This Puzzle Is So Simple It’s Hard

Every so often, a puzzle comes along with a solution that is so patently, painfully, groaningly obvious, you can’t help but overlook it. This is one of those puzzles. I am genuinely ashamed of how long it took me to solve this puzzle, the first time I encountered it. Sunday Puzzle #26: Links in a…

Fantastic Four Mini Featurettes Offer Insight Into The Casting Process

Not much here in the way of new footage, but these micro-clips, which feature on-screen commentary by Fantastic Four writer-producer Simon Kinberg and director Josh Trank, do offer up a few nuggets, like the fact that Miles Teller auditioned for Trank’s Chronicle, which ended up starring Michael B. Jordan. Fantastic Four is out August 7.…

Sinister 2 Looks To Be Just As Nightmare-Inducing As The Original

Remember that time you found those creepy films in your murder-scene of a new house, and the mere act of watching them summoned a demon who looked kinda like a member of Immortal? Well, he’s back in Sinister 2, which features an all-new imperiled family. Check out the creepy teaser below. First, here’s a synopsis:…

Gremlins Cast Reunion, Tonight! ONE NIGHT ONLY

See Gremlins tonight at the Anthology Film Archives at 9:15 with Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Corey Feldman and Dick Miller, tonight, live and in person! And please, don’t get them wet! Contact the author at [email protected].

This Is What A Super Typhoon Looks Like From Space

Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti snapped this image of Typhoon Maysak from the International Space Station on Tuesday, March 31 — the day it was bumped up to “super typhoon” status. The storm has since weakened but thousands have been evacuated ahead of its landfall in the Philippines tomorrow. Credit: AP Photo/NASA, Samantha Cristoforetti

This Could Just Be The Absolute Best Weekend For Cosplay, Ever

There’s so much amazing cosplay happening this weekend. You’ve got Wondercon happening down in Anaheim, and up in the Northwest, there’s Sakura-Con and Fan Expo Vancouver. All of that adds up to one heck of a lot of incredible costumes. See for yourself! Top image: Honey Lemon cosplbay at Wondercon by The Stylish Geek, photo…

It’s A Damn Good Time To Be A Sparrow In Japan

A sparrow enjoys the nectar of a cherry blossom in full bloom in Tokyo’s Ueno Park. AP photo by Shizuo Kambayashi

Fish in Death Valley Hold Their Breath For Five Hours At a Time

The desert pupfish, a fish on the verge of extinction due to the simple misfortune of living in Death Valley, has managed to survive by learning to hold its breath for up to five hours at a time. Having spent the bulk of its evolutionary history in cool waters, the last 10,000 have been rough…

A new open-access database of biosignatures has been designed to help astronomers map which alien planets may be capable of supporting life. It catalogues colors that reflect from 137 microbe species, a brilliant range “from the egg-yolk yellow of Halorubrum chaoviator” to “the deep blue-green of Dermocarpa violacea.” [Image via]

The Hugo Awards Were Always Political. But Now They’re Only Political.

Last August, the Hugo Awards for science fiction and fantasy were swept by a younger group of women and people of color. At the time, we said “This was really a year that underscored that a younger generation of diverse writers are becoming central to the genre.” So maybe it’s not surprising that there was…

How Intense Would A Musical Flash/Arrow Crossover Be? We Have Proof

We’ve noticed the Flash/Arrow universe contains a remarkable number of characters portrayed by professionally trained singers. Grant Gustin (Barry Allen) Jesse L. Martin (Joe West) John Barrowman (Malcolm Merlyn) Colin Donnell (Tommy Merlyn) Andy Meintus (Hartley Rathaway/Pied Piper) and Victor Garber (Dr. Martin Stein) all performed on Broadway. While Colton Haynes (Roy Harper)… …and Katie…

A Spectacular Look At This Morning’s Total Lunar Eclipse

Photo of the April 4, 2015 early-morning “blood moon” lunar eclipse by Ron Kroetz.

Check Out These Mind-Blowing Megalodon Teeth Made Out Of Chocolate

If you’re unsatisfied with more traditional Easter fare, like warping your eggs into cubes, or gifting your loved ones with a chocolate death mask of your own face, then Fossil Era has got you covered with Chocolate Megalodon teeth, cast from the actual fossil of a 60-foot long super-predator! The 4.8” inch tooth casts may…

UV Light Reveals Ghostly Graffiti in Medieval Manuscript

The Black Book of Carmarthen, named for the color of its binding and believed location of origin (the Augustinian Priory of Saints John the Evangelist and Teulydog in Carmarthem), is the oldest surviving manuscript written in the Welsh language. Excluding a few passages on the horses of great Welsh heroes, the book mainly contains poems…

Satspotting Adventures: Why Are Different Orbits Needed for Satellites?

Congratulations: perhaps you’re a new space-faring nation, looking to place a shiny new payload around the planet Earth. You’ve assembled the technical know-how, and seek to break the surly bonds and join an exclusive club that thus far, only contains 14 nations capable of indigenous spaceflight. Now for the big question: which orbit should you…

Punk Frogs Are First Known Vertebrate to Change Skin Texture

A new species of frog is the first known vertebrate able to change the texture of its own skin. The frogs, which live among mossy forests in Ecuador, sprout protrusions called tubercles to mimic their surroundings. When moved away from moss, the tubercles recede. Named Pristimantis mutabilis, or the “mutable rainfrog” this trait has led…

A Wonderfully Intricate Rube Goldberg Machine Tells The Passover Story

Mechanical engineering students at Haifa, Israel’s Technion university crafted this whimsical tribute to Passover, proving that Rube Goldberg Machines should really be utilized in more holiday celebrations. Check out that burning bush! For mega-Rube Goldberg Machine fans, the making-of video is here. [Via Geeks Are Sexy]

The Strangest Science Fiction Movies to Watch This Easter

The Ten Commandments. Ben Hur. Easter Parade. Critters 2: The Main Course? Take a journey to the stranger side of the Easter genre with these holiday-appropriate, science fiction film recommendations. The Being Want to watch a monster movie starring Martin Landau, Dorothy Malone, Jose Ferrer, Mrs. Kenny Rogers and the producer of Flesh Gordon? One…

Human-Shaped Fungus Grows in England

A human-shaped mushroom species has been discovered on the side of a road in Norfolk, England. Jonathan Revett, a mycology hobbyist for over 40 years and owner of fenfungi.com, found the mushroom and sent a specimen in for analysis after noticing its unique, humanoid shape. Naturally seeming to possess a “head” and “arms”, the fragile…

This “Futuristic, Homo-erotic” Thai Movie Looks Totally Gorgeous

Here’s the first trailer for Supernatural, a science fiction movie about a future Thailand. It’s full of beautiful men falling in love with each other, but also a strange future in which all of reality is up for grabs, because “the Realm has reached version 2.0.” The distributor, TLA releasing, calls the movie “futuristic, experimental,…