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​Boy Scouts: Gays Aren’t Pedophiles, But We Still Won’t Let Them Lead

On January 1 of this year, the Boy Scouts of America opened its doors to openly gay scouts. But, it still bars gay adult leaders. We talked about this issue with the organization’s National Commissioner and asked him if Scouting considers gays pedophiles. IndefinitelyWild: Does the Boy Scouts consider gay adults predators or pedophiles? Tico…

Mysterious Sinkholes Are Forming Near the Site of This Rising Supertall

When it’s finished in 2016, the Lotte World Tower will reach more than 1,800 feet. But unfortunately, crews are encountering some problems as they near the top: Small sinkholes are forming in the neighborhood, and a nearby lake is mysteriously emptying into… hopefully not the base of the world’s sixth tallest building. The tower, which…

A Better First Aid Kit That Makes Suggestions and Knows What’s Missing

Even a well-stocked first-aid kit is all but useless if you crack it open but have no idea what’s actually needed for a particular emergency. So these aptly-named Clever Medkits feature a series of buttons and LED lighting that only illuminates the medical supplies needed for a specific injury, and it will even remind you…

Looks Like Samsung’s Working on a Round Smartwatch Too

What with Android watches, other Android watches, Tizen watches, and fitness-tracker watches, Samsung has tried pretty much everything watch-y. But it’s not over yet. Newly found patents make it look like Samsung is also keen on that round style. The round watch patents were dug up by MobileGeeks, and while patents don’t mean a consumer…

Deals: 7200RPM External, Gadget Chargers, Vacuum Wine Saver, Fire Safepow

The HGST Touro is one of the only 7200 RPM external hard drives out there, and the 1TB model is only $60 today, which is as cheap as we’ve ever seen it. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145919 If you own an Xbox One, this drive can seriously cut your games’ load times vs. the internal hard drive, but any…

Ask Ford’s Top Automotive Interior Designer Anything You Want

Amko Leenarts has been the head of interior design at Ford Motor Co. since 2012. He’s the one guiding the look of Ford’s car interiors worldwide. And he’s here in Gizmodo’s comment section to answer your questions about car design, dashboard tech, and the future of the automobile. Come ask away. https://gizmodo.com/how-fords-top-interior-designer-puts-the-future-in-the-1613239744 Amko will be…

Night At The Museum 3 Heads To London Because, Hey, Why Not?

Night at the Museum heads to London because this is a logical journey for museum manikins to make. But more importantly it looks like the magical stones are broken, which could mean the death of fake Teddy Roosevelt, and that is not acceptable. Also it looks like the cat is officially out of the bag…

Three Uses For Spotify That Don’t Involve Music

Spotify is the world’s best-known music streaming service, but music isn’t the only content you can find on the platform if you’re prepared to do some digging around. There’s a ton more available, if you know where to find it. Unfortunately, Spotify doesn’t make this alternative material very easy to find (with the possible exception…

How Much Energy Would You Need To Replicate Elsa’s Powers In Frozen?

Not all of us are fortunate enough to be born with magical powers, but science offers us the opportunity to create our own. A physics student with an apparent case of Elsa envy decided to investigate the matter by calculating the amount of energy that would be required to freeze Disney’s Kingdom of Arendelle. Writing…

Shooting Challenge: Farmer’s Market

That’s right. We’re about to get all local-seasonal up in here. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, go to your local farmers market and capture the produce, the culture, or the general scene as you see fit. The Challenge Take a photo at your local farmer’s market. But, you know, make it interesting. The Technique There…

Scientist invents math trick to slice bagel into two entangled halves

Bagels are delicious literally no matter which way you slice them—but are they more delicious when cut into a “mathematically perfect” shape? Stony Brook University’s engineering professor George W. Hart thinks he has found the magic formula. Hart created a way to cut bagels into interlocking chains. He thinks it’s the most mathematically correct way…

Like video chats but hate Google+? Good news: You no longer need to have Google+ to use Hangouts. Starting today, you can use Hangouts with your regular Google account on desktop. You still need Google+ for mobile Hangouts, though Google says that’s temporary. You can’t use Hangouts On Air to broadcast your video chats without…

Author Melissa Marr Is Here To Answer Questions About Wicked Lovely!

Author Melissa Marr is here to take your questions! Ask her about her bestselling series Wicked Lovely, what we might expect to see in its movie adaptation, or her brand new novel, Made For You, which she’s also going to be revealing the brand new cover design for! Top image: Cover art from Made For…

The Weird, Eerie World of China’s Knockoff Cities

The best knock-offs in the world are in China. There are plenty of fake designer handbags and Rolexes but China’s knock-offs go way beyond fashion. There are knock-off Apple stores that look so much like the real thing, some employees believe they are working in real Apple stores. And then there are entire knock-off cities.…

​It’s Been A Bad Week For Strong Female Characters

I think I’ve finally discovered what caused my mysterious, unknown apocalypse. I believe the illness known as “con flu” — in which one sick person at a con basically makes every attendee sick — mutated in some way to affect everybody that even thought about Comic-Con this week. Because I feel like shit. But not…

​It’s a Miracle WWI US Naval Destroyers Managed to Hit Anything at All

When you’re on a destroyer steaming full speed through the North Atlantic firing at an enemy ship 15,000 meters away that’s trying its best to sink you, you’d better make well sure your shot hits first. To ensure our sailors stood a fighting chance during WWI’s intense naval engagements, the DoW built and outfitted America’s…

When Los Angeles Was Test-Bombed, They Decided To Throw A Party

In the early 1900s, airplanes were a novelty and a spectacle, but some people were already thinking of what other uses could be made of them. This is why there were thousands of people in Los Angeles running out into the streets to be “bombed.” Roy Knabenshue had both a name and life that sound…

Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Has One of the Best Displays Yet

The key element for a great tablet has always been a truly innovative and top performing display, and the best leading edge tablets have always flaunted their beautiful high tech displays. With its third-generation Surface Pro 3, Microsoft has produced an excellent professional-grade high-performance display for Windows. In fact, based on our extensive lab tests…

A Nest of Copper Foam Lets This Tiny PC Run Silently Without Fans

You eventually tune it out, but the constant whir of a desktop computer’s cooling fans can take a toll on your psyche. It’s like a buzzing mosquito that never strikes, and never stops. So the folks at a German company called Silent Power have created a compact desktop PC that trades noisy fans for a…

How Ford’s Top Interior Designer Puts the Future in the Front Seat

Amko Leenarts is the Director of Interior Design for Ford Motor Company, creating the interior look for Ford’s products worldwide. He spoke with Gizmodo about the design influences, technology, and safety considerations that go into future designs, and later today he’ll be in Gizmodo’s comments section answering your questions. Amko has been with Ford since…