New Power Rangers Movie Gets X-Men: First Class Writers; May Be Good?!

Whoa. Looks like Lionsgate is taking their Power Rangers movie reboot pretty seriously. The studio has hired X-Men: First Class scribes Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz to handle the script, while uber-producer Roberto Orci has come on board as an executive producer. Regardless of whatever you think of X-Men: First Class — or how dire…

Planet Of The Apes Director Reveals What’s Next For The Apes

Now that Dawn of the Planet of the Apes has blown everybody’s mind, what happens next? Director Matt Reeves, who is both writing and directing the untitled Apes sequel, has a few ideas. And he shared them with us, in our exclusive interview. This is thesecond half of our two-parter interview with Reeves. Previously we…

Studio Ghibli’s beautiful new film The Tale of Princess Kaguya will come to America on October 17th, with the voice of Chloe Moretz as Kaguya. Based on the classic Japanese folk tale of the bamboo cutter, Kaguya was directed by Isao Takahata and will be released by Gkids, likely just in time for awards consideration.…

A Sunken Nazi Sub Has Been Discovered Off The Texas Coast

In a shocking reminder of how close the Second World War came to America, a German U-boat has been discovered by marine archaeologists working off the shores of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. That Nazi subs once prowled the Gulf of Mexico may come as a bit of surprise to Americans. “And there’s a…

Why Do You Always End Up In The Slowest Line?

Mathematicians have confirmed what you, in your heart of hearts, have long suspected: The odds of picking the quickest line really are stacked against you. Over at Wired, Adam Mann is taking a look at the elements of queueing theory that explain just why it’s so hard to pick the quickest moving line in the…

Why Does Your Apple Turn Brown, and How Can You Stop It?

Cut an apple in half and you begin a race against time. Every second you waste is a second that your apple uses to turn into a flaccid brown mess. Why do apples try so hard to foil your quest for vitamins? Science has the answer. Photo by nayladen via Shutterstock The Browning Enzyme Certain…

There Are 2 Plagues Under The Dome: A Rain of Acid Blood, And Microsoft

I’m going to tell you something I’ve never told anyone before: I was there during the pitch meetings for Under The Dome. The suits had a lot of concerns about whether this show could last more than one season without running out of story. But I managed to convince them that I had what it…

Sailor Moon Looks Utterly Badass As A Fantasy RPG Warrior

The Sailor Scouts look ready to slay dragons thanks to this animated makeover by artist Sasha Mutch, which portrays Usagi as the paladin leader of windblown fantasy party. Head over to Mutch’s Tumblr to take a closer look at each of the characters: Mercury as the mage, Mars as the archer, Venus as the assassin,…

Measure the Width of Your Hair With a Laser Pointer!

I love learning new things to do with a laser pointer. (Usually I just blind people. That gets old.) This cool short video shows you how to measure the width of a human hair. This three-minute video, enlivened by footage of one scientist yanking the hair out of another scientist’s head, shows you how to…

20 Comic-Con Exclusive Collectibles Worth Selling Somebody’s Soul For

Why do toy companies do it? Why do they make the toys, statues and other collectibles we want most, and then release them only at the San Diego Comic-Con? Is Satan involved? If so, let’s make a deal, because we want these 20 exclusives from this year’s Comic-Con bad. You don’t need our specific souls,…

Deals: Funimation, Game of Thrones Season 4, Kindle Paperwhite, Akira

Preorder the Games of Thrones Season 4 blu-ray to lock in your preorder discount and as always get preorder price guarantee. Just as with season 2, season 3 hit low prices before release, before bouncing back up for quite a while, and we expect the same pricing behavior from season 4. There’s a ton of…

Looking for a fun activity with the kids? Why not mummify Barbie? This little girl figured out all the ingredients she’d need, and did a fantastic job cutting her doll’s organs out before wrapping her in linen and preparing her elaborate burial chamber.

Is double-dipping your chip harmless, or is it a disgusting habit that turns a communal dip bowl into a petri dish? The answer, according to a study Vox dug up looking at the results of double dipping in salsa, cheese, or chocolate syrup, is both.

A Star Trek Phaser TV Remote Is Perfect For Fast Forwarding Enterprise

The only thing more satisfying for Star Trek fans than fast-forwarding through Enterprise’s awful opening credits would be doing it with this wonderfully-detailed phaser prop universal remote. Created using 3D scans of the actual hero prop used on the original Star Trek series, the phaser remote will be officially revealed at ThinkGeek’s San Diego Comic…

Congress Is Still Editing Wikipedia a Lot — Here’s How We Know

Ever since members of Congress got busted for rewriting Wikipedia articles in 2006, anonymous editors of the online encyclopedia on Capitol Hill have become more circumspect. But the days of under-the-radar editing are over, with a new bot that monitors each and every change in real time. (Photo: Shutterstock) Created less than a week ago…

Disney’s Big Hero 6 Looks Pixar-Cute and Superhero-Awesome

Here’s the first trailer for Disney’sBig Hero 6, an animated superhero movie lightly based on the Marvel comic series by the same name. The visual style is straight up Pixar, with action scenes that look equal parts Incredibles and Iron Man. That’s no coincidence: Disney owns Marvel these days, and it looks like the animation…

Marvel’s New Thor Is A Woman

For reasons we can’t really grasp, Marvel decided to announce their new character on The View. And here SHE is in her thunderous glory. That’s right, the new Thor is a woman! And she looks pretty great in this preliminary art: While details are scarce, we now know that this new Thor was saved by…

75 Years Of Batman’s Cowls On A Single Poster

To celebrate Batman’s 75th anniversary, artist Salvador Anguiano illustrated 75 of the Dark Knight’s cowls, taking us through the history of the Bat’s pointy-eared (and sometimes no-eared) costume. Anguiano made this massive poster for Poster Posse’s Batman 75th anniversary poster extravaganza, and you can see many, many more fantastic Bat-posters over on Poster Posse’s site.…

By 2025, networked devices will account for 6% of global electricity demand at 1,140 terawatt-hours. Most of that energy is used just to maintain a network connection. Developing ways to minimize power consumption in standby mode could reduce that demand by 600 terawatt-hours annually by 2020.

These Insanely Detailed Maps Of Mars Are The Most Accurate Yet

After 16 years of painstaking work, the U.S. Geological Survey has released a series of geologic maps that offer the most thorough representation of the Red Planet’s surface to date. The revealing project will help mission planners target future areas for robotic — and potentially human — exploration. The USGS is no stranger to producing…