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Scientist invents math trick to slice bagel into two entangled halves

Bagels are delicious literally no matter which way you slice them—but are they more delicious when cut into a “mathematically perfect” shape? Stony Brook University’s engineering professor George W. Hart thinks he has found the magic formula. Hart created a way to cut bagels into interlocking chains. He thinks it’s the most mathematically correct way…

Like video chats but hate Google+? Good news: You no longer need to have Google+ to use Hangouts. Starting today, you can use Hangouts with your regular Google account on desktop. You still need Google+ for mobile Hangouts, though Google says that’s temporary. You can’t use Hangouts On Air to broadcast your video chats without…

Author Melissa Marr Is Here To Answer Questions About Wicked Lovely!

Author Melissa Marr is here to take your questions! Ask her about her bestselling series Wicked Lovely, what we might expect to see in its movie adaptation, or her brand new novel, Made For You, which she’s also going to be revealing the brand new cover design for! Top image: Cover art from Made For…

The Weird, Eerie World of China’s Knockoff Cities

The best knock-offs in the world are in China. There are plenty of fake designer handbags and Rolexes but China’s knock-offs go way beyond fashion. There are knock-off Apple stores that look so much like the real thing, some employees believe they are working in real Apple stores. And then there are entire knock-off cities.…

​It’s Been A Bad Week For Strong Female Characters

I think I’ve finally discovered what caused my mysterious, unknown apocalypse. I believe the illness known as “con flu” — in which one sick person at a con basically makes every attendee sick — mutated in some way to affect everybody that even thought about Comic-Con this week. Because I feel like shit. But not…

​It’s a Miracle WWI US Naval Destroyers Managed to Hit Anything at All

When you’re on a destroyer steaming full speed through the North Atlantic firing at an enemy ship 15,000 meters away that’s trying its best to sink you, you’d better make well sure your shot hits first. To ensure our sailors stood a fighting chance during WWI’s intense naval engagements, the DoW built and outfitted America’s…

When Los Angeles Was Test-Bombed, They Decided To Throw A Party

In the early 1900s, airplanes were a novelty and a spectacle, but some people were already thinking of what other uses could be made of them. This is why there were thousands of people in Los Angeles running out into the streets to be “bombed.” Roy Knabenshue had both a name and life that sound…

Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Has One of the Best Displays Yet

The key element for a great tablet has always been a truly innovative and top performing display, and the best leading edge tablets have always flaunted their beautiful high tech displays. With its third-generation Surface Pro 3, Microsoft has produced an excellent professional-grade high-performance display for Windows. In fact, based on our extensive lab tests…

A Nest of Copper Foam Lets This Tiny PC Run Silently Without Fans

You eventually tune it out, but the constant whir of a desktop computer’s cooling fans can take a toll on your psyche. It’s like a buzzing mosquito that never strikes, and never stops. So the folks at a German company called Silent Power have created a compact desktop PC that trades noisy fans for a…

How Ford’s Top Interior Designer Puts the Future in the Front Seat

Amko Leenarts is the Director of Interior Design for Ford Motor Company, creating the interior look for Ford’s products worldwide. He spoke with Gizmodo about the design influences, technology, and safety considerations that go into future designs, and later today he’ll be in Gizmodo’s comments section answering your questions. Amko has been with Ford since…

A Shonen-Flavored Webcomic About Monsters Made Of Negative Emotions

Baron Bones is the protagonist of Dan Ciurczak’s webcomic Vibe and a monster fighter. When too many negative emotions well up in a person’s body, they can turn into nasty monsters, and it’s Baron’s job to deal with those bad vibes. Baron hasn’t seen his sister Brigitte in five years. During that time, he’s been…

Talking Motorcycles With The Checkered Flag

John, from The Checkered Flag reached out to ask me some questions about motorcycling. You can read the interview here. https://checkeredflagblog.kinja.com/interview-with-wes-siler-of-indefinitelywild-part-1-1611408939 https://checkeredflagblog.kinja.com/interview-with-wes-siler-of-indefinitelywild-part-2-1611839629

Animated GIFs Have Finally Invaded Street Art

If you had to pinpoint one single reason the internet became such an integral part of our day-to-day lives, the obvious answer would be animated GIFs. They’re what make staring at a screen all day long completely worth your morning commute. But now, a couple of artists have finally found a way to put animated…

Every Martha Stewart Tweet About Drones

A Map Of The U.S., If There Had Never Been A Mexican-American War

In 1846, President James Polk, driven by a belief in Manifest Destiny, waged a war to seize land from Mexico and expand the nation’s boundary from Texas to California. But events could have plausibly gone very differently, resulting in a map of the U.S. that would be significantly unlike the one we have today. When…

Sprint’s New Facebook-Only Data Plan Is a Sad Internet Future

Do you love experiencing the internet only through the foggy, noisy lens of Facebook? How about only reading things on Twitter or peeping links on Pinterest or stalking friends on Instagram? Then you’re going to love Sprint’s new hyper-focused data plans. For $12 a month, you can use one of the services as much as…

Which Of Today’s Technologies Will Most Mystify Future Generations?

When new technologies come out they can be awe-inspiring, and then a few generations go by and yesterday’s shiny new toy is today’s stunning inconvenience. Today we want to know about the technologies that will most make future generations go: “Really?” It might be something that will puzzle archaeologists thousands of years from now. Or…

These Maniacs Cooked Steak With Molten Lava and Lightning

What have you grilled on this summer? A propane burner? A charcoal fire? Maybe even a fire pit? How about A RIVER OF LAVA? That’s exactly how the gastronomical adventurers at Bompas & Parr recently cooked up two huge steaks—and then they used lightning. Bompas & Parr, you may recall, make their living doing crazy…

The Awesome Sight Of 14,465 Pounds Of Freight Being Lifted Into Space

Earlier today in French Guiana, the ESA successfully launched an Ariane 5 rocket into space as part of its fifth and final Automated Transfer Vehicle mission. The vehicle is headed for the International Space Station where it will deposit its precious cargo. The launcher, called Georges Lemaître, is the fifth ATV built and launched by…

Guardians of the Galaxy Review: Shut Up and Go See It

Let’s not mince words here. Guardians of the Galaxy is awesome, hilarious, super fun, and you should go see it. [This review will contain ZERO spoilers, because spoilers are dumb.] My disclaimer is that I’d never read the comics and was going into this completely blind. Although given that the title it’s based on isn’t…