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This Is What David Lynch’s Return Of The Jedi Might Have Looked Like

Most people know the story about how George Lucas offered the third Star Wars movie to David Lynch, who turned it down because of Lucas’ poor choice of restaurant. Now, a gent named C-SPIT has taken it upon himself to imagine what that movie may have looked like. WARNING: You will have nightmares about Ewoks…

Your Favorite Fantastical Cover Artist, Even If You Never Realized It

I absolutely gurantee you’ve admired the artwork of John Harris at some point, even if you never knew his name. And now, a new book collects some of his most eye-popping art featuring spaceships and alien worlds. And we’ve got some exclusive images, with artist commentary! Top image: “Quiet Night.” Harris writes: “Inside the Roche…

​Will The 2015 Jeep Renegade Be Any Good Off-Road?

We’re excited for the new, compact 2015 Jeep Renegade. But, will it go off-road? We called up Jeep’s chief engineer and asked. He gave us exclusive, never-before-seen specs and details. The Renegade is an all-new Jeep, based on the parent company’s new “Small Wide” platform, also used by the Fiat 500L. It’s scheduled to go…

An Archeologist Explains Why Looters Are Stealing More Than You Think

Pilfered artifacts are a problem for archeologists, but the problem can go much deeper than just the loss of the items. After reading this post on the problems of the fossil black market, commenter and archeologist trudibell_ chimed in to tell us that the pain was shared across archeological digs as well — and not…

Gareth Edwards Is Directing The First Stand-Alone Star Wars Film

Fresh off his triumph with the Godzilla reboot, Gareth Edwards is taking on another monumental challenge: transforming Star Wars into just a single series of films into a Shared Universe of films. Edwards will direct the first standalone Star Wars film, coming December 2016. Who’s this film about? The Lucasfilm press release doesn’t say. We’d…

Minnesota has banned triclosan, an anti-bacterial agent found in soap, deodorants and toothpaste. It’s the first state to do so. Triclosan is a health hazard and a likely contributor to resistant bacteria — if it even works at all. (mast3r/Shutterstock)

Your Yelp Complaints Are Being Used to Track Food Poisoning in NYC

You wake up and there is definitely something wrong with your stomach. Could it be the tacos last night? Oh man, it was definitely the tacos at that dirty joint. So what do you do? You whine about your diarrhea on Yelp as a warning to would-be taco eaters. And now, the health department might…

Why Godzilla Kicked Pacific Rim‘s Ass at the Box Office

Though Pacific Rim was arguably a more original and complex movie than Godzilla, it fizzled at the box office — while Godzilla’s formulaic fun earned so much money its first weekend that the studio has already ordered a sequel. What made one giant monster movie succeed where the other failed? Top image: Godzilla concept art…

The most spectacular and destructive atomic bombs in history

Here are the most spectacular and destructive atomic detonations in history. Most of them are in crispy HD thanks to the folks of Atom Central, one of my favorite sites. Looking at their terrifying beauty, I can’t understand why we wasted so much in these absurd devices of mass extermination. I made the GIF above…

China Shuts Down Museum Showing Thousands of Fake Artifacts

China is currently undergoing a huge boom in museums—299 new ones have opened in the last year alone. And just like the US’s own 20th century museum boom, which inspired cascades of forgeries, China’s is bringing out the fakes: The government has shuttered one museum where a third of the 8,000 artifacts were fake. According…

“Space age outfits in silver vinyl by Pierre Cardin, on display at Fashion Week in Paris, 26th January 1968.” [Getty Images] Not quite as cool as the 1939 version, in this humble bloggist’s opinion.

Mars Gets a New Crater, We Find it Within a Day

We have such a vigilant orbital watch program that when a meteor a few meters in diameter pinged Mars, we spotted the crater within 24 hours. We’re living in the future, people. Unless this is the past, because NASA announced the discovery in Latin. Project scientist Bruce Cantor spotted a crater 50 meters in diameter…

This Undulating Penis Wall Isn’t A D&D Monster, But It Should Be

I mean look at it. Look at it. There’s no way some deranged wizard doesn’t have a few of these things secretly hiding around his magic tower, waiting to attack unwary adventurers (or at least seriously freak them out). Alas, the Undulating Penis Wall is not some magical chimera, but an art project by NYU…

What Kind of Bike Do You Ride?

It’s Bike Month here at Gizmodo, and we’ve been celebrating with stories covering locks and e-bikes, chats with bike lawyers and bike clothing brands, and looks at vintage cycling posters and outlandish bike designs. Now we want to see how you ride: Show us your bike! I ride a PUBLIC C-7 in a color I…

Holy Shit, You Guys Are Really Going To Like Edge of Tomorrow

We were always slightly excited for Tom Cruise’s Groundhog Day-meets-Starship Troopers movie Edge of Tomorrow, but we had no idea it was this good! We’ve seen Edge of Tomorrow and it is spectacular fun. Here’s our (practically spoiler-free) first impressions. The Premise Based of Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s novel All You Need Is Kill, if you’ve seen…

This Vacuum Brewer Infuses Your Tea (or Booze) With Almost Anything

With mixology and DIY designer beverages on the rise, it’s no wonder that users want more control. Enter BKON’s new Craft Brewer, an impressive piece of machinery that infuses liquids in a perfect vacuum. Gizmodo recently got a hands-on demo at the iconic Counter Culture in Soho—and this thing can brew. The Craft Brewer allows…

Ecchi Fan Service Is A Sexist Relic That Needs To Go Away

When you look at this still-shot from Highschool of the Dead, what are you meant to look at? If your answer is anything other than giant boobs (or the red circle around them, wise guy), you’re wrong and probably could use an eye exam. Now ask yourself what the purpose of this shot is. Your…

A Global Portrait Mosaiced from Self Portraits

NASA collected thousands of self-portraits on Earth Day this year to make a massive “Global Selfie.” Although the name makes my skin crawl, the end effect is neat. Of course my favourite contributing photographs are all fictional characters. The individual photos are blended with actual satellite data from the same day, using images from the…

This DARPA invention gives soldiers Terminator vision

DARPA has finally demonstrated one of its most promising inventions: An augmented-reality HUD system that will give soldiers the same advantage of a jet fighter pilot. It displays battlefield data over the soldier’s environment, identifying friendly and enemy forces on land and air in real time. The system is nothing like Google Glass, which projects…

A Sleeping Bag Designed Just For Man’s Best Friend

If you’d rather bring your faithful companion with you on a camping trip than have them stuck in a kennel for a week, you’re probably going to want them to be as comfortable as you are. And if they’re too big to share your sleeping bag, the Noblecamper gives them their own cozy place to…