The Double Shows Just How Soul-Draining A Terrible Office Job Could Get

The Double is based on a Dovstoevesky story about a man who meets his doppelganger — but this movie by Richard Ayoade owes a huge debt to Kafka, too. And stylistically, it really is like a fan-film of Terry Gilliam’s Brazil. And it does a brilliant job of capturing the horrors of a soul-crushing job…

First Trailer For Monsters 2 Explores A Whole New Quarantine Zone

You loved Gareth Edwards’ first monster movie, which quarantined all of Mexico due to MONSTERS. Now take a look at Monsters 2, which explores an entirely different quarantine zone set in the Middle East. Here’s the first trailer. Directed by Tom Green, Monsters 2 Dark Continent is the official sequel to Monsters, and is set…

Why Is North Korea So Eager To Join The Effort Against Climate Change?

Whether it’s testing nuclear weapons or threatening its neighbors, North Korea isn’t known for working and playing well with the global community. Yet, the Hermit Kingdom has a sterling record of compliance as a party to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. What’s going on here, Dear Leader? According to Benjamin Habib, a specialist…

This Could Have Been The Face Of The New Godzilla

The great thing about the new Godzilla movie is how perfect the Big G looks. But the designers experimented with some pretty far-fetched ideas, including Fish Godzilla and Dragon Godzilla. We’ve got exclusive art from the movie’s art book. Plus concept artist Eddie Del Rio shared some of his Godzilla art exclusively with io9. https://gizmodo.com/too-bad-about-the-boring-humans-in-this-awesome-godzill-1577275588…

​Is The CW’s Reign Secretly A Fantasy Show?

When Reign was announced, it seemed most notable for how little it cared about the history involved — and for giving Mary Queen of Scots’ handmaidens names cribbed from Bratz dolls. But as they played fast and loose with history, Reign became an alternate-history fantasy, almost despite itself. Spoilers for the 16th century ahead… Despite…

NASA’s Planet-Hunting Kepler Telescope Is Back From The Dead!

After an almost year-long hiatus, NASA’s prolific Kepler mission is back in business. The Agency announced today that the K2 mission to revive the defunct telescope has been approved! https://gizmodo.com/keplers-latest-exoplanet-hoard-graphed-1534690734 http://space.io9.com/kepler-is-a-planet-hunting-powerhouse-1543642014/+riamisra Above: Artist’s concept of the K2 mission, showing the telescope in two-wheel operation mode while observing in the ecliptic. Credit: NASA/W. Stenzel One year…

Miss CGHUB? Help Crowdfund A New Artists Portfolio Site To Replace It

One of the largest artists portfolio sites shut down last month, but you can help fund its replacement. You can also back a line of female superhero toys, a swashbuckling clockpunk RPG, and tons of beautiful new comics. Next generation website for CG artists Last month, the artists portfolio site CGHub was shut down unexpectedly,…

12 Happy Accidents that Helped Save Science Fiction

Science fiction history is full of strange occurrences, and it’s easy to imagine some wild alternate histories of the genre. And without some bolts from the blue, science fiction could have turned into something way less interesting. Here are 12 happy accidents that helped save science fiction. Top image: Martian Chronicles, art by Meinert Hansen.…

Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery, Green Arrow Vol. 4, Free Amazon Coins

90 minutes of deleted scenes! One of television’s best, and one of my favorite shows ever finally gets the awesome package it deserves with Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery. Pre-order to save (at least) $40. Ships July 29. [Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery, $91] pre-order and save on Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, which has been…

This Rube Goldberg Device Puts A Human Inside the Machine

Every year, students from across the U.S. compete in Purdue University’s Rube Goldberg Machine contest. This year’s winners were invited to Jimmy Kimmel Live to present their 75-step zipper-zipping contraption – the first Rube Goldberg Machine in the competition’s 31-year history to put a human inside the machine. [JKL]

Should we get rid of expiration dates? A new proposal set to go before the agricultural ministers of the EU next week says this would reduce food waste. Reuters got a look at the proposal, which points out that almost half of the food on grocery shelves is tossed out, unused.

Vader At The Bat

Japan pro-baseball’s Pacific League produced commercials commemorating a Star Wars Day match-up between the Eagles and Hawks. Though the outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Imperial nine that day, the Dark Lord of the Sith came through with a home run — albeit with disastrous results. Via AOL News Japan and RocketNews24.

Holy Crap, Trailer For Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar Is Thrilling

Whatever you’re doing, drop it and watch the brand-new trailer for Interstellar. Go, go, go! Christopher Nolan isn’t just taking us to space—he wants to save humanity on a massive and majestic scale. Here’s the trailer that’s attached to Godzilla and it gives us much more than the teaser did, finally explaining some of the…

Too Bad About the Boring Humans in this Awesome Godzilla Movie

With its badass giant monster fights and atomic horrors, Godzilla does justice to the venerable kaiju franchise that began in the mid-twentieth century. I mean that in a good way, but also in a not-so-good way too. For those who have never seen a Godzilla movie, this flick is the perfect place to start. You…

The Path Of The Sun In The Martian Sky Is Shaped Like A Teardrop

For an entire Martian year (or in Earth-time, July 16, 2006 – June 8, 2008), Opportunity snapped a picture of the sun’s position in the sky every third day at 11:02 a.m. The result? This tracing of the teardrop-shaped path the sun follows in Mars’ sky. The path of the sun’s fluctuating movement through the…

Think Selfies Are Annoying Now? Wait Until They Invade Our Fairytales

What if Prince Charming, the Ugly Duckling, and Thumbelina all had access to cell phone cameras? Their fairytales would have very different endings—and they wouldn’t be pretty. CalArts student Amber Ren made the silly cartoon short Once Upon A… warning us of the dangers of selfie addiction. Just because you’re a fairytale character, that doesn’t…

The Othello Error Makes You Sure Everyone is Lying

Ever heard of Othello error? It’s the unfortunate mindset that leads questioners to believe people are lying, even when they’re telling the truth. It can cause them to use understandable coincidences as damning evidence, and getting rid of it can make us better at judging honesty. The innocent, but incriminating, coincidence is a staple of…

Even a single alcohol binge can cause serious health problems. According to a new study by the National Institutes of Health, a bout of heavy drinking causes bacteria to leak from the gut and release toxins into the blood—which leads to an excessive production of immune cells that could potentially damage body tissue.

Chris Pratt Explains Why Rocket Raccoon Is A Tragic Character

We had the extreme fortune of visiting the set of Marvel’s new space adventure Guardians of the Galaxy. And today we’re allowed to give you a little taste of what we learned straight from Star Lord himself, Chris Pratt. On the set of the London Pinewood Studios, we met Pratt, hair blond and cheeks covered…

Russian Rocket Carrying Hi-Tech Satellite Crashes Minutes After Launch

A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying the country’s most advanced satellite to date, the Express-AM4R, crashed near Kazakhstan about nine minutes after lift-off. The reason for the catastrophic malfunction is still not known. An early theory is that the rocket experienced a failure in one of the third stage’s steering engines. “The exact cause is hard…