or total crap? This idea has gained a bit of new currency with the recent UN announcement that…

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The Tale of El Chullanchaqui: The Miniature Man With a Goat Foot

Countless threats exist deep in the jungle. But it’s not just poisonous, candy-colored frogs or fish with rows of razor teeth that trouble intrepid explorers—the jungle is home to a host of wild, unexplained happenings and folklore that all carry real, bone-chilling consequences. So, to celebrate the series premiere of The River, ABC’s new documentary-style…

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SNL journeys to Moon President Gingrich’s lunar utopia

Life will be sweet on Newt Gingrich’s moon base. We’ll all wear awesome retrofuturistic jumpsuits, children will serve as janitors at their own schools, and Vice-Admiral Herman Cain will be there to greet us with a warm secret space handshake. And, of course, President Newt will rule over it all, defending truth, divorce, and the…

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Perhaps the most well-researched map ever of The Hunger Games‘ Panem

Part of the fun of Suzanne Collins’ dystopian Hunger Games series is trying to figure out where in North America the districts of the future nation of Panem are located. One Hunger Games fan took a crack at mapping the fictional country, looking not only at information in the book, but also tectonic plate formations…

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Hankie Notepads Keep Reporters Looking Dapper

That Field Notes notebook you’ll find in many a reporter’s back pocket ensures they never miss a scoop, but it doesn’t do a lot for their image. At least not as much as this clever faux-hankie notebook that complements a blazer. Available in a polka-dotted red, black, or white pattern, the top of the notebook…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Avengers team up with Jake and Finn for Avenger Time

If the Avengers are Earth’s mightiest heroes, and Adventure Time’s Jake and Finn are the bravest adventurers of the post-apocalypse, what happens when they meet face to animated face? In this segment from Cartoon Network’s Mad animated sketch show, the Avengers travel through their cartoon history until they’re suddenly thrust into the surreal Land of…

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Jim Bakker’s Christian amusement park is now a post-apocalyptic ghost town

In 1986, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s Heritage USA was the third most-visited amusement park in the US, behind only Disney World and Disneyland. Now the park that once entertained millions of guests is falling to pieces, and looks more like the scene from a post-apocalyptic movie than a place for family fun. Heritage USA…

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Tilting Table Somehow Makes Ping Pong Even Awesomer

They said it couldn’t be done, but Robb Godshaw has successfully found a way to make ping pong—truly man’s greatest sport—even better. By introducing a rocking mechanism under the table, and high-powered flashes to throw off your opponent. The whole setup is cleverly referred to as Swing Pong, with the table being tilted to the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Best of the Week: January 28-February 3, 2012

HOW THIS MOON LOST ITS RINGS | An illustration of the view from the solar system’s weirdest moon, Iapetus, which no longer has rings. Learn more here. https://gizmodo.com/how-the-solar-systems-strangest-moon-iapetus-lost-its-5881075 https://gizmodo.com/technologies-that-weve-lost-and-the-quest-to-find-the-5881149 Technologies that we’ve lost – and the quest to find them again Greek fire. Damascus steel. These are two technological innovations whose secrets are said to…

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The Good Wife, Where Computers…Save the Day. Just Like in The Good Wife

You might think the TV show The Good Wife is best suited to middle-aged women (so much so that my fiance enforces reference restraint when we’re out with friends). Seriously though, it’s one of the best shows on TV. Character Depth! Complex, contemporary issues! And tons of tech. Bear with me. [Ed: These views do…

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The experiment to determine whether an astronaut could fall like a cat

How did astronauts learn to walk in space? In part, they learned from the animal kingdom’s master of the freefall: the common house cat. In the 1960s, Stanford University professor Thomas R. Kane spent two years studying the mechanics of feline falls. His equations were able to predict the overturning of cats as they bent…

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Is the Prizm a Multi-Function Stand Or a Klingon Ceremonial Weapon?

Hub’s flat-packed Prizm iPad stand is designed to be as light and minimal as possible, separating into two pieces of precision cut thin aluminum that can be easily slipped inside a bag or case alongside your tablet. But it looks more to me like a ceremonial weapon that I swear I’ve seen Worf brandish on…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Zen Table Carves Incredible Sand Drawings

The best Kickstarter projects are the ones that have videos of the product doing what it claims to do, and are already well-funded when you discover them. Like this amazing Zen Table which creates intricate sand drawings using a metal ball specially designed sculpting head. At $500 for the small version (which comes as a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Why the new Star Wars Volkswagen Super Bowl ad is a travesty

I was excited as the next Star Wars fan to get a sneak peek this week of the new “The Dog Strikes Back” Volkswagen ad that’s set to debut at the Super Bowl. Like the big hit of last year, “The Force,” a clever ad that featured a Darth Vader-dressed kid frustrated when his Dark…

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Milk Man is the world’s worst (and most disgusting) superhero

With dairy-based powers far beyond that of a mortal man, Milk Man is a surprisingly effective crimefighter. But you may want to politely decline his projectile milk-spewing aid if you have a delicate gag reflex. [via Laughing Squid]

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This Photo Perfectly Sums Up Everyone’s Feelings On the Yellow Pages

I would like to take this opportunity to personally thank Kate who perfectly sums up how I, and probably a good chunk of the population, feel about those giant stacks of unclaimed phone books showing up at apartment buildings every year. As she points out, clinging to its outdated business model hasn’t done much for…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Real-life “Human Centipede” contraption used electric shocks to keep frat pledges in line

Believe it or not, someone managed to put the words “human” and “centipede” next to each other more than 80 years before the infamous surgery horror film. This human centipede wasn’t nearly as disgusting, but it was a torture device, albeit a mild one designed for hazing rituals. This novelty item appeared in the DeMoulin…

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Re-creating Noah’s Ark, with lizards, for science!

After a hurricane wiped out all the lizard species on certain islands in the Bahamas, scientists re-populated the small islands with two lizards of each kind. They then sat back and watched how those lizards evolved to get an up-close look at the Founder Effect. Four years ago, a hurricane swept across islands near Great…

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Self Cooling Can Plummets Thirty Degrees In Mere Minutes

Yesterday we showed you a few methods for quickly chilling your Superbowl libations, but none are as fast, or easy, as West Coast Chillers new can which lowers the energy drink’s temperature by 30 degrees at the push of a button. https://gizmodo.com/3-ways-to-chill-your-super-bowl-beer-fast-2-updates-5882160 Now you’ve probably heard of these self cooling cans before, and that’s because…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Bin Laden leads undead terrorists in the explosion-filled Osombie trailer

The biggest issue on tap for the 2012 presidential campaign season? Dealing with zombie terrorists. In the independent horror film Osombie, Osama Bin Laden will emerge from his water grave to convert Afghanistan — and eventually the world — to his zombie fundamentalism. This lunatic idea comes from the brains of Arrowstorm Entertainment, which is…

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Are there really more people alive now than have ever lived?

The Tale of El Chullanchaqui: The Miniature Man With a Goat Foot

SNL journeys to Moon President Gingrich’s lunar utopia

Perhaps the most well-researched map ever of The Hunger Games‘ Panem

Hankie Notepads Keep Reporters Looking Dapper

The Avengers team up with Jake and Finn for Avenger Time

Jim Bakker’s Christian amusement park is now a post-apocalyptic ghost town

Tilting Table Somehow Makes Ping Pong Even Awesomer

Best of the Week: January 28-February 3, 2012

The Good Wife, Where Computers…Save the Day. Just Like in The Good Wife

The experiment to determine whether an astronaut could fall like a cat

Is the Prizm a Multi-Function Stand Or a Klingon Ceremonial Weapon?

Zen Table Carves Incredible Sand Drawings

Why the new Star Wars Volkswagen Super Bowl ad is a travesty

Milk Man is the world’s worst (and most disgusting) superhero

This Photo Perfectly Sums Up Everyone’s Feelings On the Yellow Pages

Real-life “Human Centipede” contraption used electric shocks to keep frat pledges in line

Re-creating Noah’s Ark, with lizards, for science!

Self Cooling Can Plummets Thirty Degrees In Mere Minutes

Bin Laden leads undead terrorists in the explosion-filled Osombie trailer

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