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This Cat Does Not Want to Be Outside

To be fair, this is pretty much how I react to being forced out of my home against my will. You can’t tell me you haven’t gone outside, looked around at all the people (and the bright sun! My god, fuck the sun) and just wanted to bury your head in the nearest lady’s purse.…

Why Songs Get Stuck in Your Head (and How to Stop It)

Whether yours is “Call Me Maybe,” “Who Let the Dogs Out,” “Mickey,” or something equally infectious, at one time or another, you’ve probably had a fragment from a catchy (or obnoxious) tune stuck in your head. Where Do Sticky Songs Come From? Due to the involuntary nature of songs getting stuck in people’s heads, it…

Forget What Your Teacher Said: Mass and Weight Are the Same

At high school, your physics teacher probably drummed it into you that mass and weight are completely different things—but actually, they were wrong all along. In this video, Professor Mike Merrifield from the University of Nottingham—along with Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton—explains the equivalence principle. It say that mass and weight are, really, the same…

This is how New York would look submerged in a gigantic latte

Flóra Borsi is fascinated by the beauty of coffee. And so she made this stunning series of pictures where New York City skies are dyed with coffee and the clouds are made of cappuccino foam. It’s like the whole city is submerged in a gigantic cup of latte—and some how it is, considering New Yorkers’…

The UK government has announced that driverless cars will be tested out on its public roads from January of 2015.

A New Adaptive Material Could Halve the Cost of Solar Power

Solar power is one of the most reliable forms of renewable power—but it’s still expensive. Now, a team has developed a smart, adaptive material that could slash the its cost in half. Developed by start-up Glint Photonics, the new material has optical properties that can change to help it capture as much light as possible.…

Facebook Is Killing Off Its Gift Service Altogether

The laziest way to send your nearest and dearest a gift is gone: Facebook has announced that it’s killing off its Gifts service entirely as of August 12th. This time last year, Facebook shuttered the part of its gift service that allowed users to order physical presents through the site. Instead, for the past twelve…

Messages From Your Old Abandoned Computer, Which Has Achieved AI

While old, Windows 95 Tips, Tricks, and Tweaks is amazing. Made by Neil Cicierega, it’s such a good idea, we’d love to see a movie with the plot of a computer with Windows 95, stored in the attic, developing sentience, and going insane. Someone make this. Below are a few of the images at the…

These freaky talking heads will be in your nightmares tonight

These freakish heads, little more than disembodied mouths, were created for a poster for a festival—but then designers Dvein decided to breath life into their creations, animating and adding sounds from the event. Is this really how artists envisage their audiences and critics? Here are the original posters and some images from the event. Dvein…

The New Senate USA FREEDOM Act: A Step Towards Surveillance Reform?

Yesterday, Senator Patrick Leahy introduced a revised version of his USA FREEDOM legislation, the USA FREEDOM Act of 2014, which focuses on telephone record collection and FISA Court reform. While this bill is not a comprehensive solution to overbroad and unconstitutional surveillance, it is a strong first step. EFF urges Congress to support passage of…

Amazon Pleads With Hachette to Cut E-Book Prices

In the ongoing spat between Amazon and Hachette over pricing, Amazon has now called for Hachette to simply cut its e-book prices—a move which, it claims, will lower consumer prices on digital titles and provide writers with a larger paycheck at the same time. https://gizmodo.com/when-amazon-plays-dirty-you-lose-1580596374 In a blog post published yesterday, the Amazon Books Team…

A New Version of Windows Phone 8.1 Is Coming and It’s Bringing Folders

It wasn’t long ago that we got Windows Phone 8.1, which introduced Cortana and all kinds of other features that helped finally make Windows Phone good enough. Now another WP update is on the way, and it comes bearing folders. With the snappily-named Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1, users will get the ability to stack…

Episode VIII won’t be out until 2017, so when asked about it, writer director Rian Johnson made the following joke: “With these films, I am trying to harken back to the original Star Wars… Christmas special. We do have Jefferson Starship.” Funny. But painful. [Filmspotting via Sci Fi Now]

First Outlander Clip Showcases Its Very Capable Female Lead

You may have noticed that we’re very excited about Outlander, Starz’s adaptation of Diana Gabaldon’s time-travel series. It’s shaping up to be the stand-out summer premiere, and this clip does nothing but reinforce that feeling. https://gizmodo.com/we-are-so-ready-for-the-kilt-to-drop-on-ron-d-moores-o-1611481234 The previous trailers have been way more focused on the time-travel, epic battles, and love story elements of this…

This skier must be a wizard or use anti-gravity skis

This guy’s name is Adam Delorme, although I will just go ahead and call him Darth Delorme. Or His Wizardness Lord Delorme of Snow. He can go by either name. Like the rest of the skiers in the documentary Less, his skiing seems more like an act of magic than actual skiing. At one point…

Marvel at Our Favorite TV Shows and Movies As Children’s Books

If you’re in the Los Angeles after this Friday, definitely stop by Gallery 1988 (East) for Storytime, a show of Joey Spiotto’s work. We would read all of these to any children we know. We’ve covered Spiotto’s work before, in the form of his pop culture albums, but we’re really excited for his latest work:…

Giant goliath fish punks a fisherman and then steals his fish and gun

This goliath grouper sure isn’t happy about sharing the waters with us humans. It grumpily swims over to the man spearfishing, intimidates him with a little head butt and then steals the fish he caught. Even worse, he took the guy’s gun for a little joy ride. It’s like stealing someone’s date right in front…

Original Brazil Trailer Promises A Charming Film About “Taking a Stand”

After Terry Gilliam’s Brazil was butchered for American audiences, the studio promoted it with this trailer — which actually presents the film pretty accurately. Except for the trailer voiceover, which somehow makes the whole thing sound terribly charming. The voiceover says, in part, “Do you wake from your finest fantasy, only to return to your…

Those Siberian holes might as well be the eye sockets of giant monsters

When I saw its thumbnail I thought this was an aerial photo of someone descending into one of those bloody Siberian holes at sunset. Then I zoomed in and saw it was a monster appearing throught the ice, created by concept designer Pierre-Etienne Travers. Which is cool because the rest of his artwork is phenomenal.…

Behold The Official Deadpool Movie Test Footage In Hi-Res Here!

Authentic! Approved! Non-bootlegged! If you didn’t get to see the test footage of a Ryan Reynolds-voiced, potentially all-CG version of the Merc with a Mouth earlier this week — or even if you did, and want to see it the way it ought to be seen — watch it here, now. I say again: It’s…