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What Time Is The End of The Daylight?

What time is the end of the daylight? The sun is expected to die in roughly 5 billion years. But humans—provided we survive any number of ecological, nuclear, or alien-based disasters—are only expected to last about another 1 billion years on Earth. So technically the “daylight” will be over for humanity in 1 billion years,…

The New and Improved Hendo Hoverboard Looks Fun As Hell

I’m a hoverboard skeptic. I don’t think that we’re going to see a “true” hoverboard that can work on any surface anytime soon. With that being said, the new and improved Hendo Hoverboard, made by Arx Pax, looks pretty damn fun. This 2.0 version of the Hendo still only works on a special copper surface,…

Remember, When You Wire Up Your Hotel With A Fancy Interface, Make Sure It’s Protected

Matthew Garrett is a Security Developer for CoreOS, and noticed something interesting about the hotel he was staying in. They had installed tablets in the rooms to control the lights, temperature and shades. He also found that they weren’t protected. Hotels are increasingly turning to gadgets for the convenience of their guests: you can check…

A Supervillain Finds True Love In Miike Snow’s Genghis Khan

I’ve literally had this track bouncing around in my head all week: it’s a catchy song, one that features a music video that’s probably the most fabulous James Bond-esque climax that has ever existed. Miike Snow is an indie band from Sweden who has recently released a new album, iii after a three year hiatus.…

These 7 American Cities Will Compete for $40 Million to Create Transportation Utopias

The US government is offering seven cities a remarkable challenge: reinvent urban transportation for the 21st century, with a particular focus on autonomous vehicles. To pull it off, those cities will work with some of the world’s most powerful tech companies, and are eligible to get $40 million from the US Department of Transportation. At…

Google’s AlphaGo Has Won Its Third Match Against Go World Champion Lee Sedol

For the third time, Google’s AlphaGo has beaten Lee Sedol, the human world champion of Go. The win is an incredible demonstration of the artificial intelligence’s capabilities, and it’s a historical moment along the same lines of Deep Blue’s victory over Chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov in 1996. The computer won its first game after 186…

This Turning-The-Clocks-Back Nonsense Needs To Stop

Daylight saving time starts tomorrow, thank God. After four months of dark and dismal evenings, many Americans will relish commuting home next week in full daylight. Which begs an obvious question: Why do we turn the clocks back at all? Others have argued that daylight saving time is pointless and should be abolished, but I’d…

Read Up On SF’s Best New Authors In The 2016 Campbell-Eligible Anthology

Looking to read some of the authors who are likely going to be the next big thing in science fiction and fantasy publishing? Are you looking for a massive tome of short fiction? Up and Coming: Stories By The 2016 Campbell-Eligible Authors is a book you should check out. This anthology contains an astounding 120…

A Comedic Summary of Whatever the Hell Happens in Dune

Be warned: if you have any intention of reading Dune (and please do read it, it’s very good) this hilarious video from exurb1a will spoil just about everything. Frank Herbert packs a lot into Dune: thousands of years of history, interplanetary politics, religious cults, sex, drugs, war, and really big worms… which makes it difficult…

10 of the Worst CGI Moments in Big Budget Movies

Movie CG gets better every year, and that’s bad news for the blockbusters of yesteryear which have a tendency to age really, really poorly. WhatCulture rounded up some of the most embarrassing CG in Hollywood, from I Am Legend to The Mummy Returns. Remember when Will Smith fighting zombie-like creatures was as good as visuals…

Cassini Captures The Latest Family Portrait Of Saturn’s Sister Moons

We’ve been loving the pictures that the Cassini Spacecraft has been beaming back of Saturn and its various moons: this latest one is a gorgeous portrait of Rhea and Tethys. The picture was taken back in October with the spacecraft’s narrow-angle camera: The two moons appear close together here, but Tethys was about 220,000 miles…

The Folio Society’s Edition Of 2001: A Space Odyssey Is Absolutely Amazing 

It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of Folio Society’s special editions. They’ve been creating some fantastic books, particularly in the science fiction world. After tackling Frank Herbert’s Dune, Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle and Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea, they’ve set their sights on a new…

22 Amazing Renewable Energy Projects That Pave The Way to a Cleaner Future

There’s a growing demand for greener, safer renewable energy sources. Sun, wind, water, biomass, waves and tides, and the heat of the soil, all provide alternatives to non-renewable energy. The following collection showcases some of the most amazing renewable energy projects and prototypes from the past few decades, including quite a few you’ve probably never…

We really dig translated science fiction, and fortunately, it seems as though there’s a whole bunch of new books being translated into English for the first time this year. SF Signal has a great roundup of books coming in from Russia, Cuba, Japan and China. Contact the author at [email protected].

Even The Empire’s Elite Soldiers Fall In Love, According To Bara Heiða’s Video For ‘Stormtrooper’

In Bara Heiða’s track ‘Stormtrooper, an Imperial stormtrooper is left behind in a strange world and finds love. It’s a cute, entertaining music video. Bara Heiða is a folk/pop band that hails from Reykjavik, Iceland, and they’ve produced a bunch of great songs with some fantastic music videos. The band describes the song as a…

WTF?! Paramount Has Dropped The Little Prince A Week Before Its US Release [Updated]

The Little Prince is a French adaptation of the classic children’s novel that we’ve been looking forward to for a while now. It was supposed to be released next week, on March 18th, but yesterday, Paramount decided to pull the film without warning. IGN reported that Paramount has confirmed that they will no longer be…

Beautiful Video Uses 1,250 Different Paintings to Show a Dancer Dancing

This is absolutely gorgeous. For the music video for Ralf Hildenbeutel’s Disco, director Boris Seewald had animators and dancers come up with 1,250 paintings on paper that moved like one continuos dance but also had them draw it in a style that was different each time so it feels like you’re watching something completely mind…

J.K. Rowling’s History of Magic in North America Was a Travesty From Start to Finish

All this week, J.K. Rowling has been publishing History of Magic in North America, one part a day for four days. When it’s been at its best, it’s been sloppy; when its not at its best—which is most of the time—it’s uninformed and under-researched. At its worst, it is downright offensive, and here’s why. To…

ABC Pilot Spark Imagines an Alternate 2016 in Which Everything Is Steampunk

“Set in an alternate history where gas and coal fuel the world, the drama centers on the battle for power between two rival families,” Deadline reports of Spark, a new ABC drama “of passion, greed and hope in a Steampunk reality, circa 2016.” So, it’s the present day, but somehow everything is still old-timey gears…

Magnetic Darts Are Scary Powerful

Need a weapon? Grab some magnets and some nails and you got yourself a hell of an arrow launcher. The magnets push out the nail darts so fast that it’s basically a mini crossbow mixed with a nailgun, no batteries necessary. Magnetic Games said that in order to get this powerful shot, the arrow and…