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Guy jumps off a building, slides down a roof and lands on stairs for fun

Ethan Swanson, the lunatic making this ridiculous roof jump, is a professional stunt man, so he sees life differently than the rest of us. Where normal humans see buildings and houses and stairs, Swanson sees a playground. This jump, which starts from the top of a building and ends on stairs, is just epic. I…

Into The Woods Images Show Disney’s Very Different Movie Recreation

We’re still not super sold on Disney’s Into the Woods movie adaptation, especially after the tragic news about all the massive cuts the movie sustained. But the Baker and the Baker’s wife both look great. What do you think? Thanks to People, we now have a few glimpses of Disney’s Into The Woods — and…

An Inside Look At How Two Authors Collaborated To Write A Book

Every author collaboration is its own little kingdom, complete with its own set of rules, protocols, and practices. Here’s a look at how Melissa Marr and Kelley Armstrong collaborated to write the Blackwell Pages trilogy. Marr joined us today for a Q&A about her Wicked Lovely series, her new book Made For You, and the…

In Jeff Vandermeer’s Authority, Even the Desk Jobs are Weird

Authority, the gripping second installment in Jeff Vandermeer’s Southern Reach trilogy, has a very different vibe than its predecessor, Annihilation. Where Annihilation took an expedition deep into the mysterious Area X, Authority shows us the bureaucratic apparatus aimed at studying it. And everything we know is turned sideways. Spoilers ahead… As readers of Annihilation will…

This Danish Punk Band Just Went Country…And That’s A Good Thing

For any band, shifting musical direction is a huge moment. For some it definitely works—could you imagine The Beatles pumping out A Hard Day’s Night clones for decades?–and for others, even iconic musicians, it can be an earsplitting disaster. Oh God. Electric Dylan. Why?! This week while trawling the webs, I stumbled onto a music…

The Plan to Save Bluefin Tuna By Using Science to Farm It On Land

The bluefin tuna is a magnificent creature. A silvery torpedo, it grows as big as 1,000 pounds, swims as fast as cars, and survives the cold waters of the ocean, weirdly enough, as warm-blooded fish. Oh, it also happens to be pretty tasty as sushi. Thanks to our growing sushi appetites, the bluefin tuna seems…

How Soon Could Grant Ward Find Redemption On Agents Of SHIELD?

Agent Grant Ward went to some really dark places in the tail end of Agents of SHIELD’s first season. Can he come back from that? We caught up with actor Brett Dalton and he told us his hopes for Grant’s future. Plus J. August Richards told us what’s in store for the killer cyborg Deathlok.…

The nerdiest Lotto result ever just happened: 9 10 11 12 13 37

I thought this was a joke but no, it’s actually the results for the German Lotto—called Lotto 6 as 49—for today’s draw: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 37 (notice the extra nerd bonus: 1337) What are the chances of this happening? 1 in 15,537,573. Of course, 1 in 15,537,573 are the chances of any…

These Were Lovely Towns, Until The Waters Came And Covered Them Up

You can build to last, but it won’t help if the waters come to cover up all of your amazing houses and town buildings. That’s the harsh lesson that towns and villages around the world have learned too late. Just check out some haunting images of beautiful, scenic towns that have sunk underwater. https://gizmodo.com/once-majestic-cities-that-sank-beneath-the-ocean-1332011628 Bezidu…

Holy Mary Martin! NBC Casts A Woman As Peter Pan For Its Live Musical

NBC’s live Peter Pan musical is turning into the most amazing thing that will ever happen on live television. Christopher Walken will play Captain Hook — and now Girls actress Allison Williams will take up the role previously played by Mary Martin, Peter Pan. This will be sensational. We are overjoyed that NBC has decided…

This Clever Transforming House Has Three Rotating Rooms

Sometimes you want a room with a view. Sometimes you want a bunker that’s walled-off to the world. Why not have both? The Sharifi-ha House can shape-shift based on the amount of sun or level of privacy that its residents need at that particular moment. Designed by the Iranian architects at next office, this seven-floor…

New measurements, published today inNature, indicate the moon is shaped “like a lemon with a small bulge in the middle.” That’s okay, of course; Earth isn’t perfectly round, either. The Sun, on the other hand, may be the most perfect natural sphere in the known Universe.

A Squeezable “Glass” Water Bottle That Won’t Collect Tastes or Smells

A plastic water bottle can survive the rigors of an active lifestyle, but over time it will collect odd smells and flavors that eventually can’t be scrubbed out. A glass bottle is a better option, naturally eschewing mold and odors, but one wrong move and suddenly it’s a pile of shards. These Squeezable Glass bottles…

The closest thing on Earth to the Battlestar Galactica’s flight deck

Cool image of “pilots and plane captains make preparations for flight on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington” by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Everett Allen. The F-18s here reminds me of the Vipers MkVII because of the photo angle and color. I’m glad we have these guys ready for when the…

Danish Archaeologists Find Four Human Pelvic Bones Attached To A Stick

Researchers working near the Alken Enge wetlands in East Jutland have unearthed a rather gruesome artifact dating back to the First Century A.D. — a wooden stick bearing the pelvic bones of four fallen warriors. The Iron Age battles waged near Alken Enge took place in Northern Europe as a result of the Roman Empire’s…

This 1D Graphene Switches from Conductor to Insulator When It Stretches

You’ve heard all about the wonder properties of graphene, so come meet its one dimensional cousin, carbyne. A chain of single carbon atoms to graphene’s two-dimensional layer of atoms, carbyne has some pretty amazing properties of its own. By one measure, it’s the strongest material in the world (over graphene!), and a new study finds…

​Meet The 29-Year-Old Woman Sailing Around The World Solo

Emily Richmond has been mistaken for Christ, had close shaves with pirates, speared her dinner and made water from a solar still to survive. We caught up with her in Borneo. http://bobbieroundstheworld.com/ IndefinitelyWild: Where has the five-year journey taken you so far? Emily Richmond: Five years ago, I left Los Angeles, sailed down the coast…

Scientists reveal new vision of Earth 4 billion years ago

The Hadean and Eoarchean epochs were the real hell on Earth. For millions of years, our planet was heavily bombarded by millions of asteroids with “existing oceans repeatedly boiled away into steam atmospheres”until its crust finally solidified. These two new visualizations will help you comprehend this violence. The following is a reconstruction “that illustrates land…

Who Started As A Love Interest, But Then Became A Fully Fledged Hero?

Heroes need sidekicks, enemies and mentors — but most of all, every hero needs a love interest. And sometimes, the love interest helps out here and there. But which love interest shook off that role and managed to become a completely formidable hero in her or his own right? Please include a picture, book cover,…

Being a Kitchen Timer Is R2-D2’s Latest Side Job

As far as resumes for droids go, the skills and experience section on R2-D2’s must be at least 100 holograms long by now. This latest Star Wars tie-in sees Artoo back in the kitchen as a simple $20 timer, counting off anywhere from one to sixty minutes with a quick twist of his rotating dome.…