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Add Some Gizmodo to Your Facebook

Did you know that you can easily add a dash of Gizmodo to your Facebook? You can even select to follow only topics that interest you. All you need to click that “like” button on our Facebook pages. Actually, we’re making it even easier for you. You can just click the like buttons below—either for…

Social Media Rosa Golijan

The Star-Sparkly Banner (a.k.a. Twilight is as American as apple pie

At first, the idea that a movie about a sexually flabbergasted Lisa Frank mansquito (and his human moll) made $175.3 million over July 4 weekend is dumber than dumbfounding. But the dovetailing of these two events makes perfect sense. First things first — this is not a Twilight hit piece. As Annalee’s previously pointed out,…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Who has the best knockoffs and parodies: Superman or the Fantastic Four?

Superhero comics are full of knockoffs, parodies, and shameless copies of iconic characters. And nobody gets copied more often than Superman and the Fantastic Four. Which of them has the best copy-cat characters? We break it down for you. Both Superman and the Fantastic Four have gotten copied endlessly, but which of them has the…

Books & Comics Alasdair Wilkins

Every Day Is One of These Days

Summer! Sticky days, endless nights. Each moment brimming with possibilities. So how come this still happens to me at least twice a day? [Doghouse Diaries]

Books & Comics Brian Barrett

Non-scifi TV shows you should be watching, according to Comic-Con

Every year at San Diego Comic-Con, fans are startled to find that programming includes TV series like Glee and Dexter. SDCC organizers say these are shows that fans “will enjoy.” Check out this year’s titles and see if you agree. I’m not sure why all of these shows are appearing at SDCC later this month,…

Television Annalee Newitz

Motorized Shoes Could Win Dyson Vacuum’s Big Award (and Our Hearts)

I’ve seen kids zooming about on Heeleys, but Treadways’ motorized shoes are firmly for Adult Use Only. The designer has entered them into the annual James Dyson Awards, and if successful could be put on the market. No more walking! Treadways’ founder Peter Treadway reckons they’re better suited as an alternative to using the car…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

12 science fiction and fantasy novels and stories that are uniquely American

For many of us, it’s still Independence Day weekend, and we’re still grilling hamburgers and celebrating our country’s freedoms. To commemorate the occasion, John T. Ottinger looks at a dozen science fiction books and stories that are uniquely American. Topping the list is, ironically, a book by a Brit. American Gods, by Neil Gaiman, celebrates…

Books & Comics John T. Ottinger - Grasping For The Wind

NASA Captures the Rising Sun Lighting Up the Midnight Sky

The International Space Station snapped a particularly beautiful photo of the various layers of our globe’s atmosphere with the rising sun peeking out to say hello, while touring over the Greek islands around midnight just a few weeks ago. https://gizmodo.com/an-hd-video-tour-of-the-international-space-station-5467261 NASA’s Earth Observatory, which posted the photo, pointed out the polar mesopheric clouds, or “night-shining”…

Space & Spaceflight Kat Hannaford

Saber-toothed tigers’ secret weapon

If you ever find yourself staring down a saber-toothed tiger due to some time travel mishap, a word of warning: Those massive teeth aren’t your biggest problem. Its phenomenally strong arms will have you pinned in seconds. Although those gigantic canine teeth are undoubtedly some of the most fearsome pieces of natural weaponry evolution has…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Canon’s Cracking Down On Photocopier Abusers, by Adding Fingerprint Scanners

Don’t get me wrong, I love working from home for Gizmodo—working from bed, in the garden, in my underwear…it’s a never-ending buffet of luxury. But I do miss abusing an office photocopier/printer/fax-machine. As well as the interns. Over in Japan, Canon’s worked with Hitachi on a new fingerprint scanning system for their multi-function boxes which…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

How Has .com Changed Your Life? Share Your Story and Win $10K

Show your love for all things .com and you could win $10,000. Click here for more about the HowDoYou.com contest and peruse the entries that yours will be up against. Don’t wait to tell your story: Enter the HowDoYou.com contest now by submitting a short video or essay that explains how .com has changed your…

Tech News Gawkercreative

An epic of mechanical men and a weaponized woman

Evan Dahm’s Rice Boy was a psychedelic tour through the surreal landscape of Overside. In his latest epic, Order of Tales Dahm returns to Overside, but in stark black and white, chronicling a young storyteller’s transformation into a legendary hero. Today marks the completion of Order of Tales, Dahm’s 700-page comic set in the land…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

New ultra-battery is the most powerful non-nuclear energy storage ever

What do you get when you combine some xenon, some fluoride, and pressures similar to those found at the center of the Earth? You get an ultra-battery, capable of storing more condensed energy than any other battery ever built. The material used to make the “battery” is xenon difluoride (XeF2), a white crystal primarily used…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Some overused Doctor Who plot devices we’d like a moratorium on

There was no new episode of time-traveling action-comedy Doctor Who on BBC America this weekend, but that’s okay. In lieu of another recap, we’ve got something to get off our chests. With vague spoilers for the end of season five. Doctor Who’s new season has been a lot of fun to watch, in general —…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Have Google and China Resolved Their Issues?

Last week Google’s Chinese Internet Content Provider license came up for renewal, but according to a Google spokesperson, the Chinese government hasn’t got back to them yet. Now though, a Chinese site is reporting on some new features being added. https://gizmodo.com/google-search-will-cease-to-exist-in-china-by-friday-5576092 MIC Gadget, who helped us out hugely with the ongoing Foxconn suicides saga, has…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Thanks to nanotechnology, you’ll never have a root canal again!

A new dental therapy could repair damaged nerves inside teeth, making root canals a thing of the past. And it’s all done with an ultrathin layer of nanofilm. Currently, there’s only one way for dentists to deal with infection or inflammation inside teeth, and anyone who has had a root canal can tell you it’s…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Show Them More of Your Naked Body With the Wide-Angle Webcam Mod

If you have a face or body that’s wider than the national average due to some ongoing “glandular” issues, you might want to modify your webcam to help fit it all into one wide-angle shot. Here’s how. A DIY guide over on Instructables tells you what to do—and it’s not the most challenging piece of…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Warehouse 13 and Eureka are back, plus an all-time classic makes its TV premiere!

It may be the middle of summer, but Syfy doesn’t care — they’re premiering new seasons of Eureka and Warehouse 13, plus a new series. There’s new True Blood, Futurama, Doctor Who, and more. Plus a classic movie’s TV debut! Today: Today’s pick of the day is Large Dangerous Rocket Ships (L.D.R.S.) hosted by MythBusters’…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

The ancient light of the universe (as seen by the Planck telescope)

This is a full-sky shot of the universe’s long wavelength light courtesy of the European Space Association’s Planck telescope. This image reveals ancient cosmic microwave background radiation and the dust and gas that are the building blocks of stars. https://gizmodo.com/space-telescopes-to-reveal-history-of-the-universe-5237483 Today, the ESA revealed the image, which was taken over a six-month period and contains…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Definitely Turn Left at Next Intersection

Artist Garvin Nolte really doesn’t want to get lost. His art piece Crossroads consists of 25 various satnavs suckered to his car windscreen—all screaming out directions to the same destination. In German. According to Nolte, the piece deals with the “influence of others onto one’s own path of life in an abstract way” so we’re…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Add Some Gizmodo to Your Facebook

The Star-Sparkly Banner (a.k.a. Twilight is as American as apple pie

Who has the best knockoffs and parodies: Superman or the Fantastic Four?

Every Day Is One of These Days

Non-scifi TV shows you should be watching, according to Comic-Con

Motorized Shoes Could Win Dyson Vacuum’s Big Award (and Our Hearts)

12 science fiction and fantasy novels and stories that are uniquely American

NASA Captures the Rising Sun Lighting Up the Midnight Sky

Saber-toothed tigers’ secret weapon

Canon’s Cracking Down On Photocopier Abusers, by Adding Fingerprint Scanners

How Has .com Changed Your Life? Share Your Story and Win $10K

An epic of mechanical men and a weaponized woman

New ultra-battery is the most powerful non-nuclear energy storage ever

Some overused Doctor Who plot devices we’d like a moratorium on

Have Google and China Resolved Their Issues?

Thanks to nanotechnology, you’ll never have a root canal again!

Show Them More of Your Naked Body With the Wide-Angle Webcam Mod

Warehouse 13 and Eureka are back, plus an all-time classic makes its TV premiere!

The ancient light of the universe (as seen by the Planck telescope)

Definitely Turn Left at Next Intersection

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