First Star Wars Spin Off Movie Is Titled Rogue One: What Does It Mean?

After months of rumors, we finally have official details about the first Star Wars spinoff. Felicity Jones will star in Gareth Edward’s Rogue One! Disney’s Bob Iger revealed the information to a shareholder meeting in San Francisco today. But here’s the official press release, which also confirms Jones’ involvement (but we knew that already): Rogue…

There’s a Tiny Working Planetarium Inside This Pop-Up Book

Adobe recently posted a video profile of designer and paper artist Kelli Anderson that includes a sneak peek at a phenomenal new pop-up book she created. But instead of castles or magical forests rising from its pages, the book is packed full of functional 3D contraptions including a planetarium with real constellations powered by a…

Wonder Woman’s New Uniform Is Badass! Kind of Ugly, But Badass.

Wonder Woman has gone through many, many costume changes in the day, but this new one might her most drastic fashion transformation yet. Debuting in June’s Wonder Woman #41, behold the new outfit DC’s goddess of war will be wearing this summer. Hitflix had the exclusive reveal: So! On the plus side, Wonder Woman is…

It Follows Proves That Horror Movies Don’t Need To Be Dumb To Scare You

Most contemporary horror films underestimate the audience’s intelligence, with jump scares and obvious “twists.” But It Follows refuses to dumb anything down. Its story about a girl who becomes infected with a mysterious, relentless curse is smart and original — not to mention scary as hell. And that’s not all. Writer-director David Robert Mitchell‘s film…

Spider-Man Makes Marvel Even More Money After Joining The MCU

We already know that Spider-Man is the biggest money making superhero on the planet, but get this: merely the announcement of being linked to Marvel’s Cinematic Universe has seen merchandise based on the webslinger skyrocket in popularity. In an interview with Variety, Paul Gitter, Disney’s senior VP of Marvel licensing, spoke about the company’s desire…

RIP Sir Terry Pratchett, Author of The Discworld Series

Sir Terry Pratchett, author of the beloved Discworld fantasy novels and countless other bestselling books, died earlier today at the age of 66. Terry Pratchett was one of the funniest, cleverest and most human authors in the world; although he wrote primarily fantasy, his keen observations also made him one of the world’s foremost satirists.…

A Warm Seafloor On Enceladus Makes It A Prime Candidate For Life

A new analysis of Cassini spacecraft data points to the distinct possibility that Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus exhibits hydrothermal activity on its seafloor. It’s a discovery that significantly bolsters the moon’s status as a potentially habitable object. Enceladus has been an intriguing object of study ever since plumes of escaping water vapor were discovered in…

The Invisible Gas Floating This Boat Might Get Injected In Your Eye

This video shows you a fun and popular demonstration of the power of sulfur hexafluoride. The gas makes a tinfoil boat float, seemingly on nothing. It’s a reminder that the substance we think of as “thin air” can exert pressure. Which is why this gas might get injected into your eyeball. Sulfur hexafluoride is a…

What From Your Own Life Would You Put Into A Time Capsule?

Two hundred years from now, we will all be gone. But our stuff will live on far past our own expirations dates. What would you want to leave for future generations to shake their heads over/marvel at/pity? Make your selections (something technical? something cultural? some sort of confusing futuristic easter egg?) for what you would…

Springfield, IL., Just Gave The Key To The City To Cobra Commander

No. Really. In a decision that can’t possibly have any negative repercussions for the city’s helpless residents, Springfield, Illinois mayor J. Michael Houston has given the key to the city to noted terrorist leader and snake enthusiast Cobra Commander. Ostensibly this was done as a promotion for the upcoming JoeCon, the G.I. Joe collector’s convention…

Disturbing Satellite Images Show How The Lights Have Gone Out In Syria

The ongoing civil war in Syria is literally sending the country back to the dark ages. New satellite imagery reveals that 83% of nighttime illumination has disappeared in Syria since the start of the four-year conflict that has claimed the lives of 200,000 people and displaced nearly half its population. These images were put together…

What In Westeros Does The Latest Game Of Thrones Spoiler Refer To?

Daredevil adds a host of new characters, including a villain who’s reformed in the comics. Rumors abound for the villain for Suicide Squad. Plus, Arnold Schwarzenegger talks fighting himself for Terminator Genisys. And our first look at Maze Runner: Scorch Trials. Spoilers await! Top image: Daredevil. Suicide Squad Latino Review’s Umberto Gonzalez is back with…

The Game You Can Play to Help Cancer Research

Cancer Research UK’s latest foray into citizen science is in the form of the game Even the Odds. Just spend some time trying to save the Odds and you can also help researchers gather data on cancer cells. The game itself is pretty similar to other games out there: the world of the Odds is…

Here’s How Apocalyptic Fiction Has Changed Over the Last Century

Tumblr user Destination Toast has done a lot of statistical analyses of fandom — all of it very impressive — but the latest analyzes how the kinds of apocalypses in fiction have changed over time. We’re worried about a lot more now than we used to be. The chart below covers the different kinds of…

New Outlander Promo Puts Everyone In Danger

We just cannot wait for Outlander to return. We’ve still got three weeks to go before the rest of season one airs, but now we have a short glimpse at it. And things seem to be going quite poorly for everyone in this trailer. There’s only a little bit of happiness in this trailer —…

Watch Sarah Michelle Gellar As Cinderella In An Epic Princess Rap Battle

This one’s hard on a very personal level: Sarah Michelle Gellar is awesome, as always, but it’s hard to really side with Cinderella over Belle. Feel free to come at me in the comments.

This puts everything in perspective. Here’s an image of today’s X2.2-class solar flare, along with the Earth for scale. Image via NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory

Person Of Interest Has One Of The Most Heartbreaking Relationships On TV

And it’s not a relationship between two people. It’s the tortured, father-child dynamic between Harold Finch and the Machine, the artificial intelligence he created. Last night’s episode, “Karma,” served up a great reminder that the Machine loves its “father,” even when he goes way off track. Most of “Karma” felt like a very season one…

When Did The Anthropocene Begin? Here Are The Two Most Plausible Dates.

The Anthropocene, for the uninitiated, is a proposed (albeit still informal) geological epoch, characterized by the global impact of human activity. But the question these days, at least among researchers concerned with such things, doesn’t have to do with what the Anthropocene is, but when. Above: Bikini Atoll atom bomb tests. Image credit: US Navy…

Good Grief! Post-Apocalyptic Charlie Brown Is Wonderfully Bleak

After the end of everything, there’ll still be one person who can never stay knocked over: Good Ol’ Charlie Brown. And his bedraggled mutt, Snoopy. This awesome fan art by Max Dunbar features inks by Vitali Iakovlev and colors by Sean Ellery. Click through to see the whole thing. Dunbar, an artist who’s worked on…