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It might be the second half of November, but the wildfire season in California is now functionally approaching a 365-days-a-year crisis, with two massive blazes burning down huge swathes of the state. The Woolsey Fire and the Camp Fire are slowly approaching containment, but not before the former destroyed whole sections of Malibu and the latter wiped the town of Paradise off the map, resulting in over 75 deaths and over a thousand names lingering on a list of missing individuals.
Gizmodo spent much of the last week covering the devastating fires in California—such as the daunting questions of what went wrong and how communities affected by the fires will rebuild. We also covered happenings elsewhere, like how New Yorkers are reacting to the news they will play host to Amazon’s HQ2, the death of comics legend Stan Lee, and how toy guns can stop invasive snakes. So here is this week’s best of Gizmodo, below:
New York Politicians Suggest a Better Place Jeff Bezos Can Stick His New Headquarters
Long Island City—Hundreds gathered this afternoon at Gordon Triangle, smack dab in the middle of a…
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California's Wildfires Have Spawned a Truly Weird New Conspiracy Theory
This month, California has been gripped by three devastating wildfires: Northern California’s Camp…
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What Happens After an Entire Town Burns to the Ground?
Everyone who fled the Camp Fire has a story about when they knew things were going to be very, very …
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The Biologists Using Toy Guns to Thwart a Pacific Snake Invasion
Adam Knox was a week into learning how to capture brown tree snakes on the Pacific island of Guam…
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Meet the Heroes Who Saved Malibu's Horses From a Fiery Inferno
As residents of Malibu fled their seaside city in droves to escape a raging wildfire on Thursday,…
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The First Detective Pikachu Movie Trailer Is as Creepy as It Is Fun
Wildly unbelievable though it may be, the Detective Pikachu movie is definitely a real thing that…
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Legendary Creator Stan Lee, Who Changed Comics and Pop Culture Forever, Is Dead at 95
Stan Lee, the public face of Marvel Comics and co-creator of iconic superheroes such as Spider-Man, …
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6 Big Things We Hope to See From Star Wars: Episode IX
In little over a year, we’ll be seeing the third and final chapter of Star Wars’ latest trilogy,…
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Ralph Breaks the Internet's Exploration of Online Culture Isn't Flawless, But It's a Lot of Fun
Ralph Breaks the Internet is an insanely ambitious movie. It is jam-packed with fascinating ideas…
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How Will We Know the World Is Ending?
Visions of the end of the world tend to extremes—the planet fatally fracked, flooded, hurricaned,…
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