The Science of Taste Or: Why Dry-Aged Meat Is So Damned Delicious

Dry-aged meat is crazy expensive. But oh man is it delicious. The dean of food science writers, Harold McGee, writes in Lucky Peach Issue 2 about what makes it taste so good—and what makes other things taste, well, not so good. More »

Norway Ran Out of Butter Because the Entire Country Ate It All for Their Fad Diet

Believe it or not, Norway is out of butter. Like seriously. According to Reuters, they’ve got none. Zero. Zilch. Null. Hilariously, it’s all because of a fad diet that demands people to eat more fat. You can’t make this stuff up! More »

Remote Control Inflatable Flying Fish Is Your Freakishly Fun Deal of the Day

There comes a time in every person’s life when it is so damn hard to make a decision. Today, I have reached that point. This big ass remote control flying fish just went on sale and I can’t figure out for the life of me which fish is the better call. Do I wanna pull a prank on my brother when he wakes up with the mother freakin’ shark? Or is the giant clownfish lovable but also comedic enough on its own? Why does it have to come down to Jaws or Nemo? Life is hard. Screw it, for $22 a piece, I can afford to get both. From today on, it’s shark week every week. —NG More »

WebOS Lives! (Update: And HP’s Still Making Tablets)

In the most dramatic stay of execution since Robin Hood shot an arrow through Little John’s noose, HP has decided that webOS will live on as open source. And there was much merriment and backslappery throughout the land! Also: good work, HP. This couldn’t have worked out better. More »

Today at Giz Gallery: MakerBot Art

Woohoo! So far this week I’ve been shot in the face with Nerf guns, blown away by a massive home theater, and tickled to tears of joy by the Santa Claw. Today at Gizmodo Gallery, you get a dose of geeky arts and crafts stimulation. More »

This Is the Crap Tablet Apple Thinks Samsung Should Make

This image shows Apple lawyers’ wet dream for a Samsung tablet. It demonstrates one thing: the Apple lawyers who described it are imbeciles and/or clueless mischievous snakes. Just as much as Samsung’s product designers are unimaginative shameless cloning bastards. More »

Super Chill Gifties for Your Stoner Uncle

Hey, don’t judge, it’s for his back injury! He’s totally got a prescription. It’s legal in, like, a bunch of states. The health effects are basically unknown because the medical industrial complex doesn’t want you to know that it’s medicine. Free, wonderful medicine from nature. And besides. Get him a good gift and he’s totally going to hook you up before next year’s Identity Festival. Hopefully. More »

White Box Brings an Artistic Touch to the Gizmodo Gallery Tonight at 9pm

In case you hadn’t noticed, we’ve completely invaded the White Box. In return for putting up with our giant claw game, crazy parties, Nerf wars and loud home theater we’re giving White Box free reign with the Gallery on Friday night. More »

Why the Hell Would You Want a Touchscreen on Your Ultrabook?

Digitimes has unnamed sources telling them that laptop manufacturers are anticipating the Metro UI of Windows 8 and are planning to equip upcoming ultrabooks with touchpanels. Really? Touchscreens on our laptops? Why? More »

Five Apps Better Than Twitter’s New Train Wreck

Twitter has undergone a major transformation. Like a caterpillar that’s emerged as a weird looking tiny-text butterfly that hates direct messages. Some will embrace Twitter’s change in design philosophy, but grizzled social media veterans already hate it. More »