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This Newly Discovered Triple Sun Planet Would See Some Truly Bizarre Skies

Newly-discovered planet KELT-4Ab has three suns—but that triple-solar view isn’t the only weird thing you’d see happen overhead. Not by a long shot. The details of the discovery of this triple sun planet were published in the Astronomical Journal. We talked to the lead author of the paper Jason Eastman of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for…

Space & Spaceflight Ria Misra

You’ll Never Guess Who’s Turning Greg Grunberg’s Graphic Novel Into a Movie

When you’re Greg Grunberg, things are pretty good. You’re a successful actor on your own, but you’re also best friends with J.J. Abrams, so you get roles like Snap Wexley in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Your friend will even produce a movie based on your new graphic novel. The graphic novel is called Dream…

Movies Germain Lussier

An App Can Help You Locate the Williamsburg of Your City, Or, Which Neighborhood to Avoid

Say you’re traveling in a strange new city but suddenly find yourself really jonesing for the familiar comfort of pour-over coffee and man buns. A new app will help you find such amenities in any city you visit, or, more helpfully, allow you to steer clear of them. TheWhere Is Williamsburg app, which is available…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Game of Thrones‘ Jessica Henwick Will Play the Female Lead in the Iron Fist TV Series

Yes yes yes yes yes. Marvel has announced that The Force Awakens and Game of Thrones actress Jessica Henwick has landed the role of the Netflix Iron Fist show’s female lead, and it’s great news for fans of the comics: she’ll be playing international ass-kicker Colleen Wing. Henwick, best known for her roles as Nymeria…

Television James Whitbrook

Super Realistic Lab-Grown Skin Even Sprouts Hair

Using stem cells, Japanese scientists have grown artificial skin that contains sweat glands and hair follicles. These highly realistic skin patches could eventually be used to treat burn victims and replace animals in the testing of chemicals. Previous efforts to develop artificial skin have been limited in terms of realism and functionality, including an absence…

Tech News George Dvorsky

Why Did I Drink Two Cans of Peanut Butter and Jelly Beer?

The craft beer “revolution” has given us the ability to get drunk while pretending we’re doing something more high-minded. Throw enough flavors or cultural references at a beer, and it’s basically a meal. Welcome to Gizmodo’s Happy Hour. Substance abuse for nerds. At the same time, fast food has been making a sincere effort for…

Tech News Avery Ellis

The Original Mystery Science Theater 3000 Cast Will Reunite for a Special Rifftrax Event

It’s been a very good time to be an MST3K fan. Not only will the show return with a new cast in the not-too-distant future, under the guidance of the original creator and host Joel Hodgson, but now the entire original cast is getting together for a one-night, special reunion, courtesy of Rifftrax! Actually, I…

Movies Rob Bricken

You Can Squeeze the World’s Most Compact Folding Stroller Into a Shoulder Bag

When flying you probably do all you can to avoid checking a suitcase full of your belongings. So why allow baggage handlers to toss an expensive stroller around? The gb Pockit, confirmed by Guinness to be the world’s most compact stroller when folded, can actually fit under an airplane seat, or be squeezed into a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Dating Service Lets You Pick Your Partner by Smelling a Sweaty T-Shirt

You’re young and single and looking for love in New York City, and the usual online dating services haven’t panned out. A new matchmaking service has a crazy idea: It wants to let you choose a lover by letting you smell a bunch of t-shirt samples. I know, it sounds like an April Fool’s prank.…

Tech News Jennifer Ouellette

This Is the Most Twisted Moment in 1986 Slasher Classic April Fool’s Day

April Fool’s Day was one of the first slasher movies I ever saw, circa the VHS era, and it remains one of my favorites in the genre. Aside from its clever, Agatha-Christie-meets-Jason-Voorhees premise, its unusually good cast (led by Amy Steel, a Final Girl twice over after Friday the 13th Part 2), and its amazing…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

This Super-Efficient Building High in the Rocky Mountains Has No Central Heat

The quest to build the world’s most energy-efficient buildings largely plays out in temperate regions or in big, heat-generating cities. That’s what makes this new building in Colorado so impressive: It’s located at high elevation in a location that gets about 90 inches of snow per year—yet, amazingly, it uses no central heating at all.…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Melting Crayons Gets Pretty Psychedelic

There’s a moment, before all the crayons are melted and before it devolves into some sort of poisonous stew that people in the past had to eat because that’s all they had to eat, where some of the crayons have not melted and the crayons that have melted have not completely mixed together that this…

Sploid Casey Chan

A Good Look at All the Dead People Who May Be Harassing Spider-Man Soon

Peter Parker has lost many people over the years, friend and foe alike. So many, in fact, that Marvel’s next Spider-comic event is basely around them in a series titled “Dead No More.” Over the past few weeks, Marvel has slowly been releasing slices of a huge piece of promo art by Alexander Lozano, with…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

You’ll Desperately Want a Tiny Lego Forklift After Watching This Video

The most popular Lego sets feature high-performance supercars, epic superhero battles, and popular cartoon characters. But after watching this beautifully-shot video of a bustling miniature warehouse, you’ll be wishing Lego sold a tiny remote control forklift you could drive around. Originally posted on the Eurobricks forum by user ‘mahjqa’ the Muravi Forklift, as they’ve called…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Man Behind Real Steel Is Remaking John Carpenter’s Starman

If you grew up in the ‘80s, Starman is one of those movies you watched a lot. It was basically on all the time, and told a great story about an alien and woman falling in love while on the run. That simplicity and familiarity mean only one thing: it’s time for a remake. The…

Movies Germain Lussier

Cool Angle of a Helicopter Aerial Refueling Makes It Seem As If the Blades Are Gonna Chop the Line

This rear angle capturing a MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter aerial refueling from a KC-130 tanker makes it look like aerial helicopter refueling is the most dangerous thing. The helicopter blades look like they would tangle up with the fuel line and send both aircraft tumbling down. Luckily, it’s not like that! Here’s a Black Hawk…

Sploid Casey Chan

Why Tesla’s Model 3 Can’t Fix Our Energy Problems

You know what’s hard? Trying to get anyone to say anything remotely critical about the Tesla Model 3. Everyone wants it to succeed because electric vehicles are good, and affordable electric vehicles are even better. But the Model 3 cannot be the hero for the US’s energy woes if we don’t fix a few serious…

Tech News Alissa Walker

A Modern Knifemaker’s Badass Take on an Ancient Samurai Dagger

Modern knives have something distinctly badass about them. Maybe it’s the materials. Maybe its the sleek ergonomic handles. But they also seem to be missing the sense of personality and specialness apparent in the work of ancient Japanese bladesmiths. That’s why knifemaker Walter Sorrells decided to make a tanto—a type of short dagger—whose handle has…

Sploid Avery Ellis

Rosetta’s Comet Looks Even Weirder When It’s Backlit By the Sun

In its ongoing exploration of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the Rosetta spacecraft captured this stunning silhouette of the two-lobed mass from a distance of 200 miles. Wow. The Philae comet lander may be dead, but its valiant mothership lives on. Rosetta recently ventured away from the comet to study its wider coma, tail, and plasma environment. At…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

All the New Things We Learned From the Star Wars: The Force Awakens Blu-ray

What more can be said about Star Wars: The Force Awakens that already hasn’t? It’s literally been a topic of conversation for years, and you’d think it would slow down eventually. Instead, it’s the opposite—especially since the film hits digital download today and we found a ton of new info in the extras. Both the…

Movies Germain Lussier

This Newly Discovered Triple Sun Planet Would See Some Truly Bizarre Skies

You’ll Never Guess Who’s Turning Greg Grunberg’s Graphic Novel Into a Movie

An App Can Help You Locate the Williamsburg of Your City, Or, Which Neighborhood to Avoid

Game of Thrones‘ Jessica Henwick Will Play the Female Lead in the Iron Fist TV Series

Super Realistic Lab-Grown Skin Even Sprouts Hair

Why Did I Drink Two Cans of Peanut Butter and Jelly Beer?

The Original Mystery Science Theater 3000 Cast Will Reunite for a Special Rifftrax Event

You Can Squeeze the World’s Most Compact Folding Stroller Into a Shoulder Bag

Dating Service Lets You Pick Your Partner by Smelling a Sweaty T-Shirt

This Is the Most Twisted Moment in 1986 Slasher Classic April Fool’s Day

This Super-Efficient Building High in the Rocky Mountains Has No Central Heat

Melting Crayons Gets Pretty Psychedelic

A Good Look at All the Dead People Who May Be Harassing Spider-Man Soon

You’ll Desperately Want a Tiny Lego Forklift After Watching This Video

The Man Behind Real Steel Is Remaking John Carpenter’s Starman

Cool Angle of a Helicopter Aerial Refueling Makes It Seem As If the Blades Are Gonna Chop the Line

Why Tesla’s Model 3 Can’t Fix Our Energy Problems

A Modern Knifemaker’s Badass Take on an Ancient Samurai Dagger

Rosetta’s Comet Looks Even Weirder When It’s Backlit By the Sun

All the New Things We Learned From the Star Wars: The Force Awakens Blu-ray

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