Ask An Expert All Your Questions About Wildfires

What do you do when a wildfire breaks out? Mark Koontz, an expert in wildland fire management for the national parks, is here to answer our questions about tracking, managing, controlling, and fighting wildfires. Koontz is the Acting Branch Chief for Wildland Fire at the National Park Service. He previously worked on wildfire management for…

To See Who Holds The Power In Your Relationships, Check Your Old Emails

Power dynamics are everywhere, from our personal relationships to our professional ones. Do you know where do you stand in yours? Here’s a little psychology experiment you can run at home. Finding out could be as simple as reading through your old e-mails. Photo Credit: TheStocks.im | CC BY 4.0 I’m going to spend the…

These GIFs Have Come To Party

This just in! GIFs from all over the globe are converging on this post for a giant party. Will yours be one of them? We hope so! Send your GIFs, details about your week, project plans and updates, and, of course, any news you want to share with us all into the comments now. It’s…

Did The Giant Sloth Die Out Less Than 150 Years Ago?

The giant sloth, or mylodon, was once thought to to have gone extinct long before humans arrived in South America. Some people now think that it may have been alive in the 1800s. You decide. It started with archaeological evidence of a giant sloth that died from being roasted alive in a pit — either…

Is The Flash‘s Rogues Gallery Already Starting To Team Up?

Maurissa Tancharoen previews Agents of SHIELD’s new mercenary. Get glimpses of Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland and Vin Diesel’s witch hunter movie. And an Arrow promo introduces Ray Palmer. Watch a ton of Maze Runner clips! Plus, what mysterious structure is being built on the Game of Thrones set? Top image: Arrow The Martian Ridley Scott’s next…

Saturday’s Doctor Who Has Had Its “Beheading Scene” Edited Out

As a result of the recent deaths of journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, footage from this week’s Doctor Who has been removed by the BBC. While we don’t know exactly what has been taken out, its believed that sequence in question from the Robin Hood-themed episode is from a battle between Robin Hood and…

Visit Every Color of the Rainbow, Using Nothing But Pixar Movies

Made by y Rishi Kaneria (with music by Moderat), this video celebrates Pixar’s use of color, starting from red and moving across the visible light spectrum all the way to purple. You’ll be amazed at just how many scenes are suffused by a single color.

Watch Peter Capaldi’s Surreal Academy Award-Winning Short Film

Before he was the Doctor, before he was even Malcolm Tucker, Peter Capaldi wrote and directed Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life. If you ever wondered what the first drafts of Metamorphosis looked like, here are some options. In 1994, Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life won an Oscar for best live-action short. It tied…

What Spider-Man Would Really Look Like If He Was Drawn Like Spider-Woman

The image below, courtesy of The Oatmeal, is mildly NSFW (if clothed cartoon penis bothers you, then back away now) is a perfect summation of what’s wrong with the variant Spider-Woman cover. This is the Spider-version of the gender-swapped boob window, and it’s spot on. It’s not the anatomically-impossible pose that’s the only problem. The…

Meet The New White Dude Playing Ra’s Al Ghul On Arrow

One of Batman’s most formidable foes will be setting his sights on the Emerald Archer in season 3 of Arrow, and know we know who will be wearing Ra’s Al Ghul’s sinister facial hair: Matt Nable, an Australian actor probably best known as Boss Johns in 2013’s Riddick. Nable’s casting seems to be in line…

Concept Art Writing Prompt: The Book Wyrm

While a group of would-be dragonslayers point their spears at this dragon, the dragon is enjoying a nice book and a smoke. What story will you tell about this oddball scene? This week’s writing prompt, Book Reading Pipe Smoking Dragon, comes courtesy of artist Khurrum Maqbool. As always, we invite you to come up with…

Why Has the Population of Russia Suddenly Declined by 7 Million People?

Something bizarre is happening in Russia. Between 1997 and 2007, the population declined by 7 million, or 5 percent. These numbers are enormous — they are comparable to wartime losses. What is causing this shocking death toll? Photo by Helen Filatova via Shutterstock Over at the New York Review of Books, reporter Masha Gessen describes…

All Your Best, Most Terrifying, and Strangest Stories From The Lab

The lab can be a strange place. Just how strange is best illustrated by these stories you shared with us of misadventure, accidental reactions, and even the rare triumph, that took place inside your laboratory walls. Warning! Do Not Ingest: rkr I was working on my PhD in biology. One morning the -40C freezer died.…

Everyone’s Favorite Ape Villain Could Return To Planet Of the Apes

The scariest ape to ever fire a gun while grinning may return to the Planet of the Apes franchise. Or at least director Matt Reeves really wants to leave that door open. In an interview with website M TIME, Reeves was asked why we never really saw Koba’s demise on screen. Turns out, it was…

Prepare For Kim Harrison’s Final Hollows Book With This Amazing Video

The long-awaited conclusion to Kim Harrison’s Rachel Morgan book series, The Witch With No Name, is coming out this month. To help you get ready, here’s an exclusive video where Harrison takes you into the real-life Hollows — and shows us artwork that gives a hint of what to expect. Witch With No Name comes…

Futuristic Green Arrow And Black Canary Star In Three DC Nation Shorts

The DC Nation shorts consistently deliver incredibly fun superhero action sequences that we wish were part of a half-hour show. In these shorts, a futuristic version of Green Arrow patrols the robot-filled streets with his artificially intelligent bow and Black Canary. In Onomatopoeiabot up top, Arrow and Canary compete to see who can blast the…

There’s now a chance you can own actual bits of Pacific Rim

There was a lot to love about Pacific Rim, especially its amazing props and world design. So diehard fans, prepare to rip your wallets right open – The Prop Store are running a massive auction of props and costumes from the movie, featuring everything from Kaiju goop to… Hannibal Chau’s Desk!? The auction, which started…

These Beautiful Giant Sculptures Support Power Lines With Style

Electricity pylons, or transmission towers, usually aren’t the most interesting structures, just basic towers that keep electrical wires aloft. But some architects have designed innovative towers that are more than mere eyesores. Land of Giants, 98-ft (30 m) tall towers designed by Choi + Shine Architects, 2008 (via Choi + Shine) 55-105-ft (17-32 m) high…

A new study reveals that dogs prefer petting over vocal praise. Dogs will spend significantly longer periods of time around people who are more inclined to pet them, regardless of whether they’re owners or strangers. Vocal praise, on the other hand, has virtually no effect on their desire to hang out. The research also shows…

​Revelation Trail Is An Indie Zombie Movie With Both Heart And Talent

Revelation Trail isn’t the first zombie western, and it won’t be the last. But this small, independent horror film is somewhat special to me because it was co-written and directed by a friend of mine. So when I say I think you should check it out, I admit I’m biased — but I also don’t…