First Clip From Pixar’s Singing Volcano Short Is Immensely Charming

Our hearts have forever been melted by the giant singing volcano from Pixar’s new short, Lava. This is but a mere glimpse, but we’re already charmed. In an interview with Yahoo, James Ford Murphy (Pixar’s head of animation and the director Lava) discusses the struggles of bringing a gigantic rock formation to life. Basically, the…

Batman V. Superman May Be More Insanely Depressing Than We Suspected

Hey, remember yesterday when we heard the oddly believably rumor that Warner Bros. had instituted a “no-jokes” policy for its DC superhero movies? Well, apparently it’s actually a “no joy whatsoever” policy, if this rumor about Scoot McNairy’s character is to be believed. Possible spoilers ahead… https://gizmodo.com/has-warner-bros-decreed-the-dc-movie-universe-should-b-1627507951 Okay, remember a couple of weeks ago when…

Scientists Have Found an Algorithm That Could Turn Us All Into Sheeple

By studying the behavior of sheep dogs, scientists have come close to unraveling a mystery that stretches back millennia. How do these dogs get their sheep to go in one direction? The surprisingly complex answer could affect the way we deal with human crowds, too. Photo by A.J. Morton https://gizmodo.com/scientists-found-an-algorithm-to-turn-all-of-us-into-sh-1628074565

A Maid In A Creepy Gothic Manor Witnesses A Grisly Crime—Or Does She?

Josette just started working at the crumbling and mysterious Blackford Manor, where she never sees the master and has only the other grim servants for company. But when she pokes her nose where it doesn’t belong, she sees something bloody and wonders if something has befallen her master. Jiwook Kim created Blackford Manor, the latest…

A Comic About Learning To Be Comfortable In Your Own Skin—With A Twist

There are tons of comics on the Internet about a person feeling discontent with their life or their body. This comic starts out that way, but then it goes somewhere you might not expect. You can check out F.D. White and Denise Clamors‘ very short comic Bodies below, or scroll through the pages over at…

Our First Glimpse Of A Galaxy In Its Earliest Stage Of Construction

For the first time ever, astronomers have observed a galaxy in its initial phase of development. The discovery of a massive galaxy, dubbed “Sparky,” reveals a dense galactic core that’s producing new stars at a ferocious rate. Artistic impression: NASA, Z. Levay, G. Bacon (STScI) The galaxy, which is being observed a mere three billion…

American Horror Story Cast Pic Has Angela Bassett As A 3-Breasted Lady

Here it is, the first official cast pic from American Horror Story’slatest installment “Freak Show.” And it does not disappoint. This may be the strangest use of this star-studded cast yet. Angela Bassett has three breasts, Kathy Bates a beard, and Sarah Paulson has two heads. Looks like AHS is primed and ready to out-do…

Louisiana Is Losing An Entire Football Field Of Land Every Hour

Louisiana’s coastline is changing — and changing fast, as you can see in the above map which shows the coastal land lost between 1922 and today. And the losses are only getting faster. Bob Marshall of The Lens and Brian Jacobs and Al Shaw of ProPublica put together a comprehensive look at the state of…

10 Times When Comics And Movies Sexualized Male Superheroes

You’ve heard the argument that male superheroes are sexualized simply because they are often bare-chested. But a man taking off his shirt doesn’t make him a sex object. It’s actually rare to find examples of male superheroes who truly are sexualized the way women are in comics. Here are ten examples. Top pinups by Joe…

The Largest Scale Model Of Our Solar System Is In Sweden

Heck, it practically is Sweden. At a scale of 1:20-million, the Sweden Solar System (SSS) spans nearly the entire length of that country. Our parent star is represented by the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm (below the fold), the largest hemispherical building in the world. Photo Credit: Fredrik Posse/Stryngford Photo | CC BY-SA 3.0 Via the…

Cosplayers Fight for Online Anonymity and Privacy During Dragon Con

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), io9, and a coalition of fan communities are launching “Project Secret Identity,” a cosplay photo campaign to raise awareness of the importance of anonymity and privacy during the annual pop culture convention Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia, Aug. 29 – Sept. 1. The campaign, online at ProjectSecretIdentity.org, is supported by…

How Snarf-Ra Invalidated Every ThunderCats Episode Ever

Although we can look back now and see how terrible most ’80s cartoons used to be, most of them still have their charms. ThunderCats… not so much. Sure, it had an awesome opening credit sequence, but it was also the dumbest cartoon on TV, which was really saying something. And one episode, “Hair of the…

The number of coral species with protected status just took their biggest jump ever, from just two species to 22. NOAA described the drastically updated list as their “most extensive rulemaking ever undertaken.” You can check out all 22 threatened species right here. Image: Orbicella Faveolatta, NOAA

British Police Investigate A Programmer Developing A Nuclear War Game

Henry Smith, a software engineer from Bristol, has been working on a game called — wait for it, 1980s movie fans — “Global Thermonuclear War.” He was drawing concepts on a whiteboard, which proved to be unfortunate, since someone mistook it for a plan to nuke Washington, D.C. The sketches caught the attention of Smith’s…

What Lit Up The Universe? Astronomers May Be On The Brink Of An Answer

Most scientists can see, hear, smell, touch or even taste their research. But astronomers can only study light — photons traveling billions of light-years across the cosmos before getting scooped up by an array of radio dishes or a single parabolic mirror orbiting the Earth. Above: A computer model shows one scenario for how light…

States That Legalize Medical Marijuana See Fewer Painkiller Overdoses

As the number of patients who receive opioid prescriptions to treat non-cancer pain has increased in the past decade, so too have the number of overdoses. A new study, however, finds that states that legalized medical marijuana between 1999 and 2010 had 25% fewer annual overdose deaths than the rest of the U.S. More specifically,…

Is Dyson About To Unveil A Robot Vacuum Cleaner With Computer Vision?

British appliance company Dyson has released an intriguing teaser video to promote its latest product. We’re not entirely sure what it is, but this RoboCop-inspired ad has us thinking it’s a robotic vacuum cleaner equipped with computer vision. A Roomba-like vacuum cleaner is probably a good guess. Earlier this year, Dyson poured £5 million (USD$8.2…

Blue Vampires With Guns Rejoice, Underworld Is Getting A Total Reboot

The Underworld movie franchise is getting a reboot. Because vampires doing flips in leather catsuits sell movie tickets, dammit. THR is reporting that Lakeshore Entertainment is going to reboot the entire Underworld vampire franchise. Probably because they’ve run out of stories for Kate Beckinsale to roundhouse through while shooting silver bullets in a blue filter.…

The U.S. Southwest Could Soon Experience Decades-Long “Megadroughts”

During the 1930s, America’s High Plains were ravaged by an 8-year long drought, resulting in the dreaded Dust Bowl. Scientists now warn that, owing to global warming, this could happen again — and that by next century many parts of the world could experience “megadroughts” lasting for several decades. The new study, which was conducted…

What Fashions Surprised You By Coming Back?

Fashion is cyclical. Like a zombie, a trend rarely dies without its reanimated corpse popping back up for a second round — and sometimes you’re around for it both times. Today we want to know about the fashion trends that passed out of your life, and then showed up again. Tell us what the trend…