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This Fabulously Oddball Galaxy Only Has One Spiral Arm

Most galaxies, like the Milky Way, have two or more spiral “arms,” but NGC 4725 only has one. Don’t worry NGC 4725 you may be weird, but we still love you and think you’re great looking. Space is a safe space. Computer simulations show that when a galaxy only has one arm it can either…

Photos of Famous Landmarks While They Were Still Under Construction

We’re used to seeing modern landmarks in their completed glory, but we gain a new appreciation for those familiar monuments when we see them in progress, and remember all the labor that went into bringing them to life. Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay, California (1933-1937, designed by Joseph Strauss, Irving Morrow and Charles Ellis)…

A SlingSword Is A Sword/Slingshot Hybrid For Fighting Zombies

Joerg Sprave is expanding his horizons and moving The Slingshot Channel into a new era. He had blacksmith James Helm make him a small sword and this demo is a relaxing break for all of us. Just some good old fashioned coconut decapitation to test the blade. Refreshing! Oh, and the hilt of the sword…

Neil Armstrong didn’t misspeak on the Moon. That’s how Ohioans talk.

At this point, I think we can all agree it doesn’t really matter whether Neil Armstrong said “one small step for man” or “one small step for a man” when he set foot on the Moon’s surface. Sure, semantic accuracy would have been nice, but again: he was the first person to set foot on…

Pigeons Are Smarter Than You Might Think And Can Use Touchscreens

Pigeons are everywhere in cities, but they don’t get a lot of love. True, they can spread disease and aren’t very personable, but maybe they’re not getting the credit they deserve. Like city-dwelling humans they have places to be and lunch deals to scavenge. And like good urbanites (and penguins) they know their way around…

Crowdfund a new game from Double Fine and a Manos puppet musical

Double Fine is hard at work on a turn-based strategy game that you can back on Kickstarter, but if you prefer adventure games, there’s also a “spiritual successor” to The Neverhood to fund. Also, check out a musical puppet show based on one of the worst movies ever, and the latest volume of a brilliant…

The Wrap is reporting that Green Lantern scribe and Kings creator Michael Green is in negotiations to pen the apparently inevitable Blade Runner sequel. Word is that it will be set some years after the events of the original film.

How Manic Are You About Organizing Emails?

I get a lot of email. Not so much that it’s threatening my quality of life, but definitely a lot. I mainly use Gmail and I have some basic organizational systems in place (a label here, a star there). I have to keep up with the daily onslaught and maintain my inbox, but like I…

Batman reimagined as a 1970s grindhouse flick

Francesco Francavilla’s Batman 1972 illustrations take the Dark Knight back to the 1970s, where he chainsmokes and does business with a mustached Commissioner Gordon. It’s Batsploitation! Francavilla says he also has a story pitch to go with these images, something he thinks would make a cool Elseworlds book. For now, you can see more of…

Study The Physical Properties Floating In Your Breakfast

There’s so much noise about breakfast lately. Apparently, eating a morning meal makes you more focused, healthier and generally superhuman. It might seem like a lot of hype, but Andong He, a geologist at Yale, actually found a research topic in a bowl of cereal. So keep knocking that oatmeal back. He found that two…

Could Soylent really replace all of the food in your diet?

The Internet is currently abuzz about Soylent, Rob Rhinehart’s nutritional concoction that he claims could mean that you’ll never have to eat food again. It’s a repulsive notion to some, but the extraordinarily successful Soylent crowdfunding campaign points to thousands of people who are fascinated by Rhinehart’s brand of food hacking. But is Soylent really…

Hospital rebrands chemotherapy as DC-themed “superformula” for kids

Chemotherapy is never fun, but A.C.Camargo Cancer Center in São Paulo is trying to make it easier for children to accept the treatment. They’re rebranding the treatment as “superformula” and using comics to help kids understand chemo. Buzzfeed’s Copyranter blog explains that the cancer center is working with ad agency JWT, which also works with…

Yahoo Is Axing Mail Classic But The New Version Reads Your Emails

Beginning tomorrow Yahoo Mail Classic won’t be available anymore. And that’s really fine. The Yahoo Mail redesign is both necessary and pleasant. But when users upgrade they have to accept new terms of service and a new privacy policy. And Yahoo’s candor is freaking people out. https://gizmodo.com/yahoo-mail-finally-gets-a-slick-redesign-of-its-own-5967452 Under the FAQ “Do I have to upgrade…

Bookmakers are already placing odds on the next Doctor Who actor

Yesterday we learned that Matt Smith will be leaving Doctor Who at the end of this year, prompting speculation as to who would step in as the Doctor’s next incarnation. Bookmakers William Hill and Ladbrokes have already placed odds on actors to fill Smith’s fez. Is your favorite favored? https://gizmodo.com/farewell-eleven-matt-smith-is-leaving-doctor-who-510860053 Here are the favorites according…

Explore the internal anatomy of the David’s head slice by meaty slice

Artist Cao Hui likes to infuse inanimate objects with bits of human-like flesh, muscles, organs, and bone. In a recent series, Hui remakes classic sculptures with human anatomies beneath their stoney exteriors and cuts them up, shifting our eye from the outside of the sculpture to the red stuff inside. Hui showed this piece, “If…

Escaped Florida Llama Brought Down By Taser

Tallahassee police reported using a taser on a six-foot llama, Scooter, after it ran around a local neighborhood for hours yesterday and generally galavanted about. The llama was eventually subdued to avoid an accident and returned, and its owner will not face charges. Local residents called in complaints and Scooter sightings throughout the night. Deputy…

When you have a story so unbelievable, everyone thinks you’re crazy

In many movies there are scenes of a protagonist revealing everything to a skeptical official—and promptly being admitted into a mental hospital. These scenes occasionally play out in real life. They even have a name, the Martha Mitchell Effect. Brendan Maher was a psychologist who spent much of the 1950s and 1960s working with patients…

A guy chases his dream girl through all our favorite ’80s movies

Jon Marco is chasing a girl in the cheerful music video for Rhianna, and the object of his affection flees through some of the greatest flicks of the 1980s, from Back to the Future to Tron to Return of the Jedi. It’s a fun music video, but the outtakes running through the credits might be…

Electrified Wolverine Claws Are Fabulously Ill-Advised

I think it’s safe to say that we all want Wolverine claws. Sure, working out some of the logistics would be tough at first, but come on. You would feel invincible! And you could open plastic packaging really easily. To this end, Master James made a set of great looking claws at a machine shop.…

Game of Thrones fan art that makes us want to slap King Joffrey

On the last episode of Game of Thrones, King Joffrey was his usual charming self, prompting Tyrion to make a particularly violent threat against his nephew. Remember the good old days when Tyrion would just slug Joff? Let’s live out our violence-against-Joffrey fantasies through fan art. The top image of Muhammad Ali socking the crown…