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Former NASA Engineer Turned Super Soaker Inventor Just Got Very Rich

Lonnie Johnson’s having a good week. The former NASA engineer just won $73 million in a royalties dispute with the toymaker Hasbro for inventing the Super Soaker, the coolest toy you ever had growing up. The lawsuit also covered royalties for Nerf which Johnson also masterminded because he is awesome. This is a happy outcome…

The Survivorship Bias convinces people that psychics are real

There’s a simple bias that seems to endure. Anyone may accidentally fall into its trap. Once they do, they make it impossible for others to avoid doing the same thing. It’s called the Survivorship Bias, and it can be used to convince people of nearly anything. The Set-Up Let’s say that I walked up to…

Squeezed skyscraper’s base is so thin that it seems like it may fall

I love the newly city-approved Beach & Howe Tower in Vancouver, Canada, a gorgeous 54-story apartment building designed by Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group. It gets extremely thin on its base to avoid a passing highway. From some angles, it looks like it may fall on its side. Enjoy the beautiful pictures. A diagram showing…

Exquisite image shows a Soyuz launch in a completely new light

NASA has published this unique long-exposure photo of yesterday’s launch of a Soyuz en route to the International Space Station. It looks like a barley ear bending under the wind. Such a beautiful and delicate view of such a violent event. https://es.gizmodo.com/el-lanzamiento-de-la-soyuz-en-una-espectacular-foto-de-1460070569

New RoboCop Trailer: A Badass Robot Cop Built to Save the World

Holy wow, the new Robocop movie is shaping up to be a monster of a movie about one monster of a human-machine-hybrid law-enforcement killer. The latest trailer details some of the backstory the movie will use to justify Robocop’s existence. And Samuel L. Jackson yelling stuff. Oh and Michael Keaton being evil. Evil Keaton is…

A Tiny Ultralight Tripod Designed For Compact Cameras and Smartphones

Even if you’ve got a massive DSLR in your camera arsenal, there’s no shame in occasionally relying on your lightweight smartphone or a compact point and shoot for pictures. And on those days when you just don’t feel like lugging a heavy camera and its cumbersome accessories, the Lollipod will fill in as an incredibly…

Latest “BatDad” compilation shows why Batman is the best dad ever

We already admired the greatness of BatDad — but this new compilation of the Caped Caretaker’s Vine moments is hilarious and adorable. Watch BatDad ask, “Do you like your new Princess Sparklepony?” https://gizmodo.com/batman-trades-crimefighting-for-childrearing-with-hilar-1357641346 [via Viral Viral Videos]

These insects died while having sex 165 million years ago

What you’re looking at is the earliest record of insects doing the nasty. The extraordinary fossil dates back to the Middle Jurassic period of China some 165 million years ago. These two amorous insects are called froghoppers, or more formally, Anthoscytina perpetua. They’re copulating in the belly-to-belly position, showing the male’s aedeagus inserting into the…

Brand new RoboCop trailer shows how to play “Bad Cop, RoboCop”

We still have some misgivings about the new RoboCop remake, but at least this brand new trailer looks crazy fun. Largely due to the insane supporting cast, like Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson and Jackie Earle Haley, all of whom are hilarious here. https://gizmodo.com/all-the-things-that-make-us-nervous-and-excited-in-th-1265155617 If the new RoboCop is just a collection of…

The streaming video service arms race escalated todayas Netflix inked a multi-year production deal with Marvel for original series based on Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and Luke Care.

Report: The CIA Pays AT&T Over $10 Million a Year to Spy on Phone Calls

Check it out, guys. It’s a creepy revelation about the government spying on your phone calls that didn’t come from Edward Snowden’s NSA leak. Nope, just your standard sketchy CIA arrangements with a telecommunications company—AT&T to be exact. Turns out the spy agency’s reportedly been paying AT&T over $10 million a year to spy on…

Marvel bringing FOUR live-action superhero TV shows to Netflix!

All you Marvel fans better get a Netflix subscription if you don’t have one already! Marvel has announced that Netflix will air four new live-action Marvel superhero TV shows, based on Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Jessica Jones and Daredevil, along with a miniseries event based on the Defenders. The Defenders! This is insane. Four new…

AT&T Decides to Fight Android Malware with Android Bloatware

AT&T and security software maker Lookout announced today that, from here on out, all Android phones the carrier sells will come with Lookout’s security app pre-installed. Which sounds nice enough, but is really a lousy idea. Bloatware sucks. At the very least, it’s a waste of memory. At its worst, pre-installed software can actually ruin…

Which Books Do You Re-Read?

Sometimes a story is too good to just hear once. Which books do you find yourself going back to for a second or third read (or perhaps many, many more)? It could be a new favorite or a book that you encountered years ago, and just keep reading again and again. Tell us in the…

Goodbye, Astrodome: Texans Reject a Plan to Save the Decaying Marvel

Houstonians might be eager to snap up pieces of the Astrodome’s turf and concession stands, but they weren’t prepared to authorize $217 million in bonds to preserve the aging stadium through a redevelopment scheme that would transform it into a convention center. On Tuesday, Houston voters rejected the plan, “very likely dooming it to demolition,”…

No, science has not discovered a new body part

“Surgeons discover new ligament in human knee,” reads one headline. “The Anterolateral ligament, scientists discover a new body part in the KNEE,” reads another. The internet’s been awash with headlines like these the last few days. They’re all crap. The “previously unknown” ligament in question was discovered in 1879. According to the new paper describing…

10 Decaying Giants That Still Guard the Spirit of the Soviet Union

When the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ceased to exist in 1991, propaganda art began to disappear, and once-grand social realist murals, reliefs and all manner of mosaics have dwindled. But in the Republic of Kazakhstan, locals still walk the streets under the watchful eyes of five-story tall cosmonauts, workers, engineers, scientists. The Kazakh version…

The Lance family’s most awkward moments on Arrow

This episode is entitled “The League of Assassins,” and not surprisingly, it features frequent ninja attacks. The Lance family is so awkward that every time the ninjas attack, it’s a relief. If last year was all about the Queens on Arrow, this year is all about the Lances. And they seem to be the world’s…

How soon could we see Amazing Spider-Man cross over with Marvel films?

James Gunn explains exactly how Thanos is involved in the plot of Guardians of the Galaxy, Melissa McBride comments on Carol’s future on The Walking Dead, and John Noble says he’s playing Ichabod’s father-figure on Sleepy Hollow. And find out how Black Canary’s secret identity changes everything. Spoilers now! Guardians of the Galaxy James Gunn…

Nvidia GeForce GTX 780Ti: Gaming in Glorious 4K

Earlier this year, Nvidia dropped a bomb on the world of graphics processing with the Titan, a real luducrious powerhouse what cost a whopping $1,000. Now, the monsterous Titan is getting (another) “affordable” twin in the form of the Gefore GTX 780Ti, which Nvidia’s calling the best gaming GPU on the planet. https://gizmodo.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-titan-a-massive-gpu-that-might-be-u-5985291 The GeForece…