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Brilliant art posters celebrate Star Trek: The Animated Series!

This Sunday the beloved Star Trek: The Animated Series turns 40! And to celebrate, CBS Consumer Products will be releasing a collection of poster images, one for each episode. We’ve got the first two posters exclusively, right here! The posters will be available for purchase in the future (but no date has been set yet,…

What’s the worst ‘ship in science fiction and fantasy?

Some genre romances belong to the ages. Others are dead weight. The other day, Futurama tried to turn us all into Fry-Leela shippers at last, with a mixed response. But what’s the worst relationship that fans or creators have pushed for? Science fiction and fantasy are genres that support epic stories, and so have become…

Watch the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Test Flight… from the Engine

Yesterday afternoon, Virgin Galactic successfully completed the second rocket-powered test flight of its SpaceShipTwo spacecraft. Here now is the footage from the test flight – as shot from the SS2’s engine. Awesome. But Richard Branson, if you’re reading this, a word of advice: next time you arrange for the filming of a test flight, go…

iPhone Sticky Notes Are the Ideal Reminder, Even When Your Phone’s Dead

The iOS App Store is filled to the brim with every kind of note-taking app you can imagine. But sometimes nothing beats a good ol’ pen and paper. And that’s what makes these Paperback sticky notes the perfect hybrid. They’re designed to adhere to the back of your iPhone 5, so you can take a…

All the things that make us nervous (and excited) in the new RoboCop

Yesterday we saw the trailer for José Padilha brand new RoboCop Reboot. And it made us feel a lot of things. Some excitement, but mostly dread. Here are the moments that got us the most worked up in the new RoboCop reboot trailer. https://gizmodo.com/first-trailer-robocop-trailer-shows-off-robocops-brand-1260308550 Not Detroit! We assume that’s Los Angeles, as we learned a…

Turn Your Favorite Beer Into Your Favorite Cocktail

Do you want a beer, or do you want a cocktail? The answer is yes. You want both. Right now. Simultaneously. In a single glass. Today we’re going to show you how to turn your old favorite beer into your new favorite syrup, and how to use it in a cocktail. It’s Friday afternoon, you’ve…

This Speedy Robot Can Finish a Game of Checkers Before Your First Move

It’s no wonder that factories around the world want to replace humans with robots when it comes to menial, repetitive jobs. Just look at this thing in action. Now granted, you don’t come across a lot of job postings looking for skilled Chinese Checkers board shufflers, but Adept’s Cobra SCARA can probably be re-purposed for…

Mark Pellegrino is excited to play a sinister evolutionary biologist

You might know Mark Pellegrino from, oh… just about every genre TV show ever. He was Jacob on Lost. Lucifer on Supernatural. The only fun character on Revolution. Etc. Now he’s playing an evil evolutionary biologist who hunts mutants on The Tomorrow People, and he told us why he’s over the moon. Minor spoilers ahead……

What is Star Trek: Terran? Someone registered the domain names StarTrekTV.com and StarTrekTerran.com a couple weeks ago. And they’ve posted a mysterious September date. What’s it about? No clue, but a Paramount rep tells us it’s nothing to do with the studio. [Thanks, David!]

The most horrible deaths anyone can imagine

Yesterday, a 19-year-old kid died when a remote helicopter partially decapitated him at Calbert Vaux Park, Brooklyn. It seems like a really terrible way to die, but it could have been worse—like literally dying from pain while having your testicles squeezed really hard. What’s the worst death you can imagine? https://gizmodo.com/can-you-die-if-someone-squeezes-your-testicles-hard-eno-5905682

That mummy found in a German attic contains human bones

Early last month, a ten-year-old German boy found a mummy in his grandmother’s attic. Many considered it a hoax. But a radiological analysis shows that the mummy contains actual human bones, though probably not from an ancient Egyptian. The find could open a criminal case. https://gizmodo.com/german-boys-finds-a-mummy-in-his-grandmothers-attic-1027233905 According to the German newspaper Kreiszeitung, CT scans and…

“Death Ray” Architect Blames His Car-Melting Skyscraper on Sunny Days

London made headlines this week for a uniquely modern phenomenon; the city’s newest skyscraper is reflecting the sun into an insanely powerful “death ray” that can start fires and fry eggs. Now, the building’s architect has spoken out: “We made a lot of mistakes with this building, and we will take care of it.” Though…

Report: Amazon Wants to Give Away Its Rumored Smartphone for Free

We’ve been hearing rumors about Amazon developing its own smartphone for years. Now, a new report from Wall Street Journal vets Jessica Lessin and Amir Efrati not only says the launch is imminent but also claims it’ll have a very very consumer-friendly price tag: $0. https://gizmodo.com/amazon-might-make-a-kindle-phone-but-it-really-shouldnt-5860602 A free smartphone! Sounds pretty awesome, right? But let’s…

Meet the mysterious men behind Oklahoma’s monument to Azathoth

Eric Piper and J. David Osbourne aren’t cultists (that we know of), by they did build a 300-lb. monument to the dark Lovecraftian god Azathoth and left it on the lawn of the unsuspecting Paseo Grill in Oklahoma City two weeks ago. Curious whether this was some kind of art project or a sign of…

Our Favorite Laptops, Lenses, and More

We all knew this day would come, but that doesn’t make it any easier to say goodbye to the relatively carefree summer months. Still, even with work coming back into full swing as the heat-induced malaise begins to lift, there is at least one bright spot—new gadgets. In the summer, the whole world goes on…

This Week in Time Capsules: Retired Shuttles and Moldy Baseball Cards

This week we have a school in England that filled its new capsule with the latest in tech, a casket from the Reagan administration that for some reason includes biscuits and gravy, and a public ceremony in Florida which will show off a capsule for the retired space shuttle Atlantis. And a town that hates…

Why I Will Never Want a Smartwatch

I don’t want a smartwatch. I don’t, and will not. Because the very idea of a smartwatch, even at its platonic ideal, is damn useless. Let me explain. Basically, a smartwatch, even a great one (which does not exist) is like NFC—the “futuristic” technology that lets you pay for things by tapping your phone against…

See a lightning storm in a test tube

One exceptionally dangerous experiment is nicknamed “a lightning storm in a test tube.” Although it does look like lightning, it’s actually more like a bunch of booze-soaked explosions. Either way, it’s cool to watch. Ah, what could be more fun that mixing acid, alcohol, and potassium permanganate? What’s that you say? Shards of glass to…

This Tiny Implantable Sponge Could Help Cure Skin Cancer

It almost sounds too good to be true: Researchers have developed a tiny sponge that can reprogram immune cells to attack cancer. The treatment is less invasive than surgery and potentially more effective, too. And with human trials beginning this week, there’s a chance it will soon be available for everyone. This impressive-sounding scenario is…

Five Cities Turning Ugly Overpasses Into Vibrant Parks

It seemed like a good idea at the time, right? We’d build vast, multi-lane roads slicing through the center of our cities, bulldozing our most historic architecture and displacing tens of thousands of residents at a time, all in the name of progress. 50 years later these genius improvements have severed our neighborhoods, ruined our…