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8 Logical Fallacies That Fuel Anti-Science Sentiments

We need science more than ever, yet many people find it hard to get accurate information about the scientific method and its achievements. Making things more difficult, their misconceptions about science are often driven by logical fallacies, or errors in deductive reasoning. Here are eight of the most common anti-science fallacies. Illustration by Tara Jacoby…

Transformers 4 Leads The Razzies’ Nomination List, Because It’s Bad

The Razzie award nominations are out. And it looks like this year they’re taking a (small) break from hating on Adam Sandler (don’t worry, Blended is still on there) to highlight the truly terrible work that was Transformers 4. The Razzies have released their list of worst movies of 2014, and the collection is not…

4K Laptop with Powerful Guts, Discounted iPads, and More Deals

Are you sitting down? Here’s a $1000 laptop with a Core i7 processor, NVIDIA GeForce 860M GPU, 256GB SSD, and 16GB of RAM. Pretty great! Oh, and I forgot to mention the 15″ 4K touchscreen. Yep, 4K. Buy this. [ Lenovo Y50 Touch 4K UHD Laptop , $1000] Gas is cheap these days, but it’ll…

Lucy Preorder Discount, The Atopia Chronicles, and More Deals

Lucy tells the greatest superhero origin story ever, and you can lock in your preorder today for $20. [Lucy, $20] https://gizmodo.com/lucy-tells-the-greatest-superhero-origin-story-ever-1610548412 A year ago, io9 called The Atopia Chronicles was one of the books one of the science fiction/fantasy books you couldn’t afford to miss. Well, if you never got around to it, the first…

A Rub-On Tattoo for Diabetics Could Mean the End of Finger Pricking 

Pricking your finger for a blood glucose test will never, ever be fun. Thankfully, scientists have been hard at work on a bloodless and needleless alternative: a rub-on temporary tattoo that, as weird as it sounds, gently sucks glucose through the surface of the skin. The thin, flexible device created by nanoengineers at UCSD is…

Sift Through Hundreds of Images by Legendary Photographer Robert Frank

Robert Frank forever changed the course of photography when his book The Americans was published in 1958, chronicling the broad landscape of life in the USA. To say that Frank has reached legend status is an understatement. Now, with a new online collection put together by the National Gallery of Art, hundreds of Frank’s photos,…

Bandai’s Figuarts Jedi Luke Lets You Pose Him Just Like The ROTJ Poster

It’s not often you get to see an action figure that boasts ‘Looks just like that poster!’, but Bandai’s latest Star Wars figuarts can claim such a thing. Looking good, Mr. Skywalker! The 6 inch scale figure depicts Luke as he appears in Return of the Jedi, complete with green lightsaber and black robes, and…

The Next Season Of Community Will Be Here Sooner Than You Think

Good news, Human Beings! The cast of Community, the show that will not die (nor do we want it to), has joined together to announce when the sixth season will premiere on its new home of Yahoo! Kind of. Eventually. Look, just watch this promo, okay? You’ll see. If for some reason you can’t see…

Proof That We Need A 16-Bit Guardians Of The Galaxy Video Game

CineFix has been reimagining all the recent action movies as pixellated videogames, but few movies translate so perfectly as Guardians of the Galaxy. Now we want to play this game for real — especially with that soundtrack. And yes, while CineFix calls this 8-Bit Cinema, it’s really a 16-bit translation. [Via GeekTyrant]

Don’t Trust Your Expensive Autonomous Drone to Always Be Autonomous 

Everybody is super excited about affordable, portable autonomous drones this year. Well, affordable might be stretch. The badass new DJI Inspire costs $2,900, but it can fly around shooting video in 4K without any help. One problem: A bug in the firmware is making Inspire drift randomly—and crash. Just ask Mark Taylor. The experienced drone…

This Little Red Plane Carries A Full Load Of Science

This tiny plane flying over ice sheets as part of NASA’s Operation IceBridge mission in Alaska. With little to interrupt the seemingly-endless sheets of white, this cheery red plane flies in summer and fall to monitor glaciers and sea ice while measuring clouds and greenhouse gas concentrations. https://gizmodo.com/an-artificial-landmark-in-the-arctic-1588724579 https://gizmodo.com/melt-ponds-on-ice-sheets-are-chillingly-beautiful-1616033639 Top image: Operation IceBridge’s trusty DHC-3…

This is what famous works of art have to watch forever and ever

Have you ever wondered what the sculptures and paintings in museums and galleries have to stare at all day? Me neither, but a Tumblr called What They See did, taking photos from the point of view of famous works of art. The results are surprisingly funny, and somehow melancholic at the same time. Above: The…

What better way to do the Top Gear Series 22 preview than Lego?

Top Gear returns for its 22nd season on January 25th and have released a preview for the new series. Stop whatever you are doing and give it a watch! [Credit: Andrew] You’re reading Leg Godt, the blog with the latest Lego news and the best sets in the web. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook.

Did Parks And Rec Just Create Skynet? 

Last night Parks & Recreation returned! Now set in the near future on 2017, we tuned in to see how the folks of Pawnee now live. And our new favorite character is the Gryzzle Tablet. True, the new Tablet only has one line, but it’s an important one. Basically, Pawnee creates Skynet, or something like…

​Why Are Superheroes Never Out-Of-Shape?

Greetings, mail-darling! I hope you had a better week than I did. I’ve gone on a diet for my New Year’s resolution… okay, it’s a less a resolution than it is “it’s winter and there’s no @#$%ing food anywhere” but the results are kind of the same. As with most of my resolutions, I’ll be…

Don’t Expect Google’s Modular Ara Smartphone Anytime Soon

The “last phone you’ll ever need to buy” won’t be available for you to buy anytime soon. Google says that the super exciting Project Ara modular smartphone will launch in… Puerto Rico? https://gizmodo.com/watch-the-latest-prototype-of-googles-modular-ara-phone-1652225801 Yep, the United States island territory will be the first place you can get the crazy smartphone when Google launches a limited…

Crowdfunded Open-Source Dildo? Crowdfunded Open-Source Dildo.

A startup called Comingle is trying to raise $50,000 to launch The Mod, a “multivibrating open-source dildo.” OK, you’ve got my attention. The dildo, like most out there, has many possible vibrating patterns. Where the Arduion-based platform gets interesting is in the different ways you can control its stimulating tremors using data from input sources…

This Tiny Papercraft Millennium Falcon Belongs In an Art Gallery

Don’t have room to build yourself a massive five-foot long model of the Millennium Falcon from cardboard? How about a papercraft Falcon made from cardstock that’s no bigger than a business card instead? That’s what Caleb Kraft managed to pull off using impressive hobby knife skills comparable to a neurosurgeon. And don’t confuse this creation…

A fun little short with a perfect twist at the end

There is not much to say about Moving In—a tiny short directed by Tyler Falbo and starring Mike Collins, Lacie Ratliff, and Hayden Greiwe—except that you should watch it, because it’s a lot of fun condensed in just one minute and thirty seconds. Enjoy. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.