Watch A Space Jam Live Read With Nick Kroll, Seth Green & Blake Griffin

Lately ,there have been a collection of highbrow, nostalgic live reads (The Breakfast Club with Jennifer Garner and Aaron Paul or Ghostbusters read with Seth Rogen and Mae Whitman). But now there’s finally something for the people. Behold a snippet from the Space Jam live read starring Nick Kroll, Ben Schwartz, Seth Green, Blake Griffin…

British scientists have finally figured out how sperm is able to connect with an egg. The process is facilitated by a molecule dubbed Juno, a protein that allows sperm to dock to the surface of an egg. The discovery could introduce new fertility treatments and birth control. The Sanger Institute put together this explainer video:…

10 Futurist Phrases And Terms That Are Complete Bullshit

Last month we told you about 20 terms every self-respecting futurist should know, but now it’s time to turn our attention to the opposite. Here are 10 pseudofuturist catchphrases and concepts that need to be eliminated from your vocabulary. Top image: Screen grab from Elysium. 1. “Transcendence” Some futurists toss this word around in a…

Last Night’s Arrow Was Like One Long Clip Show from Many, Many Movies

“The Man Under the Hood,” puts the Arrow characters in a holding pattern. Everyone ends the episode pretty much where they were in the last one. To make it up to us, the story is an homage to many, many films, including The Dark Knight Rises to Django Unchained. Check out the nonstop homages. You…

Zack Snyder Reveals How Man of Steel 2 Became Batman Vs. Superman

After Zack Snyder released Man of Steel, reintroducing the world to a new, hairy-chested Superman, he went straight into the very ambitious Superman Vs. Batman project. And now Snyder has revealed how this idea evolved into something much larger than any of us anticipated. In an interview with Forbes, Snyder spoke at length about his…

China’s Terracotta Army Will Make an Appearance in Indianapolis

Since 1974, some 8,000 life-sized terracotta warriors have been discovered guarding the tomb of the First Emperor of China. Beginning May 10th, more than 100 artifacts from the army will be displayed at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, the only stateside appearance of the warriors in 2014. Photo Credit: The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. The…

Coolest dad ever creates Elsa’s ice castle from “Frozen” in Lego

This Lego build of Elsa’s Ice Palace from the Disney film Frozen, is pretty rad and quite beautiful. It’s up on Lego Cuusoo, which means if it gets 10,000 votes then it will go before Lego to be considered as an official set. Then you can buy it as a present and be the best…

Is The Internet Killing Religion In America?

Since 1990, the number of Americans who are unaffiliated with any religion has been steadily on the rise, reaching nearly 20% today. A recent study says that one primary cause is that more people are going online. Allen Downey, a professor of computer science at the Olin College of Engineering, culled data from the General…

We Can Now Read About Ginny Weasley’s Post-Hogwarts Career

The epilogue to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows told us a little bit about Ginny Weasley’s life after Hogwarts, but it didn’t tell us whether this Gryffindor alum took a job. Now, The Daily Prophet dispatches show what Ginny has been up to in the wizarding world. Over at her site Pottermore (which requires…

Ask A Sociologist About Polyamory, Marriage, And Families

Elisabeth Sheff is a sociologist and the author of The Polyamorists Next Door: Inside Multiple-Partner Relationships and Families. She’s here today to answer questions about the changing landscape of American marriages, relationships, and family systems. In addition to her book, Sheff has also authored a number of academic and legal articles from her 15 years…

How the U.S. Almost Beat the Soviets to the First Man in Space

The US was in something of a panic after the Soviets put Sputnik in orbit. There was already a satellite program in the works, but Wernher von Braun proposed something more spectacular. He suggested that an astronaut be launched on a suborbital, ballistic flight. The pilot would occupy a near-duplicate of the capsule used in…

Lady Gipsy Danger Cosplay From Pacific Rim Has Her Own Robot Sword

A wonderful twist on a a movie we love. Cosplayer Nona Neon spent a lot of time and effort to construct a quality Femme Jaeger version of Gipsy Danger from Pacific Rim. Now all she needs is a giant Kaiju cosplay member to fight. Because they even made the sword! CHAIN SWORD!!!!!! [via Fashionably Geek]

Post-Apocalyptic Super-Powered Gangs Battle In The Insane Apokalips X

What if you you gave the rival street gangs of The Warriors mutant powers like the X-Men and stuck them in the post-apocalypse? Well, then you still probably wouldn’t have a movie as delightfully bewildering as Apokalips X, as this amazing trailer proves. Apokalips X is the new film by Malaysian director Mamat Khalid, and…

This Snake’s Last Meal Tried To Eat Its Way Out

A Serbian biologist recently stumbled upon a rather disturbing sight, one that took her a few moments to process: A young viper snake had swallowed a centipede practically its own size — but it proved to be a meal that wasn’t quite ready to give up. The find was made by herpetologist Ljiljana Tomovic back…

It’s A Photoshop Theme Party — Let’s Fix All The Movies!

There are movies that are great as is and then there are movies that need a little something (more robots, or a Hulk cameo, perhaps) to take them from just okay to perfect. Well, no longer. Fire up your Photoshops, people! Today, we fix all the movies. Make a poster or a still for the…

NBC News Creates A Racially Insensitive, Time-Traveling Map of America

Earlier this week, NBC News posted a map, “The Changing Face of America,” to illustrate the shifting demographics in the United States. But cartographers and other data visualization experts were appalled by what they are already describing as the worst infographic of 2014. Can you spot the number of things wrong with this map? For…

The Heroes Sequel TV Series Is Getting A Prequel Series

Tim Kring is looking to “bridge the gap” between the mostly terrible Heroes TV series and whatever horrors he has planned for the 13-episode series Heroes Reborn. Thus as part of NBC’s giant push into digital content, Kring is producing a new webisode series prequel to the show. You may remember the original Heroes had…

Go Behind The Scenes Of Star Wars, Spider-Man, X-Men And Doctor Who!

A character we’d thought was cut will appear in X-Men: Days of Future Past after all. Doctor Who is guest-starring another legendary hero. Watch tons of behind-the-scenes Spider-Man footage and a Guardians of the Galaxy featurette. Plus, George R.R. Martin hints we might not know the full story of last weekend’s big event. Spoilers now!…

Stunning Paintings Of Mermaids Inspired By Real Underwater Life (NSFW)

Renee Nault‘s lovely watercolor mermaid paintings often depict full underwater scenes, showing off not just her mythological creatures, but also the real life creatures swimming and growing beneath the surface. Each Friday, Nault posts a new mermaid to her blog and website (where you can find many, many more mermaids), and she sells originals and…

Hogwarts Is Now Offering A Way To Get Your Magical Education Online

This isn’t official, but it’s so very impressive: Hogwarts Is Here is an online LARP in which players basically get an education, just like the students of Hogwarts. There are no battles and no mayhem; just classes to take, digital textbooks to “buy”, and homework to do. Which sounds like a nightmare to me, but…