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Commercial Pet Foods Fuck With Your Dog’s Sperm Count

New research shows that male dogs have been suffering from a rapid decline in fertility over the past three years, and all signs are pointing to contaminated pet foods as the culprit. The University of Nottingham researchers say a similar effect may be causing decreases in human male fertility. This is the first time that…

Tech News George Dvorsky Aug 9 '16

The First Footage From Arrival is Here, and It Looks Incredible

The first trailer from Arrival, Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of the Ted Chiang short story Story Of Your Life is finally here. It looks like an Oscar contender wrapped in a high-concept blockbuster package, which is a way to say it looks great. Paramount Pictures is releasing the film, which stars Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and…

Trailers Germain Lussier Aug 9 '16

The Resident Evil: Final Chapter Trailer Promises That This Is It, Really

In case the title wasn’t clear. In case writer-director Paul W.S. Anderson’s statements that this would be the last weren’t clear. In case the actors saying it was the last one weren’t clear. In case all of those things were missed, the international trailer has got you covered. “We’ve played a long game you and…

Trailers Katharine Trendacosta Aug 9 '16

Did You Have Sex at Gizmodo’s Star Trek Book Party?

As reporters and editors, we at Gizmodo like to investigate stuff and ask questions. But there comes a time when you’re beat and have to reach out for help. That’s why we’re coming to you, our readers, with a question we haven’t been able to answer despite weeks of probing. So: Did you have sex…

Tech News Alex Dickinson Aug 9 '16

Seeing Glass Get Blown Is Melty Goodness

When it’s burning that bright orange and oozing out like goo, glass looks almost like some sort of alien honey. This short from Bill Cox takes a close look at Chris Mosey of Ignis Glass in Chattanooga, Tennessee to examine the process of glass blowing and the relationship Mosey has with the material. The narration…

Sploid Casey Chan Aug 9 '16

Six Million Americans Have This Toxic Chemical in Their Drinking Water

Add this to the growing list of reasons to be uneasy about your municipal water supply: a new Harvard study has found that six million Americans drink water containing unsafe levels of obscure industrial pollutants associated with cancer and other severe health consequences. The chemicals, called polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), repel both oil and…

Tech News Maddie Stone Aug 9 '16

Facebook Goes to War With Ad Blockers

Facebook announced today that people will see ads on the desktop version of the social network regardless of whether or not they are using ad blockers. The company also said it is rolling out increased controls for advertising, because who doesn’t love customizing their online advertising experience. In a post announcing the change, Andrew Bosworth,…

Social Media William Turton Aug 9 '16

It Looks Like Apple Is Seriously Building an All-Glass iPhone

For months, rumors have swirled about Apple’s top secret all-glass iPhone. We’ve tracked the developments closely, saying early concepts looked ridiculous and would break too easily. But as a new patent shows, Apple is serious about this all-glass iPhone idea. In the patent, first reported by Patently Apple, Apple describes a curved display wrapping around…

Tech News Michael Nunez Aug 9 '16

I Only Love Han Solo When He’s Cold

Han Solo is my favorite character ever. In anything. I’m guessing, I’m not the only person who feels that way. He’s simply a badass with a swagger that’s second to none. For some reason, though, I personally have a weird fetish when it comes to Solo. I only love him when he’s cold. What the…

io9 Germain Lussier Aug 9 '16

Bryan Fuller’s Teasing Us With This Star Trek: Discovery Alien, Isn’t He?

Bryan Fuller put an image of a Star Trek: Discovery make up test online yesterday. And my is it familiar. It looks like the options are either a new species or Andorian. Without knowing the texture or, more revealingly, the color, it’s impossible to know for sure. But to wildly speculate, which I am happy…

Television Katharine Trendacosta Aug 9 '16

Curly Fries Haven’t Changed Much in 200 Years

Sure, the world around us is slowly crumbling, the American electorate has never been angrier, human interaction has never felt less genuine, no one I’ve talked to in years seems particularly happy and everything feels utterly, inescapably hopeless—but 190 years ago curly fries were considered an “edible garnish.” Are you fucking kidding me? Our malnourished…

Sploid Avery Ellis Aug 9 '16

Squirrel Steals GoPro, Records Harrowing Escape

After a squirrel mistook it for a tasty nut, YouTuber Viva Frei wasn’t sure if he’d ever see his GoPro camera again. But he did it eventually get it back—and more. The GoPro was actually recording from the squirrel’s perspective as it raced through the branches of a tree, and the footage is amazing. Strapping…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Aug 9 '16

The First Nuclear Power Plant in Belarus Is a Dangerous Fiasco

In July, construction workers at the Astravets nuclear power plant in Belarus dropped a 330 ton reactor shell. Weeks went by before the government admitted an “abnormal situation” had occurred, prompting international concerns about safety at the Russian-built facility—and the Belarusian government’s unwillingness to disclose information in a timely manner. Mounting mishaps at the construction…

Tech News George Dvorsky Aug 9 '16

Make Impressive Pixel Art With Just a Google Spreadsheet

Pixel art, the digital equivalent to old-school pointillism, can be an incredibly tedious to make if you don’t know how. That’s why coder Amit Agarwal’s new Google Sheets trick is so impressive. It allows you to take any 300×300 image and turn it into an in-browser masterpiece. Click here to copy Agarwal’s Google Doc file,…

Tech News Darren Orf Aug 9 '16

A Woman Apparently Died After a Drone Flight Over a Prison

British police investigating a drone being flown near a prison pursued a woman in a vehicle who eventually crashed and died, according to a report in The Guardian. At around 3am, police were called to investigate the suspicious drone and pursued a car that appeared to be fleeing from the scene. Ten minutes later, the…

Tech News William Turton Aug 9 '16

Miles Teller Threatens the World By Saying He’d Do a Fantastic Four Sequel

Despite a frankly savage response to Fantasic Four last year—and even with his colleagues in the latest take on Marvel’s first family moving on to play roles in superhero franchises that aren’t currently actively on fire—Miles Teller is at least open to the idea of returning to the role of Reed Richards. https://gizmodo.com/fox-finally-admits-it-doesnt-want-to-make-a-fantastic-f-1744408723 Speaking to…

Movies James Whitbrook Aug 9 '16

Someone Please Explain My Mom’s Suicide Squad Summary to Me

My mom has not cared about a comic book since she stopped reading Casper the Friendly Ghost in 1959, but she likes comic book movies because she grew up on a steady diet of B-science fiction flicks. After learning Suicide Squad was about people blowing up monsters and not, as previously assumed, about group suicide,…

io9 Alex Cranz Aug 9 '16

The Best Gizmodo Posts of All Time (So Far)

Gizmodo isn’t going anywhere. But as you know by now, a bunch of stuff happened involving an angry billionaire and a wrestler, and now our parent company, Gawker Media, is being acquired. Gizmodo will remain the best publication in the world, or at least top three. But it’s fair to say that next week marks…

Tech News Katie Drummond Aug 9 '16

The Only Good Use For a Keurig Machine

Time and time again we’ve cautioned you against buying coffee pod machines like the Keurig, but what if one is gifted to you? Instead of just settling for bad coffee every morning, you can do what Evan Booth did and rebuild it into something else, like a functional robotic bionic hand. This isn’t some weekend…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Aug 9 '16

Apple’s First Vehicle-Related Patent Is For a Bendy Bus With Tank Treads?

Apple was granted its first patent for vehicle hardware today, but it’s not for a car. The invention is related to “articulated vehicles” or ones with a pivoting joint in the middle of its construction like a large bus. So will there be an Apple bus in the near future? Who knows. The patent, first…

Tech News Michael Nunez Aug 9 '16

Commercial Pet Foods Fuck With Your Dog’s Sperm Count

The First Footage From Arrival is Here, and It Looks Incredible

The Resident Evil: Final Chapter Trailer Promises That This Is It, Really

Did You Have Sex at Gizmodo’s Star Trek Book Party?

Seeing Glass Get Blown Is Melty Goodness

Six Million Americans Have This Toxic Chemical in Their Drinking Water

Facebook Goes to War With Ad Blockers

It Looks Like Apple Is Seriously Building an All-Glass iPhone

I Only Love Han Solo When He’s Cold

Bryan Fuller’s Teasing Us With This Star Trek: Discovery Alien, Isn’t He?

Curly Fries Haven’t Changed Much in 200 Years

Squirrel Steals GoPro, Records Harrowing Escape

The First Nuclear Power Plant in Belarus Is a Dangerous Fiasco

Make Impressive Pixel Art With Just a Google Spreadsheet

A Woman Apparently Died After a Drone Flight Over a Prison

Miles Teller Threatens the World By Saying He’d Do a Fantastic Four Sequel

Someone Please Explain My Mom’s Suicide Squad Summary to Me

The Best Gizmodo Posts of All Time (So Far)

The Only Good Use For a Keurig Machine

Apple’s First Vehicle-Related Patent Is For a Bendy Bus With Tank Treads?

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