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The Wonut may be the best invention ever since the Cronut

If you go to Chicago, don’t forget to pass by Waffles Café to try this new gem of culinary frankensteining: The Wonut—a cross between a waffle and a donut that, according to some people, “it is indeed pretty good. Not exactly what expected from the taste, but by far some of the best waffling I’ve…

A Brief History of the Rubber Band

Cheap, reliable, and strong, the rubber band is one of the world’s most ubiquitous products. It holds papers together, prevents long hair from falling in a face, acts as a reminder around a wrist, is a playful weapon in a pinch, and provides a way to easily castrating baby male livestock… While rubber itself has…

Here’s a cool best picture nominees mashup to get into the Oscars mood

If you didn’t have time to go see this year’s Academy Award nominees for best picture you should watch this neat mashup by University of Nevada student Dustin Martin. It condenses the eight movies in one video and shows just enough to put you in the right mood for The Oscars without spoiling any of…

There’s a new Charlie Hebdo app available for iOS, Android and Windows devices which means you can read the French satirical magazine—in high demand since recent events—wherever you are.

This Is What Seoul and Pyongyang Look Like at Night

North Korea and South Korea are very different places. But seeing their respective capital cities, Seoul and Pyongyang, next to each other at night makes that difference more stark than ever. We’ve seen similar pictures of the countries next to each other before, but astronaut Terry W. Virts has just posted images of the two…

Here’s a Shocking Visualization of the Planet’s Rising Temperatures

Last week, NASA and NOAA announced that 2014 was the hottest year in Earth’s recorded history. This animation by Bloomberg brings that finding into sharp focus. https://gizmodo.com/2014-was-the-hottest-year-in-earths-recorded-history-1679954696 Most graphs of the planet’s rising temperature just show one bar, averaged out over the year. In this animation, though, we see monthly records for each year overlaid…

This Is the Dwarf Planet Ceres Spinning on Its Axis

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is currently heading towards the largest celestial body in the Asteroid Belt, known as Ceres. Due to arrive in March, it’s already close enough to image the rocky dwarf planet rotating on its axis. https://gizmodo.com/the-dawn-spacecraft-is-closing-in-on-dwarf-planet-ceres-1667279924 This animation is made up of a series of images of Ceres, recorded by Dawn over the…

The Seedy World of Honey Smuggling (And How Science Is Fighting Back) 

Honey. We’ve all heard about the bee disappearance and wondered whether we’d be seeing a honey shortage. Well, here’s another reason to be worried about the sweet, sweet bee juice: honey laundering. https://gizmodo.com/ask-an-entomologist-anything-you-want-about-the-disappe-1616898038 Top image: african bees like honey by Evan Bench/flickr/ CC By 2.0 Yes, honey laundering. Real honey is almost magical, but we…

Why Does Smoke Cover So Much of South-East Asia?

A haze has periodically wafted over South-east Asia for 20 years. But despite rising public health concern, the problem remains as opaque as the smoke itself, Mike Ives reports. At the age of 13, Tan Yi Han could not see the edge of his schoolyard. It was 1998 in Singapore, the wealthy city-state known for…

British Spies Hacked the Emails of Journalists All Over the World

New documents leaked by Edward Snowden to The Guardian reveal that the British spy center GCHQ collected email messages from major news outlets around the world, including the BBC, Le Monde, New York Times and the Washington Post. The collection of the emails was a result of tests conducted by the spy agency, which was…

Marriott has told Bloomberg that it’s trialling streaming services like Hulu, Netflix and Pandora in the rooms of eight of its hotels—though it’s not clear how much it will will cost or when it will roll out more widely.

Amazon is joining the movie-making business: The company has announced that it will produce and acquire 12 movies a year, staring in 2015. These will be theatrical releases that will then be made available on Amazon Prime four to eight weeks after they premiere. The budgets will be indie-level at $5 million to $25 million.…

After This Star Wars Art Challenge, You’ll See Vader In a Brand New Way

The Facebook group Brainstorm does a new art challenge every month, and this month’s is a great one: Redesign Darth Vader and/or stormtroopers. It’s a shame we’ll never see any of these on the big screen. You can see more from this challenge, which ends January 26th, on the Brainstorm Facebook page. By Andres Parada:…

Here’s the Deleted Oliver/Felicity Kiss From Arrow’s Season 2 Finale

I feel for you on this one, shippers. This show’s so committed to messing with you. Be aware that clicking through will bring you spoilers for the season 2 finale of Arrow. This video popped up online last week when executive producer Marc Guggenheim promised to release the scene if fans got “trollenheim show us…

This Top-Secret Design Will Get Your Resume Into The Right Hands

Most resume designs — two pages of 12-point blah — don’t exactly scream HIRE ME, especially if you’re in the design business. That’s why Norwegian designer Vidar Olufsen put all his details in a folder styled like a top-secret document dossier. Everyone wants to know about the hidden stuff. Olufsen says that the idea came…

What Do You See In The Latest Images Of Ceres?

As spacecraft Dawn edges closer to the dwarf planet Ceres, one thing is clear: this is no rock and ice ducky like comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Aside from that, it’s like a Rorschach inkblot test of fuzzy pixels as we try to guess what awaits our robotic explorer on this alien world. Top image: Raw image of…

Manhole Lego stop motion is a great piece of Sci-Fi.

Though Chris Boyer couldn’t get this project done in the time necessary to enter the THAC XII (Twenty-four Hour Animation Contest), he has made a wonderful bit of animation. The quality of the sound effects and mix on this Lego stop-motion is pretty wonderful and the backgrounds and scenes are beautiful to look at. There…

All The Fun Of Disposable Cameras, Without A Trip To the Drugstore

Back before the days of selfie-sticks, or selfies or even the concept of front-facing cameras, humanity had plastic disposable cameras. You’d shoot your 20 photos, take it to the drugstore, rewind the film — yes, film — and walk out with 20 blurry holiday snaps of your own. WhiteAlbum is an app that’s trying to…

The Lego Movie soundtrack to be released as a double LP

I own The Lego Movie soundtrack and though I am not a huge vinyl fan myself I know that enthusiasts are out there. Those folks will be happy to learn that the original motion picture soundtrack to The Lego Movie will be released as a Double LP set on February 10th, 2015. You can pre-order…

Get Ready for Haphead, a Series About Gamer Subversives in Dystopia

This Thursday, we’ll be posting the first two episodes of Haphead, the new web series from the brain of Jim Munroe (Infest Wisely, Ghosts With Shit Jobs). Here’s the trailer. The episodes will also be screened in Toronto on Thursday, Jan. 22, at the Royal Theater. Here’s the synopsis: Ten years from now, a new…