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Dorm-Warming Gifts for Your College Roommate

You’re young, you’re probably broke and you might not even really like your roommate. But you know what? That college roommate of yours is on the short list of people—which includes your parents, your brothers and sisters and your husband/wife—that you’re going to live with. You want to get them something. Here’s what. Hey there!…

Swedish woman charged for sexing herself with human skeletons

Fair warning: Potentially unsettling images after the jump. Then again, you’re reading a post about necrophilia; what did you expect? No judgement. Just saying. When authorities discovered knives and various human skeleton parts in a 37-year-old woman’s living room back in September, she was arrested under suspicion of murder. That accusation has since been dropped,…

This ‘grave robbing’ mammal outsmarted the dinosaurs by going underground

Back during the late Cretaceous period there lived a stocky, mole-like mammal that spent its days burrowing tunnels underground. Called Necrolestes patagonensis, it managed to survive the Age of the Dinosaurs and live for another 45 million years before finally dying out. And as scientists have recently learned, Necrolestes was neither placental or marsupial, instead…

Here’s $420 Million of Your Tax Dollars Crashed and Burned

Over the weekend, a gigantically-expensive F-22 stealth fighter crashed. Again. And just like every other time, the Air Force is throwing up its hands and stroking its chin about why the thing crashed. But one fact remains: your money’s burned. https://gizmodo.com/as-if-it-wasnt-broken-enough-a-f-22-raptor-crashed-in-5961076 This is the scene of the crash, next to a highway in Florida. The…

It’s the eye of the tiger in four new clips from Life of Pi (with bonus second tiger eye)

Check out just how beautiful Ang Lee’s colorful Life of Pi adaptation truly is in four new clips. Say what you will about the story of a big cat, a boy, and a boat, the sheer beauty of this film will knock you straight on your butt. Based on the novel by Yann Martel, the…

How Many Balloons Would You Actually Need To Lift a House?

Last night we reported about Jonathan Trappe, a man who’s hoping to fly a tiny balloon-tethered house across the Atlantic ocean. But his Up-inspired planning would probably have been a lot easier had he access to this online calculator that lets you know exactly how many helium filled balloons you’d need to hoist your home.…

Why Marvel’s upcoming “Age of Ultron” may actually be the event that changes everything

If you’re a comics fan, you’ve heard it a million times (literally. Go back and count): “This changes everything!” Marvel or DC touts some big comic event, some major character dies, Cap gets his shield broken, Batman gets a new sidekick whatever… and eventually it all goes back to normal and nothing has really changed.…

“Heroes of Science” action figures are light on “action,” heavy on the “heroes”

Yesterday we told you about the world’s greatest Agent Coulson action figure. At the time, we called it the world’s greatest action figure. But AF-Coulson would do well to watch his back; over on deviantART, graphic artist datazoid has put together a series of digitally painted “Heroes of Science” action figures (based, awesomely, on Star…

Company HP Bought For $11 Billion Just Cost HP $9 Billion

All is not well at Meg Whitman’s HP, we learned during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call this morning. HP just recorded a $9 billion devaluation of its assets stemming from serious accounting tomfoolery at a company that HP bought for $11 billion last year. Ouch. Last August, HP bought the British software company Autonomy for…

Astronomers discover a planet so massive it defies classification

Scientists using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii have discovered a “super-Jupiter” orbiting around the bright star Kappa Andromedae. The planet, which is about 13 times the size of Jupiter, glows with a reddish color and skirts the line between planet and star on account of its tremendous mass. Moreover, its parent star now holds the…

A Green Bean Matherole Sounds Deliciously Educational

If you like your Thanksgiving dinner guests to walk away with brains as full as their bellies, YouTube’s favorite mathematician Vihart serves up a side of learnin’ with your annual feast. It’s hard to turn your nose up at a green bean casserole when it’s used to elegantly explain and illustrate the concept of vectors.…

A “White Smell” Could Hide The Most Repellant of Odours

Imagine eternally odorless public restrooms, or stink-free changing rooms. Amazingly, researchers claim to have discovered what they’re calling a “white smell”—an odor made up so many complex aromas that it’s neither pleasant or foul-smelling, in no way overwhelming, and could be the most effective air-freshener ever. Taking its name from the concept of white noise—sound…

Just who will play the new Harry Osborn in Amazing Spider-Man 2?

Don’t panic: Zachary Quinto has already shot down an alarming Star Trek rumor. An all-important actor says he might return for Star Wars: Episode VII. Steven Moffat and Matt Smith talk Doctor Who’s latest Christmas special. Plus a reassuring Robocop set photo, a new look at Blomkamp’s Elysium, and a pair of Walking Dead sneak…

French Press Mug Brews a Perfect Single Serving of Coffee

Single serve French presses are far from a new innovation, but with the Minibru you don’t need a pile of separate hardware, or one of those ridiculous looking, over-engineered French press travel mugs. It’s designed to look like a regular old coffee cup, and keep the brewing process simple. To whip up a morning batch…

Are Cash Traps the New Card Skimmers?

There’s no shortage of ingenious card skimmers out on the streets to part you from your cash. But there might be a new, more direct breed of scam in town: a simple cash trap. https://gizmodo.com/you-cant-even-see-the-latest-atm-card-skimmers-5928513 Krebs on Security is reporting that a number of security experts are reporting a dramatic rise in the use of…

Running OS X on an Old Macintosh Portable Is Difficult, Pointless But Awesome

This video shows an old Macintosh Portable seemingly running OS X. But how did it happen, and was it worth the effort? It’s worth pointing out, first off, that this is real. But while it might look like a Macintosh Portable, in fact it borrows heavily from an old Toshiba NB100 laptop Patrick Blampied had…

Nokia’s awesome new map service, Here, has finally landed for iOS. It’s free, now, in the App Store. [iTunes]

Kindle Fire HD 8.9 Teardown: A Samsung Tablet By Another Name?

With its little brother having already spilled its guts, it was always going to be interesting to see how the new 9-inch Fire compared. Turns out it owes an awful lot to Samsung. https://gizmodo.com/kindle-fire-hd-the-pretty-little-tablet-spills-its-gor-5943814 Powerbook Medic has torn the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 apart for the world to peer inside. It seems Samsung has done…

HTC: No Way Are We Paying Apple $8 Per Phone

Earlier this month it was announced that Apple and HTC reached a patent settlement which would see the Taiwanese phone manufacturer enter into a 10-year licensing agreement. Now, HTC has firmly rumored figures which suggested they’d pony up $8 to Cook and co for every Android handset it sold. https://gizmodo.com/apple-and-htc-end-patent-dispute-and-agree-to-play-nice-5959533 Peter Chou, CEO of HTC,…

The World’s Oldest Working Computer Has Been Resurrected

The world’s oldest working digital computer, often referred to as “The Witch”, has been given a new lease of life. A team of computer scientists has restored it to its former glory—and now it’s on display for all to see. The computer was originally designed and developed all the way back in 1949 at the…