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Vanilla Ice and the Original Movie Ninja Turtles Invaded the TMNT2 Premiere

You’d be hard pressed to come up with a more ’90s moment than the end of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze. Well, at least until this week, when attendees of the premiere for the latest Turtles movie sequel did a little time travel for a reunion of stars not seen…

Movies Germain Lussier

NYC Built Two Yankee Stadiums in the Time it Took to Build the Second Avenue Subway

New York City’s Second Avenue Subway is scheduled to open on December 30, 2016—an astounding 96 years after it was first proposed. A lot has happened since 1920. In a charming infographic, DNAinfo looks at all the major infrastructural milestones which NYC accomplished in the time it took to get one subway line built. It’s…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Why Does the Letter Q Almost Always Go with U?

The history of why Q is almost always followed by U is fascinating, and dates back to when the Normans invaded England in 1066. Before that, English didn’t even have a Q; it used “cw” to replicate the sound. After the invasion, though, the spelling of English was changed to match the French ways: “cw”…

Sploid Casey Chan

My 5 Favorite Ridiculous Lines From Star Trek: Voyager

Star Trek Voyager went off the air 15 years ago today. To commemorate this very depressing occasion, here are what I truly believe are the five best nonsequiturs (but not from the episode “Non-Sequitur”) from that occasionally brilliant, often unintentionally hilarious show. We know there are more. Many, many more. These just happen to be…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Modified Potato Cannons Are Alarmingly Destructive

Most people know potato guns are sweet as hell. Unfortunately, if you want to use one to turn any large pieces of produce into a smoothie (a squash or watermelon, for instance), you’ll need something stronger than a potato. Say, a steel-reinforced potato. That’s precisely what Dustin from Smarter Every Day did, and he filmed…

Sploid Avery Ellis

Kendra Wilkinson’s Lost in Space-Themed Music Video Is the Weirdest Thing You’ll See Today

Sure, it’s Monday, and Mondays suck. But I think we can all celebrate being near the end of the worst day of the week with a little slice of complete insanity, can’t we? Kendra Wilkinson—who I’m told is perhaps best known for being the former girlfriend of Playboy magnate Hugh Hefner before spinning that fame…

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Don’t Ask Why This Nerf Football Has a Screaming Human Voice

Nerf Screamers were the coolest. They had little plastic whistles embedded in them, so that they woul produce a screeching noise as they flew. (As I’m typing this, I realize how patient my neighbors must have been to listen to a tiny shrieking football at all hours of the day. Thanks Karen and Paul!) Regardless,…

Sploid Avery Ellis

Archaeologists Discovered a 5,000-Year-Old Beer Recipe in China

Step aside with your claims to long legacies, craft breweries! This reconstructed beer recipe is over 5,000 years old. It’s the earliest beer recipe—and the earliest known use of barley—in China. Archaeologists at Stanford University, while digging along China’s Wei River, made an intriguing discovery: A marvelously complete set of brewing equipment. And at the…

Tech News Ria Misra

A Corrupt United States Government Tries to Re-Write History in William Gibson’s First Comic-Book Project

Somewhere, in another version of the year 2016, America will have an awful president. His son the vice-president (terrible, right?) will go back in time and try to make it so that the USA is less of a smoking ruin than it already is. William Gibson is one of the best writers alive today, a…

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Gizmodo’s Ultimate Guide to Vaping

The world of vaping doesn’t make immediate sense. Whether you want to vape plant matter, wax, or e-liquids, you probably want to do some research before you start dropping cash on mods. Don’t worry, though. We did the research for you. The most common type of vaping involves heating up flavored oil, also known as…

Tech News Alex Cranz

Watching a Leather Watch Strap Get Made Is Actually Very Impressive

A watch strap is just a strip of leather, right? Nope! Not when it’s handcrafted like this. There are so many steps involved in the process of making a leather watch strap that it borders on ridiculous. From selecting the leather to stamping out the strap to shaving down the interior to dyeing the material…

Sploid Casey Chan

Why Confetti Is Video Quality’s Worst Nightmare

So you’re watching sportsball, and your team wins. The stadium fills with confetti, and the broadcast starts to look like total crap. Why does confetti make the players on your expensive TV look like Minecraft character? The answer lies in the nature of digital video compression. As Tom Scott explains, 99 times out of 100,…

Sploid Avery Ellis

Fear the Walking Dead Explores the Positive Side of the Zombie Apocalypse

Sunday’s episode of Fear the Walking Dead was the mid-season finale, leaving viewers with a few cliffhangers as the show goes away until August. It’s been a mostly monotonous, occasionally interesting, season but this episode finally put gave us some meat on the bone (so to speak) In the episode titled “Shiva,” Celia (Marlene Forte)…

Television Germain Lussier

Stupid Cars Keep Ruining LA’s Newest Train

Los Angeles’s Expo Line, the first passenger train to go from downtown LA to Santa Monica in 60 years, started officially running on Friday afternoon. But Monday morning was the first time that thousands of eager commuters boarded it for work. That’s right about when a drunk driver crashed onto the tracks. Jerk! According to…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Astronomers Might Have Just Solved a Key Mystery About the Origin of Life

If a massive solar storm struck the Earth today, it could wipe out our technology and hurl us back to the dark ages. Lucky for us, events like this are quite rare. But four billion years ago, extreme space weather was probably the norm. And rather than bringing the apocalypse, it might have kickstarted life.…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone

Nicolas Winding Refn Adds a Third Cult Movie To His Remake List

Nicolas Winding Refn is clearly a serious B-movie fan—an influence that’s shown in the style and content of his own works, like Drive and Only God Forgives. And now his interest has expanded to producing remakes of some of the genre’s classics, with a new title, 1972 giallo film What Have You Done to Solange?,…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

How to Build an Electric Foundry to Melt Metal

If you’re interested in melting metal, and you totally should be because it’s basically the most fun way to recycle soda cans, The Art of Weapons details how to make an electric foundry for metal casting. Using charcoal to heat up a foundry can get a bit dirty so it makes much more sense to…

Sploid Casey Chan

Steven Spielberg Wants Your 3D Avatars for Ready Player One

Steven Spielberg starts filming his adaptation of Ready Player One this summer and he’s looking for some help. Since a lot of the movie takes place in a virtual space called OASIS, Spielberg and co. are taking submissions from fans for 3D avatars. The contest runs from now until June 23 and all the rules…

Movies Germain Lussier

The Game of Thrones Intro Recreated with Slime Mold Is Glorious

Slime molds and fungi might not rank high on anyone’s list of favorite organisms, but there is a compelling beauty in their growth patterns. And now Transcend Rules has taken “slimeography” to a whole new level, setting those patterns to the Game of Thrones theme music. It might just be the solace fans crave after…

Tech News Jennifer Ouellette

Tinder Is Going to War Over Threesomes

You might remember 3nder, the oddly-named dating app for finding your very own three-person sexy time party. Well it seems that Tinder, a dating app with a similar name, is threatening to sue the company behind the app. According to 3nder—which can be pronounced, alternately, “three-ender” or “Thrinder,” though the company says “we embrace all…

Tech News Sophie Kleeman

Vanilla Ice and the Original Movie Ninja Turtles Invaded the TMNT2 Premiere

NYC Built Two Yankee Stadiums in the Time it Took to Build the Second Avenue Subway

Why Does the Letter Q Almost Always Go with U?

My 5 Favorite Ridiculous Lines From Star Trek: Voyager

Modified Potato Cannons Are Alarmingly Destructive

Kendra Wilkinson’s Lost in Space-Themed Music Video Is the Weirdest Thing You’ll See Today

Don’t Ask Why This Nerf Football Has a Screaming Human Voice

Archaeologists Discovered a 5,000-Year-Old Beer Recipe in China

A Corrupt United States Government Tries to Re-Write History in William Gibson’s First Comic-Book Project

Gizmodo’s Ultimate Guide to Vaping

Watching a Leather Watch Strap Get Made Is Actually Very Impressive

Why Confetti Is Video Quality’s Worst Nightmare

Fear the Walking Dead Explores the Positive Side of the Zombie Apocalypse

Stupid Cars Keep Ruining LA’s Newest Train

Astronomers Might Have Just Solved a Key Mystery About the Origin of Life

Nicolas Winding Refn Adds a Third Cult Movie To His Remake List

How to Build an Electric Foundry to Melt Metal

Steven Spielberg Wants Your 3D Avatars for Ready Player One

The Game of Thrones Intro Recreated with Slime Mold Is Glorious

Tinder Is Going to War Over Threesomes

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