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9 Under-the-Radar Movies We Loved, and What Their Directors Are Doing Next

There’s a thrill that comes from watching a film made by a director who’s at or near the beginning of his or her career and sensing that great things are ahead. Here are some excellent genre films recently made by up-and-comers—and what exciting projects these directors are working on next. 1) The Babadook and The…

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All of Wonder Woman’s Crazy History in One Comic Collection

Wonder Woman wasn’t always a member of DC’s holy trinity of superheroes. She was just another hero in the DC lineup. Sometimes she kicked ass, sometimes she watched her pal Etta Candy eat hams, and sometimes she was a powerless spy stalking Steve Trevor. But in 1972 Gloria Steinem put Wonder Woman on the cover…

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Hey, Wanna Talk About Who’s the Best Fighter in the Batman Family?

Apparently, Batman writer Tom King just wants to see the world burn. Why else would he post a ranking of Bat-family members, according to fighting skill, and place the Dark Knight himself THIRD on the list? Tom King is a smart man. A skilled writer. And yet he tweeted out the aforementioned list earlier this…

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The First Clip From Samurai Jack Season Five Features a Lot of Bug Carnage

After going off the air in 2004, the fifth and final season of Adult Swim’s Samurai Jack will begin on March 11. The first clip of that premiere episode shows an armored Jack fighting a pack of insectoid robots. Since 50 years has passed in-universe, it’s especially impressive. While the action is amazing, the best…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Reminder: Amazon Treats Its Employees Like Shit

Amazon is getting a lot of good press today for a smart marketing move it pulled: offering a “thank you” discount code to its customers based on some stupid corporate reputation poll. But, here’s something to consider: Amazon treats its massive army of laborers like garbage. If you ask the average person what they think…

Commerce William Turton

Facebook Sponsors CPAC, Which Sucks And Is Bad

A month after Facebook sponsored an inauguration party with conservative website The Daily Caller, the social network shows no sign of slowing down its budding romance with the American right. Last night, The Daily Beast reported that Facebook is sponsoring the Conservative Political Action Conference, which begins today. CPAC is a yearly event, celebrating some…

Social Media Libby Watson

The Rogue One Blu-ray Is Filled With Features, But Somehow No Deleted Scenes

It’s no secret that a lot of footage was cut or changed in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Huge scenes in the trailers weren’t in the final movie. And while some of the how and why that happened has been revealed, fans hoped the eventual home release would include those scenes in full. It…

Movies Germain Lussier

Robotics Researchers Discovered a Better Way For Insects to Walk

A popular approach to designing robots that can navigate a world built for living creatures is to simply copy Mother Nature’s designs. But while trying to improve how a six-legged robot walks, researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne actually found a faster way for six-legged creatures to get around. While many vertebrates are…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

What The Expanse Can Teach Us About How Life in Space Will Change Our Bodies

There’s a reason Syfy’s thrilling series The Expanse has collectively won our space geek hearts: it’s jam-packed with drama, microgravity fights, and of course, dazzling trips across the solar system. But one of the most fascinating—and relevant—aspects of the show is its exploration of how our bodies will change as we settle down in off-Earth…

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Air Force Says It Never Pursued Contracts With Theranos Directly

Remember April of 2016? It was a more innocent time. Ted Cruz and John Kasich were still trying to be president, refugees weren’t yet fleeing the US for Canada, and the bottom hadn’t completely fallen out for the now-disgraced blood testing company Theranos. But that last one was just on the horizon. And since Theranos…

Tech News Matt Novak

Dramatic Satellite Photo Shows an ‘Atmospheric River’ Drenching California

The Pineapple Express has been wreaking havoc across much of California over the past few months, delivering unusually high amounts of rain and threatening the state with floods and landslides. A dramatic new satellite image shows this “atmospheric river” as it extends from Hawaii to the US West Coast. They may float up in the…

Tech News George Dvorsky

Is a Two-Headed Snake One Snake or Two Snakes?

Welcome back to Giz Asks, a series where we ask experts hard questions about science, technology, and humanity’s future. Today, we’re asking snake experts many questions about two-headed snakes and how they work. The animal kingdom is stocked with all manner of uncanny creatures, but few are more harrowing and compelling than the two-headed snake.…

Tech News Daniel Kolitz

Captain America: Civil War Is Captured Perfectly in This Insanely Epic New Poster

The genius of Captain America: Civil War is how it tells a seemingly small, personal story through such a huge, exciting framework. “Huge, exciting framework” is also a great way to describe Mondo’s poster for the film by artist Tyler Stout, which was just revealed and will be released Thursday. Stout’s style is unique and…

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You Can Game on This Super Cheap Laptop, But It Won’t Be Pretty

If you’re trying to spend less than $1000 on a computer you plan to use daily, then you will find yourself making compromises. In the case of the Dell Inspiron 7000, you get a beefy gaming computer that can take whatever game designers throw at it. Unfortunately, its physical design is rife with trade-offs. Indeed,…

Reviews Alex Cranz

Congressional Leaders Just Took a Stand Against Anti-Vaxxers

With Donald Trump in the White House, the fringe anti-vaccine movement has seen more support in Washington than ever before. The president has not only met with leaders of this dangerous movement, but entertained appointing an anti-vaxxer to a committee charged with investigating ‘vaccine safety.’ In response, a bipartisan group of House and Senate health…

Tech News Kristen V. Brown

Horizon: Zero Dawn Is a Beautiful Video Game About How Mankind Will Pretty Much End Itself

When I first started Horizon: Zero Dawn, I didn’t think Guerrilla Games’ version of a post-apocalypse saga was going to pull me in. Twenty hours later, I can’t stop hunting—and getting wrecked by—robot animals. It’s a very good video game with a chilling, scifi vision of the far-future at its core. Out next week, Horizon:…

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Comcast’s New Gigabit Service Isn’t the Internet of the Future You’ve Been Waiting For

Everybody wants faster internet. Instead of investing in better technology like fiber, however, providers like Comcast seem intent on trying to squeeze more out of their aging cable networks—and charging customers higher and higher fees for marginally better speeds. The latest example of this irksome trend comes from Chattanooga, Tennessee where Comcast will soon offer…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

How to Build an Alarm Clock That Can Only Be Silenced by a Nerf Dart

The most dangerous object in your home isn’t the stove, the clothes iron, or that chainsaw in your garage. It’s your alarm clock’s snooze button that makes it so easy to go back to bed each morning. Silencing that alarm shouldn’t be so easy, so Christopher Guichet built an alarm clock that can only be…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Jamie Chung Will Play Teleporting Mutant Blink in Matt Nix’s X-Men Show

The still-untitled X-Men TV show has named its first comic book mutant—Jamie Chung will play New Mutants reservist Blink in the new series from Matt Nix. Turns out, given what little we know of the show so far, Blink’s actually a pretty smart choice to have around. Marvel and Fox confirmed Chung’s casting today—the second…

Television James Whitbrook

Your Guide to Steve Rogers’ Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Evil Year

If you’re reading Marvel comics right now, then you’re probably aware that while Steve Rogers has taken up the Captain America mantle once more, something is… very off. Like, “he’s secretly a fascist agent of Hydra planning to get space aliens to invade the world” off. Confused? We’re here to get you caught up on…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

9 Under-the-Radar Movies We Loved, and What Their Directors Are Doing Next

All of Wonder Woman’s Crazy History in One Comic Collection

Hey, Wanna Talk About Who’s the Best Fighter in the Batman Family?

The First Clip From Samurai Jack Season Five Features a Lot of Bug Carnage

Reminder: Amazon Treats Its Employees Like Shit

Facebook Sponsors CPAC, Which Sucks And Is Bad

The Rogue One Blu-ray Is Filled With Features, But Somehow No Deleted Scenes

Robotics Researchers Discovered a Better Way For Insects to Walk

What The Expanse Can Teach Us About How Life in Space Will Change Our Bodies

Air Force Says It Never Pursued Contracts With Theranos Directly

Dramatic Satellite Photo Shows an ‘Atmospheric River’ Drenching California

Is a Two-Headed Snake One Snake or Two Snakes?

Captain America: Civil War Is Captured Perfectly in This Insanely Epic New Poster

You Can Game on This Super Cheap Laptop, But It Won’t Be Pretty

Congressional Leaders Just Took a Stand Against Anti-Vaxxers

Horizon: Zero Dawn Is a Beautiful Video Game About How Mankind Will Pretty Much End Itself

Comcast’s New Gigabit Service Isn’t the Internet of the Future You’ve Been Waiting For

How to Build an Alarm Clock That Can Only Be Silenced by a Nerf Dart

Jamie Chung Will Play Teleporting Mutant Blink in Matt Nix’s X-Men Show

Your Guide to Steve Rogers’ Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Evil Year

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9 Under-the-Radar Movies We Loved, and What Their Directors Are Doing Next

All of Wonder Woman’s Crazy History in One Comic Collection

Hey, Wanna Talk About Who’s the Best Fighter in the Batman Family?

The First Clip From Samurai Jack Season Five Features a Lot of Bug Carnage

Reminder: Amazon Treats Its Employees Like Shit

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The Rogue One Blu-ray Is Filled With Features, But Somehow No Deleted Scenes

Robotics Researchers Discovered a Better Way For Insects to Walk

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Air Force Says It Never Pursued Contracts With Theranos Directly

Dramatic Satellite Photo Shows an ‘Atmospheric River’ Drenching California

Is a Two-Headed Snake One Snake or Two Snakes?

Captain America: Civil War Is Captured Perfectly in This Insanely Epic New Poster

You Can Game on This Super Cheap Laptop, But It Won’t Be Pretty

Congressional Leaders Just Took a Stand Against Anti-Vaxxers

Horizon: Zero Dawn Is a Beautiful Video Game About How Mankind Will Pretty Much End Itself

Comcast’s New Gigabit Service Isn’t the Internet of the Future You’ve Been Waiting For

How to Build an Alarm Clock That Can Only Be Silenced by a Nerf Dart

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Your Guide to Steve Rogers’ Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Evil Year

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