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Good news: Digg is tweaking its reader with integration for read it later services, email, and social media, and planning on dropping it in June, before Google Reader goes bye-bye. Bad news: You might have to pay for it. https://gizmodo.com/google-is-killing-google-reader-5990454

Google Glass 101: How Glass Currently Works

It’s one thing to see what others are doing while wearing Glass but we’ve yet to see what the interface actually looks and behaves like. That is until now. https://gizmodo.com/these-are-the-first-videos-being-shot-with-google-glass-5994862 Google has just released a new how-to video on getting acquainted with Glass. Tapping and swiping along the touchpad will get you in and out…

The captain of Bryan Fuller’s awesome, non-existent Trek TV show is…

The awesome producer Bryan Fuller wants to makes an awesome new Star Trek TV series. Paramount won’t let him, because they’re busy letting J.J. Abrams make his Trek movies. But that doesn’t mean Fuller doesn’t have a captain in mind should he ever get the green light: Angela Bassett. As he told Den of Geek…

Peep These Beautiful Sculptures of Electronics Encased in Resin

Amy Brener describes her sculptures as “totemic structures that resemble artifacts of an imagined future.” I think they look like a shimmering reinterpretation of Arthur C. Clarke’s super-evolved robotic monoliths from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Or maybe a prototype of Sandbenders, the gemstone and resin computer system from Idoru. Brener, who is Canadian-born but New…

The Architecture of Abandoned Asylums Is Inherently Creepy

Jeremy Harris takes photographs and collects objects from abandoned mental hospitals as part of a project that started as a study in moral architecture of the 19th century, and evolved into a way to document theses places before they’re demolished. Not surprisingly, it’s incredibly haunting and insanely creepy. In the short clip, (which is also…

This might be the most creative Doctor Who cosplay we’ve ever seen

You can have your TARDIS dresses — we want a TARDIS control panel dress! We can honestly say, we never saw this design coming. A dress full of knobs, buttons, levers and wheels that will take you away! Found on Craig Hurle‘s website, modeled by Kirsty Delwig. [via Fashionably Geek]

Do these startling longevity studies mean your lifespan could double?

Biologists have successfully extended the life spans of some mice by as much as 70%, leading many to believe that ongoing experimentation on our mammalian cousins will eventually lead to life-extending therapies in humans. But how reliable are these studies? And do they really apply to humans? We asked the experts. Before we get into…

Archaeologists Uncover Hundreds of Mysterious Orbs in Ancient Temple

In news that will likely delight Apollo 11 deniers, Roswell frequenters, and Illuminati enthusiasts alike, archaeologists have discovered hundreds of mysterious, once-metallic spheres buried deep beneath an ancient pyramid in Mexico City. And we have absolutely no idea what they’re for. Described by Jorge Zavala, an archaeologist at Mexico’s National Anthropology and History Institute, as…

DSLR “Rolling Shutter” Distortion Makes This Speaker Wobble Like Jello

“Rolling shutter” is a distortion peculiar to digital video. You read about it all the time in reviews, but it can hard to visualize what exactly the “Jello-like” distortion actual does. Here it is, perfectly illustrated in a short video posted by PetaPixel There’s nothing wrong with the speaker in the video above. The video…

The Weird but True History of Sin Eaters

In 18th and 19th Century Scotland, families placed a piece of bread on the breasts of their dying loved ones. That’s not the strange part — the families then hired someone to eat the bread, believing that the practice would somehow absolve the sins of the deceased. Where did this strange ritual come from? And…

Airbnb Is Just Now Verifying Hosts and Guests

Airbnb is starting to offer something called Verified ID—meaning, it’s finally making user’s prove that they’re real human beings and not a robot or scam artist. Here’s how it works: You can earn a verified badge by showing Airbnb a piece of your online identity—Facebook profile, Twitter account, or even Yelp reviews you’ve written—as well…

Tracking Tremors: A Brief History of the Richter Scale

In the study of natural disasters—be they tornadoes, hurricanes, snowpacolyses, or Florida on a weekday—the event’s magnitude is just as vital to our understanding as its duration and frequency. Hurricanes and tornadoes are measured by class, blizzards along the Winter Wonderland-Killstorm demarcation. Earthquakes, of course, are measured by how much energy they release—a system better…

How the hell is this photo of the Moon even possible?

Can we all just sit and marvel at this ridiculous shot of the Moon for a second? Because that would be great. Seriously, people. Just look at it. The image is by Switzerland-based photographer Philipp Schmidli, and came to our attention by way of Camilla Corona SDO (the intrepid mission mascot of NASA’s Solar Dynamics…

Jawbone’s Acquisition of BodyMedia Is (Sadly) All About Patents

Like the smartphone patent wars of yesterday, there’s a new arms race happening and it’s all about wearables. Similar to the spats going on between Google, Apple, Microsoft and smartphone makers, it won’t matter to me or you. At least not anytime soon. Earlier today Jawbone announced that it was acquiring BodyMedia, a 14-year-old health…

Time for an upgrade, AT&T users! Beginning May 1, you’ll be able to trade in your current smartphone for at least $100 off a new one (as long as you re-up for another 2 year contract). That means you can get an iPhone or a Galaxy S4 for a bill less than usual, even if…

Astounding Summer Books That You Won’t Want to Miss

Get ready for a summer of great reading! Some of these books are pretty emotionally intense, but we’ve packed the list with plenty of fun, sudsy beach reads for you, too. Photo is a detail from the cover of The Ocean at the End of the Lane. May Mur Lafferty, The Shambling Guide to NYC…

This Long Range Nerf Gun Is Your Deal of the Day

It’s no suprise that we love toys at Gizmodo, especially Nerf guns. Shooting a friend with soft foam is an absolute pleasure. When you think Nerf, you’re thinking dinky foam darts, but the Vortex line combines the classic Nerf gun with miniature discs, which fly a lot farther and and quite a bit faster. In…

YouTube is the new CSPAN. Well not really, but they just announced they’re giving members of the U.S. Congress access to enhanced features like live streaming. Whether congress members choose to reach out to constituents is their prerogative, but at least they’ve got another tool now.

None of These Screengrabs in This Trippy Video Are Computer-Generated

Warning: this video by filmmaker Will Witte is probably going to break your brain. It’s an MC Escher-esque loop of screengrabs, and amazingly enough, none of the shots were achieved with the help of a computer. Watch it once. Watch it twice. Watch it as many times as you can handle before your mind collapses…

Mark Sheppard really should play Avon in Syfy’s Blake’s 7 reboot

Syfy is apparently racing ahead at speed Standard by Six with its remake of Blake’s 7, the classic British show about criminals who join a political prisoner to fight an evil space empire. This show will live and die based on the character of Avon, and there’s one actor who’s uniquely qualified to play him.…