Here Are Barack Obama’s Hands Typing on a Laptop Right Now

President Obama is answering questions on Twitter. This is what it looks like. Here are his hands—on a keyboard. More »

These Pictures of NYC From a Bicycle’s Perspective Are Beautiful

There are all kinds of ways to get great, clever pictures. You can strap your DSLR to the frame of your bike and get amazing angles at high speeds, for instance. That’s what photographer Tom Olesnevich did with his project “NYC By Bike” and the results are fantastic. More »

This Was the First Image of DNA Seen By Humans

The form in this picture is familiar—it’s a double helix, the basis for life, and we’ve seen it over and over. But in 1952, James Watson and Francis Crick laid eyes on these strands for the very first time. More »

Look at These Two Pilots Barely Escape Death

This is completely terrifying. These guys were probably about one second from blowing up in a jet fuel fireball, but they managed to eject with only a hair standing between them and oblivion. Barely. More »

Stare Into the Eye of Saturn’s Terrifying Polar Vortex

If you think the weather looks set to be bad over the winter, thank yourself lucky you’re not caught up in Saturn’s polar vortex. More »

This Is What Happens When a Lion Steals Your Camera

We all worry from time to time about having our tech stolen. But when Ed Hetherington travelled to Zimbabwe for a wildlife photography adventure, he probably didn’t expect to have his camera snatched by a lion. More »

X-Ray Image Shows the iPhone 5 Totally Buck Naked

Ever wonder what it would be like to gaze at the iPhone 5 with superhero-caliber X-ray vision? Wonder no more, because an engineer named Alex Caron has snapped a couple of X-ray images of Apple’s newest smartphone. More »

These Tiny Pyramids Are Microscopic Cages For Cells

Cells are three-dimensional so it makes sense to study them in a three-dimensional context, right? That’s what researchers from the University of Twente in the Netherlands thought, which is why they made these little cages for studying live cells, instead of using a flat petri dish. More »

This Insane Image Shows How Many Planes Are in the Air Right Now for Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving means turkey. Thanksgiving means football. Thanksgiving also means a helluva lot of people taking a helluva lot of flights to get home the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. According to Flightradar24.com, this image shows how many planes that are in the air right now. It’s insane. Safe travels, everybody. [Flight Radar 24 via @BuzzFeedAndrew] More »

Uh, I Think I Have Too Many Kindles

I just started yelling about license limits on Kindle books in Gizmodo’s chatroom… until someone reminded me that I have like 15 registered devices on my account (not counting the ones someone else has activated since, which get wiped out). More »