One Of The Original X-Men Has Come Out As Gay

Over the years, there’s been a steady rise of out gay superheroes in both Marvel and DC’s rosters — and now that number has grown a little larger, with the revelation in tomorrow’s All-New X-Men #40 that one of the founding members of the X-Men is gay. Spoilers, of course, for All-New X-Men #40 below!…

This Map Shows The Places Farthest Away From Every Coastline On Earth

Summer will soon be upon us, and with that season will come a question: Where is the nearest beach? As this heat map of distance from a coastline from NASA’s Ocean Biology Processing Group shows, for some of us that answer is quite close, while many of us are nowhere near our closest coastline. Of…

This Devious Fish Basically Reenacts The Thing To Catch Its Prey

This is an adorable fish and a horror movie, all rolled into one. When it sees a school of other fish, it checks ‘em out, works for weeks to blend in with them, and then it systematically murders their young. When caught, it starts all over again. This fish is adorably called the dottyback. It’s…

Inside The World’s 3rd Largest Cave

The world’s third largest cave has “rooms” that stand 330 feet high and span 600 feet across. It’s so spectacular that it’s playing home to several upcoming blockbusters, including this summer’s Pan, and others the force compels us not to disclose. We hiked through the Vietnamese jungle to explore it. Hang En translates to “swift”…

Which Word Has The Most Fascinating Backstory Behind It?

We use words to tell stories, but words often have their own stories behind them that can be just as interesting as anything we can come up with. Today, we want to know about the word with the best story behind it. Maybe it’s a word that changed its meaning throughout the years, or a…

Robots Test George Clooney’s Home Security In New Tomorrowland Trailer

This third Tomorrowland trailer not only includes a ton of new footage, but a decent portion of an entire scene — one where androids invade George Clooney’s house, only to discover his rather impressive home security system. But it’s only made us more intrigued in Brad Bird’s new film. Given how many trailers nowadays spoil…

A New York Judge Has Granted Legal Person Rights To Chimpanzees [Updated]

For the first time in U.S. history, a supreme court has granted a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of two lab chimpanzees, effectively recognizing them as legal persons. While the future of the chimps has not yet been decided, it’s a huge step forward in establishing personhood status for highly sapient animals. Update 04/21/15…

Why Wait For Official Daredevil Toys When There’s Great Custom Figures?

If you’re anything like me, the moment you finished tearing your way through Daredevil on Netflix, you wanted a little Matt Murdock for your toy shelf as soon as possible. Although official Daredevil figures might be a long way off, the custom community is already making amazing figures to sell. Already there’s some great figures…

Does The Batman V. Superman Trailer Hide A Huge DC Universe Easter Egg?

We know who’s writing Captain Marvel. Find out when we’re getting the next Transformers movie. See Captain America: Civil War set photos, and cool posters for Batman v. Superman, Fantastic Four and Tomorrowland. Could Diggle suit up in the next season of Arrow? Plus, Robin Lord Taylor talks Gotham. So many spoilers! Top image: Batman…

The Agents of SHIELD Spinoff Will Follow Mockingbird and Lance Hunter

Well, this is interesting. It looks like the Agents of SHIELD spinoff and Marvel show being helmed by writer-producer John Ridley aren’t one and the same. And we finally know who the Agents of SHIELD spinoff will follow. So there are two new Marvel TV shows in the works at ABC, but nothing new on…

This Isn’t a Lens Flare, It’s a Galaxy

From the Hubble comes this image of an elliptical galaxy called IC 2006. It’s a huge bright spot, like an eye in the universe. Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA Image acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt and J. Blakeslee (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory). There is a mystery associated with elliptical galaxies. From NASA: Massive elliptical galaxies like these are…

Mr. X Sounds Like One Of The Year’s Worst Movies. Can’t Wait To See It!

Here’s the trailer for Mr. X, a new movie that rocked the box office in India this past weekend. Similar to the classic superhero drama Mr. India, it’s about a man who gains the power of invisibility, and uses it to take revenge on the bad guys. And find love! Sadly, Mr. X is getting…

This week is National Park Week! From April 18—26, parks across the U.S. will be celebrating with walks, movies, talks, and tours, which you can find by searching the National Park Week Event Calendar. You can also click here to find the park nearest you.

R.L. Stine Explains Why It’s Gotten Harder To Scare Teenagers

Since 1989, R.L. Stine has been scaring teenagers, first with the Goosebumps books and now with the Fear Street series. But it’s gotten tougher — as he tells Time, it’s hard to keep up with technology, as well as shifting teenage trends. Stine tells Time: It’s actually much harder [to scare teenagers now], because the…

Life Is Perfect For Phil On Last Man On Earth—Then It’s Worse Than Ever

For a brief, fleeting moment, everything is perfect in Phil Miller’s life. He has what he thinks he wants, and he’s determined to keep it that way. But if there’s one rule in The Last Man on Earth, it’s that the universe hates Phil and wants him to be as miserable as possible. “Moved to…

Don’t Ever Touch This Fish

Yes, this fish has spines. Yes, this fish releases toxins. No, that’s not the reason why you shouldn’t touch it, though. You’ll know why you shouldn’t touch it when you find out what it has instead of scales. Image: Luc Viatour / www.Lucnix.be The mandarinfish has a few good qualities. It engages in a charming…

Some Of The Most Amazing Dirt Cheap Homemade Robots Ever Built

Robots have come a long way in the past few decades — but some of the coolest advances in robotics haven’t come from huge companies or massive university labs. Makers, inventors, tinkerers and builders have been creating some to-die-for robots for years now. Check out some videos of the very best DIY cheap robots. PET,…

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Crickets Alone Will Not Save You, Futurist Foodies

“Eating bugs is a great idea!” shout future-minded gourmets, the kinds of people who eat waxworm tacos willingly and feed bug cookies to their coworkers. But are insects like crickets and grasshoppers really the solution to our environmental and food-security woes? Well… maybe not. Not entirely, at least. https://gizmodo.com/i-ate-fried-caterpillars-and-so-can-you-512202482 https://gizmodo.com/bug-eating-is-a-great-idea-and-we-should-all-be-doing-m-1494525087 https://gizmodo.com/should-you-really-start-eating-insects-509900937 At Real Future, Alexis…

The Best Of Star Wars Celebration In One Video 

Here is a comprehensive look at almost everything from this past weekend’s Star Wars Celebration including clips of panels, cosplay and video straight from the floor. Here’s our personal point of view from inside the belly of the Sarlacc Sidenote: the tattoo in the footage is from artist Mike Bianco. Video by Meredith Woerner and…