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Whoa, Studio Ghibli Animator Makes Even A Liquor Commercial Magical 

Yoshiharu Sato is an animator who has worked on My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Porco Rosso, and The Secret World of Arrietty. And here, in less than two minutes, he spins a touching tale of home and family — and that’s just for a liquor commercial. The commercial is titled Oyaji no Imo no…

HBO series Silicon Valley returns for its second season April 12. The Mike Judge joint is definitely worth your time, and if you don’t believe me, allow me to revisit the incredible, fact-checked dick joke the show made in the series finale. [Deadline]

Cool SFX: Watch Zooey Deschanel dance with an invisible person

Here’s the music video for She & Him’s song Stay Awhile. It’s a lovely stroll that follows Zooey Deschanel dancing around with an invisible person inside a bedroom, a living room and the clouds. Dancing alone is always the best since no one is watching but dancing with an invisible person looks even better. She…

A Pair of Black Holes Could Soon Collide And Destroy Their Galaxy

One black hole is not to be messed with, let alone two. Astronomers have discovered what appears to be two supermassive black holes just one light-year apart, setting up a collision so massive it could be release as much energy as 100 million supernovas and destroy it’s inside galaxy . Yep. Thankfully, the black holes…

These Guys Traversed The Patagonia Logo In Real Life

You know this ridge line. The Cerro Fitz Roy is so distinct that legendary mountaineer Yvon Chouinard made it the logo for his outdoors gear company — Patagonia. And now, for the fist time, two men have traversed it from start to finish. “Alex and I began our attempt on the traverse on February 12th…

Kim Stanley Robinson Wanted To Go Hiking On Mars, So He Wrote Red Mars

Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy is one of the most important books about terraforming (and interplanetary colonization) of the past 20 years. And Robinson spent 10 years working on it, learning a lot about the subject as he went. But it all started becuase he fantasized about going backpacking on Mars. Over in Kirkus Reviews,…

The mysterious eye of the cosmos is watching you

NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Dayis back with a winner: Saturn’s crescent phase captured by Cassini with its rings and the moon Rhea. It looks like a menacing eye from a colossal evil being from another dimension opening in the darkness of space, watching all of us. There’s an amazing movie too: SPLOID is delicious…

I Couldn’t Have Made It Through CES Without Sheryl Crow

Yesterday I walked across the casino floor of the Venetian, between the rows of clanging slot machines, with my enormous Nexus 6 held to my face so I could quietly listen to this YouTube video, the isolated bass line from Sheryl Crow’s “All I Wanna Do.” It was the only thing that could reliably sooth…

“We wanted to give visitors an intimate view of what it feels like to be in space, with graphic photos and incredible proximity to artifacts, so you can get as close as possible,” says Jennifer Levasseur, curator of a new spacewalk exhibiton view through June 8, 2015 at the National Air and Space Museum.

11 stunning images of rocket launches

That trail behind the Empire State Building is a Minotaur V rocket taking a spacecraft to the Moon. The photo was taken by Ben Cooper from Top of the Rock, Rockefeller Center, 265 miles away from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Here are 10 more phenomenal launch photos from Mr. Cooper: Orion launch on…

Can You Beat This Virtually Unbeatable Poker Algorithm? 

The challenge is on. Computer scientists say they’ve created an algorithm that has essentially solved a version of Texas hold ’em, and it’s guaranteed to beat every single puny human competitor in the long run. Don’t believe it? Why, you can play against the program yourself. Cepheus, as this poker-playing program is called, plays a…

The Elvis Presley Conspiracy Theory That Just Won’t Die

As we gather ’round a mound of fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches, Royal Crown Pomade, sequins, and Col. Tom Parker voodoo dolls in honor of Elvis’ 80th birthday, now’s the perfect moment to revisit the most enduring conspiracy theory that (hound) dogs the King’s legacy. You know it: ELVIS IS ALIVE! The no-longer-in-print Weekly…

Avegant’s Glyph Could Light The Way to Better Virtual Reality

The Avegant Glyph is not a virtual reality headset. It’s not pretending to be an OCULUS KILLER!!! or anything like that. But it does include two ideas that could make VR headsets way, way better. First, let me step back a sec. If the Avegant Glyph isn’t a VR headset, why the heck is it…

India’s Border Patrol Performs Incredible Feats on Motorbikes, Wow

I’m 99.9-percent sure that I’m neither qualified nor eligible to join India’s Border Security Force, but if I could, I would demand to be assigned to the Daredevil Team. This week, the Daredevil Team dressed in fatigues and donned helmets—safety first!—to wow the crowds at the India Republic Day parade. And wow. According to the…

How Astro City Helped Breathe New Life Into Superhero Comics

It’s the 20th birthday of Astro City, Kurt Busiek’s brilliant creator-owned comic about a superhero universe that feels like a more grounded, realistic version of the DC and Marvel universes. And now’s a great time to discover why Astro City is such an important contribution to superhero comics. Over in Slate, Harvard professor and poet…

More Reasons To Marry Your Best Friend

A recent investigation into the causal relationship between marriage and life satisfaction found that people who regard their partner as their best friend derive more satisfaction from their marriages than others. Photo Credit: Nathan Congleton via flickr | CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 How much more life satisfaction are we talking? According to the study, which was…

Who’s Your Favorite Character From Firefly Or Serenity?

Hard to believe, but it’s been 10 years since Serenity hit the big screen. And yet, these characters still live in our hearts. But there can only be ONE best character. So who’s your absolute most favorite character from Firefly and/or Serenity?

Selfie Sticks of CES

Once there were toe shoes. Now, there are selfie sticks. The following is a collection without comment, for your perusal. Welcome to Gizmodo’s coverage of all things CES 2015! For our comprehensive rundown of everything new and shiny at the year’s biggest gadgetorium, check out our pop-up site here.

The Endangered Art of Product Design Sketching, Explained By the Pros 

When it comes to design, nothing beats a model. But it’s also hard to overstate the importance of being able to draw while you develop an idea–whether by hand or by computer. In a new book out in December, two of the best discuss the fine art of, well, art. Koos Eissen is a professor…

Lego Friends Dolls Subvert Gender Stereotypes With Badass Power Suits

Lego’s ‘Friends’ dolls are a popular, if problematic, piece of gendered merchandising – but in the hands of creative Lego fans they can become something much cooler. We’ve had Lego Superfriends, and now thanks to Flickr User Jeffrey Wilson we’ve got the Lego Girls donning Mech suits. How very Bubblegum Crisis! Wilson created the mech…