Insurgent Trailer Is All Guns And Haircuts And More Guns

You guys, what is going on with Insurgent? First there was this bizarre trailer, and now we’ve got a new trailer with actual footage. And it’s 99.9% guns and haircuts. Which, OK great, haircuts are fun. But yeeeeesh with the guns. I guess there’s a secret gun and bullet faction in the Divergent world, and…

How NASA Might Use A Robotic Sub To Explore Titan’s Methane Seas

At a recent advanced concepts symposium, NASA scientists unveiled a conceptual plan to explore the frigid methane and ethane seas on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, using a robotic submarine. The details were presented at the 2015 NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Symposium in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Titan is an intriguing destination for exploration owing…

Effects Artist Brings Neill Blomkamp’s Alien Movie To Life 

What would Neill Blomkamp’s much speculated about idea for an Alien movie look like in real life? One clever artist took the director’s insane concept designs another step forward bringing Aliens’ Corporal Dwayne Hicks back from the dead. https://gizmodo.com/neill-blomkamps-secret-alien-movie-looks-so-good-were-f-1677082116 Hollywood effects artist David Woodruff went the extra mile and recreated the undead Hicks art that…

How Tourist Garbage Causes Yellowstone’s Morning Glory To Change Color

Decades ago, the Morning Glory pool at Yellowstone National Park was a gorgeous deep blue. But because tourists have thrown coins, rocks, and trash into it for years, the spring has now turned into a sickly yellowish green. Now, a new optics study is shedding light on the pool’s unfortunate change of color. Interestingly, the…

The Weirdest Spy Action Novels Ever Published

The “Men’s Adventure” novel is a strange thing. At the height of its popularity, in the late 60s and 70s, it was being written by dozens of peculiar and reclusive authors. But the influence of this weird genre is still felt today. Here’s the strange history of Mack Bolan and his many imitators. This whole…

Time Itself Is The Newest Frontier In Mark Millar’s Chrononauts

Humanity has done a reasonably solid job investigating the land, the oceans, and the sky, but in Mark Millar’s new comic Chrononauts, two fun-loving geniuses begin exploring the time-stream with a few people looking over their shoulder — namely, a live television audience. With art by The Wake’s Sean Gordon Murphy, Image Comics’ Chrononauts tells…

The Secret To Overcoming Procrastination: It’s Not About Willpower

Procrastination is a universal problem. Even the most irritatingly well-organized people know the agony of putting something off until the last … possible … minute. Why do we put ourselves through this misery, knowing the consequences? And how can we overcome the urge? Unsurprisingly, there’s some deep-rooted psychology behind procrastination. “I believe that it has…

Just in time for spy week: CIA veteran Lynn Boughey and International Spy Museum executive director Peter Earnest’s book Harry Potter and the Art of Spying, which analyzes the spy techniques in J.K. Rowling’s fantasy novels, is free today on Kindle.

Watch A Time-Lapse Of Rio De Janeiro Shot At 10K Resolution

Even if you don’t have an ultra-HD display, you’re going to want to watch this. “10328×7760 – A 10K Timelapse Demo” is a straightforwardly titled demo reel created by Los Angeles based photographer Joe Capra. You may be wondering why you would even watch a video shot at 10K resolution. A lot of people have…

What Happens When An Astronaut Falls In Love Right Before Hibernation?

In the short film Hibernation, Joseph is about to embark on a remarkable journey — entering hibernation so that he can explore parts of the universe where no human has ventured. But he can’t shake the feeling that things have been left unfinished between him and his instructor, Claire. Hibernation was written by Eric Navarro…

Break Out The Heat Puns, Because Firestorm Just Set The Flash On Fire

If I told you that the Flash was the least interesting part of last night’s Flash episode, you might be a bit concerned — it doesn’t sound like a good thing. But it is when the DC hero Firestorm finally takes center stage, and almost all the other characters — even Cisco and Caitlin —…

10 Villains Who Were Supposed To Come Back… And Never Did

Every villain always threatens to return and wreak vengeance. No baddie worth their salt ever gets beaten and then announces they’re going to retire. But some villains make an especially big noise about how they’ll be back… and then, crickets. Here are 10 villains who made a big splash, and were never seen again. Some…

Researchers Finally Solve The Mystery Of Exactly How Popcorn Pops

Popcorn: it’s equally fun to make and to eat. But just what makes each kernel pop the way it does and what is the ideal temperature for popcorn to pop at? A new study answers all these questions. “Popcorn is the funniest corn to cook, because it jumps and makes a ‘pop’ sound in our…

Why The Rare Substance These Frogs Produce Is Named After The Smurfs

Ranasmurfin often decorates trees in Malaysia. This pigment is rare, one of the few proteins in nature to be blue instead of orange, red, or yellow. Why do you see it in trees? And how is it made? The Malaysian tree frog, Polypedates leucomystax, has a rather involved mating ritual. A male and a female…

We Are Still Here Trailer Looks Like A Return To Super-Weird Horror 

Oh man, this horror flick We Are Still Here looks like the weirdest thing, and that’s great. No jump-scares, just charred demon bodies punching thought your chest. Awesome. Directed by Ted Geoghegan, the premise for this film is simple: ” In the cold, winter fields of New England, there sits a house that wakes up…

It’s The Special Spider-Man Postal Apocalypse Spectacular!

That’s right, Monday’s news that Sony would let Marvel Studios borrow Spider-Man for their Cinematic Universe in exchange for a wee bit of help making Spidey movies that don’t suck, has taken the nerd-o-sphere by storm. You wrote so many letters I was forced to do make all-Spidey special edition of the mailbag. Thwip! Sharing…

Watch The Inaugural Launch Of Europe’s Experimental Spaceplane

The first launch and reentry of the European Space Agency’s unoccupied Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) went off this morning after a slight delay. The mini spaceplane made splashdown in the Pacific Ocean after a quick but flawless journey. The spaceplane, which looks like a miniature version of NASA’s Space Shuttle, took off on a Vega…

On Agent Carter, Everybody’s Preying On The Weak Minds Of Men

Considering that Agent Carter is a show about a female hero proving herself in a sexist world, it’s fascinating how much of the storylines have turned out to deal with male insecurity and blind spots. And last night’s episode saw an increased focus on this theme. Spoilers ahead… From the beginning, Peggy Carter has been…

An Old Lady Saves Zeus’ Life And He Tries To Repay Her…Awkwardly

Every year, the cartoonist Boulet makes an entire webcomic story in just 24 hours, and every year, it’s incredibly fun. This year, Boulet spins a tale about an elderly widow who finds herself doing Zeus a favor, and doesn’t much like how the king of the gods tries to repay her. Boulet celebrated 24-hour-comic day…

Amazing Photo Of An Intoxicated Gorilla About To Punch A Photographer – UPDATED

Wildlife photography is not without its perils. Case in point, this recent incident in which a 550-pound mountain gorilla “drunk” on bamboo shoots rushed a photographer with fists clenched. As Caters News Agency reports, Christophe Courteau was taking pictures of a group of silverback gorillas in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park when the alpha male of…