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Meanwhile, in a Parallel Universe, Wall-E and EVE Are Badass

I’ve got no complaints about Pixar’s version of Wall-E and EVE, but I love this alternate version of the two heroic robots. Somehow it captures their essences, while still completely changing them. Rafael Benedicto is an artist who works doing 3D modeling. You can see more of his incredible creations on his website. Here’s the…

Fox News’ Shepard Smith Says Not To Panic About Ebola. He’s Right.

If you read, watch, or listen to one thing about Ebola in America today, let it be this. Fox News anchor Shepard Smith delivered a much-needed rebuke against sensationalist coverage of U.S. Ebola cases today, while providing a clear-headed review of the facts as they now stand. Smith’s commentary here is about as clear, cogent,…

The Matrix Trilogy summarized in less than 3 minutes

Red pill or blue pill. This TL;DW 2.5 minute summary of The Matrix Trilogy hilariously compares those opposing views on how to interpret The Matrix and nails the important parts of The Matrix 2 and 3: the Oracle does things, the KFC guy shows up with TVs and there is a crazy DragonBall Z fight…

How We Got to Now: PBS Celebrates Science Heroes You’ve Never Heard Of

In 2014 we live pretty comfortable lives, free of rampant disease and inconvenience that plagued our not-too-distant ancestors. The people who helped us get to this point are not necessarily rich or famous but they’re no less important for it. PBS celebrates these folks in its new series, How We Got To Now, hosted by…

Report: Christian Bale Will Play Steve Jobs

Yes, we’ve known for a while that Christian Bale might be the next actor to portray Steve Jobs, but Variety now seems mighty sure: the publication is reporting that our favorite Batman will indeed play our favorite technology pitchman in Sony’s new movie. Mind you, Variety technically says that Bale is merely “in talks,” but…

The MST3K Crew Adds RiffTrax To The Charlie Brown Halloween Special

It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown has been airing on television since 1966, and the folks behind Mystery Science Theater 3000 and RiffTrax decided it was due for an update. They add their snarky audio to a few scenes from the classic Halloween special. Mashable teamed up with RiffTrax to have a bit of fun…

What If Every Mosquito On Earth Went Extinct Tomorrow?

Mosquitoes don’t have too many fans. Their bites are itchy, they spread disease, and their numbers swell rapidly. But just what would happen if we all woke up tomorrow in a world that was completely empty of mosquitoes? Public health entomologist Grayson Brown joined us today to take our questions about mosquitoes and the diseases…

Inside The Galaxy Note 4’s Virtual Reality Ambitions

The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is now the best big phone you can buy, but it’s also something more. It’s the first smartphone designed with virtual reality in mind — just slot it into the Gear VR headset and a whole new world opens up. I say “the first” because I learned something intriguing at…

Archaeologists working in Norway have found a 1,300 year-old ski with the binding and leather straps still attached. The discovery, made possible because of melting ice, shows that Vikings were able to move fast and steady on the snow. It’s one of only 20 pre-modern skis to be found in Norway, and only the second…

Never Explain Your Dumb Evolutionary Theories To Dean Winchester

At least, not if Dean Winchester has been possessed by the Mark of Cain, killed, and then brought back as a murder-craving demon. See for yourself, in this clip from last night’s Supernatural. Spoilers ahead… A little context for the above clip. Basically, Dean is still just in the Sheryl Crow school of demonhood —…

Belle & Sebastian: Piazza, New York Catcher

A couple years ago, I was leaving New York, the city I considered the center of the world, for San Francisco, a city I had only the vaguest impressions of from reading Joan Didion. (Naturally, I was composing my own version of a leaving New York essay in my head.) I also spent the time…

Pregnant Sloth Gets a C-Section, A First For Her Species

As founder of Sloth Institute Costa Rica, Sam Trull is a busy woman. But when a pregnant sloth fell out of a tree, her commitment to rehabilitating wildlife reached new levels. The animal got an emergency C-section, perhaps the first ever for a sloth. The newly re-designed BBC Earth reports what happened on September 27…

Belmore Browne painting the background for the Bighorn Sheep Group at the American Museum of Natural History in February of 1941. Factually is Gizmodo’s new blog of fun facts, interesting photos, and weird trivia. Join us on Twitter and Facebook.

Use These Interactive Images To Play With Astronomy

Astronomy relies on seeing in many different wavelengths beyond the mere optical visible to our puny human eyes. See for yourself in interactive images of iconic astronomical objects that allow you to seamlessly slip between seeing through different spectral bands. Top image: Messier Object 16, the Eagle Nebula, in optical, x-ray, and far-infrared. Credit: MPG/ESO,…

First Look At The Firefly Online Game In Action!

It’s still early in development, but we thought you’d want to check out the first footage of the Firefly Online videogame. It’s pretty much just a dude walking around a spooky spaceship, but it does have a bit of voiceover work from Captain Mal and Jayne, and that ain’t bad. If you missed it, we…

Amazing watermill Lego build will make your jaw drop

César Soares has several gorgeous builds that he has done for the Guilds of Historica section over at Eurobricks. Castle themed MOCs are his specialty and this build shows that he has some impressive skills when it comes to building in this theme. Look at this roof! That is the coolest Lego roof in existence!…

UberPLUS: Like UberX But For L.A. Cliches

Uber launched a new car service in Los Angeles today. It’s basically the old one that everybody uses. But it’s more expensive and perfect for people who reinforce stereotypes about vapid Angelenos only obsessed with shiny, expensive cars! My youngest brother recently moved from Chicago to Los Angeles. While out at one of our fair…

Why Did NASA Kill the One-Person Spacecraft?

On February 7, 1984, astronaut Bruce McCandless made history as the pilot for the test flight of the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU). On live TV, he backed away from the Space Shuttle Challenger, venturing 320 feet into space, becoming the first human satellite. But, by the end of the year, the MMU was mothballed. Writing…

The Most Indispensible Book About Star Wars You’ll Read This Year

Who hasn’t seen Star Wars? Chris Taylor opens his book, How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of a Multibillion Dollar Franchise, pointing out that while not everyone has seen Star Wars, most people in the United States and around the world know elements of the series. Phrases like ‘Death Star’,…

This Is Precisely Where We’ll Be Landing on Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko

This is it folks, the area on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko where the Philae Lander will touch down on November 12. The ESA has officially given the green light for its Rosetta mission to deliver the lander in the first-ever attempt at a soft touchdown on a comet. We now have the timeline of events and an…