A New Trailer Pokes Fun at Tomorrowland, While Being Part of Tomorrowland

It’s a rare thing when the makers of a movie have a sense of humor about its failure. But that’s what’s happened with Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland. A new trailer promoting the Blu-ray release jokes about how Tomorrowland’s optimistic viewpoint didn’t play with destruction-craving audiences. (Hence the disappointing box office.) The trailer is for ToxiCosmos: 3…

Brace Yourselves: The Transformers Films Are Getting An Animated Spinoff

We’ve known for a while that Paramount has tasked Akiva Goldsman with creating a writing team that will turn the Transformers cinematic saga into a shared universe. Now we know the first spinoff film to come from the decision… and strangely enough, it goes back to the Transformers’ roots in more ways than one. Included…

The Most Excellent Ways To Cosplay With Your Baby

Many cosplay-loving parents find ways to dress up with their independently-mobile children, but it gets even more interesting when they find a way to incorporate an infant into their costume through baby-wearing. 1. Batman and Robin, Batman The Robin and Batman. Image credit: Wrap Your Baby The dynamic duo are always ready for adventure, and…

What would the Victorian-era equivalent of Reefer Madness look like? For starters, it would probably feature a strong cup of green tea. NPR looks back in time at the panic surrounding the (at the time) not-so-soothing drink—and how it got started in the first place.

A Remake Of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea Is Coming From the Director Of X-Men

Rumors of a 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea remake have been around for years. David Fincher had been attached since 2010 but could never get his vision off the ground. Now, another A-list director has taken control of the Nautilus: Bryan Singer. The director of four X-Men movies announced via his Instagram that 20,000 Leagues…

Drinking Coffee Late in the Day Will Screw Up Your Internal Clock

It’s no secret that drinking coffee shortly before bedtime disrupts sleep, but a new study suggests that caffeine can actually affect our body’s internal clock, pushing back our natural rhythms by nearly an hour. I’m an avid coffee drinker and a true believer in the positive effects of caffeine, but I impose a strict personal…

We Finally Know What Is Sending These Weird Black Hole Light Flashes

When scientists spotted this pair of black holes, it was a rare chance to observe black holes in the process of colliding. Soon, however, as they looked closer, scientists were consumed with a brand new question: Uh, hey, what’s that blinking light? The light isn’t coming from the pair of colliding black holes (named PG…

This Art Showcases the Adorable Side of Mutant Animals

Artist Robert Armbrister’s newest series of “weird, somewhat off” creatures: they are as adorable as they are scary. “A lot of my work is inspired by 1960s ads, UPA-style people and creatures, street art, and euro-comics,” Armbrister told io9. “I strive to create bizarre illustrations that appeal to all ages without dumbing down the subject…

14 Dumbest Ways That Humans Will Survive The Apocalypse

The whole point of a post-apocalyptic story is that someone survives. But when you have a calamity that wipes out 99.9 percent of all humans, then how exactly do you explain the survivors? In honor of the new Maze Runner movie, here are the 14 dumbest ways people survive the apocalypse. 1) God swoops in…

Why the CIA Invented Cough Syrup

Much of the cough syrup on the shelves today owes a little something to the US Navy and the CIA. One of its main effective ingredients was developed by a project funded by both agencies. Learn why. Dextromethorphan (DM), a major ingredient in many cough syrups, is not entirely uncontroversial. At high doses it can…

Behold the Completely Absurd Insanity of Marvel Comics’ 1990s “Cool-O-Meters”

It’s well known that the 90s were a very strange time for comics. Bizarro plots, ridiculous artwork—some of the best “Comics are weird!” moments come from the decade. But these “cool-o-meters”, ripped from the pages of a year of Marvel comics, prove that not every wacky 90s moment came from the story pages of comics.…

The Harry Potter Illustrated Edition Is Stunningly Gorgeous

So you’ve read all seven Harry Potter books multiple times, watched the movies a million times, visited the theme parks, museums and everything in between. How can you keep your Potter love alive? You can soon revisit the series through a whole new set of eyes. Those eyes belong to artist Jim Kay, who has…

Crazy Photo Shows a Seal Using a Whale as a Surfboard

In what appears to be a growing trend among animals these days, a seal was spotted riding on the back of a humpback whale off the coast of Australia’s New South Wales. Top image: ROBYN MALCOLM/DIIMEX.COM The photograph was taken by Robyn Malcolm, who was on a whale watching trip at the time. Image: ROBYN…

The Museum of Science Fiction Is Launching A Scholarly Journal!

The Museum of Science Fiction is well on its way to becoming a brick and mortar museum in Washington DC. Now, they’re going to be launching a scholarly journal: The MOSF Journal of Science Fiction, which will examine the science fiction world through an academic lens. According to the publication’s website, the journal will be…

These Three Vegetables Make Up Almost America’s Entire Vegetable Diet 

Did you guess potatoes as one of them? Because we’re eating a lot of potatoes. So what are all three? First, of course, is the potato, which is responsible for one-third of all American vegetable-eating alone. Add in tomatoes and lettuce and you’ve got a full 60% of every vegetable Americans consumed, with just those…

Here’s Our First Official Look at Luke Cage and the Purple Man in Jessica Jones

The first batch of official photos from Netflix and Marvel’s Jessica Jones have been released. No one looks happy. The series will follow Jones as she recovers from a disastrous end to her superhero career and starts a detective agency, so being serious makes sense. In the photos we’ve also got a glimpses of Jessica…

The Classic Game That Converted Me Into an RPG Fiend

Every gamer has their gamer origin story. Here’s mine. I was probably 10 or 11. I was at my best friend Dustin’s house for his birthday party. Presents had been opened, cake had been devoured. We moved on to playing some game or another when someone goes, “Hey, let’s play Top Secret.” (Dustin makes some…

William Buckland Was Science’s King of Poop

William Buckland was a man of many achievements—most of them poop-centered. No one would be more proud of this than William Buckland. William Buckland eventually became the Dean of Westminster, an impressive achievement, but not the one for which he’s most famous: Buckland was one of the great feces experts of his day. He could…

NASA’s Orion May Not Launch With a Crew Until 2023

NASA’s next-gen spacecraft, Orion, was originally scheduled to launch with astronauts aboard in 2021, but owing to the space agency’s history of running into unexpected problems, it has decided to delay this important test flight by two years. The $6.77 billion Orion project is an effort to expand human space exploration, including possible missions to…

The Walking Dead Gives Us A First Glimpse At The Show’s Next Big Badass

George Miller is already being rumored for another DC movie. How many of the original songs will appear in the new Jungle Book? Marvel confirms that Misty Knight is in Luke Cage. Plus, set pictures from Rogue One, Game of Thrones casting, and a new clip from The Martian. So Many Spoilers! Gambit Director Rupert…