Game of Thrones Rumor: You’ll never guess who’s taking the Black!

A new rumor claims Ben Affleck’s Batman is finding love. Meanwhile, Billy Dee Williams has a pitch for Lando Calrissian’s Episode VII status quo. The mystery of Matt Smith’s hair is solved! Arrow could introduce the Suicide Squad. And a Walking Dead producer talks about the Rick-Michonne relationship. Spoilers ahead… Top image: The Walking Dead.…

Watch LG Use 4K TVs to Trick People Into Thinking a Meteor Hit Earth

LG, maker of fine displays and wonderful prankster of innocent people, has cooked up another beautiful visual trick: installing LG 4K TVs as fake window units and tricking people into believing a meteor has crashed onto Earth. Because the screen is so clear! https://gizmodo.com/watch-lg-use-ips-displays-to-make-men-stop-peeing-at-a-5995028 Supposedly, the people in the video are all innocent bystanders trying…

New Gravity trailer will leave you breathless

Behold a brand new action-slammed look at Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity. This is the movie that James Cameron called “the best space film ever done.” And as a bonus, this gorgeous trailer has been uploaded to youtube at 2k HD. GRAVITY, directed by Oscar® nominee Alfonso Cuaron, stars Oscar® winners Sandra Bullock and George Clooney in…

Stop pretending we aren’t living in the Space Age

I am sick of hearing people say that the Space Age is “over” because we haven’t sent humans back to the Moon. Seriously? That’s your complaint? You people need to shut the hell up, and this gorgeous picture of Saturn taken by Cassini is just one reason why. Let’s begin by talking about what the…

Continuum VFX reel shows the secrets of creating Vancouver in 2077

It’s pretty amazing how much eye-candy Continuum boasts, considering it’s a relatively low-budget Canadian import. This effects reel from the VFX studio, Artifex, shows just how much digital wizardry they manage to pack into every episode. Including some stuff you probably didn’t know was CG. For example, I didn’t realize that Old Julian was a…

The Southern Pole of Mars is more beautiful than we ever imagined

Using images captured at a variety of wavelengths by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express Orbiter, Riding with Robots creator Bill Dunford has crafted a composite image of the Red Planet’s south polar cap that’ll make you stop and stare. Over at Bad Astronomy, Phil Plait describes some of what it is we’re looking at…

Crazy Wooden Homes on Wheels Are Ripped Out of Victorian Dreams

Mobile homes often look blocky and sterile, but these wooden houses look like gingerbread Victorian houses on wheels. Check out how people have hammered and sawed their own homes onto cars. Above: A mobile advertisement for a Sacramento lumber and construction company consisting of a miniature house on the back of a car. Photo by…

The guy whose Reddit thread sparked a movie deal is at it again

Remember Rome Sweet Rome, the Reddit thread about time travel and war that was so fantastic it inspired a movie deal? Well, the writer behind the long and spirited discussion, Prufrock451 is at it again. And this time he’s picked a pretty excellent question. https://gizmodo.com/that-time-travel-movie-that-started-on-reddit-is-really-5976295 He piped up in answer to this ask Reddit question:…

This bicycle-powered treehouse-elevator is sheer wonderfulness

The bicycle-powered treehouse elevator is exactly what it sounds like. And yes, it is spectacular. Almost definitely incredibly dangerous, given the risks if anything should fail mechanistically, but spectacular. I’ll admit it doesn’t take much to impress me when it comes to treehouses. Growing up in Southern Arizona, I had access not to lofty, load-bearing…

This device takes us one step closer to a colony on Mars

If we’re going to build cities on Mars, we must first figure out how to supply colonists with water and food. If underground Martian ice turns out to be as plentiful as some hope, we may have water covered. And now a group of Greek hackers has invented a device for growing food there, too.…

A cryptozoologist revisits the site where the famous Loch Ness photos and movies were taken . . . and discovers more mysteries. This is a fun tale of skeptical monster hunting.

We called James S.A. Corey’s Leviathan Wakes a “Hollywood blockbuster in book form” — but now instead of a movie, it looks like it’s becoming a TV series, with a pilot written by the writers of Iron Man.

What’s the most heartbreaking victory that cost too damn much?

Sometimes, our escapist fantasies take a dark turn, and the “good guys” only win at unthinkable cost. Sometimes, a heroic victory actually feels like a defeat. What’s the most heart-rending example of a heroic win that comes with too high a price tag? Please include a picture or clip, so we can share your pain!

Every Batman Actor’s Face Morphed into One Hero, Now With Ben Affleck!

Last year Redditor Morphinapg created a beautiful bat-composite of all the actors who played Bruce Wayne. Morphing together their features we got to see the one, true Batman. And now, Ben Affleck’s been added to the mix. Look how he changes the shape of Wayne forever! https://gizmodo.com/every-batman-actors-face-morphed-into-one-perfect-bruce-5972293 [via Reddit]

The Biggest Unanswered Questions About Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD

In just three weeks, we’ll be seeing the debut of Joss Whedon’s brand new TV show about the Marvel Universe’s superspy organization SHIELD. But even though we’ve seen the show’s pilot, we still have lots of lingering questions. We caught up with the show’s creators and cast at Comic-Con, and got some answers. https://gizmodo.com/the-agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-pilot-hits-the-ground-walkin-843133981 How…

Trailer for Brandon Sanderson’s Steelheart: Best superhero story ever?

We’re excited to bring you the exclusive first look at the book trailer for Brandon Sanderson’s new superhero novel, Steelheart. Except that Sanderson’s superpowered bruisers aren’t all that heroic — power has corrupted them, and it’s up to ordinary humans to take them down. If the dramatic 30-second teaser doesn’t win you over, with its…

Here’s what third-century China thought about the Roman Empire

Third-century China got around the ancient world. They even made it to the Roman Empire, and wrote down their thoughts on these strange foreigners in the Weilüe, a third-century C.E. account of the interactions between the two nations. Here’s what China had to say about their imperial neighbors! From a translation by the University of…

When Food Goes Bad: Binge Eating, Reward, and the Brain

Food is more than what we like or don’t like. It’s also more than a relationship between our stomach, our tongues and noses. There is a very strong relationship between food and your brain, and when it goes wrong, the results can be devastating. This post originally appeared on Scientific American’s SciCurious blog, as part…

We’re getting a Max Steel movie instead of a Thundercats movie

Max Steel — a cartoon that looks like Tron but isn’t — is getting its own movie. Seriously, who do we have to jazz-dance seduce to get a live-action Thundercats movie instead? Max Steel is an action figure line from Mattel, which spawned an animated series that ran from 2000 to 2002, and a reboot…

How to Spot Comet ISON in the Early Morning Sky

OK, you’ve waited patiently for “Comet of the Century” ISON to brighten and reappear in the dawn sky. Now it has. Now you’re chomping at the bit for a look at it in your telescope. Before you set the alarm and venture into the night, let’s prepare for what to expect. The better you know…