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Now you can smell just like Stan Lee — on purpose!

JADS international, makers of fine colognes inspired by the Avengers, has lost their fucking minds is releasing a cologne based on Stan Lee. The scent is called ‘Nuff Said. I am not making this up. https://gizmodo.com/avengers-colognes-bottle-the-hulks-radioactive-body-odo-5878453 While Lee is a creator of some of the most popular superheroes of all time and most definitely helped…

SkyMotion: Predict the Rain Down to the Minute

Weather apps are a dime a dozen, but accurate weather apps are a little more rare. For most of them, you’d be better off tossing a coin to try to figure out if it’s actually going to rain or not. And that’s where SkyMotion shines—down to the minute. What does it do? Uses weather radars…

Pentax’s Q7 Interchangeable-Lens Camera Is Tiny Like a Point-and-Shoot

When you first see Pentax’s new Q7 interchangeable-lens camera, you think your brain is playing tricks on you. How can it be so small? This must be a replica. But then you hold it in your hand and squee with delight because it’s so maddeningly adorable. The Q7 is the follow-up to last year’s Q10.…

OS X Mavericks Wallpaper Could Mean Retina iMacs and Cinema Displays

With Apple’s announcement of OS X Mavericks came a brand new shiny desktop background featuring a glistening wave, downloadable from the Apple website. The most intriguing thing about the new wallpaper, though, is the resolution, which could indicate a coming upgrade to Apple’s desktop displays. https://gizmodo.com/apple-os-x-mavericks-everything-you-need-to-know-512268500 The Mavericks hero shot is 5160 x 2880, twice…

This Is the End May Be the Greatest Stoner Movie Ever Made

I don’t want to freak you out, but I think Seth Rogen’s new comedy of dickish manners about the Apocalypse may be one of the Great American Stoner Epics. I’m talking Harold and Kumar level, OK? Maybe even Up in Smoke level. This is the real shit, man. It probably helps that the entire movie…

Look which characters we caught kissing on the Captain America 2 set!

Staight from the Captain America: The Winter Soldier set is a spoilery image of two major characters locking lips. But what does this big reveal mean for the future of these Marvel stars? Pictures and spoiler talk ahead. Thanks to Cleveland.com, we’ve got an inside look into Steve Rogers’ future. And as you can see…

Yep, That’s a Helicopter Bicycle

OK, so none of us probably have any use for a flying bike, but it’s alright to want one. It’s perfectly natural. So just let the wild envy wash over you as this Frankenstein machine takes flight. Developed by three Czech companies working in unison, the bike was demoed for the first time in Prague…

Swatch’s $90 Dive Watches Won’t Take You To the Depths Of Poverty

If you’re into any kind of serious underwater adventuring, you’ll probably balk at Swatch’s new Scuba Libre line. But at just $90 they’re not targeted at timepiece connoisseurs or wannabe Jacques Cousteaus. They’re designed for an afternoon at the beach where you won’t be too devastated if your watch gets destroyed after an epic tubing…

We Could Use Cement Circuits in Gadgets Someday

Alchemy, at 2,000 degrees Celsius. A new study from the Argonne National Laboratory reports that a group of scientists from Japan, Finland, America, and Germany have used lasers to turn liquid cement into a glassy, liquid metal. The newly-invented process could be beneficial for building circuits that resist corosion. Their discovery could eventually change the…

Which Star Wars EU character do you want to see in the new movies?

Rumors have been flying about casting for Star Wars: Episode VII, which claim some characters from the Expanded Universe will be in the new movie. It’s too soon to know anything about characters in the new film, but it’s fun to speculate. Which people from the books, comics or cartoons do you wish would appear…

The awesome trailer for Lunar reveals the dark side of robocops

In 2057, android cops created by Lunarcorp will patrol the streets and send the many, many criminals they arrest to the the company’s prison on the moon, where they are never seen or heard from again. One man tries to escape and become the first man to return to Earth in Tyson Wade Johnston’s Lunar.…

Science Discovered a New Human Body Part

A funny thing happened in the field of anatomy during the first half of this year. Researchers found a previously unknown human body part. It’s inside the eyeball, and it’s very small. At 15 microns thick, the newly discovered layer of material is so small that even calling it a new body part feels inappropriate.…

New Balance Minimus 10v2 Trail Review: A Sweeter-Fitting Trail Stomper

Last year when we reviewed New Balance’s Minimus Trail Zeros, we were blown away by the lightness, but hated the fit. The Minimus 10v2 Trail is New Balance’s slightly less minimal shoe for 2013, and while it isn’t perfect, it’s definitely a step in the right direction. https://gizmodo.com/new-balance-minimus-zero-trail-lightning-review-pretty-5918020 What Is It? A minimal trail runner…

Planet Earth Can’t Afford Its New Gigantic Particle Accelerator

A team of scientists unveiled the technical designs for the International Linear Collider (ILC), a proposed particle accelerator that could unravel the deepest mysteries of the universe. At just under 20-miles long, it’s about 30 percent larger than the world’s biggest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. Extra size…

Yahoo is set to release inactive mail accounts this August. Any account that’s been inactive for at least a year and hasn’t been accessed by July 15th will be released back into the wild, the company announced today. [AP]

What Biofuel Is (And Where It Comes From)

Cars didn’t always run on gasoline. Henry Ford envisioned his Model T’s puttering along with tanks fully of ethanol. Early diesel engines ran on peanut oil. Of course, the discovery of massive petroleum reserves at the turn of the 20th century quickly put the brakes on that notion—why bother creating biofuel when gasoline and diesel…

Exclusive Man of Steel concept art shows Zod’s Kryptonian armor

Man of Steel hits theaters this weekend, and you’re going to want to see more of the insane new designs in this film. The visions of Kryptonian technology, including the spaceships and the battle armor, are amazing. And we’re happy to present an exclusive look at concept art of General Zod’s armor. This image comes…

New Wolverine Trailer, Now With Twice The Mutant Acid Spit Action

The latest and greatest Wolverine trailer finally shows us what we want, hot mutant action. Watch as the mutant Viper reveals all of her hidden talents. While James Mangold’s origins story looks better than the previous Wolverine origins movie, we’re still not sure how we feel about following around a Logan who’s lost his mutant…

These Unresolved Ethical Questions Are About to Get Real

As our technologies take us from the theoretical to the practical, a number of thorny moral quandaries remain unanswered. Here are important unresolved ethical questions that are on the verge of becoming highly relevant. Should people be allowed to clone themselves? There’s currently a global moratorium on human cloning. But you just know that’s not…

There is a small chance you’re blocked from commenting, here or elsewhere on the internet. Are you confused about why this happens? Of course you are. (Awful people are easily confused.) Here’s Gawker explaining why dumb people get blocked, what is a dumb person, and how to not be dumb.