I Can’t Stop Watching This Lovely Moment From The Last Agents of SHIELD

Seriously, this scene brings a tear to my eye every time I watch it. A tear of pure, beautiful joy. This event made absolutely everything totally worthwhile, all by itself. But luckily, “What They Become” was also full of huge reveals and surprises. Spoilers ahead… Skye has completely redeemed herself We learn Skye’s true name…

Candy Cane Esophagus Is A Real Condition (But It’s Not What You Think)

To get myself into the holiday spirit, I decided to search for “candy cane injuries,” expecting to see a lot of impalings. I found something entirely different. You are likely to get this “candy cane” injury during the holidays (at least if you live in the northern hemisphere, where it’s cold) but it’s not due…

If You’ve Only Seen Disney’s Pinocchio, Read This Webcomic Adaptation

While most of us are familiar with the cartoon musical version of Pinocchio, the mischievous puppet started life in Carlo Collodi’s 1883 novel The Adventures of Pinocchio. This comic adaptation, by cartoonist KC Green, goes back to the original text, 19th-century Italian jokes and all. Green’s webcomic Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio follows Pinocchio’s adventures from the…

This Bird Chose The Absolute Worst Place To Poke Its Head

Animals living in the wild can’t let their guard down for a single second lest they become a quick meal. Case in point: this bird who chose a rather regrettable place to go foraging. Warning: This video isn’t particularly graphic, but it is rather sad.

In The Water Diviner, Russell Crowe Has A Psychic Ability To Find Water

… and redemption. Here’s the trailer for Russell Crowe’s directorial debut, The Water Diviner, in which he also stars as a man who lost all of his sons in World War I. On a mission to bring their bodies home, he discovers that one may not have died after all. One of the earliest reviews…

Red Band Kingsmen Trailer Feels Like Kick-Ass For Spy Movies

Tired of the super dark, brooding spy movie world we live in today? Director Matthew Vaughn is here to help. His movie Kingsmen: The Secret Service brings back the gadget-filled, silly villain espionage film. But be warned — this (very long) red-band trailer is super spoiler-y. Remember fun James Bond? The Kingsmen do. Kingsmen hits…

Write A Six-Word Science Fiction Story For Us!

Six words is all you’ve got, and six words is all you need, to enthrall, spook, surprise, and delight us with your ultra-short science fiction tales! Maybe your story will have a twist, like this one from commenter buckgoose: “First on Mars!” *Tap on shoulder. Or maybe it will be seasonally appropriate, like this one…

Rumor: A Brand New Marvel Hero Will Have A Cameo In Age of Ultron

A writer from season eight already has some ideas for Doctor Who season nine. The Minecraft movie suffers a major setback. Avengers: Age of Ultron will definitely impact Agents of SHIELD. The Teen Titans show will film its pilot next year. And what “traumatic” scene will be in Game of Thrones season five? Spoilers now!…

Forever‘s Henry Morgan Has Issues, But Should Never, Ever Get Therapy

Seriously. Based on this episode, it has never gone well. For its midseason finale, Forever managed to deliver its best episode to date. I’m serious, this was a tightly-plotted episode that really worked. I can’t believe I’m saying it, but the mysterious Adam gave this show a welcome jolt. This week’s theme is trust. Trust…

Maggie Simpson Is Now a Published Science Researcher

In another entry in the list offake papers submitted to predatory journals, engineer Alex Smolyanitsky sent in some randomly generated text written by a pair of Simpsons characters — and Kim Jon Fun — and it was accepted by two of them Smolyanitsky used SCIgen to produce a paper titled “‘Fuzzy’, Homogeneous Configurations.” Here’s the…

This Parks and Recreation/Star Trek Mashup Art Is Just Perfect

Neill Cameron’s perfectly titled “Parks and Trek” series reimagines the inhabitants of Pawnee as the crew of the Enterprise, circa The Next Generation. If this had been the real crew of the show, Commander Ron Swanson would have ensured that the show didn’t have to grow the beard. Below, see Captain Leslie Knope, the full…

First Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell Clip Asks Where The Magic Has Gone

We finally get to see at least one of the titular characters in action in the first clip of the BBC’s adaptation of Susanna Clarke’s best-selling novel. Bertie Carvel seem pretty perfect, don’t you think? The seven-part series will air on BBC One early next year and later on BBC America. We don’t have specific…

Has The Next Villain On The Walking Dead Already Been Revealed?

Maybe so! As as theory on Imgur posits, the next group of bad guys to torment Rick and the others may be the Whisperers, a group of lunatics who wear the skin of zombies and whisper to each other in order to stay unnoticed by the dead. What’s weird is that the show introduced these…

Even 50 Years Ago, Toys Weren’t As Gendered As They Are Today

If you look down the bright pink girls’ toy aisle and think to yourself that toys weren’t always broken down so clearly along gender lines, then you’re right. A sociologists has written a fascinating history of how toys have been marketed over the decades and how gender has come into play. Photo by Janet McKnight.…

Saturn’s Moons As You’ve Never Seen Them

What you’re seeing here is an image of Saturn’s moon Dione as it passes in front of the moon Titan. The detail is breathtaking, and you can just see the haze of Titan’s atmosphere glowing around the curve of the lake-covered moon. This Cassini spacecraft image was calibrated by Gordon Ugarkovic, who offers this information…

Yes, The Television Industry Really Is Majorly Screwed

We’ve known TV networks were in trouble for a while now, but here’s a couple more data points: TV viewing has dropped 3 percent thus far this season, thanks to Netflix, online streaming and other services. And TV networks’ share of ad dollars will drop for the first time in 2015, thanks to the rise…

These are probably the most detailed images of nerves that have ever been produced. Italian researchers have developed a new technique for labelling nerves in living mice, which includes an artificial tagging system. The increased resolution is allowing scientists to see things they couldn’t before, including nerves arranged around skin hair.

Christopher Lee Keeps His Christmas Metal Streak Intact With A New Song

He rocked you in 2012 with “The Little Drummer Boy” and “Silent Night.” In 2013, he slayed you with “Jingle Hell.” Now, Christopher Lee is back to melt the long, white beard off your face with “Darkest Carols, Faithful Sing,” a “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” do-over that contains the lyric “Glory to the metal…

A Wildlife Sanctuary That Floats Out Of The Reach Of Humans

Floating architecture firm Waterstudio imagines these off-shore wildlife sanctuaries that would be accessible only to animals and not to humans. The towering parks would provide a bit of green space that lets humans observe—but only from a distance. Waterstudio’s Sea Tree concept would involve using technology similar to off-shore oil storage rigs to provide a…

Oh God, This Star Wars Variant Comic Cover Makes Me Want All The Toys

As you know by now, Marvel’s Star Wars comic is hitting shelves next month (and is supposed to be making a pretty big landing) – and inevitably, that means oodles and oodles of variant covers. The latest variant, from Hasbro, might just be the best yet though. Look at all those toys! The cover uses…