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The Ultimate Guide to Fall 2011’s Science Fiction and Fantasy TV

It’s almost time for the fall TV season! What are the hottest new science fiction shows coming out next season? What’s coming back? And what events can you not afford to miss? We’ve compiled the best of the best of 2011’s Fall TV. So start setting your DVRs. Doctor Who It’s going to be fairly…

The Most Awesomely Ridiculous Moments from Conan the Barbarian Ripoffs

The original Conan the Barbarian was a phenomenon, spawning a decade’s worth of awful imitators in which muscled-up warriors went around killing people in something vaguely resembling the ancient past. And, as our video evidence shows, they were absolutely incredible. I’ll warn you right now: you are about to see more shirtless men, clumsy swordplay,…

Ugandan Police Sprayed People with Pink Water Cannons to Break Up a Ceremony

Seemingly lifted straight from some B-movie horror flick, a group of mourners in Uganda were sprayed by the police with water cannons filled with pink dye. The police said they were only “preventing the worst from happening.” Along with the pink water, tear gas was thrown to break apart the vigil. The people, who are…

Dogs Can Smell Cancer on Your Breath

Lung cancer is really hard to detect early. So some scientists in Germany put their best sniffer dogs on the task. And you won’t believe this but it totally worked. Researchers at Schillerhoehe Hospital gathered up 220 volunteers who had lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, along with ones who were healthy. They gathered samples…

Anti-smoking PSA from the 1980s warns Brits about the scary posthuman future

Britain’s National Archives has created an amazing online collection of “public information films,” or what we in the United States call “public service announcements” (PSAs). It’s an incredible collection that goes back to the 1950s and continues up through 2006. Some of the movies are just silly, and others are kind of amazing in their…

AT&T Is Suing the People Who Want to Stop the T-Mo Purchase

For months, Bursor & Fisher has represented the masses—such as they are—so opposed to the proposed AT&T-mo power coupling that they’ve resorted to legal means to stop it. Last week, AT&T finally slung some lawsuits back their way. According to Reuters, AT&T has moved to close off any chance that the claims brought against them…

Mexico City’s Texcoco Park will put Central Park to shame

When you think of big urban parks, which ones typically come to mind? NYC’s Central Park? Vancouver’s Stanley Park? Well Mexico City’s El Parque Ecologico Lago de Texcoco (Texcoco Lake Ecological Park) makes these classic examples of urban naturalization look like scant patches of grass. The enormous environmental engineering project, recently unveiled by Mexican architect…

Stealing ATM PIN Numbers Using a Thermal Camera Is Too Freaking Easy

I can’t believe criminals haven’t jumped onto thermal cameras because they’re apparently BOSS at stealing your ATM PIN number. Not only can they figure out the set of numbers in a pin but sometimes they can even tell the order too. Scary. Researchers from UCSD pointed thermal cameras towards plastic ATM PIN pads and metal…

Razer Tiamat: The First Legit 7.1 Surround Sound Gaming Headset Carpet Bombs Your Eardrums With 10 Discrete Drivers

There are a metric shitton of 7.1 surround sound gaming headsets in existence. They fake it, mostly, with virtual surround sound. Razer’s Tiamat 7.1 headset, though, pushes surround sound into your skull with 10 discrete drivers. Which Razer says makes it the “first true 7.1 surround sound gaming headset.” Each ear cup has 5 drivers,…

Amazon: The Official Cloud Server of the US Government

The US Gov is no stranger to Amazon’s data centers: they’ve used them for sites like Recovery.gov and Energy.gov. But after shuttering 40% of their data centers, the Government is looking to Amazon to house data that’s considerably more sensitive. https://gizmodo.com/us-government-shutting-down-40-of-its-data-centers-5823003 Not-so-creatively dubbed “GovCloud,” Amazon says that the server will require anyone accessing it to…

The Secret History of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles‘ Amazing Barbarian, Beastwizard!

Just like a Terminator coming from the future to kill you, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles excelled in catching us off guard. You might have thought you knew what an ongoing television series based on the first two Terminator movies was, but then you’d be surprised. Case in point: You’d never expect a Terminator show…

AnimGIF Live Wallpaper 2 for Android: Liven Up Your Phone with Some GIFs

If you didn’t know, we love GIFs here at Gizmodo. They’re little Internet treasures that you hold on to forever. But you know what needs more GIFs? Your phone. AnimGIF for Android turns your favorite GIFs into wallpapers. What’s it do? It’s a wallpaper “app” that lets you use any GIF you find on the…

Plasticine Tatooine celebrates the unsung icons of the Star Wars Universe

We’ve all seen our fair share of Star Wars art (not that we’re complaining), but we’ve never seen it quite like this, and never featuring these characters. Plasticine Tatooine: Stories from the Star Wars Second String is illustrator Elliott Quince’s awesome take on some of Star Wars’s less well-recognized — but no less important —…

Brain-eating amoebas claim the life of a teenager in Florida

Over the weekend, a sixteen-year-old girl lost her life to a rare infection from an amoeba called Naegleria fowleri, which eats neurons in the brain (in the image here, you can see the amoeba eating rat neurons). Most likely she caught it while swimming in a river near her Florida home. Experts say the Naegleria…

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This Is How 28 Flash Mobbers Rob a 7-Eleven In Under a Minute

Usually, people showing at flash mobs do some kind of artsy fartsy performance in a public place, summoned by viral tweets or Facebook status. These people did the same thing and robbed a 7-Eleven in Maryland in under a minute. Watch the videos. Detectives from the Montgomery County Police 5th District Investigative Section are investigating…

Here’s What It Looks Like When a Drone Crashes into a C-130

This must have been incredibly terrifying! Imagine rumbling along in your massive C-130 over Afghanistan, when KABOOM, a UAV slams into your wing and tears a big chunk out if it. Now imagine having to land like that. sUAS News relays the following dispatch from the scene: On closer inspection I could see a part…

Warding Off Mosquitos Is Easy. Just Start With an Orange…

Unplggd offers a great little how-to for anyone hates mosquitoes (read: everyone) and is sick of buying new candles and cans of spray. All you need is some orange peel and a spent plug-in repellent you might have lying around. Just cut an orange rind to about the size of a refill, stick it inside…

Hyenas prove that complex societies give you big brains

The basic concept of counting is beyond most animals, but not hyenas. They are able to count almost as well as primates, another indicator that these carnivores are unusually intelligent. It all goes back to their sophisticated, hierarchical societies. Hyenas don’t generally get a lot of credit for their intelligence – personally, I blame The…

This Dog Photo Is Made With Her Own Ashes

This photo of a dead dog named Sussie was printed using her ashes. It’s really creepy, but I kind of want the same thing done to me when I die. You know, just for kicks and to piss off whoever has to keep the photo forever. It seems that the people from Skrekkogle—who is now…