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First Look at The Great Wall, a Movie About Matt Damon Fighting Monsters on the Great Wall of China

Oh, did I mention that it is also apparently the most expensive Chinese movie of all time? This looks and sounds like all kinds of madness. Update: Now with the first trailer! The trailer emphasizing its grand scale and the weirdness of Matt Damon being the star of this movie, surrounded by Chinese actors and…

Movies James Whitbrook

The Year’s Best Astronomy Photos Will Take You to Another Dimension

The Royal Observatory in Greenwich has announced its shortlist for the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. From nebulas and auroras through to starbursts and solar eclipses, these photographs will rekindle your sense of wonder. This year’s competition was the biggest yet. Judges from the ROG had to pore through 4,500 entries submitted by…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

The Origin of Mr. Robot Is Totally Whack

The first 10 minutes of last night’s Mr. Robot didn’t follow through on the murderers out to find F Society hackers or the hunt for F Society by the FBI. Instead, it took a break and cast us into a dreamlike flashback to the origin of F Society, and of Mr. Robot’s most pernicious villain:…

Television Alex Cranz

Mark Zuckerberg Made $3.4 Billion Yesterday, What Did You Do?

Yesterday, I got off at the wrong subway stop two separate times, ate a bowl of cereal for lunch, and fell asleep reading the entirety of OJ Simpson’s Wikipedia page. Mark Zuckerberg, on the other hand, made $3.4 billion in an hour. You win this round, Mark. According to Forbes, the windfall inflated Zuck’s net…

Social Media Sophie Kleeman

Is the Apple Watch’s Crown Dial Coming to the iPhone and iPad?

The thumbwheel was the signature feature of BlackBerry’s original handsets, and while touchscreens have made them mostly obsolete, the Apple Watch proves there’s still a place for physical dials. But is Apple finally planning to introduce that rotating crown to the iPhone or iPad? A recently published patent suggests that the company might be considering…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Why America Beat the Russians at Building the Internet

From the late 1950s until the late 1980s, scientists in both the United States and the Soviet Union were working on computer networking in one form or another. Why did the US succeed where the Russians failed? That’s the subject of a new book titled How Not to Network a Nation: The Uneasy History of…

Tech News Matt Novak

You’re Going to Have to Wait Until at Least 2018 for the Next Seasons of Jessica Jones and Daredevil

Netflix’s Marvel shows are, for now, sticking to a schedule of two shows per year. Which means a long wait for a second season of Jessica Jones, as well as the third season of Daredevil. And possibly an even longer one for the Punisher solo show. On the TCA press tour, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos confirmed…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

The Terrifying Reason This Star Flickers Every Two Minutes

Some 380 light years away in the constellation Scorpius lies a star that has puzzled astronomers for over 40 years. Called AR Scorpii, the star flashes brightly and fades again every couple minutes, like a lightbulb on a dimmer switch. Now, astronomers have identified the cause of the flickering, and it’s a reminder that the…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone

How to Copy and Paste Like a Boss

For something so essential to everyday computing, the clipboard tool is actually pretty limited. After all these years, it can still only handle one thing at a time. Copy or cut something new, and the previous contents of the clipboard are lost. Fortunately, there are both Windows and Mac tools available that will let you…

Gadgets David Nield

Space Threw Something at California Last Night [Update]

Around 9:30pm last night, residents of Northern California began reporting bright lights in the sky that could be seen as far away as Las Vegas. So far no one has any idea what they were. CBS Sacramento suspects they were meteors, citing three meteor showers—the Delta Aquarids, Alpha Capricornids, and Perseids—that are currently underway. The…

Space & Spaceflight Avery Ellis

Major Rumors About Rogue One and Suicide Squad, Denied

Supergirl’s producers promise Cat Grant is still around in the second season. The Combaticons are coming to Transformers: The Last Knight. Plus the Lights Out sequel is a go, a new look at the Van Helsing TV show, and who Grant Gustin wants to direct The Flash next. Spoilers Now! Rogue One: A Star Wars…

Television James Whitbrook

Apollo Astronauts Are Five Times More Likely to Die of Heart Problems

Jim Irwin, Apollo 15. Donn Eisele, Apollo 7. Ronald Evans, Apollo 17. Wally Schirra, Apollo 7. Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11. These are all Apollo astronauts who died of heart attacks or related complications. All told, 43 percent of deceased astronauts from the Apollo missions died from cardiovascular problems, according to a new study published today…

Space & Spaceflight Jennifer Ouellette

This Is the Guy Who Sang the Original Pokémon Theme Song

Even if you’ve been obsessed with playing Pokémon Go the past few weeks, you probably have no idea who Jason Paige is. But if you grew up watching the animated series, you definitely know his voice. He sang the epic theme song for the US version of the Pokémon cartoon. Think the resurgence in popularity…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

HoloLens Hack Fools the Brain Into Fixing Itself

Microsoft’s amazing HoloLens is the world’s first stand-alone headset that lets users see virtual objects and environments as if they existed in the real world. This device’s entertainment potential is practically unlimited, but as a Hackathon team recently demonstrated, it can also be used to rewire a malfunctioning brain. A Microsoft employee suffering from myoclonus-dystonia—a…

Tech News George Dvorsky

The Gray Wolf Is The Only True King in The North

How many species of North American wolf are there? Trick question. There’s actually only one, and he’s angry that you’re infringing on its territory (or so I’ve heard). New research out of UCLA reports that while the US originally reported three distinct species—the gray wolf, the eastern wolf, and the red wolf—there is only one:…

Tech News Carli Velocci

Twitter, Depressingly, Tries to Be Snapchat

Move over Moments, because Twitter is releasing a new feature no one will care about. This Thursday, Twitter will make its #Stickers feature available to all users, something that already functionally exists on Snapchat. #Stickers allows users to create collage custom emojis over photos. The difference between #Stickers and what Snapchat already offers as a…

Tech News Eve Peyser

Your Next Cocktail Could Defy Gravity With the Levitating CUP

Diehard cocktail aficionados swear by serving specific drinks in the correct glass. I wonder what they’ll make of the Levitating CUP, a cocktail glass designed to float above a portable base, in seeming defiance of gravity. It’s the brainchild of Joe Paglione, CEO of a Chicago-based startup company called Levitating Cup. They’ve launched a Kickstarter…

Physics & Chemistry Jennifer Ouellette

Ancient Egyptians Could’ve Been Fat and Lazy Too

Don’t let anyone tell you that the modern diet is significantly worse than the diets of ancient populations. Apparently, even the wealthiest of our ancestors could’ve been lazy and fat too. The remains of a 2,200-year-old priest went up on display for the first time at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on Tuesday, and examination…

Health Carli Velocci

Redditors Gift Trump Up to $530 in Worthless Reddit Gold During His AMA

When you have an important guest over to your home, it’s good etiquette to give them a gift to show them your gratitude. Even though redditors don’t have the reputation for being the nicest people online, they apparently have good manners. During his AMA on Wednesday evening, Donald Trump was gifted hundreds and hundreds of…

Tech News Eve Peyser

Mission Hopes To Find the ‘Goldilocks Zone’ in Our Closest Galactic Neighbor

Exoplanets are all the rage nowadays thanks in part to Kepler’s discovery of around 1,284 previously undiscovered planets and our never-ending fascination with the “final frontier” that just seems to be moving closer to a reality. But out of the thousands of planets that we know of, how many are set to support life? In…

Tech News Carli Velocci

First Look at The Great Wall, a Movie About Matt Damon Fighting Monsters on the Great Wall of China

The Year’s Best Astronomy Photos Will Take You to Another Dimension

The Origin of Mr. Robot Is Totally Whack

Mark Zuckerberg Made $3.4 Billion Yesterday, What Did You Do?

Is the Apple Watch’s Crown Dial Coming to the iPhone and iPad?

Why America Beat the Russians at Building the Internet

You’re Going to Have to Wait Until at Least 2018 for the Next Seasons of Jessica Jones and Daredevil

The Terrifying Reason This Star Flickers Every Two Minutes

How to Copy and Paste Like a Boss

Space Threw Something at California Last Night [Update]

Major Rumors About Rogue One and Suicide Squad, Denied

Apollo Astronauts Are Five Times More Likely to Die of Heart Problems

This Is the Guy Who Sang the Original Pokémon Theme Song

HoloLens Hack Fools the Brain Into Fixing Itself

The Gray Wolf Is The Only True King in The North

Twitter, Depressingly, Tries to Be Snapchat

Your Next Cocktail Could Defy Gravity With the Levitating CUP

Ancient Egyptians Could’ve Been Fat and Lazy Too

Redditors Gift Trump Up to $530 in Worthless Reddit Gold During His AMA

Mission Hopes To Find the ‘Goldilocks Zone’ in Our Closest Galactic Neighbor

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