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An Ancient Volcanic Collapse Triggered an 800 Foot Tsunami Wave

Scientists have just uncovered one of the largest tsunami events in the geologic record, and naturally, it started with an epic splash. 73,000 years ago, the eastern flank of Cape Verde’s Fogo volcano collapsed into the sea, kicking up an 800-foot wave. Think about that for a sec. That’s two thirds the height of the…

The Best Little Porno Movie on the Internet [Very NSFW]

The other night, my friend Fivestar said, “Hey, I’m going to be directing a Star Trek gang bang movie, you want to visit the set?” Just in case you are wondering, the answer to that question should always be yes. Warning: This article is very NSFW. Seriously. There are genitals. You have been warned. Fivestar…

Guillermo Del Toro Wants To Put Maisie Williams In A Jaeger

A sequel to Pacific Rim might be a long ways off, but it’s still on director Guillermo del Toro’s mind. And, he has a fantastic idea for who he wants behind the controls of a new Jaeger. Sounding off on Twitter earlier today, he noted that he had lunch with none other than Maisie Williams…

Our Favorite Images From NASA’s Incredible New Apollo Gallery

Earlier this week, NASA uploaded an incredible treasure trove of images to a new gallery on Flickr: unprocessed photographs from all of the manned Apollo missions. They represent an incredible look into what the astronauts saw on their missions to the moon. NASA’s astronauts are known for taking some of the world’s best pictures, but…

Where Should NASA Send a Space Probe Next?

Going to Pluto was incredible, but as we continue to soak in the glorious images, NASA’s already trying to figure out which celestial target to hit next. The space agency revealed five finalist concepts this week, including missions that would take us to Jupiter’s asteroids and the surface of Venus. I’ve been pondering NASA’s choices…

Edward Snowden may have garnered himself 1.3 million followers during his first week on Twitter, but even instant celebrities make rookie mistakes. Snowden’s? Forgetting to turn off email notifications. 47 GB of follow, favorite, retweet and DM emails later, we’re pretty sure he learned his lesson. [Engadget]

An Online Dictionary Plans to Catalog a Million Emerging English Words

With viral memes and hashtags sweeping the internet on the daily, language is evolving faster than conventional dictionaries can keep up. You may have been “procrastatweeting” about the “popepocalypse” last week, but the stalwart publishers of the Oxford English won’t give your neologisms official recognition for years to come, if ever. Heck, they didn’t even…

Exploration Is The Perfect Trailer To Show Off NASA’s Legacy

NASA is holding a short film contest called CineSpace, and one entry, Exploration, by Ryan J. Thompson caught our eye. It’s the perfect movie-style trailer to show off NASA’s scientific legacy. With a voice over from President John F. Kennedy, Thompson has picked out a dramatic set of archival footage shot from space and a…

Locke & Key Is Just As Haunting As An Audio Drama As It Is A Graphic Novel

Audible is taking one of the best comics in recent years has turned it into a dramatic audio presentation: Locke and Key. The production is a stunning adaptation and it proves that Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s horrifying graphic novel series is just as terrifying off the pages. Best of all? It’ll be a free…

Furious 7 Director James Wan Will Bring MacGyver Back To Television

Another old television show is being dusted off and given a new life: CBS announced that they’re rebooting MacGyver with Furious 7 director James Wan slated to direct the pilot. Color us interested. According to CBS (via EW), the new MacGyver will be a revised concept, rather than any sort of continuation of the existing…

iPhone 6s Review: A 3D Touch Playground

Let’s be clear on at least one thing: the iPhone 6s is a good phone. A great phone even, and no shit, it’s the best iPhone yet. But if you’re upgrading from—or have ever spent 30 seconds with—an iPhone 6, it’s business as usual…until you get to 3D Touch. The newfangled touch-sensitive display is obviously…

Steve Wozniak: “Steve Jobs and I Were Once Robbed at Gunpoint Outside a Pizza Parlor”

Were Apple’s co-founders robbed at gunpoint outside a pizza parlor? That, at least, is what Steve Wozniak told Jimmy Fallon and Seth Rogen during a game of “True Confessions” on Friday’s episode of The Tonight Show. Fallon, an expert interrogator, managed to extract a lot of details about the incident during the one-minute question and…

This Life-Sized Hulkbuster Cosplay Will Blow Your Mind

Prop builders have created some awesome costumes in the recent past, but this might be one of the coolest: a life-sized Hulkbuster. Extreme Costumes assembled the towering 9-foot tall costume, and put more than 1600 hours of work went into the Iron Man variant. You can scroll through their facebook feed for a build process:…

Elon Musk Clarifies His Plan to “Nuke Mars”

Remember a few weeks back, when Elon Musk explained how we ought to nuke Mars to warm it up? Well, the billionaire was really just speaking off the cuff, and so during a SolarCity launch event in Times Square yesterday, he decided he ought to clarify. The founder of SpaceX doesn’t want to nuke the…

Hurricane Joaquin Looks Beautifully Ominous From Space

I don’t envy the food or bathroom situation on the International Space Station, but every time a major storm hits, I have to admit I’m a wee bit jealous. Astronauts have prime seats for watching Earth’s most epic natural disasters unfold, and they don’t have to deal with any of the cleanup! In the early…

In Search of the Ultra-Sex is Basically All of the Weirdest Porn Movies Rolled Into One [NSFW]

This is kind of bizarre. French pop-art stars Nicolas et Bruno have edited together a ton of the world’s most bizarre porn movies into one X-rated comedy epic called In Search of the Ultra-Sex, overdubbed with their silly voices. Warning: Video is NSFW! Off-hand, In Search of the Ultra-Sex combines footage fromEdward Penishands, Space Thing,…

A Solo Drifter Encounters Some Very Unusual Clouds. What Happens Next?

The Sky Kings peer down at the horseman who has come … to seek their advice? Their blessing? To bring them news that rather irritates them? Or is this a chance enounter, a stunning moment of happenstance for this lonely cowboy? Or perhaps he is a fellow Sky King, wearing an earthly disguise? What do…

The Best of Gizmodo This Week

First off, there were lots of new phones to play with this week. We reviewed the iPhone 6s and played with two new-and-improved Nexus phones while livebloggin’ from Google’s event. We were also at Tesla covering the big reveal of the Model X, and debuted the Indefinitely Wild video series with an explainer on how…

Turn Your Sketchy Nighttime Bike Ride Into a Blaze of Glory with Revolights

Night biking is one of my favorite activities. But you know what’s even more fun? Not getting hit by careless drivers who fail to remember that bikers, too, sometimes have somewhere to be after dark. You’ve gotta have good lights, but taillights are passé. It’s time to step up your game. It’s time for Revolights.…

A Short Film Shot Through a Water Droplet is Hauntingly Beautiful

An iPhone, a 5 yen coin, and a drop of water. That’s all Japanese designer Dan Tomimatsu needed to create his haunting surrealistic short film, O (eau), shot entirely through a makeshift “water lens.” Well, that and the right inspiration, found in the work of a poet who calls himself “fukudapero.” The water lens is…