This Incredible Space Aurora Video Trumps Any Earth Fly-By—Ever

This breathtaking time-lapse of Earth’s auroras as seen from the flying International Space Station is one of the most beautiful videos I’ve seen in my life. I can’t even begin to imagine the feelings that astronauts must experience when they watch this in real time. More »

This Fluid Fly-By Video Is the Most Astonishing View of Earth I’ve Ever Seen

This weekend NASA published an awesome time-lapse flyby of planet Earth taken from the International Space Station. Awesome, but jerky—until now. Someone interpolated the original frames to achieve this smooth as silk motion film. It’ll leave you stupefied. More »

Awesome Sandcrawler Building Is George Lucas’ First Good Idea in 28 Years

Yes, this eight-story building looks like a Jawa sandcrawler made of glass and steel because it is a sandcrawler made of glass and steel. Lucasfilm is now building it in Singapore. It will be their first overseas production facility. More »

These Unprecedented Hubble Movies Just Left Me Speechless

When I first saw these never-before-seen time-lapse videos—captured over the course of 14 years by the Hubble Space Telescope—I just couldn’t believe my eyes. Hubble photos can be beautiful, but these videos just left me speechless. More »

Wacom Inkling May Become My Favorite Gadget of All Time

Being an obsessive compulsive sketching bastard, I’m all shades of erect looking at the new Wacom Inkling. With an exquisite design and 1024 levels of pressure, it looks like the perfect device for anyone who sketches anything, from illustrators to architects. More »

Startling Video Shows the Dramatic Effect of Humans on Earth

Anthropologist and Gizmodo friend Félix Pharand is mapping the effect of humans on planet Earth. His latest video—which shows cities, transmission lines, pipelines, roads and railways with amazing detail—is simply spectacular. Play it at full screen. More »

Taga Bike Is So Cool It Makes Me Want to Have Kids

At $1495, the Taga Bike may seem like an expensive proposition, but given the prices of bikes and baby trolleys, I would get one. Also, this thing is bloody awesome: it transforms from bike to trolley in 20 seconds! More »

Steve Jobs Invented Your Dell PC and Your Android Phone

Hate him or love him, but this man lead some of the most talented bands of engineers in the history of the planet to create gadgets that have changed the way we understand technology. Here are his greatest works. More »

All the Videos of the East Coast Earthquake (Updating)

Just within minutes after the Earthquake hit the Eastern seaboard videos are popping all over. Here’s a gallery. Updating: This video from Virginia shows some real destruction. More »

The Woot On Cougars, Sext and Other English Words In the Last 100 Years

Last week, the new edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary included words like sexting, retweet and mankini for the first time. This article explains the many weird changes that the dictionary went through since its first edition in 1911. More »