Yahtzee TARDIS, Telltale’s Game of Thrones, James Bond, More Deals

Yahtzee TARDIS. That is all. The Bond 50 23-film set is down to $75 today. An all-time low that will put you on an all-time high. Bond 50: Celebrating Five Decades of Bond with Skyfall ($75) | Fox Connect Telltale’s Game of Thrones game is actually good, and you can save 6 bucks on it…

A better look at the first Dancing Baby Groot Toy

Last month we got to see the first images of KIDdesign’s Dancing Baby Groot – the first dancing Groot toy since Guardians of the Galaxy hit theatres and had everyone clamouring for one. And now that he’s coming out soon, we’ve got an even better look at everyone’s favourite sapling! The image comes from Variety’s…

Rare Artifacts Have Surfaced from the Jack the Ripper Case

It’s been over 125 years since Jack the Ripper prowled the streets of London, but here’s something new: artifacts tied to the case are heading to the auction block. The items include handcuffs, a whistle, a baton, and a notebook cover that belonged to PC Edward Watkins. On Sept. 29, 1888, at around 1:44am, Watkins…

How Millennials Stack Up To The Generations Before Them

Are Millennials really so different than the generations of young adults that came before them? Some data forensics reveals what has — and hasn’t — actually changed about being a young adult in America. The Census has crunched its most recent data collected on 18-34 year olds today and compared it with the results of…

Arrow’s Flash Crossover Was a Catastrophic Misfire

“The Brave and the Bold” was bad. It was bad in almost every way that it could be bad. Let’s talk about the ways that it was bad, and the occasional sparks of brilliance that illuminated the darkness. Someone Shoot Captain Boomerang. Into the Sun. Captain Boomerang barely works in the comics. Someone, well before…

If You Stopped Sweating, You Would Die

Congenital insensitivity to pain is a rare but well-known condition. It also has an obscure variation that seems minor, but is incredibly deadly. It prevents people from sweating. People with congenital insensitivity to pain (CIP) are not as lucky as you might think. They can burn or cut themselves badly before they notice anything’s wrong.…

Why Do People Love The Number Seven?

Of all the infinitely many numbers in existence, the number seven appears to be humanity’s favorite. Why? In 2011, London-based writer Alex Bellos – author of popular mathematics books Here’s Looking At Euclid and the recently published The Grapes of Math – conducted an online survey in search of the world’s favorite number. The survey…

It’s Time to Bring Back the Social Media Suicide Machine

Nearly five years ago, a group of artists and programmers debuted a simple web app called the “Web 2.0 Suicide Machine.” It was designed to quickly and effectively shut down your accounts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social media sites. But then Facebook unleashed their lawyers. That’s because over 58,000 people severed friendship ties…

The 100 Asks, “What Kind Of People Deserve To Survive On Earth?”

The world of The 100 has gotten a bit more complicated than Grounders vs. Ark survivors, and with those more complicated factions come more complicated questions. And chief among those questions is “Do you deserve to survive if you harm other people to do it?” That’s a question that the people of Mount Weather don’t…

Black Mirror‘s Christmas Special Trailer looks Wonderfully Creepy

Charlie Brooker’s creepy British dystopian series Black Mirror is back this month for a one off feature-length Christmas Special. Nothing says Christmas like sinister Jon Hamm and a real life version of Social Media’s blocking functions, right? The special follows the series usual anthology format by weaving together three different stories – starring Hamm, Rafe…

Terminator Genisys Trailer Blows Our Expectations Away

Here is the first, long look at the brand-new Terminator Genisys movie. Take a look at new face of Sarah Connor, a new John Connor and new Kyle Reese, but the Terminator remains the same. It’s actually pretty fun. Honestly, this trailer is much, much, much better than we anticipated. It hits all the marks…

Why Are 100-year-old Blocks Washing Up on European Beaches?

Things that typically emerge from the ocean: cigarette butts, clumps of seaweed, maybe a piece of sea glass. But Cornwall, England resident Tracey Williams’ beach strolls took a turn for the weird when she found a plank made from a gutta percha, a rubber-like substance. The word “Tjipetir” was carved into it. Finding one such…

10 Diseases That Might Afflict Us In The Future

Today, humans suffer from a wide range of diseases and disorders that didn’t exist in the past, a trend that will likely continue well into the future. Here are 10 unexpected and wholly unpleasant diseases we’ll eventually have to contend with. Top image: A scene from Floris Kaayk’s Metalosis Maligna, a short film featuring a…

Sword For Sale, WARNING Might Be Haunted

Haunted sword for sale, just $150. A resident of Austin, TX isselling their potentially haunted sword, and for the reasonably low price of $150. That’s like getting the ghosts thrown in for free. This sword is from the 1700s. I got it at an antique store in my memaw’s home town back in 1984. The…

Fantastic New Look At Avengers: Age Of Ultron‘s Vision

Still pining away for a better look at Avengers: Age of Ultron’s Vision? Well you’re in luck, a new poster for the Avengers sequel has been revealed, and in it is a good look at our new robot friend, Vision! Spotted over at Comics Alliance, this promo art circulated first as a very purple-hued close…

One Year Captured In 3,888 Tiny Photographs

Photographer Eirik Solheim took more than 16,000 photographs of a single spot in Oslo, Norway, in 2010, and selected 3,888 of those images to make this remarkable picture, which takes us from January on the left through December on the right, showing how the spot changes throughout the year. Solheim performs a number of photographic…

Scientists Prove That Even Dead Geckos Stick To Walls

Geckos, being master of the van der Waals force, climb up glass walls like it’s no big thing. But can they do it when they’re dead? Scientists have found out that they can, and that has important implications for technology. Geckos can climb pretty much anything, no matter how smooth the surface. Scientists at first…

Dumping Oil In the Ocean Lets You Literally Master the Waves

Oil in the ocean is a sensitive subject these days, but in the late 1800s, steam ships had stocks of oil specifically set aside to dump in the ocean. This may have saved people’s lives. We’ll tell you why. Emergency Oil on Steam Ships Late 19th-century steam ships carried oil aboard. They didn’t limit themselves…

It’s official: AMC has ordered a Preacher pilot. It seemed more than likely when AMC ordered a script from Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg, but this means that, if all goes well, we could see the show on TV in 2015. Rogan and Goldberg will produce the series, and Sam Catlin (Breaking Bad) will be…

Nervous About To Into The Woods? Listen To “On The Steps Of The Palace”

If you’re still freaking out about Disney’s adaptation of the classic musical Into The Woods, take a listen to Anna Kendrick’s Cinderella tune “On the Steps of the Palace.” It should help ease your fears. The movie musical has released one of its hits, “On the Steps of the Palace,” where Cinderella (played by Kendrick)…