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Mondo’s Poster for Arrival Is Simple, Stunning, and Very, Very Sad

In our minds, there was no better genre film last year than Arrival. There are lots of reasons for that, but the main one is the film’s dual nature. The first time you watch it is completely different than the second time, once you know its secret. That secret is at the heart of Mondo’s…

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Sorry, Ben, But You’re a Batman Forever Now

The latest dire DC Extended Universe rumors making the rounds is that not only is Ben Affleck not directing the Batman movie, the man wants out of the role entirely. We have a message for him: Sorry, Ben. You’re stuck as Batman. So you might as well suck it up. While it may be that…

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Watch Some Animals Eat Each Other While They Bone

Humans do some pretty freaky shit in the bedroom, but it usually falls short of decapitating and eating each other. Some of our cousins in the animal kingdom do not avoid these trifling taboos. “When you’re talking about cannibalism, it’s not cut-and-dry Jefferey Dahmer—it’s not just a starving creature, or animals cannibalizing each other because…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

AMC’s Humans Is No Westworld, and That’s Why It’s So Good

The robot discourse has changed dramatically since the first season of Humans was on air in 2015. This is mainly because HBO premiered Westworld last fall, a mindfuck of a show that used robots to dig deep into the nature of consciousness and the metaphysical requirements of a soul. Humans, while also very much about…

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Peter Parker Is Getting Another ‘Back to Basics’ Spider-Man Comic

Currently in Marvel’s comics, Peter Parker isn’t really the down-on-his-luck photographer that many people know him as. In fact, he’s pretty much Tony Stark, a billionaire at the head of a vast international R&D company. So when you want to capitalize on, say, the character’s big movie this year, you need a book that reflects…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

The Biggest Heart in the Solar System Has an Incredible Origin Story

Even if you’re feeling a bit lonely here on Earth today, there is one heart that belongs to you, way, way out there in the cosmic void. Sure, it’s three billion miles away on an icy, airless rock, but don’t let the details get you down. In 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft came across something…

Space & Spaceflight Rae Paoletta

Reminder: Never Mess With Anyone Who’s Been Involved in a Decades-Long Supernatural War

Horror sequel Phantasm: Ravager comes exclusively to Shudder today, and we’ve got a fun clip which proves that while time may have taken a certain toll on unlikely hero Reggie, he has lost none of the badass spirit that’s allowed him to battle the Tall Man for four decades. Seriously, don’t fuck with the man…

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An Enormous Exoplanet Is Having a Strange Influence on Its Star

There’s a star about 370 light-years from here that’s pulsating in response to its unusually heavy planetary companion. It’s the first time that astronomers have seen this sort of interaction between a planet and its host star. “We thought that planets cannot really excite their stars, but we find that this one does.” A new…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

I Want to Visit This 145,000-Piece Lego Jurassic Park Roller Coaster

Modern genetics still hasn’t brought us the dinosaur-filled theme park that Michael Crichton first envisioned back in 1990. So Lego master James Burrows built his own using 125,000 bricks to create an entire Jurassic Park theme park you’ll wish you could actually line up for. The miniature park is covered in lush jungle-like greenery, all…

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Watching Swamp Thing Beat the Crap Out of Damian Wayne in Injustice 2 Is Immensely Satisfying

Two new trailers for upcoming DC Comics fighting game Injustice 2 have popped up over the last two days, showing Swamp Thing and Poison Ivy smacking around other super-folk. I hope this game has those two plant-loving super-folk submitting to the unspoken passion in their hearts. Like its predecessor, Injustice 2 will feature oodles of…

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Archie Comics’ TV Universe Will Expand Beyond Riverdale

Last month, Archie Comics CCO and Riverdale producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa hinted at the comics publisher’s plans to expand its television ventures beyond Riverdale and into a whole Archie empire. Now, those plans just got a bit more official, with the announcement of a new deal between the publisher and Warner Bros. First revealed by The…

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Russia’s New Missile Violates a Cold War Treaty But We’re Sure Trump Will Tell Putin What’s What

According to new reports, Russia has deployed a secret cruise missile system that violates a treaty between the United States and the former Soviet Union. Known as the SSC-X-8, the Obama administration previously warned Russia about developing the land-based system, but the country went ahead and built it anyway. Now that Trump is in office,…

Tech News Matt Novak

12 Things You Might Not Know About Big Trouble in Little China

The Official Making of Big Trouble in Little China by Tara Bennett and Paul Terry, available now, is a must-read for cult movie fans. It’s packed with on-set photos and interviews with just about everyone who was involved in the making of John Carpenter’s cult classic—and it’s filled with trivia about the making of the…

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Four Months Later, Julian Assange Still Isn’t Dead

Ecuador’s foremost pain in the ass can finally stop tweeting in the third person as @Wikileaks, as he’s been doing since 2008. Lets give a hearty (if perplexed) congrats to Julian Assange for “joining” Twitter. How did the Wikileaks founder introduce himself to this brave new digital world? By paraphrasing Mark Twain to address “Day…

Tech News Avery Ellis

We Love You So Much, We Made You These Valentines

Won’t you be our valentine? Today is Valentine’s Day, and while there are all sorts of ways to feel about this day, we’re full of love for you guys. So here are some delightfully retro Valentines from us to you. We spent all of last night cutting them out for everyone in the class!

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What Happens When the Computer That Keeps You Alive Can Also Put You In Jail?

When Ross Compton’s Ohio home caught fire last September, the story he told police was that he grabbed a few things and rushed out of the house, hurling essentials out a bedroom window he broke open with his cane before scrambling out himself. Police, though, were suspicious. Compton’s few things had included a computer, a…

Privacy & Security Kristen V. Brown

The Lego Cinematic Universe Is More Layered Than You Realized

The idea of a Lego movie seems so simple. There’s a world where Lego characters can talk, have adventures, and that’s it. Well, 2014’s The Lego Movie blew that notion away by introducing both a Lego world and a human world. Now it seems, with The Lego Batman Movie, that’s just the start of an…

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Facebook Will Helpfully Remind You of All Your Romantic Mistakes Today

Today is Valentine’s Day—a great excuse to spend a romantic evening with your significant other(s), and a pretty cool time to work on commission at a jewelry store. But for every couple or polyamorous gaggle sharing swigs of cheap wine, there are plenty of single people just trying to forget about the sickening level of…

Social Media Avery Ellis

44 Very Disrespectful Photoshops of Trump’s Canadian Handshake That We in No Way Condone

Yesterday, a photo of Justin Trudeau briefly hesitating before shaking Donald Trump’s hand went viral. So we here at Gizmodo decided to have a little photoshop contest, something we do from time to time. Not everyone was happy about it, of course. “You are a piece of shit for making these entertaining articles about our…

Tech News Matt Novak

Can You Be Friends With a Bear?

Welcome back to Giz Asks, a series where we ask experts hard questions about science, technology, and humanity’s future. Today, we’re talking to conservationists, naturalists, and authors about whether the bear is ever your buddy. Late last year, a photo of a bear officiating a wedding in Russia went viral. The picture turned out to…

Tech News Daniel Kolitz

Mondo’s Poster for Arrival Is Simple, Stunning, and Very, Very Sad

Sorry, Ben, But You’re a Batman Forever Now

Watch Some Animals Eat Each Other While They Bone

AMC’s Humans Is No Westworld, and That’s Why It’s So Good

Peter Parker Is Getting Another ‘Back to Basics’ Spider-Man Comic

The Biggest Heart in the Solar System Has an Incredible Origin Story

Reminder: Never Mess With Anyone Who’s Been Involved in a Decades-Long Supernatural War

An Enormous Exoplanet Is Having a Strange Influence on Its Star

I Want to Visit This 145,000-Piece Lego Jurassic Park Roller Coaster

Watching Swamp Thing Beat the Crap Out of Damian Wayne in Injustice 2 Is Immensely Satisfying

Archie Comics’ TV Universe Will Expand Beyond Riverdale

Russia’s New Missile Violates a Cold War Treaty But We’re Sure Trump Will Tell Putin What’s What

12 Things You Might Not Know About Big Trouble in Little China

Four Months Later, Julian Assange Still Isn’t Dead

We Love You So Much, We Made You These Valentines

What Happens When the Computer That Keeps You Alive Can Also Put You In Jail?

The Lego Cinematic Universe Is More Layered Than You Realized

Facebook Will Helpfully Remind You of All Your Romantic Mistakes Today

44 Very Disrespectful Photoshops of Trump’s Canadian Handshake That We in No Way Condone

Can You Be Friends With a Bear?

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Mondo’s Poster for Arrival Is Simple, Stunning, and Very, Very Sad

Sorry, Ben, But You’re a Batman Forever Now

Watch Some Animals Eat Each Other While They Bone

AMC’s Humans Is No Westworld, and That’s Why It’s So Good

Peter Parker Is Getting Another ‘Back to Basics’ Spider-Man Comic

The Biggest Heart in the Solar System Has an Incredible Origin Story

Reminder: Never Mess With Anyone Who’s Been Involved in a Decades-Long Supernatural War

An Enormous Exoplanet Is Having a Strange Influence on Its Star

I Want to Visit This 145,000-Piece Lego Jurassic Park Roller Coaster

Watching Swamp Thing Beat the Crap Out of Damian Wayne in Injustice 2 Is Immensely Satisfying

Archie Comics’ TV Universe Will Expand Beyond Riverdale

Russia’s New Missile Violates a Cold War Treaty But We’re Sure Trump Will Tell Putin What’s What

12 Things You Might Not Know About Big Trouble in Little China

Four Months Later, Julian Assange Still Isn’t Dead

We Love You So Much, We Made You These Valentines

What Happens When the Computer That Keeps You Alive Can Also Put You In Jail?

The Lego Cinematic Universe Is More Layered Than You Realized

Facebook Will Helpfully Remind You of All Your Romantic Mistakes Today

44 Very Disrespectful Photoshops of Trump’s Canadian Handshake That We in No Way Condone

Can You Be Friends With a Bear?

Even the ‘Avatar’ Fighting Game Is Disrespecting ‘Legend of Korra’

Bluesky Has a New App, and It’s All About AI

Dammit, Jim, He’s a Doctor *And* an Action Figure!

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