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First Alert’s New Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detector Alerts Your iOS Devices of Danger

First Alert’s new Onelink smoke and carbon monoxide detector is basically a Nest Protect that’s specifically designed to work with Apple’s HomeKit system, alerting you to emergencies at home, even if you’re not there. Two versions of the Onelink detector are available now: a battery-only version for $109, and a $119 plug-in version with a…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Nov 16 '15

The Tables Have Turned On The Last Man on Earth And We Want Them To Go Back

We knew Will Forte’s character couldn’t be the bad guy forever. Eventually, “The Last Man On Earth” was going to show more than a glimpse of heart and become a hero. That change has been a focus of this season and, in the latest episode, things went even further. Now that it’s happening though, I’m…

Television Germain Lussier Nov 16 '15

Meet the Badass Women of The Huntsman: Winter’s War

The very first character posters from the sequel-turned-prequel to 2012’s Snow White and the Huntsman have arrived. And with Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain, and Charlize Theron in their most fabulous looks, it will at least look great if nothing else. In The Huntsman: Winter’s War, we get to see how the Snow White’s Evil Queen…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta Nov 16 '15

Skarping: The Sport America Deserves

Combining cross-disciplinary skills from a diverse array of sports — water skiing, basketball and butterfly catching — skarping doesn’t just look like a lot of fun, it helps the environment too. The asian carp is an invasive species injuring boatmen across the midwest. Asian carp were originally imported to America from China by fish farmers…

Tech News Wes Siler Nov 16 '15

Yet Another Ghostbusters Icon Is (Probably) Coming Back For The New Movie

Paul Feig’s upcoming Ghostbusters is simultaneously taking the comedy franchise in a whole new dimension and paying respect to the original. So while Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones are starring, the film is chock full of recognizable cameos too. We know of many of the human cameos, and now we have…

Movies Germain Lussier Nov 16 '15

Blaming Encryption for Terrorist Attacks Is a Mistake

We don’t know the specifics of how the terrorist attacks in Paris last Friday were carried out. That hasn’t stopped the law enforcement community from shamelessly blaming encryption for helping terrorists, or from seizing the attack as an opportunity to defend surveillance. Intelligence officials are blaming the Paris attacks on the free availability of encryption…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs Nov 16 '15

Lego Made Extra Cushy Slippers For Preventing Brick-Related Foot Injuries

Finally admitting there’s nothing quite as painful as accidentally stepping on a plastic brick with bare feet, Lego has commissioned a limited edition run of branded slippers featuring a massive amount of padding on the underside to thoroughly protect bare feet. According to French blog Piwee, the slippers were created by ad agency Brand Station…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 16 '15

8 Times the X-Men Were Nearly Wiped Out Forever

It’s a hard life, being a Marvel mutant. Sure, you get rad powers (maybe), but also get the rest of the world hating your guts for simply existing. On top of that, you and your fellow mutants are almost always facing apocalyptic scenarios. Here’s just eight times Marvel have threatened all Mutant-kind with oblivion. 8)…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Nov 16 '15

Now You Can Learn to Code With Minecraft

Code.org recently launched a Star Wars-themed “Hour of Code” tutorial, and today they’re geeking it up a notch: a brand-new program is based in the world of Minecraft. The tutorial is the result of a partnership between Microsoft and Code.org, a site that seeks to make coding more accessible. Code.org wants to expand access to…

Tech News Kaila Hale-Stern Nov 16 '15

That Was Some Pretty Cheesy CG, Ash vs Evil Dead, But You Still Rule

The first two episodes of Ash vs Evil Dead kicked so much ass, it was inevitable that we’d eventually get one that fell short of face-meltingly amazing. With a storyline that depends on some pretty lame CG, the third episode “Books from Beyond” filled that role. But fear not—this show still kills. Spoilers! After that…

Television Cheryl Eddy Nov 16 '15

It’s Secret History Week on Gizmodo and io9

You’ve heard the official histories of your country, your computers, and your shoes. But do you know what really happened? Join us for a week of secret histories at io9 and Gizmodo, where we reveal the truth behind the half-lies you’ve been told. Inspired in part by Matt Novak’s site Paleofuture, which has long chronicled…

Tech News Annalee Newitz Nov 16 '15

Cooking thermite on a stove burns the entire oven in an endless fire

Burning food on a stove top sucks. Burning thermite on a stove top? It totally epic because flames shoot up ridiculously high and burn ridiculously bright and is just totally ridiculous in general. I mean, it burns right through the saucepan, makes a hole through the stove top and then fire drips right into the…

Sploid Casey Chan Nov 16 '15

The Official Alien: Covenant Plot Synopsis Raises Some Big Questions

Last week, director Ridley Scott let it slip that the sequel to Prometheus was now going to be called Alien: Covenant. 20th Century Fox made that official Monday morning with a new logo and, most curiously, a very confusing plot synopsis. Here’s the synopsis: Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created in ALIEN with…

Movies Germain Lussier Nov 16 '15

Australia’s Secret History as a White Utopia

Today, the majority of Australians take pride in being part of a multicultural, multiethnic society. But much like the United States, Australia has a brutally racist history. Immigration to Australia was restricted almost exclusively to whites from the country’s founding in 1901 until the mid-1970s. The legislation was unofficially but universally known as The White…

Tech News Matt Novak Nov 16 '15

An AI Program in Japan Just Passed a College Entrance Exam

An artificial intelligence program received such high scores on a standardized test that it’d have an 80% chance of getting into a Japanese university. The Wall Street Journal reports that the program, developed by Japan’s National Institute of Informatics, took a multi-subject college entrance exam and passed with an above-average score of 511 points out…

Artificial Intelligence Bryan Lufkin Nov 16 '15

These Paintings and Sculptures in the Official Star Wars Art Show Are Insanely Gorgeous

Rarely does a day go by that you don’t see a new piece of Star Wars art, but rarely is that art official. That changed this weekend when Lucasfilm staged an official art show called Art Awakens at Gallery 1988 West in Los Angeles CA. It featured over 100 brand new pieces of Star Wars…

Movies Germain Lussier Nov 16 '15

Sleep Scientists Say All Our Devices Should Come With a “Bedtime Mode” Baked In

It’s not news that smartphones, tablets and e-readers emit a blue light that can keep us up when it’s time for bed. But in addition to abstaining from screens an hour before bed, experts say that all gadgets should have a “bedtime mode.” Researchers from the UK have published their work in the Frontiers in…

Tech News Leah Becerra Nov 16 '15

Once Upon a Time Gives Us Its Best Episode and Its Worst Episode Back-to-Back

Once Upon a Time dropped two episodes last night, “Birth” and “The Bear King.” One was perhaps the best this show has been all season. One was pointless. Spoilers… “Birth” felt like it should have been a mid-season finale. It ended the biggest arc of the season and started a new one that I actually…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Nov 16 '15

A Map Showing the Earth’s Groundwater as It Would Appear on the Surface

Surprisingly, scientists know very little about the water that’s located beneath the Earth’s surface. To overcome this knowledge gap, an international team of researchers has put together a new global map showing where and in what quantities this precious resource is located. To put this map together, the University of Victoria’s Tom Gleeson, along with…

Tech News George Dvorsky Nov 16 '15

One “Supergene” May Determine Mating Strategies for These Male Birds

The birds you see above are all ruffs (Philomachus pugnax): wading birds that summer in marshes through Northern Europe and Asia. All three are wearing different forms of breeding plumage. And all of them are male. The differences in the way they look reflect differences in their strategies for finding mates. And a pair of…

Biology Diane Kelly Nov 16 '15

First Alert’s New Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detector Alerts Your iOS Devices of Danger

The Tables Have Turned On The Last Man on Earth And We Want Them To Go Back

Meet the Badass Women of The Huntsman: Winter’s War

Skarping: The Sport America Deserves

Yet Another Ghostbusters Icon Is (Probably) Coming Back For The New Movie

Blaming Encryption for Terrorist Attacks Is a Mistake

Lego Made Extra Cushy Slippers For Preventing Brick-Related Foot Injuries

8 Times the X-Men Were Nearly Wiped Out Forever

Now You Can Learn to Code With Minecraft

That Was Some Pretty Cheesy CG, Ash vs Evil Dead, But You Still Rule

It’s Secret History Week on Gizmodo and io9

Cooking thermite on a stove burns the entire oven in an endless fire

The Official Alien: Covenant Plot Synopsis Raises Some Big Questions

Australia’s Secret History as a White Utopia

An AI Program in Japan Just Passed a College Entrance Exam

These Paintings and Sculptures in the Official Star Wars Art Show Are Insanely Gorgeous

Sleep Scientists Say All Our Devices Should Come With a “Bedtime Mode” Baked In

Once Upon a Time Gives Us Its Best Episode and Its Worst Episode Back-to-Back

A Map Showing the Earth’s Groundwater as It Would Appear on the Surface

One “Supergene” May Determine Mating Strategies for These Male Birds

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