The Scariest, Creepiest and Most Gothic Magic Cards of All Time

Magic: the Gathering is a game of epic fantasy at its core — but deep within the game’s dank cellars, rotting tombs, and loathsome sewers lies a slimy, rotting heart of darkness. Here are our favorite artworks of demons, zombies, and other horrors from Magic’s long history. Claustrophobia by Ryan Pancoast (Innistrad). Someone thoughtfully left…

Illegal Immigrants Meet An Underwater Horror On Their Journey To The US

Hoping to escape from Cuba to the US, a father and daughter hop a fishing boat. But in this short horror film, their immigration journey may come close to literal hell. Sea Devil was written, edited, and directed by Dean C. Marcial and Brett Potter, and it’s fresh from the Fantasia Film Festival and the…

The “Mystical” DaVinci Self-Portrait That Was Hidden From Hitler

It sounds like a plot for an Indiana Jones or Captain America film. But, during World War II, the self-portrait of Leonardo DaVinci was secretly moved from Turin to Rome for safekeeping from the Nazis. Legend says the gaze of DaVinci is so intense, that it can imbue onlookers with preternatural strength. As the BBC…

It’s been discussed for ages, but now Deadline is reporting that Channing Tatum has been officially attached to play Gambit in a solo spinoff film. RoboCop remake writer Josh Zetumer will be penning the script, based on a treatment by Marvel Comics writer Chris Claremont.

Which Science Fiction Or Fantasy Book Will Make Anyone Smarter?

Science fiction and fantasy are full of great ideas — but some works in the genre are especially mind-expanding or educational. Which science fiction or fantasy novel made you feel smarter after you read it? Please include the book cover, book trailer, or other illustration for your chosen book. And please mention the title, and…

Emily Carroll, one of our favorite horror cartoonists, has a new spooky webcomic story up. Like many of her comics, “When the Darkness Presses” plays with the web format to incredibly creepy effect. Also be sure to check out Carroll’s book of horror comics, Through the Woods. https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-horror-story-from-the-absolutely-chilling-thr-1606732634

Lockheed Scientist Gives Deathbed Interview About UFOs at Area 51

Boyd Bushman says he was a senior scientist at Lockheed Martin, and before he died he wanted the world to know about all the classified data he’d gathered about aliens from top-secret sources at Area 51. So he did this final interview, complete with pictures. Bushman has some weirdly detailed descriptions of where the aliens…

The latest measurements of the hole in the Ozone layer over the Antarctic put it at approximately the size of North America. Though that’s certainly still a considerably-sized hole at 9 million square miles, NASA reports that the overall measurement has been holding roughly steady since 2010. Image: NASA Goddard

How Universal Basic Income Will Save Us From the Robot Uprising

Robots are poised to eliminate millions of jobs over the coming decades. We have to address the coming epidemic of “technological unemployment” if we’re to avoid crippling levels of poverty and societal collapse. Here’s how a guaranteed basic income will help — and why it’s absolutely inevitable. Illustration by Tara Jacoby The idea of a…

The Best Halloween Costumes On The Internet

Happy Halloween, people! Tonight is the night — so paint on the makeup and get out your lattes and brooms, you Basic Witch. Here are the most jaw-dropping Halloween costumes we’ve found posted on the Internet this year. Weatherman from WDRB gets creative with the green screen. Watch the full video here.[via Brian Dies] Everything…

Which Classic Movies Have You Never Seen?

I have a confession to make: I’ve never seen The Shining. I’m a huge Kubrick fan, and I know from the famous stills and tributes that it’s a wonderful work of art. But I’ve never seen it, and I don’t know why. This sort of thing happens to everyone, though, right? This topic’s been on…

A new supernova has been discovered in the bright Virgo galaxy M61. It was discovered Wednesday by Koichi Itagaki of Japan, and at a magnitude of 13.6, it could soon become visible in smaller telescopes. Today it was confirmed as a Type Ia-pec supernova. More to come as we learn more! Image credit: Ernesto Guido,…

Meet the Amateur Sleuth Who’s About to Unmask the Zodiac Killer

Tom Voigt knows absolutely everything about the Zodiac Killer, the real-life murderer featured in the movie Zodiac. Neither cop nor crackpot, Voigt is certain that he’s amassed almost enough evidence to solve the decades-old case very soon. Voigt runs the popular website ZodiacKiller.com — an online destination for amateur sleuths who are fascinated by the…

Every Horror Reference From The Cabin In The Woods In One Video

Thought you caught every single meta-reference in Drew Goddard’s fantastic horror feature Cabin in the Woods? Well now is the time to double check, because this video lays it ALL out. Brought to you by the folks at GoodBadFlicks, I agree with maybe 90% of everything they reference—minus the “sexy witches.” I think the cube…

The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow Was Inspired By A Yellow Fever Epidemic

A community paralyzed with fear, not knowing when an unseen presence will claim its next victim. Are we describing an epidemic or a supernatural predator? The similarity is not a coincidence in the horror story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, whose author, Washington Irving, fled a yellow fever outbreak in New York. Writing in Smithsonian…

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Has Been Lost – One Pilot Confirmed Dead

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo experienced an “in-flight anomaly” shortly after takeoff this morning. The suborbital space plane was conducting its first rocket- powered test-flight since January. California Highway Patrol now reports one fatality and one major injury following the accident. Above: A photo of SpaceShipTwo on April 19, 2013, the date of its first supersonic test…

Your Guide to the next wave of Marvel’s Cinematic Heroes

Marvel’s Cinematic Universe is getting a hell of a lot bigger in the next 5 years, with new heroes joining the likes of Captain America and Iron Man in Cinemas. Don’t know your Doctor Strange from your Doctor Who? Who the heck is Blackagar Boltagon? Here’s your handy guide to Marvel’s latest Silver Screen Superheroes.…

Could We Use Ground-Based Lasers To Propel Rockets Into Space?

A pair of Russian scientists are proposing a radical new propulsion technique that would accelerate a rocket while in flight, by using a ground-based laser. Should it work, it could push aircraft to go beyond Mach 10. Conventional rockets are limited by the amount of solid or liquid fuel they can carry. To achieve higher…

The One Basic Fact About History That Time Travelers Always Forget

One of the staples of time travel stories is the idea that our heroes will visit earlier geological periods in Earth’s history. Of course — because they’ll want to see dinosaurs with ostrich feathers and giant millipedes. But they generally forget something very important about Earth’s past. If you’re going back more than 30 million…

Here Are 50 Spooky Songs to Make You Get Up and Dance This Halloween

Halloween music is one of the greatest gifts this time of year gives us. So we’ve compiled 50 of our favorite scary songs — but we’re fully aware we’re leaving out some of the greats. If we missed your favorite, or if you have a song that must, must, must be played today, let us…