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Dance dance dance to the electronica hipsterfest of Bugatti [NSFW]

Five dry martinis and Tiga’s Bugatti track on repeat. That’s all I need to work and play today. [NSFW for bare breasts and absurd 1980s hipsterfest overload full of old Macintosh computer, phones, arcades, and people in funny clothing.] Also, I’m not sure if he says Bugatti or bukkake, but that may just be my…

FBI Turned Off Hotel Internet, Impersonated Cable Guy to Catch Gamblers

It is not a good week for FBI undercover sting operations. After yesterday’s revelation that the FBI planted a phony, malware-loaded Seattle Times article, we’re now getting wind of another FBI scheme in which agents impersonated internet repairmen. As if we needed another reason not to trust the cable guy. Apparently, this past summer, federal…

All the Gory Details You Ever Wanted About Making Day of the Dead

Zombie fans! Sink your bloody choppers into Lee Karr’s new book The Making of George A. Romero’s Day of the Dead — a film-history tome written with more enthusiasm (and references to severed limbs) than most. Night of the Living Dead is a horror classic. Dawn of the Dead is a cult classic, with a…

Why are we still afraid of naming Superheroes?

The Flash finally made it’s way to the UK yesterday, and I enjoyed the pilot quite a lot – but one thing bothered me. Why is no one calling the Flash, well ‘Flash’? It’s always bothered me when a comic book adaptation seems unable of uttering the heroes’ name – and at moment it’s DC…

Why Horseshoe Crabs Bleed Blue And Worms Bleed Green

Humans bleed red, a quality we share with the majority of the other mammals on this planet. But that’s certainly not the only hue possible. There are other animals that bleed not only in red, but in purple, blue, and even green. This infographic explains how, and why, that happens. Andy Brunning of Compound Interest…

Fireball Whisky contains an antifreeze ingredient

Fireball is a ragingly popular, sickly sweet elixir that’s taken America by storm. Fireball is also made with propylene glycol, a common ingredient in some antifreezes. That’s an unsettling fact, so unsettling that Norway, Sweden, and Finland just recalled the booze. But it’s not necessarily as unsettling as it sounds. Propylene glycol is actually a…

What to Do if the Pilot Passes Out and You Have to Land a Plane

So—your pilot passed out. The good news is the plane will probably have a sophisticated autopilot that can take care of most of the flying for you. The bad news is you will still probably have to land the damn thing. And since every aircraft cockpit is going to be different, it’s not like you’d…

What Are Caffeine Jitters – And How Do You Get Rid Of Them?

Too much caffeine, whether from coffee, tea, or energy drink, can ruin your day. Here’s why your daily jolt makes you jittery, and what you can do to get rid of an unwanted buzz. How Much Is Too Much? First, a technical question: How much caffeine is too much? From a regulatory standpoint, answering this…

The Psycho Shower Scene, Recreated Entirely In Jack O’Lanterns

Now this is a Psycho remake we never saw coming. Yuliya Tsukerman carved a bunch of pumpkins into shots from Alfred Hitchcock’s horror classic, and then turned them into a stop-motion movie. If you’re curious about how Tsukerman put this video together, she has stills of the individual pumpkins up at her website. [via The…

The Incredible Unseen Film Archives Of D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus

D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus are documentary filmmakers who’ve recorded 60 years’ worth of memorable folks in some of history’s most culturally significant moments. Reels upon reels of their footage, tons of which hasn’t been seen in decades, is stored in a Cold War-era limestone mine. Iron Mountain in Boyers, Pennsylvania, is home to an…

It just went up for pre-order today and Google’s big ol’ Nexus 6 has already sold out. Looks like there are plenty of people who aren’t intimidated at all by that 6-inch screen. https://gizmodo.com/nexus-6-hands-on-so-big-so-beautiful-1652190815

A Suction Cup Seesaw Is Like a Balance Board Meets Bubble Wrap

Coming soon to the ‘guaranteed to drive parents insane’ section of your local toy store is the Teeter Popper. Embracing the odd satisfaction one gets from meticulously popping a sheet of bubble wrap, the Teeter Popper is a small balance board covered in suction cups on the underside. As a child rocks back and forth…

76 Stunning Photos Of Fall Leaves

The leaves of fall are one of the most gorgeous gifts from nature. Every year, we ask you to share your best photo of the season. And as usual, you didn’t disappoint. Winner: Norway Maple This is a photo of a Norway Maple tree trying to make it’s colors seen through the forest. Often confused…

How This Vintage Lighter Works Without Creating a Single Spark

In the early 20th century, smokers ruining their lungs could do so with the help of a nifty little gadget called the catalytic lighter. It looked like a small double metal tube. Put one tube in the other and voila, fire. No flint, no sparks. The secret to the catalytic lighter? Platinum. Making fire is…

​The Flash Needs To Clone Felicity Smoak Like, Yesterday

The best Flash episode so far aired last night, and you can thank Emily Bett Richards for that. The guest appearance of Arrow’s Felicity Smoak was so great it actually may be problematic for the show — because it reveals exactly what The Flash needs to be great. Namely, more Felicity Smoak. But let’s recap…

The Day of the Doctor, TNG Motion Picture Collection, and More Deals

The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special broke the Guinness World Record for the largest simulcast of a television drama ever. “The Day of the Doctor” was broadcast in 94 countries on six continents. Get the Blu-ray for $15. “Includes 4 Motion Pictures Featuring Picard and Data.” Isn’t that… a weird thing to write on this…

Self-Driving Vehicles May Usher in a New Era of Extreme Driving

We’re on the verge of a new era, where self-driving cars promise to make road transportation safe, efficient and, well, kind of dull. But, for those who will still crave the open road, automated cars in cities might free up designers to create vehicles built explicitly to enjoy driving outside of populated areas. Just as…

We May Have Finally Found a Piece of Amelia Earhart’s Lost Plane

In 1937, Amelia Earhart’s plane, the aluminum-clad Electra, disappeared somewhere over the Pacific during the course of her global circumnavigation attempt. Now 77 years later, historians and aviation experts are confident they have found a part of her downed aircraft. The most widely-believed contemporary explanation of her disappearance states that Earhart and her co-pilot, Fred…

Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 Review: Bigger Is Still Beautiful (Updated)

We loved the Kindle Fire HDX. It’s faux-Android wrapped up in a budget body so beautiful you’ll learn to stop worrying and love the forked OS. Now its big brother, the HDX 8.9, is here with the same flavor of lovely in a stretched-out package. https://gizmodo.com/kindle-fire-hdx-review-third-times-a-charmer-1427201835 Update: In October 2014, Amazon released a new version…

This Extraordinarily Well-Preserved Mammoth Is Now On Display In Moscow

Remember Yuka — that freakishly well-preserved wooly mammoth discovered in 2010? Scientists have put the remains of the 39,000 year-old mammoth on display in Moscow — and it’s far more incredible than we realized. https://gizmodo.com/one-of-the-most-well-preserved-woolly-mammoths-weve-eve-5899114 The young female mammoth was discovered in 2010 in Russia’s Arctic Circle. It just arrived from Japan on the latest,…