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The Hulk, Batman and the Skywalkers Get Their Own Game of Thrones House Sigils

Game of Thrones House sigils. You love ’em. We love ’em. Which is why, even after showcasing these wonderful fan-made sigils for other pop culture families, we had to show you the work of Michael Lokia, a.k.a. the DeviantArtist Lokiable, who’s made an entirely new treasure trove of sigils for comic book characters, movie characters…

Stop Pretending You Don’t Look at Porn Online

Google is so convinced you don’t want to see porn that it started filtering its own search results. Bullshit. Everybody wants porn, and nobody wants to admit it. Except me, of course, I don’t look at that smut. But for the rest of you: It’s time to fess up. https://gizmodo.com/google-is-blocking-porn-duh-nsfw-updated-5967934 After all, everybody knows you’re…

The Secret Science In a Pint of Beer

There are two things we here at Gizmodo love unabashedly: science and beer. So, when we saw that the gang at the UK’s Institute of Physics had launched a site about the physics of beer, we just had to invite them to come for a chat. https://gizmodo.com/the-science-of-beer-bubbles-5967416 We’ve got Henry Lau and Rik Sargent (pictured…

Of Course Today Is the Day to Talk About Gun Control

The entire point of technology is to work to our benefit, not against us. The entire point of being a responsible, reasoned human being is to face our failings head-on, not to hide from them. Those points seem inarguable. So why is it that the only time we’re not allowed to talk about guns as…

Google’s Retiring Sync and Other Services In This Year’s Winter Cleaning

It’s that time of year again; Google’s leading its ostensibly lonely and unloved services out to pasture. This time Google Sync, and some more obscure calender options are headed for that big cloud storage unit in the sky. Google Sync allowed Google Mail, Calendar and Contacts access through the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync protocol. The introduction…

Must Watch: China Mieville explains why science fiction is not superior to fantasy

Back in 2009, China Mieville gave a talk at Kansas University about the divide between science fiction and fantasy. And he explained just why the widespread perception on the internet that science fiction is smarter than fantasy, or superior to fantasy, is overblown. The whole thing is on Youtube, and here’s the first part. It’s…

How To Sound Smart at Your Holiday Party

It’s party season. In fact, we have our office shindig tonight, and maybe you’re attending a holiday fete of your own. At the minimum, you avoid devolving into a sloppy drunken mess. Best case scenario, you actually come across as clever and well-informed. Here are your talking points for the week. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-increase-your-drinking-tolerance-so-you-dont-ma-5962095 Did you hear…

Holiday Treats Are Even Better When You Destroy Them in Slow Motion

Conan O’Brien probably understands the absurdity of slow-motion destruction porn better than anyone else. But really, we’ve never seen anything like Andy Richter dressed as Santa getting doused by an ocean of egg nog in slow motion. So sticky. So good. Bless you, Conan. [Devour] https://gizmodo.com/conan-takes-super-slo-mo-to-absurd-new-heights-5930862

Our favorite photos from this year’s Geminid meteor shower

Last night marked the peak of this year’s gorgeous Geminid meteor shower, perhaps the most stunning celestial lightshow of 2012. Photographs of last night’s fireballs are still rolling in and stargazers can expect to spot intermittent meteors during predawn hours for the next few days, but here are ten of our favorites so far. Pictured…

Dropbox just overhauled their iOS app making for a more “enhanced photos experience.” It’s better, faster and stronger.

Here is the biggest goddamn snow blower you’ve ever seen

Add this to your ever-growing list of things you never knew existed but now desperately need: a BNSF rotary snow blower. The video up top is of a model currently in operation clearing railroad tracks in Aurora, NE, but you’ll find them all over the country, churning through formidable heaps of tightly packed snow like…

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un celebrates rocket launch with a smoke

Two days ago, North Korea finally lobbed a weather satellite into orbit, officially marking their entry into space. And as if to say, “About freakin TIME,” a photograph has emerged showing Kim Jong-un enjoying a post-launch cigarette moments after the rocket was launched. Other pictures show Kim wishing his generals good luck just prior to…

Cirque de Soleil Founder on Photographing Earth from Space: “So fragile in this universe”

Cirque de Soleil founder Guy Laliberté spent 11 days at the International Space Station in 2009, taking photos of our planet with a Nikon D3X camera. And now he’s got an exhibition opening at the Marlborough Gallery in Manhattan, featuring 40 of his best space photos. Over at ARTINFO, there’s a great interview with Laliberté…

These Iconic L.L. Bean Boots Are Your Gizmodo’s-Unofficial-Shoe Deal of the Day

Update 5:05 PM: It’s since come to my attention that not only are these the official Unofficial Shoe of Gizmodo, but also like, half the staff has a pair. Today you’ll pay less than any of us paid for our Bean Boots. [L.L. Bean] Update 7:08 PM: It looks like this deal will expire at…

Guillermo del Toro over-analyzes the Pacific Rim trailer

MTV sat down with Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro to reveal the secrets of the new Pacific Rim trailer. Some things ranged from the interesting (the Kaiju have toxic blood) to the odd (it takes two pilots to drive each Jaeger, with each controlling one side) to the adorable (this is del Toro’s attempt…

What Really Happens When You Use Those Fancy Star Wars Cookie Cutters

Super detailed cookie cutters are cool. Cookies are awesome. What could possibly go wrong? This. No matter how intricate your fancy William Sonoma Star Wars cookie cutters may be, it seems you will be doomed to barely recognizable, vaguely brain-like monstrosities, as discovered by an unnamed Geekologie reader. Sure they might still be tasty, but…

Fun Site Gives You Random Images of Anything at Any Size You Want

Need, or just happen to want, random pictures of random things? Probably for placeholder images while building a website, but also maybe just for fun? Check out Lorempixel. It does those things. Lorempixel is a play on the placeholder text that starts lorem ipsum, and all the variants, like Bacon Ipsum. The placeholder idea isn’t…

21 Awesome and Rare Gifts You’ll Never Find at the Mall

You know the face. That obviously-disappointed-but-smiling-to-be-polite face that people make every time they open a present from you. Time to step up your game and start giving gifts that people actually want. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 21 of the most incredible, sock-rocking vintage gifts that you can buy. US Military TV 7 A…

What you need to know about e-cigarettes

As tobacco use continues its inexorable fall from grace, a growing number of people are turning to electronic cigarettes. These nifty electrical inhalers are being seen — and sometimes even marketed — as a “healthier” alternative to smoking tobacco. But are they really a viable alternative to cigarettes, or just a passing fad? What is…

There Are Some Technologies We Should Not Have, and Guns Are One of Them

More than a dozen children were just murdered in Connecticut. It’s time to take steps toward preventing this sort of tragedy. The Second Amendment was written when all Americans could remember being occupied by a foreign power. That was 220 years ago; the British are not coming. Red Dawn is not real. Give up your…