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Which TV Show Did You Fill Your DVR With, But Never Actually Watch?

Life is short. And television is endless. Nobody has time to watch all the great shows that are on TV. The road to your DVR is paved with good intentions. But which show did you really, really mean to watch… but instead, it just filled your DVR with unseen episodes? Please include a picture or…

Why Roads Are More Dangerous For Animals Than We Realized

Roads are a serious problem for many animals and a leading cause of direct mortality among certain populations. Most of these collisions are unpreventable, but as a rather upsetting study conducted in Brazil shows, many small animals are often deliberately struck by motorists. Regrettably, a number of species are drawn to roads, attracted to the…

These Mesmerizing Cityscapes Are Stitched Together From Dozens of Photos

No one ever lingers on their commute home—at least not on purpose. But photographer Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao has made a career of it by setting up his camera at the busiest, most recognizable places in the city and… waiting. Then, he stitches together dozens of shots into incredibly complex panoramas that capture hours of movement.…

Oh God, The New Big Hero 6 Trailer Is Making Us Cry

The earlier trailers and clips for Disney’s superhero film Big Hero 6 have focused mainly on how funny and adorable its characters—especially medical robot Baymax—are. But this trailer hits home the tragedy at the heart of the film. We already knew that Big Hero 6 was going to be a tale of grief and emotional…

Ingenious Design Lowers the Water Under a Bridge to Let Tall Ships Pass

Most bridges are compromises: Cars want to speed low and straight across the water, but but boats want to pass under them. So we wind up with either tall bridges (expensive) or moveable bridges (clunky and awkward). But now a Dutch engineering firm has come up with a radical solution that doesn’t involve the bridge—instead,…

FAA Will Let Hollywood Use Commercial Drones to Shoot Movies

The Federal Aviation Administration just granted its approval for six film and TV production companies to use drones on set. This is just the second time the agency’s approved the use of commercial UAVs, it’s no surprise Hollywood was first in line. “These companies are blazing a trail that others are already following, offering the…

​Ferries, Bears And Adventure Bikes In British Columbia

Two weeks ago, we rode big, heavy adventure bikes off-road through some of the remotest portions of British Columbia. It was a challenge, sure, and it was pretty, of course, but it was also one of those rare adventures that meant something special. Here’s why. https://gizmodo.com/adventure-tested-2014-yamaha-super-tenere-es-1572762227 At the risk of playing into the Internet’s rampant…

Some Of The Brilliant Art You Could Own From Ray Bradbury’s Collection

This is an amazing opportunity to have some absolutely wonderful art in your home, which used to belong to one of the all-time great SF authors. As we mentioned last night, Ray Bradbury’s art collection is being auctioned off. And here’s just some of the incredible artwork you could own. Top image: one of 10…

New Jupiter Ascending Trailer Finally Merges Scifi Spectacle With Story

The early trailers for the Wachowskis’ Jupiter Ascending have always looked impressive, but they seemed like they wanted to bludgeon people into theaters by assaulting them with an overabundance of chaotic scifi/CG action. But this third trailer is the first one to makes me want to see the movie. Of course, we’ve known the plot…

Watching a Boeing 787 Dreamliner Come Together Never Gets Old

With her maiden flight just a few short weeks away, the newest 787—and the first for Virgin Atlantic—is all set to take to the skies. And to honor this momentous machine, Virgin has just released this stunning time lapse video of its construction. Dubbed Birthday Girl as a nod to the airline’s upcoming 30th anniversary,…

Misogyny is not human nature. That’s what evolutionary biology researcher Eric Michael Johnson explains in Slate, where he explores the connections between male baboon behavior and male human behavior during “The Fappening.” Turns out that patriarchy actually undermines our fitness as a species.

Vintage Zine Art Is Like Staring Into The Dreams Of A Lost Subculture

Lenny Kaye, the long-time guitarist for the Patti Smith Group, amassed a collection of 1500 mimeographed science fiction zines from the 1940s to the 1970s, and they’re on display this weekend at the New York Art Book Fair. These zine covers are wild and in some cases kind of alarming. Writing in Thought Catalog, Mark…

GoPro Hero 4 Rumors: 30 Fps 4K Video Capture and Touch LCD Coming Soon

A thread on Reddit rounds up a bunch of speculation swirling about the GoPro Hero 4, including images of the new action camera that look pretty legitimate. GoPro makes some of the most popular cameras in the world, so we’ll definitely see something eventually. At the very least these rumors are a good guess. The…

Michael Moorcock Reveals Why This Elric Comic Is Superior To The Books

Julien Blondel and Robin Recht’s first sumptuous comic adaptation of legendary fantasy author Michael Moorcock’s Elric saga is in comic stores now, and no one’s a bigger fan than Moorcock himself. In fact, the author told io9 that he thinks it’s superior to his original stories! We spoke to Moorcock about what makes Elric: The…

This All-Ladies Dragon Age: Inquistion Cosplay group is simply awesome

Dragon Age: Inquisition is out in a few months, and what better way to celebrate than looking at some amazing cosplay of some of the game’s female characters? This great group of women took to the wilds for a wonderful photoshoot. Header Image Credit: Bronson Le/Photosassin The group features Leliana, Cassandra (both from Armed &…

Disney’s New Big Hero 6 Trailer Is as Delightful as the First

Big Hero 6 is Disney’s first attempt at creating a film based on Marvel comics. This isn’t Spider-Man or The Avengers, mind you. This film is a different take on 1998’s relatively obscure Sunfire and Big Hero 6 comic, but despite its sub-superstar status in the comics world, the film looks amazing. As in the…

In Blackhat, the Fate of the World Hangs on the Shoulders of One Hacker

In the upcoming Michael Mann thriller Blackhat, everything is about to go to hell in a handbag when global computer systems are compromised by high-level hackers. And the only person that can save the world is a convicted criminal hacker mastermind. Welcome to the action flick of the digital age. The trailer makes Blackhat look…

That Time Two Americans Won a Contest to Build Utopia in Australia

Eleri Harris has a new comic on Medium about the utopian plan for Australia’s capital city of Canberra. Two idealistic American architects, Walter Burley Griffin and his wife Marion Mahoney Griffin, won a competition to design what they believed could be the greatest planned city in the history of the world. As utopian visions are…

Dystopian Fashion Comes with Special Signal-Blocking Pocket for Phones

British company The Affair has created a number of science fiction themed fashion lines, but their latest is a masterpiece. The clothing is all modeled on what people wore in George Orwell’s 1984, and comes with a shielded phone pocket made from material can effectively pull you off the grid. Zoltan Csaki designed this line…

Apple: iPhone 6 Plus Won’t Bend Under Normal Use; Only 9 Complaints

Following an internet uproar over the apparent bendability of the iPhone 6 Plus, Apple has finally responded by asking everyone to just calm down: CNBC Tech says the company has only heard nine complaints so far about bendy phones, and Apple asserts that under normal everyday use, they’ll hold up just fine. Re/code confirms the…