Food Is The Cheapest It’s Been In 4 Years, But It’s Still Pretty Pricey

Global food prices have fallen to their lowest level in four years – but at the same time, the number of hungry people in the world is now at 842 million, or 1 in every 8 people. So, what’s going on? The FAO released their latest dataon the global food price index this week, where…

Wearing the Suit from Edge of Tomorrow Would Basically Kill You

Those guns… would rip right off those armatures. Weapons, especially heavy weapons, cause a lot of recoil. I mean a lot of recoil. For comparison, I am going to consider the machine gun farthest back to be comparable to the US military’s 240-G. Do you see the way he is directly behind the weapon with…

Declassified Documents Reveal US Plan for Alaska in a Russian Invasion

In 1950, Cold War tensions ran high and government officials were terrified that Soviets would invade Alaska. Recently-declassified documents reveal the details of “Operation Washtub”—a joint FBI-Air Force plan to recruit Alaskans as “stay-behind” agents to gather military intelligence. Sounds like the plot to a movie called White Dawn, but it was real. The event…

Science Shows Fat Shaming Doesn’t Work – In Fact, It Often Backfires

Overweight and obese people are often the targets of discrimination and teasing. But while some might argue that ‘fat shaming’ encourages weight loss, a new study of nearly 3,000 British adults shows it’s simply not true. This isn’t actually very surprising. Previous research has found that people often resort to comfort eating after being shamed…

Attack On Titan Is Back In Production For Season 2

Wonderful anime series Attack On Titan (based on the delightful manga book series of the same name) is coming back! Let’s all celebrate by gorging ourselves on the local villagers! Attack on Titan is set in a world plagued by giant titans that stomp about gobbling up humans at random. It’s unnaturally messy and bloody…

These Simple Tips Will Make Your Science Visualizations Rock

There are so many, many ways to graphically convey scientific data. But depending on how this information is presented, it can be perceived differently by different people — if not completely inaccurately. Here are 10 simple rules to help you convey your data more effectively. Top image: Called “Security Blanket,” it’s a digitally printed image…

Wildly Emotional Biopic Shows The Dramatic Beginnings Of Walt Disney

Behold the trailer for Walt Before Mickey, which shows the modest beginnings of the world’s most famous animator. And no this isn’t a Funny of Die video this is a real movie about Walt losing his shit and his money, a lot. Based off the novel, Walt Before Mickey: Disney’s Early Years: 1919-1928 by Timoth…

You Can’t Wrap Up Your Week Without A GIF Party!

It’s the end of the week, there’s a crispness in the air, and one season has begun to gently nudge (or perhaps to less gently smash) another season aside. It’s time to party, with GIFs! You know what to do: Tell us a little something about this week gone by or something that you’re planning…

One Bad Piece of Press Made Black Widow Spiders Legendary

Black widows have figured in everything from real life murder plots to James Bond novels. It’s understood that they mean certain death. They don’t. They just got one spectacularly bad piece of press. Black widows are not a threat to house and home. It’s understandable that most people don’t want to be around them, but…

Hackers Could Sabotage 3D Printers, Turning Some Of Them Into Bombs

For years, aerospace and defense companies have used 3D printers to mass-produce precision parts. Guided by digital blueprints, the printers create solid objects from layers of metal powder. A new report, however, warns that hackers could reconfigure the machines’ settings, turning them into volatile explosives. According to the report just published by the National Institute…

Which Old American Horror Story Character Will Reappear In Freak Show?

Is a major DC hero left out of Batman v. Superman after all? Find out why Venom deserves his own movie, and why Gotham is so diverse. Jenna Coleman explains why Clara’s fate will be a major surprise on Doctor Who. Plus, what elements from Star Wars Rebels will make it to Episode VII? Spoilers…

Aerial Shots of Beach Show Man Wringing Order From Nature

These photos by Bernhard Lang look less like people enjoying a beach trip and more like they belong on Things Organized Neatly. Perhaps by a very anal giant. The shots are from Lang‘s Aerial Views Adria, which he describes thusly: The message might be to show the impact of human beings on the natural environment.…

Celebrate the End of Summer With a Doggie Pool Party

These dogs are the happiest dogs. They’re happier than you, than me, than the cat that’s just realized all the dogs are gone. The Lucky Puppy doggy daycare in Maybee, Michigan is a summer camp for dogs, basically. Seriously, this is nicer than my childhood summer camp: there’s a specially designed 21×41 foot pool has…

Underworld Reboot No Longer a Reboot

Instead of starting the franchise over with a full reboot, asreported earlier. Instead, we’re getting a sequel with some new characters. The Hollywood Reporter says that the fifth movie in the vampire series will center around David, Theo James’ character from 2013’s Underworld: Awakening. Now far more recognizable, thanks to Divergent, James is reportedly set…

Is a Live-Action Teen Titans One DC Show Too Many?

DC does not seem concerned about this at all, since they and Warner Bros. keep producing them. The latest property to get the small screen treatment are the Teen Titans, as TNT is about to order a pilot based on the Teen Titans called, simply Titans. Written by Oscar-winner Akiva Goldsman and Marc Haimes, the…

Here’s How Japanese Pop Videos Depicted Cyberspace Back In 1989

Western cyberpunk creators borrowed a lot from Japanese culture in the 1980s — but judging from this video by J-Pop diva Anri, it went both ways. Watch as our heroine puts on her mirror shades and hacks into cyberspace, only to be pursued by a dark avatar. This amazing 1980s time capsule is the video…

What If You Were Under House Arrest In A Haunted House? TWIST

It’s officially the time when all the indie horror movies coming out in October start releasing their early buzz trailers! We love this time! Check out the new trailer for Housebound, a movie about a girl under house arrest in a haunted house. This New Zealand film puts a twist on the classic haunted house…

Why Is It So Hard To Predict The Technology Of The Future?

Attempting to predict the future is always a roll of the dice — even if we manage to correctly foretell where the winds will shift us, it is impossible to know what unexpected events will detour us on the way there. But what makes the technology of the future so particularly difficult to imagine? In…

Turns out Hollywood isn’t so gay-friendly after all. A new study of 5,700 members of SAG-AFTRA found way more widespread (and blatant) discrimination against LGBT performers and other professionals than you’d have expected (or hoped.) There’s a town hall about it, being livestreamed at 5:30 PST.

The Curiosity Rover Has Arrived At Its Primary Scientific Target!

It took a little more than 2 years and nearly 9 kilometers of driving, but NASA’s Curiosity Rover has finally reached the base of Mount Sharp. The a 3.4-mile-tall mountain, formally known as Aeolis Mons, rises from the center of Gale Crater, and is the rover’s primary scientific target. After so much driving (for which…