A Walkman lets a man travel through time to save his lost love

A cassette player serves as a time machine in the tender short film Record/Play. Our protagonist can travel to the time and place where he lost his lady love—but can he save her life? Jesse Atlas co-wrote and directed this short, which was an official selection at Sundance. It’s a wonderful example of a story…

Production has wrapped on the final episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Showrunner Dave Filoni has announced on Facebook that the episodes will be released in early 2014. [via Comic Book Movie]

What Ron D. Moore changed (and kept) in the Outlander TV series

At New York Comic-Con, Ron D. Moore shared the first change he’s going to make to his TV adaptation of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander. But trust us, it’s a good thing. Starz showed off the very first images of the new time-traveling romance series Outlander yesterday at NYCC; sadly, there wasn’t any footage because the crew…

What’s in store for Serenity‘s crew after the events of the film?

Dark Horse’s new Serenity comic miniseries will finally take us past the tragic—and heroic—events of the film. So what can we expect for our slightly smaller group of Big Damn Heroes? Dark Horse has officially announced that Serenity: Firefly Class 03-K64—Leaves on the Wind #1 (of 6) will appear in comic book shops on January…

A teenager’s journey through the horrors of bipolar disorder

While we celebrate the ghouls and goblins of October, Elaine M. Will’s webcomic Look Straight Ahead depicts a different sort of horror. High school senior Jeremy loses his connection with reality as he falls into the grips of bipolar disorder. The only good thing going on in Jeremy Knowles’ life is that he’s ten months…

Indiana Jones boulder scene, reenacted by a guy in a boulder suit

The famous golden idol scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark gets reenacted in an unlikely venue: Central Park. But somehow the boulder is less menacing when it’s played by a fellow running around in a boulder costume. Back in July, this photo from Humans of New York started making the rounds online, a wonderfully…

Watch the pilot for Super Clyde with Stephen Fry and Rupert Grint

Although CBS didn’t pick up Gregory Thomas Garcia’s comedy series Super Clyde, starring Rupert Grint and Stephen Fry, the network has posted the pilot online, giving us a look at a very different brand of superhero. CBS execs have explained that the network didn’t pick up Super Clyde because it didn’t fit in their current…

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles battle Krang in this week’s premiere

This week in the world of cartoons, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles return from their Summer slumber! While the turtles return, a number of our favorites take the weekend off, but we still have plenty of great clips to show you! Regular Show, Avengers Assemble, Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., Beware the Batman, and…

Don’t worry, buddy. I got you covered with my giant robot vision.

Taking a walk through the tundra can be a scary experience — unless you’ve got a giant robot best friend looking out for you. When I found this guy out in the ice, he was half-frozen and half-rusted, but I fixed him up and now we go everywhere together. He’s learned to play the drums,…

The Coolest Scene From Last Night’s Vampire Diaries

Is there anyone who didn’t pump his or her fist at this particular “f— yeah” moment on last night’s Vampire Diaries? It’s two reversals in one: Silas finally meets someone he can’t just twist around his little finger, and Jeremy gets to be a total badass for a change. And then Katherine shows up! Actually,…

Comment of the Day: Final Frontier Edition

In today’s comments, we marveled at the scientific basis behind the crosswalk, quietly fell apart over new revelations about deadly toxins, and sketched out a little roadmap for the next few seasons of an as yet unrealized new Star Trek series. In this post, asking readers to share what they would like from a new…

Searching for life in our galaxy may have just gotten a little harder

Let’s say you’re a planetary scientist searching for signs of life on other worlds, and you happen upon an exoplanet whose atmosphere contains a large proportion of oxygen. Jackpot, right? Not exactly. New research shows planets orbiting red dwarf stars may harbor signatures of life (like oxygen) that are actually generated by non-biological processes. Top…

The Galaxy Slashed a Hole in Space

Spiral galaxy NGC 891 is immense. At approximately 100,000 light-years across, it’s about equal in breadth to our own Milky Way. But from here on Earth, NGC 891 is seen from almost exactly edge-on, causing the vast cosmic disc to resemble a thin slice in the fabric of space. Via NASA: At first glance, [NGC…

Awesome Photos of NASA Equipment Tests

There’s no hardware as cool as space hardware. And there’s nothing cooler than watching astronauts and scientists testing out equipment to take us off-world — even equipment that was never used. Here are our favorite images of NASA testing its equipment on Earth. Top image: Reduced Gravity Walking Simulator, located at the Lunar Landing Facility…

That’s not Cosplay. That’s the REAL Cally from Battlestar Galactica

We caught actor Nicki Clyne at New York Comic-Con in her FULL Callandra Tyrol uniform. Yes, people, that is the actual suit she wore for Ron D. Moore’s Battlestar Galactica. Word has it, she’s filming a new short online series for Syfy. So happy to have you back, Cally!

A sneak peak inside Google and NASA’s new quantum AI lab

Wanna see what a super-futuristic quantum computer lab looks like? Press play and sit back. Back in May, Google and NASA launched the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab. The uber-sleek facility uses two Canadian-built Quantum D-Wave computers which currently crunch at 512-qubits. Admittedly that’s not much, but the potential for quantum computers is enormous. It’s a…

Celebrate the brilliance of Calvin & Hobbes with Dear Mr. Watterson

Calvin & Hobbes was great, is still great, and will always be great. And while it not as good as new strips, at least we now have Dear Mr. Watterson (and its new trailer), a documentary to remind us just how amazing, genius and wonderful this comic strip was. And why, 18 years later, we…

Good news: You didn’t get bit by a brown recluse. Bad news: It’s MRSA!

Remember that time your skin got all gnarly and you went to the doctor and she told you you’d been bitten by a brown recluse? Chances are youactually had a case of MRSA. Which… oh good, hooray? As this webcomic from BuzzHootRoar* (a fantastic new science blog) explains, brown recluses are routinely slandered for nasty-ass…

What do you want to see from a new Star Trek TV show?

Earlier today, we heard encouraging news: there’s actual talk of a new Star Trek TV series. With the show’s 50th anniversary coming up, the timing for a Trek revival on the smaller screen might be good. But what would you want to see from a new Trek? Which era? Which timeline? Top image via StarTrekDesktopWallpaper.com.…

This new Dracula promo is full of sex, blood, and more fun stuff

Maybe it’s the prevalence of mopey sparkle-pires recently, but there’s some very compelling about NBC’s blood-soaked, sex-crazed Dracula miniseries. This new promo reveals a lot about what we can expect from the show, and I think it’s going to make Sleepy Hollow look tame on all counts. First of all, we knew Dracula would be…