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The Leftovers Just Made Me Scream “Holy Shit” At My Screen

WHOA. There’s only one episode of The Leftovers to go after “Ten Thirteen,” and man oh man did things just take an unexpected turn. After last week’s Kevin-in-purgatory detour, we’re back in Miracle—where real miracles may or may not happen, but epic manipulation most certainly does. Spoilers! Liv Tyler is just great as the sinister,…

Television Cheryl Eddy Nov 30

Jessica Jones Has Given Us Marvel’s Greatest Live-Action Villain by Far

Marvel’s live-action adaptations have a fantastic track record. Great action, a willingness to taken even some truly bizarre comic book heroes and turn them into relatable figures, and so on. But there’s one area they usually falter in: their villains. That is, until they completely nailed it with Jessica Jones. Here’s your mandatory Spoiler warning:…

Television James Whitbrook Nov 30

We’re Spending the Next Two Weeks Envisioning Our Future Earth

Right now, leaders from 195 countries are meeting in Paris to map out a plan for the planet’s future. Nothing like this has ever happened in our lifetimes—and it’s surely just the beginning of a long process that will consume the years ahead. As Gizmodo’s Maddie Stone puts it in her must-read introduction to why…

Climate Change Alissa Walker Nov 30

6 Places to Get Better New Music Recommendations

There’s a lot of music out there—services such as Spotify boast more than 30 million tracks—with new songs and albums dropping every week. So how do you cut through the noise? Here are six places you can find new music to suit your tastes, based on what you’re already interested in. YouTube This is a…

Gadgets David Nield Nov 30

Rare 40-Year-Old Star Trek Comics Are Finally Being Released In the U.S.

Before Star Trek came to the BBC in 1969, British sci-fi fans were introduced to the crew of the Starship Enterprise in a series of weird and wonderful comic strips in the pages of TV21—a series of adventures rarely printed since, and never available to American audiences. That is, until now. For the first time,…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Nov 30

How You Could Fool a Forensic Test with Flour and Yeast

There’s a basic test used to identify bodily secretions at crime scenes. It’s not the only test, but it is useful in primary investigations—unless you spill a lot of commercial flour around. Your mouth is perpetually full of amylase, which isn’t a bad thing. Amylase is an enzyme that attacks starch, breaking it down into…

Tech News Esther Inglis-Arkell Nov 30

The 6 Weirdest James Bond Adventures (That You’ve Probably Never Heard Of)

The James Bond movies and novels aren’t exactly short on weirdness—Bond’s villains tend to hatch crazy schemes that revolve around hypnotizing women to love chickens. But if you want real insanity, you have to reach beyond the movies and books. If you spent your Thanksgiving long weekend watching the James Bond Marathons on Syfy, Spike,…

Movies Gordon Jackson Nov 30

These Are Some of the Most Intriguing Young-Adult Novels Coming Out in 2016

Young-adult fiction is become more mature, as a publishing category. And that means that instead of a host of cookie-cutter books, that are all “dystopias” or whatnot, there’s a huge variety of subjects. ReadBreatheRelax has a great list of YA books coming in 2016, and what’s great is they all sound pretty different from each…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Nov 30

A Skeptic’s Guide to Buying (or Not Buying) a 4K TV

I bought my beloved television half a decade ago, a (then) impressively thin 32-inch Samsung for around $500. Today, you can buy a 50-inch 4K TV for $500. The real question is: Should you buy a 4K TV at all? This is the year that 4K TVs aren’t so much an exotic offering from a…

Gadgets Adam Clark Estes Nov 30

Man Fighting FBI Spying Gag Order Can Finally Speak After 11-Year Court Battle

Over a decade ago, Nicholas Merrill received a National Security Letter from the FBI asking him to turn over a customer’s data. Merrill, who owned a company called Calyx Internet Access, refused to give it up. Instead, he fought a national security gag order for 11 years. After winning a suit against FBI Director James…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs Nov 30

Apple Music Finally Comes to Sonos December 15th

In two weeks, you’ll be able to listen to Apple Music on Sonos’s great wireless music system. Both companies have teamed up for a public beta starting December 15th. The full rollout will happen in early 2016. Apple Music has attracted millions of subscribers since its launch last summer and constituted a major service hole…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Nov 30

Everyone Chill, It’s the First Look at Gotham‘s Mr. Freeze

Do you know what killed the dinosaurs? A meteor, probably. But if you said “The ice age!” good news—you’re wrong, but you’ll be happy to know that Bat-villain Mr. Freeze will make his debut on tonight’s fall finale of Gotham. Via USA Today: Fans will get a glimpse at Wayne Enterprises cryogenics engineer Victor Fries,…

Television Rob Bricken Nov 30

A Clever 3D Printer Fixes Printing Mistakes Instead of Starting Again From Scratch

The advent of 3D printing completely revolutionized the prototyping stage of designing a new product. But while turnaround times for revisions or changes are now much faster with a 3D printer, they can be even faster if the printer fixes flawed prototypes instead of reprinting them from scratch. Researchers from the Hasso-Plattner-Institut’s Human Computer Interaction…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 30

How to break open a Master Lock with just a small hammer

It doesn’t take much effort to bust open a Master Lock. All you need to do is apply a little bit of pressure on one end and then add a few taps at the other side in a specific spot and pop, the thing opens pretty easily. Shockingly so! In fact, you don’t even really…

Sploid Casey Chan Nov 30

Astronauts: Pooping in Apollo Bags is so Bad We’d Rather Land Early

What’s worse than a broken space-toilet? A broken space-toilet when it’s your very first shift as boss, and suddenly you have to work on the logistics of either getting it fixed or landing your astronauts in Africa. This is Flight Director Rob Kelso’s first-hand account of the narrowly-averted shitstorm. We all cringed at a broken…

Space & Spaceflight Mika McKinnon Nov 30

Watch a Terrified Snail Hop Away From Danger

This poor snail hops desperately away from danger when approached by a predator, unlike its brethren, who flee slowly in quiet desperation. We should study their technique, because they may one day be a major food source. This is the humpbacked conch snail (Gibberulus gibberulus gibbosus) trying hard to get away from its main predator,…

Climate Change Esther Inglis-Arkell Nov 30

Someone Actually Outbadassed Darth Vader in Marvel’s Star Wars Crossover

Marvel’s new Star Wars crossover event, Vader Down, is pretty much all about reminding us that Darth Vader is not a Sith Lord to be trifled with. And while Vader does get some nifty moments in the event’s second part, the best moment comes thanks to a member of the comic’s amazing supporting cast. https://gizmodo.com/the-new-star-wars-crossover-comic-rejuvenates-darth-vad-1743233786…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Nov 30

7 Reasons Why Drone Delivery Service Won’t Work (Yet)

America woke up from its turkey hangover just in time to see Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson explain a new prototype for Amazon’s fabled Prime Air drone delivery service. The garish, package-pooping aircraft looks futuristic, but it’s probably not going to bring you new shoes anytime soon. It can’t. It’s just marketing. We’ve said it before,…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Nov 30

The Sound From a Camera Strapped to a Boomerang Is Wonderful

Given humans can’t fly (on our own) it’s no surprise that we’re utterly captivated by first-person videos of objects in flight. Strapping a stabilized camera to a spinning boomerang is no exception, but it turns out the sounds of it slicing through the air are even more amazing. Before you watch this latest video from…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 30

These Science Photos Are So Beautiful They’re Basically Art

The winners of the 2015 FASEB BioArt Image and Video Competition have been announced, and they’re amazing. Chosen from a diverse cross-section of biology, they feature everything from the proteins that make up the Ebola virus through to roundworms feasting on bacteria. Here’s the best, most beautful science photos the year had to offer. This…

Tech News George Dvorsky Nov 30

The Leftovers Just Made Me Scream “Holy Shit” At My Screen

Jessica Jones Has Given Us Marvel’s Greatest Live-Action Villain by Far

We’re Spending the Next Two Weeks Envisioning Our Future Earth

6 Places to Get Better New Music Recommendations

Rare 40-Year-Old Star Trek Comics Are Finally Being Released In the U.S.

How You Could Fool a Forensic Test with Flour and Yeast

The 6 Weirdest James Bond Adventures (That You’ve Probably Never Heard Of)

These Are Some of the Most Intriguing Young-Adult Novels Coming Out in 2016

A Skeptic’s Guide to Buying (or Not Buying) a 4K TV

Man Fighting FBI Spying Gag Order Can Finally Speak After 11-Year Court Battle

Apple Music Finally Comes to Sonos December 15th

Everyone Chill, It’s the First Look at Gotham‘s Mr. Freeze

A Clever 3D Printer Fixes Printing Mistakes Instead of Starting Again From Scratch

How to break open a Master Lock with just a small hammer

Astronauts: Pooping in Apollo Bags is so Bad We’d Rather Land Early

Watch a Terrified Snail Hop Away From Danger

Someone Actually Outbadassed Darth Vader in Marvel’s Star Wars Crossover

7 Reasons Why Drone Delivery Service Won’t Work (Yet)

The Sound From a Camera Strapped to a Boomerang Is Wonderful

These Science Photos Are So Beautiful They’re Basically Art

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