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17 of the Oldest Man-Made Structures On Earth Still In Use

Of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, only one wonder still exists today: the crumbling, gorgeous Great Pyramids of Giza. But there are plenty of other ancient structures that deserve our attention too, from a 2,000-year-old church to a more than 1,000-year-old Buddhist temple that’s made out of timber. Even more remarkable? All…

Set photos reveal epic fight scenes in X-Men and Captain America 2!

Wolverine had to lose an essential part of himself for his latest solo movie. Zack Snyder explains how he avoided making Superman a god in Man of Steel. Joss Whedon muses on the internal struggles of The Avengers 2. Check out the latest images from the sets of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Godzilla.…

A Lego Segway Is as Ridiculously Wonderful as You’d Expect

Lego whisperer Simon Burfield has a knack for taking the plastic building toy well past the limits of what it was intended for. His specialty is building rideable creations including a full-sized wheelchair, and now a rather brilliant Segway clone. https://gizmodo.com/worlds-first-lego-electric-wheelchair-can-support-a-two-5930584 It can easily support his weight, and even turns with a pivoting handle. The…

Population Growth and Climate Change Explained Using Lego

There’s seemingly no limit to the power of Lego, and in this video Hans Rosling uses it with great panache to explain the problems of population growth and climate change. They’re two of the biggest, most complex subjects we currently face on this planet -but somehow Rosling manages to make it all seem extremely straightforward.…

Anonymous Just Leaked a Trove of NSA Documents

In the wake of last night’s revelation that everyone in the world has a creepy NSA-shaped stalker, defenders of online liberty and generally angry internet people Anonymous have leaked a treasure trove of NSA documents, including seriously important stuff like the US Department of Defense’s ‘Strategic Vision’ for controlling the internet. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-prism-511875267 The documents —…

The Soviet Union’s space-themed stamps will make you love Cosmonauts

A week ago, we featured a fresh, visually stunning Hungarian music video by Kerekes Band. The creator of this well animated video used Soviet stamps, postcards and posters from the 60s and 70s to create good-looking vintage space scenes. https://gizmodo.com/this-new-music-video-recycles-soviet-space-imagery-quit-510471246 To show how awesome these little printed images were, I scanned a few items of…

Is This Nokia’s Full-On PureView Windows Phone in Action?

Earlier this week a series of leaked photos showed off what could be Nokia’s full-on EOS 41-megapixel camera. Now, a video from the same source shows the thing in action—and it looks pretty serious. https://gizmodo.com/is-this-nokias-full-on-pureview-windows-phone-511584834 Published by Vizileaks on Twitter, the video shows close-up the lens focusing and the shutter opening and closing on what’s…

Interestingly, Apple’s Russian division has apparently just registered an “iWatch” trademark.

What Are You Going To Do Following the NSA’s Massive Privacy Invasion?

Since it’s become apparent that the NSA has been siphoning off data from phone companies and internet giants—spying on everything from phone records to Facebook—the internet is awash with people ready to make a stand. But what are you going to do? https://gizmodo.com/the-nsa-and-fbi-have-been-spying-on-our-internet-habits-511750202 Are your outraged enough to cancel your Verizon contract, quite Facebook and…

This Smart Airbus Case Could Mean You Never Lose Your Luggage Again

This concept case by Airbus, which pairs up directly with your iPhone, could mean you never lose your bag again. Called Bag2Go, it uses a GPS-tracker, 2G mobile connection, and an RFID chip built directly into the case itself to record its whereabouts. The idea is, primarily, to allow airports to pair its unique ID…

How the NSA’s Logo Should Really Look

The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Hugh D’Andrade decided to give the NSA’s logo a makeover following recent events. How very, very accurate. [Hugh D’Andrade via Boing Boing] https://gizmodo.com/the-nsa-and-fbi-have-been-spying-on-our-internet-habits-511750202

Perhaps understandably, the likes of Facebook, Apple, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft et al are all flatly denying allegations that they allow the NSA direct access to their servers. Importantly, that’s not the same as not sharing data with them.

The Government Responds to the PRISM Spying Program

So PRISM totally exists. James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, basically confirmed the Washington Post and Guardian report about how the NSA can pry data from Apple, Facebook, Google and whoever else. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-prism-511875267 Here’s what Clapper wrote about PRISM: The Guardian and The Washington Post articles refer to collection of communications pursuant to Section…

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: How to Hide from Cameras

CV Dazzle is the surefire way to both fool closed circuit cameras and look like you got ready for a KISS concert while drunk. In the dark. Having never actually laid eyes on the band but only understood their stage presence from second-hand descriptions sussed from the incoherent ramblings of a blind hobo named Crusty…

Here’s a 120,000 Year Old Tumor Found Inside a Neanderthal

Neanderthals weren’t smoking cigarettes. They weren’t breathing in pollution. They weren’t eating processed foods. They weren’t dealing with pesticides. Nope. But apparently, Neanderthals still got cancer. This 120,000-year-old bone fragment reveals a cancerous tumor. Neanderthals, they’re just like us. The case of fibrous dysplasia in this Neanderthal bone is believed to be the oldest tumor…

Watch Audio Frequencies Create Amazing Visual Patterns

Sometimes when the music is really good and the sound is really loud and the pill is really potent, you can see what you hear. But that’s just brain tricks. This, however, is real and mesmerizing. Watch how different audio frequencies can create mind blowing visual patterns. It’s a kaleidoscope of sound. It’s basically a…

These Armored Nike Air Mags Were Made for Iron Man

Though the Nike MAGs are already nostalgically beautiful in their own Back to the Future style, this custom Iron Man version of the Nike MAGs transforms the boot into something even more futuristic. Something that Tony Stark would invent. Something that you could imagine as part of Iron Man’s armor. Something that I so desperately…

Our WWDC 2013 Liveblog Kicks Off Right Now

Welcome friends! In less than an hour, Apple’s going to take the wrapping off of the all-new, Jony Ive-powered iOS 7, and we’ll be covering it all live, right here. What else are we expecting out of WWDC 2013? New MacBooks, OS X improvements, better iCloud, and maybe even a surprise or two. The keynote…

The Cyborg Age is Upon Us

We live in a world full of cyborgs, though most of us don’t notice it. More than 200,000 men and women around the world wear cochlear implants – devices that look like hearing aids, but which actually convert sounds into direct nerve impulses that travel down the auditory nerve bundle and into the wearer’s brain.…

A harbour seal floats majestically through a forest of kelp

Amateur photographer Kyle McBurnie took this dreamy wide-angle photo in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego — a picture that earned him top prize in the 2013 Annual Underwater Photography Contest. Top image: Best Overall Kyle McBurnie, California Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) in a kelp forest at Cortes bank, near San Diego,…