Has the crop circle hoax spread to Mars? Or is something else going on? Actually, these nautilus-like spirals are the result of previously-undiscovered lava flows. Take a look at how Mars gained geometry. These coiling flow patterns have been found on Earth volcanoes, but never before on Mars. Arizona State University graduate student Andrew Ryan … Continued

I’m literally drooling over this cutting board. It has everything you need to chop, peel, and dice, besides knives. Jam-packed with features, the Curtis Stone Workbench cutting board has the potential to seriously step up your cooking game. At 22 inches by 14 inches, it’s got three stainless steel measuring cups built inside, so as … Continued

Google Glass researcher Sebastian Thrun recently chatted with Charlie Rose—and showed off his prototype awesome and possibly dumb-looking face computer. We haven’t learned anything groundbreaking, but boy, the picture he took of Charlie sure looks bad. https://gizmodo.com/google-glasses-first-look-would-you-wear-these-augment-5899091 Maybe it’s the fact that Rose’s set is a scientifically inexplicable void of light, but this looks like … Continued

Over on imgur, somevelvetmorning has put together a great little gallery cataloguing the creation of the wicked Dalek dress featured here (there’s even a helmet!). By far the best part about this little DIY project are the iconic hemispheres lining the dress’ “panels” — according to somevelvetmorning, they’re actually made from the little plastic balls … Continued

In April, the io9 Book Club read Naomi Novik’s His Majesty’s Dragon, the first novel in the Temeraire series (the seventh novel, Crucible of Gold, just came out). Now Novik is coming to answer your questions about the book tomorrow, April 27. https://gizmodo.com/the-io9-book-club-is-in-session-lets-talk-about-his-ma-5904564 She’ll be landing in the comment thread on this very post on … Continued

The NFL Draft is exciting, but holy hell does it take forever. Once the top picks are all gone, you’ll find yourself anxiously waiting around, watching millionaires in suits deliberate their next move. Here’s how you’re going to keep yourself occupied in the meantime. Image via HomeArt/Shutterstock.com Vibrating Football Long before there were Madden video … Continued

Shawn Corrigan is by some accounts the hardest-working photography assistant in the history of hard-working people. But since he can’t join every single photographer on every single shoot, he put together a list of everything you’d need to replicate having a badass sidekick. Here’s his full list: -A Fully Charged iPod with at least 3-4 … Continued

Those North Koreans are a joke, starting with their stupid leaders, their military imbeciles, the moronic scientists and the state party sheep that cry for their dead leaders while half of the country is dying of starvation. Witness their latest inanity after failing to launch another of their useless rockets: a parade of fake long-range … Continued

Prairie dogs may have the most extensive vocabulary of any animal other than humans. They can actually distinguish, linguistically, between a short human in a blue shirt and a tall human in a yellow shirt. Find out what prairie dogs talk about, and whether or not they like the color of your shirt. Since prairie … Continued

Technicolor film was not color film, and it did not produce anything like lifelike colors. But how did it produce color movies? And why did those colors glow? And why did all of it lead to Dorothy getting ruby slippers? As anyone who has seen an old Technicolor film knows, it looks weird. Blue eyes … Continued

In an attempt to stop people from queuing up unpopular songs in its public Spotify-powered sound system, the folks at Agency Republic created this interactive wall poster that can be used to easily skip tracks. All you have to do is slap, hit, fire, or throw something at it. Anyone working in the studio’s office … Continued

Since the Canon 5D Mark II emerged almost four years ago, many pro videographers on a budget have shot their material exclusively with DSLRs. They’ve loved every minute of it. But they’ve been waiting for the next big thing—a dedicated video camera with a large sensor, interchangeable lenses, and no compromises. The Canon C300 might … Continued

You’ve seen our breakdown of the horrors that await the half-naked Noomi Rapace in the medical pod of Prometheus — now watch big parts of that scene get filmed in this behind-the-scenes look at Ridley Scott’s movie. Plus there’s plenty of new David action — and now we know why Charlize Theron is freaking out … Continued

People are lazy—that’s why we love technology! But not everything’s as good a deal as it seems. Here’s a list of tech products and services you shouldn’t ever blow your money on from our friends at Laptop Magazine. Earlier this month, millions of Americans filed their income tax returns, but so many continue to pay … Continued

How far from the Lunar Module did the Apollo 11 astronauts wander after touching down on the surface of the Moon? Five meters? Twenty? How far did their “small steps” actually carry them? If you’re like most people, you probably have no idea. Fortunately for us, NASA has the answer. The diagrams featured below were … Continued

Every job calls for a specific tool, like baseball requires a bat, a nail requires a hammer, and a bad movie hinges on Brendan Fraser. Then there are those jobs that you just need an all-around functional tool, one that can easily travel with you anywhere. That’s where this Swiss+Tech Micro-Max 19-in-1 Keychain Multitool comes … Continued

We’re not shocked that a Buffy blue film exists — indeed, the market is saturated with XXX parodies and we knew this was coming anyway — but there’s something magically off-kilter about this orifice flick from Adam & Eve Pictures and director Leeroy Myers. It’s like a journey to Dimension Bootleg, which happens to be … Continued

Nikon Rumors has people telling them that the heir apparent to the Nikon D700—the full frame DSLR that went toe-to-toe with the Canon 5D MK II)—could arrive this summer, and will be called the Nikon D600. Next to no specs were offered up by this anonymous source, except that it will be an “entry level” … Continued

Aardman Animations has paid tribute to weird gadgets and strange machinations with the Wallace and Gromit series and the movie Chicken Run. And Pirates! Band of Misfits, which opens tomorrow, sees a pirate crew running up against Charles Darwin and other scientists, in Victorian England. So just how steampunk does it get? We had to … Continued

The future of sexuality is here, and boy it’s predictably sad and weird: girls stripping for Bitcoin tips, a virtual currency that’s not really worth anything. Start mining yer coins, boys! Welcome to GirlsGoneBitcoin. Of course, as FWD’s Katie Notopoulos reports, this is taking place on Reddit. Where else would the pretense of paying via … Continued