Doctor Who‘s Dark New Direction. Plus Another Hulk Rumor Debunked!

What is Marvel’s plan for its ambitious movie schedule through 2019? How will the new Power Rangers movie connect to the TV show? Robin Lord Taylor says Gotham has a story for how the Penguin gets his distinctive walk. Lucy Lawless joins the cast of Agents of SHIELD. Plus, fresh looks at The Walking Dead…

Robert Downey Jr. Not Quite Ready to Give Up Iron Man

It’s been largely assumed that the next Iron Man movie, if and when it comes, would no longer feature Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. But now Downey’s giving signs that he’s plenty ready to stick around. Speaking with Entertainment Weekly for their Avengers: Age of Ultron cover story, Downey said: It’s down to Kevin…

House Guarded By Dragon Gate Can Be Yours For Only 2.4 Million Euros

The Harlech House in Dublin has a beautiful stainless steel dragon guarding the gate. It’s no dragon hedge, but it’ll do. And the price can’t be beat! https://gizmodo.com/man-keeps-his-home-safe-with-a-dragon-hedge-1583096556 Harlech House was built in 1798, and it’s a marvel of modern remodeling and ancient artifacts. Like a thousand-year-old carved Christ figure in the basement. And another…

Marvel’s Newest Star Wars Comic Book Will Focus on Princess Leia

According to Bleeding Cool, a Leia Organa-centric comic will join Marvel’s Star Wars lineup. As if more Princess Leia is ever a bad thing. Of course, Marvel announced the new relationship with Lucasfilm earlier this year, reacquiring the license to Star Wars likely due to both companies’ relationship with Disney. Bleeding Cool says that this…

Movie Cats Supercut Is Proof We’ve Reached Peak Internet

This is it, everyone. We’ve got CGI cats, real cats, old cats, young cats. The special horror of Mike Myers as the Cat in the Hat. We’ve got it all set to The Cure’s “Lovecats,” and it’s even got each clip identified for easy googling. This is what the Internet has been leading to for…

The Dinosaur Waited Patiently on Its Wing Legs, Ready for Flight

Last week, researchers announced the discovery of the largest four-winged dinosaur ever found. Now the gifted paleo artist Emily Willoughby has created this lovely image of Changyuraptor yangi, where you can clearly see its “leg wings.” https://gizmodo.com/the-largest-dinosaur-capable-of-flight-had-four-wings-1605853474 Willoughby worked with the team that discovered the fossil to create this image. She writes on her tumblr:…

How to Harvest Cherries, Peaches and Almonds, All From the Same Tree

After looking at this tree, capable of producing 40 different varieties of fruit, the why (cobbler) was pretty clear. But just what makes it possible for all those different fruits to grow on a single tree? https://gizmodo.com/this-tree-is-growing-40-different-kinds-of-fruit-at-onc-1608917128 The combination of multiple fruits onto one true is accomplished by grafting shoots of new plants onto a…

Heartbreaking Film Told From The Perspective Of A Man With Alzheimer’s

Memory and reality collide in Where Do Lilacs Come From, a gorgeously shot, aching short film that attempts to see life from the perspective of an Alzheimer’s sufferer as he tries to understand the world around him while his past constantly intrudes. Director and writer Matthew Thorne tries to understand what goes on in the…

DARPA Wants Wants to Fund Research into “Predatory” Bacteria

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has announced that it is soliciting proposals for research into whether living “predatory” bacteria could be used to treat humans or animals infected with biological agents such as plague, Q fever or tularemia. As DARPA explains: This approach would represent a significant departure from conventional antibacterial therapies that rely…

Entire Planes Come to Life In The Newest Magic: The Gathering Artwork

A new Magic: The Gathering set, Magic 2015, was released this week, and the artwork is simply stunning. Check out this gallery of hi-res artwork from the new set—filled with Planeswalkers, weird creatures, and the souls of Magic’s most popular planes brought to glorious illustrated life. M15 features the return of five of the classic…

Trailer For Our New Favorite Space Opera Spoof Is Packed With 1970s Fun

We’re already in love with Space Station 76, the retro scifi dark comedy that debuted earlier this year at South by Southwest. Before the movie gets a general release, check out the 1970s-fueled goofiness of its trailer. https://gizmodo.com/space-station-76-is-the-best-space-comedy-since-galaxy-1554018182 The trailer focuses mostly on the Mel Brooks-style humor of its setting, but what we really love…

How the Best Seinfeld Parody on the Internet Created Seinfeld Emoji

“Imagen if Senfeld on TV today?” is a question often posed by @Seinfeld2000, an alternate universe of Seinfeld characters in contemporary situations told through garbled English and meme-ready Photoshop renderings. Now @Seinfeld2000’s creator has invented his own 2014-appropriate language to communicate with fans: Seinfeld Emoji. Seinfeld Emoji is one of several Seinfeld-based creations by Jason…

Dear God In Heaven, Will Ferrell Is Making A Manimal Movie

I don’t know if this news proves we live the in the best of all possible nerd worlds or the end times, but I know it proves something: Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s Gary Sanchez Productions will turn the 1983 barely-cult non-hit TV show Manimal into a movie. Manimal, for the many, many, many of…

The Third Machine Age Could Destroy Us

There have been one and a half machine ages already. The first began in the nineteenth century, with machines taking over manual labor. Then in the twentieth century machines began taking over mental labor (they still are). When the third age comes, says one sociologist, we’re doomed. Photo by the American Psychological Association Sociologist Zeynep…

Gorgeous Art Nouveau Paintings Advertise The Drugs Of Westeros

You may be inspired to pop down to the corner merchant and buy a bottle of Stallion Heart prenatal vitamins after looking at these stunning Art Nouveau-inspired ads for the potions and poisons of the Game of Thrones world. Spoilers if you haven’t caught the latest season of the show. Fernando Reza follows his cabaret-style…

​Track The Path Of Any Object Drifting on the Ocean

In 1992, a cargo container filled with more than 28,000 rubber ducks plunged into the North Pacific, and spent more than ten years floating around the world. By studying the travelogue of the ducks, scientists were later able to gather enough data to predict the dynamics of objects floating in the oceans. What the researchers…

Here’s What Thor Will Look Like Now That He’s No Longer Thor

As reported, a mysterious new female character has taken the role of Thor, as Thor — er, the ex-Thor — is found unworthy of Mjolnir. Artist Russell Dauterman has revealed the new design of the character formerly known as Thor, and he’s basically cosplaying as Tetsuo from Akira. No, seriously: Forgive me for using a…

World’s Largest Aquatic Insect Found In China

No, this isn’t a prop from a King Kong movie — it’s a newly discovered member of the Megaloptera family that could very well be the largest aquatic insect in the world. Images of the grotesquely huge bug recently appeared on China’s ECNS website. The specimen was discovered in a mountain of Chengdu, Sichuan province.…

I Read This Book Cover To Cover But I Don’t Remember A Thing About It

What book have you read, cover to cover — but for the life of you cannot recall a single detail from within its pages? The question itself may be a paradox, but we’d like to see if you can remember what you’ve forgotten. Personally, there are two books I’ve read, and have a vivid recollection…

A charitable foundation has just donated $650 million to the Broad Institute, earmarked for psychiatric research. It is the largest such donation ever made, and is welcome in an era when we’re seeing a decline in funding for the study of mental illness.