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Chuck‘s Zach Levi Joins Heroes Reborn In Attempt To Make It Watchable

Zachary Levi is returning to NBC, but not as the super-spy Chuck. This time he’ll be the lead of the upcoming Heroes sequel series, which is possibly the only casting announcement the show could have made that makes me slightly less apprehensive about this probably trainwreck. Levi is an intensely likable lead, which is not…

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The Most Ingeniously Cheapskate Props And Sets From Classic Movies

Some of the best TV shows were made for a song — but did you know that some of your favorite movies have featured ridiculously cheap scenery and props, as well? We’re not just talking 1950s “B” movies, but more recent stuff. Here are some of the most wonderfully cheap sets and props from classic…

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Every State Should Make the Bold Internet Investment New York Just Did

Good news if you live in New York! Your internet is about to get faster and cheaper, and all it took was the shuffling of funds from big corporate banks to companies working hard to improve infrastructure for the good of the people—if you live in New York. Good job, New York. Your turn, every…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Everything You Need To Know About Cyberterrorism In One Chart

I don’t know how we missed this chart on its first go-around (it was created by Eli Dourado in May 2014, using data extrapolated from a 2013 op-ed by Jon Mooallem, who spent the summer of that year keeping track of power outages caused by squirrels), but it is everything, and you deserve to know…

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I Hope Miley Cyrus Made Entirely Out of Emojis Is What I See When I Die

Emojis have hijacked our words, our social networks, and the general literacy of our nation’s youth. So while it feels like I should hate rapper Yung Jake’s absurdly skilled emoji-based portraits on principle alone—I can’t. They are grotesque, they are obscene, and they are incredible. The “internet anti-socialite’s” artwork comes courtesy of emoji.ink, a site…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

Seth Rogen Shares The Films That Inspired His Preacher Series

In case you didn’t know, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are making the Preacher comics into a television series for AMC. And yesterday, Rogen revealed a giant stack of “inspirational” DVDs. We like what we see. We don’t know a lot about the Preacher TV series, because it’s still got a long ways to go.…

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The Eyes On This 2001 Dave Bowman Figure Will Haunt Your Dreams

There’s a good reason Stanley Kubrick chose actor Keir Dullea to play astronaut Dave Bowman in 2001: A Space Odyssey. The actor obviously delivered a brilliant performance, but there was also something a bit unsettling about him, just like the film, and this one-sixth scale Keir Dullea figure from Executive Replicas. Even HAL comes across…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

What Blackhat Gets Right: A Chat With Former Hacker Kevin Poulsen

Back in Kevin Poulsen’s hacker days, before he became writer and Wired editor, he pulled stunts like taking over the phone lines in a radio contest to win himself a Porsche, or breaking into the FBI’s computer system when he ended up on the agency’s Most Wanted list to change his physical description. He served…

Movies Leslie Horn

What If Justice League Meetings Operated Like A Dilbert Comic?

On this week’s installment of the comics illustration challenge The Line It Is Drawn, artists mashed superhero comics up with different newspaper comics. Starfire became Luann, the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. went Peanuts, and we got this perfect blend of Dilbert and the Justice League of America. Cartoonist and illustrator Rob Peters (creator of the webcomic…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

Vice Is The Least Subtle Dystopia Ever, And That’s Saying Something

There’s nothing subtle about Vice, an astonishingly unoriginal thriller that plays off familiar fears that violent video games will turn players into real-world trigger-happy sociopaths. The movie is now viewable on demand; some spoilers ahead. Top-billed Bruce Willis smirks his way through what’s decidedly more of a supporting role, playing Julian Michaels (not to be…

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Game Of Thrones Will Come To IMAX With Glorious, Gorgeous Posters

It’s almost tradition that a new IMAX release comes with a snazzy poster, and Game of Thrones’ IMAX début definitely continues that tradition with the latest in Robert Ball‘s Beautiful Death series. Warning: Considering these posters highlight iconic deaths from the episodes they’re about, there are spoilers for both Episodes 9 and 10 of Game…

Tech News James Whitbrook

A Fake Vibrating Bar of Soap Promises To Hand-Wash Your Clothes For You

Is there anything worse than having to waste an evening hand-washing your clothes in a sink while on vacation? Absolutely not. So the creators of the Dolfi want their little contraption to do most of the work for you, passively scrubbing clothes clean using ultrasonic vibrations while you’re sipping Mai Tais on a beach. It…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Zero Stroke Was A Mental Illness That Affected An Entire Country

Have you spent a day busily procrastinating by playing tetris, gone to bed and dreamed of playing tetris? If so you might just have the faint echo of a mental affliction that German people suffered just after World War I. It’s called “zero stroke.” Imagine that you’re compelled to engage in a certain repetitive mental…

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This Ancient Pigment Could Soon Be Used to See Through Your Skin

Egyptian blue was one of the famous pigments of the ancient world. Not only was it a scientific achievement, it has become an important historical signifier because it only came from contact with Egypt. It’s now being used in advanced technology that see right through your skin. Egyptian Blue in the Ancient World What do…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Could the Kool-Aid Man Really Survive Crashing Through a Brick Wall?

It’s a question that every kid has kept in the back of their minds since first seeing that giant jug of sugary liquid come bursting through a wall on those Kool-Aid commercials: could the Kool-Aid Man really survive such an 0ver-the-top entrance? So Vsauce3 has finally taken the time to break down the science and…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Watch seven jets landing in perfect formation

They may not have the cool F-16s of the US Air Force’s Thunderbirds or the ultra-cool Northrop F-5E Tiger II of the Patroullie Suisse, but the Spanish Air Force’s Patrulla Águila (Eagle Patrol) can do some cool tricks too. Here they are landing in formation. Bonus: Enjoy this short list of the best aerobatic teams:…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

10 Great Novels That Aren’t About What You Heard They Were About

Science fiction and fantasy novels become famous for all sorts of reasons. Maybe they catch the zeitgeist, or maybe they have one idea that everybody falls in love with. But sometimes, we all fixate on something that’s not the actual point of the book. Here are 10 great novels that aren’t about what everybody thinks.…

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How To Catch A Freight Train Ride To Freedom

Ever wanted to pack it all in, become a hobo and ride the rails? Dusty Blackthorn’s been doing that for the last 16 years. We caught up with the American in Guatemala and asked him how. He shared his best photos too. Don’t be an oog. I was sitting on the side of a mountain…

Tech News Cameron Smith

Don’t Miss The Magical Animated Oscar Nominee Song Of The Sea

Yesterday’s Oscar nominations brought a lot of chatter about the Best Animated Film selections, but now that we’ve all agreed The Lego Movie was robbed, it’s the perfect time to spotlight a lovely, dark-horse candidate that did make the list: Song of the Sea. https://gizmodo.com/the-biggest-oscar-snubs-of-2015-1679721226 Song of the Sea is the latest from director Tomm…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

Arm-Sized Bolts Keep Falling Off London’s Cheesegrater Tower

The Cheesegrater is a beautiful glass wedge of a building that rises over 700 feet into the London skyline. It unfortunately has some safety problems. This week, its owners revealed that a third bolt of high-strength steel snapped because of “hydrogen embrittlement”—an obscure term, but one that “causes fear among engineers.” The Leadenhall Building, as…

Tech News Sarah Zhang

Chuck‘s Zach Levi Joins Heroes Reborn In Attempt To Make It Watchable

The Most Ingeniously Cheapskate Props And Sets From Classic Movies

Every State Should Make the Bold Internet Investment New York Just Did

Everything You Need To Know About Cyberterrorism In One Chart

I Hope Miley Cyrus Made Entirely Out of Emojis Is What I See When I Die

Seth Rogen Shares The Films That Inspired His Preacher Series

The Eyes On This 2001 Dave Bowman Figure Will Haunt Your Dreams

What Blackhat Gets Right: A Chat With Former Hacker Kevin Poulsen

What If Justice League Meetings Operated Like A Dilbert Comic?

Vice Is The Least Subtle Dystopia Ever, And That’s Saying Something

Game Of Thrones Will Come To IMAX With Glorious, Gorgeous Posters

A Fake Vibrating Bar of Soap Promises To Hand-Wash Your Clothes For You

Zero Stroke Was A Mental Illness That Affected An Entire Country

This Ancient Pigment Could Soon Be Used to See Through Your Skin

Could the Kool-Aid Man Really Survive Crashing Through a Brick Wall?

Watch seven jets landing in perfect formation

10 Great Novels That Aren’t About What You Heard They Were About

How To Catch A Freight Train Ride To Freedom

Don’t Miss The Magical Animated Oscar Nominee Song Of The Sea

Arm-Sized Bolts Keep Falling Off London’s Cheesegrater Tower

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