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The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Training Day

This odd stop-motion montage through the Dagobah System is not the Training Day you’re looking for. It is much, much stranger.

Meet the people who would leave Earth and take a one-way trip to Mars

Mars One, the program that is planning to create a human settlement on Mars by 2024, has received over 200,000 applications of Earthlings who are interested in leaving their home planet forever by taking a one-way ticket to Mars. This short documentary examines a few of those people’s motivation to leave everything behind. One person…

Wow, this might be the best video of a wingsuit flight ever

Videos of wingsuit flights are never not awesome but this one just might be the best. And it’s not because of the snow. Though the beautifully fresh powder helps. And it’s not because Dan Vicary, the flying man in the video, zips around for three miles. Though the astonishing views certainly don’t hurt. But it’s…

Dyson’s Bladeless Fans Are Now 75 Percent Quieter

It’s been over four years since Dyson introduced a fan that somehow worked without visible blades. And besides releasing a few new models over the years, the company hasn’t announced any major updates to its Air Multiplier line since 2009. But it turns out that’s because Dyson’s engineers were finding clever ways to make these…

Portraits of people deformed by Scotch tape are hilariously freaky

Jenna Garrett at Feature Shot highlights these great portraits by Albuquerque-based photographerWes Naman, who uses transparent tape Scotch tape to deform his subjects into comical monsters. Never taking more than 10 minutes to apply his effect, Naman uses photography to stretch and squeeze everyday people into fantastically freaky creatures. SPLOID is a new blog about…

The best dessert ever is a shot of milk inside a glass made of cookie

The tastebud teaser Dominique Ansel, he’s the master pastry chef who created the Cronut, has come up with another dessert so brilliant that the Internet is salivating at the mere picture of it and wondering why it didn’t exist before: a chocolate chip cookie milk shot. As in a shot of milk inside a “glass”…

California at the End of the World

Touring around California, you could be forgiven for thinking you’re living in the future, and not just because of the Silicon Valley wizardry that surrounds us all. We also have to thank Hollywood’s movie magic, which has turned the state into a backdrop for countless science fiction films presenting futures both terrible and wondrous. It’s…

Making a lightsaber is so much easier than I thought

All you need are raw eggs, a sharp stick, a great deal of repressed trauma relating to Star Wars and baby dolls, and voila! (Warning: This video may not teach you how to make a lightsaber.)

Frozen World War I soldiers appear in the Alps

The White War—a snow-bound World War I battle between Italy and Austria—claimed the lives of countless soldiers way up in the Alps. Now, melting ice is revealing frozen soldiers, some of them perfectly preserved—but not Captain America-preserved—for nearly a century. The clash lasted four years, beginning in 1915, in makeshift tunnels and trenches at a…

Mother Bequeaths iPad to Sons But Apple Won’t Unlock It

When you die, don’t forget to include your Apple ID in your will. Because, if you happen to bequeath any Apple devices to friends and family, they’ll be useless hunks of metal and glass without the secret word. At least, that’s what we’re left believing after a standoff between Apple and a dead mother’s sons.…

Fantastic cartoons show the evolution of famous characters and actors

Jeff Victor is a fantastic illustrator and a long time Gizmodo reader. I asked him to send us his favorite illustrations from one of my favorite series: Evolutions. His first one is Princess Leia, which I find delicious. I want a lot more Bill Murray, though. Bill Murray Batman Gary Oldman Arnie Superman Tom Hanks…

Internet memes turn deadly, in a surprisingly great Supernatural

When we saw that Supernatural was bringing back the Ghostfacers, one of the show’s many nerd parodies, we weren’t optimistic — but yeesh, this was a good episode. The Winchesters investigate an internet meme called #thinman that’s apparently killing people, and the results are fascinating. Spoilers ahead… As you can see for yourself, there’s a…

You Can Now Embed Getty Images’ Gorgeous Photos On Your Blog for Free

Getty Images is one of the world’s premiere sources for amazing photos. But if you don’t have the money to pay licensing fees, you can’t use the images. Well now, Getty is making its photos embeddable. Getty Images’ new Embed Tool allows you to insert a huge portion of the wire service’s photos into your…

Facebook and Instagram announced on Wednesday that they would tighten policies to make it more difficult to buy and trade illegal guns on their websites. It’s about time.

That Fake Hoverboard Was Just a Funny or Die Stunt

Funny or Die has finally admitted to being behind that confusing fake hoverboard video that went viral yesterday. And we’re still not quite sure why they made it. “If we inspired on person to get into the hover sciences, I consider that a victory,” Christopher Lloyd says to the camera. “Here’s to hoverboards being actually…

Lost Password Leaves Police Dept Complaints Unchecked…For 8 Years

Until recently, the Delhi police department in India had been enjoying a baffling long streak totally free of complaints. Of course, it’s a lot easier to keep a clean slate when you never check the complaint database in the first place. Because someone lost the password. Eight years ago. You can imagine the officers who…

This is not a frame from a science fiction movie

It seems like a spaceship arriving to another planet, but it just happened right here on Earth. It’s an actual image from the successful Morpheus vehicle test completed today at the Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility. There’s great video too. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook

Can You Name the Famous Artists Who Inspired These Buildings?

Art and architecture collide in this playful new series of paintings by Federico Babina. What if Andy Warhol designed a mod apartment complex? Or Joan Miró a museum? Babina has taken 27 artists and reimagined their work as places where people can live and work. Here are the 27 buildings in “Archist City.” How many…

More Evidence that Dinosaurs Still Live Among Us

These are the formidable talons of a Harpy Eagle, one of the largest species of raptor on Earth. Let them serve as a reminder that bloodthirsty dinosaurs live among us, that they are descended from downy forebears, and that, yes, feathered animals can be downright terrifying. For reference: Also for reference: See also: The feet…

That was some damn interesting backstory on Person of Interest

Last night’s Person of Interest solved a mystery that fans of the series have probably been wondering about ever since we saw how Reese was burned by the CIA. Plus, we met a new character who knows things about the Machine that might be news even to Finch. For most of this episode, we followed…