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What’s the Loch Ness Monster been up to lately? Being mistaken for “fallen trees and branches from a woodland,” apparently. Hang in there, Nessie. You’ve fooled ’em this long — don’t give up the game yet!

This review of the 2015 Lego Le Mans race car makes me want it even more

Gigantic Technic race cars are one of my favorite things on the planet. It’s rare that Lego puts these out so when they do come along, it is always something special. Technic master Sariel got his hands on an advance copy of the 1219 piece 24 Hours Race Car (42039). In this rather lengthy video,…

What If the Robot Uprising Was an Anti-War Movement?

Most science fiction assumes that when the robots rise up and achieve self-awareness, they’ll want to murder us. But what if they rebelled by rejecting the human habits of making war and killing? That’s the premise of my new science fiction short story, “Drones Don’t Kill People,” in Lightspeed Magazine. Here’s how the story starts:…

Great Gift Ideas For The 10 Major Species Of Science Fiction Fan

Finding the perfect gift for the beloved fan in your life can be a major challenge — but the first step to success is to know what kind of fan you’re dealing with. What does this person truly love, above all else? Once you know that, you’re set. Here’s our complete guide to gifts for…

The Fucking Mac Calendar 1 Is Now Off Fucking Center Too!

JESUSASFDG&$HGDRT%EGHJKN/!)YBDMGÑCHRIST! They did it again. Look at it! Look at that freaking haters-gonna-hate number 1 proudly walking through OS X’s dock! Some (asshole) reader made me notice this today and now I want to punch my MacBook Pro Retina screen like Joe Pesci. I thought we had won this war. I thought that, after much…

The Most Astonishing Crop Circle Artworks of 2014

Crop circles are among the few human artworks visible from space. And it seems like every year, they become more beautiful, mysterious and strange. Here are some of our favorite crop circle artworks of the past year. Pebworth, Worcestershire, UK, May 2014 (via Crop Circle Connector) Hanford, Dorset, UK, June 2014 (via Temporary Temples) Boskovic,…

How Rock and Roll Found Satan — And Why That Was a Good Thing

Peter Bebergal’s Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll is a must-read for anyone who prefers their music loud, riff-driven, and loaded with lyrics about Satan, wizards, and mystical quests. Bebergal, an academic by day (he studied at Harvard’s Divinity School) and metal head by both day and night, is also…

Detroit Suburbanites Add Value to Their House by Declaring It Haunted

If The Amityville Horror taught us anything, it’s that a supernatural infestation (real or completely fabricated) can be the most profitable real-estate “problem” to have. That’s why officials in Detroit suburb Royal Oak, Mich. are allowing a ghost-hunting club to conduct tours of a supposedly haunted house in town. Built in 1845, the Orson Starr…

Steve Wozniak Is Making a Reality TV Show About Futuristic Tech

Engineer, philanthropist, Apple co-founder and Gizmodo contributor Steve Wozniak is teaming up with Mythbusters’ Kari Byron (seen in the photo above) for an upcoming reality show called The Woz. The show will feature Woz testing futuristic gadgets hands-on. The press release says it “introduces the audience to facilities where science fiction is quickly becoming reality.”…

How Once Upon A Time Stole Back Its Soul From Frozen

Hey everybody, Once Upon A Time is back (somewhat). Somehow, last night’s episode managed to free itself from the deathly cold grip of Frozen and kick us right in the feels—if only for a second, but hell, we’ll take it. The best thing about the last episode of Once Upon A Time is that it…

Trailer For The Man With The Iron Fists 2: A Good Day To Iron Fists

Okay, maybe that subtitle isn’t real, and maybe the first Man with the Iron Fists wasn’t the cinematic masterpiece we were hoping for. But it seems wrong somehow to ignore any martial arts film produced by a member of the Wu-Tang Clan (besides, this time someone else is directing it). Sure, it doesn’t have Russell…

This trio of Lego Groot seedlings are the cutest thing today

Sean and Steph Mayo have made an adorable seedling Groot. Commissioned and sold for charity I’m not sure how the new owner is going to resist carrying it around at all times. This baby Groot by Jack M. utilizes the leftover surround piece for some Lego foliage as part of the build. I really like…

This Wristband Will Zap You With 255 Volts When You Misbehave

For the masochists among you: A U.S. company has just raised $254,133 via an Indiegogo campaign to fund a wearable “personal coach” that shocks you into self-directed compliant behavior. It’s called Pavlok — as in Pavlovian conditioning — a habit changing device that will shock you with 255 volts when it detects undesirable behavior, such…

This Prank Face Heater Should Be Real

This is a prank face heater called HotLips you can purchase to trick a family member or loved one over the holidays. It is also something that should (with some significant modifications) totally exist already and I want one. I am of the opinion that you should not pull pranks unless you are a mischievous…

Why the MCU doesn’t need Nova yet

James Gunn confirmed over the weekend that alas, Nova wouldn’t be making his Marvel Cinematic Universe début in Guardians of the Galaxy 2. A disappointment for fans of the Marvel Cosmic surely, but honestly – we shouldn’t be that broken up that Nova isn’t coming to the big screen yet. Gunn’s reasoning that the ‘uniqueness’…

This Iconic Coffee Maker Just Got a Super Stylish Facelift 

The Moka Pot is one of the most time-honored—yet often misunderstood—ways to make coffee. It’s also one of the most recognizable kitchen gadgets, thanks to the ubiquitous Italian design left largely unchanged since 1933. A new collaboration between Blue Bottle Coffee and designer Joey Roth revamps the Moka Pot with a brand-new and pretty-dang-beautiful design.…

Planet For Sale, Gently Used

Up for a creative challenge? Let’s see your advertisement blurbs for planets, real or imagined. https://observationdeck.kinja.com/creative-challenge-earth-for-sale-1664978088

Remember the 90s Panic That Power Lines Caused Cancer?

“The potential danger from EM fields is making millions of human beings into test animals,” Ted Koppel solemnly intones in a 1990 Nightline report on electromagnetic fields from power lines. But two decades and hundreds of studies later, there has been no great cancer epidemic caused by power lines. Why did we get so scared…

A Hilarious Time Travel Film About A Cyborg Who Steals From The Past

If you’ve watched the goofy George Lucas Special Edition Star Wars: Episode VII trailer, you’ve already been exposed to director and VFX artist Michael Shanks‘ work. Here, though, we get something original from him: a comedy about a stranded astronaut who uses a time machine on a post-apocalyptic Earth. Shanks wrote, directed, and provided many…

3D printers are poised to revolutionize the ways face transplants are done. Using a new technique, face replicas can now be made in accordance to bone grafts, metal plates, and the underlying bone structure of the skull. The new procedure is faster and with improved outcomes. Read more at Live Science.