The Saddest and Strangest Tales of Animals in Space
Ham the juvenile chimp with trainers at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on January 31, 1961.Photo: NASA From spiders struggling to make webs in orbit to bats clinging to the outside of…
How Many of These Stupid-Hard Puzzles Can You Solve?
Alicia and Bruno are each given a different natural number in secret (1 is the smallest natural number, 2 is the second smallest, and so on). They are then tasked…
Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: Do Your Coworkers Make More Money Than You?
We all keep secrets. It’s easy to do once you’ve committed to it. Just don’t say anything. But it can be harder when you want to share a little bit…
Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: Can You Solve This Viral Math Test Problem?
Every few months, a math problem goes viral on social media. Disappointingly often, it lacks mathematical meat. It seems over half of them boil down to the order of operations.…
Spider-Man 2’s Writers Break Down the Game’s Big Spoilers
Like the original Spider-Man and Spider-Man: Miles Morales before it, the recently released Spider-Man 2 is a bombastic superhero journey. With two Spider-Men on hand in Peter Parker and Miles…
New Fall of X Books Bring Finality and Weirdness to the Krakoa Komics
Image: Leonard Kirk/Marvel Comics The creators: Ed Brisson (Predator) & Scott Godlewski (Batman vs. Robin) The pitch: Alpha Flight has previously worked with the X-Men in the past, but more…