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What Should Batman’s Next Costume Look Like?

So, we’re getting another Batman, and with that comes another Batsuit. But just what should that look like? In response to this post on Ben Affleck’s future turn as Batman, a conversation began about just what Batman’s next costume might look like: https://gizmodo.com/who-would-be-the-worst-green-lantern-in-the-universe-1547179277 CthulhuDreams So… am I the only one that thinks that a Black…

Can A Dog Really Ride A Motorcycle?

Thanks to operant conditioning, any animal can be trained to do just about anything as long as the individual actions that comprise the larger, complex behavior are within the animal’s natural abilities. Including teaching a dog to “drive” a motorcycle. B. F. Skinner referred to this process as shaping. In 1953, he described it this…

How Motorola’s Stunning New Smartwatch Was Designed

Motorola wowed us earlier this week with its sleek and incredibly watch-like take on the smartwatch. Now, Moto’s design chief Jim Wicks has spoken out about the creative process that led to the new device. https://gizmodo.com/moto-360-this-is-motorolas-android-wear-powered-smart-1546422737 Speaking to The Verge, Wicks has described the design story behind the new watch. Here are some choice cuts:…

Darwin’s Children Drew Pictures on the Origin of Species manuscript

Charles Darwin wasn’t just a writer and a naturalist; he was also the father of ten children. And when those children got a hold of his manuscript for On the Origin of Species, the did what kids do: they drew all over them. The Cambridge University Library has many of Darwin’s papers, including pages from…

Earth to Echo‘s First Full-Length Trailer Shows How It’ll Channel E.T.

Here’s the first full-length trailer for Earth to Echo, a low-budget “found footage” movie about a group of kids who meet an alien who’s stranded on Earth. Yup, it’s E.T. with camcorders. But judging from this trailer, it has a lot of heart as these four friends have to stick together and grow up. And…

Here’s Why The Sea Snake Should Be Called The Sea Camel

“Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” Was the Rime of the Ancient Mariner actually about sea snakes? New research suggests that the serpents, unlike other marine reptiles like iguanas and turtles, can’t quench their thirst by drinking sea water. The problem is that fresh water alleviates thirst (you knew this) but the briny,…

Roller Coaster Workers Recreate an Iconic 1932 Photo

Everybody knows Lunch Atop a Skyscraper. Eleven men eating lunch on an I-beam beam hundreds of feet above New York City, none of them wearing safety harnesses—it’s iconic! That’s what makes this roller coaster recreation of it so much fun. A few months ago, ten steelworkers celebrated the completion of a new roller coaster at…

Imagine Trying To Outrun This 600-Pound “Chicken From Hell”

Say hello to Anzu wyliei, a newly discovered Cretaceous era dinosaur that roamed the Dakotas 66 million years ago. Measuring nearly 12 feet long and weighing over 600 pounds, it’s the largest oviraptorosaur ever discovered in North America. “We jokingly call this thing the ‘chicken from hell,’ and I think that’s pretty appropriate,” noted paleontologist…

The World’s Largest Telescope Is Finally Getting Underway

It’s been almost five years since Gizmodo first reported on the Thirty Meter Telescope, a mega-telescope with a resolution ten times that of the Hubble. Now, it seems the long-delayed project’s time has come: Hawaii has agreed to lease a parcel of land for the telescope, and officials say construction could begin as soon as…

Awesomely fake trick shot video shows you can’t trust anything anymore

The bros at Rocket Jump already impressed us once with their incredibly impressive and almost believable knife-throwing video and now they’ve done it again with this clip of nine trick shots in a row. They’re also filmed in one continuous take. It would be really impressive—if it were real. But alas, it’s another fake in…

Bret McKenzie Reveals His Secrets Behind Making the Muppets Sing

Bret McKenzie won an Oscar for his songwriting in the first Muppet movie, and now he’s back for the second. We spoke to the Flight of the Conchords co-founder, and he spilled all his secrets on finding the melody for a new generation of Muppet films. Plus his animated NASA series, and his next fantasy…

A Sniping Sprinkler That Only Targets Your Plants When They Need Water

A built-in sprinkler system is a better way to water a garden than just standing there randomly blasting plants with a hose. And taking that idea one step further, the Droplet turns your sprinklers into intelligent snipers that only water the plants you tell them to using a focused stream—except when rainy weather already has.…

The Most Grotesque Humanoid Monsters of the Early Modern Age

As the human race emerged from the Middle Ages into the start of modernity, we learned more about the world around us. We also took some wild flights of fancy, however. The humanoid creatures we imagined living around us were bizarre, and in some cases horrifying. See the most disturbing creatures of the early modern…

New Big Bang Evidence Suggests Presence of Alternate Universes

According to very real and totally verifiable scientific research, we might live in a multiverse. No, really. The same research that revealed the first-ever direct evidence of Big Bang inflation earlier this week also suggests the presence of alternate universes. https://gizmodo.com/astronomers-discover-first-direct-proof-of-the-big-bang-1545525927 So, universes just like our own, except separate? Not exactly. Miriam Kramer explains: The…

A Famously Tiny NYC Apartment Is For Sale For Almost $1 Million

In 2010, Treehugger founder Graham Hill shrugged off his possessions, designing a high-tech microdwelling that would house all his needs in a single, small room. Now this sweet little transformer of an apartment is on the market. The price? $995,000. How small is it? According to the listing, it’s 420 square feet, which actually does…

German engineering firm EDAG’s concept Genesis gives a peek at the sweeping, sci-fi future of car design, where entire vehicle bodies are 3D printed in one piece rather than being assembled from thousands of components. Our gearhead friends at Jalopnik took a closer look during the Geneva Motor Show. [EDAG]

Read An Exclusive Chapter From the Novelization of Aronofsky’s Noah

Darren Aronofsky has reimagined one of the most famous stories in the Bible for his new movie Noah. You have to wait until March 28 to see the film for yourself — but you can read the first chapter of the novelization by Mark Morris right now, exclusively at io9! https://gizmodo.com/darren-aronosky-explains-why-noah-isnt-just-for-believ-1545648721 Chapter 1 THE SNAKESKIN…

This Pretty Gel Is a Smart Tag That Changes Color When Food Spoils

Thanks to what looks like a little square of jello, you could tell your milk has gone bad without even opening the (gross-smelling) container. The gel is actually a nanorod-embedded smart tag that changes from red to green, mimicking the growth of bacteria in milk without touching it. https://gizmodo.com/edible-sensors-let-you-know-if-your-food-is-spoiled-5888943 Chinese scientists made the gel with…

Look Out For This Dangerously Convincing Apple ID Phishing Scam

Just 24 hours after the world learned about the dangerously convincing Google Docs phishing scam, a security company revealed a very similar exploit involving the Apple ID log-in screen. And, weirdly enough, it’s hosted on EA’s website. https://gizmodo.com/beware-of-this-dangerously-convincing-google-docs-phish-1546278702 Netcraft explained the scam on its blog on Wednesday. It begins with a legitimate EA.com URL that…

Who’s the most awesome alien race in the entire universe?

Science fiction is full of alien races who kick all kinds of ass, including tough warrior races and highly advanced super-intelligent aliens. But who’s the greatest race of all? Which race do you wish you could go spend a year or two living with? Who’s most likely to conquer all other races in the multiverse?…