Robbie Gonzalez

Image Comics’ 2015 Lineup Looks Excellent

Image Comics held its fifth annual Image Expo in San Francisco this week, where it unveiled the 18 new titles in its 2015 launch lineup. This year’s highlights include new projects from Brian K. Vaughan (Saga, Y: The Last Man) and Image Comics founder Todd McFarlane (Spawn). The Hollywood Reporter has the full list of…

The World’s Largest Jigsaw Puzzle, Solved

It’s 33,600 pieces, and yes, it is gigantic. Redditor manne0708 submitted the photos to imgur earlier today. She says it took about 450 active hours, over the course of two and a half months, to solve. manne0708 has been answering questions about the puzzle on Reddit for the past several hours, so head there for…

‘Surviving Together Is All That Matters’ In New Walking Dead Trailer

The teaser for the second half of The Walking Dead Season Five is all about togetherness. Also violence! Isn’t camaraderie the sweetest? The Walking Dead returns Sunday, February 8th at 9/8c.

Star Wars Spinoff Movie Loses Scriptwriter Gary Whitta

We were excited to hear that Gary Whitta would be producing a screenplay for the standalone Star Wars film, to be directed by Godzilla’s Gareth Edwards. But now, Whitta has left the collaboration and is reportedly moving on to his next, unknown project. https://gizmodo.com/the-first-star-wars-spin-off-movie-could-be-a-space-hei-1662647773 THR has the scoop: One of the projects on his docket…

Are Bicyclists Jerks, Or Are They Just Being Safe?

Do you disobey traffic laws when you’re on your bike? I do, from time to time. So do a lot of other people. And we do it more, it seems, than we would in a car. Why is that? Are bicyclists contemptible jerks, or is there a method to our lawbreaking ways? Photo Credit: George…

A Koala Soaks His Paws After Being Rescued From A Bush Fire

A bush fire in Adelaide, Australia imperiled humans and animals alike this week. Jeremy, the young male koala pictured here, was the first bushfire victim to pass through the Australian Marine Wildlife Research & Rescue Organization’s wildlife clinic. Photo Credit: Aaron Machado via AMWRRO Via the organization’s website: A fantastic effort by four agencies (CFS,…

Incredible Spinal Cord Implant Helps Paralyzed Rats Walk Again

Researchers have developed a thin, electrode-embedded ribbon which, when implanted along the spinal cord, lets paralyzed rats move again. Researchers are hoping to advance to clinical trials in humans soon. [École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne]

This Impact Crater On Mars Is Just Two Years Old

Mars is covered in craters. Most of them are very old. The one you see here is, at most, two years and four months young – certified fresh, in cosmic terms. Photo Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona Scientists keep pretty close tabs on Mars’ terrain. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been orbiting the planet since…

This Machine Turns Poop Into Drinkable Water

Water to wine? Yawn. The Janicki Omniprocessor turns human waste in sewer sludge into drinking water and electricity, in about five minutes. Here’s how it works. “The water tasted as good as any I’ve had out of a bottle,” writes Bill Gates, who visited the facility in November to try the water for himself (the…

David Attenborough Just Kicking It With A Flying Swan Is The Best

Here’s your daily dose of general adorableness: HD footage of a swan flying within arm’s reach of David Attenborough, who is chilling on a boat, narrating and cooing and chuckling and just taking it all in, man. The clip is from “David Attenborough’s Conquest Of The Skies” (which, aggressive title much? Is there some definition…

Report: Earth’s Fossil Fuel Reserves Need To Stay In The Ground

A study published in this week’s issue of Nature is the first to identify the quantity and geographical distribution of fossil fuels that must remain unused in order to keep global temperature rise below 2°C. Write study authors Christophe McGlade and Paul Ekins, both of University College London’s Institute for Sustainable Resources: Our results suggest…

“We wanted to give visitors an intimate view of what it feels like to be in space, with graphic photos and incredible proximity to artifacts, so you can get as close as possible,” says Jennifer Levasseur, curator of a new spacewalk exhibiton view through June 8, 2015 at the National Air and Space Museum.

More Reasons To Marry Your Best Friend

A recent investigation into the causal relationship between marriage and life satisfaction found that people who regard their partner as their best friend derive more satisfaction from their marriages than others. Photo Credit: Nathan Congleton via flickr | CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 How much more life satisfaction are we talking? According to the study, which was…

How Do We Deal With The Failings Of Our Science Heroes?

Science, it’s important to remind ourselves, is performed by people; and people are chronically fallible. All scientists fail, and not always honorably. The question Ben Lillie, master of ceremonies at the always-excellent Story Collider, poses, is this: What do you do when our heroes misstep, misspeak, or are otherwise undone? “I don’t have good answers…

Men Can Live 20 Years Longer… But There’s A High Cost

Men, what would you be willing to give up to live a couple decades longer? Think carefully before you answer. Research has shown that men who are castrated may have significantly longer lifespans. Here’s what we know. Photo Credit: Colby Stopa via flickr | CC BY 2.0 Behavior or Biology? You’ve probably heard about the…

Carl Sagan Saying ‘Billion.’ Once. In Slow Motion. For One Hour.

By rights, this is what space should sound like. Reader John Kannenberg sent us a really weird recording of Carl Sagan saying the word “billion” during the first episode of Cosmos. Actually, what’s weird about the audio isn’t Sagan saying “billion” (he did that kind of a lot), but that it’s been stretched out to…

Yunnan, China’s Vanishing Paddy Fields

Photographer Samuel Peck recently visited Yunnan, China to capture images of its paddy fields. The region’s vast swaths of flooded, arable land are among the largest and most scenic on Earth. When he arrived, however, Peck learned of their rapid disappearance – a vanishing act spurred by aggressive urbanization and a burgeoning tourism industry. “To…

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Gets The #upgoerfive Treatment

“Up Goer Five” is a webcomic by XKCD’s Randall Munroe that describes NASA’s Saturn V Rocket using only the 1,000 most commonly used words in English. The comic spawned many #upgoerfive spinoffs – some of them excellent. Now, somebody’s given the #upgoerfive treatment to SpaceX’s reusable Falcon 9 rocket. Redditor surrender 52, who modeled his…

Early Start-Times Are Robbing You Of Sleep

Everyone knows quality sleep is important, but getting more of it can be difficult. A growing body of evidence suggests early start-times for work and education may be to blame. The latest findings to link early start times to poor sleep hygiene appear in the January issue of the journalSleep. A team led by Mathias…

The Correct Way(s) To Load A Dishwasher

The dishwasher! The perennial optimization problem. Even the chronically untidy have been known to harbor strong opinions on efficient loading technique. But did you know dishwasher manuals actually include photos and illustrations of ideal rack layouts? (Be honest – did you even realize your dishwasher had a manual?) Joe Clark “downloaded one or more instruction…