Save The Dolphins, Save The Cheerleader

Heroes continues to one-up Lost as often as possible; as the cast of ABC’s castaway drama get continually arrested for DUIs, actors from NBC’s superhero soap are now in danger of finding themselves arrested for saving the world. At least, that’s the story that the show’s indestructable cheerleader, Hayden Panettiere, is putting about. Talking to…

NY MoMa Welcomes “Nouvel” Phallic Companion

Manhattan has a pretty solid lineup of iconic skyscrapers. But the Chrysler and Empire State buildings are soon-to-be octogenarians, and it’s been six years since the WTC went down. So what’s next? A giant, silver, slightly crooked phallic symbol, of course. French architect Jean Nouvel envisions this 75-story concrete-and-glass irregularity to be the perfect filler…

British Military Unleash Schwarzenegger Movie

Sure, the British military may think that their new communications satellite is going to save the world, but in classic disaster movie style, they may have gone too far. Once it joins with its sister platform in space, the system – which is both EMP-proof and laser-resistant – will relay communications between the Army, Royal…

Mega Comet In Our Solar System Grows Larger Than The Sun

The relatively benign Comet Holmes, besides having a cool, superfly name, erupted a few weeks ago in a spectacular stellar event which has caused the scientific community to go “oooh” and “aaah.” Since then, it’s been growing steadily larger, and now dwarfs even our own Sun in sheer size. Do you need to stock up…

Will Smith’s journey as the last man in New York will end differently than planned. Warner Bros. made director Francis Lawrence reshoot the ending of I Am Legend, due in theaters Dec. 14. It’s not clear what changed, but CHUD speculates the new ending may be more action-packed and upbeat. [CHUD.com]

The first person on Mars may be a woman, says a Kansas op-ed. For the first time ever, two female space shuttle commanders on separate missions met up in space. But NASA is facing questions about its plans to end the space shuttle program in 2010. [Kansas.com, KHOU.com]

Nothing Like an Alien Death Orgy Where Rich Eat Poor

Poor Bill. He’s just found out that his rich Beverly Hills family is actually a bunch of incestuous, polymorphous aliens who have raised him for food. Now his parents and their rich alien friends have kidnapped him and his friend David, and are going to eat them in a giant orgy. That just one tiny…

Super Boat Uses Wings For Solar Power, Sharp Turns

A new green boat for the super-rich has “wings” that harvest wind and contain double solar panels. The Turkish Volitan, aka the Flying Fish, can make sharp turns thanks to its two smaller stabilizer wings. The next step? Build one that can actually fly. Volitan, The Flying Fish – Futuristic Green Concept Boat [Born Rich]

Scientists have cloned a monkey for the first time. With a primate clone in the bag, we’re one step closer to cloning humans.

This Terminator Doesn’t Need Legs To Kick Ass

It’s all guns, dames and steel in the Sarah Connor Chronicles. Entertainment Weekly has four new posters for the the Terminator spinoff show launching in January. The original pilot, released last Spring, felt closer to the spirit of Battlestar Galactica than Battlestar co-creator David Eick’s own Bionic Woman.

Super Lasers Of The Cold War

By the early 1980s, the Soviet Union will have a fleet of space shuttles far superior to our own, plus a network of space stations and a second fleet of orbital vehicles to service them. Oh, and mega laser weapons. That was the prediction in a 1974 book Soviet Conquest From Space. How did Peter…

The newest trailer for J.J. Abrams’ top secret monster flick Cloverfield started airing in front of Beowulf last night, and of course its popping up left and right all over the web already. The only problem is that it’s via a handheld cam from an enterprising young YouTuber sitting in a theater, so prepare your…

Poll: Which Monster Movie Will Kick The Most Ass?

Cloverfield, The Mist or Alien Vs. Predator 2? Gawker Media polls require Javascript; if you’re viewing this in an RSS reader, click through to view in your Javascript-enabled web browser.

An Addictive Memory Drug Destroys Lives

A designer drug called Mem has become an addictive, underground sensation: people take it to relive their memories so vividly that it’s as if they’re actually back in the past. Dying cancer patients take it to feel like they are running a race at the age of 18, and washed-up university professors take it to…

Crazed Telekinetic Attacks Basketball In Latest Sarah Jane

Telekinesis is like rough sex, judging from the latest episode of Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures . Or maybe it’s more like angry masturbation — with a basketball. In any case, it’s awesome to see Sarah Jane burrowing into yet another sinister science organization — without any kids following her around for once.…

Evil Space Fortress Plays Wagner

This evil space fortress is really a concert hall. The 360 feet tall Elbe Philharmonic, seen in an artist rendering, will stand on a land spur that juts out onto the Elbe river in Hamburg. But will it still look terrifying or just sad and dated, after a couple decades? Image by Herzog & Meuron…

The Good Shit From Beowulf, In the Form of an Alliterative Poem

Beowulf, the CGI 3D monstrosity that hits theaters Friday, was originally an alliterative Old English poem. Instead of composing a review of this cinematic epic, I’ll just go Old English on your ass and alliterate. Below the fold are your spoilers, in verse. Sea monsters mangled from inside their eggy eyeballs by sword-swinging soldiers are…

United Nations Urges Human Rights for Clones (Sort Of)

Now that human clones are everywhere, how should we treat them? It’s not just Clonaid asking anymore. The United Nations has just released a policy report saying that if we cannot reach global consensus on banning human cloning, we’ll have to cope with a world full of human clones. And you know what that means.…

Spoilers For Battlestar Season Four: Starbuck’s Wild Jail Break

Is Starbuck a Cylon? More importantly, will she really handcuff Lee Adama to the bed while they, um, process their on-again, off-again relationship? The Starbuck/Apollo Shippers Anonymous group has Battlestar Galactica spoilers. The SASA list is a mish-mash of semi-reputable sources, cast interviews, and wild rumors. But it sounds as though many people will (naturally)…

Scifi Webisodes: What Should You Be Watching?

Webisodes: should you bother watching these two minute blips of video that permeate the web? Sometimes they only serve as advertising fluff, but occasionally you’ll get a juicy tidbit or two, like seeing what Admiral “Husker” Adama was up to during the first Cylon war. There are lot of them out there, but are they…