This ​DARPA Video Puts You In The Cockpit Of Its Tank Of The Future

DARPA believes the future of tank warfare won’t be heavily armored lumbering beasts, but fast-moving, agile vehicles, augmented by “intelligent systems” to avoid incoming threats. A newly released video shows how a head-up display would project an array of information directly into the field of view of the driver. According to a DARPA statement released…

The Webcomic Adventures Of A Skeletal Bard And His Gelatinous Cube Pal

It’s not easy getting by when you’re a living skeleton minstrel and your best friend is sentient blob of gelatin—especially when you suck at the whole evil minion game. But Rickety Stitch is traveling through this depressed fantasy world to figure out his past—and hopefully not get re-killed in the process. The heroes of Ben…

The Golden Girls Are the Only Sailor Scouts We Ever Need

The Golden Girls as the Sailor Moon Sailor Scouts. There is nothing better than this. This is the best thing. It’s Tuxedo Stan! TUXEDO STAN! Artist Abraham Perez has just bestowed upon the internet this Golden Girls/Sailor Moon mashup and it is beautiful. Just look at Sophia’s purse! And Bea Arthur as an anime action…

What About Life Today Will Most Confuse Future Archeologists?

Some things (like a Lost episode or the freeway system) really only make sense in context. So what about our lives today is mostly likely to cause a confused archeologist 1,000 years in the future to give up in despair? Will it be some leftover signage that they’ll struggle to explain? Or will the archeology…

Proof That The Best Part Of Edge Of Tomorrow Is The Humor

The best part of Edge of Tomorrow isn’t the mad action, great fights or wonderful chemistry between Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, it’s the humor. And Tom Cruise delivers each ham-boned or cowardly line so well. And if you don’t believe us, check out this supercut. We don’t normally say this, but if you haven’t…

Daft Punk Are Stone Spaceships in Edgar Wright’s New Pharell Music Video

Pharell in a statement hat? Check. Aerial silk? Check. Dancers doing gymnastic dance in outfits with far too long sleeves? Edgar Wright directing? Daft Punk as giant, flying, stone space ships? Check. Check. Check. Check. This is simultaneously a very simple video — there’s one location and the elements of it don’t change that much…

What Will It Take to Get Robert Downey Jr. on Agents of SHIELD?

New rumors about William Shatner’s Star Trek cameo indicate more time travel. Plot details about Jurassic World include some wild dinosaur descriptions. And Margaret Atwood promises blue genitals on HBO’s adaptation of MaddAddam. Plus Walking Dead, Supernatural, Arrow and more. Spoilers now! Top image: Agents of SHIELD Star Trek The latest scoop on the William…

Robert Downey Jr. refuted his earlier Iron Man 4 comment on The Late Show: “There’s no plans for an ‘Iron Man 4.’ There’s no script for ‘Iron Man 4,’ but they do have a plan and I think they’re gonna announce it. You know, [Marvel’s] very secretive about it … but I’m gonna do other…

Let’s Get Lucas His Own Forever Spinoff

Yeah, yeah, there’s an old acquaintance of Henry’s whose death needs solving. But this week was the week Lucas stepped up, completely fucked up, and then broke a bunch of laws to redeem himself. I want to watch his show. At some point, Forever is either to run out of ways to make the cases…

Get Ready, Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Chinese Title Is the Greatest

As usual, James Gunn is making sure we’re apprised of what’s going on for Guardians in Asia. And, according to one translation, China’s gotten to the heart of the matter with “Interplanetary Unusual Attacking Team.” Regardless of Gunn’s tweet identifying this as the Chinese title,Reddit‘s done some extra investigation, calling it out as being both…

Introducing Carrot Is A Video From a Future That Crowdfunds Vegetables

This is supposed to be parody, but I’m pretty sure we’re not too far away from this being the actual way food is marketed to us. It’s like a cross between the milk ads and a tech ad. The video comes with a website full of the kind of buzzwords a crowdfund needs and a…

Watch A Team Of Actors Learn Game Of Thrones’ Dothraki From Scratch

Dothraki is a tricky language to speak — even the Khaleesi herself screws up her pronunciation. But you can speak it like a bloodrider! The Living Language school has just started offering Dothraki classes, and we have an exclusive video featuring the man who invented this thorny tongue, David Peterson. In the video above, Peterson…

Dreaming of a World Full of Winged Dinosaurs

Imagine a Cretaceous forest, blazing with sunset, where the flying creatures settling down to sleep are four-winged Microraptors. It might look something like this. I adore this illustration by artist and sculptor Angela R. Connor, which she has dubbed Micronaptor (because of course). You can see more of her gorgeous art, depicting animals both alive…

Gotham Reveals An Early Balloon-Themed Version of Batman Was Less Scary

Before a man dressed up as a bat and went out to terrorize the criminal scum of Gotham City, there was another vigilante. A man who used balloons to deal with corruption and crime. They called him… Balloonman. And we got to know him pretty well last night on Gotham. Spoilers ahead… This was another…

The Most Hilariously Badass Must-Watch Scene Of Last Night’s Originals

Yes, really. The Originals, the Vampire Diaries spin-off about supernatural creatures turning New Orleans into a gumbo pot of mayhem and intrigue, came back last night and had one of the funniest, cleverest “fuck yeah” moments we’ve seen in ages. Watch for yourself. Warning: Spoilers! True to classic Vampire Diaries style, the Originals season opener…

Brain Scans Show Signs Of Cognitive Decline Before Symptoms Appear

Neuroscientists from the University of Geneva have devised a technique that reveals evidence of cognitive decline prior to the onset of symptoms — an indication that deterioration in the brain happens before we’re able to pick up on cognitive deficiencies. Top image: Scans showing a comparison between a stable, healthy brain and one exhibiting cognitive…

Robert Downey Jr. Confirms Iron Man 4 Is In The Works

Those of you worried that Robert Downey Jr. might say goodbye to the Iron Man armor at the end of his current contract with Marvel can breathe a sigh of relief. The actor admitted on Ellen that Marvel was working on the movie, presumably with him as part of it. That’s really all the news…

How Does A Spider Decide Where To Build Its Web?

Spider webs are a masterpiece of structural engineering. Whether you’re looking at the strength, the architectural organization, or even the make-up of the webbing itself, it’s hard not to be impressed by the construction abilities of spiders. But how do they decide where to build? In response to seeing this genuinely impressive use by a…

Doctor Who Writer To Reboot The Metal Hurlant TV Series

Well, that was quick. Even though Syfy only began airing the 12-episode, French scifi TV series Metal Hurlant Chronicles (shown above) this past April, the channel has already hired Who and Being Human writer Jamie Mathieson to make its own adaptation. Chronicles, based on Metal Hurlant magazine (better known as Heavy Metal in Britain and…

The Stand Might Be Split Into Two Films, Which Would Be For The Best

Stephen King just revealed that the movie adaptation of his classic post-apocalyptic book The Stand may be split into two different movies. And if you’re read the work, you know that’s probably a good thing. The Stand takes place after a terrible virus has killed just about everyone on the planet. And then humanity slowly…