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Discworld Cake Is Almost Too Wonderful To Eat

Paris bakery Paint Cakes (which bills itself as a “pâtisserie geek”) crafted this marvelously detailed pastry tribute to the late Sir Terry Pratchett. https://gizmodo.com/rip-sir-terry-pratchett-1948-2015-1691042794 Check out more geeky Paint Cakes (how do you say “It’s a traaap!” in French?) creations here. [Via Geek Art Gallery]

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Japanese Scientists Just Beamed Energy Through the Air

Human-made satellites have long been able to harness the sun’s energy as it washes over them outside the protection of our atmosphere. But what if we could beam all that solar power down to Earth? The science fictional idea may be a reality sooner than you think. That’s because Japanese scientists have just made a…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone

We Didn’t Think 12 Monkeys Could Get Any Darker… But It Did

Syfy’s time-travel show 12 Monkeys has a pretty grim premise, involving a plague apocalypse that kills 7 billion people and turns the world into a Hobbesian nightmare. But it can still get nastier than that, as last night’s episode amply proved. Spoilers ahead… Dr. Jones’ horrible crime The centerpiece of “Tomorrow” is the horrible decision…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

The ZRRO Hoverpad Is Almost The Game Controller I Want For My TV

A few weeks ago I found a crazy idea on Kickstarter: A gamepad that basically lets you touch your television without leaving your couch. It promises to track your fingers and display their location on the TV before they touch down. Now I’ve tried it. It’s promising, but needs work. https://gizmodo.com/this-company-says-its-built-the-perfect-android-touch-c-1686421554 To its credit, the…

Tech News Sean Buckley

How Will You Celebrate The Pi Day Of The Century?

Happy Pi Day! How are you celebrating the transcendental, irrational mathematical constant central derived from circles on 3/14/15 at 9:26:53? For me, it’s going to be giggling over physicists engaging in an epic chalk battle, and devouring an apple-ginger pie. Pi Day is the best reason ever to bake a pie for breakfast. Image credit:…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

Watch Crickets Fight Until They Get Stoned and Paranoid

Nitric oxide may be better known for turbo-charging snails, but rather than boosting aggressive behavior, this brain chemical deals crickets a healthy dose of fear, telling them when to throw the towel in and flee a fight. That’s according to research which appeared yesterday in the journal Science Advances. Basically, the researchers doped crickets with…

Tech News Maddie Stone

Karen Gillan Joins HBO’s Salem Witch Trials Drama

HBO’s pilot for “provocative period drama” set during the Salem witch trials, The Devil You Know, has added a grip of new cast members as it rolls toward production this spring, including Karen Gillan (Doctor Who, Guardians of the Galaxy). The actor shared her excitement yesterday: Eddie Izzard stars in the latest project from the…

Television Cheryl Eddy

Is IBM Building Its Own Digital Currency?

Bitcoin may still be the fringe coinage of technophiles, but the idea behind the cryptocurrency is rapidly marching towards mainstream. Reuters reports that IBM is considering adopting Bitcoin’s blockchain technology to create a new digital cash and payment system. “IBMCoin” would allow users to send money anywhere in the world without having to use a…

Tech News Maddie Stone

The Tricentennial Tower is Like the Space Needle With Gondolas

US Thrill Rides, the company that plans to bring us the world’s tallest roller coaster, has just unveiled designs for its latest project: The Tricentennial Tower, a 320-foot tall structure that looks like the Seattle Space Needle with a gondola ride slapped on. The tower, which is planned for the New Orleans waterfront, emerges as…

Tech News Maddie Stone

We Can Now Make Synthetic Chameleon Skin

It’s been a big week for chameleons. On Tuesday, scientists announced they’d worked out the secret to the cross-eyed lizard’s color changing skin. A day later came the announcement that we’d replicated the skin artificially. Chameleons are among the select few organisms that are able to change their color at will. There are many different…

Tech News Maddie Stone

Exterminate Your Stress With This Dalek Relaxation Tape

It’s been a long week, but now at last it’s Friday night. Which means it’s finally time to kick back and relax. Here to help you do that is the supreme lifeform of the universe, a Dalek, who has some soothing words for you. [via Digg] Contact the author at [email protected].

Television Charlie Jane Anders

This Cute Computer Could Cultivate Children’s Coding Capabilities

In the early ’80s, the state-sponsored British Broadcasting Corporation decided that computers were going to be kind of a big deal, and created the BBC Micro desktop PC to promote computer literacy. Now, they’re doing it again—this fall, one million UK schoolkids will receive a free Micro Bit. This time, we’re not talking about a…

Tech News Sean Hollister

How To Make Flowers Glow Under Black Light

This is so cool! If you have freshly-cut white flowers and a vase of tonic water, you can make flowers that glow when they’re under black light. We’ll tell you how. I never thought I’d say this, but I finally have a tip for wedding planners. Make glow-in-the-dark floral arrangements. Sure, it means bringing black…

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Discarded Popsicles Make Surprisingly Good Swimming Pools

Artist Slinkachu makes street installations and photographs, creating witty scenes with figurines placed in clever situations. Today, his new gallery show, Miniaturesque, Andipa Gallery in London, showcasing his latest work. You can see the details on the Miniaturesque at the Andipa Gallery website and on the flier below: Frequently, Slinkachu takes multiple shots of the…

io9 Lauren Davis

The Best of Gizmodo This Week

While Apple dominated the news (and much of Giz!) this week, we found time to rant about Kanye, explain why your internet is so shitty, and relaunch our community platform White Noise, where we want to hear from you, dear reader. Here are some of the best stories on Gizmodo this week. Why America’s Internet…

Tech News Meg Neal

Our First Glimpse Of Earth’s Brand New South Pacific Island

Late last year, a new volcanic island formed in the South Pacific. Located about 40 miles (65 km) from the region’s main island of Tongatapu, the island could become Tonga’s latest tourist attraction. But scientists warn it could still be unstable and dangerous. All photos Gianpiero Orbassano This past weekend, hotel owner Gianpiero Orbassano arrived…

io9 George Dvorsky

This Mashup Of The Muppets And The Walking Dead Is Creepy Perfection

When artist Gene Guilmette was asked to draw a page of The Walking Dead with Muppets, he came up with this brilliant idea. He cast both Statler and Waldorf as the Governor, and placed other Muppets in their fish tanks. This another fabulous entry from Comics Should Be Good’s The Line It Is Drawn. This…

io9 Lauren Davis

California’s Wine Country Is Getting a Huge Floating Solar Farm

California has long been on the cutting edge of solar power, and now it has what be its most interesting plan yet: a vast solar array floating on top of wastewater ponds. The project will be built in Sonoma County, which you may know better as wine country. Greentech reports that Sonoma Clean Power will…

Tech News Sarah Zhang

These crazy ice crystals forming on a window make my imagination go wild

There are some pretty nutty patterns that pop up in this time lapse of frost and ice crystals forming on Brenda Loewen’s kitchen window. They almost look like the surface of a different planet or a topographical map of miserable wastelands or a microscopic look at creepy organisms. Whatever your imagination sees, it’s cool. SPLOID…

Sploid Casey Chan

Someone Wrote Erotic Fiction About Clippy

It was only a matter of time before someone sexualized a paperclip… wait, what? A steamy, new erotic fan fiction titled “Conquered by Clippy” just popped up on Amazon for the low, low price of $3. This 4,000 short-fiction-soon-to-be-masterpiece comes from Leonard Delaney, who has also penned such classics as “Mother Fucking Wizards,” “Taken By…

Tech News Darren Orf

Discworld Cake Is Almost Too Wonderful To Eat

Japanese Scientists Just Beamed Energy Through the Air

We Didn’t Think 12 Monkeys Could Get Any Darker… But It Did

The ZRRO Hoverpad Is Almost The Game Controller I Want For My TV

How Will You Celebrate The Pi Day Of The Century?

Watch Crickets Fight Until They Get Stoned and Paranoid

Karen Gillan Joins HBO’s Salem Witch Trials Drama

Is IBM Building Its Own Digital Currency?

The Tricentennial Tower is Like the Space Needle With Gondolas

We Can Now Make Synthetic Chameleon Skin

Exterminate Your Stress With This Dalek Relaxation Tape

This Cute Computer Could Cultivate Children’s Coding Capabilities

How To Make Flowers Glow Under Black Light

Discarded Popsicles Make Surprisingly Good Swimming Pools

The Best of Gizmodo This Week

Our First Glimpse Of Earth’s Brand New South Pacific Island

This Mashup Of The Muppets And The Walking Dead Is Creepy Perfection

California’s Wine Country Is Getting a Huge Floating Solar Farm

These crazy ice crystals forming on a window make my imagination go wild

Someone Wrote Erotic Fiction About Clippy

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