The Jem And The Holograms Comic Finally Hits The Shelves!

We’ve been looking forward to it for ages, but the crazy, colorful adventures of the Holograms are finally out this week. But that’s not all in this week’s new comics — there are time-traveling heroes, crabs that dare to turn, and the intriguing, bloody tale of two secretly superpowered teenagers. Let’s dig in! Dark Horse…

Wow, Game Of Thrones Season 5 Is Even Darker Than We Expected

We kind of assumed this year on Game of Thrones was going to be as bitter and dark as graveyard-shift coffee. After all, it’s based on the two ugliest books, A Feast for Crows and A Dance With Dragons. But we saw the season premiere last night, and it’s even nastier. Here are our spoiler-free…

Preacher‘s Hard-Drinking Irish Vampire Cassidy Has Been Found

It’s Joseph Gilgun, the British actor who you might best know as Rudy in Misfits. He’s English, not Irish, but at least he has Cassidy’s gaunt look. He joins Ruth Negga as Tulip and Ian Coletti as Arseface, leaving only the lead, Jesse Custer, remaining. And if you were wondering, “Does Deadline also have a…

Jane Goodall Talks About Her Belief In Yetis In This Animated Interview

“I’m a romantic,” Jane Goodall says in this 2002 interview with Ira Flatow on Science Friday (animated by Blank on Blank). Here, she discusses both her observations and the places where her ideas have clashed with the scientific community — including her suspicion that ape-like cryptids actually exist. This is the second in Blank on…

Last Week’s Total Solar Eclipse – As Seen From 35,000 Feet

For last week’s solar eclipse, astronomer Glenn Schneider chartered a plane to fly through the vast shroud of darkness temporarily cast by the the moon’s shadow on the north Atlantic. Astrophotographer Stephan Heinsius was aboard the flight, with a video camera. Here’s what he and the other passengers saw. Also aboard the flight was Geoff…

Tituss Burgess Breaks Our Hearts Singing Into The Woods‘ “Stay With Me”

Before Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star Tituss Burgess was singing “Pinot Noir,” he starred as the Witch from Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods. Burgess reprised his role (briefly) for Sondheim’s birthday celebration. Just try and watch this clip without weeping. This past weekend, Disney continued its fantastic streak of paying homage to the Broadway and stage…

This Is The Funniest Fake Dinosaur Documentary You’ll Watch Today

This is “Dinosaurs: Terrible Lizards,” a hilarious animated mockumentary by the folks at Rathergood that depicts dinosaurs – which literally means “terrible lizard” – as literally terrible, useless, sucky lizards. Notwithstanding its obvious factual, chronological, and anatomical errors (which, yes, we understand are not the point), the short is pretty excellent. Watch: [Rathergood via Laughing…

What’s Daily Life Really Like For Someone With Short-Term Amnesia?

Anterograde amnesia doesn’t allow people to make any new memories — and it’s a terrifying condition, when viewed from the outside. But what is it like from the inside? We’ll tell you a little about the daily life of the world’s most famous amnesia patient. Top image: Maxwell GS on Flickr/CC by 2.0 The Patient…

Thor And Ms. Marvel Headline The New Avengers After Secret Wars

Eventually, once Secret Wars ends and Marvel reveals whatever the hell is going to be the Marvel universe going forward, a new Avengers team will need to be formed. Excuse me, an All-New, All-Different Avengers — whose roster Marvel has semi-revealed, including the new, Thor and Ms. Marvel. I say “semi-revealed” because, well, you can…

A Surprisingly Funny Western Where All Of The Characters Are Pies

Poisonberry Pete is an outlaw in a town whose residents are all pies, and when he storms into a saloon looking for, ahem, dough, it’s just one of a number of baked goods-themed gags in this flaky fun short film. The Ballad of Poisonberry Pete was made by Uri Lotan, Adam Campbell, and Elizabeth McMahill…

The 10 Strangest Transformers Characters Who Were Only In The Cartoon

If you grew up as a Transformers fan, you tend to remember the series as being about Autobots fighting Decepticons. You’ve likely forgotten the episodes about mermaids, aliens, wizards and the other bizarre characters who populated the classic cartoon. Here are just 10 — including G.I. Joe’s Cobra Commander. (Really!) 1) Beorht Although Transformers is…

Win A Free Pass To A Screening Of Harlock: Space Pirate!

Space Pirate Captain Harlock is a beloved manga and anime series about a space adventurer, from the creator of Space Battleship Yamato (aka Star Blazers). A couple years ago, they made a live-action* version, and now at last it’s coming to the U.S. And we’ve got free passes to a few screenings later this week.…

YOU CAN BELIEVE: The X-Files Is Officially Returning!

THE X-FILES IS OFFICIALLY COMING BACK! Rinse out your black t-shirt with “I want to believe” on it, because it’s freaking happening, people. Mulder and Scully are returning!!!! Fox just issued a press release confirming the long-whispered return of The X-Files — and also confirming the return of David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as FBI…

As It Turns Out, We Really Are All Starstuff

“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars,” Carl Sagan famously said in his 1980 series Cosmos. “We are made of starstuff.” Above: Hubble image of the Crab Nebula supernova remnant captured with the…

Aussie Scientists Say This Is The Largest Asteroid Impact Area On Earth

Measuring 250 miles (400 km) wide, the now-buried crater in Australia was ground zero for a cataclysmic impact that occurred some 300 million years ago. But is it really the largest on Earth? According to a new study published in the geology journal Tectonophysics, the asteroid broke into two before it struck the ground. When…

The ESA Wants To Clean Up Space Trash Using These Fishing Nets

How will we clean up the giant (and steadily increasing) trash vortex that swirls around our little blue planet? Perhaps by harpooning it with these space fishing nets. https://gizmodo.com/the-earth-is-surrounded-by-a-great-swirling-vortex-of-t-1653288775 The European Space Agency has been experimenting with shooting woven fishing nets out of air cannons in zero gravity, an experiment that you can see them…

Currents in the Atlantic Ocean are slowing to dangerous levels. The Gulf Stream system is now weaker than at any time before 1901, likely due to global warming. Climate scientists warn that waning circulation could dramatically change weather in Europe, cause sea level rise along the U.S. East Coast, and impact marine ecosystems. Image: NASA…

Evil Is Contagious In Daniel Wilson’s New Graphic Novel Quarantine Zone

What if we lived in a world where evil was an infectious virus? Welcome to Quarantine Zone, a new graphic novel from DC and Alloy Entertainment. We sat down exclusively with author Daniel Wilson to talk about Quarantine Zone, his upcoming movie adaptation of Robopocalypse, and more. We also have some exclusive artwork by Fernando…

What’s The Easiest Way To Feed Millions Of Bees? A Bee Food Truck.

The next time you’re driving, you might want to be on the lookout for bees. If you see one or two, no big deal. But if you see two million of them cruising down the highway, hanging out on the back of a flat-bed truck, congratulations — you’ve witnessed someone doing the unique job of…

Orphan Black’s Clothing Line Is Here, And It Is Fabulous

One thing clone drama Orphan Black has going for it (besides great actors, a compelling plot and insane action) is its costume department. The internet is lousy with “where can I find this top, or Cosima scarf?” requests. But now the work is over, because Orphan Black has its own clothing line. Announced on Nerdist,…