How much does it cost to eat a steak? Over at Science Friday, they’re taking on that question not in terms of dollars but in terms of land and water use. Beef stacks up highest by far among animal proteins in resource consumption, using up 28 times the amount of land than poultry does.

Game Of Thrones‘ Maisie Williams May Star In The Last Of Us Movie

Neil Druckmann, writer and director of the post-apocalyptic video game The Last of Us, and Sam Raimi, who is producing the film adaptation, came to Comic-Con to talk about the movie. And while it’s not written in stone yet, they said Game of Thrones actress Maisie Williams may be playing Ellie. Druckmann said during the…

Lucy Tells the Greatest Superhero Origin Story Ever

Set five minutes into the future, Lucy is about the birth of a new kind of superhero. With Scarlett Johansson playing our eponymous ninja with mental superpowers, there’s a lot of fantastic action here. But sadly, the movie makes some major mistakes, too. Let’s start with the good stuff. Director Luc Besson is a genius…

The Webb Telescope’s New Sunshield Is SPF 1,000,000

When the Webb telescope flies into space, it’s going to need to pack some serious sun protection. Just how strong will it be? To keep the telescope cool on its trip, scientists have constructed this sunshield, which they say has an effective SPF of 1,000,000. The sunshield just cleared its first successful lab test, when…

Everything You Need To Know About The Amazing Batman ’66 Blu-Ray/DVDs

Holy long-awaited cult-favorite show that until recently was stuck in a legal nightmare! The campy, outstanding 1966 Batman TV series will finally be released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 11th, and we’ve got the details on all the extra features and the goodies included in the complete series set. First of all, both the…

The WarGames Remake Will Feature New Adversaries

Not only were we lucky enough to catch Project Almanac last night at Comic-Con, but we also got a few minutes with director Dean Israelite, too. Almanac’s a solid first feature so it should come as no surprise that the guy’s got a pretty cool project lined up next: a new version of the 1983…

Google Wants to Create a Map of What a Healthy Human Body Looks Like

It’s the ultimate baseline study — an effort to collect the fullest picture of what a healthy human being should look like. The project, which is in its early stages, is being run by Andrew Conrad, a molecular biologist known for developing affordable, high-volume tests for HIV in blood-plasma donations. His team now consists of…

Project Almanac Gets Found-Footage Time Travel Right

Project Almanac is shot found-footage style, had its title changed three times and had its release date pushed back nearly a year, but don’t jump to conclusions just yet. We got the chance to see Dean Israelite’s directorial debut at Comic-Con, and while we can’t give a full review just yet, we can tell you…

Patent Trolling Is Worse Than Any Other Time in History

It’s the tech world’s version of ambulance chasing: firms that earn money by asserting patent rights against other companies, without manufacturing any useful products of their own. And, according to the latest numbers, the economic burden of patent lawsuits is now unprecedented in U.S. history. By filing one frivolous lawsuit after another, the trolls shakedown…

Deals: Marvel Cinematic Universe, 75 Years of Batman, Munchkin

Six films and a Tesseract. $130 today. [ Marvel Cinematic Universe] 75 years of Batman, one hardcover book. $24 [ Batman: A Celebration of 75 Years] .gif via this infographic https://kotaku.com/how-batmans-mask-changed-over-75-years-1606053426 Announced yesterday, the Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD Remix Limited Edition features an exclusive pin, and your preorder gets you the limited edition at no…

At Comic-Con? Put On Your Mask for the Surveillance Camera Network

In the TV series Person of Interest, an AI can access virtually every surveillance camera across New York City. So the question is: do cities really create networks of interconnected private and public security cameras? Yes, they do. Including in San Diego, right in the heart of Comic-Con. If you’re going to Comic-Con (and the…

Watch Jack Black Face Off Against Goosebumps‘ Slappy The Dummy

During the Goosebumps movie presentation at San Diego Comic-Con, Jack Black brought out the film’s real star: Slappy the Dummy. Together, they did a ventriloquist routine on stage… one that didn’t end well for Black. Once Black was swept off stage, Slappy stuck around for one final word:

21 Books That Changed Science Fiction And Fantasy Forever

Speculative fiction is the literature of change and discovery. But every now and then, a book comes along that changes the rules of science fiction and fantasy for everybody. Certain great books inspire scores of authors to create something new. Here are 21 of the most influential science fiction and fantasy books. Top image: Magrathea…

Here’s The First (Tiny) Look At The Vision In Avengers: Age Of Ultron

Marvel has been releasing two interconnected Avengers: Age of Ultron posters a day at Comic-Con; when the last two posters are released tomorrow, we’ll post the entire, 8-part epic picture. But today’s Quicksilver poster reveals something more — the first glimpse of the android known as The Vision! You can see him flying up top,…

A woman who tested positive for the deadly Ebola virus has escaped quarantine and is wandering in Freetown, Sierra Leone, a city of 1 million people. Over the past several weeks, deadly outbreaks of Ebola have killed many people in Sierra Leone and elsewhere in western Africa.

Creator Reveals Penny Dreadful‘s Origins And The Horrors Yet To Come

Penny Dreadful got off to a strong start in its first season, boasting a remarkably detailed world, deeply complex characters and an exciting core narrative. But to be fair, as creator John Logan pointed out at the show’s Ballroom 20 Comic-Con panel, he’s been working on this thing for 10 years. Beginning by revealing how…

Brett Ratner’s Hercules Is A Lie. Don’t Fall For It.

First things first: Remember all those awesome Hercules trailers? All those fantastic shots of The Rock fighting the Nemean Lion, the Erymanthian Boar, and the Hydra? If they were what had you thinking about seeing Hercules, don’t bother. They are lies. In fact, not only are they are lies told to potential audiences, they are…

Over 90% Of Human DNA May Be Completely Worthless

Geneticists at Oxford University are making the astounding claim that a mere 8.2% of our DNA does something biologically important. That means upwards of 90% of the human genome is “junk” — a discovery that could dramatically hasten genetic research. As a concept, junk DNA emerged in the early 1970s. The idea became famous at…

It’s going to be harder to find habitable Earth-like worlds than we thought. An analysis of three hot Jupiters yielded only 1/10 to 1/1000 the amount of water predicted by models. This means our planetary formation theories are incomplete — and that we should expect to see lower water abundances on potentially habitable terrestrial exoplanets.…

In the Galaxy of Star Wars: Rebels, Some View the Empire as Good Guys

While Star Wars: Rebels centers around a spaceship crew doing their best to stick it to the Galactic Empire, it will be a while before we see a full Rebel Alliance form. That’s because, as the show’s producers explained at yesterday’s Comic-Con panel, a lot of people feel that the Empire has brought stability to…