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American regulators are considering a controversial procedure known as three-parent in vitro fertilization. The technique, which recently became legal in Britain, prevents horrible genetic defects. But critics warn that it could lead to designer babies.

The giant Helmcken Falls must be the biggest ice machine in the world

These extraordinary photos by Viktoria Haack and Jaclyn Tanemura show the 463-foot (141-meter) Helmcken Falls. That’s almost three times the height of the Niagara Falls—half the size of the Chrysler Building! It’s like a giant ice machine pouring cubes into an ice bucket. Top image by Viktoria Haack. Just look at the size of that…

Watch One of History’s Greatest Photographers at Work on the Streets

Garry Winogrand is known for being one of the 20th century’s greatest photographers. This video clip from a 1982 documentary is a wonderful peek at Winogrand roaming the streets with his camera and ruminating on photography. Winogrand’s documentation of everyday life in mid-century America, mostly in the form of candid shots of people on the…

12 Most Codependent Supervillains of All Time

Some villains strive for wealth and power. Some villains strive for glory. But a surprising number of villains are motivated solely by their tangled relationships with the hero. These are love-hate relationships, in which the villain just wants to impress the hero or spend quality time together. Here are the 12 most codependent supervillains, in…

One graph explaining why you should always order a larger pizza

Good news! Mathematics has confirmed what we already suspected: You should most definitely be ordering a larger pizza. But “I’m not hungry for that much pizza”, you say? Allow me to refute your argument with two simple words: Cold. Pizza. But if you’re still not convinced, check out this graph that Quoctrung Bui over at…

A Contagious Computer Virus That Spreads via Wi-Fi

It’s sort of your worst nightmare: a computer virus as contagious as the common cold that avoids detection and infects every computer on a given wi-fi network. You just pop into your local coffee shop for a latte and a little internet surfing, and you leave with a virus. This is scary! Unfortunately, we now…

Despite Harold Ramis’ death, Ghostbusters 3 is still moving forward

Hollywood has refused to give up on the idea of a new Ghostbusters sequel for decades now. But even the recent passing of original star and screenwriter Harold Ramis hasn’t derailed the project, as director Ivan Reitman is reportedly meeting with Sony to discuss how to adapt the script following Ramis’ death. https://gizmodo.com/r-i-p-harold-ramis-the-man-who-gave-us-ghostbusters-a-1529839951 According to…

Comcast-TWC Would Be a Monopoly, But That Probably Won’t Stop It

The proposed $45.2 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable by Comcast—the nation’s two largest cable and home Internet providers—has once again raised the specter of monopoly control over yet another American utility. Are these fears overblown? Nope! It’s really that bad. https://gizmodo.com/why-the-comcast-time-warner-cable-merger-is-even-worse-1522096469 Would Comcast-TWC Count as a Monopoly? Monopolies aren’t like porn; you can’t just…

Astonishing images of a diver swimming on top of great white sharks

Ocean Ramsey doesn’t ride on top of great white sharks for fun or frivolous show. She does it to dispel their image of cruel killing machines, to call attention to the fact that sharks are seriously endangered. Which really sucks, because they’re crucial for the sustainability of the oceans and, therefore, our own species. Like…

What Cold War nuclear weapons can tell us about art fraud

The identification of fakes and forgeries is a basic issue that has always raised controversy. This is unsurprising, of course – the enormous sums garnered by top paintings would turn to dust as soon as a question as to their authenticity arose. To determine whether a painting is original or not, the expertise of critics…

Nike’s Aggressive New Cleats Help Football Players Turn On a Dime

The use of 3D printers has allowed Nike’s designers to prototype and test new footwear designs with a remarkably quick turnaround. And the latest shoe born from that new process is the Vapor HyperAgility cleat featuring re-engineered studs that Nike claims will give football players the necessary grip to explode off the line, but also…

This Battlefield Heads-Up Display Turns US Troops Into Cyborg Soldiers

From self-aiming sniper rifles to bionic power suits, U.S. troops are rapidly gaining access to tools and technology that were the realm of science fiction just a few years ago. While PDA’s and tablets currently connect our warfighters, this Heads-Up Display (HUD) from BAE Systems is the future of wearable battlefield computing. https://gizmodo.com/how-close-are-we-to-elysium-style-exosuits-993706204 Known as…

Only Batman can take down Skynet in this stellar animated short

It seems that the hero that the Terminator-filled future needs is an aged Batman, who has teamed up with John Connor. Take five minutes to watch this fantastic fan film. Batman versus The Terminator was conceived by Tony Guerrero and animated by Mitchell Hammond, with music by Noir Deco. The filmmakers have even included a…

NASA turns to an old-fashioned technology in the hunt for asteroids

Behold the peanut-shaped Asteroid 2006 DP14, a 1,300-foot (400-meter) long object that recently flew past Earth. The asteroid was scanned with Doppler radar — a tried-and-true technology that’s helping astronomers pinpoint potentially dangerous near-Earth objects. Using Delay-Doppler Radar, the images were captured by NASA scientists using the 230-foot (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone,…

Surreal Artworks Like Scenes From An Architectural Dream

Artist Allan Wexler‘s most recent work—going on display March 29th at New York’s Ronald Feldman Fine Arts gallery—explores architecture purified down to its most basic conceptual elements. There are foundation pits and walls, yawning excavations and the cubic masses that are pulled from them. The many images on display as part of Wexler’s upcoming show…

Dear young people who have Star Wars prequel nostalgia: Stop it

Yes, this time we tackle the totally new question of which Star Wars movies are better. I heard there might have been a little bit of a discussion about this subject pre-apocalypse, but it’s not been explored here in the post-apocalypse. In fact, I haven’t given it the tiniest bit of thought before. This is…

What the Secret Symbols in Victorian Architecture Really Mean

San Francisco’s iconic Victorian style homes, such as the Painted Ladies of Full House fame, weren’t built merely as protection against the elements. Like 19th century Klout Scores, these houses were just as much status symbols as they were domiciles. But what do their ornate facades actually mean? 7×7’s Mary Jo Bowling explains. Early San…

The movie adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand finds new life

The movie adaptation of The Stand has resurrected. But can Stephen King’s winding end of days novel fit into just one movie? Warner Brothers certainly hopes so. THR is reporting that The Fault in Our Stars director Josh Boone is currently in charge to rework the entire script (which has been sitting in development hell…

Mysterious Underwater Rivers Criss Cross the Bottom of the Ocean

If you’ve ever made a trans-Atlantic call—or, heck, used the internet—then you might like to know a few things about the ocean floor. Mighty but enigmatic underwater rivers flow along the ocean bed. And it’s telecommunications companies, who have to lay thick cables for transoceanic phone and internet connections, with perhaps the most to worry…

You won’t believe your eyes when you see these statues move

Incredibly, no special effects were used to create these visuals. The sculptures consist of thousands of layers of paper, arranged in a honeycomb-like lattice and pieced together with glue. Then, using a subtractive carving technique, Hongbo chips away with an electric saw to achieve the desired shapes. Displaying this work has been a problem for…