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Here’s Your First Look At Gotham‘s Catwoman And Lil’ Bruce Wayne

Here’s your first official look at 14-year-old actress Carmen Bicondova as Selina Kyle. It’s not doing it for me, but that’s fine — we’ve got set pics of Selina looking for more Catwoman-y, plus the first look at David Mazouz as Bruce Wayne, and Gordon and Bullock in action! The goggles make all the difference,…

The U.S. throws 2 billions pounds of fish back in the ocean a year

American fisheries are throwing about 2 billion pounds of fish back in the ocean a year — and a lot of it is edible (even delicious) fish that is already dead or dying, or marine life not intended to be caught for food, including sharks, seals and dolphins. The report comes from Oceana, who used…

Military Future-Lasers Could Help Detect Bombs and the Flu

DARPA is investigating handheld UV laser devices to help soldiers detect biological and chemical weapons from a safe distance. But when they master that technology, it won’t just be used on the battlefield; it could also help public health workers detect and track outbreaks of communicable diseases. Fighting flu with lasers? This really is the…

Think a Loose Tooth is Bad?

Try having a loose antler. Here’s what we need: (1) a string, and (2) a really strong door.

Why B.F. Skinner May Have Been The Most Dangerous Psychologist Ever

B.F. Skinner gave us concepts like “conditioned behavior,” “positive reinforcement,” and even “time-outs” for children. But he was also a radical among psychologists who cast aside notions of dignity and free will. Here’s why Skinner continues to be relevant — and even a bit dangerous. Though not as famous as some of his forebears and…

Why the White House Is Spending Millions to Promote Wood Skyscrapers

The Department of Agriculture doesn’t usually meddle in architecture, but this week at an event at the White House, it announced an unusual project: A $1 million competition for high-rise buildings built out of wood—and another million that will go to educating architects about it. You might remember that President Obama signed a new $956…

It’s possible that cat domestication has been around a lot longer than we thought. A newly discovered burial site suggests that Ancient Egyptians were burying – and, archaeologists suspect, domesticating – cats as early as 3800 B.C. That’s 2,000 years before the earliest known evidence of cat domestication in Egypt.

First Deal on Nest Protect, Wireless Charging Pad, Mohu Curve [Deals]

Today’s best deals include the best smoke alarm money can buy, a popular Qi pad for wireless-charging phones, Monoprice’s famous IPS monitor, and a whole lot more. Have a good weekend, everybody! The Nest Protect took the seemingly mundane and static smoke alarm, and brought the entire product category into the future. The downside; it…

A Glitch in the Hubble Telescope Makes Beautiful Modern Art

You’ve seen all the mind-boggling space images from the Hubble telescope, so this might seem… bizarre. What looks like a light painting or a computer rendering is an actual image sent back during the Hubble’s observing session. This is what happens when the telescope locks onto a bad guide star. The European Space Agency explains:…

Gravitational waves & inflation in comic-form

Need another way to think about gravitational waves? PhD Comics has it in cosmologist-approved comic format. https://gizmodo.com/have-physicists-detected-gravitational-waves-yes-1545591865 (Why am I just teasing you with it here? Because content-creators own their work, but this is cool enough to bring to your attention. So, go clicky-clicky & check it out.) Need more context? We’ve also got the…

Humans’ Sense of Smell is Far More Precise Than We Thought

There is an oft-referenced factoid, reproduced everywhere from websites to textbooks, that the human nose can distinguish between 10,000 smells. But a recent investigation has revealed this under-investigated figure to be off. Like way, way, way off. Photo Credit: talkingplant via flickr / CC The actual figure? “On the basis of the results of psychophysical…

This Beautifully Simple App Wants to Change How Public Transit Works

Public transit is a hard problem. Imagine how difficult it is for a city to meet the needs of millions, all of whom want to go different places at different times. And, inevitably, you’re left standing on the platform. Ototo wants to change all of that. This ambitious Israeli startup is founded upon a simple…

X-Ray Of A Snake Who Mistook Golf Balls For Delicious Chicken Eggs

This snake slithered into a chicken coop looking for a tasty treat, and instead made a meal of a pair of golf balls. Fortunately, a sympathetic human rushed the snake to a team of veterinarians. This grey rat snake was found in a chicken coop earlier this week with a pair of golf balls in…

The 10 Weirdest Marvel Movies That Almost Got Made

These days, Marvel has a pretty amazing track record on the big screen. Even if you toss in the films produced by Sony or Fox, most of the movies range from okay to superb. But things could have turned out very, very different. Here are 10 bizarre Marvel film projects that were in development at…

The Untold History of Ugliness

We’ve all had that moment while perusing a flea market or junk store when you stumble across an item and have to yelp, “Good lord, that is ugly!” So ugly, in fact, you have to marvel that it even got made in the first place. But what is it exactly that makes an object ugly?…

Watch a Japanese Pianist Battle a Holographic Version of Himself

Not since Donald Duck faced off against Daffy Duck in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? has there been such an epic piano battle as Japanese pianist Yoshiki squaring off against a holographic version of himself. The performance—staged to promote Yoshiki’s upcoming classical world tour—happened at the recent SXSW festival, and had the artist competing against, and…

New Sensor Could Make Night Vision Contact Lenses A Reality

It sounds like something from a spy thriller movie: putting on contact lenses that give you infrared vision without the need for a bulky contraption that covers your face. But now, thanks to research at the University of Michigan, such a contact lens is a real possibility. The Michigan researchers turned to the optical capabilities…

How Spielberg, Lucas, and Kasdan came up with Indiana Jones

How did a “scruffy,” “rough and tumble” “bounty hunter of antiquities” become one of the most beloved heroes in film history? Read this transcript from a 1978 meeting featuring Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Lawrence Kasdan, as they workshop the concept of Raiders of the Lost Ark. The best parts are hearing them figure out…

Interest Acquired: Andy Serkis Will Direct The Jungle Book Movie

Full disclosure: we weren’t that excited about the MANY live-action Jungle Book movie adaptations. But now the Warner Bros. Jungle Book may have a leg up on the Disney version, because Andy Serkis just signed on to direct it. Oooooh snap. THR is reporting that Serkis has agreed to direct the Warner Bros. live action…

Someone Invented Uterus Man, And It’s Weirder Than You Could Imagine

You read that right: Uterus Man. This grotesque biological superhero rides a pelvic chariot, flies using blood powers, and gains power from eating placenta. This video is NSFW, unless your work has a liberal policy about baby meteor hammers. It’s also a bit disturbing in places, in case the phrase “baby meteor hammers” didn’t tip…